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For the record

It took Mel Fisher 16 years to find the Atocha

THE MEL FlSHER STORY

By Bleth McHaley and Wendy Tucker.
Special thanks to Pat Clyne.

"Today's the day!"

July 20, 1985 was "the day" at last when Mel Fisher, the world's greatest treasure hunter, found his dream of dreams, the priceless treasure cargo of the fabled lost Spanish galleon Atocha

At 1:05 p.m. that amazing day, Mel Fisher learned from his son Kane that his greatest dream had been realized. The marine radio crackled to life in the Key West, Florida office of Mel Fisher and his Treasure Salvors, Inc. "WZG 9605. Unit 1, this is Unit 11." From aboard the vessel Dauntless of which he was captain, Kane told his beaming father: "Put away the charts. We've got the 'Mother Lode'!"

The dream that had consumed Mel Fisher for more than 16 years now came true before the eyes of the world. He had found the rainbow's end, stacks of silver bars, chests of treasure coins, gold, jewels, and unique artifacts of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha Mel Fisher found what adventurous souls through centuries had only dreamed of finding!