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The cargo consisted of fifteen hogsheads spermaceti oil, 100 barrels tar, and the rigging and sails of the ship Charles, which was cast away near Nantucket - all of which will be saved with little damage. It is not known by the mate who the oil belongs to; it will be forwarded to Boston immediately. Your humble servant, Reuben Drew." [13] Rodney
When a large earthquake struck the area in 1658 [3] the cave collapsed, killing Veale and burying his treasure with him. [4] The area (near Lynn, Massachusetts) was known as Pirates’ Rock and later Dungeon Rock. Hiram Marble and his son purchased the land in 1852 and spent decades trying to find Veale’s treasure. [5]
Clues for where the treasures were buried are provided in a puzzle book named The Secret produced by Byron Preiss and first published by Bantam in 1982. [1] The book was authored by Sean Kelly and Ted Mann and illustrated by John Jude Palencar, John Pierard, and Overton Loyd; JoEllen Trilling, Ben Asen, and Alex Jay also contributed to the book. [2]
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Jon Collins-Black hid five treasure chests across the US for a public hunt. The chests contain valuable items such as a Casascius bitcoin, an emerald, and rare Pokémon cards.
The year is 1795. Samuel Adams and Paul Revere want to freeze some modern objects in time, so they place a small box in a cornerstone of the Massachusetts State House. Flash forward to 2014.
The idea of treasure maps leading to buried treasure is considered a fictional device. There are cases of buried treasure from different historical periods, such as the Dacian king Decebalus and Visigoth king Alaric I, who both changed the course of rivers to hide their treasures. Legends of buried pirate treasure have existed for centuries ...
The Boston Mills Historic District is a historic district in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Northeast Ohio in the United States. With the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal in 1827, people began to settle in this vicinity. By 1842, there was a water-powered mill, a large warehouse, a boat-yard, two stores and a hotel, and the population ...