✕ marks the spot

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Most likely still out there

Ranked by the Exists score — did it exist and survive? Resolved cases are labelled; a found case scoring high is the calibration working, not a bug.

#TreasureStatusExists ExistsFindable nowFrontier
1 Nuestra Señora de Atocha FOUND VERY-LIKELY (band 5) VERY-LIKELY PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
2 Priam's Treasure DISPUTED LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
3 San José galleon FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
4 SS Central America FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE
5 Hoxne Hoard FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
6 Staffordshire Hoard FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
7 Cuerdale Hoard FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
8 Antikythera Wreck Remaining Cargo OPEN LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
9 MH370 High-Value Cargo OPEN LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE
10 Panagyurishte Treasure FOUND LIKELY (band 4) LIKELY LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
11 Flor de la Mar OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE
12 Merchant Royal OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
13 The Storm on the Sea of Galilee OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
14 Lost Faberge Imperial Eggs OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
15 Honjo Masamune OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
16 The Amber Room OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
17 The Mountain Eagle OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
18 Lost Insular Gospel Manuscripts OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
19 Loot of the Old Summer Palace OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
20 Confederate Gold OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
21 Kruger Millions OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
22 Fort Knox Gold Reserve Audit OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
23 Mary Dear treasure OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
24 Lima Treasure OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
25 Copper Scroll Treasure OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
26 Jean Lafitte's Buried Loot OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
27 Yamashita's Gold OPEN CONTESTED (band 3) CONTESTED LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
28 Nazi Gold Train OPEN DOUBTFUL (band 2) DOUBTFUL PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
29 Ark of the Covenant OPEN DOUBTFUL (band 2) DOUBTFUL LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
30 Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine OPEN DOUBTFUL (band 2) DOUBTFUL HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE PLAUSIBLY-FINDABLE
31 Library of Alexandria's lost scrolls DESTROYED DOUBTFUL (band 2) DOUBTFUL LONG-SHOT LONG-SHOT
32 Beale Ciphers HOAX ALMOST-CERTAINLY-NOT (band 1) ALMOST-CERTAINLY-NOT HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE
33 Oak Island Money Pit HOAX ALMOST-CERTAINLY-NOT (band 1) ALMOST-CERTAINLY-NOT HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE HARD-BUT-POSSIBLE