Shipwreck Discovery May Yield Rich Cargo

AP ^ | 8.16.2003 | MITCH STACY

[RedBloodedAmerican]

This is a photo of the painting "Tennessee 1860" by Clements Drew, an oil on canvas showing the S.S. Tennessee before it was renamed the S.S. Republic. Tampa-based explorers believe they have found the sunken remains of the steamer off the Georgia coast which could yield the richest cargo ever recovered from a shipwreck. The S.S. Republic was carrying 59 passengers and a load of gold coins from New York to New Orleans when it sank in a hurricane off Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 25, 1865, according to newspaper accounts and other historical records. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, ho)

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Maybe now ya'll will get tha indoor plumbing you've wanted so bad.

[Amelia]

You know, it's not the money, it's the thrill of the chase! ;-)

[ChewedGum]

But the money helps after you spent yourself broke chasing! (If I were rich, I would chase things like this...sounds very fun.)

Gum

[RightWhale]

the coins - intended to help pay for reconstruction of the South

Better late than never.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Ouch! Well, now we can get new voting booths!

[LibKill]

Better late than never.

That's exactly my argument for nuking Berlin.

And some folks call me crazy, and other names. Fegh!

[azhenfud]

Bump

[RedBloodedAmerican]

LOL! Thanks for the laugh!

[Amelia]

(If I were rich, I would chase things like this...sounds very fun.)

It does sound like fun! I wonder if I got scuba certification, would they let me help? ;-)

[DannyTN]

Maybe now ya'll will get tha indoor plumbing you've wanted so bad.

And give up moonlight strolls? I was just thinking of a new pen for the coon dogs.

[DannyTN]

On the other hand, we might just load up on shotgun shells and go down to 'bama and take a stand with Judge Moore.

[ChemistCat]

I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room
All I want's the love you promised, beneath a halo moon
But you think I should--

Ah, nevermind, okay, I'll take the gold. ;-) You can keep the silver thread, though.

[Mortimer Snavely]

180 million dollars worth of gold 1,700 feet down a hundred miles off the coast? I think they'll go broke salvaging, but I'm sure they'll enjoy every minute of it if they don't kill themselves.

[Amelia]

Dang, now I'm gonna be singing that song all night.

I'm gonna sing it LOUD, too...my family will HATE you. ;-)

[DannyTN]

Well don't forget the Bellamy brother's response to that song...

"What you need's a sugar daddy
Diamond rings and a brand new caddie
Little things to help a girl make it through
What you need are satin pillows
Ribbons flowin' down like willows
What you need is me to love you

[ChemistCat]

Sorry!

[stainlessbanner]

Treasure ping!

[thatdewd]

...thousands of gold coins worth as much as $180 million...intended to help pay for reconstruction of the South after the Civil War

Just wait until the reparations crowd hears about this.

[SCDogPapa]

Thanks for the ping Stainless. My it's a small world. I was just reading about the find on Netscape.