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.

RE: CNN.com - Lost nuclear bomb possibly found - Sep 13, 2004