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For the video game developer, see Treasure Co. Ltd.

Treasure is also a rock-and-roll album by the Cocteau Twins.

Treasure is a concentration of riches, often that which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constitutes treasure (such as in the English Treasure Act 1996).

Searching for hidden treasure is a common theme in legend and fiction but real-life treasure hunters exist, and seek lost wealth for a living. Spanish treasure lost from the Spanish fleet consisted of gold, silver, jewels (especially emeralds) and also cocoa, vanilla and brazilwood (Zarin, 2005). Archaeologists are sometimes described as treasure hunters, especially those from the 19th century, although they themselves rarely wish to be associated with the term. Treasure hunters are often accused by archaeologists of pillaging ancient sites in their quests, destroying valuable information in the process. Illegal sales of antiquities to foreign buyers are also attributed to illicit treasure hunting.

Spanish Treasure references include:

Zarin, Cynthia 2005 Green dreams A mystery of rare, shipwrecked emeralds. The New Yorker, November 21, 2005 pp. 76-83 www.newyorker.com

Supposedly hidden treasures:

• Captain Kidd
• Oak Island
• Treasure of the Knights Templar
• Rennes le Château
• Stechovice Treasure Czech Republic
• Treasure islands
• Alamitos Treasure
• Beale treasure
• RMS Republic

Treasure found by treasure hunters:

• Ringlemere gold cup

Damage caused by treasure hunters:

• Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains
• Many barrows

Treasure in film and literature

• The Maltese Falcon
• Treasure Island (film) (1934)
• Robert Louis Stevenson' Treasure Island (1882)
• Tom Swift books
• Nibelungenlied
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
• The treasure on Monte Cristo
• National Treasure (2004)

See also

• Buried treasure
• Treasure Trove
• Leprechaun
• Metal detector
• Romanian Treasure
• Spanish treasure fleet

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