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Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988.
Jun 20, 2023 · Tarnished Treasure: Will Shipwreck Hunter Tommy Thompson's Legal Limbo Finally End? After seven years in prison, it appears Thompson will never reveal the location of his loot. Federal authorities are beginning to accept this.
Jan 25, 2022 · The hearing came just days after a massive ingot from the shipwreck sold at auction for over $2 million. Research scientist Tommy Thompson has been held in contempt of court since Dec. 15, 2015...
Dec 19, 2020 · Thomas G. Thompson was the head of a salvage company that in 1988 found the S.S. Central America, a steamship that sank in 1857 in a hurricane off South Carolina carrying tons of gold coins and...
Dec 9, 2021 · Tommy Thompson, a former treasure hunter, has been in jail for almost six years after refusing to reveal the location of 500 missing coins made from gold discovered in a sunken ship.
Dec 10, 2021 · A former deep-sea treasure hunter is preparing to mark his sixth year in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of 500 missing coins made from gold found in an historic shipwreck....
Dec 9, 2021 · COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former deep-sea treasure hunter is preparing to mark his sixth year in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of 500 missing coins made from gold found in an historic shipwreck. Research scientist Tommy Thompson has been held in contempt of court since Dec. 15, 2015, for that refusal.
Jun 4, 2024 · The sunken ship was carrying the spoils of California’s gold rush when it sank in 1857, yielding a treasure worth upward of $765 million in 2024 dollars. Even more amazing than finding the wreck...
Dec 4, 2018 · Thomas G. “Tommy” Thompson and his company headed an expedition in the late 1980s that recovered tons of gold and other valuables worth hundreds of millions of dollars from a ship that had sunk...
Dec 16, 2020 · Tommy Thompson was paid to recover the treasure left behind in a 19th-century shipwreck. But when he refused to pay up, he was put behind bars.
