Treasure Hunting by State

Pick your state to get documented lost treasures, top-producing regions, terrain notes, and legal context for treasure hunting across all 50 US states.

Each state guide is organised the same way: the treasure and lost-cache stories associated with the state, the historical mining or trade activity that produced them, the terrain and LiDAR coverage available for testing them, and the land-status picture that determines where research can be followed by field work.

The same evidence discipline applies here as everywhere on this site: a story appearing in a state guide is not a claim that the cache exists. Where a case has been through source review, the guide links to the verdict, including when that verdict is that the story failed.

Covered states include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, and 40 more.