HANDS OFF THE BOOTY
“Some great white whales, like the Merchant Royal, are still out there, lost somewhere off Cornwall, with a supposed $1.5 billion in shiny stuff.”
FIRST THINGS FIRST: Don’t call them treasure hunters. Of course, that’s what onlookers have always called colorful characters like Mel Fisher, who found the Spanish galleon off the Florida Keys in 1985. Gold and silver bars, coins, jewelry and mounted in 14-karat gold, goes for $13,700.
