Discover a world of TREASURE with Bob Evans

Bob Evans is best known for his involvement in the recovery of the S.S. Central America, more popularly referred to as the “Ship of Gold”.


Since the autumn of 1983 Bob has been on the front line of matters related to that famous shipwreck, its story, and its treasure. The founder of the project recruited him to augment historical research already begun, leading to a search plan for the legendary treasure ship.

With an academic background in geology and science he became the Chief Scientist and Historian of “the project”. Since science and history are part and parcel of numismatics, he naturally became the numismatist on point for all the treasure. In his role as scientist and historian, he played a critical part in curating the gold and silver coins recovered from that historic shipwreck site.