ah shucks Trueblue,
Hey True, Spinner is correct that i am a little mis-informed. I have been a little busy on this project down here. And because i have a little time on my hands i am trying to catch-up. So sorry if i missed anything. I dont mind being corrected. Telling me i cant read? i believed is un-called-for. But all that aside,
This is agreat story about how the discovery of the Atocha took place;
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It is the morning of July 20, 1985. The divers from the Dauntless, Andy Matroci and Greg Wareham, peer through the murky water. For awhile they see only rocks, shells, sand, and mud. Then, through the cloudy water, they spot what looks like a black reef right ahead of them. The excited divers swim to the reef. As they get closer, they can hardly believe their eyes. It is not a reef. It is a mountain of real silver bars neatly stacked on the bottom of the ocean. They also see stacks of coins. Matroci and Warcham have found the great treasure of the Nuestra Senora de Atocha!
Captain Kane Fisher and his crew on the Dauntless see Matroci and Wareham pop to the surface. The divers shout that they have found the Atocha's treasure. Kane picks up his radio microphone. He calls Mel Fisher's office in Key West, Florida. He tells him the great news. "Put away the charts," Kane says. "We found it."
After sixteen long years, the search is over. The gold, silver, jewels, and artifacts of the Atocha will be worth $440 million. And Mel Fisher's dream has come true. He is the greatest treasure hunter of all time. But the Atocha's treasure is worth more than money.
Mel Fisher and his crews had a big party on Key West to celebrate the discovery of the Atocha. Then they went to work bringing up the treasure. That job would last for years. Before the gold, silver, jewels, and artifacts, the crews recorded where each piece lay on the bottom.
This was very important to archaeologists and historians to whom the wreck of the Atocha is a time machine. From the ancient ship they would learn how people lived 363 years before. To them, this knowledge is even more valuable than money. It is priceless.
The divers carefully divided the site of the wreck into a grid pattern. Each part of the grid was numbered. That way they could keep track of each piece of the ship and its treasure. On land, archaeologists then drew charts, maps, and diagrams of the site and came up with a very good picture of the Atocha on the day it went down in the hurricane."--------------------------------------------------------------
Here is the second greatest discovery in Florida and how it took place.---------------------------------------------------------------
"The Citizen gleaned the story from local attorneys, divers and treasure
salvors -- nearly all of whom asked that their names not be published -- as
well as court records, most of which were sealed or heavily redacted. Those
directly involved have signed confidentiality agreements forbidding them
from public comment." ----------------------------------------------------------------
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