A diver found a $3 million gold cross in a Spanish shipwreck; 20 years later, it vanished from a museum
- Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy TuckerIn 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda.
- It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered from a shipwreck.
- Tucker eventually sold the entire haul to the government of Bermuda so the treasure could stay on the island, and the cross went on public display, first at the Bermuda Aquarium and later at the Bermuda Maritime Museum.
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- Golden Emerald Cross From 16th‑Century Shipwreck, PC: Teddy TuckerIn 1955, a Bermudian diver named Teddy Tucker pulled a gold cross studded with seven emeralds from the wreck of a sixteenth-century Spanish galleon resting in the reefs off Bermuda.
- It would go on to be called one of the most valuable single objects ever recovered from a shipwreck.
- Tucker eventually sold the entire haul to the government of Bermuda so the treasure could stay on the island, and the cross went on public display, first at the Bermuda Aquarium and later at the Bermuda Maritime Museum.
Sources: Times of India