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Jun 20, 2023 · The shipwreck hunter who found the "Ship of Gold" in 1988 and hid the coins from the courts for seven years will face federal judge Algenon Marbley on April 14, 2023. He has been in prison for more than seven years and has refused to reveal the location of the 500 coins, worth millions of dollars.
Rank. Captain. Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) is an American Republican politician from Juneau County, Wisconsin. He served as the 19th United States secretary of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2005 in the cabinet of President George W. Bush. Before that, he was the 42nd governor of Wisconsin (1987–2001) and Republican ...
- 1966–1972 (ARNG), 1972–1976 (USAR)
- George W. Bush
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. He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.
- American
- 1988–1996
- treasure hunter
- recovery of SS Central America
Dec 23, 2021 · Tommy Thompson found the SS Central America, a sunken ship with millions of gold coins, in 1988. He went on the run in 2012 and was arrested in 2015, but still refuses to reveal the location of some of the loot.
- Sheila Flynn
Apr 29, 2024 · Tommy Thompson (born November 19, 1941, Elroy, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an American politician, who served as governor of Wisconsin (1987–2001) and as U.S. secretary of health and human services (2001–05) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. Thompson received a bachelor’s degree in political science (1963) and a law ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In just a couple of months, Nemo found and recovered the Central America’s 300-pound ships’ bell, proving once and for all that Tommy Thompson’s group had found the right site. Then Nemo ...
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Apr 14, 2023 · Learn how Tommy Thompson discovered three tons of gold from the S.S. Central America wreck and ended up in prison. The series has exclusive access to archive footage and interviews with the author of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea.
