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“In this book I have not attempted to include all or even a small portion of known treasure hunts, successful or not. To do so would require not one but many volumes, and, and moreover, the stories of treasure hunts of past centuries, and of past decades for that matter, have been told and retold and published in numerous books, until the treasure loving public is as familiar with the feats of Sir William Phipps and other famous treasure hunters as with the adventures of Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus. Neither have I included all of the more recent treasure hunts, either successful or otherwise, for many of these are wholly devoid of romance, adventure or story interest, and come more properly under the head of wrecking or salvaging jobs than treasure hunting. But there have been many recent treasure hunts, in several of which I have taken an active part, which hold a deal of romance, much high adventure, abundant thrills and great human interest, as well as drama, tragedy and, not infrequently, humor also, and the stories of the more outstanding and noteworthy of these will be found herein. Also, let me assure my readers that all of these tales are fact and none fiction, although for sundry and obvious reasons I have, as a rule, used fictional names for the persons mentioned, other than historical characters. And I hereby wish to disclaim all responsibility for the statements of values of treasures found or unfound, unless verified by official, documentary or historical records. I have no desire to be blamed by some future treasure hunter who, after reading my book, discovers a treasure and finds only a mere million dollars’ worth of gold where he had been led to believe several millions had been buried.”– A. Hyatt Verrill, Author.
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