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In 1622, 1715, and again in 1733, Spain suffered horrible economic blows when the treasure fleets or flotas entered Florida waters and were destroyed by hurricanes.
http://www.adp.fsu.edu/fleet.html
King Midas of Phrygia: rescued Silenus, the favorite companion of Dionysus, who granted him one wish as a way of thanking him. King Midas chose, against Dionysus’ advice, the ability to change everything into gold by a simple touch.
http://www.phrygians.com/midas.html
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948): directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston. Tagline: The nearer they get to their treasure, the farther they get from the law.
Source: IMDb
40,000,000: estimated value (in USD$) of the Pearl of Lao-tze (also known as the Pearl of Allah) - the largest pearl known to man, which was found by an anonymous Filipino diver off the island of Palawan in 1934.
http://www.thebeadsite.com/REC-PRL.html
Magnetometer: an instrument (commonly used by treasure hunters) for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field.
Treasure by U2
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Bulgur with Buried Treasure
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The word BLING BLING (used to describe diamonds, jewelry and all forms of showy style) is a “repeater” – a word that is formed only of repetitive identically spelled syllables or syllable groups.
http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words2.html
The Treasure by Rupert Brooke.
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September 6, 1622. “Battered by hurricane force winds, the great Spanish galleon, Nuestra Senora de Atocha was ripped apart on jagged coral reefs near the Florida Keys. She took with her 264 souls, many of royal blood. Only five survived to tell the awful tale: three crewmen and two black slaves, who clung to the mast 'til rescued the next morning. In her bowels the Atocha carried more than 47 troy tons of treasure, which lay among the bones of the galleon for over 350 years”.
Source: http://www.nvo.com/treasure/nuestrasenoradeatocha/
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