Yamashita/Japs treasure stories/topics....

Treasure hunters,

     I will try to post several Yamashita/Japs treasure stories and topics for everybody's satisfaction.....You may believe it or not...its up to you guys...

Gboy

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Gboy, I am too looking forward to rading your storries. Yamashita is my most beloved treasure trove so I can wait to hear them. Thanks for sharing them!

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Gentlemen,

Here is one of my several Japs treasure stories....

TiTle: DUMAGAT SECRET TREASURE 1
Type of treasure: Cave/waterfalls
Est. Treasure: 200-300 tons Gold

History/Events:

     In 1986, 12 local rebels recovered 48 pcs. of 6 kilos gold bars. During their 2nd hauling attempt they encounter an army patrol and were ambushed and only one survive Oscar with permanent injury during ambushed.
     According to Oscar (lone survivor), during their patrol in the jungle they met an old hermet man (probably a Japs struggler) gave them a sketch of treasure hoard and how to get them.
    The marker of the treasure cave waterfalls...was carved on the side of the waterfalls...2 feet tall rock boulder was carved and shaped into a skull...They located the waterfalls treasure site, they divert the flow of water and saw the cave entrance covered with rip rap rocks. They use 4 ropes. While hanging towards the waterfalls cave entrance, they started banging/demolishing the rock covered cave entrance. When the rock door was demolished...Oscar step on the entrance of the cave...on his astonishment...the gold stockpile was almost his height 5 feet tall, the cave was full of gold est. 200-300 tons....on top of the gold stockpile are old Japs clothes/uniforms.
    Since they are 12 rebels, they took 48 pieces of 6 kilos gold bars (4 bars per person). Oscar even put and left his cal.45 and his M-14 rifle on top of the gold stockpile bcoz it would be too heavy to carry M-14 rifle and 4 pieces 6 kg gold bars to hike to the mountains...they temporarily closed the cave entrance with loose rocks and return the original flow of the waterfalls...
   They sold their gold bars for ($1,000/6 kg bar) and go drinking in the bar for several days...when they have no longer money...they decided to go back to the mountain and attempt to haul gold again.....unfortunately since they were rebels...they accidenttally encounter an army patrol...they were ambushed....all his 11 rebel companion died...only Oscar was alive...we woke up in an Army hospital, with a hole in near his throat, a permanent injury...After several years in prison he was later given amnesty of the government. He go back to civilian life but he cannot go back to his jungle treasure sites due to his permanent injury, he had difficulty breathing if he walks for several meters...
    Since our team are roaming in the jungle looking for treasure, Oscar gave us his treasure info and told us to relocate his treasure cave.
    In 2003 we sent 2 man native guides to explore and relocate the suspected treasure cave, they found it, unfortunately the camera didn't work so it was not pictured.
    In 2004 we raise money and formed 16 man treasure team and explore the suspected treasure cave....Our team found the suspected treasure waterfalls cave, took picture souvenier....unfortunately...we were not able to operate it...bcoz we were accompanied by 10 local guides and we don't trust them....we are afraid since we were 6 only that came from the city...our 10 local guides/ porters ...might kill us once we recover the treasure....so we abandon the treasure operation that year and try to make a good plan, in case their is a recovery...we should be prepared for the worst case scenario...meaning it would be "Royal Rumble in the Jungle" for treasure.....
     There are several treasure groups roam the area with treasure maps with alleged 10,000 pcs gold bars....they never found the exact location...According to our research, it is not unusual to have that kind of treasure hoard bcoz 5,000 japs troops pass thru that jungle area during WW2...
    Since then, our team have never been able to raise fund to explore or revisit again our jungle treasure site...   ....

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damm gboy......talk about bad luck...maybe you should look into another line of work...or at least partner up with a different group...it's like all your stories are sooo close but someone just slips in and takes it away, maybe if you team up with the ones who end up with the gold you will have better luck.

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Neat story

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Gentlemen,

     Since we have been visiting occasionally the jungle for several years now, somehow we were able to instruct our native friends to look for us, some good treasure leads....and these are their repost to us:

1) Snake Cave Treasure
    Type of treasure: Cliffwall cave along the seashore
    History: Accidentally found by a native , while climbing the rocky cliffwall looking for bird nest, he stumbled into a cave with 2 huge black snake (not moving)....and beside it are black bars/bricks stockpile chest high, look like a knife sharpener (carborandum)
    Comment: Actually what the native saw are "decoy" statue snakes to scare away intruder and the black bricks/bars of stockpile are actually gold bars covered with tar or asphalt....to hide its true color.....the guide is willing to accompany us to his cliffwall cave....problem lack of budget...

2) Underwater Chained Golden Budha
     Type of treasure: Underwater
      History: A native while doing some fishing and diving...accidentally saw a 2 feet tall bald statue chained underwater at aprox. 20-30 feet deep....
      Comment: What the native probably saw are golden budha chained into the rock/coral....the native willing to giude us to his site, in fact challenging us to take pictures but ...again due to lack of boat/budget/UW eqp't...we can't reconfirm these site.
   
3) Underwater 2 Chained Metal Box
     Type of Treasure: Underwater
     History: The father of our native asset, during fishing/diving accidentally found 2 chained metal boxes and besides are scattered white metal bars. The native old man took one white metal bar and exchange it for a bottle of gin into local politician. The local politician bought a box of gin and ask the old man to dive for more white metal bars....after 3 days the old man gave the local politician 9 pieces of white metal bars....on his 3rd diving...the old man drowned bcoz he dive drunk...
     We talk to the old man son...and accompanied us to the exact site along the seashore wherein his old man had dive/found the white metal bars....it is an underwater cave aprox. 30 feet deep....our target is the remaing 2 chained metal box...due to lack of U/W eqp't , boat and budget, these site is pending for future operation...

4) Japs Cargo Plane
    Type of treasure: Crashed plane in mountaneous jungle.
    History: The native found these Japs cargo plane with several heavy metal boxes while gathering rattan poles. There are several treasure groups looking for these downed cargo plane but they are combing in the wrong mountain.
    Comment: The native is just waiting our team to reexplorte these downed Japs cargo plane suspected to contain treasure horad...again due to lack of budget these project is pending...

    Whew !!!.......am just starting to tell my Japs treasure stories...there are still more..

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Hey gboy,
I enjoyed reading your story regarding Yamashita's treasure!!!! Your description of the location is pretty good.... Well some of it. But I just want to let the other readers who may be tempted to get involved in it, that it was found a few years back.
Do you know the name Uncle Bob, gboy  :? He has passed away, so it doesn't matter if I use his name. Bob's description and story was a bit longer, going into detail which I won't. But anyway he and some others, including one of the two surviving Jap soldiers that where involved in burying this wealth of gold, (the others where eliminated), spent a good amount of time flying over the area until the survivor recognized a landmark. Backtracking they where able to locate the mountain side that the tunnel/cave was dug. But as luck would have it the monsoons hit and even with a chopper, (Bob had a couple) mudslides and the rain forced them out. They decided to return when the conditions where better and they where better prepared to continue digging. The got the entrance partially opened to only realize that Marcos's henchmen where coming down the mountain. (Loose lips do more than sink ships). While he may have been a friend, to some degree, of Mr. Marcos he knew that their greed was more powerful. So he and the others got out of there and didn't look back or say a word, back then (or now) that would have been a death sentence. Bob did find out from his contacts that, Marcos chartered two aircraft and flew them to Hong Kong, he had them insured for many millions.
Most any Filipino on the main island, over 50, knows the name "Uncle Bob" and while Yamashita's treasure is history he told me of a others that he knew of but where difficult to locate or get to. Besides, you would be faced with similar complications, since the nature of politics and those in control have not changed.

aztrvlr

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Interesting thread! Thanks for all the good postings!

To gboy: Well, I wouldn't say that nobody will finance your ventures. Infact quite a few people read thsoe boards and they are all interested in fiding lost treasures. Infact I should be getting back to the Philippines myself by next summer and will then check out a few of the possible investment projects. So maybe we will meet by then!

To AZTrvlr: Welcome to the board and thank you for this excellent posting! It's good to see someone talk treasure who has the necessary wisdom! Thank you!

And to all of you two: Who's Uncle Bob? Do you mean Robert Curtis? If yes, has he really recently passed on?

Sincerly,

Christian

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