How to find treasures? Seekers of treasure. Treasures of Russia

Almost every person in his life, even for a minute, imagined himself the master of a huge treasure: a chest of jewels or a found purse with an impressive bundle of money. As you grow up after a whole heap of everyday problems and a quick run of time, this fantasy becomes more and more foggy. And in vain!

Treasure is the dream of any person

Comparing the number of hidden and unidentified treasures in recent centuries, you can see quite a significant difference, which is a primary incentive to search for more treasure.

Excitement, self-confidence and intuition will be a push, capable of fundamentally changing everyday life. Of course, knowledge will still be relevant here, since it is necessary to look for, having behind it a certain amount of information.

So, what is a treasure? How to find treasures? Where to do it?

A treasure is a certain stock of valuables, buried in a secluded place by persons whom other people want to take possession of. There are three categories of people who want to take possession of treasures:

• Black diggers who know exactly how to find treasures, because the purpose of the search for them is profit: any found object is measured only in monetary terms. Ignoring the generally accepted norms and foundations, they are looking where the common man would hesitate to step with his foot.
• Red diggers. This kind of seekers honors traditions and respects the past. For them, the search for lost treasures is connected with a sense of duty and the desire to convey historical values to the descendants, as well as to assist the state in establishing the events of the past years. All actions are due to the call of the heart, and the purpose of the search is to store the memory. Going to the community, they are ready to accept those who want to help understand the history.
• White diggers. For them, treasure hunting is more like a hobby, although the monetary factor plays an important role. Love for history successfully combines with the desire to earn on it, and selfish motive is restrained by veneration of traditions and observance of signs.

Types of information for treasure hunting

Treasure and treasure can be sought, with direct and indirect information. Direct information most reliably indicates the path to treasure, since it is based on knowledge of their location. For example, a descendant is looking for a treasure of his relative (grandfather, great-grandfather), knowing exactly or approximately its placement. In almost all cases, the search is successful. Disappointment can only be less expected value of the treasure, especially if the material costs and the efforts invested in his search exceed the size of the found.

Indirect information is based on assumptions, guesses, intuitive flair, suggesting where to look for treasure. In this case, there is no guarantee of complete success, but there is a small chance of making yourself richer. Here everything depends on the luck and luck of the treasure hunter. Therefore, before diving into the exciting world of search, at least a minimal knowledge of history is required.

The earth is the most reliable storehouse for values

In Russia, all the time experiencing troubled times, suffering from unbearable oprichnina, harassment of officials, dispossession and barbaric raids, the best depository of money was the "earth bank". All that was required to hide, a man tried to bury. This was done without witnesses in an inconspicuous but memorable place. In a house with an earthen floor, values were buried most often under the stove. This was a double benefit: shelter from unnecessary eyes and saving from frequent fires. Also actively used were cellars, sheds, attic rooms. The treasure was buried under the thickest trees in the garden, on trade routes, along river banks, under pillars of fences and large stones. As a rule, such information is guided by professionals trying to find other people's treasures and treasures.

Napoleon's gold - where to look?

Among the legends of large treasures, the story of the gold of Napoleon, which 200 years ago tried to conquer Moscow and take out its stolen valuables, occupies a separate place. For this purpose, three wagons were organized, the last of which, consisting of 350 wagons, disappeared along the way, literally "evaporated", despite reliable information on the route and stops.

In winter Russia, the long journey with the stolen goods for the French soldiers was very difficult.

The lack of food, the death of horses, fierce frosts and skirmishes with the Russian partisans exhausted the enemy to the limit: the French were forced to get rid of all the excess that interfered with the road: guns, boxes of charges, things. Confidence in the delivery of the looted goods in connection with the observed picture was minimized, so Prince Bogarne - responsible for the values, decided to hide their part, which was done. The impetus for such a decision was the information that their own French soldiers, driven to despair and impotence, began to take the loot and hide it along the way.

The robbery of the remains of the convoy continued even further, when the French fell into the hands of the Russian troops. They robbed and stolen everything that was stolen, so the Russian command decided to burn the convoys with their contents. Since the wagons burned completely, leaving no trace, a version appeared that there was no gold and silver in them, and, perhaps, there were paintings and expensive things.

In connection with the disappearance of Napoleonic values, there are a sufficient number of versions. One of them assumes that the wagons on which the treasures of Russia were taken were merely a diversionary maneuver. And Napoleon took the looted goods with them. There is also a version that the values were hidden at the first stage of the trip, when the French already clearly realized what difficulties they would expect on the road. Despite the many organized expeditions and excavations carried out, this secret remained unsolved.

Scythian gold

Treasures of Russia include in their list of Scythian gold, left after the disappearance of the same tribes and hidden somewhere between the Don and the Danube among the many burial mounds in which the dead were previously buried. Often in the grave with the deceased put his arms, armor and ornaments. Also a mask of fine gold (foil) covered the face of the deceased, clothes or wooden figurines. By the way, the barrow mound is different, since the main group does not have gold inside them. But the royal burial mounds, completely plundered in the 19th century, differed in appearance from simple ones, which could easily be determined by an experienced treasure hunter.

Treasure of Kolchak

To this day, actively search for treasures of Kolchak, which in 1918 occupied Kazan and appropriated to itself the bulk of the gold reserve of Russia (approximately 1600 tons), is being saved here. This money gave a tremendous power to Kolchak, the proclaimed Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, and began to be spent on the White Guards. Some of them remained in Japan, without turning into weapons. According to various sources, the investment was valued at 150 tons of precious metal. Approximately the same amount of gold was exported and placed on deposits in foreign banks. In the end, the country left about 400 tons of appropriated precious metal.

When the White Guards were forced to retreat into the depths of Siberia, they distributed the remains of Russian wealth to three railway convoys. The first was selected by the Czechoslovak Corps and given to the Bolsheviks on conditions of unhindered withdrawal from the Russian territory. The fate of the other two compositions remained unknown. Presumably the White Guards could throw gold into an abandoned adit (roughly between Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk), trying to save him from the Bolsheviks.

The third echelon was divided into several parts, the owner of one of which was Ataman Semenov, whose gold was later transferred to Japan. The remainder can be safely called the gold of Kolchak: his fate is also unknown and does not allow many treasure hunters to sleep peacefully. Part of the values was sent by river on the steamer Permyak and buried somewhere in the region of Surgut. The second part (approximately 26 boxes) was unloaded from the train and also buried somewhere. The third share of the treasure was hidden under Krasnoyarsk in the crypt of a ruined church. The only survivor of these events, who knew where to find the treasure, was killed in 1960 when he attempted to cross the Russian-Turkish border. He was found 150 kilograms of gold bars.

Treasure of Genghis Khan

Find the grave of Genghis Khan - the head of the vastest of world nations, the ruler of millions of souls, the owner of untold riches - the treasured dream of treasure hunters around the world.

Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Transbaikalia, Altai: the place of its burial was kept in the strictest secrecy, and the grave itself was leveled with the earth. About 2000 thousand people took part in the funeral of the great ruler, but they were all chopped into pieces by 800 mounted soldiers from the protection of Genghis Khan. These soldiers were also killed the same day. All this was done to preserve the secret location of the grave of the ruler. However, even these bloodthirsty actions did not stop there. So, the burial ground was cleared from any outsiders by specially created patrols. According to one of the versions, a river bed was laid on the burial place for the complete concealment of the tracks. Expeditions visited the territory of Mongolia more than once to find the grave, and consequently, the treasure of Genghis Khan, which by the most modest standards costs millions of dollars. But all efforts were in vain.

Where pirates hid treasures?

Beware of the minds of treasure hunters pirate treasures, the theme of which is very often exploited in the film industry and literary works. Part of the written and reproduced on the screen, of course, is fiction, but there are real stories. The most outstanding personality in the history of piracy was the Englishman Edward Teach, known by the nickname Blackbeard. This merciless and bloodthirsty captain managed to accumulate a huge number of jewelry, attacking Spanish ships carrying gold from Mexico and South America. His pirate career lasted only two years and ended in an inglorious death in battle with the crew of an English ship. What happened to the jewels? Where to find the treasure of the Black Beard? Edward Teach said that he hid the treasure securely. But that's where the pirate did it, still can not understand the thousands who want to enrich themselves. The treasure map suggests that this could be done on the islands of the Caribbean Sea, in the Chesapeake Bay (eastern coast of the USA) or caves in the Cayman Islands.

Pirate Henry Morgan - a native of Wales, like Edward Teach, was notorious. Some of the treasures hidden by him were discovered in 1997 in a cave near the Chagres River (Panama) by former American soldiers who had a treasure map purchased from a market trader. Henry Morgan's treasures can be found on the same Cayman Islands, located north-west of Jamaica, on the island of Pinos (65 km south of the coast of Cuba).

A few tips for novice treasure hunters

How to find treasures? As practice has shown, the best place to look for is a village that was destroyed during the war or during the revolution.

To determine the location of such destroyed settlements, it is required to acquire topographic maps of large scale. Some of them must depict the terrain in pre-war form, and some - in the modern. They can be used to find out where and what facilities were earlier (chapels, manors, churches). They will not be difficult to find with the help of a compass. In the search area it is advisable to interview the local population for legends, which should be taken into account, but they should be trusted unconditionally. After all, from 100 exciting legends about 10 will contain a grain of truth, and at best only one of the narratives will turn out to be real. That is, it is important to be able to filter out information.

Of course, it is highly desirable to look for treasures with a metal detector by carefully examining the surface.

It is possible that the items of interest can be found under the turf. Excellent, if the history of the object is more than one hundred years, for which there could be lost a sufficient number of coins. Due to the large amount of metal trash, among which the sought-after valuable items may be present, it is important that the metal detector has the ability to determine the degree of culling of the trash, having an audible and visual recognition.

Subtleties

In order to know how to find treasures, you need to understand how the caches are arranged. Household items (dishes, icons, clothes, samovars) people put in boxes and chests. Near the house they dug a hole, where they were hiding. They poured stones or rubbish over the pit. The seekers of the treasures know that they often did skerries in yards, sheds, orchards and gardens, that is, where it is easy to veil the fresh soil.

Custodians of all kinds of secrets can serve wells, which people in difficult moments of life trusted their property. In them, in addition to all sorts of junk, representing for its owner value, you can find staff documents, helmets, all kinds of equipment. This is especially applicable to places where the front line passed. A distinctive feature of the wells is the high safety of the objects in it.

Attic - a convenient place to look for treasure

Convenience for hiding valuables was represented by lofts. Attic tabs, which are often resorted to by urban residents, have in their history several stages:

• The beginning of the 20th century, after the First Russian Revolution;
• Revolutionary coup of 1917;
• 40-ies, when the decree was issued to surrender the population weapons and increased responsibility for the propaganda of fascism, by which was meant the saving of objects depicting fascist symbols.

Search for treasures in the attic can be greatly facilitated by putting yourself in the place of a person who wants to hide their values. Roof trusses, rafters, niches, grooves in the walls and brick laying, any ventilation openings, unobtrusive hidden corners, easily memorized visually - these are the places that can please the seeker with something valuable. The use of metal detectors here will not be effective because of the large amount of construction debris and water pipes creating a strong foreign background. By the way, between the ceiling of the room and the attic floor there are always voids, in which it is easy to hide a large suitcase. However, the survey of these places is complicated by the fact that the process of releasing and lifting the floorboards creates considerable noise and takes a lot of time. Therefore, to investigate such voids is preferable in uninhabited houses.

Where to find a treasure besides an attic and land? Often treasures were found in rivers and canals.

Over the years, a large number of coins and objects have accumulated in reservoirs, which can now have historical and artistic value. Many of these treasures were thrown into the rivers in order to get rid of evidence, especially in troubled times. In reservoirs you can find royal awards, sabers, daggers, icons, incense. To retrieve the finds requires warm weather, a good tray and a shovel. Soil is required to scoop and rinse.

Since fortune is more to the liking of persistent seekers of treasures, the result will depend not only on luck, but also on their activity and enthusiasm.