After serving over ten years behind bars, treasure hunter Tommy Thompson has finally been released from prison, maintaining his silence about the location of 500 missing gold coins from a historic shipwreck. Thompson's refusal to reveal the coins' whereabouts had kept him imprisoned for contempt of court, as authorities demanded he disclose the location of the valuable recovered treasure.

The gold coins, worth millions, were recovered from the SS Central America shipwreck in the 1980s, but Thompson never surrendered them to investors who funded his expedition. Despite years of legal battles and imprisonment, Thompson steadfastly refused to reveal where the coins are hidden, leaving their location one of America's most enduring maritime mysteries. His release marks the end of one of the longest contempt of court imprisonments in U.S. history.