"Ship of Gold" 156 years later renders its first five bars valued at 1.2 million dollars

“Ship of Gold” 156 years later renders its first five bars valued at 1.2 million dollars

Monday, May 12th 2014 - 06:45 UTC

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At the waning years of the great California Gold Rush, a ship laden around 30,000 pounds of the precious metal on its way to New York was caught in the middle of a vicious hurricane and sunk off the coast of South Carolina with 425 souls aboard. Read full article

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Argentine foreign minister Timerman immediately claimed the gold for Argentina ( Reuters) .
“As we claim the entire Atlantic as our home waters , this gold belongs to us ” beamed the jovial slap head .
Paulcedron piped in too , claiming the gold was owed to Argentina as payment by the United States for it's support against Mexico during the siege of the Alamo .
“ Because half the population of Argentina lives in Miami , this makes it part of Argentina , therefore the gold is ours ” screamed Stevie across the ether .
Maximo claimed the gold was his, and was en route to Mexico to pay for a shipment of recreational chemicals to feed his enormous habit .
Cretina , still in a coma , did not comment .
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