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  1. Jun 20, 2023 · Tommy Thompson, who found the S.S. Central America treasure in 1988, has been in prison for seven years for refusing to reveal the location of 500 coins. Federal authorities are beginning to accept his silence and may release him soon.

  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Dec 15, 2020 · Tommy Thompson holds a $50 gold piece retrieved from the wreck of the gold ship SS Central America. Photograph: Lon Horwedel/AP. The government contends Thompson is refusing to cooperate and that ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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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  8. Dec 14, 2016 · Tommy G. Thompson was once one of the greatest treasure hunters of his time: A dark-bearded diver who hauled a trove of gold from the Atlantic Ocean in 1988 — dubbed the richest find in U.S ...

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