Fisher and his team found the $450 million lot of sunken treasure of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha in 1985, after a 16-year search, according to Guernsey’s. Guernsey's is hosting the auction Aug ...

That story began Sept. 4, 1622, when a fleet of 28 Spanish merchant ships and galleons, including the Atocha and her sister ship Santa Margarita, set sail from Havana bound for Spain, loaded with ...

Treasure divers searching for a 17th-century sunken Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys have found an antique ring worth an estimated $500,000. Treasure divers searching for a 17th-century sunken ...

Treasure from a Sunken Galleon Expected to Cause a Wave of Excitement at Auction ... The Atocha’s fateful voyage began from Havana, Cuba, on September 4, 1622.

Treasure hunter Mel Fisher searched 16 years for it before discovering the Atocha motherlode in 1985. What he found was the stuff of legends — 40 tons of silver and gold, fine Colombian emeralds ...

Salvors searching for a sunken 17th-century Spanish galleon said they found a ... Fisher's company found more than $450 million in artifacts and treasure from the Atocha shipwreck in 1985, but ...

Guersney's is auctioning off dozens of artifacts that are part of a $450 million haul from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a sunken ship discovered by Mel Fisher and his team in 1985.

While the movie-going public may be fascinated with the multimillion dollar necklace that played such a prominent role in “Titanic,” an equally fascinating and far more real display of … ...

Treasures From Sunken Spanish Ship Set for Auction The Nuestra Senora de Atocha went down in a violent hurricane in 1622 near the Florida Keys laden with New World gold while en route to Spain.

NEW YORK — A solid gold chain and an intricate gold-and-enamel spoon are among items pulled from the wreckage of a 400-year-old Spanish galleon that will be auctioned off next ...