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A 1961 search by the U.S. Army—the peak lies within White Sands Missile Range—was stopped following a request to state officials by Noss's first wife, Ova. [5] She later was part of an unsuccessful 1963 search. [5] During the 1970s, lawyer F. Lee Bailey represented clients who claimed to know where the treasure was located.
Victorio Peak is a high rocky outcropping in the Hembrillo Basin in southern New Mexico. This was one of Chief Victorio's hideouts, and was the site of a battle in 1880 between Victorio's Apaches and the U.S. Army Ninth Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers." Additionally, an American gold prospector claimed to have found hidden treasure inside the ...
What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak is a 2008 non-fiction book by Robert Boswell and David Schweidel chronicling the search for gold treasure inside Victorio Peak, New Mexico. [1
A messy legal battle and some 25 years later, crews are finally recovering millions of dollars worth of gold off the coast of South Carolina. WCSC reports that "These five gold bars totaling 1,000 ...
A race is underway to recover the shipwreck, with questions pending over who will claim its treasure, writes Martha McHardy What we know about the ‘holy grail’ shipwreck set to be recovered ...
The ‘Holy Grail of shipwrecks’ is set to be recovered from the bottom of the ocean - along with its treasures which are believed to be worth up to $20bn in today’s money.
The "lost mine" is a popular form of lost treasure legend. Although there are countless examples around the world, several common themes can be traced throughout the various legends. Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds.
Thirty years ago today on September 1, 1985, the 73-year-old Titanic wreckage was finally discovered. The tragedy of the RMS Titanic rocked the world on April 15, 1912, when the "unsinkable" ship ...