In 1820 a man called Thomas Beale buried a fortune in treasure somewhere in Virginia. He wrote a set of 3 codes that contain details on the treasure's location, the treasure's contents and the owners of the treasure. To this day only the codes relating to the contents and owners have been solved. Meaning that this great treasure is still out there somewhere 200 years on.

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