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The story of the three ciphertexts originates from an 1885 pamphlet called The Beale Papers, detailing treasure being buried by a man named Thomas J. Beale in a secret location in Bedford County, Virginia, in about 1820.
6 wrz 2020 · Somewhere in the green hills of Bedford County in southwestern Virginia, lies a buried treasure worth over an estimated 60 million dollars. Named after Thomas J. Beale, who purportedly buried the trove, the Beale Treasure of gold and silver and jewels has languished in the ground for two centuries.
4 cze 2018 · The materials held at the Bedford Genealogical library near Montvale, Virginia are a mixed bag of serious historical research and total crackpottery: There are copies of ancient maps,...
18 wrz 2023 · At the core of this fascinating story lies the Beale papers, a trio of encoded numerical messages, allegedly revealing the location of a vast buried treasure of untold riches somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia. The second of the Beale ciphers, the one disclosing the contents of the treasure trove, has been cracked.
28 maj 2021 · BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. — When you look up into the mountains around western Bedford County, you might be looking at $100 million in gold, silver, and jewels, and not even know it. That’s because of a mystery that involves intrigue, secret codes, and a treasure possibly buried by a man named Thomas Beale.
30 kwi 2022 · A great deal of treasure enthusiasts have travelled to Bedford County, armed with shovels, and tools, hoping to strike it rich. None of them have actually found any treasure yet. Some have...
13 wrz 2015 · The mysterious codes supposedly gave directions to a treasure buried in a secret location in Bedford County, Va., in the 1820s. The cryptic texts have captured the imagination and enthusiasm of avid cryptographers and treasure hunters ever since.
