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Flip Me Some PEZ!! - Pez dispensers, trivia, fun and games. This site has it all! Get information on the history of Pez candies, the factory, and how it all started. See all the Pez dispensers ever made and shop on-line!
Oak Island - Did you ever dig a hole? What if you dug a hole and found beams of wood? What if you then found a buried shaft? You'd probably be excited! That's exactly what happened to a young man years ago on Oak Island, just off the coast of Nova Scotia, in Maritime Canada. What's really intriguing is that many people have dug deeper into the shaft since then and found inscribed stones, coconut fiber, an iron plate, and oak wood, just as might be found in treasure chests. Problem is, the shaft is booby-trapped to flood with water, and no one has made it to the bottom. Is there treasure? No one knows. See more about this mystery at this Web page
Pirates at the City Art Centre - "Shiver me timbers!" If you don't know a pirate from a buccaneer, better sail over to this page. You'll learn lots about famous pirates, legends, and perhaps locations of buried treasure.
Silver Bank @ Nationalgeographic.com - "Spanish galleon Nuestra Sen'ora de la Pura y Limpia Concepcion set sail from Havana, Cuba, in September 1641. Eight days later a hurricane thrashed the ship. Leaking, she began a month-long limp toward Puerto Rico for repairs. Just short of salvation, the Concepcion struck a shallow reef and began sinking slowly. Three hundred hapless passengers and crew perished, and a fortune in silver tumbled into the Atlantic, inspiring the reef's shiny new name: Silver Bank." That's the background. This site allows you to explore the last days of the ship, the wreck itself, and salvage efforts over the years. Treasure hunter Tracy Bowden is the most recent explorer of the Silver Bank, and you can see many artifacts at this site. There are links to other marine archaeology and treasure Web sites, too.
The On-line Treasure Hunter - This site has exciting stories of real treasure finds. Sometimes the best place to look for treasure is where others have already looked. With today's modern computerized, electronic equipment, treasure hunters can often revisit sites that were "cleaned out" many years ago and walk off with riches! This site offers plenty of detailed information for folks who would like to find wealth in the ground or the ocean, as well as solid equipment data, classified ads, question and answers, and links to other related pages. Some of the articles are written by kids.
The Riddle of the Beale Treasure - The Beale ciphers hold the key to one of the greatest unsolved puzzles of all time. The story goes that around 1820, a fellow named Beale hid two wagonloads of silver, gold, and jewels someplace near Roanoke, Virginia. He left three coded letters, supposedly detailing the location of the treasure, with a trusted friend. Then he left for the West and was never seen again. One of the letters, describing the treasure, has been deciphered. It is in a code based on the Declaration of Independence. It is believed the other letters are similarly coded to the same document or other public documents. You can read about the status of the Beale ciphers, and you might want to try solving them yourself (if you find this treasure, please let us know!).
Worldwide Treasure Links - Treasure--everybody wants to find coins, jewelry, or other valuables hidden or lost. Finding treasure, though, takes skill, the right equipment, good clues, and maybe a bit of luck. If you want to be a treasure hunter, this Web page is a good place to start. You'll find links to dozens of treasure-related resources on the Internet. Learn about the latest equipment, find tips from treasure hunters, and read about treasure sites around the world. Start mining for valuables now--right on the Net!
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