Daniel Coxon, 'Popcorn Dan', Titanic Victim-- Part 2: Lost His Life

It is believed that Daniel Coxon had returned to England one time earlier, but he returned to his home land  aboard the SS New York on 22  December 1911, traveling  in third class  aboard the same steamer that almost collided with the Titanic in Southampton docks four months later.  

Whilst in England, he lived at  38 Rockford, Kentish Town, London, presumably the address of one of his siblings.  Reportedly delaying his return to the U.S. so he could board the new steamer Titanic, he boarded the vessel at Southampton as a  third class passenger (ticker number 364500 which cost 7 pounds, 5 shillings).

Mr. Coxon lost his life in the disaster and his body, if recovered, was never identified.

--Cooter

SS New York, Treasure Ship

From the March 5, 2010, Daily Iberian.

Gary and Renee Hebert were diving World War II shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico when they came across the wreck of the SS New York which sank in 1846. After that, their hobby became a job after they got legal claim to it and formed the Gentlemen of Fortune Company.

Their goal is to unearth, remove debris and sand and recover as many artifacts as they can like the ship's bell, but especially the cache of rare and expensive coins.

The 365 ton, 160-feet long side wheel steamer New York (launched in 1837) carried 53 passengers and was en route from Galveston to New Orleans when it steamed smack into a hurricane and sank. Everyone survived but 17 died before rescue came from the SS Galveston.

Sunken treasure. I Can Dig It. --DaCoot

There's Gold in Those Waters!!!

The SS New York which sank off the Louisiana coast in an 1846 storm has proven to be a treasure trove of gold coins. Some of these are from the now-forgotten Dahlonega, Georgia, US Mint.

These coins, some of which are in uncirculated mint condition could bring up to $100,000 each at auction. Some of them are called quarter eagles and half eagles with face value at $2.50 and $5.00.

Mints in Charlotte, NC, and Dahlonega, Georgia, operated from 1838 to the onset of the Civil War in 1861. The Dahlonega Mint produced 1.38 million gold coins and Charlotte 1.2 million.

Most of these disappeared after the US Treasury confiscated gold coins in 1933 and melted them down which is why, besides being gold, makes them so expensive.

Dahlonega was a major source of gold in the 1830s.

From the May 15th 2009 Access North Georgia.

Man, Diving for Sunken Treasure. I Would Have Liked to Do That. --Cooter