MEL FISHER

Mel Fisher’s famous quotation “Today’s the Day!” became a reality on July 20, 1985.  After 17 years of hardship and determination, he had finally discovered the “Mother Lode” of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha – the richest Spanish treasure galleon ever lost.

Mel Fisher’s dreams of treasure began in childhood when he read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, and about pirates of the Spanish Main.  After serving with the U.S. Army in World War II, Mel restlessly moved to Chicago, Denver, and then to Florida where he pursued his interest in diving.  It was in Tampa, Florida that Mel saw his first real treasure from a sunken ship.