From strange artifacts to hundred of millions worth of missing gold, there is still an enormous amount of treasure still missing all over the world sitting in wait for someone to come along and claim it. But the problem with missing treasure is that its missing for a reason, as no one knows where it is or if it even exists. Here you’ll find a number of stories about various treasures around the world that are thought to exist, but no one has any idea where they are.
The Hidden Grave of Owain Glyndŵr
El Dorado – the lost treasure in Lake Guatavita
The Flor de la Mar – Sunked Treasure
The hidden temple of the catacombs
The lost gold of John S. Mosby
The grave of Alexander the Great
The lost treasure of the Esperanza
The Treasure of the Alpine Fortress
The lost silver of Egill the Viking poet
The lost Russian gold in Lake Baikal
Kusanagi – Legendary Japanese sword of the Gods
The Treasure of the Knights Templar
The lost treasures of the 9th Legion
The lost pearl ship of the Mojave Desert
Did pirates bury their treasure?
Where can i find treasure
Hold on a second, let me just grab my map of known locations of enormous wealth that no one can be bothered to go and dig up. I’m sorry i couldn’t find it, but i can tell you where you might have the best chances of finding treasure, and there’s a surprising number of places you might try looking that others would consider a waste of time. First off if your looking for famous known treasures then you might want to check some of the locations in the list above, but unless you can solve the mind-boggling puzzles of the Golden owl or have a small fleet and deep water submersible vehicle to scout out ship wreck locations, your probably subject to the same treasure hunting restrictions as the rest of us. But those restrictions wont stop you from finding treasure, it just makes it harder and takes more time. Using a metal detector is one of the best ways to find something valuable, with this list of the top 7 Uk metal detector finds hopefully giving you some encouragement.
Here’s some locations where you may be able to find treasure.
Ancient sites
If you live anywhere in Europe, there’s normally a castle within a short travelling distance or some kind of ancient Roman site. If the laws of your country permit and you have a metal detector, there’s probably going to be a ton of stuff buried beneath the earth that could be much more valuable than you think. For example, The Romans occupied Britain for many years with thousands of soldiers constantly moving around the country. With so many soldiers moving around so much, and each and every one of them receiving pay, the chances of some of them dropping coins at marching camps or along old Roman roads is very high. There’s a coin called the ides of March which is a Roman coin made to commemorate the assassination of Caesar, one of which sold at auction in 2011 to a UK buyer for over £300,000. On top of this ancient armour and weapons, jewelry, ornaments and so on can sell for a huge amount of money.
Battle sites
Anywhere a large battle took place would normally involve a huge amount of mud combined with many people falling into it and dropping things. Mud can often preserve things pretty well if its deep enough, as the mud starves the item of oxygen and stops the process of rusting. Any kind of American civil war weapons, medals, coins or basically anything in reasonable condition can go for large amounts. A good example of buried battle treasure is the last defeating battle of Boudicca, the last Celtic queen of Britain. Some historians estimate the numbers of Romans as high as 10,000, and the Celtic army racking up as many as 200,000 warriors, of which as many as 80,000 died at the battle site. The only thing is that no one actually knows where the battle site was, meaning there’s 10’s of thousands of weapons, jewelry and other interesting and possibly very valuable items scattered around a field somewhere. If you’re in Europe then you cant ignore the treasures of World War 2. Metal detecting around areas of troop occupation, which was basically everywhere, can turn up some interesting things. Generally any kind of weapon isn’t worth very much, but some of the more uncommon medals can go for tens of thousands.
Known sites
Apart from just trying your luck with some of the more famous treasures out there, you may try having a go at some of the smaller known treasures, such as the Crater of diamonds state park where you can just turn up and dig for diamonds yourself, with thousands being found over the years. If however you’re not near the crater, then there are numerous areas where gold is known to be. Gold panning equipment costs very little, with my own pan costing only £8 and has paid for itself many times over. Information on which rivers contain gold is publicly available, though if you want to find any real amount you’ll have to get inventive. Normally panning for gold in known areas can often see you find some, but you’ll be looking at a few tiny flakes in exchange for several hours work. If your willing to invest in some equipment and try out a few new places, this is a hobby that can that quickly pay for itself, depending on how fond you are of standing in a stream effectively washing dirt that is.
Can i Keep any treasure i find?
That depends on what the treasure is and where you found it, along with a few other factors. For a more in-depth look at whether or not you’re allowed to keep what you find, check out this information on The Laws on treasure hunting.
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