He was born on Aug. 21, 1922. Mel Fisher Days runs Friday, Sept. 2 through Tuesday, Sept. 6 in Key West, with parties, speakers, fundraisers and a lifetime achievement award ceremony on the schedule.

Mel Fisher’s is also used to fighting city hall. Forty years ago, its namesake, Mel Fisher himself, went all the way to the Supreme Court, fighting against the state of Florida for ownership of ...

Mel Fisher Days is Sept.. 2-6 in Key West. This year’s event marks the 400th anniversary of the shipwreck of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which Fisher’s crew found in 1985.

A Mel Fisher’s Treasures diver found a gold coin at the site of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the Keys in 1622. It’s the first one found in 20 years.

Mel Fisher Mel Fisher born on August 21, 1922, grew up in down-state Indiana and made his living as a chicken farmer. Finding this work time consuming and not very challenging, he moved to ...

Diver and treasure hunter Mel Fisher announced in 1985 that his team had uncovered the main hull of the Atocha and recovered 180,000 coins, 24 tons of Bolivian silver, 125 bars of Caribbean gold ...

In 1985, diver Mel Fisher announced that a team of treasure hunters he led had uncovered the main hull of the Atocha, which contained a treasure of 180,000 coins, 24 tons of Bolivian silver, 125 ...

“And it just makes you want to find more.” Mel Fisher in 1986, examining some of the rough-cut emeralds that his team recovered from the wreck of the Atocha. Jeffrey Cardenas/Associated Press ...