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The Search for Sunken Treasure, Exploring the World's Great Shipwrecks |
More than 325 documented ships sank around the Cayman Islands, which were in the path of sailing vessels plying between Cuba, the last stop before... |
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Civil War Gold in Bates County |
Sometime during the Civil War a band of guerrillas supposedly robbed a bank and looted a small unnamed town in the vicinity of Adrian, Missouri.... |
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Spanish Silver Mines |
Over two hundred years ago seven Spaniards who were working a silver mine, after crudely smelting and stamping it, secreted their vast wealth in a... |
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Spanish Treasure in Polk County |
Noble Hill is located on State 13, about 13 miles north of Springfield, and almost on the Polk-Green County line. There has long been a story... |
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The "Far West" Riverboat Story |
$375,000 in gold bars were removed from the riverboat, "Far West", and buried less than a half mile above Yellowstone River's junction with the... |
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"Beastly Butler" and his Gold |
The discovery of gold on Fish Creek produced the boom town of Highland City which once outstripped Butte in population. Among the thousands... |
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The Bennett and Abernathy Cache |
In 1867 two wealthy ranchers named Bennett and Abernathy retreated to a cave near Alexandria when attacked by Indians. They were smoked out and... |
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Pioneer Gold |
Burying money was a common practice while camping at night among pioneers when traveling. When camping at night, pioneers frequently buried their... |
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Clark County Silver |
In 1877 two unnamed brothers accompanied by a mule skinner drove a wagon from Utah with supplies for the Mormons remaining in the area. They also... |
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The Disaster Peak Treasure |
During the gold rush days a wagon train was returning east from California. Its members had been successful in the California mines and their... |
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1710 Rubies |
According to British Naval records the "Nottingham" sank near Boon Island, just north of the Isles of Shoals in December 1710. The rubies in her... |
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Pirate Treasure |
Captain Kidd is believed to have buried treasure near Colebrook in Coos County; in the area of Weare, Hollsboro County; Rye Pond, close to Antrim... |
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The Lost Silver Madonna |
The loss of a silver statue of the Madonna in the White Hills of New England in the 1750s is quite a mystery. The monetary worth of the silver... |
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The Lost Spinel Mine |
A lost site in New Jersey once yielded the largest spinel crystals in the world. One crystal weighed almost 30 pounds, and there could be other... |
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Pirates Buried Treasure Stories |
Many of the Jersey beaches are located on outer islands ranging in length from a few hundred feet to many miles. Legend has it that the vicinity... |
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The Lost Gold Mine of Bernalillo County |
During the 40 years prior to 1878 more than 125 ships are known to have wrecked in the vicinity of Long Beach Island and left their bones on the... |
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Itinerary of the Coronado Expeditions 1527 - 1547 |
1527
JUNE 17 Narvaez sails from Spain to explore the mainland north of the Gulf of Mexico.
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APRIL 15 Narvaez lands in Florida... |
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Cave of Silver Bars |
Somewhere along the Rio Bonito of south central Lincoln County is a cave reportedly packed with blackened silver ingots. It is said that the... |
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Gran Quivara National Monument |
Over 200 burro-loads of Spanish gold and silver church treasure, a hoard of gold bars, statues, ornaments and raw gold and silver was buried on... |
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The Blockake Runner |
The Fanny and Jenny, a confederate blockade runner, sank off North Carolina in 1864 as she tried to evade Federal warships and reach Wilmington.... |
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Sixteen French Pack Horses |
About the middle of the 1860s an elderly man named Lesuer came to the vicinity of Rochester. He had a letter which had been given to him by his... |
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The Lost Silver Mine of Heavener |
A lost silver mine awaits rediscovery a few miles south of Heavener, somewhere in Round Mountain. It is believed that this mine was worked by the... |
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The Cave with the Iron Door |
This legendary cave has been called by several different names and there are different stories as to what is in the cave. One version is that the... |
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Spanish Shipwreck Treasure |
About 1679 Spanish survivors of a shipwreck buried a chest of gold and silver somewhere on the slope of Neahkohnie Mountain, near what is now... |
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Spanish Hill |
Spanish Hill or Carantouan is first mentioned in writing in 1614 on a Dutch map. In 1795 a Frenchman, Don de Rochefoucould-Lian-Court, on a visit... |
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The Train Robbery |
In 1927 a pay car for the coal mines was blown up by two men. A large charge was used and the car and occupants were blown apart. More than $27,... |
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Deep Run Silver |
There is a long standing legend of an Indian silver mine and cache of silver ingots being hidden in the area of Deep Run, Pennsylvania. This... |
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The Pirate Charles Harris |
A treasure chest belonging to the pirate Charles Harris, who was hanged at Newport in 1723, is at the base of Newport Cliffs. The chest is 20" x... |
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Confederate Weapons |
There were an estimated 100,000 different weapons dumped into the Congaree River near Columbia. This armament was put there when it was captured... |
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The Sunken Treasure Ship in Pierre |
In the 1860's an unidentified vessel carrying bullion was wrecked in the Missouri River, off Pierre, before a permanent settlement was located... |
