In , after nearly 17 years of searching, noted treasure hunter Mel Fisher and his team found the Atocha, a Spanish galleon that had sunk off the coast of Key West, Fla. Fisher's son, Kim, was a member of the crew that discovered the Atocha and spoke to HuffPost Live on Thursday about his historic find. There were many unique items the treasure hunters found on the ship.

The bulk of the silver was in these pound silver bars. After discovering the ship, Mel and his team became embroiled in a legal controversy over who owned the loot.

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Ultimately, the Supreme Court intervened. Spain didn't make any claim to it," Kim said.

It took a lot of money through all those years to find it, so our investors got the bulk of the treasure, but we did keep a beautiful collection here.

We have it here in our museum in Key West, but we also have a lot of happy investors," he explained.

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