I’ve put together a timeline talking about gold treasure found and lost. Although we all know this is not all inclusive by any means it’s still interesting to read on the topic of gold treasure. Take some time and scroll through the listing and view some of the reference sources. i think you’ll find the topic fascinating..
| 1309 | 1309 – A Royal Commission, set up in 1309, “to inquire touching concealed goods of the Templars in the County of Hertfordshire”, found none of the gold, treasure or jewels believed to have been hidden by the Templars. Neither did the two men granted a patent to dig …A Royal Commission, set up in 1309, “to inquire touching concealed goods of the Templars in the County of Hertfordshire”, found none of the gold, treasure or jewels believed to have been hidden by the Templars. Neither did the two men granted a patent to dig for treasure at Temple Dinsley by Edward III on condition that the Crown took half the spoil. No trace of the treasure, or the Ark of the Covenant, or the Holy Grail has yet been found.
From Templar Treasure Tunnels, page 1 – Related web pages |
| 1622 | 1622 – The Atocha sank off the Florida Keys in a hurricane in 1622, and Treasure Salvors has found more than $100 million in gold, silver and jewels from the galleon. “One thing we have learned is that the Atocha was not well- constructed ,” she said. “It sank on its …The Atocha sank off the Florida Keys in a hurricane in 1622, and Treasure Salvors has found more than $100 million in gold, silver and jewels from the galleon. “One thing we have learned is that the Atocha was not well- constructed ,” she said. “It sank on its maiden voyage, and we found evidence she had already seen repairs.” The salvors found a type of pine that grew only in North America and Spain at the time, indicating the repair material had been imported.
From SALVORS RAISE TELLTALE WOOD FROM ATOCHA – Related web pages |
| Sep 6, 1622 – This silver piece of eight came off the Atocha shipwreck which sank in a raging storm off the Florida Keys on September 06,1622. This was part of the treasure that was found by the famous Mel Fisher of Treasure Salvors, Inc. Incidentally, they found over a …This silver piece of eight came off the Atocha shipwreck which sank in a raging storm off the Florida Keys on September 06,1622. This was part of the treasure that was found by the famous Mel Fisher of Treasure Salvors, Inc. Incidentally, they found over a half a billion dollars of gold and silver on the wrecks of the Atocha and the Margarita as well. This coin is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and is signed by all the corporation officials and Mel Fisher. A …
From silver piece of eight reale grade 1+ atocha – Related web pages |
| 1641 | 1641 – Post Forum: Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:27 pm Subject: Last Seen in 1641, the Merchant Royal Has Been Found. Treasure hunters have recovered gold and silver worth an estimated US$500 million from a shipwreck off …Post Forum: Shipwrecks and Treasure Hunting Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 12:27 pm Subject: Last Seen in 1641, the Merchant Royal Has Been Found. Treasure hunters have recovered gold and silver worth an estimated US$500 million from a shipwreck off Cornwall, UK. Salvage companies have spent years looking for the wreck of the Merchant Royal, …
From Piece of Eight :: Search – Related web pages |
| 1715 | 1715 – Divers searching for treasure from a Spanish ship that sunk in a hurricane in 1715 have found a perfectly preserved, 1 1/2-foot-high silver bell. “Gold coins are gold coins,” said Carl Lazzeri, captain of the Rogue Wave, whose divers made the find. “Artifacts …Divers searching for treasure from a Spanish ship that sunk in a hurricane in 1715 have found a perfectly preserved, 1 1/2-foot-high silver bell. “Gold coins are gold coins,” said Carl Lazzeri, captain of the Rogue Wave, whose divers made the find. “Artifacts are one of a kind. To find something in that good of condition is really exciting.” The four-man crew of the Rogue Wave has been searching since May for gold, silver and artifacts from the apparent remains of the …
From Divers seek Spanish gold but are gong-ho for silver – Related web pages |
| 1760 | 1760 – In 1760, English seaman Cornelius Webb buried a treasure said to contain 864 bags of gold, 200 bars of gold, 21 barrels of precious stones and jewelry, one golden trunk with a two-foot high gold and emerald rose, and 160 chests of gold and silver coins.In 1760, English seaman Cornelius Webb buried a treasure said to contain 864 bags of gold, 200 bars of gold, 21 barrels of precious stones and jewelry, one golden trunk with a two-foot high gold and emerald rose, and 160 chests of gold and silver coins. Webb’s men buried the treasure and when they returned to the ship, Webb blew up the vessel, killing all the men so no one but himself would know of the treasure. A genuine treasure map has been found and the island has …
From The Lost Treasure of Robinson Crusoe Island – Intelligent Travel Blog – Related web pages |
| 1798 | 1798 – A single gold coin, a leather shoe and skeletal remains were discovered Tuesday by treasure hunters who salvaged part of the HMS DeBraak, a British ship that sank in 1798. For decades, sailors have said the vessel took a fortune in gold and jewels to the bottom …A single gold coin, a leather shoe and skeletal remains were discovered Tuesday by treasure hunters who salvaged part of the HMS DeBraak, a British ship that sank in 1798. For decades, sailors have said the vessel took a fortune in gold and jewels to the bottom. “I feel there will be more treasure to be found,” said operations manager David Agatha, who has made 150 dives to the wreck 80 feet below the surface. “As far as finding a big, giant mother lode, I don’t know.”
From SEA GIVES UP ANCIENT WRECK TREASURE HUNTERS FIND BONES, … – Related web pages |
| 1799 | 1799 – The treasure of Nagyszentmiklos.The gold treasure found in 1799 in Nagyszentmiklos (now Sinicolaul in Roumania)consists of 23 pure gold vessels weighing a total of 10 kg.A cross on a gold plate dates the treasure from the time of Christianization of Bulgars. From Lessing Photo – Search Results for CROSS – Related web pages www.lessing-photo.com/search.asp?a=1&kc … |
| 1834 | 1834 – He showed us the spot in which Ferlini, in 1834, had found immured the rich treasure of gold and silver rings. I also discovered, the same evening, a cased Pyramid, according to the principle of the Egyptian Pyramids, which were afterwards enlarged by …Our new Kawass, who did not like to leave us alone in the night time, had immediately followed us. He had a perfect knowledge of the locality, as he had been here a long time with FEBLINI, and had assisted him in his researches among the Pyramids. He showed us the spot in which Ferlini, in 1834, had found immured the rich treasure of gold and silver rings. I also discovered, the same evening, a cased Pyramid, according to the principle of the Egyptian Pyramids, which were …
From Letters from Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Peninsula of Sinai – Related web pages |
| 1837 | 1837 – The Pietroasele Treasure (or the Petrossa Treasure) found in Pietroasele, Buzău, Romania, in 1837, is a late fourth-century Gothic treasure that included some twenty-two objects of gold, among the most famous examples of the polychrome style of Migration …The Pietroasele Treasure (or the Petrossa Treasure) found in Pietroasele, Buzău, Romania, in 1837, is a late fourth-century Gothic treasure that included some twenty-two objects of gold, among the most famous examples of the polychrome style of Migration Period art. Of the twenty-two pieces, only twelve have survived, conserved at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest: a large eagle-headed fibula and three smaller ones encrusted with semi-precious stones; a …
From Pietroasele Treasure - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – Related web pages |
| 1849 | 1849 – There’s at least some gold down there. In 1849, treasure hunters sank a drill to the 98 foot level. Like Lynds, they hit what felt like a wooden chest. They dug through the top into what felt like “22 inches of metal in pieces (possibly gold coins),” through …There’s at least some gold down there. In 1849, treasure hunters sank a drill to the 98 foot level. Like Lynds, they hit what felt like a wooden chest. They dug through the top into what felt like “22 inches of metal in pieces (possibly gold coins),” through more wood, and into another 22 inches of metal. When they pulled the drill back to the surface, three links of gold chain were stuck to it . In nearly 200 years of digging, that’s all the treasure that’s been found.
From The Last Great Buried Treasure Mystery: The Money Pit at Oak Island – Related web pages |
| 1857 | 1857 – There, she and the team created a compelling marketing program that combined the mystique of sunken gold treasure with the fantastic tale of a ship that went down in a hurricane in 1857, and the story of modern day scientists/adventurers who found and recovered a …As head of Business Development for Columbus America Discovery Group, Anne worked on the “Ship of Gold” and what Life Magazine called “The Greatest Treasure Ever Found.” There, she and the team created a compelling marketing program that combined the mystique of sunken gold treasure with the fantastic tale of a ship that went down in a hurricane in 1857, and the story of modern day scientists/adventurers who found and recovered a ship over a mile deep in the ocean.
From B2B Marketing and Business Development Professional -Anne Marsden | … – Related web pages |
| 1857 – Only 10% of the booty from the SS Central America – a luxury liner lost in a hurricane off South Carolina – will go to insurance companies that wanted 65% of the gold because they paid out claims when the ship sank in 1857. A federal judge Thursday awarded …A federal judge Thursday awarded 90% of the gold from the USA’s richest shipwreck to treasure hunters who found it 7000 feet beneath the Atlantic. Only 10% of the booty from the SS Central America – a luxury liner lost in a hurricane off South Carolina – will go to insurance companies that wanted 65% of the gold because they paid out claims when the ship sank in 1857. A federal judge Thursday awarded 90% of the gold from the USA’s richest shipwreck to treasure …
From Treasure hunters salvage 90% of booty from ruling – Related web pages |
| 1857 – While the lion’s share of the recovered treasure is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion and belongs to the team that found it, 8 percent of the gold will go to the insurance companies that absorbed the loss in 1857. The auction house is betting the drama …While the lion’s share of the recovered treasure is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion and belongs to the team that found it, 8 percent of the gold will go to the insurance companies that absorbed the loss in 1857. The auction house is betting the drama behind the Central America’s sinking — it was the 19th Century equivalent of the Titanic — will add a helping of history to the actual value of the gold. Sotheby’s Paul Song estimated the auction of 8 percent of the …
From SUNKEN TREASURE RETURNS TO STATE – Related web pages |
| 1865 | 1865 – Just recently, they had a story about lost gold treasure that was found on the SS Republic which sank in 1865. You may not be searching for gold and lost treasure at this level but it builds hope and makes interesting reading when a National Geographic gold …Just recently, they had a story about lost gold treasure that was found on the SS Republic which sank in 1865. You may not be searching for gold and lost treasure at this level but it builds hope and makes interesting reading when a National Geographic gold treasure article reads “Shipwreck Gold Found off US— Worth $180000000?” – that is 180 million! There are lost gold treasure magazines which can be found online.
From Gold Metal Detector Magazines – Gold Metal Detector News! – Related web pages |
| 1870 | Feb 23, 1870 – Us a TUeImTou *d doihoe isl Sold Gold ooSd Moddon Beneth the Sod. Proil kt a ar f Yo Scr Pa I&. urolt cn 10000 0000000 Iceu 3 Wt listo Mte h0 VooWd sot ts ow. S tot oar 11 estern cf T &10tte d10011 00 D h ra. S 11001 01 to z11110k Imcrt 0Wa. 1g for the foodftluo ot o 003e Ne0 r1 o old … From Unearthing a Treasure–Five Thousand Dollars in Solid Gold Found … – Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access … |
| 1873 | Nov 15, 1873 – El St. John, N. 13., of tLo lath i>iat. contains the following: `’I'iratioal has been found in a of which caved iu, owing to the of the sea, a fow miler frn:n city. Some EaFtt India Spanish gold of the sold here tu das, and the will nut , just they them or oxen where they lire, … From KIDD’S TREASURE FOUND ONCE MORE. – Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1874 | Sep 17, 1874 – A survivor turns up every once in a while and offers to pilot an expedition to tho where bushels of precious stones and vast golden stores lie buried. Many havo been the , but not one has found the treasure. Time would fail to tell of the wild schemes in which sober and matter-of-fact … From TREASURE SEEKING. – Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1877 | Mar 12, 1877 – … .OPENING Ch A\ ANCIENT TO\IB IN ITALY- A VAST QUANTITY Or TREASURE TOUND -A REMARKABLE 1:Y,1DiPLE Or GOLD- 61 WORK-GOLDEN AND SILVER … 10, concerning tho discovery of a sepulchre at Palastrinn, says: ” Tile tomb was found among those olive grounds and vineyards upon the plain at the … From LATIN TREASURE TROVE.; RICH RELICS OVER 3,000 YEARS OLD. … – Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1884 | Mar 15, 1884 – The fact that years after his only grandson and heir have found his fortune is a singular incident. Tho finding of this jug leads to the hope that there may be others! and the plowing of that field is watched with interest. From … .; THE TREASURE WHICH FARMER M’DANIEL FOUND IN HIS FLELD. – Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res … |
| 1885 | Jun 21, 1885 – RIC11 TREASURE, UNEAUTHilED. GO.D Alt) SILVER TO Til AMOUNT OF O76,. 000 FOUND) IN TUN WAII.Y OF AN oL!) – LIP OF A 7 [L. CtINCIXAT4, 0., June 2.-BpeclaL I- Nearly ,5,O000 In gold and silver coin ha just becn found In thu of on old building, No. I13. West Court street, by Louls Sobortz, ... From RICH TREASURE UNEARTHED. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| 1890 | 1890 - Often called the Waterhouse Treasure, it was discovered by William Waterhouse in 1890. Reports of the cave were even printed in Chattanooga papers. "William Waterhouse , a young white farmer of Keith, Georgia...claims to have found a cave in the fastness of ...Often called the Waterhouse Treasure, it was discovered by William Waterhouse in 1890. Reports of the cave were even printed in Chattanooga papers. "William Waterhouse , a young white farmer of Keith, Georgia...claims to have found a cave in the fastness of the mountains.." Ernest Andrews, who wrote "Georgia's Fabulous Treasure Hoards" claims to have found a Waterhouse family who owned a hotel in Cohutta, Georgia, a few miles east of Keith. He guesses that the cave would ...
From Lost Treasures and Ghost Towns of the North Georgia Mountains - Related web pages |
| 1893 | Mar 23, 1893 - The box was filled with old Spanish gold coin. The value of the treasure reach tally $100000. A certain percentage of the Kld must bo turned over to the Government. It is supposed that the money was buried by & Spaniard more than a. century ago. as there was at that time a large colony ... From A Buried Gold Treasure Found. - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1894 | Sep 6, 1894 - Edgar Poe evidently found material for his famous story In this incident."But you are talking about rumor and romance. There has never been an authentic discovery of a pirate s treasure. They exist only !n imagination. Why waste so much thought on th(s wretched plate of gold? ... From The Skeleton's Treasure. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/570428002 ... |
| 1895 | Oct 6, 1895 - Dooley that 1in return for his to diIg on his Ptlace site would give hint one- of all treasure found lby )ter. ... Their faces full of the greed for gold In the glaring . Cn e very man s face, white and black, there was the same unmistakable of a Ptasslon for t ie yellow metal that the ... From DIGGING FOR GOLD - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access ... |
| 1896 | Jun 21, 1896 - It has been vainly hunted by treasure .seekers for more than two decades. A gold miner, John G. Smith, who was known all over the southern ... Nothing like it had ever been found south of Amador County. " Peg-Leg" Smith was a curious, taciturn kind of fellow, and it was several weeks ... From MYTHICAL GOLD MINES; TREASURES FOR WHICH THERE HAVE … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1897 | Aug 18, 1897 - v rye found the treasure,' he said. `It's all mine; I found it." TVie people nad , but when. heO had been fed and had slept he talked rationally enough, always sticking to his story of finding the treasure, however. Barr and Bars of G-ild. " My chart was the right one," he said. "I gold ... From FIND A WILD MAN. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| 1898 | Apr 10, 1898 - CAPT KIDD S GOLD FOUND. Hasty Pudding Hero Visits Isle of Boscabelle. There He Rescues a Maiden in Distress and Kills a Savage Bull. ... Advocate and Crlmaon. of and jEFta.blr Woodruff has suddenly discovered that one Cnpt Kldd of wh8om fame buried hfa treasure la the island o! ... From CAPT KIDD'S GOLD FOUND. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/538692392 ... |
| 1899 | Dec 20, 1899 - The men who found gold treasure took all they could carry. Then they uncovered a large chest full of Mex- Ican dollars. 'Men of two companies were lined up and marched through the garden. As each man passed he scooped up double handfuls of. silver and filled his Pockets. ... From YARN ABOUT TREASURE. - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/326497692 ... |
| 1901 | Nov 10, 1901 - No one knew at the time that he had found the gold .he sought, but It is supposed that .the new-found treasure was brought back from California by him. Its existence can be accounted for in no other way. "When Hoffman returned he sought out his wife in the Buckeye State, but she would ... From OLD HIDDEN TREASURE FOUND.; Gold Worth $7,000 in a Shanty Near … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1902 | Aug 24, 1902 - And now the latest treasure-hunting1 expedition is back, and yet the gold has not been found. But let the treasure seekers not despair. There are other islands concealing just as much if not more authentic loot than Cocos. There, for instance, is Santa Catalina, where Sir Henry Morgan, ... From … Treasure Hunters; The Failure of the Cocos Island Expedition -- Found … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1905 | May 4, 1905 - Many a person has read with breath less interest the dazzling tales of money hidden bu buccaneers and longed to find a treasure trove. Some parts of the seacoast of the United States have been carefully dug up and explored for miles by searchers for gold concealed by pi . ... From BETTER THAN PIRATE GOLD Treasure Trove Can Be Found by Readers … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=uQgbAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1906 | Apr 18, 1906 - FINDING OF PIRATE GOLD ON THE REAL TREASURE ISLAND. (American Journal Examiner.) Otago Witness , Issue 2718, 18 April 1906, Page 70 ... Found by the Ros Marine Party! — Well, in the months that have passed since then, nothing was heard of the Ros Marine party until 10 days ago, ... From FINDING OF PIRATE GOLD ON THE REAL TREASURE ISLAND. ( … - Related web pages paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a ... |
| 1910 | Aug 5, 1910 - TREASURE FOUND. P***- Press Association— 'Copyright. PARIS,- Aug. 3. A nanny working at Fonitenpy Sous Bois, a town on the Seine, unearthed three vases containing gold coins to the value of £8000. It is supposed that they were hidden during the Franco-Japanese war. ... From TREASURE FOUND. - Related web pages paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a ... |
| 1911 | Sep 7, 1911 - Chests that have been discovered are i filled .ith gold ingots and plates and [ gold ornaments studded with enormous, rubies. Altar furniture of pure gold has! .been found. i The discoveries have caused a In this city. I It is Presumed that the treasure will revert to the State 'under ... From TREASURE FOUND IN OPORTO.; Riches in Cathedral Vaults of Which … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1921 | Sep 12, 1921 - NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 11.-A report that part of the supposed buried treasure of Jean Lafitte, the pirate, has been found in the vicinity of JePEerson Island, the home of the late Joseph Jefferson: has sent excitement in that neighborhood to a fever etch, according to reports from the ... From … PIRATE GOLD FOUND; Discovery of Lafitte Treasure Is Again Rumored. - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1922 | Aug 26, 1922 - Broadway had its gold rush yesterday when for twelve hours beginning at 6 o' clock in the morning boys, girls, men and women searched every bit ... Garbage cans held no terrors Cor treasure seekers, in fact a certificate was found in oAP of them. Hydrants were unscrewed time anand large ... From … IN RUSH FOR PRESS AGENT GOLD; Treasure Seekers Recover All but … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1924 | Jan 6, 1924 - ... -Jean Tolley, a girl working in an undersea picture being filmed here, has discovered a chest containing Spanish dollars and gold doubloons of the year 1790 to the value of $47678.74. This is the treasure found tn lqs- Harbor since dredging operations recent-IF disclosed quantity of ... From … NASSAU TREASURE; Jean Tolley in Undersea Picture in Bahamas Finds … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1925 | Jan 8, 1925 - The Soviet press reports that the authorities have discovered in a Kieff monastery about a hundred-weight of gold, two tons of silver, great quantities of old silver coins, gold vessels, crucifixes and precious stones, hidden from the Bolsheviki during the sequestration of church ... From RUSSIAN TREASURE FOUND.; Gold and Silver Seized in a Monastery -- … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1926 | Jun 1, 1926 - CIVIL WAR TREASURE. FOUND IN ALABAMA. Demopolis, Ala., May 31-(. Buried gold of civil war days valued according to current estimates as high as $200000, has been unearthed near [Demopolis by Gayus Whitfield, of Middleboro, Ky., with the aid of an an cient map found among papers of his ... From CIVIL WAR TREASURE FOUND IN ALABAMA - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access ... |
| 1929 | Mar 18, 1929 - March — Burled treasure in gold coins, ingots and Jewels, esti mated at several million rubles, Is reported to have been discovered in an empty monastery In tho middle Volga region. ... At the end of It they found a small stone chamber In which wore the treasure chests. Tho story Is . From TREASURE FOUND IN EMPTY MONASTERY Children at Play Unearth … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=PJgtAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1930 | Dec 6, 1930 - Among other things are two heavy gold bracelets, three pairs of gold earrings, three silver plates, thirteen gold rings, two gold neck laces, two gold ... It is believed many other articles will be found. The pieces are splendidly preserved and many of them show superb workmanship. From Great Treasure Found .In - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=LlUpAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1931 | May 10, 1931 - The Philosopher with the green spectacles admired the tree and scorned the treasure. But there may be a moral in it, for Meehawl was looking for such a prosaic thing as a washboard when he dug under the tree and came upon a crock of gold. There are treasures to be found under all trees ... From THE GOLD OF THE GREEN MANSIONS; Seekers After Treasures of … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1932 | Jan 20, 1932 - One inimitable specimen, he said, was a gold crown of feather work design. When Senor Caso described pearls found among the treasure as being "as large as a dove s egg," he insisted that this was no exaggeration. Some of them, he said, had been perforated, apparently so as to be worn ... From … ; Archaeologist Who Bared the Monte Alban Treasure Tells of Pearls as … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1933 | Feb 27, 1933 - They went into partnership with TexI. mccreery attorney, who obtained a contract with Los Angeles county, which owns the property, whereby the county is to share half of any gold or treasure found . now we're down to the real test with picks and shovels," said mccreery contracts permit ... From IN CITY STET Map Dating Back to Spanish Days Clue to Riches . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=-mUhAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1934 | Apr 12, 1934 - The find was reported by an organized treasure-hunting group which returned recently with a story that the gold had been found buried under sand and water on an island of the Tuamotu Archipelago, which is about midway between Australia and South America. Wedge-shaped gold ingots dating ... From PIRATE GOLD CACHE IS REPORTED FOUND; Fortune Hunters Claim … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1935 | Aug 9, 1935 - Hussar, which sank in th East river in 1870 has been located by Simon Lake, the noted submarine inventor, he has just an nounced. One legend has it that the Hussar had 4.800,000 in her hold. Lake means to find out. With his crew of 30 men, headed by the famous deep sea diver, ... From Hussar Found .With Gold .Mystery .Baby Sub To Dive For Treasure . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=9_kMAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1936 | Jul 6, 1936 - Discovery Starts Gold Rush of Relatives to Iowa Courts SEEK TO CONTEST WILL 234800 in Cash and Securities Is Left by Three Brothers to Two Cousins . Tipton. Iowa. July 5.— Disco'very of a hidden treasure hoard in an old farm machine shed start . ed a new "gold rush" ward the iowa ... From TREASURE IS FOUND HOARDED ON FARM Discovery Starts Gold Rush … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=OHctAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1937 | Jul 21, 1937 - Panama, Panama, July 21 — An investigating committee headed by the governor of Chiriqui Province today confirmed the discovery of a 3000000 treasure in gold which had been hidden for centuries in tunnels along the Piedra Candela river. Gaston Johannes Van Steck, a French prospector, ... From Big Gold Treasure Found in Panama Ancient Mine Located In Deep … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=ULsxAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1939 | Nov 29, 1939 - Treasure hunters in the Hollywood Bowl parking lot yesteday dug a hole in the brown earth big enough to bury a prehistoric hairy mammoth. Treasure Pit. Dug 12 Feet Deep. No Sign of Gold Found in Bowl Parking Lot,. but 'Doodlebug' Excited. Treasure hunters in the Holly- wood Bowl ... From Treasure Pit Dug 12 Feet Deep - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/413315561 ... |
| 1941 | Jul 6, 1941 - In that vicinity the British frig-- ate Merlin, believed to be loaded with the gold treasure, went down in a Revolutionary War battle in the Pall of 1777. ... to pay the troops who occupied the city after the battle of Germantown. But, in 1876 the Augusta was raised and no gold was found. From … GOLD IN PHILADELPHIA MUD; Workmen Believe They Have Found … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1945 | Jun 19, 1945 - Included In the capture in vaults of the Regensburg Relchsbank was the national wealth of Bavaria and Austria. The cache was more valuable than that found April in the Merken salt mine, which included 200 tons of gold. The treasure was in gold bullion, stolen jewelry and securities. ... From FIVE BILLIONS IN TREASURE FOUND National Wealth of Bavaria and … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=0xsKAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1946 | Mar 29, 1946 - Williamson has posted four claim markers on the coral-crusted hull of tho Santa Rosa, which he found in 1940 and this trip he is prepared not only to mark but to search and remove the gold he finds. Ho will work in secrecy until the day comes to announce- his success, or the blasting ... From Treasure Cave .May Ho Found My Outsiders . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=-V4hAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1949 | Jun 7, 1949 - One batch of treasure wa s there about 1870 add behind It In the mountain vastness, go ld was found at El Alamo in million-dol- lar quantities w hi clh brought about a major gold rush- In 1887. Mines still operate In the El Ala. mo vicinity-the saipe mines which legends credit with ... From Old Treasure Still Lures in Mexico - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/418376691 ... |
| 1950 | May 8, 1950 - May 7 Royal Navy divers claimed— today they have found a sixteenth century Spanish treasure galleon buried in the mud of Tobermory Bay. Ancient legend, not entirely ... supposed to have been sunk 1588 while carrying gold to pay Spanish fighters attempting a conquest of Britain. ... From Buried Spanish Treasure Found, Royal Navy Claims Divers Report … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=JggNAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1952 | Apr 30, 1952 - Two boys found themselves in an awkward position today--after a successful search for hidden treasure. The youngsters, Joseph Baldassari, 11 years old, and Jack Cassebaum, 10, found $130 in gold coins and certificates in a refuse dump yesterday. The treasure chest was Just an old tin ... From BOYS FIND 'TREASURE'; Unearth $130 in Gold Coins and Certificates in … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1955 | May 1, 1955 - The reports said "several" ancient earthen jugs filled with "gold coins, gold dust and jewelry" had been uncovered by workers digging in the garden of a land owner. The value of the treasure was estimated at "several times" that of Iran's national budget. It was believed to have been ... From TREASURE FOUND IN IRAN; Fortune in Gold and Jewels Reported Dug … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1960 | Mar 31, 1960 - trust department said Naturally, they a treasure map. How else do you find buried gold? The apparently was found in Mr. Pierce's safe de posit box. can't tell you anything about it until the inventory of his estate is filed about the middle of April," another bank employee said. ... From … Broker Leaves Fortune In Buried Gold .Treasure Used .Rasually. To … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=FgkkAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1964 | Oct 8, 1964 - Coins From 1715 Shipwreck Will Be Sold Today; Shark's Tail Leads to $50000 Discovery. By RICHARD R. LEGER. Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. This afternoon in the banquet room of a Hoboken, NJ, restaurant, auctioneer Henry Christensen is staging the first major public sale ... From Finds of Sunken Gold, Other Riches Heighten Florida Treasure Hunt - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/djreprints/access ... |
| 1965 | Apr 28, 1965 - slands — said to. be the area by the West Coast's most famous buccaneer, Jose Caspar, . First evidence of the wreck, said, was found more than a year ago in water so shallow that gold coins could be picked up while wading. The bulk of the treasure has not been sal vaged. ... From Gulf Treasure Found . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=1UYmAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1966 | Feb 26, 1966 - storms, by privateers, and probably some by being overloaded with Inca gold. Newly modern underwater breathing apparatus is helping gold-seekers to find it and bring it ashore by the bucketful. At any rate, enough sunken treasure has been found thus far so that the State of Florida and ... From Gold and Headaches - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/939189332 ... |
| 1968 | Feb 7, 1968 - One reported diving over a in the Florida Keys and finding the bottom "paved with silver and gold." Actually, he found onlya few coins in a wreck which had been totally salvaged. The coasts of Florida swarm with weekend treasure hunters . Occasionally, one of them finds a coin or a ... From Ocean Treasure Still Remains, Hard to Find, Worse to Recover - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/927166972 ... |
| 1969 | Sep 27, 1969 - According to Mr; Claussen, Of all the speculative ventures in the state, treasure, hunting carries the highest risk. "Our statistics show it sa terrible investment," he commented. "Ninety-nine out of every 100 treasure hunters go broke. You could put all of the gold found in Florida ... From Professional Treasure Hunters Find a New Obstacle -- Amateurs -- in … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1971 | Jan 14, 1971 - Priceless treasures in gold and jewels have been discovered hidden under wrappings of royal 'mummies in an Egyptian museum, University of Michigan researchers said Wednesday. The artifacts were found by a team of scientists, which X-rayed the mummies in the Cairo Museum last month. ... From Ancient Treasure Found Concealed In Mummies . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=qc0NAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1973 | Oct 13, 1973 - Force Base, and 76 per cent interest in the three other men, contended treasure. I that-while deer hunting they, To further complicate found a cave filled with gold things, i- svir-led about - bars. After -three years they various factions smuggling. were given -some of the gold to ... From … Sands Missile Range; Gold Bars The Legendary Treasure of the White … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1974 | Jul 24, 1974 - Attorney Lee Bailey represents a group of anonymous persons who are seeking to recover the gold. State officials have said Bailey has signed an agreement granting New Mexico 25 per cent of any treasure found by his group. Reports of a treasure of buried Spanish gold, ... From Governor Seeks To Verify Treasure . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=6HkcAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1975 | Jul 16, 1975 - But their discovery may have a more valable importance —$100 million In gold and silver, which has lain on the sea bottom for 323 years. Treasure Salvages Inc. thinks it has found the Spanish galleon nuestra Senora de Atocha." If it has. Treasure Salvages vice president Bleth says ... From Long-lost treasure found? - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=YwYvAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1976 | Oct 14, 1976 - Me searched for more gold but found until July when the largest portion of the treasure was uncovered. Hurtado gave 2.000 to a brother and used the remainder to convert his shack a cement home. Word subsequently leaked out to authori ties and several weeks ago police showed up late at ... From Fisherman May Have Found Fabulous Mexican Treasure . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=XVAxAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1977 | Mar 21, 1977 - ... ... a limestone mountain where a Florida treasure-hunting concern believes it may find a legendary cache of gold bullion. ... excavation site today by helicopter and told reporters that the Army planned to seal off the peak and surround it with armed guards ii the treasure was found. ... From Digging for Gold Treasure Begins; Three Identified Site Much Litigation … - Related web pages select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res ... |
| 1978 | Apr 13, 1978 - gold and to the treasure hunters who found It on the ocean bottom off Key West seven years ago. The stay order, issued by a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals judge in New Orleans, was delivered while the state was in the process of surrendering the booty to officials of Treasure Salvors ... From Appeals Court Delays Treasure Return . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=_j41AAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1979 | Aug 14, 1979 - Kent and his brother, Jim, were renovating a group of old houses when a construction crew found the first gold nuggets last Wednesday while ... They also found pieces of wood and a rough-hewn hinge that the Peppers say looks like it could have come from a centuries-old treasure chest. ... From Brothers Digging Well Unearth Gold Treasure . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wp8cAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1980 | Jul 31, 1980 - Calling it "the most exciting marine archeological find" in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Gov. David C. Treen disclosed Wednesday that almost 70 pounds of gold and silver have been found in the wreck of an 18th Century sailing ship. TREASURE. -Louisiana Gov. ... From 'Most Exciting' Treasure Found in Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/665169412 ... |
| 1982 | Mar 14, 1982 - And it won't rust or ever turn "green Mr. Fisher found his pot of gold at the bottom of the sea, treasure lost for 3 Mi centuries after two Spanish galleons and six other ships sank during a vi olent hurricane in September, 1622 Mr. Fisher and his divers have re covered million ... From Exhibit Visitors Get To Touch, Fondle Gold Treasure? Are Displayed From … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=e3gUAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1984 | Sep 18, 1984 - In addition to the ring, Sub-Sal found jewelry, including a brooch in a gold setting and silver and gold coins. The seven members of Sub-Sal's diving team were each given a doubloon. Harrington said they would continue to dive for treasure another month and a half this year and about ... From TREASURE FOUND IN SUNKEN SHIP OFF DELAWARE - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/LH/lib00132 ... |
| 1985 | Jul 21, 1985 - In late May, Fisher, 63, who is a native of Indiana, had found about $2 million worth of gold, pieces of eight, silver and gems from the sunken ship, but said the main treasure had eluded him. "This has been a mind-boggling puzzle for more than 16 years," he said. ... From DIVERS FIND $400 MILLION `POT OF GOLD' - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access ... |
| Jul 27, 1985 - On Thursday, divers found the first treasure chest to be recovered from the mother lode, discovered a week ago today. ... vice president of Treasure Salvors , said "Each chest contains approximately 3000 coins," said The eighth chest was loaded with at least a dozen gold bars, she said. ... From DIVERS' LUCK HOLDS; MORE TREASURE FOUND - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access ... |
| 1986 | May 17, 1986 - Recovered from the ship are more than $20 million in gold coins and artifacts. July 2, 1982: The US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, grants Mel Fisher full ownership of all treasure found. May 27, 1985: Another son, Kane, and fellow divers discover 13 solid gold bars and 16 emeralds set ... From How mother lode was discovered The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00286 ... |
| 1987 | Feb 17, 1987 - the wreck, Norman, felt he knew exactly where the sunken treasure would be found it's already been mined and is just sitting there waiting for us to pick it he said Norman said a southbound tue had been towing the barge loaded down with 719 metric tons of gold ore It met another tug ... From Treasure Found Off Canadian Coast . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=8NsRAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1988 | Jul 8, 1988 - A construction worker in a southwestern Polish town uncovered a medieval treasure pot, and other residents found out and scooped up some of the gold coins, Polish television reported. The 14th-Century treasure found in Sroda Slaska is worth an estimated $6.9 million and consists of ... From Polish Worker Finds Medieval Pot of Gold Worth $6.9 Million - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/59789226 ... |
| 1989 | Sep 14, 1989 - The name of the salvage ship that found gold from an 1857 shipwreck this week was incorrect in yesterday's editions. The salvage ship is the R/V Arctic Discoverer. (Published 9/15/89). A team of high-tech treasure hunters, which two years ago said it had found the richest shipwreck in ... From Storybook Treasure' Found off South Carolina - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access ... |
| 1990 | Aug 15, 1990 - The three tons of California gold, both bars and coins, was aboard the sidewheeler Central America, a cargo ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 12, 1857. In 1987, the Columbus America Discovery Group found the wreck about 160 miles off Charleston, SC, a mile and a half under ... From Rejecting Claims, Judge Awards Gold Treasure to Its Discoverers - Related web pages www.nytimes.com/1990/08/15/us/rejecting-claims ... |
| 1991 | Jan 14, 1991 - Berlett said he and his friends found rooms full of gold, jewelry and other treasure, but before they could lay claim to it legally they were stopped from re-entering, first by government officials, later by the legal maneuvers of rival treasure hunters. Berlett has spent most of his ... From Golden opportunity Illinois man returns to New Mexico for treasure … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access ... |
| 1992 | Nov 20, 1992 - She said it was impossible to say how much the hoard, unearthed Mon day, is worth until experts examine it. But the London tabloid The Sun, which made the find its main front page report today, said it could be. County Council, said: is one of the Finest known from Roman Britain. ... From … Finds Treasure Dating To Roman Times .Uncovers Gold, Silver That May … - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=D7ALAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1993 | Nov 19, 1993 - Maybe the fortune wasn't worth the $1 billion that has been bandied about, but there are still tons of antique gold to be divided and eventually sold. On Thursday, a federal judge in Norfolk awarded 90 percent of that treasure to an Ohio organization that first found and then recovered ... From … SANK IN 1857 WITH AMERICA'S GREATEST GOLD TREASURE. … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/VP/lib00096 ... |
| 1994 | May 17, 1994 - A hoard of gold and silver, including goblets and jewelry more than 1600 years old, has been found in Afghanistan, but much of it has been looted, state-run Kabul Radio said Monday. The treasure includes 3850 pounds of pure gold items and silver, including gold goblets, ... From PLUNDERED TREASURE FOUND IN AFGHANISTAN - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/SJ/lib00189 ... |
| 1995 | Jun 15, 1995 - A federal appeals court has upheld findings that awarded a group of high- techology treasure hunters 90 percent of the gold found in the wreckage of the ill-fated steamship Central America. Yesterday's ruling by a panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed virtually all of ... From … TO TREASURE HUNTERS THEY ARE TO RECEIVE 90% OF GOLD … - Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/timesdispatch/access ... |
| 1996 | Apr 8, 1996 - "Schliemann," says Traill, "wanted the treasure to be found in Priam's palace." Although genuinely Trojan, the gold actually dates from around 2200 BC, about 1000 years before Homer's characters. (The dig produced artifacts from that period, too, but mostly pots. ... From The Golden Hoard - A Soviet secret for 50 years, ancient Trojan treasure … - Related web pages docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/NWEC/lib00285 ... |
| 1997 | Nov 8, 1997 - puzzle for archaeological detectives. Coin specialist Venetia Porter said: The identity of the ship still remains a mystery. Was it an English ship, or does a single copper coin from Friesland suggest a Dutch source? Or, more tantalising still, could it have been a pirate ship? ... From Moroccan gold treasure found off English coast . - Related web pages news.google.com/newspapers?id=pdQtAAAAIBAJ ... |
| 1998 | Jul 27, 1998 - "There was a big picture of Mel Fisher," [Gary] Kinder says of the famed Key West treasure hunter who, in 1985, found the lost 17th century Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha and its mother lode of silver, gems and gold. Kinder was intrigued. After some inquiries, he hooked up … From TREASURE HUNTERS; AUTHOR GARY KINDER FOUND ADVENTURE … – Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access … |
| 1999 | Jan 20, 1999 – Archaeologist Jerry Freeman uncovered the treasure in November as he recreated the steps of a group known as The Lost Pioneers of 1849. He and four others retraced the entire journey in December. The team found a manifest of the trunk’s contents, dated Jan. 2, 1850, along with nearly … From Treasure chest from 1849 Gold Rush trek is found – Related web pages pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/434071511 … |
| 2000 | Jun 19, 2000 – Indian archaeologists say that gold treasure found early this month in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh could be highly significant. The treasure belongs to the Indus Valley … A farmer in the village of Mandi in Muzaffarnagar district found the treasure while levelling his field … From Ancient gold treasure found – Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/797151.stm |
| 2002 | Apr 5, 2002 – By Anra Kennedy | 05 April 2002. Left: The gold cup survived thousands of years under ground, but other finds on the site were probably lost to ploughing. An amateur archaeologist has unearthed an immensely rare Bronze Age gold cup in a field in Kent, delighting experts at English … From Gold Treasure Found In Sandwich – Related web pages www.culture24.org.uk/history+%2526+heritage … |
| 2003 | Jun 3, 2003 – A veritable treasure trove buried 12 feet deep waiting to be discovered by captain John Wilson. JOHN WILSON, TREASURE HUNTER: I thought at first it was a gold disk because gold was transported in disks and bars. DANIELS (on camera): When you brought it to the surface? … From Sunken Treasure Found Off Florida Coast – Related web pages edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0306/03/se.04.html |
| 2004 | Oct 5, 2004 – SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed ancient gold treasure buried in a vast Thracian tomb, part of a series of … “This is the largest Thracian tomb ever discovered on Bulgarian territory, and in it we’ve found 73 artifacts, 20 of them made of gold,” said … From Ancient Thracian gold treasure unearthed in Bulgaria – Related web pages thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/10/5 … |
| 2005 | Aug 18, 2005 – In July, archaeologists discovered the treasure-filled tomb of what is thought to be a Thracian king near the south-eastern town of Zlatinitsa. Excavations of other burial mounds in the country have also uncovered hoards of gold. The most recent treasure was found in a tomb near Dabene … From More treasure found in Bulgaria – Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4162448.stm |
| 2006 | Aug 28, 2006 – An extremely precious gold treasure was found near the coastal village of Sinemorets, Darik Radio reported. The finds were Thracian and consisted of gold dishes, unique crown and a pair of earrings, gold and silver jewellery and religious clay plates with images of the Goddess Mother … From UNIQUE GOLD TREASURE FOUND IN BULGARIA – Related web pages www.sofiaecho.com/article/unique-gold-treasure … |
| 2007 | May 18, 2007 – The treasure found so far includes 500000 silver coins, hundreds of gold coins, gold ornaments and tableware and other golden artefacts. The discovery was made by secretive US underwater treasure hunt company Odyssey Marine Exploration. Under international salvage law the company, … From Treasure hunters find the richest shipwreck in the world off Land’s End – Related web pages www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-455825 … |
| 2008 | Nov 19, 2008 – An increase in the the popularity of metal detectors helped boost the number of treasure finds last year. A total of 749 objects were reported found in 2007, according to the Treasure Annual Report. The report also includes all finds which have passed through the Treasure Process in … From Treasure hunters boost gold finds – Related web pages news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment … |
| 2009 | Sep 25, 2009 – This is thought to be the largest Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found in the world. The collection of 1500 gold and silver items is far bigger than any of the previous finds, including one in 1939 which contained priceless royal treasures. Archaeologists say the hoard found in … From Gold Treasure Found in UK Field – Related web pages english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_europe/2009-09 … |
| 2010 | Mar 24, 2010 – Paved with garnets, this gold sword-handle fitting was among many combat-related treasures–possibly spoils of war–in the largest known Anglo-Saxon gold hoard, announced September 24, 2009. “There was absolutely nothing feminine” among the buried hoard, found in rural England, … From GOLD HOARD PICTURES: Largest Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found – Related web pages news.nationalgeographic |
