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The treasure would be composed of "carved silver, gold jewellery, pearls and stones of value, Chinese porcelain, rich fabrics, paintings and perhaps 500,000 pesos". [10] The stories about this treasure are varied, some place it in the environment of the Roques de Anaga , while others place it in the zone of Punta del Hidalgo and the cave of San ...
The "lost mine" is a popular form of lost treasure legend. Although there are countless examples around the world, several common themes can be traced throughout the various legends. Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds.
The Lost Dutchman's is perhaps the most famous lost mine in American history. Arizona place-name expert Byrd Granger wrote, as of 1977, the Lost Dutchman's story had been printed or cited at least six times more often than two other fairly well-known tales, the story of Captain Kidd's lost treasure, and the story of the Lost Pegleg mine in ...
Exactly 300 years later, in 2015, a treasure trove of 101 gold coins was discovered off Florida's Treasure Coast by the Schmitt family. The family operated an LLC called 1715 Fleet - Queens Jewels.
Nielsen had stumbled upon a rare gold ring from over 1,400 years ago, museum officials said in a Feb. 19 news release. The large ring had a red semi-precious stone in the center surrounded by a ...
Underlining the dangers of exploration in the Pitt Lake region, newspapers claimed that since 1900 some two dozen prospectors and treasure hunters looking for Pitt Lake’s gold lost their life by natural causes or fell victim to “Slumach’s Curse.” Remarkably only the death or disappearance of five seemed worth reporting.
But their search revealed a different lost settlement — one with an “extremely rare” treasure. ... → Metal detectorist unearths 'one-of-a-kind' gold treasure from 1,400 years ago. See it
General Tomoyuki Yamashita Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. Yamashita's gold, also referred to as the Yamashita treasure, is the name given to the alleged war loot stolen in Southeast Asia by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II and supposedly hidden in caves, tunnels, or underground complexes in different cities in the Philippines.