Three real Key West Pirates I was honored to hang out with them

One of those great Key West stories that’s my dad and grandfather the guy in the middle one of the most famous treasure hunters in the world Mel Fisher very good friends with my grandfather for over 25 years they became friends the first week Mel arrived To Key West to start the famous search for the Atocha Spanish Galion It was supposedly To have $800 million Dollars worth of treasure on it Well Mel discovered it 1985 only 450 million Was discovered ha ha Lisa was working on the Treasure salvage treasure salvage boat at the time She got some stories anyway Mel and my dad and myself were kind of drinkers back then Long story short we started drinking scotch and rum and beer chasers at my grandfather’s bar my grandfather who very rarely drinks started in with us He was going on and on about him being mayor and we can go anywhere he was going on and on about him being mayor and we can go anywhere we ended up going to the chart room at the pier House and then Two Friends bar I was so honored to be with these guys we sent my grandfather home in a cab Key West the way it was

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