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Our Treasure
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Treasure of the AtochaThe Spanish Treasure Galleon Nuestra Senora De Atocha tragically ended her voyage on a reef off the Florida Keys on September 6, 1622, taking with her 264 souls, many of whom were of royal blood. She scattered over 47 troy tons of treasure over 50 miles of ocean bottom. There were only 5 people to survive the Atocha shipwreck.Ironically, Mel Fisher was born almost 300 years to the day that the Atocha went down. His obsession for the Atocha treasure has lasted over 20 years. During this time Mel Fisher found himself selling off other treasures that he had found, trying all the time to get people to invest in his dream - fighting off bill collectors, power and utilities cutoffs. He could not even pay his own divers at times. Mel was forever going to court to keep other salvage companies away from the Atocha shipwreck area. The biggest tragedy was the death of Mel's son Dirk, Dirk's wife and another crew member. This happened when his salvage boat "The Northwind" sank over the Atocha's wreck site on July 20, 1975. Mel Fisher continued on his search despite all the financial problems, and death of family and friends. He ended up finding the mother lode. And now you can own a piece of history by owning a piece of the Atocha for your very own.
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