Go on a treasure hunt! 4 largest treasures that have not yet been found

Despite the best efforts of archaeologists, treasure hunters, divers and curious travelers, it was not possible to find all the treasures known to historians. To this day, chests of coins, jewelry, ancient works of art, gold bars and other things that can bring millions to the person who found them are still buried in different parts of the world.

Below we will tell you about four such treasures. Are you ready to go in search of them?

Treasures of the " Malay Tiger»

This story dates back to the Second World War. Then in Japan, a secret organization was created "Kin no yuri", which means "Golden Lily". Its goal was to "confiscate" all the cultural treasures of Southeast Asia — gold, statuettes, important papers, works of art and other things. So to speak, so that " the good does not fall into the hands of the enemy."

General Tomoyuki Yamashita — The Malay Tiger

All the stolen jewelry was temporarily stored in a cache somewhere in the Philippine jungle. Day and night, the area was guarded by General Yamashita, better known as the" Malay Tiger", and his team. At the end of the operation, the jewels were supposed to be delivered to Japan, but Yamashita's associates were killed, and the sudden news of the end of the war forced the government to temporarily forget about the stolen cultural property.

All this could have remained a legend, if in 1988 the treasure hunter Rogelio Roxas did not file a lawsuit against the former president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos. The treasure hunter said that in 1961 he met the son of one of the military Yamashita. He drew him a map and marked the point with the treasure. Ten years later, Roxas organized an expedition and, indeed, discovered the coveted hiding place in the jungle. Then he and his team were able to carry away only a giant Buddha statue and a chest of gold, and it was decided to return for the rest of the valuables later.

Portrait of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines from 1965-1986

After this event, Roxas was arrested (and this despite the fact that he had a permit to search for treasure) and tortured for a long time in prison, trying to find out the location of the cache, but the man did not give up.

Sunken Spanish Treasury

Few people know, but Vero Beach in Florida has a second, unofficial name-Treasure Coast. The fact is that in these places tourists often found gold and silver coins ,which were" thrown out " by the sea. It would seem that this amazing phenomenon has a completely rational explanation: in 1715, not far from the beach, the Spanish fleet sank, loaded with various jewels that the conquistadors collected in the colonies for several years.

Spanish frigate Nuestra Signora de las Mercedes»

In fact, it was the entire Spanish treasury, which for a long time could not be delivered to land due to various troubles. When the ships finally managed to move towards the house, Captain Juan Esteban de Ubilla made the fatal mistake of ignoring the hurricane season. As a result, all the ships of the flotilla were caught in a severe storm and crashed on the rocks. Hundreds of sailors drowned immediately, the survivors died on the shore, waiting for months for help.

The few who survived were picked up by Cuban ships a year later. Naturally, the rescue had its price — about half of all the treasures were removed, but the rest is still stored somewhere at the bottom of the bay.

By the way, if you decide to go to Florida to walk along Vero Beach with a metal detector (and this is quite a popular entertainment among tourists!), remember: 20% of the value of the found will have to be given to the state, another 40% - to the company "1715 Fleet-Queens Jewels, LLC", which completely bought all the rights to conduct treasure searches on this coast.

Montezuma Jewels

In the 20s of the XX century, in the city of Kanab, Utah, there was an enterprising man named Freddie Crystal. He told the locals fascinating stories and once mentioned that a few years earlier he had stumbled upon an ancient monastery and a stack of old books in Mexico City. In one of them, Krystal found a barely preserved piece of paper, on which was depicted a map with a point in which the Aztec treasures were allegedly stored.

It was this map that led him to Kanab, but after exploring every corner of the city, Freddie could not find the treasure. However, one thing really interested the man: in one of the canyons, he saw a staircase cut into the wall leading to a tunnel, and next to it-Aztec hieroglyphs. The adventurer could not get there on his own, as the entrance to the dungeon was densely littered with stones, so he decided to gather a team of those who wanted to get rich and go there again.

By November 1922, Freddie had formed a small team of treasure hunters. When the residents of Kanab cleared the rubble, they saw a huge underground maze with numerous narrow passages, spacious rooms and ancient statues. But the treasure was nowhere to be found…

After three years of searching, Krystal's group gradually began to break up, as it finally lost hope of finding something. The man himself suggested a different interpretation of the map, according to which the line marked on it was only a distraction, and the real hiding place is actually at the very beginning of their journey. Naturally, no one began to clean up the rubble again, and Freddie had to leave the dungeon with nothing. However, the treasure may still be lying somewhere in the tunnel.

Kruger Gold

Paul Kruger

This treasure is called the most significant of the yet unearthed treasures of the world. According to some estimates, its cost is from 2.5 billion dollars. It owes its appearance to the colonial conflict between Holland and Great Britain.

Transvaal, British colonies in Africa

However, the measured life of the Boers was disrupted by a sudden discovery-gold. Lots of gold! Thanks to this, the "farmer's paradise" was quickly swept by the gold rush, hundreds of treasure hunters, mostly British, came to these lands. As the treasure hunters quickly settled in, they began to take all the territory from the Dutch, and the British government decided to support them in this matter and started a war with the Transvaal.

Transvaal

Soon the Dutch were forced to leave the capital and disappear, taking with them all the state treasury that had accumulated over many years. A couple of years later, their ruler, Paul Kruger, showed up somewhere in Europe, expressed sympathy for his compatriots who had fallen in battle, and threw up his hands when asked about the missing gold.

According to one version, all the treasures were divided into three parts and buried in the vicinity of the Transvaal. For many years, treasure hunters have been trying to find the coveted treasure, but so far no one has managed to do it.

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