For Love and Treasure: The Life and Times of the World's Most Successful Treasure Hunting Family

Mel Fisher's discovery of the Spanish treasure galleon , and its over $400 million treasure, off the Florida Keys made Mel and his family worldwide celebrities. Through the DVD exclusive, : , the National Geographic Explorer series, “Quest for the Atocha” (Season 2, Episode 16), a spot on , six books, a feature film, and intensive ongoing press coverage, the 's fame has been established over the past three decades spanning multiple generations. Even today the search for the sterncastle continues. The find of a single chest of Muzo emeralds purported to be contents of the sterncastle alone would raise her bounty into the billions. Is it any wonder why 30 years later the search continues? As a leader in the field of oceanic survey technology, confidence is high that Mel Fisher’s Treasures will continue the tradition of discovering untold riches from beneath the sea. Treasure hunters have a different genome than most of their fellow human beings. They are programmed to “go where no one has gone before.” They possess an indomitable drive to explore and to solve mysteries. They are risk takers extraordinaire. is about such individuals who lead a legendary treasure salvage company into the ocean depths of the next great discovery. Meeting these unique characters on the page is a kind of treasure, too.