Tommy Thompson found the S.S. Central America and its thousands of pounds of sunken treasure that sat at the bottom of the ...

Deep sea treasure hunter, Tommy Thompson, was born in northwest Ohio. Thompson was freed earlier this month after a federal ...

Deep-sea explorer Tommy Thompson released from federal custody after decade behind bars for allegedly hiding 500 gold coins from historic shipwreck.

Tommy Thompson stands at the helm of the Arctic Explorer as Bob Evans, center, and Barry Schatz look on in Norfolk, Va., in 1991. Thompson, a former deep-sea treasure hunter, spent years in prison for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former deep-sea treasure hunter who has served nearly a decade in jail for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of missing gold coins has had that term ended by a federal judge in ...

Tommy Thompson holds a $50 pioneer gold piece retrieved from the wreck of the ship S.S. Central America in November 1989. Lon Horwedel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former ...