Sunken Platinum Bars Lead Man on Treasure Hunt

Written by Pat's Papers | Thursday, 2 February 2012 8:41 AM


Greg Brooks is convinced only 700 feet of water separate him from his fortune. The Maine man was granted salvage rights, says the Portland Press-Herald, to excavate the S.S. Port Nicholson, which sunk in 1942 and which Brooks believes was carrying $3 billion in platinum bars. Others are skeptical. But he’s undeterred: “I’m going to get it, one way or another, even if I have to lift the ship out of the water.”

SOURCE: Portland Press Herald

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