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This story is practically BEGGING to be made into a feature film!!

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

Redondo Beach native here. Mel is still a legend here. RIP Dirk and Angel.

I wish this documentary would have lasted forever, I enjoyed this❤.

Truly one of the greatest stories of all time.

It must be extremely difficult to find uncut emeralds on the sea floor! Great story, thanks.

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.

Why isnt there a movie of this story, surely it needs to be made

Finally a documentary about Mel Fisher. Only it's named after something else.

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. ❤❤❤

i love timeline docs this has to be one of the best youtube channels

I live on the Treasure coast here in Florida . The best time to go looking is right after a hurricane on the beach.

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

This is a wonderful chronicle of a dream, with lifelong perseverance, ingenuity, tragedy, and glory. So glad I watched.❤❤❤

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.

Today is the day!.....thank you Mr. Fisher!!!! You are my inspiration!

The real life Indy Jones. Thank you Mr Fisher and sons. For finding this for everyone to see.

Yes! The flux gate magnetometer. The pre cursor to the flux capacitor.

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!

❤ This story is the best, most inspiring ,entertaining show ever. Rest in peace, brothers.

This story is a treasure for all to visit , laugh and cry , it’s bitter sweet , as life

Its one of those documentaries that leaves you satisfied. ❤

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

That was Aztec Gold and treasure!!!👍🏼💯

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

Nobody talkin about the bronze cannons. I wanna see those bad boys. Also must be worth a fortune.

This is one of the best stories i have ever heard.

Archeology is my most favorite subject.

So happy you guys shared your story ❤

You would almost think that the crew threw overboard all the weight they could to keep it afloat.

This is the stuff I love to see, absolutely brilliant..

What a wonderful story! Thank you.

Favorite episode by far.

I read the book a few years ago. This is a great story.

How long did it take Spain to come after them for their cut? Im sure the US didnt waste a second.

Man with today's video game graphics, you could make an incredible treasure hunting game.

Excellent program 😊

Excellent documentary 💯👏

Hey 👋🏼 it’s your long lost cousin

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 ...

Timeline - World History Documentaries, I really enjoyed watching this, so I hit the like button!

Great video as always.

How did you keep other treasure hunters from getting to it?

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

13,05 ear damaging jump in volume, please fix if possible, ty

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 🙏 💙

Follow that dream! Without faith, nothing is possible… but with faith, anything is!

Great story

I think of Billy Bob everytime Mel's son is on

Absolutely thrilling

Wish I had grew up with your dad, I would have followed him anywhere ❤

Theirs also a force were you dream of being a treasure hunter , find the ship , then government forces get involved and your inprisoned with no crime other than a trivia of allegations to keep your location a secret . This is a case happening in the US currently

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 .

A sad but happy story... yet the dream lives on.

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 ?

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.

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…”

My mom went to high school with him in Gary Indiana

For all the people asking about a movie there is a movie about this great find. Dreams of Gold : The mel fisher story

Mel was and remains a marvel

Great doco.

I love those people and the family

when you love your work it can easily progress to better things

wow! how fantastic! thank you, what an amazing documentary 🥰

The question i have is where did the Aztecs and the rest of America's tribes found so much gold?? Was it in the south America jungles ?? They made lots of jewelry is there more gold in those places

I remember when they announced on the news about it. And all the legal trouble that followed.

I grew up along the pacific coast so love watching your films. I have interest in unearthed documentary about how the land isn't going to hold back the sea 🌊 but people move. Lately I have been watching desert drifter.

That was awesome

What an incredible story!

Aside from the excitement of finding the wreck and the treasure, was any remembrance paid to the crew of the Atocha? Imean, many of them died.

Pure greed costs the lives of his family members

The 85 cents I found in the sofa seems much less significant now🤭

what a GENIUS man

This is a great story,,,I wish I would known about Mel Fisher back then.. I would went there & hung out till they let me get on 1 of there boats so I could have witness the find of a life time,,,,at my age I think about Mel & his crews a lot,,,,,o well more to come ,,,I hope…

Ships during storms drop cannons for weight loss, so it's a debris trail of the disaster before her final resting location.

I was today years old when i learned scuba stands for self contained underwater breathing apparatus 🤦‍♂️😂

Truly mind boggling how much is laying undiscovered on ocean floors! 😮

This should be a movie

This is a fascinating video!

We have a restaurant just two blocks away from the museum in Key West. Been there so many times and know many who dive the reck still….we get a tingle of excitement just thinking about it.

I doubt the younger generation will ever be persistent enough to accomplish anything like this

Beautifully, skillfully, well done! They will find that 64 pounds of emerals!

I 💙 watching Amazing Documentaries like this 1 !!!! I'm so happy for them & I wish anyone out there searching for anything the best of Luck & Hope in finding it🤞🤞🤞!!! Take care 💙🪙🪙🪙🪙🌊🌬️🛥️🗾🗺️

He needed a side scan sonar to show him where the gold and ships were.

You could buy one of the silver coins years ago. I bought one. A piece of history.

Some things about this story just don't make sense, what happened after the treasure was found? What was the value of it? Do they sell it? So do the family and partners now have 500 M? Alot of these important details seem to be missing..

What a wonderful story

the North Wind, sank in the night, drowning all coincidentally days after discovering the wreck...

AMAZING. 🙏

When they found the anchor I would have gone in a circle around the anchor and it’s got to be a certain distance from there!

I go arrow head hunting and that is exciting to find something that the last time it was touched it was by a native Indian. Very rewarding

43:00 for Dirk! screaming out loud

That is amazing!

Stories of the treasure hunters, successful ones at least, are endlessly fascinating and the story @26:00, when Mel dribbled the magnificent 6 foot gold chain into someone's hand to give them gold fever, is the perfect anecdote to prove the almost instinctive attraction so many of us have for this magical metal. Personally I'd never have the patience for such things even if I had the money of Bill Gates! The ocean is big, bigger than I can comprehend, and a shipwreck is small - trying to find a needle in a thousand haystacks would give you better odds. But Mel Fisher was destined to find the Atocha, and he did, and it's practically a $450 million miracle.

Well didn't the Spanish government demand it back?

So, Mel was "hydraulic mining" the ocean, with the "prop-wash," from his boat's propellers. Didn't know he was so destructive. I thought he only suction dredged.

So love this it's my dream to look and find these ships it's my adventure of a life time

I'm sorry for their loss may they rest in peace❤

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.