Large 18-karat California Gold Rush gold quartz engraved brooch that California’s first millionaire, San Francisco businessman Sam Brannan, was sending in 1857 to his son in Geneva, Switzerland as a ...

The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush bounty. When the Central America sank, it became the worst maritime disaster ...

The discovery was part of a "vast fortune carried by the fleet, which was transporting New World riches back to Spain," the ...

More than 1,000 silver and gold coins worth about $1 million were recovered from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off Florida's coast ...

This discovery is not only about the treasure itself, but the stories it tells,” Sal Guttuso, Director of Queens Jewels, said in a statement.

Tommy Thompson became famous for bringing up treasure from "Ship of Gold." — -- A famous treasure hunter has been arrested by U.S. Marshals after spending more than two years in hiding, ...

Another $1 million in gold and silver coins has been recovered from the site of a Spanish shipwreck from 1715 off the coast ...