Amateur Treasure Hunters Discover Infamous Stolen Room Worth Over $500 Million

Intentional Placement

A tree stump had grown completely over the top of the hatch, and down into the manhole that was created to access these secret tunnels. It appears as if that manhole was buried 50-70 years ago, and this tree had been placed there presumably when the hole was buried over. The three treasure hunters reached out to several entities for funding, but none wanted to help. The underground system remained a mystery until some crowdsourced funding allowed them to do some serious excavating at the site…