Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

The United States purchased from Mexico in 1848 and 1853 areas of what is currently known as Arizona. This is when appreciable efforts to mine where made. Spanish and Mexican miners had minded for silver.Placer gold was brought to  churches by Indian who had converted.  These contributions to the church were from dry gravels and sands in selected areas of the Arizona desert. The areas after 1853 that were accessible to miners where in Tucson and Tubac in the southern part of Arizona. when the civil war began circa 1861, it was no longer safe to mine. Add in the threat from Apache raids and mining was halted until post civil war. See  http://www.westernmininghistory.com/articles/37945/page1

A friend exclaimed, "There’s a lot of gold in those hills." I fired back, "That’s a lot of bullion."         If it was, I'd take it. www.freepik.com

A gold bar walks into a bar, and silver turns around and says, ”AU, get outta here!”

Gold Split On the Hungarian-Soviet border, Hungarian and Soviet border guards find a huge piece of gold sticking out of the ground. After arguing, on who should be the rightful owner, a Soviet border guard shouts: "I know komrads! Let's split it like brothers!" Because Hungarians know well what the Soviet term "like brothers" means, a Hungarian border guard replies: "Oh, no, no! Not "like brothers", let's split it half-half!"

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You really need to check out this site. These metal detector enthusiasts explore the south of England. You won't believe what they have unearthed. They have a slide show of finds at the beginning. The finds are amazing. http://www.metaldetectives.co.uk/  See the gold coin hoard. Also,  https://twitter.com/DetectingDigsUK/media  for photos and media.