Kiwi Treasure hunter Bill Day set sail from Bluff, New Zealand on Tuesday afternoon on his fifth expedition to find the General Grant shipwreck and its cargo of gold.
The General Grant struck the cliffs of the Auckland Islands in 1866 and sank with at least 73kg of gold.
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Only 10 of the 83 onboard survived the disaster and life as castaways before they were rescued 18 months later.
Since then, at least 30 attempts have been made to try to locate the wreck and salvage its gold. However, no trace has been found, despite detailed survivors’ accounts.
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