Mitzi Perdue plans to auction an emerald ring from a 400-year-old shipwreck and use the proceeds for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine.
, in which he could be seen in a suit and tie, or a white coat, comparing his chicken to others, always ending with the tagline: “It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.”He also had a deep fascination with the Founding Fathers, the Delmarva Shorebirds minor league baseball team and treasure hunting, Mitzi Perdue wrote in a short memoir about her husband’s history with the emerald, now valued at $50,000 to $70,000.
He spent years leading the expedition, even through tragedy as his son, daughter-in-law and another diver died on a capsized salvage boat. Still, the search pressed on, and slowly the team began to make small discoveries.Fisher’s team recovered an estimated $400 million worth of gold and silver bars, coins and jewelry, and six pounds of emeralds — traced to a mine in Colombia.on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson wearing a gold chain around his neck that dangled nearly to his knees.
Kim Fisher, Mel’s now 66-year-old son who was a part of the founding team, said the six pounds of emeralds they discovered were just a fraction of the 70-pound box they believed to be on the ship — the most valuable of the Atocha’s treasures. He’s continuing the family enterprise by running searches out of Key West for the remaining $500 million of registered treasures they believe to still be scattered across the ocean floor.
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