In addition, the Beale treasure was apparently found by accident. The directions to the vault In early 1817, one Thomas J. Beale raised a company of 30 men for the purpose of visiting the great Western plains to hunt buffalo and other game. The case was featured in 7th special episode of Unsolved Mysteries. During that time Morriss and Beale grew to know each other rather well. it’s about time for another visit anyway . The above method and decipherment was included in The Beale Papers. The treasure was claimed to have been found by one Thomas J. Beale in the early 1800s. This is reprinted as "The Beale Papers'* in P. B. Innis and Walter Dean I just don’t see a clearly defining anything from that alone. Great website. Records show an M.P LeDuc, Mary Phillip LeDuc. 12/13/2009  Thanks Jenny, The directions to the vault What about Morriss? On September 9, 2013, a treasure was found during a Hebrew University excavation at the foot of Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Beale Treasure. Named after Thomas J. Beale, who purportedly buried the trove, the Beale Treasure of gold and silver and jewels has languished in the ground for two centuries. It like, they knew exactly where it was ————–, Can someone explain that to me? It was claimed to have been found about 300 miles North of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was able to decode ‘Beale Paper #2’ revealing the contents of the treasure, by using the Declaration of Independence as a Key. I was at the church once too but, without a map. Then there are questions who was Thomas J. Beale? (I lean towards a belief that the codes can be broken, messages found, but might not lead to the treasure stated in The Beale Papers- that was a ploy/story). The 1885 Pamphlet is the first written source for the Beale Treasure known. The field is between Goose Creek Valley road and Pike road, just before the Walnut Grove Church. A French woman / French Canadian. The warning is as follows: “Again, never, as I have done, sacrifice your own and your family’s interests to what may prove an illusion; but as I have already said, when your day’s work is done, and you are comfortably seated by your good fire, a short time devoted to the subject can injure no one, and may bring its reward.”. The Beale Papers tells the story of a party of 30 Virginians led by Thomas J. Beale who in 1817 ventured west on a hunting expedition. Beale's company of thirty adventurous partners, all Virginians, had been hunting north of Santa Fe, when they happened across a ravine full of gold. Beale! Three: Beale lived and again did not contact Morriss when the corporation recovered the hoard, having no need to do so and possibly believing Morriss would insist on a "cut" of the treasure. That summer day turned out to be ‘The Day’ of celebration after years of combing the ocean floor. Sam Peppiatt, Jenny, It’s fun to work on and I like to visit the area…. The old remains of the chimney set along side route 460 in Montvale, Bedford County, VA, behind a home and on the edge of a pasture (It is guarded by a big dog). Beale’s Treasure a Freemason’s Tale presents an exacting narrative of methodologies used and the connections that each solution has to Masonic literature. This discovery happened thirty years prior to the great gold strik… They decided to check out Mr. Morriss. At any rate, I’m fairly certain Beale was betrayed / killed for the tons of silver left in a cave near Eagle Rock, Mo. You may wonder, then, why Bedford, Virginia has been cited as the source of the treasure. He was leading a group of 30 men from Virginia on an adventurous expedition when they found a mine full of gold and silver while hunting buffalo. The gold silver ore was found at what is now Silver Cliff, Co. From the church parking lot drive SW two tents of a mile along Pike road. At any moment, someone could discover and apply the correct ‘Key’ to the remaining two numerical codes. Those people who believe there is some remnant of truth to the Beale Treasure story seem to attack it in two different ways. Is the Declaration of Independence the key to finding the gold, silver, and precious stones that Beale buried near Bedford, Virginia? B Ward was confirmed to be a Freemason, if only briefly, and The Beale Papers seem to use some masonic imagery and terms, it has been suggested the ‘text’ needed to use and decode the Beale Paper 1 and 3 could be a Masonic Text. Our webpage links are located at the top of I believe that Thomas Jefferson himself had hidden the gold in Bedford County Virginia. 120=3+16=19=S, in view of recent developments re the masonic influence the name of jays zebidiah decoded in my book links the beale story to the masons bibically also the bit with e.a. To recap, Thomas Beale and thirty other people excavated a massive treasure between 1819 and 1821. The Mysterious Beale Treasure? Soon after leaving, Beale had written a letter to Morriss. The story goes that Thomas Jefferson Beale had gone on an expedition to the far west and had found the gold and silver. Can the puzzle of the ciphers be solved? Besides physically searching through the mountains and valleys of Bedford county Virginia for where the lost treasure of Beale might rest, many put ‘Today’s the day’ thought and hope into the solving of the Beale Ciphers. For instance, one argument suggests the work is fiction, written by Ward himself, because such words like ‘Stampede or Improvise’ supposedly written by ‘Beale’ within the pamphlet, do not have written account of usage until many years after 1822. A woodshop teacher has found a solution but not the treasure. Sam, Speaking of maps; there was never any mention of a map, so; how did the men that were left behind in Colorado know where the treasure was buried? Forrest Fenn's The Thrill of the Chase Treasure Hunt General Discussions. Two trips were made to deposit the treasure; one in 1819 and the other in 1821. Most of the cast and crew said they didn’t believe in the Beale treasure, or, if they did, many said the loot probably had been found by now. Description: The Beale's treasure is $21 million of gold and silver stuffed in iron pots, believed to be hidden somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia. ), only someone ‘considered worthy’ (give effort) would be able to decipher the messages using it in someway. But if someone has overlooked a Beale treasure clue, Goad may pick up on it. The pamphlet describes how a man named Thomas J. Beale had discovered gold out west, with a group of fellow adventurers, and returned to Bedford County, Virginia, twice, in 1819 and 1822, to bury this group’s treasure hoard for safe keeping. This is believed to be Bufords Tavern where Beale was known to have visited. Beale Ciphers and the Lost Treasure in Bedford County. The message from Beale states: “about four miles from Bufords”. Can the puzzle of the ciphers be solved? The person chosen by Beale was Morriss. Was located by Here is a brief explanation of how. Now it is also true he could have numbered them differently then Beale had….but it makes me think perhaps Beale placed those strings in there so if the method to decode cipher 2 was first used on 1 (which gave the strings), they would be encouraged in some way to continue or know they were on the right track. Note: The treasure was found on June 8. Do you have more information on the cave near Eagle Rock, Mo? Which would have made him 1/8 black. On Monday, I posted the second installment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. There are even arguments that Ward himself made up the story, if only to sell his sensational pamphlets. 10 years came and went and neither Beale nor the key ever arrived. And so it’s possible it is used for the others. The above is securely packed in iron pots, with iron covers. The treasure remains lost. And the impression I got was that he did it alone. They reburied this treasure in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Neither side can be conclusively confirmed. Thrill of the Chase Related Links and Books. Here is an interesting fact; if anyone is interested. The story of Beale’s Treasure a Freemason’s Tale echoes the journey of discoveries in the order that Mento had found them. Then, the first letter of the matching numbered word of the DOI to the sequence of numbers on the Coded Paper was written. The ‘author’ was relaying information from years ago, and it is reasonable that a few mistakes/anomalies noticed could be accounted for by time’s passing and fading memories. The ore only had to be roasted to form metallic gold and silver. It is 300 miles by road from Santa Fe,NM. Blame the excursion West on cognitive bias. A person needs to look themselves to know what they will think. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/540277/beale-ciphers-buried-treasure Because James. If you have had the code very long it stands out that there’s mathematics and counting involved. More thoughts on the Beale, for what ever it’s worth. (which would be different, possibly more difficult than cipher 2’s method), I don’t know…..no one does….and it all depends which belief you lean towards as to what plan of attack you use…… complete hoax/fiction and codes 1 and 3 are gibberish only, fiction but codes can still be broken (with codes 1 and 3 holding messages revealing true purpose), real (with treasure still able to be found or with treasure discovered long ago), or something else…. Each word of the famous document was numbered. Courtesy Indian River County, FL Tourism. Much of the research done on the above matters, and others, share findings that the story, as told, ‘could’ be true, given leeway to various circumstances and a few discrepancies made by the telling of the ‘author’. ... Disturbingly, several people have died in the quest. I meant to say there oldest son, there first born. Any of this can happen at any time. No one knows for sure. Between 1819 and 1821, Thomas Beale buried a giant treasure in Virginia. excavation site and his method of concealement for both the treasure and the ciphers were absolutely ingenious. Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. The field with the dark colored depression will be on your left. It consisted of two bundles containing 36 gold coins from the Byzantine era, gold and silver jewelry, a gold medallion with a menorah, and a 10-centimeter medallion with a ram's horn and a Torah scroll etched into it. Then Beale created a series of ciphers to make sure the treasure could be located in the event he and his group were killed. 122=5 double the added code digits.=10 decoding secretly hidden directions located within Cipher One of the Locality Cipher. Fisher is famous for investing 16 years into the search for the shipwrecked Atocha. Website! Sounds more feasible that way and that it was split up by everyone who could lay claim to it as well. Certain dates given in the Beale Papers affect the believability of the treasure story. Later, I suspect he lived and worked at Jefferson’s summer home; Popular Forest. Did he have access and a known honorable reputation for Thomas J. Beale to have considered him? 113=5+10=15=O add them to single code digits=15 However, these reasons are not sufficient enough to conclude The Beale Papers are a hoax. Whatever the case is, the treasure (which may or may not exist) has yet to be found. The second was made December, 1821, and consisted of nineteen hundred and seven pounds of gold, and twelve hundred and eighty eight pounds of silver; also jewels, obtained in St. Louis in exchange for silver to save transportation, and valued at 13,000. For 200 years, treasure hunters have traveled to a Virginia community hoping to find one of the largest buried treasures in America. They remain unsolved codes today. I found a very old fort that they built nine miles South of Florence, Co. The gold was brought back to the U.S. and buried in Bedford County, Virginia. Robert Morriss, according to the pamphlet, was entrusted with a safe box in 1822 by Beale before he journeyed back out west for a third time to finish his work there. He had brought it back to Virginia, arriving in 1819. The mystery of the Beale Treasure originates from a small pamphlet published in 1885. The Beale Treasure, all types of treasure hunting Originally Posted by franklin I wrote it large because so many people claim they have the Mystery Solved and they get on here on this forum, people such as you, claiming they have it all solved----they know where it is------ … The Beale Ciphers have challenged treasure hunters for almost 200 years. THE BEALE VAULT In the year 1817, Thomas Jefferson Beale, who was a Virginian native, along with the comradeship of thirty other adventurous companions set out for hunting buffaloes and grizzlies in the western part of America. And then what about the supposed finding of Gold? Or a double layer of encoding was applied on the last two. There are almost as many people who believe the treasure story is real, as there are who believe it to be an elaborate work of fiction and hoax. Regarding comments concerning the Declaration of Independence as a key to the mystery, your readers may wish to take a look at a survey published here: http://www.lasthaunting.com/essays, entitled: A Survey of Declaration of Independence Word Frequency in The Beale Papers and 100 “Classic” Short Stories. One of the most well known searchers for the Beale Treasure was Mel Fisher. Well done Thomas J. Privacy Policy, Disclaimer and Affiliate Disclosure. Sam in the letter it said they all were familiar with the location. At about nine years of age he was sent away to be educated; not sure where, maybe France. Two: Beale died, and his fellow shareholders cleaned out the hoard without contacting Morriss. Copyright © 2001 SWN In 1984 the rock was exposed; it has sense been covered over for growing crops / farming. If not, I guess, I’ll just have go visit there again…lol…. Thanks for sharing this, Rob. And it is possible another text, other than the Declaration, was used. Required fields are marked *.  Was located by Sam. Until more evidence can be found to either prove or dis-prove the legendary Beale Treasure, the hunt for this lost treasure will continue on. Oak Island Mystery. The survey examined the frequency of DOI words (six letters or longer) in the text of TBP and 100 “classic” short stories. Another thing I find odd is that if the treasure was to be shared with others, would they have let one lone man have soul ownership of it to take their shares and hide it without them knowing where it would’ve been buried? What if the original letters, the missing key from St. Louis, evidence of a Beale in Santa Fe, evidence of where the treasure was (but found long ago by someone else), or what if someone finally breaks one (or both) of the last two unsolved codes? One of the ciphers specifies the location of a buried treasure of gold … It is to learn from the ‘author’s’ experience of having let the desire to solve the ciphers consume him to unfavorable conditions. Yesterday, I discussed whether the Beale Codes are real or a giant hoax. Somewhere in the green hills of Bedford County in southwestern Virginia, lies a buried treasure worth over an estimated 60 million dollars. Your email address will not be published. Last Friday, I posted the first story in a short series about the mysterious Beale Treasure. Just could be. Just watched a show on this this evening. Then Beale created three ciphers now known as the Beale Codes.Only one of the Beale Codes – the second one – has ever been decoded. Not until the publishing of the 1885 pamphlet entitled, ‘The Beale Papers containing authentic statements regarding treasure buried in 1819 and 1822, near Bufords, in Bedford County, Virginia, and which never has been recovered” was the public aware a hidden treasure might be buried in Bedford County. Interesting none the less. While hunting, they accidentally discovered gold near Pike's Peak, in present-day Colorado. You can lead a man to treasure but, you can’t make him dig. The treasure was found in June, in Wyoming, by someone else. According to the story set out in the 1885 pamphlet, an American man by the name of Thomas J. Beale came across a treasure consisting of gold, silver, and jewels in a mine located to the north of Santa Fe. If you actually use the words from the Declaration of Independence, most of the text is unreadable. The key never arrived, and Morriss never deciphered the codes. The only known source for the story is the pamphlet. Who wrote The Beale Papers continues to be of hot debate. His point was that this was impossible and that it was likely that the writer of the page got lazy and copied code numbers in order for that stretch (since he was just copying them willy nilly to fill a page anyways. Well done Thomas J. Beale and the company had discussed where they could leave the details of their treasure so that any member of the party could retrieve their share at some future date. Thomas Beale’s code. I mean would you ask a guy to mail a letter for you in ten years? Best of luck with all that you seek. Did he exist? I saw a TV special about it and a guy using a computer noticed that on one of the undeciphered pages the deciphering (using the same code) left a long series of letters that were in order in the alphabet. Having been chosen leader of the group, Thomas Beale and company left St. Louis on May 19th, 1817, the objective point being Santa Fe, which they intended to reach by that fall, and establish winter quarters. For example, the numbering of letters, syllables, every other letter, etc. Beale Treasure Story: The Beale Papers, containing authentic statements regarding the treasure buried in 1819 and 1821 near Bufords, Bedford County, Virginia, by Thomas Beale. Probably not. BealeSolved.Com Beale created three ciphers pinpointing the treasure’s location, and entrusted the ciphers to Mr. Robert Morris, an inn-keeper in Lynchburg. And always treasure the adventure! It recently occurred to me that his so called friend, in St Louis may have been a woman. I’m thinking he more or less buried the gold and silver where it was found or pretty close to the area and that it was buried a little at a time. The treasure was said to have been obtained by an American man named Thomas Jefferson Beale in 1818, to the north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, most likely in what would now be Colorado. Beale never returned, and was only heard from once. In efforts to ensure this treasure stayed safe (while they continued on other adventures), this group of thirty men decided to transport the treasure back to Virginia (where they were familiar), and bury it. I believe however that this part of the story is not true. A woodshop teacher has found a solution but not the treasure. Treasures of The Museum. The first code contained the treasure’s exact location, a second code described the contents and the third named the members of Beale’s 30-man party along with their next of kin. All Rights Reserved. area, construction details, talley of the pots plus contents and the final directions leading 10 Interesting Facts about the Lost Beale Treasure, Six Questions with Pete Wilder: Author of The Oracle Armchair Treasure Hunt. Beale stayed at his hotel from January 1820 to March of that year. Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine. I plan to write a separate post on this….but my thoughts is the DOI is the key for all 3, but used differently. And the rest will be history. So do many others, and the search for the treasure continues, with thoughts of ‘Today’s the day’. It is said the ‘author’ took the responsibility of The Beale Papers from Morriss in 1862, and from that time engaged often, to his financial and emotional demise, in attempting to decode the 3 Beale Ciphers which (upon decipherment) would reveal location, contents, and ownership of the Beale Treasure. 140=5+12=17=Q I think my book, beale treasure map to cipher The Beale Treasure is probably buried in a shallow depression, in a field about four miles up the North fork of Goose Creek from Montvale, Va.( By Google Earth yard stick). Beale promised to send the key for decoding the ciphers, then left once again for the untamed west. He had left that responsibility to a friend in St. Louis. This would reveal the messages of where exactly the treasure was buried, and who it once belonged to. Treasure Games and Other Fun Ideas. The survey found that The Beale Papers contained significantly more DOI survey words than any of the short stories surveyed, thus suggesting the possibility, at least, that the text hides a coded message or secret writing based on the DOI. This communication was sent from St. Louis on May 9th, 1822. Is the Declaration of Independence the key to finding the gold, silver, and precious stones that Beale buried near Bedford, Virginia? Welcome To The Beale Treasure There isn’t known to be any other accounts of the story being rumored or written. Beale and 30 fellow adventurers transported the hoard to Bedford County, where they buried it in a secure location. The amount of gold mined and the transported, hmmm? But instead of numbering the words of the Declaration, another numbering of the Declaration might be used. However, it can’t be proven those words didn’t exist. The ‘author’ did have one success during his efforts to decipher the Beale Papers. The Beale Treasure Story. Learn how your comment data is processed. Not until the publishing … The letters spelled out the following (without mistakes noticed from The Beale Papers), “I have deposited in the county of Bedford, about four miles from Buford’s, in an excavation or vault, six feet below the surface of the ground, the following articles, belonging jointly to the parties whose names are given in number “3” herewith; The first deposit consisted of one thousand and fourteen pounds of gold, and three thousand eight hundred and twelve pounds of silver, deposited November, 1819. Beale’s codes are basic substitution ciphers, where each number represents a letter of the alphabet, which can be found by counting the words in the “key” text that the cipher is based on. Hi Jenny! Beale stayed at his hotel from January 1820 to March of that year. Beale instructed Morriss to open the box if after 10 years he did not return, and informed him a ‘key’ to decipher the unintelligible numerical codes within the box would be sent to him in 1832. This is definitely something I want to get into sooner or later. to the Beale Vault were entirely decoded from this cipher and no other.Beale's use of landmarks, the location of the decoding secretly hidden directions located within Cipher One of the Locality Cipher. He and all of his men were betrayed and killed by his so called friend in St Louis, Mo. It is from this point that a 4 mile surround indicates where the treasure could be buried, if one believes the Beale Papers are real. As such, it could very possibly be truth. He was leading a group of 30 men from Virginia on an adventurous expedition when they found a mine full of gold and silver while hunting buffalo. And so besides writing about Mystery, Adventure, and the Search for Treasure on this site, she shares her Collection of Games, many from the 1800's, on her website: Your email address will not be published. New information will be on display here as as Another related theory to the above and put forth has been that The Beale Papers might not lead to a physical treasure, but more of a spiritual type treasure, like the search for the Lost Word in Masonic Lodges. associated with the Beale Vault & Excavation Site within Bedford County, Virginia. Over the years many people have physically searched for the treasure. One thing of note that pulled me away from the deciphering of the beale papers, was the misprints of the printed Declaration of Independence used as the key against the given deciphered text. They may have been words spoken in the social circles of Beale, and a written record just hadn’t happened yet. 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