Tommy Thompson, now 72, has refused for a decade to tell anyone, including his own lawyers, where the treasure from a ...

The cargo ship, which wrecked in 1857, had been carrying a load of gold. The Dispatch Printing Company ... What to know In 2013, Thompson fled to Florida and remained in hiding for two and a half ...

Nevertheless, it wasn’t until almost a week into the excavation of the ship that a treasure chest packed with gold was found.

which were minted from gold bars found in the ship's wreckage. On Friday, Marbley said there was no point in keeping Thompson locked up because, after 10 years, he still refuses to cooperate. " ...

Evidence at Thompson's trial showed he had at least one offshore bank account and had created 500 gold coins, which were minted from gold bars found in the ship's wreckage. On Friday, Marbley said ...

Archaeologists had been puzzled by the huge quantity of Spanish coins found among the wreckage—about 70 percent of the gold pieces were excelentes, unexpected for a Portuguese ship. "This letter ...

It is not clear how much gold might remain. The ship was carrying gold bars shipped by banks and commercial interests. Passengers were thought to be carrying a lot of gold of their own in the form ...

For nearly a decade, Brent Brisben believed a treasure hunting family he hired to salvage the famous 1715 Fleet shipwrecks had been wildly successful by finding ... Richard “Rick” Schmitt - found the ...

lost the chest near the Cape of Good Hope following a ship wreck 242 years ago. A report inThe Times, London, says a team of international divers recently found 1,400 gold coins. The type and year ...