<span><span><span>The twenty-four tales in this book are of the most famous lost treasures in America, from a two-foot statue reportedly made entirely of silver (the "Madonna"), to a cache of gold, silver, and jewelry that was rumored to contain the first Bible in the Americas. What makes these tales even more compelling is that </span><span style="font-style:italic;">none</span><span> of these known-to-be-lost treasures have been discovered, although modern detecting technology has made them eminently discoverable. <br><br><br><br></span></span></span>