Golden Legends Tales of Buried Treasure

There is so much to love about Scandinavia. Enjoying cold weather sports, good fishing, and extremely well-educated people. What more could you ask for? Well, how about this. Dare I say, what most people don't realize is that these countries possess great mineral wealth.  What's Norway Got? If you look at almost any photograph of Norway, you see sheer rock cliffs and mountains to the sea. Eidsvold, a city in Akerhus county, was the location of the first gold mine established in 1758.  A copper mine not far away showed sulfide gold. Ole Viborg copper mine originally tipped miners off to the possibility of area gold. That gold was mixed in pyrite and quartz veins. Later, Bomlo, Telemark, and Bindal revealed their gold treasure. As is the case in many of the United States, the gold was a secondary gain after copper, lead and zinc were primarily mined for. However, in Finnmark, a far northern municipality, Acerhus is the home of Biddjovagge Gold and Copper Mine. In 1970, the mine...

Nordic Gold dates to many centuries ago. Its use is common around the world. Nordic Gold is used in Euro coins circulated throughout the EU. the 1, 10, 25, and 50 cent coins are made from this marvelous metal.  The 5 and 10 Swedish kronor are also made from Nordic Gold. the Swedes have used it since 1911. Two zloty coins are used in commemoratives. A copper alloy with its gold caste, Nordic Gold is a mixture of 89% copper, 5 % aluminum, 5% zinc, and 1% tin.  the present-day Nordic Gold was made first by a worker (Mariann Sundberg). While operating at a Finnish stainless-steel company, she came across the combination of copper, aluminum, zinc and tin. Though referred to as Nordic Gold (it isn't), it has properties similar to brass. It is corrosion resistant, as if that is a surprise. After all, brass is made up of zinc and copper. Brass and Nordic Gold are also very strong. Its composition makes it safe to handle, since all of its elements are considered safe to be in contact w...

                                                                                                Uinta Peak Utah lore is full of urban legends, myths & folklore. Spanish Jesuit priests established The Josephine Mine in the Uinta Mountains in 1650. They mined rich veins of both silver and gold for a very long time prior to leaving the mine in 1680. The clerics were ready to flaunt the gleaming stuff they pulled starting from the earliest stage, they were undeniably less hesitant to impart the area of their mine to local people. The Jesuits, following the appropriate convention since they were ministers and not outlaws, announced their mine to the Lord of Spain. Records composed by the Spanish Jesuits demonstrate an expected worth of the silver and g...

The Santa Fe Trail was a transportation route opened by the Indigenous people of North America as well as European trappers and traders in the second half of the 18th century traveled what is now the Santa Fe Trail. It was later used extensively by people from the United States in the 19th century after the Louisiana Purchase. Traders and settlers crossed the southwest of North America by the route connecting Independence, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its major market in Missouri was St. Louis, with its port on the Mississippi River. By the mid-1800s many pioneers and gold prospectors traveled the Old Santa Fe Trail. As the trail meandered, there was a spot that was a popular campsite near what’s called the Point of Rocks that was a popular landmark and had a fresh spring nearby. In 1851 it is said that two pioneers were camping, and they buried $40,000 in gold coins at the site. Knowledge of the men and what happened is lacking, but quite possibly, they were killed by Indians....

 Who cannot forget the movie, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?" Well, it wasn't Paul Newman and Robert Redford, the daring duo, and Robert Redford's love interest, Katherine Ross, all of whom who managed to steal a lot of money.  So, let's get a bit more real. Butch Cassidy and Harry Longabaugh were close friends. Longabaugh went by the epithet (nickname) of the Sundance Kid. This twosome formed a gang of outlaws, the Wild Bunch, who were robbers. They planned and executed a heist of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company in Castle Gate, Utah. After smart planning they knew a train would come on April, 21st, 1897. They also knew that the train would contain the payroll for all of those employees working the coal. When the train made its way into town, Cassidy and the Kid held it up and dashed off with many bags of the shiny yellow stuff. Picture the swirl of dust as an angry mob of citizens rode in pursuit. The robbers and the angry flock of town dwellers headed sou...

 Metal detectorists in Wales have discovered Roman treasure. Announced on October 18, 2023, it's not the first find in Wales. In this case, two sets of coins were found in Conwy. Conwy is a walled town in North Wales. According to the Welsh Amgueddfa Cymru Museum, the first set of coins was found in a ceramic vessel. Inside this ancient vessel lay 2,733 cons. Among the treasure were silver denarii (Roman) along with silver and copper alloy coins named antoniniani. All of the denarii were minted between 32 BC and 235 AD, while the alloyed coins were minted between AD 215 and 270. A second cache of silver coins was minted between 32BC and AD221. The 37 coins were found strewn across an area near the larger accumulation. The detectorists had not been detecting long. The area was being rained upon, and the two men thought of ending their session. That's when a signal was picked up. Such is the luck of detectorists. What excitement to see the top of an ancient ceramic container.  A...

During the past decade, gold has an inflation adjusted return of 30%. On an annual basis that's a measly 2%. Then there's Bitcoin. When accounting for inflation, the world's first cryptocurrency is up more than 3,700% with annual returns of 44%.For those who pay attention to divergencies and other technicals, this could be an article full of value for you. Gold or Bitcoin - what to invest in. HAHA that is the question.  See  https://investorplace.com/2024/03/this-time-its-gold-not-bitcoin-that-will-diverge/