The Tucker Cross
The Tucker Cross: still unexplained.
A gold-and-emerald cross from the San Pedro (1594)
Teddy Tucker pulled the finest piece of shipwreck treasure ever found in Bermuda out of a 1594 wreck, and twenty years later, in a museum case, it quietly became plastic. The thief has never been named. Somewhere, the real cross is being admired by exactly one person.
- Where the trail goes cold: Swapped for a plastic replica sometime before Queen Elizabeth II's 1975 visit, the fake was only noticed when someone looked closely. That is where any serious search begins.
- What you are chasing is A gold-and-emerald cross from the San Pedro (1594). Work the documented record of The Tucker Cross back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
- Confirm who owns and governs Bermuda and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
What remains open
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.
- Where the trail goes cold: Swapped for a plastic replica sometime before Queen Elizabeth II's 1975 visit, the fake was only noticed when someone looked closely. That is where any serious search begins.
- What you are chasing is A gold-and-emerald cross from the San Pedro (1594). Work the documented record of The Tucker Cross back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
- Confirm who owns and governs Bermuda and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
- Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
- Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
- Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.
Have a source, a map, or a clipping? Add a lead and it enters the record with its citation.
- The Tucker Cross · archive record · tertiary · encyclopedia
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