Tommy Thompson, now 72, has refused for a decade to tell anyone, including his own lawyers, where the treasure from a ...

Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson (72) has been locked in a cell for more than a decade because he refuses to reveal the exact location where he found a gold treasure to the authorities. The US ...

when a team led by research scientist Tommy Gregory Thompson tracked it down in 1988, scanning the ocean floor using sonar. Open the Youtube video Some of the gold on board was minted to create ...

As the treasures of the "Ship of Gold" gain new life, the man responsible for finding them wreck remains behind bars for a sixth year. Deep-sea explorer Tommy Thompson developed new technology to ...

and chests filled with gold coins. Unfortunately, this quixotic allure hides the decades of legal pitfalls that often await. Ryan Scott [ Provided ] Take treasure hunter Tommy Thompson ...

Thomas "Tommy" Thompson, now 72, has been held in federal prison since 2015 after refusing to tell a judge — or his lawyers — where he stashed a trove of gold coins he recovered from a shipwreck.