Goldfinder : the true story of one man's discovery of the ocean's richest secrets

by Keith Jessop

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This is the story of Keith Jessop, the most successful underwater treasure hunter in history. It describes how Jessop went from being a penniless Yorkshire boy to salvaging 5 tons of Russian gold worth over $100 million from the HMS Edinburgh, which lay 1000 feet at the bottom of the ocean.

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Hanson, Neil	Author	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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This is the story of Keith Jessop, the most successful underwater treasure hunter in history. It describes how Jessop went from being a penniless Yorkshire boy to salvaging 5 tons of Russian gold worth over $100 million from the HMS Edinburgh, which lay 1000 feet at the bottom of the ocean.

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