A gold bar recovered from a ship that sank during the Californian Gold Rush is up for auction - with an estimate set at 211 times it's original value. The ingot, which weighs 40oz and is expected ...

"Strauss was the largest single merchant to ship gold out of California in the 1857-1858 period," Holabird said. The list of the $1.6 million cargo that left San Francisco on the S.S. Sonora in ...

The ship's gold that is thought to remain on the ocean floor was valued at $760,000 in 1857 but worth millions today, according to Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc, a Tampa, Florida-based company ...

The ship's gold that is thought to remain on the ocean floor was valued at $760,000 in 1857 but worth millions today, according to Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc, a Tampa, Florida-based company ...

The ship’s gold that is thought to remain on the ocean floor was valued at $760,000 in 1857 but worth millions today, according to Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc, a Tampa, Florida-based company ...

removing the rust and grime that accumulated after the S.S. Central America - appropriately known as the "The Ship of Gold"- sank in a hurricane in 1857 off the coast of South Carolina.