The Beale Ciphers: $60 Million Buried, 2 Codes Unsolved

Somewhere in the hills of Virginia, more than sixty million dollars in gold and silver is buried six feet underground. One code tells you exactly what is down there. Two more codes tell you where it is, and who owns it. After two hundred years, nobody has cracked them. This is the story of the Beale Ciphers: the iron box, the solved code that revealed a fortune, and the two codes that still refuse to give up their secret. It may be the greatest treasure hunt in American history, or the greatest hoax ever written. Timestamps: 0:00 — Sixty million dollars, six feet down 0:15 — Three pages of numbers 0:40 — The stranger, the box, and the innkeeper 1:40 — One code cracked with the Declaration of Independence 3:10 — The case that it was all a hoax 4:20 — Treasure or hoax? Sources: The Beale Papers (James B. Ward, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1885); Wikipedia, "Beale ciphers"; Jim Gillogly, "The Beale Cipher: A Dissenting Opinion," Cryptologia, 1980; Joe Nickell, 1982 investigation; Jean Pival, 1982 linguistic analysis. Everything in this video that comes from the 1885 pamphlet is presented as the pamphlet's claim, not as established fact. Theories are labeled as theories, and the hoax evidence is presented alongside the treasure story. Subscribe to The Daily Discoveries USA for a new mystery, discovery, or breakthrough every single day. #BealeCiphers #UnsolvedMysteries #BuriedTreasure #VirginiaHistory #HiddenHistory