The 1840 wreck of the Steamship North Carolina has long been popular with divers but it is now proving to be a treasure trove of gold coins for a newly begun salvage operation off South Carolina.

The 1840 wreck of the Steamship North Carolina has long been popular with divers but it is now proving to be a treasure trove of gold coins for a newly begun salvage operation off South Carolina.

The 1840 wreck of the Steamship North Carolina has long been popular with divers but it is now proving to be a treasure trove of gold coins for a newly begun salvage operation off South Carolina.

“It is believed that some gold coins from the newly commissioned US Mint in Dahlonega in 1838 would have been in circulation prior to the sinking of the SS North Carolina in 1840, and if found ...

Dahlonega was in the middle of the country's first gold rush in 1828, well before California and Alaska shone in the spotlight. The U.S. Mint built a branch there. The name (pronounced duh-LON-uh ...