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The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempis

Treasure hunter freed from prison after 10 years but location of gold coins still unknown

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Tommy Thompson stands at the helm of the Arctic Explorer in 1991. Photograph: Doral Chenoweth III/AP

A US treasure hunter who was imprisoned for 10 years after refusing to reveal the location of missing gold coins has been released from prison, without officials apparently ever learning where that gold is.

Tommy Thompson – a renowned salvager who in 1988 found the long-lost, so-called Ship of Gold near South Carolina – was freed from federal prison on 4 March, records and reports recently indicated.

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