1623 Lost Galleon: The Hunt For The World's Most Valuable Shipwreck | Myth Hunters
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- Mel Fisher dedicates his entire life and savings to finding the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha. Can his optimism prevail where the odds are against him?
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If i was already rich i would spend most of my money searching for treasures. Not to become richer but just for the adventure of it
OK maybe you understand it, but I'm still baffled at why the Lagina brothers are spending millions of dollars plus years digging up one billion buckets of dirt from Oak Island. Seems to me all they mainly find is more dirt.
Oak Island.
@@robertmaybeth3434they’re having fun
@@robertmaybeth3434they are also finding wood. They are also trying to figure out what was constructed there in the swamp, when and by who.
Yes and there were 2 other ships that sank at the same time.
Redondo Beach native here. Mel is still a legend here.
RIP Dirk and Angel.
just like there were shipwrecks on the florida side there were on the cuban side. there is a cuban archeologist that holds a record for shipwreck discoveries, he has a channel on you tube... underwater adventures with alex mirabal. he talks about the shipwrecks
I wish this documentary would have lasted forever, I enjoyed this❤.
Well his son is still at it maybe there will be more
OHHH, SO DO I !!!! I SO WISH I COULD JOIN IN THAT TREASURE SEARCH!!😀👍
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Amazing and super exciting story for the Greatest search in history👏🌟💫☀️😀💸💸💸💸🥂🥂🥂
Mel showed that long gold chain to a friend of mine in either Bermuda or the Bahamas and my friend became an investor. I have a 4 Reales coin that he gave me that came from the wreck.
What a great documentary...wouldn't we all have loved to have been a part of that discovery?
This story is practically BEGGING to be made into a feature film!!
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How? Why? What story?
There is a film already about this many years ago
@@rlopez11-11 Story of how Mel Fisher found the Atocha's incredible treasure of the gold and silver worth billions, in the unforgiving ocean, with only 400 year old Spanish records as a guide, it's incredible really, but oh what a tragic price Fisher paid to find it.
Why isnt there a movie of this story, surely it needs to be made
Making a great movie is like hunting for success which depends on how much you have invested in such a great treasure hunt... Box office smash or box office flop.
Because the stars of this story are not the correct ideological ’’D.E.I.’’ color. 😒.
The Matthew McConaughey movie Fool's Gold was kind inspired by Mel and the treasure shown at the end of the movie was from Mel's museum.
THERE WAS A MOVIE BASED ON THE ACHOA (sorry my spelling is off) AND YOU CAN STILL BUY THE MOVIE ON DVD , THE NAME OF THE MOVIE : THE DEEP w/ NICK NOLTY, JACKLYN SMITH AND ROBERT SHAW , EXCELLENT SUPERB MOVIE, THE KIND OF MOVIE THAT YOU NEVER GET TIRED OF, YOU CAN KEEP WATCHING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.ROBERT SHAW IS PROTRAYING MEL FISHER.IV'E ALWAYS LOVED MOVIE'S WHEN THEY SHOW UNDERWATER DIVING, SUNKEN TREASURE, IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLD WHEN DIVING IN THE OCEAN.ANOTHER MOVIE ACTOR IN THE MOVIE IS,LOU GUSSET JR.
@@craigbosko2229 you don't need to yell
This story is a treasure for all to visit , laugh and cry , it’s bitter sweet , as life
It must be extremely difficult to find uncut emeralds on the sea floor! Great story, thanks.
I was thinking exactly the same! You'd just keep burying the gems every thrust of the props!
They use vacuum pumps to suck up debris and cull out whatever is not treasure. There are many other ways but this is more effective.
This is a wonderful chronicle of a dream, with lifelong perseverance, ingenuity, tragedy, and glory. So glad I watched.❤❤❤
I loved this story. I'm still beaming every time I think of it. I'm so happy for this family and especially Mell , the man who knew he could , had the determination and drive to follow his dream and lived to enjoy his success. ❤❤❤
Amazing story! I didn’t realize they could use metal detectors in the water. The amount of artifacts they gathered must be incredible. Super cool old treasures!
I have a small "piece of eight" that I bought from the Atocha for $ 75 over 25 yrs ago. It is about the size of a quarter with gold dolphins around the top. It was appraised 5 yrs ago for $400, I wished I could have bought a bigger one like the divers wear in this show
Still just having one at all is awesome anyway!
That's still a fair few Mc Happy Meals
Want to sell it?
@@worthyland4104 nope sorry
You're still very fortunate to have a piece of the original treasure..
I live on the Treasure coast here in Florida . The best time to go looking is right after a hurricane on the beach.
Better in the water but not allowed
I think everyone knows that much anyway , tell everyone where it's all at because it's certainly not in CA !
After seeing so many videos where guys come up empty handed, it’s nice to see one about a guy who’s actually found treasures
I watch stories of Mel Fisher and the Atocha every spring when the weather here in Michigan starts to warm up. I dive here looking for rings and jewelry every summer, of course it is nothing like this by any stretch but every time I find a gold ring or necklace I'm on cloud nine for a week! Metal detecting underwater or land is a great hobby!
You too? I love me a good lake Huron free dive
A wonderful hobby that I wish I had discovered earlier in life!
@@TexasPlugRiches Me too! Good luck out there TexasPlugRiches!
A wonderful film!! I myself had dreams of treasure hunting. As a child my next door neighbor was in the coast guard off of Florida. He told me of times when they were flying helicopters they could see canons on the sea bed in shallow waters. I temember to this day how wonderful that must have been...
Thank you for this great film
Dan Young
Denver CO
Truly one of the greatest stories of all time.
i love timeline docs this has to be one of the best youtube channels
Finally a documentary about Mel Fisher. Only it's named after something else.
this is so olde!this is not new and weve alls een this plenty of times,its boring now.
I'm happy for the Fisher-Family, that they could keep the treasure and didn't had to give it back to Spain, as others had to... What a great story over such a long period! Well done, you deserve it!
Its one of those documentaries that leaves you satisfied. ❤
Nobody talkin about the bronze cannons. I wanna see those bad boys. Also must be worth a fortune.
Mell earned every bit of his treasure find. If not for Mells innovation and perserverance, the treasure would still be laying on the bottom of the ocean. Congratulations to Mells family on the incredible find.
How did that help society?
Grave robbers are not contributing citizens!
@@yiannimil1: Because it shows history. Do you think the dead care about being disturbed?
Re-think your comment.
@@yiannimil1 Humanity HAS committed that act, for millennia! Who do you think stole all the Egyptian artefacts/treasure, from burial sites 🤨
What about the Spanish who not only committed genocide, against the South American Peoples, in the form of giving them smallpox, but also by large scale murder, all for THEIR treasures! What a moron!
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GREAT documentary !!!! Can't believe they found it 10 years to the day of his son's accident. Also Beyond Oak Island goes out with Mels grandson (whos supercool). They are still searching to this day.
Mel Fisher has been my hero since I was about 10 years old,I,m 57 years old now I remember when the state of Florida was trying to take it from him,when he lost his son when he found the mother load,when they came out with the movie jaws, that ended my dreams of finding underwater treasures,but when I watch the doctorminary of Mel it sure gets me going
This is one of the best stories i have ever heard.
Yes! The flux gate magnetometer. The pre cursor to the flux capacitor.
Correct and the only thing that came to mind when I heard it 🥳
Bravo, touché 🤺
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"Marty. I told you!"
"emiliog knows about 'the flux capacitor'!"
"If we dont make contact, we risk being stuck in 2021...Forever!!!"
"We Just Can't Risk It!!
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They didn't mention how they had to fight Florida for years over the treasure, and won. I also didn't see a picture of the beautiful Emerald encrusted gold cross that they found on the wreck. From what I read years ago someone made a replica of it went into their Museum took the real one out of the case and put the fake one in. I never heard if it was ever found or not.
Wow
Wow! Cool they have a museum too!
All that time , energy and even the loss of loved ones, and someone steals a piece of it..
Every time I watch this it's an inspiration to go treasure hunting.
This is the stuff I love to see, absolutely brilliant..
Today is the day!.....thank you Mr. Fisher!!!! You are my inspiration!
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When? Where?
Disappointed Mel’s wife was only mentioned once.. just to say that she’s his wife. She played a big part of the success of the team and selflessly dedicated herself to supporting and taking care of not only the family but all the young divers on the team.
I'm ok with it
I almost agree but it’s abt the treasure not Mel, he’s just the main focus cuz he was the one discovering it…
Ok Stephen, get back in the kitchen
So she did what she agreed to do?
@@StevenMiller-cx4rr like everyone else on the team did?
This is awesome! I grew up in Sebastian FL and went to elementary school with Mel’s grandson. The treasure museum on US1 is incredible. What a dream come true
What a wonderful story! Thank you.
The discipline, patience and courage needed to stick with hunting treasure after years of comming up empty is the real inspiration of this story
You would almost think that the crew threw overboard all the weight they could to keep it afloat.
That's an amazing thought, maybe they did that.
I was actually thinking that maybe they dumped a few cannons to keep the ship from floundering. The one thing that wasn't mentioned but I'm curious about: how did they keep treasure seekers from heading out and stealing whatever they could find. Because it didn't seem like they were quiet about the find. They announced it on the radio for God's sake. Dad get to work we've found it must have polarized the entire town lol. 😮😮😮
I'm sure the Conquistadors attained all this fairly & in good faith. Imagine if all that artwork done by the indigenous metal craftsmen hadn't been melted down into easily handled bars !!!
What would we see that we might learn from ?
Truly fastinating how they made such treasures and crafts with limited technology. Indeed beautiful artwork and artifacts.
❤ This story is the best, most inspiring ,entertaining show ever. Rest in peace, brothers.
The real life Indy Jones. Thank you Mr Fisher and sons. For finding this for everyone to see.
Don’t forget his daughter Taffi
So happy you guys shared your story ❤
The 85 cents I found in the sofa seems much less significant now🤭
Just follow the crease in the fabric and you just may find the legendary candy bar. Today is the PayDay!
Favorite episode by far.
Timeline - World History Documentaries, I really enjoyed watching this, so I hit the like button!
Not too many people with that kind of stick-to-it-tiveness. He & his team deserved to realize their dream.
What's tough is finding Treasure then losing it. I found a 1943 copper penny and lost it . I found another treasure and lost it. I found another one and lost it also . Then there's the other one that is still there if I can get back to it. I made a long list of all the finds I've made and was shocked at how many I've lost ..My advice if you ever find anything that is questionable stop- take your time and get exact location and samples. Also study minerals and mining and treasure symbols ,geology and hydrology every day so that when you are out exploring and find something you will know what you have . I have found so many things and not known what they were only to come across some article or information years later and then realize what I had in my hands was treasure ...
How long did it take Spain to come after them for their cut? Im sure the US didnt waste a second.
Everyone filed A claim.
Everyone lost.
I was Mel's bookkeeper/diver.
@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ I was hoping to hear that
@@CaptainCraigKWMRZ How did you stop other treasure hunters from salvaging in the area where they saw your boat once it was known you found the motherload?
His own son died looking for the treasure. Did someone from Spain die looking for it? NO
265 died losing it tho@@heaven-is-real
The self belief that Mel Fisher had was staggering & totally justified. What, a, man.
For all the people asking about a movie there is a movie about this great find. Dreams of Gold : The mel fisher story
Archeology is my most favorite subject.
Excellent documentary 💯👏
What an incredible story!
Follow that dream! Without faith, nothing is possible… but with faith, anything is!
Now that was worth watching incredible findings.
What an amazing story, thank you
It's truelly amazing.im happy for this family
Ships during storms drop cannons for weight loss, so it's a debris trail of the disaster before her final resting location.
Excellent program 😊
I've been to the museum on Key West. The treasure is out of this world. Well worth a trip if you're there.
Absolutely thrilling
Great story
I read the book a few years ago. This is a great story.
What’s the name of the book? I love this story
@@dcat663 Treasure of the Atocha, by R. Duncan Mathewson III, with forward by Mel Fisher.
22:36 175000 miles? In a summer? That must be a mistake, right? He couldn't have travelled the equivalent of 7 times around the globe in a summer lol
I’m sorry for all of you loss! But I’m so happy you kept going
A very good story and wonderfully told!!! This was a great video!!!
This case remember me the case of Odyssey Marine Corp discovery the ship " Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes" in this case a judge in Florida he agrees to Spanish goberment and Odyssey have to return the ship cargo 500.000 coins of gold and silver value in haundreds of milliins dollars actually conserved in Marine Museum in Cartagena .
I remember when they announced on the news about it. And all the legal trouble that followed.
Wow they had deadly hurricanes back then I thought it was just global warm ! 😝
Great vid but calm down in the ads.
My mom went to high school with him in Gary Indiana
Amazing story. A man’s dream became his son’s dream, that would eventually cost his son his life. Then years later on the day of the anniversary marking his passing they find the treasure. I’m sure this brought him great closure and also made him feel closer to his son than he had felt since loosing him. Amazing story of how anyone can accomplish their dreams with enough love, time, perseverance, and a little bit of luck at the right time. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Don’t quote me, but I think it was Tyler Perry that said something along the lines of, “If people don’t laugh at your dreams, your dreams aren’t big enough…”
Great video as always.
That is just Brilliant! I'm glad he ,Mel,was able to have hus dreams come true ,God Bless him,and may his family, find the rest ,and stay safe 🙏 💙
Good story good on them guys way to go mell
Wish I had grew up with your dad, I would have followed him anywhere ❤
His Son would say other wise.
What a great find and a great documentary!!!!
A sad but happy story... yet the dream lives on.
That was Aztec Gold and treasure!!!👍🏼💯
Well done!! Enjoyed this story very much.
His treasure shop is on my bucket list to visit.
awesome documentary! love every second of it!
I lived on the space and treasure coast for 40 years, did alot of diving, surfing, Worked on several big projects in the keys, treasure coast and off the coast of Colombia and Honduras. Retired now living in the Ozarks. You can find treasures everywhere.
How did you keep other treasure hunters from getting to it?
he had secured the legal rights to that site. To this day you can't just go out there and search the area for treasure.
it amazed me the treasures under salt water for 300 yrs. is as shinny and brand new as it was first bought from the store
They are polished
@@Midwest10 for sure, a replay from the original find
Gold, and bronze, do not degrade, under any conditions not man-made.
I’m in awe of this video.
Back in the early 1990s I purchased a silver ingot melted down from one of those original huge Attocha silver bars. They melted the ingot in the exact shape with exactly the same markings on it that the original huge silver bar had on it to be hung on a chain as a necklace. The Fishers treasure used to tour all over America back then and displayed and sold many items. Still have that ingot today. I am still fascinated that it was silver from that ship.
What a wonderful story
Can relate to the series - Black Sails 🏴☠️
Great doco.
What an amazing story!
wow! how fantastic! thank you, what an amazing documentary 🥰
I think of Billy Bob everytime Mel's son is on
Very near site
Wonderful. Dedication. Dreams... hope.. possibilities. And heartache for the family. God Bless. Keep on going. Good Luck
I have one of the silver coins that was found on the trail to the mother load. Back then they sold them off to pay for gas and food. I also have the certificate of authenticity hand signed by the whole crew including Mel Fisher. It was found many years before they found the mother load. I’m going to bring it into the museum someday or I might even sell it.
I lived in St John USVI from 2007-2010. There was a guy that lived there that we called "Pirate Bill". He was a crusty old diver that worked with Mel on the Atocha. He always wore one of the silver doubloons as a medallion around his neck.
So exciting to watch your successes!! Thanks for sharing.
Great story. I hope to one day also hear the stories of the people that these vast treasures were taken from.
I wish I was a diver and part of the Atocha Crew to help you find it.
he never gave up on his dream what an inspiration
Man with today's video game graphics, you could make an incredible treasure hunting game.
Very few achieve their dreams. Well done Mr. Fisher and family. May those lost to time rest in peace. Sincerely Akerace Drill.