This research gives only a small number of the known treasure sites in Georgia. The state ranks fourth in the number of lost treasures in the United States. There are millions of dollars in Civil War, Indian, pirate, and white pioneer caches of what we call treasure waiting to be found in the Peach State. […]

Florida has more sunken treasure along her coastline and in the inland bays than any other state in the Union. There are also hidden caches made by gangsters, Indians, smugglers, and politicians. The State offers these locations to the treasure hunter, plus the best “coin shooting” beaches in the world. Florida is truly a treasure

Although Delaware does not have the number of land treasures that most states do, it does rank high in the number of underwater sites. The location of Delaware is the key to its history. Delaware Bay is the refuge that sailors have sought since 1609. This accounts, in part, for the dozens of shipwrecks along

Connecticut has a wealth of interest for the treasure hunter. Its many villages of old houses and churches, rivers, lakes and modern city parks all present a varied number of treasure and metal detector sites for the interested person. Nearly every known mineral has been found in Connecticut, and the exploitation of its mineral wealth

Colorado is ranked third in the number of treasure sites in the United States. There are dozens of stories of lost mines, stagecoach robberies in which money was hidden by bandits, Indian raids in which the white pioneers or miners lost valuables, and bank robberies in which the money is still missing. Also, there are

California is the number one state in its quantity and variety of buried and sunken treasures, lost mines, and artifact and relic sites. It is hard to imagine the untold wealth that awaits the treasure hunter in California. Good hunting! When the diamond fields of America are mentioned, most people think of the well-known fields

If any particular type of treasure and lost mine story predominates in Arkansas, it is the stories and legends concerning mines once worked by Spaniards and the treasure buried by them. When the Spaniards retired from the territory, the Indians naturally appropriated their property, and stories abound about the mines they destroyed or concealed. There

It has been estimated, by knowledgeable people, that there is enough information in Arizona concerning what we call treasure and ghost towns to fill half-a-dozen books. Arizona also had more than its share of blood and thunder days-the stuff from which treasure legends are born. Hostile Indians raided its ranches and mining camps, carrying away

Alaska, our largest state, has numerous sites of lost gold mines, caches, shipwrecks, and abandoned mining camps. The treasure hunter will have no problem finding interesting and profitable locations. In 1903, the International Boundary Survey was in the process of establishing the exact boundaries of Alaska and Canada. Gold had been discovered in the Yukon.

Although Alabama has a very small coastline compared to other Southern states and therefore has a limited number of underwater treasure sites, the state is loaded with Civil War locations where caches and relics can be found. There must have been thousands of caches of money, jewels, and other valuables buried or hidden in the