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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...waving their hands at us in the water," says Kane Fisher, Mel's 26-year-old son, referring to the pair of divers who made the initial discovery. "At first we thought something was wrong. Then they started shouting, 'We found it! We found it!' " The silver, said Diver Taffi Quesada, 24, Fisher's daughter, "was stacked up like cordwood as far as the eye could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunken Treasure: We Found It! We Found It! | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Ever since Fisher began his Florida-coast searches, his business has been a family operation. His wife Dolores still dives, and was once a world endurance champion. Along with Taffi and Kane, another son Kim, 29, helped recover the treasure. But the mom-and-pop hunt has had its dark side. Ten years to the day before last month's discovery, the Fishers' eldest son Dirk, 21, Dirk's wife and another diver were drowned when their salvage ship, the Northwind, capsized at night during a squall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sunken Treasure: We Found It! We Found It! | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

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