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Oak Island treasure theme intensifies! We just need the voice over guy from Ancient Aliens again for a new show, I love people wasting their own money to investigate things I’m curious about.
The Dutch have had these records for 75 years and sealed. That's enough time to dig up all the treasure and then release the maps to everyone else lol >

And that's about the summary of it all. >

Thats what they want you to think..... >

Someone call Tom Hanks. Tell him we finally found the grail. >

I would watch an Angels & Demons/Raiders of the Lost Arc crossover >

Toss some National Treasure in there and we've got a stew cooking! >

IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA >

Don't forget the Monuments Men. >

Sounds like someone is trying to keep the treasure for themselves >

Yes, right under their azaleas. >

They've probably already dug it up a very long time ago. Those guys are just desperate for any lead. They should just buy metal detectors and go for a stroll on the beach haha >

well problem is, if people dont find anything, they dont stop. Look a Oak island. >

To be slightly contrarian, while I do think the people lusting over Oak Island are a bit insane, they did generally find some pretty strange (albeit small) things. I think there is value to studying its history, though hoping for a multimillion payout seems beyond absurd and costs likely far exceed any tangible gains. Notably one of the main leaders cares more about the story of people than whatever physical treasure may or may not be there. >

Eh, they really didn't find much.  Best explanation I have heard is that it was a sinkhole that crap got washed into, tand the rest was hype.  Notice how noone actually has any of the compelling evidence? It's all been lost or whatever. >

There was definitely structure there. Someone built it. It had alternating layers of materials and logs laid out like a rough floor. You can't get that from flotsum and jetsum. >

What are the sums of flot and jet? >

When water flows the bits that flow with. >

No, that's flotsam and/or jetsam. >

It was from a bombed bank in Arnhem in 1944. Some soldiers took it and burried it. In it were some jewels, watches and stuff. Most comon theory is that, either the Germans dug it up shortly after or some Dutch People. Most treasure hunters are looking for it on private property, wich is off course illegal. I live near that village. >

Can't really blame anyone for not wanting crazy people digging up their lawns >

I have bark scorpions and rattle snakes. Best of luck to someone jacking around in my yard in the middle of the night.  I don’t even want to be in it. >

Australia? >

Arizona.  The US's mini Australia. >

Yes, yes we are. 
I've got about ten miles of nothing just south of me, north is mountains and to the west is a national park. The coyotes are chill, the javalina are assholes, and the mountain lions want nothing to do with me just as much as I want nothing to do with the rattlesnakes and the fucking scorpions under every other rock this year. >

Indiana Jones put on the no flight list. >

Again. >

lol I thought that was a reference to him impersonating flight crew and attempted murder of a government official in The Last Crusade.
(Or bringing a loaded weapon as a carry-on in Raiders.) >

I thought it was going to be the time he landed on a taxiway. I was still surprised. >

When talking about Indiana Jones, one never knows where it will end up. >

I think posting this on reddit, will definitely minimize the number of people trying to get to the treasure  lol >

I diggit. >

Blast from the past >

I don't even remember the reason everyone gave up on Digg at the same time. >

Digg changed their format and algorithm so you saw a lot crap and could not vote the same way or control what you saw...caused mass migration to Reddit... >

Ohh right.
Yeah that is pretty bad and I could see reddit doing exactly the same thing eventually if they haven't already started subtly turning the knobs on curated content. >

Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way.
Or jewels and WW2 money. >

Metal detector $500, shovel $30
Opening inter-dimensional Nazi portal to hell: 
Priceless. >

Do you want Wolfenstein? Cause that's how you get Wolfenstein! >

Mein leben! >

Background info, the map wasnt recently discovered but was considered confidential and kept in an archive for decades. It has recently been released to the public hence the commotion. 
But if the map were to be real youd think someone wouldve gotten the map back sometime right after the war >

Done and dusted, whatever there makes the map irrelevant now I'd imagine >

Does the article say the name of the town? It gives me a database error when I try to open the link. Am dutch myself and am curious >

Ommeren. Here's the text:
British treasure hunters have been warned to stay away from a village in the Netherlands, where they dug through gardens and public land in search of Nazi-looted riches.
Fifteen people received a police warning and 100, including Britons, were found with a shovel searching for World War II treasure in Ommeren, a village in the province of Gelderland.
Treasure hunters began the search after the Dutch National Archives released hundreds of documents after 75 years under the Official Secrets Act.
They included a government file on the Nazi treasure and a hand-drawn map, with an X marked between Ommeren and Lienden.
Maps leading to a possible Nazi treasure in Ommeren are seen during the National Archives’ annual open access day in The Hague, the Netherlands, January 3, 2023
Pictured: A general view of a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, the Netherlands
Pictured: A general view of a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, the Netherlands
Pictured: sheep in the Dutch village of Ommeren, the Netherlands
Pictured: sheep in the Dutch village of Ommeren, the Netherlands
According to Dutch media, the map was designed by Helmut Sonder, a furniture maker from Baden-Baden. He was in a German parachute regiment near the front line during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
He said his brigade had buried necklaces, watches, precious jewelry and cash, stolen during the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands in 1944, by a poplar tree by the side of the road.
These objects were looted by German occupying forces during the war, inspiring several films, including Raiders of the Lost Ark.
“It’s like a children’s book,” said Annet Waalkens, freedom of information adviser at the National Archives. The Telegraph. “They heard a rumor from a German soldier in Germany that there was hidden treasure, they decided to investigate, and that’s the file we have, from 1946 to 1947,” she said. declared.
“When we found this document and the treasure map, we were amazed. The Dutch wondered if they could trust the map and its history, and seemed to believe it.
Map showing where treasure hunters search
Map showing where treasure hunters search
Pictured: Treasure maps of a possible Nazi hoard in Ommeren in the National Archives on the annual Open Access Day
Pictured: Treasure maps of a possible Nazi hoard in Ommeren in the National Archives on the annual Open Access Day
A map leading to a possible Nazi treasure in Ommeren is pictured during the annual National Archives Open Access Day in The Hague
A map leading to a possible Nazi treasure in Ommeren is pictured during the annual National Archives Open Access Day in The Hague
The Dutch National Archives released a number of documents after 75 years under the Official Secrets Act.  They included a government file on Nazi treasure, a witness statement, and a hand-drawn map, with an X marked between Ommeren and Lienden.
The Dutch National Archives released a number of documents after 75 years under the Official Secrets Act. They included a government file on Nazi treasure, a witness statement, and a hand-drawn map, with an X marked between Ommeren and Lienden.
The Dutch Institute for Post-War Asset and Property Management said the German soldier’s story seemed plausible, as he could have cooperated to reduce a prison sentence.
Over the years there have been several searches for the loot, but nothing has been found.
In an attempt to find him, the Dutch state even brought a Nazi officer back to the country to help with the search.
Last year, a row broke out between enthusiasts looking for Nazi gold and historians claiming they were looking in the wrong place.
The Silesian Bridge Foundation had dug up the grounds of an 18th-century palace in the Polish village of Minkowskie where they believe £200m of Nazi gold and other valuables stolen by Himmler’s SS were hidden.
It was triggered after the foundation said the location was revealed in a war diary written by an SS officer at the end of World War II.
A general view of a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, Netherlands
A general view of a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, Netherlands
Fifteen people received a police warning and 100, including Britons, were found with a shovel searching for WW2 treasure in the village of Ommeren (pictured)
Fifteen people received a police warning and 100, including Britons, were found with a shovel searching for WW2 treasure in the village of Ommeren (pictured)
Pictured: Ommeren in the Netherlands.  According to Dutch media, the map released by the Dutch National Archives, with an X marked between Ommeren and Lienden, was drawn by Helmut Sonder, a furniture maker from Baden-Baden
Pictured: Ommeren in the Netherlands. According to Dutch media, the map released by the Dutch National Archives, with an X marked between Ommeren and Lienden, was drawn by Helmut Sonder, a furniture maker from Baden-Baden
But historians whom the foundation “invited to verify” the newspaper said their analysis was “not completely positive”.
Posting on Facebook, historians from a group called Discoverer Magazine Exploration Group (GEMO) said: “Our most important discovery is that the village of Minkowskie is NOT mentioned in the ‘war diary’.
“This may be difficult for the Foundation, as this is the only place their excavation work is being done at this time.”
Authorities said the use of metal detectors or digging without a permit is not permitted and finds must be reported.
Dutch police have raised the possibility of unexploded bombs, grenades and landmines being discovered. >

Thank you for the text >

Graag gedaan jongen. >

And now imagine some German soldier drew the map back during the war entirely for them lulz, planted it somewhere and made sure the story is widely spread. >

I mean, let's imagine this to be real. So there's a German who hid it and he knew where he hid it. He doesn't know a map. He knows where he dug it up. So... Why shouldn't he just go back there and get it once the war is over? As far as I know, he survived the war.
And even if he didn't. He made the map, so other people saw it too. So maybe they did get it. Or locals that watched him. Or some folks who had to work there.
So if there's been a thing, it's likely gone for a long time. >

Considering the amount of building and shit we do here, I'd imagine it has long been displaced or found >

You do know that it’s the Ark of the Covenant right? >

Nope, it's been in the care of the US since 1936. We have top men working on it. >

Who? >

Top, men..... >

I honestly want to go to that warehouse. >

Imagine what we'd find there....
"What's this, an updated and ratified version of the Constitution from 1795 that was signed by George Washington himself and all other surviving founding fathers which includes amendments about State Rights vs Federal, actually laws about gun control, and even stuff about abortion-HOLY CRAP! the original unaltered version of Return of the Jedi with no Hayden Christensen force ghost and they sing Yub-Nub at the end!" >

whoever found this map and allowed it to be scanned and shared is a moron >

It was in the Dutch National Archives. >

Those Dutch bastards! >

Theres two things in this world I hate. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch! >

I love Dutch ovens. >

My wife is less a fan >

That's not what she told me. >

My take: Dutch government has known about this for a long time and it was never found. They've released it in the archives anticipating someone will find and report it. Dutch government will seize it under WWII reparations or some other act. Free treasure hunting service. >

From the article:

15 handed police warning after looking for WW2 treasure in village of Ommeren

Why is nobody talking about the 15-handed police? Is that a common thing in the Netherlands? >

Why do you thing the law needs such long arms >

You're not getting me again nazis
I followed the nazi gold train story so closely just to be let down. >

Finally a new uncharted game >

Does this mean they're bringing back the Incan Cursed Mutant Nazi zombies? >

Indiana Jones And The Nazi Stargate confirmed. >

Indeed. >

Turns out it was just a movie-studio publicity stunt. >

Of course not, Great Britain does not want any of its museum pieces missing. >

i mean the nazi gold is still lost soooooo >

The higher ups don't want you to find it all in one piece >

(Cue 4Kids whitewashing original opening with early 2000s rap)