Gold worth millions recovered from 1857 shipwreck

[jeff of pa]

Millions of dollars worth of gold has been recovered from a famous 19th-century shipwreck off South Carolina being fought over in court, the first inventories of the salvaged cargo show.

A federal judge in Virginia overseeing the recovery effort from the SS Central America released the mid-April-to-mid-June tallies late Wednesday, the Associated Press and The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday. An updated list is likely soon.
AP based the estimated value of the gold coins and bars on treasure that was sold for $50 million to $60 million after the shipwreck was found in 1988 by Tommy Thompson of Columbus, Ohio, now a fugitive and the target of lawsuits from jilted investors who bankrolled his expedition.

Gold worth millions recovered from 1857 shipwreck

 

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[Salvor6]

Why didn't Recovery Limited Partnership hire Institute of Nautical Archaeology to do the recovery?

 

[MORE AND BEYOND OSSY]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/treasure-hunting-090620540.html

 

[topdogintampa]

SS Central America Operational Reports and recovered cargo inventory's from 5/15 thru 7/17:

SS Centeral America - Operational Reports

 

[Bum Luck]

SS Central America Operational Reports and recovered cargo inventory's from 5/15 thru 7/17:

SS Centeral America - Operational Reports

.............gold bar after gold bar after gold bar ................

 

[Gold Maven]

Great story of the original recovery.

Hard cover copy, $4 @ Edward Hamilton.