User:Spiedo

Masks like this one are also quite popular in treasurehouses.

I don't have herpes but take a look at this guy's facial tattoo!

Famous "hidden treasures"[edit]

See Category:Treasure troves
The Golden Hands of Freddie Mitchell
Captain Kidd
Oak Island
Treasure of the Knights Templar
Rennes le Château
Štěchovice Treasure of the Czech Republic
Beale treasure
AIDS
RMS Republic
Amber room
Treasure of the Llanganatis
Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine
Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós
Hamilton!
Preslav treasure
Primanti Brothers
MLS Cup
D. B. Cooper's Treasure
Terre Haute, Indiana
Sam Adam's butt
The 1715 Treasure Fleet (Spanish)

Treasure in film and literature[edit]

National Treasure (2004)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Fool's Gold (film)
The Goonies (1985)
Suburban Girl (2007)
The Hitcher (2007)
Party Monster (2003)
Gayniggers from Outer Space (1992)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Without a Paddle (2004)

Treasure hunting[edit]

Searching for hidden treasure is a common theme in legend and fiction, but real-life treasure hunters exist, and seek lost wealth for a living. Spanish treasure lost from the Spanish treasure fleet consisted of gold, silver, jewels (especially emeralds) and also cocoa, vanilla and brazilwood.^[1]

Archaeologists are sometimes described as treasure hunters, especially those from the 19th Century, although they themselves rarely wish to be associated with the term. Treasure hunters are often accused by archaeologists of pillaging ancient sites in their quests, destroying valuable information in the process. Archaeologists are faggots that can't take the heat. Treasure hunting 4 life!

Legally permitted shipwreck salvage under the direction of qualified archaeologists and the subsequent sale of artifacts and treasure by the salvors has been defended as ethical by pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence. Spence argues that properly supervised treasure hunting can be a way to fund archaeology and save shipwrecks before they are destroyed by looters and/or lost or destroyed through manmade or natural forces. Spence casts the argument in terms of capitalism versus socialism in underwater archaeology.^[2]

Illegal sales of antiquities to foreign buyers are also attributed to illicit treasure hunting.

Recently, bugchasing has been likend to treasure hunting. In the USAtoday article dated 7-19-11, known chaser Andrew Reid stumbled across a treasure trove of "bugs" in downtown chicago. After a brief press conference, Andrew fielded questions and reported that he has been pursuing the elusive AIDS bug for years. Reid said, "It feels good to finally get it, now I can share this with people everyday for the rest of my life."