Treasures from the world's most valuable shipwreck worth $1.1billion which sat on ocean's floor for 400 years on rare display in New York. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha sunk near the Florida Keys ...

Treasure-hunting divers seek mother lode of riches from 400 ... salvage ships that have come to these waters for half a century searching for lost riches from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, ...

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Mitzi Perdue’s spectacular engagement ring, a gift from her chicken magnate husband Frank, was lost at the bottom of the ocean for 363 years, along with 47 tons of Spanish gold.

The search for the Atocha’s treasure proved costly for Mr. Fisher. It consumed more than 15 years of his life, and he lost a son and daughter-in-law when their boat capsized and sank in 1975.

Emerald engagement ring is part of recovered Atocha treasure — Perdue aims to stop human trafficking of Ukrainian women. By Maureen Mackey Fox News. Published October 27, 2022 12:38pm EDT. ...

Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he ...

Big Number. $400 million. That’s how much the Atocha’s treasure was estimated to be worth in total in 1985, or $1.1 billion today.. Tangent. The Atocha shipwreck was one of the most successful ...

The quest began in the late 1960s, when Mel Fisher, a chicken farmer (coincidentally) turned treasure hunter, began his own quest for the Atocha and its reputed fortune.

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 ...

The multimillionaire philanthropist said she expects the 6.2 carat emerald, part of the famed Atocha treasure, to raise at least $100,000 for Ukrainians when it is auctioned at Sotheby’s in New ...

Gold chain from the Atocha treasure on display at the Mel Fisher museum in Key West, Florida, in Feb. 1982. Photo by Dale McDonald. (Courtesy of Florida Memory, State Library and Archives of Florida) ...