The ocean glimmers with each passing wave, winking at adventurers brave enough to explore its depths. Of the many adventures to be had in the water, treasure hunting amidst sunken ships just might be the most thrilling. It’s a siren song of ships that made an unfortunate watery detour, their riches untouched and stories untold. […]
John Murrell was a legendary bandit who worked along the Mississippi River during the early to mid-nineteenth century. Murrell was first convicted as a teenager for stealing horses with a punishment of flogging, being branded with an “HT”, and additionally sentenced to six years in prison. Shortly after his release in 1829, he was convicted […]
Jean Lafitte (1780-1823) was a legendary French privateer and pirate who resided in the Gulf of Mexico throughout the early 19th century and was widely believed to have been born in either the French colony of Saint-Domingue or in Basque-France. He operated a warehouse in New Orleans by 1805 to assist in dispersing goods that […]
Depending on who you ask, Joaquin Murrieta was either a bandit or a hero. Regardless, he remains to this day a legendary figure in California during the days of the Gold Rush in the mid 19th century. The pioneer’s of California had varying points of view on Murrieta as well. He was often described as […]
This area may still have some huge undiscovered treasure caches One of the most famous locations for treasure seekers in southeastern Utah, tucked between the Green, Dirty Devil and Colorado Rivers. Most commonly referred to as Robbers Roost, it gained that name for quite a notable reason: it was a well-known and highly frequented outlaw […]
Did Emperor Maximilian bury $10-million dollars in gold and silver somewhere in Texas? Read on… Mexico was very tumultuous in the 1850s and 1860s. Immediately after the Mexican War of the late 1840s, Santa Ana seized power and ruled the country under dictatorship until he was deposed by forces under the leadership of Benito Juarez […]
A prospectors dream of pirate booty with endless beaches worth millions in relics and currency. There is an abundance of treasure that you can find metal detecting in Florida. Gateway to the Keys, a sun worshippers utopia, and home to some of the most legendary pirates of the Caribbean. A state cloaked in legend, […]
The legend of the Lost Lemon Mine seems to have everything you could ask for in a lost treasure story – madness, murder, possibly a curse, and gold. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that this story has more than one version, since most lost gold stories tend to grow and change with time, but most of […]
