Lost treasure: gold and pickles.

• Position: Americana - Steamship Republic - Brief Article

The steamship Republic sailed from New York on Oct. 18, 1865, bound for New Orleans. Carrying 59 passengers and crew and cargo to help the Southern port city recover from the Civil War, it ran into a hurricane and sank 100 miles off the coast of Georgia, in waters a third of a mile deep. Now, the 150-year-old vessel has a visitor: a robot with lights, cameras, and mechanical arms that is picking its way through the wreck, hauling up as many as 30,000 gold and silver coins. The coins, experts say, may be worth up to $150 million; that would make

the Republic one of history's richest...