On 12th September, 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "the ship of gold", sank off the coast of the US state of South Carolina, along with riches from the California Gold Rush.

It was a category 2 hurricane that sealed the fate for 425 people returning to the US east coast.

The ship was carrying 578 passengers and crew. 425 died, 153 survived, mostly women and children.


They went down with an estimated 21 tonnes of gold bars, coins and nuggets from prospectors who had struck rich on the west coast.

Salvaged from the ship's wreckage in 2014 were daguerreotypes, the first successful commercial form of photography, a one-off picture held on a metal plate and ambrotypes, a type of glass plate photography.

The sidewheel steamship was recovered by a rogue captain and a salvage company between the 1980s and 2014.

Many of the treasures, however, have been hidden away due to years of litigation with insurance companies over who held rightful claim.

Dubbed the 'Ship of Gold,' an estimated value of the gold alone is $100-$150 million.

The 280-foot ship was traveling from Panama to New York carrying tons of gold.

The rare historical items were on display for the first time last week since their discovery at the National Antique Bottle Convention in Reno.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11069181/100-million-treasure-legendary-Ship-Gold-held-secret-vault-goes-display-Reno.html

The 'Mona Lisa of the Deep' daguerreotype recovered from the wreck of the U.S.S. Central America was on display in Reno, Nevada.

Several daguerreotypes were found on the ship.

Daguerreotypes are photographs taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.

A pair of work pants, possibly an early rendition of jeans made by Levi Strauss were hidden underwater for over a hundred years until discovery of the ship.

The ship was laden with tons of gold which sank in the Atlantic, off the coast of South Carolina during a hurricane in September 1857.

This gold brick salvaged from the wreckage of the U.S.S. Central America is worth more than a $1 million alone.

Wow, I love this

Fred Holabird, left, and Bob Evans, right, pose for a portrait with artifacts found on the ship.

Hundreds of historic artifacts from the the U.SS. Central America were on display in Reno.

They created an accidental time capsule of Gold Rush Era America.

Gold ingots, some of the first gold currency out of the Gold Rush were recovered from the wreckage.

Gold and silver coins lay on the sea floor off the coast of South Carolina for over hundred years until their discovery.

425 people died in the shipwreck.

Only 153 passengers, mostly women and children survived.

In addition to the huge loss of life, the loss of $8 million worth of gold at that time contributed to the financial Panic of 1857.

Person nr Just see 50 of those $1M gold bars.

Amazing!

Explorers on this one.

Photo shows a eight-ton remotely operated undersea vehicle that was used to search the ocean floor about 100 miles off the coast of Georgia, where gold bars and coins from the wreck of the SS Central America were recovered

Uprightness100:
Wow!! $100M!!
That's some massive treasure.
But massive as it is, its not worth the value of your Soul in Eternity.
Look round the world folks! We are on the verge of Eternity!!
This Ship is Sinking! The Coming of JESUS Christ is so Imminent!
Repent from your sins and Believe the Gospel of JESUS Christ

I believe that when that ship sank,the people then said it was end time signs. More than two hundred years later, the world is still bubbling with more life than ever

Americans and gold na 5 and 6. They can kill for it.

If I was the one that discovered all these, I would put everything up for auction. I would be a billionaire in no time!

Nozino:
Person nr Just see 50 of those $1M gold bars.

50?

That's way too much na

How about just 2?

Equals 2M dollars and 1.4 billion naira.


Still good yeah?

luminouz:


50?

That's way too much na

How about just 2?

Equals 2M dollars and 1.4 billion naira.


Still good yeah?

You know what they say about half bread… so, yeah.

Stole so much from the native Indians and introduced diseases that wiped them off. Europeans to me are the savages

Nozino:




You know what they say about half bread… so, yeah.

Thief

1.4bilion na half bread to you?

luminouz:


Thief

1.4bilion na half bread to you?

The riches on the SEA and OCEAN floor is so so massive

modskiller:
The riches on the SEA and OCEAN floor is so so massive

The Ocean holds 90% of Earth's treasure/riches.

I beg shey I no go go learn how to swim and dive like this?

decatalyst:
I beg shey I no go go learn how to swim and dive like this?

Lol... You no fit swim that depth o, na sub you go find

Why is this not on front page?

Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Seun

Make I see one of those gold bar

Skibani99:
Make I see one of those gold bar

That big one