Treasure Hunting - Notable Treasure Hunters

Notable Treasure Hunters

  • Capt. Martin Bayerle located the shipwreck of RMS Republic in 1981.
  • Mel Fisher (discoverer of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha)
  • Cork Graham (war correspondent, author)
  • Mike Hatcher (discoverer of the "Nanking Cargo")
  • Juan Ponce de León (searched the new world for gold and the Fountain of Youth)
  • Robert F. Marx (underwater archaeologist, author)
  • Odyssey Marine Exploration has extracted treasure from the shipwreck of the SS Republic
  • Dr. E. Lee Spence (pioneer underwater archaeologist, author)
  • Heinrich Schliemann (grocer turned treasure hunter, considered father of historical archaeology, discoverer of lost city of Troy)

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