Ww2 Treasure Map Released to Public

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/01/ww2-treasure-map-released-to-public/145747 ^

[21twelve]

Years ago I got a call from a guy that wanted to use my services to find buried treasure in an old tunnel. I think that it was legit but never did it. The property was now a national park/historic site in France, and the owner of the treasure map was in talks with his lawyers last I heard (30 years ago).

He had inherited an old shotgun from his dad. His dad got it from his uncle or father who had escaped France(?) during/before WWII. The relative was some rich Baron or whatever and had a castle. But had to escape with the clothes on their backs and some packs and the shotgun for protection/hunting.

For whatever reason the relative was not able to get his castle back (that’s the part that seems shaky in the story, but I think the guy gave me a good explanation at the time for that).

Anyway, the guy was going to repair the shotgun and found an treasure map inside the hole in the stock that you access to unscrew the wood stock from the metal breach. The map described an escape tunnel from the castle, and the location of three large crates filled with gold, guns and other valuables that they had taken from the castle but could not flee with.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I would bet that before they released the map to the public, they would have had people searching all over the area to find any treasure and recover it.