by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
According to a history of Tennessee by James Adair, “Within twenty miles of Fort Loudon (built by the British in 1756-57 on the Little Tennessee River) there exist silver mines so rich that by digging about ten yards deep, some desperate vagrants found at sundry...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
East of Sneedville, on the Clinch River, in Hancock County, is where W.G. Seal owned and operated a legal distillery in the 1800s. He was also a prosperous farmer and cattle trader. It is known that he accumulated a half bushel of gold and silver coins. A large part...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
South Dakota Indian legends and other sources tell of a Santee Indian named Gray Foot, who told his sons in a deathbed confession that he had buried a flour sack partially filled with gold coins near Long Lake in what is now Marhsall County. He said he was a member of...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
In the 1860’s an unidentified vessel carrying bullion was wrecked in the Missouri River, off Pierre, before a permanent settlement was located there. The cargo of gold from the mines of Montana was valued at $500,000. Reports at the time said the site of the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
There were an estimated 100,000 different weapons dumped into the Congaree River near Columbia. This armament was put there when it was captured by Union General Wm. Sherman, when he passed through Columbia in 1865 on his “march to the sea.” The purpose...
by admin | Aug 7, 2017 | Treasure Stories
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 12″ x 12″ with the contents unknown. It was found in 1949 and covered by the sands and lost again before...
