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searcher said:
Update on Tommy Thompson

'Ship of gold' treasure hunter released from prison decade after Florida arrest. Where are coins?​

A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the great shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent more than a decade in jail after refusing to disclose the whereabouts of some of its missing gold coins is now out of prison, federal records show.

Tommy Thompson, who in 1988 located what was known as the Ship of Gold off the coast of South Carolina, was released last Wednesday, according to federal Bureau of Prisons records reviewed by The Associated Press.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...-where-are-coins/ar-AA1XV4aY?ocid=socialshare
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A Comedy or a Tragedy? Treasure Hunter Freed from Prison

In 1857, the gold was worth about $2 million. With gold over $5,000 an ounce, the melt value alone would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $2.2 billion.
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He Tugged a Rope in the Floor and Discovered $2.4 Million
Daily Galaxy

A plumber renovating the basement of a villa in Vienna’s Penzing district made one of the most striking accidental discoveries in recent Austrian memory: a rusted metal chest packed with approximately 30 kilograms of gold coins, cemented into the floor and hidden beneath concrete for what experts believe was decades. The coins, each stamped with the image of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, carry an estimated value of 2.3 million euros, or roughly $2.4 million.

The chest surfaced only because the plumber noticed a rope protruding from the basement floor. When he pulled on it and it refused to move, he broke through the concrete and found the chest anchored below.

Under the Austrian Civil Code, a find of hidden valuables qualifies as a legal treasure when the original owner can no longer be identified. Ownership is then split: the finder receives half, and the property owner receives the other half. The law does not automatically transfer full ownership to the state, which means the plumber may walk away with a share valued at over one million euros.
 
900-Year-Old Hidden Fortune of Over 2,150 Medieval Coins
IDR

The ceramic pot that held the coins was nearly destroyed by plowing. Only its base survived. The silver denarii themselves stayed tightly packed exactly where they were buried, preserving the original shape of the deposit. The woman who noticed them contacted authorities immediately, giving experts a chance to document the context before anything shifted.
 
Massive 11,000-carat ruby unearthed by miners in Myanmar
CBS News

Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the second-largest by weight ever found in the Southeast Asian nation. The ruby, measuring 11,000 carats and 4.8 pounds was discovered in mid-April.

While it weighs roughly half the weight of a 21,450-carat stone found in 1996, the new discovery is considered more valuable due to its superior color and quality. It is described as having a purplish-red hue with yellowish undertones, a high-quality color grade, moderate transparency and a highly reflective surface.

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I want one!
 
searcher said:
Posted this on a different forum (not gim) 11 years ago. Short, fun vid.

Art McKee: "The Father of Modern Treasure Hunting" at the History of Diving Museum​


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The evolution of modern salvage diving can be understood through life of one man. Arthur McKee Jr., considered the "father of modern treasure hunting," was the first to recognize that the reef-riddled Florida Keys provided a precious landscape for wrecked ships carrying even more precious cargo. He would be the first to salvage these ships, and in the process, become a pioneer in the salvage industry and the history of diving.
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Another vid about McKee.

"DANGER IS MY BUSINESS: TREASURE DIVER" 1961 TV SHOW EPISODE WITH ART MCKEE & JOHN D CRAIG GG50985b​

This episode of "Danger is My Business", "Treasure Diver" dates to 1961. Here, host Col. John D. Craig joins diver Art McKee as he searches for a Spanish galleon wreck near the Florida Keys. Despite dangerous conditions and a near-fatal entrapment while using heavy diving gear, the lure of lost treasure keeps him determined. The story highlights both the risks and the enduring appeal of underwater exploration. Note: Arthur McKee Jr., known as Art "Silver Bar" McKee, was a noted Florida treasure diver and is often referred to as "the father of modern treasure diving" or the "The Treasure Hunter's Treasure Hunter." McKee pioneered salvage work on historic shipwrecks in the days before scuba diving became popular. He had a tourist museum called "McKee's Sunken Treasure" in Islamorada, Florida, that showed off treasure and relics recovered from the wreck sites of sunken Spanish Galleons. Col. John D. Craig was an adventurer, oil man, writer, soldier, diver, Hollywood stunt man, film producer, and television host. He worked in the commercial surface-supplied diving industry from the 1930s on, and filmed aerial combat over Europe during WWII.


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