Feds: Treasure hunter eluded police with cash, tradecraft
A deep-sea treasure hunter who vanished during a court fight over his $50 million haul of gold bars and coins eluded capture by hiding in a two-room hotel suite under a fake name, paying for everything in cash and keeping a low-profile, authorities said Thursday.
Treasure hunter who found a fortune in gold is captured
A treasure hunter accused of cheating his investors out of their share of one of the richest hauls in U.S. history was captured at an upscale Florida hotel after more than two years on the lam.
From hunter to hunted: The rise and fall of treasure sleuth Tommy Thompson
One of the last times anyone ever saw Tommy Thompson, he was walking on the pool deck of a Florida mansion wearing nothing but eye glasses, leather shoes, black socks and underwear, his brown hair growing wild.
It was a far cry from the conquering hero who, almost two decades before, docked a ship in Norfolk, Virginia, loaded with what’s been described as the greatest lost treasure in American history.
1,000 ounces of gold recovered from sunken ship
An expedition to bring back the remaining gold from a steamship that sank in 1857 off South Carolina in one of the nation’s worst maritime disasters has recovered almost 1,000 ounces of gold — the first gold recovered from the wreck in almost a quarter century.
Bargain turns out to be Faberge egg
There is good luck, outrageous good fortune — and now there is the case of the scrap metal dealer who found one of the eight missing Faberge imperial eggs at a flea market in the American Midwest.
California gold discovery spurs rush of theories
LOS ANGELES — Word last week that a Northern California couple found $10 million in gold coins while walking their dog has set off a
California couple stumbles upon $10 million cache of rare coins
A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree.
‘Yellow brick road’ leading to pirate treasure
BREWSTER, Mass. — He calls it “the yellow brick road” because it’s literally sprinkled with gold dust. This road runs along Cape Cod’s s2hifting seafloor,
Rare century-old $5 Alaska bill to be auctioned
The $5 bill displayed for decades on Charles Fairbanks IV’s wall was long a treasured family heirloom from Alaska. Now, to the surprise of the grandson of a turn-of-a-century vice president, it’s also become a likely treasure trove.
Bottle hunters search for lost treasure
The search for a wide variety of elusive antiquities has become a hot trend for cable television programmers. “American Pickers” and “Dirty Money” are two of several titles showing how discarded items can become valuable commodities. Although cable network cameras weren’t rolling in Columbus Saturday, a small band of treasure hunters were digging.