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Mel Fisher was the treasure hunter who discovered $450 million worth of gold, silver and other precious loot at the site of the shipwrecked galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank in a 1622 ...
Mel Fisher (August 21, 1922 – December 19, 1998) was an American treasure hunter best known for finding the 1622 wreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha in Florida waters. Personal life [ edit ]
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Terrestrial archaeological sites include The African Cemetery of Key West, located on Higgs Beach. The museum is named for founder Mel Fisher and was created as a 501(c)3 non-profit charity organization, thus Fisher's fortune is not financially linked to the museum. It is a museum, a lab, and a nationally recognized research facility.
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 .
Billy & Emily England. Tonight is the first night of qualifying performances for the premiere of America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League with judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, and Mel ...
Mel Fisher's Treasure Museum is located at 1322 U.S. Highway 1, Sebastian, Florida. It houses exhibits on archaeology and the 1715 Spanish treasure fleet . [ 2 ] Taffi Fisher, Mel Fisher ’s daughter, opened the museum in December 1992 in an old abandoned fire station after renovating the building. [ 1 ]