In this book, author Q. David Bowers presents readers with a collection of illustrated stories portraying the discovery of many of the largest treasures and coin hoards in the history of United States. The author has organized the many pictorial stories that make up his text into twenty-six chapters, some organized around a type of treasure or location and some devoted to a specific find. He covers hoaxes and questioned finds, undiscovered treasures on land and at sea, notable single-coin finds, hoards of coins, gold rush treasure recovered from the ocean, and a great many other types of treasure hunts and finds. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)