More gems from wreck
. CV.Z. Press Association) GISBORNE, Dec. 8. The diver, Mr Kelly Tarlton, had a particularly good day on Saturday when he surfaced with 35 pieces of jewellery from the wreck of the vessel Tasmania, off Mahia Peninsula. “They include some nice opals and diamonds, and I am very happy,” Mr Tarlton said. There is no manifest of the jewels carried by Mr I. J. Rothschild when the ship sank more than 80 years ago, and Mr Tarlton does not know how 7 long his search will continue. He has now brought up . more than JOO pieces of jewellery from the seabed. The loss was originally
estimated at $6OOO, but the value today is more than $lOO,OOO. Some of the best gems, which include rings, brooches, fob chains, and pocket watches, will be displayed in Gisborne next week, fulfilling a promise by Mr Tarlton soon after he began his search in 1973. Sea conditions have been good in the last few 7 days. However, he and his crew have had to contend with strong, irregular currents. Mr Tarlton was a member of an expedition which went to the Auckland Islands last year seeking the wreck of the General Grant. He is convinced the wreck the party investigated is not that of the General Grant.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34021, 9 December 1975, Page 3
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