Tom_in_CA
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Was thinking about the various treasure legends that get bandied around on md'ing forums. And have noticed a variety of ingredients, that seem to be common to each of them :
a) "tips of icebergs" . Eg.: a single gold bar, that is said to have come out of a cave that's stacked to the ceiling with them. Or a thumb-sized nugget a miner brought to the wild-west saloon, and he claims that there's a 4 ft. deep pile of them back in his mine. Or the "gold bit" that comes up from a drilling rig, that .... is no doubt ..... evidence of a giant treasure vault ! I call all of these "Tips of icebergs".
b) Insane depths. Why is that ? It's almost as if: " The bigger the treasure, the deeper it must be". Why ? A treasure is equally hidden whether at 1 ft. deep, or 20 ft. deep. As long as the surface is covered up and fluffed, then making it deeper, doesn't "hide it better". Yet, for some reason, all the legends invariably contain accounts that they are at insane depths.
c) skeletons. Sure as heck, someone currently, or in the past, came up with bones or skeletons.
d) Cryptogram clues, ciphers, secret marker symbols, etc...
e) Conspiracy coverups with sinister groups. Eg.: Templars, freemasons, jesuits, evil politicians, etc....
f) Lone survivor accounts. Eg.: the dying miner drags himself into the wild-west saloon. The lone survivor of an indian attack. And before passing away, spills the story of fabulous riches back at his mine. And here's the 5 clues to the location ...
g) Unconventional TH'ing methods (which shall remain nameless, but ... I think you know) seem to be part & parcel to them. As if ... the legend category stories, for some reason .... appeal to that crowd ?
What other common themes do you see in the legends ?
a) "tips of icebergs" . Eg.: a single gold bar, that is said to have come out of a cave that's stacked to the ceiling with them. Or a thumb-sized nugget a miner brought to the wild-west saloon, and he claims that there's a 4 ft. deep pile of them back in his mine. Or the "gold bit" that comes up from a drilling rig, that .... is no doubt ..... evidence of a giant treasure vault ! I call all of these "Tips of icebergs".
b) Insane depths. Why is that ? It's almost as if: " The bigger the treasure, the deeper it must be". Why ? A treasure is equally hidden whether at 1 ft. deep, or 20 ft. deep. As long as the surface is covered up and fluffed, then making it deeper, doesn't "hide it better". Yet, for some reason, all the legends invariably contain accounts that they are at insane depths.
c) skeletons. Sure as heck, someone currently, or in the past, came up with bones or skeletons.
d) Cryptogram clues, ciphers, secret marker symbols, etc...
e) Conspiracy coverups with sinister groups. Eg.: Templars, freemasons, jesuits, evil politicians, etc....
f) Lone survivor accounts. Eg.: the dying miner drags himself into the wild-west saloon. The lone survivor of an indian attack. And before passing away, spills the story of fabulous riches back at his mine. And here's the 5 clues to the location ...
g) Unconventional TH'ing methods (which shall remain nameless, but ... I think you know) seem to be part & parcel to them. As if ... the legend category stories, for some reason .... appeal to that crowd ?
What other common themes do you see in the legends ?