Δεν ειναι ραδιο αρβυλα.Το καραβι βυθιστηκε με 14 τονους χρυσου,οχι 21 τονους.Καταφεραν και τον ανεσυραν ολο.Στο μονο που υπερβαλει το αρθρο ειναι ισως στο ποσο των 150 δις.Αλλα πολλα απο τα νομισματα που βρεθηκαν ηταν χρυσα δολλαρια με μεγαλη υπεραξια.
Search and discovery[edit]
The ship was located by the use of Bayesian search theory and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operated by the Columbus-America Discovery Group of Ohio, that was sent down on September 11, 1988.[2] Significant amounts of gold and artifacts were recovered and brought to the surface by another ROV built specifically for the recovery. Tommy Thompson led the group. Thirty-nine insurance companies filed suit, claiming that because they paid damages in the 19th century for the lost gold, they had the right to it. The team that found it argued that the gold had been abandoned. After a legal battle, 92% of the gold was awarded to the discovery team in 1996.[3] In March, 2014, a contract was awarded to Odyssey Marine Exploration to conduct archeological recovery and conservation of the remaining shipwreck.
The total value of the recovered gold was estimated at $100–150 million. A recovered gold ingot weighing 80 lb (36 kg) sold for a record $8 million and was recognized as the most valuable piece of currency in the world at that time.[4] Thompson was sued in 2005 by several of the investors who had provided $12.5 million in financing, and in 2006 by several members of his crew, over a lack of returns for their respective investments. Thompson went into hiding in 2012, and was located in January 2015, along with assistant Alison Antekeier, by US Marshals, and will be extradited to Ohio, to provide an accounting of the expedition profits.[3][5][6][7]
A receiver was appointed to take over Thompson's companies and, if possible, salvage more gold from the wreck,[5] in order to recover money for Thompson's various creditors.[3] In 2014, Odyssey Marine Exploration was selected to undertake the salvage.[8] The original expedition only excavated "5 percent" of the ship.[3]
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