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  2. Treasure map - Wikipedia

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    A treasure map is a map that marks the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret or a hidden locale. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate treasure maps" are often depicted in works of fiction as hand drawn and containing arcane clues for the characters to follow.

  3. List of missing treasures - Wikipedia

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    Dutch Schultz's treasure Legend 1935: Fearing imminent incarceration, notorious Depression-era gangster Dutch Schultz was said to have buried $7 million in cash and bonds somewhere in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. He was gunned down shortly thereafter together with his associates, and as they did not disclose the location of the ...

  4. Buried treasure - Wikipedia

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    The myth of buried pirate treasure was popularized by such 19th-century fiction as "Wolfert Webber" by Washington Irving, "The Gold-Bug" by Edgar Allan Poe, and Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The idea of treasure maps leading to buried treasure is considered a fictional device. There are cases of buried treasure from different ...

  5. An Old Hollywood actor created a treasure map. Could it be real?

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    Published in 1952, the map highlighted 63 spots. Among its points of interest was a lost mine in Texas where Jesuits had hidden silver bullion, an island off Central America that was home to the ...

  6. A man hid 5 boxes across the US with more than $2 million ...

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    Treasure hunts have long captured people's imaginations — you can even download a geocaching app to hunt for real-world caches of information using GPS devices.

  7. From caves to cemeteries, here are 15 'undiscovered ... - AOL

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    An old-growth forest, a cemetery where a person was buried standing up and an African American settlement cemetery make the list. From caves to cemeteries, here are 15 'undiscovered treasures' in ...

  8. The Secret (treasure hunt) - Wikipedia

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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]

  9. Archaeologists Found Stunning Treasure Buried by a Mysterious ...

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    A discovery of artifacts, recovered from a 2,000-year-old burial mound, shows off a little-known society’s sophistication and deep connections to the Silk Road.