A treasure hunter found 3 tons of sunken gold — and can’t leave jail

[gazzahk]

Interesting article. The guy finds a fortune and wont share so he ends up in jail..... I sort of think he deserves it. If I was an investor I would be very upset



https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...erm=.04e1a67e5dbd&wpisrc=nl_most-draw8&wpmm=1

 

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[Deft Tones]

Pshhhht! He's a real pirate!

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

We had a big discussion about him two years ago. And since then.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/shipwrecks/461459-tommy-thompson-saga-continues.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/shipwrecks/497714-1988-ship-gold-tommy-thompsons-
hundred-million-wreck-find-jail.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...-demand-answers-deep-sea-treasure-hunter.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/s...eep-sea-treasure-hunter-must-stay-jailed.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/s...deep-sea-treasure-hunter-help-find-coins.html

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/t...ins-questions-tommy-thompson.html#post5214466

 

[hvacker]

Finders keepers doesn't work anymore.
The police in town here have been known to leave things on the street like brief cases or cars with keys in them
then bust the person that picks it up. Sounds like entrapment but it still goes on.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Maybe he just scammed his investors and never really found anything. That would make a lot more sense.

 

[Limitool]

Finders keepers doesn't work anymore.
The police in town here have been known to leave things on the street like brief cases or cars with keys in them
then bust the person that picks it up. Sounds like entrapment but it still goes on.

Your dead wrong about that comment....! And there are MANY others saying nothing also about finds.

I totally get your post... but nobody left me a brief case, a car or anything with a key () But rest assured "finders keepers" does work for some.

 

[Honest Samuel]

All that sunken gold is not going to do him any good in jail. I hope that he rots there for the rest of his life.

 

[cw0909]

more on his life, more links @ link
Man Overboard: Tommy Thompson, a Ship of Gold and the Columbus Investors Still Looking for Treasure | Columbus Monthly

 

[hvacker]

Your dead wrong about that comment....! And there are MANY others saying nothing also about finds.

I totally get your post... but nobody left me a brief case, a car or anything with a key () But rest assured "finders keepers" does work for some.

What I meant is finders keepers doesn't work in the context of what the law determines. The law will decide and there is little one can do if the law determines there is no finders keepers. For some an offer they can't refuse (like finding something intended to entrap) is when problems arise. Problems start when the turtle pokes his head out too far.
Many have no problem of keeping what we find but if it has a whole bunch of value a treasure will bring attention from people trying to get a piece. Best to keep it to yourself. I know that's a lot to ask of people generally. Remember that guy from Philly that found a sack of money that had fallen off a Brinks truck. He couldn't keep quiet.
There is also the problem of what to do with big finds if they are just stumbled upon.
I have thought of problems arising from, for instance, winning the lottery. Many love ya and hate ya at the same time.

 

[Honest Samuel]

As far of money fallen of Brinks trucks, the money still belongs to Brinks. Any finder who refused to turn it in to them or the FBI are crooks and belong in jail. As far as the sunken treasures, The treasure hunter have contracts with his investors, and therefore he must abide by them. Shame on him. Let him rot in jail.

 

[Limitool]

What I meant is finders keepers doesn't work in the context of what the law determines. The law will decide and there is little one can do if the law determines there is no finders keepers. For some an offer they can't refuse (like finding something intended to entrap) is when problems arise. Problems start when the turtle pokes his head out too far.
Many have no problem of keeping what we find but if it has a whole bunch of value a treasure will bring attention from people trying to get a piece. Best to keep it to yourself. I know that's a lot to ask of people generally. Remember that guy from Philly that found a sack of money that had fallen off a Brinks truck. He couldn't keep quiet.
There is also the problem of what to do with big finds if they are just stumbled upon.
I have thought of problems arising from, for instance, winning the lottery. Many love ya and hate ya at the same time.

I guess what I was talking about was.... finding something... then saying nothing and NOT involving the "law" what so ever or getting them involved.... especially something 100+ years old of value found underground or under a damn flat rock. Other than "Glory" why would you say anything?

 

[gazzahk]

I just don't understand this guys endgame... They will leave him there forever if he doesn't tell where he put the treasure. What the point of having hidden money if you are never getting out of prison to spend it?...

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Greed will do funny things to the human mind.

His mistake was trying to defraud the investors that made his find possible.