It is only a speck of rocky land just east of Wisconsin, surrounded by the chilly waters of Lake Michigan. It is called Poverty Island, an apt name, especially when treacherous storms sweep in across the lake without warning. Furious winds and lightning-swift currents have spawned a graveyard of sun[...]
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Is treasure buried inside Victorio鈥檚 Peak?
July 31st, 2011 - 02:37 § in Treasure
White Sands, New Mexico, is an inhospitable environment, home only to rattlesnakes and sagebrush, vultures and mule deer.聽 In November of 1937, a man named Doc Noss was deer hunting there.聽 He hiked to the top of a hill known as Victorio Peak.聽 As thirst and fatigue set in, Doc searched for fresh[...]
Skeleton Canyon Treasure
July 31st, 2011 - 02:33 § in Treasure
Is a cache of looted gold and silver worth millions buried in Arizona鈥檚 Skeleton Canyon? Along Arizona鈥檚 eastern border is a jagged ravine called Skeleton Canyon. More than a 100 years ago, a gang of Mexican smugglers were ambushed and robbed within its steep, canyon walls. Some say the t[...]
Plummer鈥檚 Treasure
July 31st, 2011 - 02:24 § in Treasure
Did a crooked sheriff hide a treasure of stolen gold near Bannack, Montana? When gold was discovered in Alder Gulch, Montana, in 1863, hundreds of prospectors descended on the boomtown of Bannack. Among them were outlaws, eager to collect their share of the spoils. In the spring of that year, a grou[...]
Leon Trabuco鈥檚 Gold
July 31st, 2011 - 02:20 § in Treasure
A Mexican businessman buries 16 tons of gold in the New Mexico desert and then dies before telling anyone where it is. Farmington, New Mexico, 1933. In the heat of the summer, a pilot named Red Moiser landed several mysterious flights in the desert. There, he was met by a Mexican millionaire named L[...]
Ferdinand Marcos鈥 Gold Buddha
July 31st, 2011 - 02:14 § in Treasure
A Filipino man finds a solid gold Buddha, then it鈥檚 stolen, possibly by Ferdinand Marcos. From 1965 to 1986, Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines鈥攆irst as an elected leader, then as a dictator.聽 By the time Marcos was deposed, his personal wealth was estimated at $10 billion.聽 Few dared to c[...]
Where the legendary treasure of Dutch Schultz buried in ?
July 31st, 2011 - 02:11 § in Treasure
Dutch Schultz was an infamous crime boss in New York鈥檚 underworld.聽 While on his deathbed in 1935, Schultz rambled incoherently about a $7 million dollar fortune he had buried in upstate New York.聽 Today, Dutch Schultz鈥檚 treasure is said to be worth more than $50 million dollars.聽 It all star[...]
Is gold hidden in the rugged Superstition Mountains of Arizona?
July 31st, 2011 - 02:06 § in Treasure
The Superstition Mountains in Arizona cover 160,000 acres of desolate, rugged terrain.聽 According to legend, somewhere hidden in these mountains lie the richest deposits of gold in America鈥攖he Lost Dutchmen鈥檚 Gold Mine.聽 The exact location of the Lost Dutchmen鈥檚 Mine remains a mystery.聽 It [...]
Treasure supposedly buried under the Alamo
July 31st, 2011 - 01:51 § in Treasure
Treasure hunters dig for gold and silver supposedly buried under the Alamo. 鈥淩emember the Alamo!鈥 The famous battle cry was immortalized in history. But for some, the full story of the Alamo has yet to be told. Legend has it that in the shadow of the Alamo鈥檚 old mission, a treasure remains bur[...]
