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finders keepers Woman hired treasure hunter who found a rumored $46,000 hidden in her family's home for 50 years David Pescovitz

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History Treasure hunters have re-discovered a long lost piece of Henry VIII's crown Thom Dunn

books So… I read some of those books the Oak Island TV show constantly references Jason Weisberger

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occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

gold FBI on the scene where legendary Civil War treasure of $54 million in gold may be buried David Pescovitz

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