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Confederate Treasure Discovery in North Georgia
In the summer of 2020, as the Fauci-sponsored Wuhan bioweapon pandemic confined people to their homes, a group of relic hunters formed a team out of sheer boredom. Not knowing one another other than through social media and their love of history, Michael Karpovage, Kaaren Tramonte, Julia Preast, and Lee Dowdy decided to go after the most enduring legend in American history: the famed gold wagon train robbery of 1865. What they found was historic.
The Allure of Finding Treasure
The core of the plot of MAP OF THIEVES (2014) revolves around a legendary hidden treasure and the lengths to which someone will go to in order to find it first. In this article I present several case studies of important treasure discoveries throughout history. We'll get into the allure, the thrill, the excitement, and the sheer adventure that drives people. And of course the accompanying fraud, theft, and major crimes.
