Metal-detectorist and amateur archaeologist Jim Bailey thinks the coins are part of the treasure seized by Henry Every and his pirate crew in the Red Sea in 1695, in a raid on ships returning to India from Mecca. This Faberge egg, called the Spinach jade Easter egg, is decorated with pansies of enamel and diamonds and mounted on a pedestal of twisted gold leaves and twigs. Beale, along with 30 other adventurers, transported the goods to Bedford County, Virginia, and buried them. (Image credit: Antonio Quattrone / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images). Members of the group have traveled from all over the world, including Russia, Australia, the US, Sweden, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands, to join in the hunt. ("Q" stands for "quelle," which means "source" in German.) mysteries about planet Earth are still unsolved, incredible underwater treasures have actually been found, world-famous sculptures have hidden mysteries, ancient mystery researchers still cant explain, who earned the dubious honor in your state. Thomas J. Beale came across an abandoned mine full of gold, silver, and jewels in Santa Fe, New Mexico during the early 1800s. The treasures included gold, silver, rings, tapestries, jewels, fine plates and even portable altars. Captain Henry Avery and his crew take one of the Great Mogul's ships in this illustration. 30 of the world's most valuable treasures that are still missing "Captain's Kidd's treasure is the stuff of legends. The BBC reports that explorer Barry Clifford, who discovered the ship more than a decade ago, is convinced theres even more loot at the bottom of the ocean. Are you brave (and patient) enough to venture out in search of lost wealth? In the 1830s, English military officer Howard Vyse explored the Giza pyramids, at times using destructive techniques (hisuse of explosives being the most notorious) to make his way through the structures. After studying maps and court documents from the trials he eventually honed in on a patch of sand just 115 feet from the shore. According to Paul Johnston, the curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington DC, the announcement by Clifford is just talk and now he needs to present the scientific proof. Nazi officials stole the painting from the museum and intended to put it in the planned Fhrermuseum in Linz (the Linz Art Gallery), Austria, the Monuments Men Foundation noted on its website (opens in new tab). After an outcry led by the British East India Company, whose profits on the riches of India were threatened by the raid, Britain's King William III ordered what is regarded as the first international manhunt to capture Every and the other pirates. (Though it must be said that circumstantial evidence suggests it's somewhere in Great Britain like most of India's wealth.) The ciphers were eventually published in 1885 but only one has been cracked: the second cipher, detailing the fabulous contents of the hidden treasures. "You never field-clean a coin, because you could damage it," he said. Her work has appeared in publications like The Washington Post, TIME, mental_floss, Popular Science and JSTOR Daily. This has led to several questions do any copies survive from the first century? In one of the Ozarks biggest mysteries, The Old Spanish Treasure Cave in the northwest corner of Arkansas is believed to hold hidden treasures buried by Spanish conquistadors fleeing from Native Americans over 350 years ago. Underwater explorers in Madagascar say they have discovered treasure belonging to the notorious 17th-Century Scottish pirate William Kidd. It's possible that the thieves who stole the works of art are now dead and the paintings are severely damaged or destroyed.
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