Treasure hunter released from prison, but 500 gold coins remain missing
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Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson is free from prison, but 500 gold coins he recovered remain missing.
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Treasure hunter Tommy Thompson has been released from federal prison after a decade, despite 500 gold coins from the S.S. Central America shipwreck remaining unaccounted for. Thompson was jailed for contempt of court in 2015 for refusing to disclose the location of the missing gold, which he recovered from the 1857 shipwreck. His release follows a judge's ruling that he had served his time, though the coins' whereabouts are still unknown. This development concludes a significant chapter in the long-running legal dispute over the salvaged treasure. The ongoing mystery surrounding the remaining gold leaves its ultimate fate uncertain.
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