10 treasures that are still buried

Most people were introduced to the world of lost treasures as a child: riches such as those of pirates or other criminals who buried their stolen fortunes where no one would have imagined and left instructions on a map to remember the place and go. fetch later; in other cases the treasures were true, such as the precious Egyptian tombs that were sometimes found by a group of archaeologists.

Have you ever wondered if there are a lot of treasures just waiting to be found? Yeah! Come check some with us.

1 - The treasure of Pico Victorio

In 1937 Doc Noss discovered an enormous amount of gold and silver at Pico Victorio in New Mexico. In all, the amount was worth over $ 1 billion! The only problem is that at that time it was illegal to own gold, which made Doc hide the bars all over the peak.

At one point he tried to sell this black market treasure to a guy named Charlie Ryan; however, since Doc was quite paranoid, he changed the gold's location before finalizing negotiations with Ryan, just in case. In the end, he was right; Ryan really shot him. Doc's revenge was to bring the secret of the treasure's location to the grave.

2 - The Mafia Profit

Also in the mid-1930s, American mobster Dutch Schultz had already made a fortune from organized crime in New York. Afraid of losing his assets, he decided to bury $ 7 million in the Catskills Mountains. He died carrying the location of his millions, and every year dozens of treasure hunters gather in search of what Schultz left.

3 - Forrest Fenn's Treasure

Apparently burying treasures in mountains is quite efficient. A former Vietnamese millionaire pilot, now 87, hid a treasure chest in the Rockies and left a 24-line poem as a clue. According to him, the text is more than enough for any hunter to find out where the treasure is; you can just decipher it.

4 - The Lost Jewels of the Crown of England

OK, maybe this is the case of a really lost treasure, but maybe someday a muddy river is overturned and something unexpected comes from it, right?

In 1216, after signing the Magna Carta, King John had to flee from his enemies - and of course he did not do so without taking the Crown Jewels. The problem is that during the escape it was necessary to cross the waters of the river Nene, where the cart carrying the jewels was dragged downstream. They were never seen again.

5 - The Florentine Diamond

This lost diamond was mined in India about 500 years ago, has a beautiful yellow color, 137.27 carats and 126 facets. He passed through the hands of several rulers until he reached the Austrian royal family. The stone was last seen after World War I, when the family fled to Switzerland with the diamond. Let's hope no lady has thrown it into the ocean.

6 - The buried gold of Leon Trabuco

During the 1929 Crisis, Mexican businessman Leon Trabuco and four cronies smuggled 16 tons of gold. When fear of arrest arose, they buried everything in the desert of New Mexico. Three of the four cronies died early, about 5 years after burying the precious metal, and Trabuco died without revealing the location of the treasure to anyone.

7 - The Money Pit

In 1795, a 16-year-old boy from Oak Island, Canada, found a sign made of a non-native stone, 27 meters below ground, which reads “Forty feet below (around 12 meters) there are 2 million of pounds ”. After hundreds of years of searching, no one has found anything.

8 - The tomb of Emperor Tu Duc

Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam has accumulated a great deal of wealth, but has left no heir or thought to leave anything to anyone. He built his mausoleum in a secret location and, to prevent any marauder from breaking into the tomb, arranged for 200 servants to bury his body, and then, upon their return, these same servants were beheaded so that no one would know the location of the tomb.

9 - The map in the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most fascinating archaeological finds of modernity, but they can be even more interesting than you might think. Among them is a map of various treasures. That's right: it lists no less than 64 places where great treasures can be found.

One of the problems is that understanding the instructions requires knowing the locations very well, and today no one else has that ability; The other is that there is a possibility that the Romans had already cleaned these pots long ago.

10 - The Golden Owl

The Golden Owl is a legitimate treasure hunt. On April 24, 1993, this owl was buried somewhere in France, and French writer Regis Hauser (also called Max Valentin) created an 11-track treasure hunt, each containing a title, text, and illustration. Whoever can decipher the tips and find the golden owl will earn 1 million francs!

Although the author believed that it would not take more than 14 months for the owl to be located, to this day no one has been able to decipher the clues.

So, do you meet the challenge?

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