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The term treasure trove is often used metaphorically to mean a "valuable find", and hence a source of treasure, or a reserve or repository of valuable things. [4] Trove is often used alone to refer to the concept, [ 5 ] the word having been reanalysed as a noun via folk etymology from an original Anglo-French adjective trové (cognate to the ...
Treasure trove is property that consists of coins or currency hidden by the owner. To be considered treasure trove and not mislaid property, the property must have been deliberately hidden or concealed, and sufficiently long ago that the original owner can be considered dead or not discoverable. For example, under historic English law, one ...
A Treasure trove is a hidden store of valuables. It may also refer to: Treasure Trove, a solitare card game; A Treasure's Trove, a children's book;
Recently, a researcher reported that he believes he discovered about 20 stories and poems written by Louisa May Alcott, some under both her own name and some under a pseudonym, for several local ...
Now — more than 300 years later — the treasure trove has been uncovered and linked to an infamous massacre. Lucy Ankers, an archaeology student at the University of Glasgow, ...
Treasure troves of the United States, amounts of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground or in places such as cellars or attics, where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable. An archaeological find of treasure trove is known as a hoard.
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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 ...