Every story inside this book is true. Tales of treasure from sunken ships, bank vaults and reserves, hidden compartments, buried chests and boxes, vintage safes, hiding places of pirates and privateers, old cornerstones, barrels and casks, Mint and Treasury storage, wrecked buildings, caves and crevices, ancient estates, dusty time capsules, forgotten collections, misers' attics and basements, and other lost and hidden places. Join master storyteller Q. David Bowers as he shines light on the most astounding, dramatic, and unusual American coin hoards and treasures. Barrels of old colonial coppers. Mountains of hefty silver dollars. Boxes of gleaming gold. You ll find yourself daydreaming.....but you ll also be inspired to join the hunt. Many of these treasures have already been found, but many others are waiting for you to find them!" --Back cover.