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* At a North Carolina attraction where fortune-hunting visitors search for gems, a man unearthed such a large jewel, he actually traded it for an entire island off the Florida coast.
* A California man with a metal detector discovered an enormous gold nugget in the desert weighing 156 troy ounces. The rock is valued at $500,000!
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Real people... Extraordinary treasure!
* A librarian in Los Angeles opened a box in her attic--and discovered the first half of Mark Twain's original handwritten manuscript for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . . . a literary masterpiece valued at more than $6 million!
* At a North Carolina attraction where fortune-hunting visitors search for gems, a man unearthed such a large jewel, he actually traded it for an entire island off the Florida coast.
* A California man with a metal detector discovered an enormous gold nugget in the desert weighing 156 troy ounces. The rock is valued at $500,000!
Treasure-hunters take note: Buried bounty, invaluable artifacts, and astounding caches of coins, jewels, and treasure are being located every day--by people just like you! The Hunt for Amazing Treasures reveals the fantastic stories behind dozens of these lucky, lucrative finds, from the identification of a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence (a $4 flea market buy!) to the discovery of a 34-carat diamond by a West Virginia boy while pitching horseshoes in his backyard. Most of all, this invaluable guide to the world's hidden wonders functions as your own treasure map, revealing how you can find, appraise, and claim your own precious plunder--and turn your personal possessions and heirlooms into gold!
