HOW ABOUT "WORKIN ON A TREASURE HUNT"? - Arrrggghhh!

The SS Port Nicholson was sunk off the coast of Cape Cod by a German U-boat in June 1942.
Recover $3 billion in treasure from WWII shipwreck -

Steamer sunk by German U-boat while carrying a fortune in platinum ingots

FEBRUARY 1, 2012
By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

via BITTER END BLOG

A crew of Maine treasure hunters is gearing up to salvage a World War II shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod believed to be loaded with precious metals worth $3 billion.

The SS Port Nicholson was reportedly carrying more than 70 tons in platinum bars, payment to the U.S. from the Soviets for the war effort, when it was sunk off the coast of Cape Cod by a German U-boat on June 16, 1942.

Treasure chasers at the Sub Sea Research company snatched up the legal rights to the wreck and its cargo in 2009, and they hope to begin gathering the booty in late February or early March.

“Maybe I'll buy a small island in the Caribbean,” Greg Brooks, Sub Sea Researcher's co-founder, joked to the Boston Globe.

But the salvage mission hasn't been smooth sailing so far.

The group has been plagued by funding issues, and is currently looking for a deep sea rover strong enough to haul one of the 30 boxes of platinum ingots to the surface from the sea floor, 800 feet below, according to local reports.

Brooks and his crew are also worried about a loophole that would allow another group to swoop in and lay claim to the site to hunt for any leftovers after Sub Sea recovers the riches.

"They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands," Brooks told the Cape Cod Times.

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