A Guide to Treasure in Pennsylvania

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Because of erosion, road and dam building, strip mining of coal, streams having changed their courses family traditions becoming exaggerated or different, authors giving their version of events or places, the basic facts concerning a treasure or relic site can be come obscured with time. A large part of the United States has no local written history, so the locations have to be researched by the author through oral traditions in the area where the incident occurred. No person can possible research all the locations in even one state without the help of others. Everywhere that man goes he leaves potential treasure in one form or another. Leads to treasure or relic sites can come in many forms, a legend, an old map, a rumor, newspaper clipping, sometimes only a whisper can lead to a profitable hunt. There are different versions of all treasure stories not everyone will agree with the ones I have given. In this work I have listed the most widely accepted narratives and facts that time, research and history will allow. Every precaution has been taken to avoid errors and inaccuracies in this volume and it lays no claim to being all-inclusive on treasure or relic sites, because such an accomplishment covering this would be an impossibility. Not all treasure is old, people still bury or hide their valuables because of distrust of banks or relative and fear of a depression. Numerous people keep their savings at home. In hundreds of instances the person dies suddenly without revealing the location of their valuables.