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Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, alongside Vikings, criminals, and Old West outlaws. According to popular conception, these people often buried their stolen fortunes in remote places, intending to return to them later (often with the use of a pirate’s treasure map ).
- The Shawnee Silver Mines of Ohio. According to prisoners taken by the Shawnee Indians from the white settlements in Kentucky and Ohio, just a half days walk from their main village of Chillicothe, was a site where the Shawnee mined silver.
- The Shawnee Silver Mines of Kentucky. According to a journal left by one John Swift, a British sailor in Alexandria, Virginia, a party of men including himself and a former captive of the Shawnee in Kentucky named George Mundy crossed “…Big Sandy Creek near its headwaters, and continuing west for a considerable distance we located three of the mines.
- Kidd’s Treasure. In recent years there has been an ongoing expedition to recover the treasure and other artifacts from the wreck of the Adventure Galley near Madagascar.
- Blackbeard’s treasure. Blackbeard was a terror of the Caribbean and the Carolina and Virginia coasts in the early eighteenth century. A master of public image before it was a profession, Blackbeard – whose real name was Edward Teach or Thatch – grew his beard long and decorated it with burning slow fuses, giving himself a sulfuric aroma and image when confronting a victim.
Feb 5, 2021 · Do you know where to find buried treasure in America? Learn about the legends, clues, and mysteries of 15 hidden treasures, from pirate loot to lost silver, that are still out there waiting to be discovered.
Feb 20, 2024 · From the the Ark of the Covenant to the crown jewels of Ireland to a 333-carat pink diamond, here are 30 of the world's most valuable (and missing) treasures.
- Crater of Diamonds State Park (Arkansas) Diamonds were first discovered on the site that's now known as Crater of Diamonds State Park in the early 1900s.
- Bedford, Virginia. One of America’s strangest treasure stories involves a series of ciphers that supposedly tell the whereabouts of a treasure buried in Bedford, Virginia.
- Jade Cove (California) Jade is a semiprecious gemstone, often green in color, that can be found on the shore and in the waters of Jade Cove, a scenic seaside area in Big Sur on California’s Central Coast.
- Auburn, California. Auburn was a major destination for Gold Rush-era prospectors. After gold was discovered there in 1848, thousands of miners came to the area.
Dec 8, 2020 · The grandson of Forrest Fenn, who hid the trove that set off a hunt for buried treasure, confirmed that it was found by a man named Jack Stuef. Stuef says a lawsuit forced him to come forward.
Dec 31, 2022 · Here are 10 stunning gold and silver treasures, dating from millennia to centuries ago, that came to light in 2022.
