Billion Dollar Wreck
MartinBayerle,whofirstlocatedthesunkenRMSRepublicin270feetofwatersouthoftheislandNantucketin1981,makeshissecondmajorrecoverymissiontothewreck.Thevessel,builtin1903andsunkwhenshewasinadvertentlyrimmedbroadsideinpoorvisibilityin1909,isrumoredtohaveonboarduntoldmillionsinface-valuegoldcoins-anamountthatcouldexceed$1Billionintoday’scurrencyvalues.Bayerle,whowasonceimprisonedformanslaughteraftershootingandkillingamanwhowashavinganaffairwithhiswifeandattemptedtoextortmoneyfromBayerletoleave,maypossessbetterinformationastowhereonthewreckagethegoldmayrest;he’sassembledagroupofprovensalvers,includinghisownson,todive,explore,andifpossiblerecovertheentombedriches.Writtenbyjb0579
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Actors: Grant Bayerle, Martin Bayerle, Tim Ferris