The Unsolved Code That's Kept A Treasure Haul Hidden For 200 Years | Myth Hunters

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Published 2024-06-15
In 1820 a man called Thomas Beale buried a fortune in treasure somewhere in Virginia. He wrote a set of 3 codes that contain details on the treasure's location, the treasure's contents and the owners of the treasure. To this day only the codes relating to the contents and owners have been solved. Meaning that this great treasure is still out there somewhere 200 years on.

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All Comments (21)
  • @iphotons
    This makes me want to write a bunch of random numbers on a piece of paper and leave it somewhere for the community to go wild. Love this channel! 🥰
  • @JohnRyan-gr8bs
    No one ever wants to talk about if it was even possible to accumulate or transport that much without infrastructure
  • @philipr1567
    Well, it just goes to show that treasure codes are not the Beale and end-all.
  • @atlantic_love
    "200 years" and "treasure" just don't really perk up my ears. That's like me telling my husband that some house we're driving by "is really old" (we live in the US), when he's from the UK and seen remants of castles that existed long before Columbus ever set foot here :D
  • @johnredford993
    This sounds as ridiculous of a fantasy as National Treasure or The da Vinci Code.
  • @JohnRyan-gr8bs
    How many miners would it take to mine then smelt all of that how many more people must have been supporting those workers with food? Why is there no evidence of any of that infrastructure?
  • @kcstafford2784
    wish there was some way to turn off the background music....
  • @nancym5341
    If they use The Declaration of Independence as their first cipher breaker then don’t it make sense that they used The Constitution and The Amendments as the other two code cipher’s? Just saying…
  • @legacyXplore
    I’m a real life treasure and relic hunter and this is a perfect example of what’s wrong with almost every big treasure story. People mix the fun that can come from something like the Beal Cipher with the fun you have when looking for something that legitimately has a chance of being real. It’s two different things completely. I wouldn’t waste one second on most of the big ones but I still enjoy reading about them from time to time.
  • @user-nu4th8tp8k
    Ok they used the Declaration of Independence to break one page. They say Thomas Jefferson Beal and two friends. Well the Declaration of Independence was change by Quincy Adams and again by Benjamin Franklin. So the other two pages might be solved under the other two versions. Just a thought.
  • @peacebrain4471
    Story doesnt add up. Why would they go half way across the state to hunt buffallo? Wouldn't it be rancid by the time you got it home or somewhere to sell. I didnt think buffalo graze up in the mountains. If they were out hunting buffalo, why did they have plenty of prospecting gear with them? Some quick observations from around the 12:00 part. I will bet lots more obvious bs hahaha. Oh yeah, and some one in St Louis had enough gold coins and bars to swap them without ending up being widely known. Hmmmm
  • @Cobbmtngirl
    Well, wasn’t that a disappointing ending?! But go ahead and cast suspicion that it just might be true…Still I give it a like.
  • @seeDiersoilcrossrowds
    Classic lesson the Bible teaches clearly. The 10th Commandment. Thou Shalt Not covet anything that is thy neighbors.