Decius wrote:
] ] Government experts are investigating a claim that an
] ] unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the
] ] height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air
] ] Force spokesman said Monday.
] ]
] ] The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958
] ] following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86
] ] fighter.
] ]
] ] A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of
] ] Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a
] ] large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting
] ] high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated
] ] Press report.

Wow. Strangely enough my dad remembers when this happened.

Decius wrote:
] ] Government experts are investigating a claim that an
] ] unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the
] ] height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air
] ] Force spokesman said Monday.
] ]
] ] The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958
] ] following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86
] ] fighter.
] ]
] ] A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of
] ] Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a
] ] large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting
] ] high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated
] ] Press report.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Bomb

I remember reading about this and others (see my meme on nuclear accidents) while bored as a co-op student.

Rattle wrote:
] ] Government experts are investigating a claim that an
] ] unarmed nuclear bomb, lost off the Georgia coast at the
] ] height of the Cold War, might have been found, an Air
] ] Force spokesman said Monday.
] ]
] ] The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958
] ] following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86
] ] fighter.
]
] And to think treasure hunters have been focusing all their
] attention on the Caribbean.
]
] ] The United States lost 11 nuclear bombs in accidents
] ] during the Cold War that were never recovered, according
] ] to the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
]
] Collect em' all!

How the hell do you just fucking "lose" a bloody NUKE.......its not like a contact or something....it doesn't blend well with its environment....sheesh

Nanochick wrote:
] How the hell do you just fucking "lose" a bloody
] NUKE.......its not like a contact or something....it doesn't
] blend well with its environment....sheesh

They sink in the mud actually. They are very heavy.

] July 28, 1957 – A C-124 Globemaster with 3 nuclear weapons
] and a nuclear capsule from Dover Air Force Base lost power
] in two engines. Two weapons were jettisoned somewhere
] off Rehobeth, Delaware and Cape May, New Jersey/Wildwood,
] New Jersey; they were reportedly never found.

See, its not just Georgia. We got lost nukes offshore up here too..

Wikipedia: List of nuclear accidents