
Gold, Guns and Smuggling: Shipwreck May Yield Treasure
• livescience.comThe wreck of a fabled 19th-century gunrunner that may also contain a treasure in gold has been identified off the coast of South Carolina.
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The wreck of a fabled 19th-century gunrunner that may also contain a treasure in gold has been identified off the coast of South Carolina.
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