Beneath the ocean’s surface lie shipwrecks with fortunes still locked inside. From the San Jose's fabled Spanish treasure to ...
A former deep-sea treasure hunter and research scientist jailed for refusing to disclose the location of 500 missing gold ...
13 troy ounce Kellogg & Humbert gold ingot, expected to sell for $80,000-$100,000. The gold bar, stamped “Kellogg &” and “Humbert”, was valued at just $236.82 in 1857 dollars. 1852 US Assay Office $50 ...
In 1857, a ship loaded with ore from the California Gold Rush sank during a hurricane off South Carolina. In 1988, a scientist from Ohio discovered the wreck of the SS Central America and recovered 21 ...
CHARLESTON, S.C., April 30 (Reuters) - A deep-ocean exploration company is seeking to recover a lucrative haul of gold aboard the shipwreck of the SS Central America, nearly 160 years after it sank ...
Introduction -- Chapter 1. A new generation -- Chapter 2. The careening of the ship -- Chapter 3. The sea would rise again -- Chapter 4. Sail ho! -- Chapter 5. The El Dorado -- Chapter 6. The steamer ...
The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush bounty. When the Central America sank, it became the worst maritime disaster ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa-based Odyssey Marine first made headlines by discovering and recovering half a billion dollars of gold and silver from the Spanish shipwreck, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.