Billion Dollar Shipwreck - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 4/10/26
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🗓️ 11 April 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Guest host Connie Willis and Captain Martin Bayerle discuss his efforts to salvage the RMS Republic, a ship that sank in 1909 with possibly billions of dollars in Russian gold onboard, why it's so difficult to recover the gold from the ship, and why he isn't worried about anyone else stealing the gold first.
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| 0:45.1 | And not too far away from open lines. Right now, Martin Bayerley, a maritime historian, author, Deep Sea Explorer, and he found something pretty cool. |
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| 0:58.3 | And he's telling us about how much this is worth. |
| 1:02.4 | And he's going to tell you more about the receipts. |
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| 1:18.6 | loses the loan document, but everyone keeps the receipts for the payments. |
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