Treasure Of Atocha Gold Doubloons Silver Reales Shipwreck Coins Key West Florida Story Of Mel Fisher

THE STORY OF THE ATOCHA Lost at the bottom of the vast ocean, for more then 350 years, the Spanish ship, the Atocha, carried 40 tons of silver and gold and 70 pounds of emeralds. Historic Salvor, Mel Fisher, finally discovered the Atocha with all of its treasure, after a 16-year search on July 20, 1985. Soon after Fisher�s discovery, the United States government confiscated the fortune, claiming it theirs. Fisher spent about 1.6 million dollars on lawyers and faced over 140 trials to get…

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