The shipwreck took out 28 kilograms of gold and left a valuation of nearly 100 million US dollars.
According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on May 5, in 1857, the "Central America" ​​carrying 425 people and weighing 19 tons of gold coins and gold nuggets sailed from California, sailed to New York, and suffered a hurricane on the way. . One of the biggest shipwrecks in the world in history has triggered the "1857 financial panic", the world's first financial crisis. After 157 years, the Treasure Hunter Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company salvaged about 28 kilograms of gold in the ancient shipwreck of Central America on the South Carolina coast.
Shipwreck accident
The world's first financial crisis
According to reports, this ancient shipwreck is called "Central America" ​​and is 85 meters long. In 1857, the ship sailed from California to New York, preparing to deposit a batch of gold in the Bank of New York. However, due to a hurricane in transit, the Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina and 425 people were killed on board. It is said that the ship carries a total of 19 tons of gold, including gold ingots, newly cast gold coins and raw gold, in addition to the privately carried gold of the passengers on board, all sunk on the seabed. At the time, the world’s largest shipwreck triggered the “1857 financial panicâ€, which was the first global financial crisis. The incident was also written in 1998 as the best-selling book "Golden Shipwreck in the Deep Blue Sea".
Tommy Thompson, a US shipwreck expert in Ohio, founded the "Columbus Expedition" in 1986 to find this epic shipwreck, and through a submarine salvage device called "Nemo", found a large number of gold on board, estimated The market value is $57 million. However, after the salvage was successful, Thompson did not pay the investors, but fled on his own.
157 years later
Pick up 28 kg of gold
The experts looked at the historical data and evaluated the remaining gold on the ship and found that the remaining gold was worth about $88 million today. As a result, 39 insurance companies in the United States filed lawsuits after hearing the news, saying they also have ownership of the gold. Because they paid for the insurance of the shipwreck in the 19th century. The lawsuit was shackled for many years until 2013, when the Ohio court appointed the private Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company to continue salvaging gold.
When all the lawsuits were removed, the Odyssey Ocean Exploration Corporation and the court-appointed receiver became the first team to revisit the sunken ship in more than 20 years. As a result, they were pleasantly surprised to find that this century-old shipwreck was still full of gold. On April 15th, the "Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company" expedition came to the waters of 160 miles from South Carolina, sending an underwater robot to dive into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and successfully found the "Central America". Shipwreck location. Recently, "Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company" announced that it had salvaged 28 kilograms of gold last month. The value is about 1.31 million US dollars (about 8.18 million yuan).
Remaining gold valuation
Over $86 million
It is reported that the gold that has been salvaged includes 5 gold bars and 2 double-eagle gold coins with a face value of 20 US dollars. One of the gold coins was cast in San Francisco when the Central America was sunk. Each gold bar weighed 106 to 344 ounces. between.
Odyssey company president Mark Gordon said: "We did not expect to find gold again in such a short period of time."
The company’s 41 employees are investigating the shipwreck area and will not begin salvaging gold until this work is completed. They intend to continue here for the summer, and it is estimated that after six weeks, these golds will be salvaged ashore and the treasures will be seen again.
Although it is not yet possible to determine how much gold is still in the shipwreck, some experts estimate that the value of gold left on the shipwreck is more than $86 million (about 537 million yuan). The double-eagle gold coin with a face value of $20 each has an average value of $5,000 (about RMB 30,000).
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