Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

When photos, maps and assorted documents are ordered to be released by a court, it could be interesting. It's intriguing! Such is the case with revelations of an FBI search for civil war gold. And a treasure hunter believes there has been a cover-up. Dennis Parada is the suer. In Dents Run, Pennsylvania local legend claims gold disappeared on the way to the Philadelphia mint. An 1863 alleged shipment disappeared an it doesn't take much gold to spark the lore. The FBI, suspecting there were tons of gold buried, began a dig. They claim nothing was found. Modifying evidence and withholding records are claims Parada makes. The FBI says it handled the material properly. The court is weighing the issues while the FBI wants all to be secret. At the heart of the matter is a finder's fee that Parada feels cheated of. His would be a percentage of hundreds of millions of dollars in gold. The FBI is mum claiming ongoing litigation. Whether a U.S. Army detachment lost gold in the Pennsy...

This hunt for treasure took the sisters to several Utah cities, and into the mountains. Betweem the mountains, the sisters sought a room in which people are locked in order to play a game requiring them to solve a series of puzzles within a certain amount of time to accomplish a goal, typically finding the key to unlock the room. Then there was the work against the clock to solve clues to escape the room.  On September 19, 2022, the girls found treasure! They discovered a hidden chest full of cash — a pot of gold their reward at the end of a great treasure hunt. But instead of keeping the $20,000 prize, they decided to give the money to charities close to their hearts. As a preface to their hunt, what could be better than to find out that they were Korri and Sashley Wolfe, who both served in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan.They ended “The QR Hunt” on Sunday, beating more than 25,000 fellow treasure hunters. As part of the hunt, which began Aug. 12, participants "had to scan QR c...

Suspected thieves raided the SBI bank and heisted a total worth Rs 1 crore from Kanpur. One Crore is worth $250,000.  These culprits broke through the bank via a 10 foot tunnel. They dug a 48-inch tunnel from an abandoned lot near the SBI's Bhanuti branch. Police have begun an investigation which involves people with expertise in forensics. 1 Thieves in Kanpur dug a tunnel to a bank. They steal gold woth 1 crore.

Having sunk during a hurricane to the bottom at 7200 feet, the SS  Central America went down on September 12, 1857. Travelling from  Panama to New York it carried California Gold Rush coins. Also, it  found itself transporting ingots, gold dust, passengers and mail  from Northern California. Fabled as the ship of gold, its contents have been stored for over30  years. Check out a list of items discovered and inventoried from the  famous ship: 1.  Photographs 2.  Gem quality gold specimens 3.  Very old denim pants manufactured by Levi Strauss. 4.  Keys with a brass identification 5.  Old wine bottles 6.  Eyeglasses, ticket receipts, and chewing tobacco 7.  A Wells Fargo shipment box 8.  86 gold ingots 9.  50 dollar octagonal pioneer gold piece 10. A total of 2 tons of gold recovered 11. Trunks full of dated clothes 425 out of 578 passengers and crewmembers died. Coincidently, the loss  of so much gold is ...

 Known as the Gold Country (or the Mother Lode Country), this region of northern California is the site of many a mountainous town where gold was found. On the Western slope of the Sierra Nevada, this is an area of gold mines and many mineral deposits. These deposits were the attraction for many immigrants to the United States in the 19th century.  These immigrants were referred to as 49ers (the gold rush starting in 1849). Some of the towns in this mountainous northern region of California were: Mariposa, Sutter Creek, Nevada City, Grass Valley, Placerville, Columbia, Jamestown, Jackson, Folsom, and Sonora. There are others.  Please see the links below which give a wonderful overview of gold country in California.  https://www.visitcalifornia.com/experience/8-family-friendly-gold-rush-adventures/ https://roadtrippingcalifornia.com/gold-rush-towns-in-california/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Country#:~:text=The%20Gold%20Country%20%28also%20known%20as%20Mother%20...

Since 1987, a team known as the Temple Twelve have scoured Finland searching for the Lemminkainen Hoard. It supposedly consists of gold, jewels and artifacts. They may be on the cusp of finding the largest treasure hoard in the world. It may be worth $20 billion dollars U.S. Reported by Jon Rogers on November 2, 2021, the hoard may be the most valuable stash ever found on planet Earth. The treasure hunting group spends summers searching for treasure. Their day consists of 6 hours of digging and exploring seven days per week. About 50,000 gemstones including rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds are thought to be in the hoard. Dating back millennia, 1,000 artifacts are thought to be just a portion of the hoard - and this includes many 18-carat gold life-size statues. Members of the group have traveled from all over the world, including Russia, Australia, the US, Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands, to join in the hunt. It is indeed an international group. Folks from around th...

With increased activity in gold mining in China, Mongolia has gotten the eye of prospectors. Mongolian deposits are not as numerous as those in China, yet, nevertheless, gold mining companies have been recently very interested. Companies are still trying to find more gold. Gold mining efforts are currently being dwarfed by copper mining in Mongolia. More than 120,000 tons of copper are being mined in Mongolia every year. Since the 11th century, gold has been in Mongolia. At the turn of the 20th century, gold operations began. 1540 pounds of gold per year since 1995 seems to be a publicly revealed number that is not debated.  The Zaamar gold mine in the central part of Mongolia claims most of the country's output. Gold is produced, again, as a byproduct of copper mining. They love the discovery of copper! In the central part of the country There is the Borroo gold mine. It's claim to fame is a yield of one million ounces of gold per year. the Canadians, known for their mining ac...