The gold bullion was lost beneath the sea for more than 350 years before being salvaged and displayed at Mel Fisher’s Maritime Heritage Museum in Key West. For more than 20 years it could be touched ...

Mel Fisher was the treasure hunter made famous for his 16-year search for the Spanish galleon Atocha shipwreck. His mission led to the discovery of a $450 million mother lode in the waters off Key ...

Nearly 40 artifacts from Mel Fisher's discovery will be up for auction. — -- This is the public’s chance to get their hands on treasure lifted from the bottom of the sea. Thirty years after Mel ...

CNN.COM - The ocean floor off the Florida Keys never seems to stop giving. Diver Bill Burt with Mel Fisher's Treasures was looking for a section of the sunken Spanish galleon, Nuestra Senora de Atocha ...

Every September, Key West puts on a festival honoring treasure hunter Mel Fisher. That’s the man who said, “Today’s the day!” until his crew found $400 million of gold, silver and jewels beneath the ...

Federal officials squared off Wednesday in court against famed treasure salvor Mel Fisher, with government witnesses testifying his method of finding sunken riches harms the environment. Last month, ...

Zach Moore, a diver and engineer for Mel Fisher’s Treasures in Key West, holds the rare gold coin he found July 16, 2021, while searching the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1622. Amy Tripp ...