Posted on 12/17/2016 4:32:20 PM PST by dynachrome
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. history.
Years later, accused of cheating his investors out of the fortune, Thompson led federal agents on a great manhunt - pursued from a Florida mansion to a mid-rent hotel room booked under a fake name.
Now Thompson's beard has grayed, and he lives in an Ohio jail cell, held there until he gives up the location of the gold.
But for nearly two years, despite threats and fines and the best exertions of a federal judge, no one has managed to make Thompson reveal what he did with the treasure.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
SG of gold is 19.3, SG of flour is 1.47.
19.3/1.47 = 13.13
Is there a troy ton?
Or is this a 2000 lb ton?
Maybe lost in the couch somewhere?
I once found more than a dollar in change in my couch. Amazing! Made my day.
Why? He stole money that does not belong to him. I hope he rots.
My source says 1.69. Not going to quibble. You can’t throw gold around like it’s flour is the point.
Not exactly. A troy pound is 5760 grains, while an avoirdupois pound is 7000 grains. There really isn’t such a thing as a troy ton.
Ah, but I wish to quibble. I am a well-known quibbler, skilled in the arts of quibbology.
19.3 would be 24K gold, the trove was mostly coin gold, so it would have a lower SG.
Flour likely has some variability too.
The troy pound is 5,760 grains (≈ 373.24 g, 12 oz t), while an avoirdupois pound is approximately 21.53% heavier at 7,000 grains (≈ 453.59 g).
$218,400,000
I never claimed existence of the Troy Ton, only Ton, ie. 2000 lbs.
In which case you should know quibbling is a mathematical/logical discipline -- not a scientific one -- and the correct word is quibbonometry.
He needs to send his information to Julian Assange.
Perhaps the ambiguity came from not specifying which pound you were talking about. Not important.
***..what he did with the treasure.***
Buried in the Cemetery of Nameless Men.(subtle reference to THE PROFESSIONALS)
“Arch Stanton”
(The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
If you read the article(novel idea) it is likely he spent it on rent of a mansion, drugs, drugs, and his girlfriend.
If I was the owner of that mansion, I’d be looking around.
Quibblenometrically speaking, the ratio of quibble to quobble, above, is quibblopsided, causing critical quibbleosity.
No, it is in the unknown grave next to Arch Stanton.
Good Book. Also read “America’s Lost Treasure” by Tommy Thompson.
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