Criminal Group Uses Elaborate “Fake Treasure Map” Scam to Defraud Dozens of Victims
Turkish police recently arrested a network of scammers who preyed on people’s desire to get rich quickly by selling them fake treasure maps and charging them extra to help them sell the “priceless” loot. As part of a complex operation conducted in 9 Turkish provinces, dozens of con artists collaborated to defraud unwitting victims of […]
Crypto Investor Buries Treasure Chests Worth Millions, Challenges Anyone to Find Them
An entrepreneur and early crypto investor recently announced a public treasure hunt for five different treasure chests containing valuable items allegedly worth around $2 million. Jon Collins-Black once dreamed of finding valuable treasure, but he managed to become rich by investing in Bitcoin early, so he has spent the last five years planning an epic […]
Man Digs 40-Meter-Deep Hole in His Kitchen After Dreaming He Would Strike Gold
A Brazilian man tragically lost his life by plunging down a deep shaft he had dug in his kitchen after dreaming that there was gold buried deep under his house. 71-year-old João Pimenta da Silva’s dream of enrichment ended as a nightmare that claimed his life. His lifeless body was found at the bottom of […]
Treasure Hunters Claim They Are “on the Brink” of Finding $20 Billion Trove
A group of treasure hunters that has been searching for the fabled “Lemminkäinen Hoard” treasure in Finland since 1987 claims that they are finally just “meters away” from finding it. Known as the Treasure Twelve, the group of treasure hunters has spent every summer since 1987 looking for the Lemminkäinen Hoard, the whereabouts of which […]
Michigan Jeweler Closes Shop And Buries Stock as Treasure for Anyone to Discover
After seeing his business affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, a Michigan jeweler decided to close shop and make money by using about $1 million in precious metals as treasure for would-be treasure hunters willing to pay for clues. Johnny Perri has been a jeweler his whole life, after learning the business from his father, but […]
Can You Solve America’s Most Mysterious Ciphers And Claim a $60 Million Treasure?
For over two centuries, treasure hunters, computer scientists and even the US military have been trying to crack a set of three ciphers and reveal the location of a legendary treasure worth tens of millions of dollars. All have failed, but maybe you can do better? Thomas J. Beale’s fabled treasure – thousands of pounds […]
World’s Only Public Diamond Mine Lets You Keep What You Find
The Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, is the world’s only diamond mine open to the public. Visitors get to go on a real-life treasure hunt and keep whatever they find! According to park officials, over 600 diamonds of various colors and grades are found by visitors each year. Over 75,000 diamonds have […]
Eccentric Millionaire Who Hid Gold Treasure in the Rocky Mountains Five Years Ago Says It’s Still Up for Grabs
If you believe millionaire art collector Forrest Fenn, there’s actually a real treasure buried somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, just waiting to be found. The 84-year-old author claims he hid a chest full of gold and jewelry – worth millions of dollars – in the mountains five years ago, and even left clues in his book The Thrill […]