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Ever since I was young, I've always been fascinated with treasure stories, and in my spare time I especially enjoy reading about and researching treasure stories which may contain an element of truth to them. Just last month, a 55KG silver bar was found off the coast of Madagascar and may have been part of Captain Kidd's lost treasure, so there's definitely tons of interesting stuff out there just waiting to be found (of course there's always Byron Preiss' treasure too)!  . One story I find particularly interesting is the Lost Addams Diggings in New Mexico. Believed to be located somewhere in the Southwestern quadrant of the state (which is a gold producing area, so there's a possibility the diggings may actually exist), this recent book has quite a bit to say on the subject, but to date no one has ever found anything conclusive. Another interesting hunt is for treasure allegedly sunk by the Nazis during WWII in Lake Toplitz, Austria. There's been some efforts to search for the treasure, but according to Wikipedia, quote:...There being a layer of sunken logs floating half way to the bottom of the lake, making diving beyond it hazardous or impossible. Gerhard Zauner, one of the divers on the 1959 expedition, reports that he saw a sunken aircraft below this layer. The area is accessible only on foot by a mile-long path, as the K-Mautner-Weg is a private road that serves the Fisherman's Hut restaurant at the western end.
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Even though it's most likely bullshit and not treasure at all, I've always been fond of Oak Island and the Money Pit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island quote:Oak Island is a 57-hectare (140-acre) island in Lunenburg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. The tree-covered island is one of about 360 small islands in Mahone Bay and rises to a maximum of 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level. Located 200 metres (660 feet) from shore and connected to the mainland by a modern causeway, the island is privately owned. There was a good documentary on TV a year or two ago that profiled the latest pack of suckers who think they can find piles of doubloons or whatever. The list of "potential" treasures that are presumed to be buried in there is hilarious. Pirate treasure Naval treasure Marie Antoinette's jewels Shakespeare manuscripts Knights Templar treasure Freemason treasure Viking ship Or just a prank I'd like to see someone finally pull up a metric ton of gold, but that's about as likely as finding bigfoot it seems. TheDon01 has a new favorite as of 04:08 on Jun 17, 2015 |
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