Scuba Diving Treasure Hunters Can Dive the Atocha Trail with Mel Fisher

You, too, can dive the site of the richest Spanish Galleon ever lost at sea

Would you like the chance to go home with up to $2,500 of treasure from the Nuestra Senora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sank off Key West, Florida during a hurricane in 1622? Mel Fisher’s Treasures is offering a limited number of scuba diving treasure hunters the opportunity to spend a week learning about treasure hunting and go scuba diving at the site of the Atocha wreck.

It took 16 years of searching and more than 100 court battles, until the US Supreme Court gave Mel Fisher the right to dive for the $450 million dollar treasure cache - "Atocha Mother Lode," - which was found on July 20, 1985. The Mother Lode: More than 40 tons of silver and gold including over 100,000 Spanish silver coins known as "Pieces of Eight", gold coins, Colombian emeralds, silver and gold artifacts and over 1000 silver bars.

Details for Scuba Diving Treasure Hunters Joining the Atocha Adventure

The Dive Adventure Week includes an orientation at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum, Check-out Reef Dive & Training session s, a VIP behind-the-scenes tour at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum and the MMTF Conservation Lab, three tank dives on the Atocha Trail and a lot more. The 2009 four Atocha Adventures are scheduled June 8-12, July 6-10 and 27-31 and August 3-7. For all the details visit Atocha Adventure.

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