I feel very mean when I price a GA Question at only $2.00 and I would
like to be able to offer $200.00 questions every time and also to
splash around $100.00 tips.

These are very modest ambitions but in order to realise them I need to
find some fabulous treasure, like the Tsar's Crown Jewels.

There must be BILLIONS of loot that has been stashed away over the
years and lies waiting a deserving soul such as myself.

So would some Researcher please provide all the know-how necessary for
me to realise my ambitions?

I don't fancy digging in Baghdad or in any similar location but a trip
up the Amazon to find a gold temple would be OK.

Many thanks!

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Clarification of Question by probonopublico-ga on 08 Nov 2004 07:24 PST

Found it!

Very many thanks ... I am so glad that nobody will be able to find out
which Comment contained the horde.

Now I will try another.

Bryan --

If I didn't realize that you were in the U.K. and not in the colonies,
I'd recommend the following site.  It contains links to all 50 states
and the unclaimed property people.  Pick a random state and check the
claims for your surname:
http://www.naupa.org

Say, what do they do in the U.K. if a refund or credit or old bank
account goes astray?  Does it go to the Queen?  Or the swans?

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Bryan,
I suspect that you yearn for a sunnier location at time of the year.
So why not this trip to Tahiti?

"During the War of the Pacific (1879-83) four Australian mercenaries
stole 14 tons of gold from a church in Pisco, Peru.
They buried most of the treasure on Pinaki or Raraka atolls in the
Tuamotus before proceeding to Australia where two were killed by
aboriginals, and the other two were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
for murder.
Just prior to his death the surviving mercenary told prospector
Charles Howe the story.
In 1913 Howe began a 13-year search which finally located part of the
treasure on an island near Raraka. He reburied the chests and returned
to Australia to organize an expedition which would remove the gold in
secret. Before it could set out, however, Howe disappeared.
But using Howe's treasure map, diver George Hamilton took over in
1934. Hamilton thought he found the cached gold in a pool but was
unable to extract it. After being attacked by a giant octopus and
moray eel Hamilton abandoned the search and the expedition dissolved.
In 1994 a descendant of Hamilton chartered the Sea Belle out of
Fakarava for the atoll of Tepoto which had been identified from an old
photograph as being the place he was looking for. However, soon after
his arrival on unsheltered Tepoto, the weather turned very nasty and
it is only after a narrow escape from the menacing reef that the boat
was able to head back, never to return.
At about the same time, The Discovery Channel made preparations for an
expedition to search for the treasure for a documentary. But after
some last minute doubts, the project was scrapped.
As far as is known, the US$1.8 million in gold has never been found.
But there is also a vague rumor that some years ago, not wanting any
more intrusions and believing it cursed, the natives found the
treasure and dumped it out at sea.
So who knows.....?"
http://www.tahiti-explorer.com/treasure.html

Atolls are very sandy, so I think you will need the equipment shown in this image.
http://www.reggies.co.za/nov/nov514.jpg

Have fun and don?t get sun burnt.

answerfinder-ga

Hello probonopublico,

Have you heard the story of Lasseter's gold?

"Legend has it 17 year old Harold Lasseter was lost and delirious in
1897 when he discovered a vast deposit of gold somewhere <...> near
the West Australian border in our north west.

His records have been pored over, his competence questioned,
expeditions have come and gone, but still the location of Lasseter's
Reef remains unknown."

ABC Radio WA
http://www.abc.net.au/wa/stories/s1121283.htm

Before you head off to Western Australia dressed as Indiana Jones, you
might want to check out Lasseter's diaries, maps and reports about
previous unsuccessful expeditions.

The Lasseteria
http://www.lasseteria.com/

Go for Gold!

* j *

dear probonopublico-ga, 


why go for old legends when a most recent one is available?

 Verappan a notorious bandit and elephant hunter was killed in India a
few weeks back.
He is reputed to have hidden a few millions worth of currency /
elephant tusks in the jungles bordering Tamilnadu and Karnataka states
of India.

You will atleast have the adventure and if lucky get the loot. But
dont forget ur promised 100$ tip to me is u suceed.

Best of luck

Hiya Bryan....

Perhaps this may help you....

http://www.foundmoney.com/

Mabe some long lost relative/ friend left you some "treasure" :)

Steph53

Well thank you one and all ...

I am sure that there is something there and what's more they were all NEW to me!

But then as you probably know, I have led a very sheltered life.

Time I believe to really let rip ......

Or Gottverdammich! as they say in German.