In 1985, a former chicken farmer-turned-SCUBA pioneer turned Bona Fide treasure hunter named Mel Fisher and his crew came across the motherlode after nearly 17 years of searching: the remains of a Spanish treasure fleet that sank off the coast of the Florida Keys in 1622, and of course, all the 350+ year old gold and riches that came with it, totaling over $450 million.

But before we get into that, why were the Spanish in Florida to begin with? What exactly even is the "Spanish Main"? How did no one find this gigantic pile of gold before? How did the gold get to the seabed anyway? What actually goes into searching for sunken treasure? Who gets to keep it once its found?

Join us this week as Graham gets a little carried away answering all those questions and so many more. while deep diving into the hollywood-esque but completely real story of Mel Fisher and Treasure Salvors, Inc on this briny, shiny, and inspirational episode of the Local Universe Podcast.

All the gold you could ever want could be down there just waiting to be found.

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