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03. The Treasure Hunter (Tommy Thompson)

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The Columbus America Discovery Group's Third Expedition

The Columbus America Discovery Group set sail in the summer of 1986, methodically exploring each section of their probability map. The crew returned ashore to study images of targets produced by the ship's sonar technology. In a few days into their search, they found something. More specifically, it was an 1850s era wooden steamship just like the SS Central America that they were looking for. It was hard to tell, but one thing was for certain, there was no gold or treasure to be found.

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