mysterious shipwreck

1857 Ship of Gold Shipwreck’s “Gold Rush Jeans” Sold For $114,000

  • The white, heavy-duty miner’s pants with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artifacts that sold for a total of nearly $1 million.
  • Some say historical evidence suggests there are links to Strauss, who was a wealthy wholesaler of dry goods at the time.
  • Holabird believes the pants were made by a subcontractor for Strauss. He decided to “follow the money – follow the gold”.

Pulled from a sunken trunk at an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of North Carolina, work pants that auction...

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A mysterious shipwreck Dates Back To 1800s

  • A mysterious shipwreck that may date back to the 1800s has emerged from the sands of a northern Florida beach.
  • Dune erosion caused by a recent tropical storm revealed the shipwreck on Crescent Beach in St. Augustine, as per the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum.
  • A local resident, Mark O’Donoghue, saw the exposed timbers and notified St. Augustine Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program (LAMP) Director Chuck Meide.

A recent news article published in the Politicsay reveal that...

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