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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]
Jon Collins-Black, an entrepreneur turned author, recently released a book that will lead readers to five treasure chests hidden across the U.S. with a combined prize value of more than $2 million.
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.
A pamphlet published in 1885, entitled The Beale Papers, is the source of this story.The treasure was said to have been obtained by an American named Thomas J. Beale in the early 1800s, from a mine to the north of Nuevo México (New Mexico), at that time in the Spanish province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (an area that today would most likely be part of Colorado).
The Dreamweaver: The Story of Mel Fisher and His Quest for the Treasure of the Spanish Galleon Atocha. Fletcher and Fletcher. ISBN 0-9628359-7-8; Smith, Jedwin (2003). Fatal Treasure: Greed and Death, Emeralds and Gold, and the Obsessive Search for the Legendary Ghost Galleon Atocha. Wiley. ISBN 0-471-69680-3; Clyne, Pat (2010). The Atocha Odyssey.
Every September, Key West puts on a festival honoring treasure hunter Mel Fisher. That’s the man who said, “Today’s the day!” until his crew found $400 million of gold, silver and jewels ...
Members of the Key West salvage industry voiced doubts about the find, claiming that it was unlikely to find uncovered emeralds on the seabed. In April 2012 the television program 60 Minutes produced a story about Miscovich titled The Trouble with Treasure, further increasing the notoriety of the wreck. [8] [4]
Treasure Quest: Snake Island is an American reality television series produced by MAK Pictures for the Discovery Channel.The series follows a crew of treasure hunters led by Jeremy Whalen (including champion freediver Mehgan Heaney-Grier) as they search for the legendary trove of Incan treasure known as the Treasure of the Trinity throughout South America.