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You might never have thought about or expected it, but taking your ring in for cleaning leaves some small silver, gold, or platinum nuggets behind for the jeweler.
Don’t worry, your jeweler isn’t chopping pieces off from your jewelry when making them all shiny again. Buffing and cleaning a ring results in minute amounts of [...]

Yesterday’s 5th anniversary of the looting of Iraq’s National Museum is a stark reminder that the casualties of war are not limited to human life. The museum is home to some of the world’s oldest artifacts, and many of them are now gone—pillaged by would-be treasure and quick profit seekers.
Some 15,000 [...]

The first archaeological dig in nearly fifty years has started at Stonehenge. British archaeologists are trying to unravel age-old secrets to the ancient stone circle. They believe Stonehenge was built around 2500 BC, but that’s simply an estimation.
The last site excavation of the site occurred in 1964, or 44 years ago. Video [...]

The digging near Deutschneudorf, Germany at a site that is hoped to contain buried buried Nazi loot, including parts of the famed Amber Room, has stopped according to the Associated Press.
Up to the third day of drilling, which was yesterday, Feb. 28, eleven holes at two different locations had been dug. (See photos of [...]

A secret underground tunnel was discovered last year by archaeologists near the Belgium village of Zonnebeke and it is now being excavated.
The hidden shelter, known as Vampire Dugout, served as an underground headquarters for the British during World War I. The dugout was apparently named after soldiers who’s mission was [...]

You might imagine finding some old pennies, but who would ever expect to discover a shiny gold coin buried within the oldest part of an American City? But an old gold coin was indeed found, and it’s worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The Main Plaza area of downtown San Antonio, TX has been experiencing [...]

Van Gogh was an artist who created some enormously famous paintings and his name is known throughout the world.
While Vincent van Gogh only lived to be 37 and really only began as an artist toward the last ten years of his life, he produced more than 2,000 pieces of art.

Given the nature HuntTreasure, it just wouldn’t seem right if we didn’t at least talk a little bit about the movie, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.
The movie premiered in New York on Dec. 17 and opened nationally in the US on Friday, the 21st. Up to the 24th, the movie had already found [...]

An original Magna Carta went up for sale December 18 at Sotheby’s. Although it didn’t fetch the upper end of the $30 million potential estimate, it was sold for a tidy sum of $21.3 million.
The 13 century document brought rights to subjects under English rule and was the foundation of many [...]

Back in 1701 Captain William Kidd was convicted of piracy and hung by the neck - twice in fact, since the hangman’s rope broke the first time.
The legendary Captain Kidd had actually sailed to his death. However, not on a ship and sunk in any battle, but on a trip to New York [...]

As rare as it is important, an original copy of the Magna Carta is up for sale. And if you have to ask how much, there’s a good chance it’s beyond your spending budget.
But then, very few in the world could acquire such a historical treasure even if they had the money.

Rome, Italy  —  Archaeologists in Rome believe they may have found the mythical cave, Lupercale, where a she-wolf nursed the twins, Romulous and Remus.
If you’re familiar with the mythical history of Rome, you’ll remember Romulous and Remus were the twin sons of the war god Mars and the mortal priestess Rhea Silvia.

Can life get any better than that?
For sure and hands down, driving a D9T Caterpillar and prospecting for gold has got to be more fun than pencil pushing Wall Street numbers.
And if you’re in the wilds of Alaska, you better go cowboy style and side-strap a .50-caliber Smith & Wesson. You [...]

Most everyone has heard the saying, "One man’s trash is another man’s treasure." Elizabeth Gibson was walking one morning when she found a piece of treasure in the trash.
That treasure turned out to be the famous painting, ‘Tres Personajes’ (Three People), by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. The person who placed it in the trash [...]

The 1997 movie Titanic romanticized while also reflecting the tragedy of Titanic’s sinking and the loss of nearly 1,500 lives.
Now, thanks to the BBC, you can get a new perspective and rediscovery of Titanic and its wreckage that’s equally compelling, wondrous, and, yet, educational.

Tidal currents slammed the Torrent, a square-rigged sailing vessel, into an Alaskan reef back in 1868. The crew escaped with their lives, but the ship was lost.
Fast forward 139 years and remnants of the old ship can once again be seen, and now in video no-less. That’s due to Steve Lloyd and his dive [...]