Tommy Thompson, Discoverer of Ship of Gold, Released from Prison

Tommy Thompson, Discoverer of Ship of Gold, Released from Prison

Tommy Thompson, the deep-sea treasure hunter who famously discovered the Ship of Gold off the coast of South Carolina in 1988, was recently released from prison. After spending over a decade behind bars for withholding information about the missing gold coins from the shipwreck, Thompson is now a free man. Federal Bureau of Prisons records confirm his release last Wednesday. Thompson's discovery of the Ship of Gold remains one of the most significant shipwreck finds in American history.