10 Lost Treasures That Are Still Waiting To Be Found
It's impossible to know if a treasure legend is true until the riches are actually found. Here are a few hidden treasures that you can still find across the world that will make you a millionaire in an instant, that is, if you can find them.
Here is list of 10 Lost Treasures That Are Still Waiting To Be Found:
Oak Island
The Oak Island Money Pit is the site of the world’s longest running hunt for lost treasure. It’s said there’s a pit on this small island that is the location of Blackbeard’s treasure. Although, the pit has been excavated several times, six people died in the process, and nothing has been found.
Copper Scrolls
The Copper Scrolls are said to detail the whereabouts of 64 separate treasures, although they’re not specific enough to have been of any use to anyone.
Butch Cassidy’s Treasure
Butch Cassidy was an American criminal legend. He's best known as the leader of the Wild Bunch. Butch Cassidy and his gang of outlaws robbed banks, trains, and businessmen. However, when Cassidy and the Wild Bunch were traveling through Moffat County in Colorado,they allegedly buried $20,000 somewhere in Irish Canyon. The world’s most famous outlaw buried $20,000 somewhere in the Irish Canyon in Colorado.
Lake Toplitz’s Nazi Treasure
The Nazis dumped a lot of treasure into the depths of Lake Toplitz, Austria, in the dying days of World War 2. Hitler is claimed to have around £35 billion worth of Nazi treasure hidden across Europe just waiting to be found. Nazi artefacts have been recovered from the deep but treasure hunters believe there could be plenty more just waiting to be discovered. No one knows what exactly, but it’s probably worth higher.
Knights Templar’s Treasure
The Knights Templar Treasure is the most infamous lost treasure of all time. Trust warrior monks to accumulate huge wealth and then disappear with it entirely. Clues suggest it’s also buried on Oak Island.
John Dillinger’s Cash
Outlaw John Dillinger is rumoured to have stashed $200,000 in small bills in a suitcase only a few hundred yards from his hiding place in Little Bohemia Lodge, Wisconsin. Shot soon after, he didn’t get a chance to recover it.
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Thomas Beale’s Gold
Thomas Beale discovered treasure in the Rocky Mountains, hid it and wrote three ciphers revealing its location, the contents and who to give it to, passing these on to a Virginian innkeeper. Unfortunately, Beale never returned and the only cipher they managed to crack was the one detailing what the treasure is.
The Golden Owl
A man going by the pseudonym of ‘Max Valentin’ announced he had hidden a golden owl in the French countryside, offering 1 million francs to whoever finds it. Valentin has since died, but he reported in 1997 that the owl was still there.
Forrest Fenn’s Collection
Forrest Fenn decided to bury his collection of artifacts, worth around $1-3 billion, and stage a mass treasure hunt for the general public. So far, the public’s proved lacking, but there are plenty of blogs detailing unsuccessful hunts.
Fabergé Eggs
Confiscated when Russia’s Royals were overthrown in 1917, most of these 52 eggs were stored or sold. However, eight of them have gone missing and remain unfound. One remaining egg was sold for $8.9 million in 2007.
These were Today's 10 Lost Treasures That Are Still Waiting To Be Found. Want to add more details or more lost treasures? comment below.
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