LIVE ON UNDER THE RADAR!!!! With Steve Zazulyk and Leighton Harrington. Sunday 04/06/2014 at 7:30 PM Eastern time.... Sunken Treasure.... No words in the language hold more magic. Who hasn’t dreamed, some time or other, of diving into one of the lost galleons of the Spanish Main loaded with precious cargo of gold and silver. Millions......no, billions of dollars worth of treasure lies at the bottom of the sea buried beneath the coral of centuries.” Sir Arthur C. Clarke. CAPTAIN CARL FISMER: With over 30 years of treasure search and salvage experience, Captain Carl Fismer is one of the most respected and knowledgeable diving professionals in the world. His specialty is shipwrecks...especially Spanish shipwrecks. During his career, he has worked over 300 shipwrecks in the United States, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Indian Ocean and Central and South America. He has recovered millions of dollars in Spanish gold, silver, jewels and other artifacts. Fizz”, as he is known to friends, directed part of the salvage diving of the Santa Margarita, sister ship to the Nuestra Senora de Atocha which was discovered by Mel Fisher. Then in 1986, he led an expedition to the Silver Shoals in the Dominican Republic, and there located the famed galleon, Concepcion which sank during a hurricane in 1641. In 1992, he traveled to Sri Lanka and dived with Sir Arthur C. Clarke of 2001: A Space Odyssey fame, in association with the Great Basses Reef Treasures. Listed below are some of the major wrecks Carl has worked on. Arthur C. Clark and the Taj Mahal Treasure: Carl took Arthur C. Clark on his last diving trip and is the consultant on the Taj Mahal Treasure. The Atocha & Santa Margarita: Carl Fismer worked with Mel Fisher on the recovery of the 1622 Spanish galleon Santa Margarita and the Atocha in Key West waters. 1715 Fleet: Carl has worked on the 1715 Fleet on and off for the last few decades. Carl has salvaged millions of dollars from the 1715 Fleet. 1733 Fleet: Carl learned his craft on the 1733 fleet from the grandfather of modern day treasure diving, Art McKee. Concepcion: Carl Fismer led the second expedition to Silver Shoals, 70 miles off Dominica, where the famed galleon Concepcion sank in 1641. en.1000mikes/show/under_the_radar_1
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