In waters about 35 miles west of Key West, modern-day treasure hunters searching the shipwreck site of a famous Spanish galleon have found a large emerald and gold ring buried below the ocean’s floor.

Zach Moore, a diver and engineer for Mel Fisher’s Treasures in Key West, holds the rare gold coin he found July 16, 2021, while searching the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank in 1622. Amy Tripp ...

On July 20, 1985, U.S. treasure hunter Mel Fisher discovered the sunken treasure of the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Atocha. The ship was part of a fleet of Spanish ships that sank in 1622 after ...

Pieces from the estate of legendary treasure hunters Mel and Dolores Fisher are going up for auction. And a piece of their $450 million historical discoveries could be yours. At some point or another, ...

DESPITE THE CHOPPY SEAS AND nearly 3-hour boat ride, there was an air an excitement on our dive boat now anchored about 40 miles off Key West. We were about to dive on the site of the Nuestra Senora ...

The famed Atocha shipwreck site in the Florida Keys coughed up another treasure Thursday when salvagers said they discovered a 10-karat emerald ring initially valued at $500,000. A crew with historic ...

MARQUESAS KEYS, FLA. -- In 1985, aboard the Dauntless salvage boat, Jimmy Buffett sang atop a stack of silver bars while treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his crew swilled champagne to celebrate their ...

Treasures from the world's most valuable shipwreck are being displayed in New York 400 years after they sunk to the bottom of the sea off Florida's coast. The anticipated Winter Show in New York City ...