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While he was in space, Cooper recorded dark spots he noticed in the waters of the Caribbean. He believed these anomalies may be the locations of shipwrecks. The 2017 Discovery Channel docu-series Cooper's Treasure followed by Darrell Miklos as he searched through Cooper's files to discover the location of the suspected shipwrecks. [95] [96]
The center opened in July 2011 and is in Orange County, California. [1] The Cooper Center was named to commemorate Dr. John D. Cooper, professor emeritus of geological science at Cal State Fullerton, who campaigned for the conservation of the Orange County Collection, and died in 2007. [2] [3]
The 300-plus-year-old glass onion bottles were discovered from the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwreck, located off the coast of Florida. ... Upon discovery, the bottles were covered in sand, ...
Cooper's Ferry Archaeological Site. The most recent work at the Coopers Ferry site was a joint effort of Oregon State University and the Bureau of Land Management and led by Loren G. Davis. Excavation began in 2009 and ran until 2018. A hearth, pits, and animal bones including extinct horses were found.
Inside the 1,200-year-old grave, archaeologists unearthed a treasure trove of gold artifacts, including several breastplates, two belts made of gold beads, bracelets, figure-shaped earrings ...
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Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. [4] He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, [5] and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.
In 1971 a mysterious man claimed he had a bomb in a briefcase, hijacked a Boeing plane and parachuted from that plane after extorting $200,000 from the FBI.