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From the Mail Online, a group of unidentified German Businessman are about to attempt searching Stolpsee Lake in Northern Germany for Nazi Gold rumored to have been dumped there during WW2.
Link: Adventurers search for dumped Nazi gold worth a billion pounds in German lake
Update: Israeli scours German Lake for Jewish Gold and, more generally, other rumored Nazi Treasure Hoards: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/8689091/Nazi-looting-treasure-hunters-hope-to-turn-myths-into-reality.html
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The Name Yamashita Treasures refers to those treasures hidden by the Japanese in the Philippines during their occupation during WW2.
Some apparently found, many apparently still not. Food for thought....
Links: http://www.yamashitatreasures.com/ - (Warning: Site is a bit dodgy looking, use discretion when viewing.), http://www.spi.com.sg/spi_files/shinto_shrine/secrets_of_shinto.htm, Google Search for Yamashita Treasures
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No, not the wash, a name given to a tidal Estuary in Eastern England.
Lost in 1213, never recovered as far as we know. And what would they be worth today...?
Further Reading: The Wash (Wikipedia), BBC.
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Or, roughly 1 Billion dollars in lost pennies throughout the USA. Of course, the 1 billion dollars is face value only, rarer pennies will be more valuable, and so probably that figure is closer to a couple of billion dollars.
Source: The MegaPenny Project
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The Victorio Peak Treasure is another legend that incorporates much of the treasure hunters lore - Treasure, hidden by Aztecs or Indians deep in an inaccessible cave, is found, lost again, found once more only to be seized by mysterious government "G-Men". A couple of links to get you started:
Link: Atlantis Rising, Ancient Lost Treasures,Wikipedia
Notice how the same sites with the treasure hunter message boards also have the cryptozoology links and the links to Atlantis and ESP? Just an observation....