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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 376542, member: 649&quot;]I worked for Mel Fisher&#039;s Treasure Salvors the summer of 1985. I started with them about two weeks after they found the &quot;mother lode&quot; when they were hiring on extra help, as the cook on the search boat &quot;The Bookmaker&quot;, a 42ft Hatteras. At one point, my boat was in dry dock for repairs so I was put to work cleaning coins and silver bars. Lots of great memories from that summer! (And I finally got to re-visit Key West and tour Treasure Salvors last summer... and shed a few tears of nostalgia!) I even still have my crew T-shirt. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As well as selling authentic Atocha coins from the shipwreck, TS (and others) sells replicas made from scrap silver. Possibly your coin is one of those. That stamp would not have been done on a genuine Atocha shipwreck coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My ID card that got me into the area where we docked the boats:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]129802[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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