Two Artifacts recovered from the 1714 Fleet

ithacaartist · 04-29-2013, 05:11 PM

Eric,

I visited Mel Fisher's museum in Key West about 20 years ago. Amazing treasure, a good display. While touring the Montello fort on the island, we ran into two of the restorers working on that project. One was named "Gibby", and he had worked as a diver for Mel.. He had quit, and just afterward, he said, Mel came tooling up in his old Cadillac, opened the trunk, and showed them the anchor from the wreck in question--which meant they were very very close to finding the wreck site. Bummer, to miss out on a cut of a billion dollar treasure!

04-29-2013, 05:11 PM	#15
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,401 Thanks: 7,558 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Eric, I visited Mel Fisher's museum in Key West about 20 years ago. Amazing treasure, a good display. While touring the Montello fort on the island, we ran into two of the restorers working on that project. One was named "Gibby", and he had worked as a diver for Mel.. He had quit, and just afterward, he said, Mel came tooling up in his old Cadillac, opened the trunk, and showed them the anchor from the wreck in question--which meant they were very very close to finding the wreck site. Bummer, to miss out on a cut of a billion dollar treasure! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

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