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Fisher hired Duncan Matthewson as chief archaeologist during the Atocha period, and Treasure Salvors, Inc.'s employees became experts in recovery and conservation of underwater artifacts. Fisher agreed to sell Treasure Salvors in 1986 [10] and it remained active as of 2009. Fisher's business continued as Mel Fisher's Treasures. [11]
Beginning in 1969, American treasure hunters Mel Fisher, Finley Ricard and a team of sub-contractors, funded by investors and others in a joint venture, Treasure Salvors, Inc., searched the sea bed for Nuestra Señora de Atocha for sixteen and a half years. In 1970, Fisher had recovered portions of the wrecked cargo of the sister ship Santa ...
A professional treasure hunter has been charged in the theft of the 37 gold coins ... to the illegal sale of multiple stolen gold coins between 2023 and 2024, FWC said. ... including Mel Fisher ...
Mel and Deo Fisher searched for the Atocha for 16 years and in 1985 found the mother lode worth more than $400 million US (approximately 1/2 of the treasure listed on the manifest). They discovered "Emerald City" about 100 feet (30 m) from the "main pile" of the Atocha .
By Sept. 4, 1622, the Atocha was part of a fleet of 28 vessels that sailed from Havana, according to the 1986 book Treasure of the Atocha by Duncan Mathewson, the archaeologist Mel Fisher hired in ...
A trove of gold coins reported stolen from the 1715 Fleet Shipwrecks on Florida's Treasure Coast were ... to the illegal sale of the stolen coins in 2023 and 2024, FWC said. ... including Mel ...
Mel Fisher's company, Mel Fisher's Treasures, sold the rights to the 1715 Fleet shipwreck to Queens Jewels, LLC. In 2015, 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels, LLC and their founder Brent Brisben discovered $4.5 million in gold coins off the coast of Vero Beach, Florida; the coins come from the 1715 Fleet shipwreck site known as the Corrigans wreck.
Through extensive research by historian Dr. Eugene Lyon on behalf of treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his company Treasure Salvors, a portion of the wreck of the Santa Margarita was discovered in 1980. Blue Water Ventures, a search and salvage company, partnered with Fisher to recover artifacts from the wreck. [4]