Tag: Nuestra Señora de Atocha

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:49 UTC

  Gold chain found off Key West; could belong to 17th century Spanish galleon

  

  Divers from Mel Fisher's Treasures in Key West, extreme south Florida, have recovered an antique gold chain believed to be from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank during a 1622 hurricane. In 1985, these same treasure hunters had previously found more than 450 million US dollars in artefacts from the wreck.