Soon after, he met Mel Fisher and found out about his efforts to discover the Nuestra Señora De Atocha, a sunken ship hidden on the ocean floor since September 6, 1622; a ship Fisher had been ...

From ancient Native American artifacts to modern geological discoveries, America's landscape holds countless secret treasures beneath its surface.

Treasures from sunken Spanish galleon set for auction Jul 6, 2015, 3:49 AM In this Thursday, June 18, 2015 photo, a gold crucifix with inlaid Colombian emerald jewels sits on display in New York.

Gold bars from the Atocha treasure on display at Mel Fisher museum in Oct. 1982. ... he and his family pulled up stakes and left the South Bay to go searching for sunken treasure in the Caribbean.

The San Jose galleon could possibly have the world's largest sunken treasure. It was discovered in 2015, and is estimated to be worth billions of dollars, but the ships final resting spot is being ...

Colombia is facing down a decades-old claim to sunken treasure in an arbitration brought by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher under the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement. During a two-day hearing that ...