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__coaxialcabaltoday at 10:56 AM1 replyview on HN

Are there open source examples of this? I'm not treasure hunting, just curious what sort of data they use, etc.


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__coaxialcabaltoday at 11:05 AM

SS Central America, sunk in 1857 with 14,000 kg of gold.."the old insurance companies who’d paid out when the original ship demanded, and were rewarded, in court a substantial amount of the gold recovered." https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/how-f...

Search for the SS Central America: Mathematical Treasure Hunting, Lawrence D. Stone https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247823555_Search_fo...