Tommy Thompson, a 73-year-old treasure hunter who discovered the SS Central America shipwreck off South Carolina in 1988, was released from federal prison on March 4 after serving 10 years for refusing to disclose the location of 500 gold coins from the wreck. Thompson maintained he did not know the whereabouts of the $2.5 million in coins, claiming they had been given to a Belize-based trust, and the location remains unknown.
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Tommy Thompson, a 73-year-old treasure hunter who discovered the SS Central America shipwreck off South Carolina in 1988, was released from federal prison on March 4 after serving 10 years for refusing to disclose the location of 500 gold coins from the wreck. Thompson maintained he did not know the whereabouts of the $2.5 million in coins, claiming they had been given to a Belize-based trust, and the location remains unknown.