Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

 The following are just a few of the items in gold that Muammar Quaddafi collected: A new version of the Browning M1911A1, also known as the Colt .45. It can be seen on closeup to read Browning Arms Company Morgan, Utah & Montreal P.Q. It also had a side view of the colonel's head. Similarly recovered from his compound is a golden machine gun that looks like an AK-47. Wired.com - https://www.wired.com/2007/10/best-war-booty/ The third example is a Makarov PMs. It is a standard weapon of the Russian army - a smaller sidearm. The fourth golden gun is another Makarov PMs. The fifth is another Browning automatic with a black handle. Further, it was reported that when rebels found Quadafi, he was wearing gold pants. For more details, see https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/qaddafis-love-affair-golden-guns/336506/

 The grandson of Forest Fenn announced on Monday, December 7, 2020 that his grandfather's famous treasure had been found. More than a decade ago, Fenn left a bronze chest buried somewhere in the outback of Wyoming - it contained about $2,000,000 worth of booty. Fenn wrote a memoir of his life (including a spell as Air Force pilot and an art dealer) in 2010. His reason for self-publishing the tomb was because he was suffering from a kidney illness and did not expect to survive. He wanted other people to enjoy the experience of a quest. But survive he did.  In the book, he described where he hid his treasure in a 24-line poem. He claimed that everything anyone needed to find it was stipulated in the poem. Fenn lived to know his treasure was found.  On June 16,2020, Fenn released additional photos on the Thrill of the Chase (title of his memoir) blog site including himself examining the contents of the chest and one photo of it sitting in weathered condition implicitly on or...

 The second battle of Agua Prieta, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution took place at the border with Douglas, Arizona in the autumn of 1915. Villa was defeated by Mexican federal troops and his power faded. Trying to bring back his glory days, he attacked Columbus, New Mexico in 1917. This effort was a result of him feeling betrayed by the United States and his desire for resupplying his followers with weapons and ammunition found at the Army fort there. He wound up being chased by General John J. Pershing and never regained his role as a revolutionary leader. But the legend of Pancho Villa continued in corridos and Mexican popular lore. There were also paranormal tales!  Pancho Villa was assassinated in 1923 at the age of 45. He was buried in the municipal cemetery in the town of Parral, in Chihuahua, Mexico On February 6, 1926, his coffin was uncovered and his head removed. This desecration led to a tale in Douglas, Arizona. The tale revolves around the circumstances after ...

 The Las Vegas RV Resort advertises gold panning areas in Clark County, Nevada and Mojave County, Arizona. The shortest distance from Las Vegas to a town in Arizona with a gold bearing history is about 72 miles to Whitehills, Arizona. It is a gold mining area located about 35 miles North of Mineral Park in the southern portion of the White Hills, northern portion of Mohave County. The mineralization is contained in large, gold-bearing quartz dikes. Whether the area is accessible to the amateur prospector is not clear. See https://www.mindat.org/loc-31140.html Near the historic mining town of Nelson, about 44 miles southeast of Las Vegas on U.S. Highway 95, placer gold can be found. The El Dorado district in the Opal Mountains has produced gold since the mid-1850s in lode and placer deposits. In addition, small amounts of placer gold have been found in and around the El Dorado Canyon. Placer gold has also been discovered in bars south of El Dorado Canyon along the Colorado River....

Why did the miner build a castle for his pile of gold? Because it's a noble metal.

Did you hear the one about the English farm hand who dug up Roman gold and treasure? It happened. On November 16, 1992, 1 1/2 miles southwest of Hoxne in Suffolk, England the largest Roman hoard of gold was discovered. On this fall day, Peter Whatling was perhaps knocking mud from the tires of a tractor or trying to bend a piece of a plow with his hammer. Somehow he dropped it, misplaced it, forgot about it, or whatever. When he realized that his hammer was missing, he asked Eric Lawes, a friend, to help him look for it. Eric was a metal detectorist, and he agreed to help. Hoxne is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England, about five miles (8 km) east-southeast of Diss, Norfolk and 1⁄2 mile (800 m) south of the River Waveney. The parish is irregularly shaped, covering the villages of Hoxne, Cross Street and Heckfield Green. The two detectives were searching for a hammer, at most a $12 to $35 item at your local hardware store. Friend Lawes must have been happy to have f...

 Why was the dwarf's mining company so successful? Because his overhead was so low.