Yamashita’s Gold

Posted on Sep 16, 2008 in Lost Treasure

It is often said that behind every great fortune lies a great crime. The twisted tale of Yamashita’s gold, allegedly buried in the Philippine islands, is a story of a great fortune and many crimes that became inseparably intertwined.

The tale begins with Japan’s plundering of its neighbors before and during World War II. As the Germans did in Europe, the Japanese squeezed vast fortunes from their Asian domain, creating a river of riches flowing toward the homeland. The Japanese government intended that loot pilfered from Southeast Asia would finance their war effort.

This was not the haphazard looting of a rampaging army – it was a highly organized effort – perpetrated on a massive scale by some of Japans most prominent citizens; allegedly including Emperor Hirohito and yakuza gangsters such as Yoshio Kodama.

Emperor Hirohito appointed his brother, Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, to head a secret organization called Kin no yuri (“Golden Lily”), to organize the looting.

Golden Lily teams systematically emptied treasuries, banks, factories, private homes, temples, churches, mosques, museums pawn shops and art galleries, and stripped ordinary people of what little they had, while Japan’s top gangsters looted Asia’s underworld and its black economy. The stolen property reportedly included gems, golden Buddhas, coins, and precious metals of immense value.

The Treasure Route

Not since the Spanish conquered the Incan Empire in 1532 had the world seen such an aggressive looting campaign. This sort of enterprise took careful planning and an established network to transport the loot safely and efficiently back to the Japanese homeland.

The hub of the Golden Lilly’s looting network was the Philippine island of Luzon – it’s strategic location and proximity to Japan made it a natural and necessary trans-shipment point.

click map to enlarge

During the early days of the war the looting network functioned as planned – treasures from all over South East Asia arrived in the Philippines daily – the loot was then transferred to freighters for the trip back to Japan.

But toward the end of World War II. The Allies were gaining control of the Pacific, making it increasingly difficult for the Japanese to transport the stolen treasure. Allied submarines and aircraft took a heavy toll on Japan’s shipping; some of the ships carrying loot to Japan were sunk.

So, instead of shipping the treasure back to Japan, Golden Lilly operatives began hiding the loot in caves and underground complexes throughout the Philippines. The Japanese believed that when the war ended they would be able to keep the Philippine Islands as a concession for peace. They would then be able to dig up the vast wealth hidden there to rebuild their failing empire.

General Tomoyuki Yamashita

Arriving in the midst of this frenzied activity was the Philippines’ new military governor, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, “the Tiger of Malaya” – a nickname he had won by conquering that complacent and ill-defended British colony.

As the Allied forces closed in, General Yamashita kicked the treasure concealment campaign into high gear.

Yamashita dug massive tunels in the mountains outside Manila, some to depths of hundreds of feet, leading to the final ‘storage chambers’. Many of these tunnels were excavated just below the water table during the dry season, which meant that they would eventually fill with water – a deterrent to any future salvagers.

And if that were’t enough, most if not all of the tunnels were booby-trapped with 1,000 and 2,000 lb bombs and poisonous gas.

Alied Prisoners were used to dig the intricate tunnel systems and once the gold was safely stashed in the pits, the POWs were executed and buried along with the treasures. In rare cases, Japanese officers even had their own soldiers killed and buried along with the treasure, to protect the secret locations.

Yamashita also blasted caves in coral reefs, and sank entire shiploads of valuables in the sea around the islands. But in the end all this hard work was for nothing – the Americans invaded the Philippines in October 1944.

When the Allied forces landed on Luzon there was still much treasure remaining to be buried, so General Yamashita loaded the remaining loot on trucks and took it with him as his army retreated across the island.

Japanese and American Troop positions
on Luzon Island – Philippines 1945.

Legend says that as Yamashita fled, he broke the treasure into many smaller stashes that were hidden along the line of his retreat, the bulk of the stashes are said to be concentrated in the mountainous area where Yamashita made his last stand against the invading US troops.

Yamashita eventual surrender on September 2, 1945.

According to popular lore, there are said to be 172 documented, official Japanese imperial burial sites (138 on land and 34 in deliberately scuttled ships), not to mention the numerous instances of loot buried by greedy officers and renegade soldiers.

The worth of all this booty is estimated to be as much as $3 billion at 1940 rates – the equivalent of over $100 billion today. According to various post-war estimates, the gold bullion alone totals 4,000 to 6,000 tons!

Many of those who knew the locations of the loot were killed during that final battle, or were later tried by the Allies for war crimes and executed. General Tomoyuki Yamashita himself was executed for war crimes on February 23, 1946 taking the secret of his treasure to the grave.

Recovery Efforts

Many Yamashita researchers believe that a portion of the treasure has already been recovered by various parties in the sixty years since Yamashita’s Execution. A great many facts have been accumulated, maps have been found, witnesses have sworn their testimonies, but the truth remains shrouded in mystery and lies. Two of the more credible and well researched rumors of recovery are listed below:

Clandestine Operation

The first rumor reads like a Tom Clancy Novel. It’s said that, in October 1945, American intelligence agents learned where some of the Japanese loot was hidden. Agents of the O.S.S. (forerunner of the CIA) watched as Japanese troops buried treasure on the island of Luzon and once the Japanese were defeated they began a clandestine recovery operation that lasted until 1948.

Peggy and Sterling Seagrave’s book, Gold Warriors: America’s Secret Recovery of Yamashita’s Gold (2003), Is one of the best written on the subject and a great place to start your research on this fascinating tale. The initial edition comes with CD-ROMs containing 900 megabytes of documents, maps and photographs.

There were important reasons for all this secrecy. If the recovery of this huge mass of stolen gold became public knowledge, the countries and individuals that had been plundered could not lay claim to it; and the OSS/CIA had no intention of returning any of the plunder to its rightful owners.

Instead, they set up numerous front companies to launder the secretly recovered gold bullion. This is supposed to have become the basis of the CIA’s ‘off the books’ operational funds during the immediate post-war years, used to create a world-wide anti-Communist network.

General William Donovan, head of the O.S.S., supposedly knew of the gold recoveries, as did General Douglas MacArthur, and former US presidents Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman.

Marcos’ Gold

Perhaps the most credible rumor of recovery involves a young, up and coming Filipino politician named Ferdinand Marcos – who became successively a congressman, senator, president, and finally dictator of the Philippine islands.

Ferdinand Marcos

It was rumored that Marco’s rise in politics was financed in part by Yamashita’s hoard. One of many stories about Marcos places him with a party of Japanese soldiers who hid gold in a tunnel at the end of the war.

Then sometime in the mid 1960′s he recovered $8 billion from a tunnel known as “Teresa 2″, which was located 38 miles south of Manila, in the Rizal province.

An interesting fact about Marcos is that he was the leader of the Ang Maharlika guerrilla force in northern Luzon during World War II. This would have put him in the center of the action as the Japanese made their final stand against Allied forces.

Whether the dictator ever found Yamashita’s gold is pure speculation – but it’s a well documented fact that he searched diligently, freely using his presidential powers and the nation’s armed forces in the hunt. When he declared martial law in 1972, Marcos took full advantage of the clout it conferred to step up his treasure-hunting efforts.

In 1975, Marcos awarded himself a monopoly on underwater recovery efforts, decreeing that all future salvage operations in Philippine waters would require his personal approval.

From time to time, scraps of information leaked from the Marcos inner circle indicating that the dictator did indeed find some sort of treasure. In the 1970s, Marcos hired an American, Robert Curtis, to search for buried treasure and remelt gold bullion to hide its origins.

Curtis later told of seeing bars of gold “stacked from floor to ceiling” in one of the dictator’s provincial palaces. “The ingots”, he said, “were of a distinctive shape used around the time of World War II”.

Golden Buddha allegedly found by Rogelio Roxas

The ‘gold’ Buddha allegedly returned to Rogelio Roxas by Ferdinand Marcos. Roxas claimed the Buddha he’d found had been solid gold with a cavity in the removable head that contained diamonds

Rogelio Roxas, a Filipino locksmith, is said to have found a one-ton, solid-gold Buddha and thousands of gold bars in a tunnel near Baguio in 1971, only to have them stolen by President Ferdinand Marcos.

In 1986 Roxas sued the Marcos estate for damages, but died from poisioning on the very day he was set to testify.

Marcos was eventually overthrown in 1986; It was reported that when he fled the country, U.S. Customs agents discovered 24 suitcases of gold bricks and diamond jewelry hidden in diaper bags.

In addition, certificates for gold bullion valued in the billions of dollars were allegedly among the personal properties he, his family, his cronies and business partners had surreptitiously taken with them when U.S. President Ronald Reagan provided them all safe passage to Hawaii.

Going for the Gold!

To this day, not one “officially accepted” Yamashita find has been documented. But despite all the disappointments and dead-ends, fortune hunters remain undaunted. Many individuals and consortia, both Filipino and foreign, continue to search for treasure sites.

Before you launch your own hunt for Yamashita’s Lost Gold, here are a few things to keep in mind…

Danger – Dozens have died digging up roads, riverbeds and mountainsides in a relentless pursuit of Yamashita’s gold. For example, in late 2000, two men were buried alive when a tunnel collapsed near the Mindanao town of General Santos after they had dug as far as 24 feet.
Four others suffocated in Lumban, Laguna. And in 1998, three men were killed in Nueva Ecija in Luzon province when a tunnel they had dug caved in.
Con Men – As many of these recovery projects have ended in failure, a side industry has emerged based on the fever itself. Foreign investors are often enticed into funding the digging of holes known to contain nothing or sold “treasure maps” of questionable origin - such as the one to the right →
If you are tempted to take up the Yamashita challenge you might want to read this article first, which tells how a 74-year-old man lost his life savings by investing in a Yamashita scheme. Desperate race for vast riches – www.geocities.com/filipinoculture/treasure.html
Sharing with the man – The Philipine government has some pretty strict, and well enforced guidelines for would be treasure hunters operating in their territories. Many expeditions have been escorted by the Philipino Military, who stand guard night and day to make sure that the government gets their fair share of the treasure – which is listed below:

Tags: buried treasure, Japan, Lost Treasure, Philippines, SE Asia, Treasure, World War 2, yamishita

On Apr 13, 2009 at 4:30 am fadly said:

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On Jun 7, 2009 at 9:55 am charles angus said:

i want to join can you contact me by e-mail?
On Jun 9, 2009 at 5:33 am richard said:

i’m from the philippines i know japanese officials buried some personal loot consisting of gold bisquits 2 tons up and jewelries and loose diamonds. asia’s finest diamonds looted by japanese imperial navy and soldiers.
and huriedly buried here before end of ww2, i know a property where it is buried, 3 hours from manila under an old house, now you can say im scamming , but i am not a scammer , i have my own modest business here, only those who want to join the little adventure and togetther we could unearth the buried treasure. NO MONEY INVOLVED. only we operate together.
On Jun 22, 2009 at 1:40 am Paul Caratti said:

Hi Richard,
Where are you located? I am in Antipolo City, Luzon. I am interested in helping you. I have an American made scanner, Millinniun 2000 that is very accurate. Please txt me at 0929.843.1671 or email me at drpaul@redeemersgold.com. I have lived here for 2 years and now have a beautiful Filipina wife and daughter.

God bless,

Paul J. Caratti
On Jul 27, 2009 at 3:31 am lee said:

im from la union philippines .ive seen one map before , sketch and direction was in some like japanese. but there was translation on it in english… rich in bullion ….3 location still clear in my mind. forth one was already taken or excavated near the cemetery….government project they say …. they build water canals.
On Jul 31, 2009 at 12:55 am Rafael said:

Hello to everybody here…new to this site…am from Ilocos Sur…we have 2 sites at present, quite good one seems to be a jap camp in lupao ecija…..along the highway…hope to find a friend here who can help us with a good detector…just like you…we’re trying our luck and hope to struck one someday…
On Aug 4, 2009 at 3:08 am bourne said:

I’m a white friends renegade, presently we have a good site here in the philippines, 2 sites actually, sorry cant tell you guys where, its kept secret, and we don’t need a metal detector to locate a japs treasure site, with my ability i can see things that normal person cant. The only problem we have encounter right now is a budget for food, coz workers are digging 15hrs a day, and we’ve been working since last march. Thanks
On Sep 17, 2009 at 7:16 am Raffy A. said:

Hi all, I’m Raffy. I’m a part time treasure hunter especially on the WWII Japanese and local riches burial sites around Sabah of Malaysia. I need a good gold locator/ detector to JV with us and please no Con Man. Work together as team and rest assured we are genuine and real. Prospect can call me on +6013-8331973 or my e-mail at marlb0r0_man@yahoo.com. Thank you.
On Sep 22, 2009 at 4:57 am Black eagle said:

i Knoe where the gold iss !In my nose….=)call me..mB#0400035005
On Oct 11, 2009 at 11:29 pm vanjoseph said:

i have many treasure site in bohol. who want to came with me
On Nov 13, 2009 at 11:09 am Mark said:

I am putting together a treasure hunting dig for next year. I have all the financing in order already. I am traveling to the Philippines in February to start scouting for dig sites. I am looking for knowledgeable people that have information on potential sites. Not looking for scammers. I have plenty of financing already lined up. Looking for some inside knowledge or people that have already been there. Will have to sign a legal disclosure. Please email me at mark_huhn@hotmail.com
On Nov 17, 2009 at 1:36 am nabaliw na kayo said:

nabaliw na kayo sa kayamanan ng mundong ito mayroon ako kayamanan di nabibili pero nakakmit sa pamamagitan ng pagtanggap kay kristo.sali na…………..
On Jan 2, 2010 at 4:34 pm In no yuri said:

In our province there are speculations that treasures were burried Under. There are tunnels Under the Church and Mountainsides Near China Sea. Old falks believe that Inside that mountain there are tunnel and Doors and anyone who goes Inside did’nt came out. They believe that there are plenty of booby traps Inside. Im not a treasure hunter but I believe there something Inside. Needs Friends who are treasure hunters expert in this, who has metel detectors ect. Treasure will be equally divided if we can dig this up.
On Jan 6, 2010 at 9:30 pm sweet said:

hello,I am from one of the province in mindanao. My father and his company had found a treasure site just inside my father’s land,the concrete cement is morethan 1 hectare just along the river. They had been working for 4 years already and they could not finish it up because it is very tough and they have been digging morethan 20 ft. deep.they found various kinds of stones and there were signs in it. they also found a piece of stone that has signs,the stone formed likely triangle form.they also found small stones that has gold coating. Now,they stop working on it because of financial matters.they are looking for sombody who would like to work with them for the financing.we are willing to coordinate with YOU.just email me here.sweetjimerl25@yahoo.com.

I am looking forward for the reply from YOU.
On Jan 30, 2010 at 4:02 am louie said:

hi to all hunter,im working here i ksa and like of other im all hooping i can find 1 like before we perfectly dig somwwhere in nueva viscaya 75 kgsof hexsagon bar, but in bad experince wed never get it, now i have a good project here in cavite, and we nead help to aperson that we can trust of course badget if imnot mistaked its a long tunnel anyone who can help me just email me in gold_hunter2001@yahoo.com so god help all of us
On Feb 5, 2010 at 9:44 am miguel said:

hi I’m also a hunter consentrated in visayas area I have 3 major site in Mindoro I want some one to join my quest and be part of my team also need who have detector I need to scan the place before digging to avoid to much time to dig and expenses I want to invite you to join…I have a maps and treasure codes complete JICA AND THAPI…..
On Feb 10, 2010 at 4:48 am vanjoseph said:

hi im vanjoseph treasure hunter in bohol i cant join with you coz i have no money to use any expenses and financing all i can do is to analyse the propect area and sign and symbol
On Feb 10, 2010 at 10:23 pm sweet said:

hello to mark, if u are interested in financing treasure hunting.i know a place where there is a gold treasure. my father and his company been working for long but they stop bec. theres no more money to finance for foodand everything they need. u can email me sweetjimerl25@yahoo.com
On Feb 22, 2010 at 11:15 pm victor said:

hello to all treasure hunter if u are interested to my scanner and locator plaese email me victor888811@yahoo.com or txt me # 0918 427 6581
On Mar 4, 2010 at 4:46 am shantau said:

hello there! i just wanna ask help from you guys, my grandma bought a land somewhere in luzon. and one day a man confronted her asking her about a coconut tree that is planted around the land. the man told my grandma that he is looking for the sign about a treasure that was diggin in my grandma’s land. i dont know if the man is telling the truth. well i just wanna ask for someone who has a detector so we can see if its true. WE ALREADY FOUND SOME SIGNS. if your interested please do contact me. 09053438484
On Mar 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm saldim said:

i need your scanner..i have a lot site here in part of sarangani province.just txt me if you want to join me…
On Mar 12, 2010 at 7:55 am nymfa said:

we need the scanner for our lot in mindoro,and need a financer to provide all we need…..
On Apr 15, 2010 at 12:49 am slash arkin said:

hi to all treasure hunter just want to ask if anybody knows a th site in leyte..if anyone know pls help me…thank you very much..
On May 24, 2010 at 6:37 am mezraim said:

lols
On May 26, 2010 at 9:48 am ARIEL said:

HI THERE IM LOOOKING FOR A FINANCIER I HAVE 3 SITE IN BULACAN, REAL QUEZON,SAN ANDRES QUEZON, MY FATHER FINANCING IT BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE IT IN BALIUAG A COFFER METAL ROD FOUND 12FEET HEIGHT FOUND IN BALIUAG WITH TWO COFFER NEIL WE ALMOST THERE IN THE CEMENT MY NUMBER IS 09092530710 CALL ME WE NEED TO HELP TO CONTINUE
On May 31, 2010 at 11:05 pm shah said:

Hello bro, if u have bullions bars and want to sale it, just text or call me..i wll help u. +60128361966
On Jun 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm sweet said:

to anyone who know about signs and symbol of treasure..ask ko lang po, anong ibig sabihin ng bato na prang inserted..looks like two stone and its inserted together..
On Jul 12, 2010 at 12:29 am tinagemini@yahoo.com said:

if somebody out there interested in treasure hunting please inform me. I have seen the general map of the whole Dinagat Island, Surigao wherein vast treasure of Yamashita was buried.
what we need is a locator or scanner to pinpoint the area.
we can dig the small deposit first or the 30tons deposit, but we need a bomb expert.
On Jul 13, 2010 at 12:40 am chabz said:

hey bamban tarlac
On Jul 24, 2010 at 3:16 pm rhey said:

kung kailangan nyo ng kasagutan tungkol sa mga katanungan tungkol sa treasure just text lang NO MONEY INVOLVED hindi kami PERA PERA.. TROPA TROPA LANG…sa METRO MANILA AREA LANG TAYO…09082751497
On Aug 1, 2010 at 6:36 am mar said:

any body give an advice regard the gas poison how to neutralize or we can escape fron this trap please contact me in this email add marcal76@yahoo.com
On Sep 20, 2010 at 9:22 pm dan said:

hello to interested financer.
I have a positive site already scanned . estimated 35 fet deep. we excavated at 27t but we closed due to rainy season. besides no more fund to finance. we plan to resume by summer. pile of cemented stones seen at 20ft to 27ft..Stones color gold. detected cement box measures 10x8ft. interested party may text me. 09096385879. This is not joke. I worked, I see things, especially the peculiarity of soil and ground structures. Ineed only people with clean heart and sincerity.
On Oct 1, 2010 at 12:58 am Melvin said:

I have a treasure site in Palawan which we have been operating it for almost one year now. we have plainty of sign that we have found in the location’ It has been found when we dug a hole to plant banana then accidententally a sign of a cross ingraved in the rock and in front of the engrave rock is a file of small stone w/ a circumference of 10 ft. and when we dug it we saw a round shape of stone.6 ft in diameter, the thickness is 2 ft. , after we broke that stone we found another turtle shape stone w/ the same size from the first stone the thickness of the stone is 2 ft, after that we found a square stone w/ the thickness is 3 ft & another round shape size of stone w/ 3 ft in thickness and another stone we found a hexagon shape w/c we now stop to operate because of financial strand. we are inviting to anyone who is interested on treasure hunting adveture to join us to finish my project in Palawan. You may contact me to my email add. melvin_sedeste@yahoo.com or my cell #0837289087
On Nov 15, 2010 at 8:35 pm rolly said:

hi to all, hope we will find that gold, and remember me, take care every time you do the digging ok ,, rolly
On Nov 23, 2010 at 9:35 pm James said:

Hello there…. I’m from mindanao… anybody how have a treasure codes, signs and symbols… pls give me a copy… my email add.. padlockj1@yahoo.com
On Dec 3, 2010 at 8:25 am SUE said:

WE NEED YOU TO HELP US ON HOW TO OPERATE THIS TREASURE, DUE TO THid SIGN, WE HOPE YOUR CONCERN, I, THANKS.
On Dec 9, 2010 at 5:10 am Julius P. Toledo said:

Good Evening Sir,,I just want to inquire about the rumor to our 1939 Old House,which serve as a Japanese Garrison here in Polomolok,,One of the souvenir they left was a Perfect cement triangle with a G.I Pipe on it..Then another proof was 2 Chevrolet and One Weapon was left during 1945 in our House.Then it came that their was an old man who came to our house and pinpoint the said location last February 8,2006,Even he admitted that he was a part of the Operation dated January to April 1944..Im glad on hearing from you soon..Thanks and GOD BLESS..this is my number..09105088695
On Dec 9, 2010 at 5:03 pm miguel said:

hi I’m also a hunter consentrated in visayas area I have 3 major site in Mindoro I want some one to join my quest and be part of my team also need who have detector I need to scan the place before digging to avoid to much time to dig and expenses I want to invite you to join…I have a maps and treasure codes complete JICA AND THAPI…..eamil me…megulot666@yahoo.com
On Jan 9, 2011 at 7:21 pm Georgesky said:

im a private miner here in Baguio City, i can help find a treasure, Thanks
On Jan 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm steve said:

This is for Julius P. Toledo. I am not interested in treasure hunting but I do collect WWII Japanese military gear and weapons. You mentioned that when the Japanese left your home in 1945 they left 2 Chevrolet cars and 1 weapon. Do you still have the weapon? If so can you email me pictures and I will make a fair offer to purchase it from you. I am in Manila. Thanks, Steve
On Feb 7, 2011 at 7:36 pm ara ara said:

hi! I’m from Province of limay bataan i have a good location.we found a big well a same diameter from top to bottom. our well measured around 56ft from top to bottom.from the bottom are starting to small the diameter we found 3 big stone 1 is half moon the stone we found is a sign of Y, n 1995 one group of treasure hunt. scan the hole area around the well we offer 15mellion.but my friends bro. not agree,we stop to operate after 10 years we continues the operation our financier talk to all to stop again because don’t have money to continues to operate,we have a detector but its not good detector its only fisher m95 .our problem is pump and good scanner. financier or our group willing to sell the area’ who will be willing to help us before we stop our operation,i have some picture i can sent it any time you want to your email,, just call to my phone here my no.09394849433
On Feb 14, 2011 at 8:43 pm dan said:

to all,

i have a friend who expert to read markers, maps, signs code, he can locate the item even without using metal detector, because metal detector cannot locate Yamashita treasure you just waste your money and he knows step by step how to get the commodity. if you are interested call me or text me at this no. 09167060534.
this is true.
On Feb 19, 2011 at 11:50 pm bsr said:

to all mindanao treasure hunters:

i have also a friend,who has a gadget,it can pinpoint the actuall location,without telling him the exact location,his instrument will be the one,giving you direction,which way youi would go.it can also determined the deep of the deposit,whether its a tunnel or bunker,we dont charge or demand any share,its up to you,all we ask is just shoulder the fare,thats all,heres my no.0921-744-8533
On Feb 25, 2011 at 9:25 pm edd said:

hi to all.If you have earth imager eXp 4000 or eXp 5000 ground scanner, please contact me at 09108258980 or email me at esalvador@yahoo.com.I have 3 sites of japs burried treasure in a map and confirmed their ground location.these are in mindanao
On Feb 26, 2011 at 4:08 am edd said:

hi to all.if you have earth imager eXp4000 or eXp5000 ground scanner,i need your help and be my partner.i have 3 locations of buried japs treasure,all are in a map and ascertained ground locations.these are in mindanao.contact me at 09108258980 or emal me at esalvador54@yahoo.com.god bless
On Feb 27, 2011 at 1:06 pm rafael said:

I have a dowsing rod and garett2000 eagle hound deep penetrating gadget…no money involve just want to help
On Feb 28, 2011 at 4:02 am bsr said:

rafael,
its very nice of you,offeing your instrument to be used for free,i am more interested in your dowsing rod,can we test that in one of my sites,actually its been detected two times already,i just want to know,if the reading of your rod,is the same,with the ones we used before,by the way wheres your location?
On Mar 2, 2011 at 3:59 pm rafael said:

bsr, i am from the northern luzon, philippines, where are you from?
On Mar 15, 2011 at 6:00 am ird said:

Hi all, anyone has any real site that need financing. Contact me thru email cause Im very interested in doing treasure hunting in philippines. onedanial@yahoo.com
On Mar 18, 2011 at 3:09 am telesforo d. acbayaan said:

i am a tribal missionary in mindoro, we had many site along aglubang river and patrick river, an interested parties can contact me with my email or by cp. my cp number 09172047080
On Mar 18, 2011 at 3:36 am Polo said:

We have more than 20 sites here in Zambales and still counting. text me at 09494558387. Check your email… IRD
On Apr 2, 2011 at 7:04 pm patchierowie said:

hi i’m from p’que and beginner for treasure hunting,i have two site, one inside my house and the other 8 mtrs outside my house.i discover this with the sign code like roman numerals.i have a dowsing rod.my problem is where to start for i don’t know the gate, can anybody help me?
On Apr 4, 2011 at 3:38 am ronnie said:

hi IRD, i have some positive sites here in Mindanao in the province of Davao del Sur supported by maps and pin pointed by a very accurate dowsing gadgets. if you are really looking for a positive area try to coordinate with me ok? thanks
On Apr 8, 2011 at 8:20 am angelo said:

We have dug a marker with engraving but stopped the digging since the water pump we had was too small for the volume of water. It became dangerous. The guy who detected it said there is about ten tons burried. The site is by the river somewhere in Tarlac. I want to have the engraving analyzed. Only me knew about the marker. It’s in my possession. My cp no. is 09275520880. According to rumours, the Conguangcos have dug a large deposit right in SCTEX Luisita Tarlac. No wonder why the hiway was re-routed from its original lay out. I live nearby the SCTEX.
On Apr 20, 2011 at 2:14 am ronnie said:

hi patchie rowie, how long you had been handling your dowsing rod? for your information handling such gadgets is very precised, and need tremendous of practices before you can handle it properly.many and most treasure hunters doesn’t know how to handle such , that is why their prospective areas though positive becomes negative in their findings and vice versa the negative becomes positive, there is where their frustrations arises.

nonetheless should you be capable of handling it. to start with is to set your self in between the two prospective spots and if the point of direction is greater than the other then that’s where you will start digging kac it meant that greater volume is buried in that particular area. it is the same effort you are going to exert so choose the better . thanks. God luck God bless
On May 12, 2011 at 4:41 am patchierowie said:

hi ronnie,thanks for your advise,,actually napa survey ko nasa medium,,she said about 12 feet with a bobbie trap and different stuff if your going to dig it directly..at dalawa ang bantay,,next month,my medium will bring intrument from davao they call it pawican she borrowed from a japanese t.h from davao…wish me luck na lng pre,,at good luck din syo..GOD BLESS.
On May 13, 2011 at 3:10 am ronnie said:

hi patchierowie! nice to hear you have a friend who is going to bring you an instrument from a Japanese TH called pawikan or turtle. that is the detector which the Japanese used. it is a machine that when by letting it walk and stop, the place where it it stop down under is where the treasure is buried. so wishing you good luck. God Bless
On May 29, 2011 at 11:51 pm nilo said:

i have a friend who expert in Y.T. pwede nya ituro kung saan nakalagay ang items para hindi na kayo mahirapan at para malaman kung positive ang site nyo. daig pa nya ang scanner.. babayaran nyo lang sya ng 75 thousand lang kasama pagkain.. para malaman nyo na totoo ang pagtuturo ng site.. may roon syang sasabihin na ipapahukay nya sa site at yung ang makikita nyo.. ituturo nya step by step hanggang sa makuha ang item..sigurado ito. just text or call to my no. 09167060534.
thanks.
On Jun 2, 2011 at 7:36 am ambet said:

to all t.h. contact me if you have sure items 09216354221 GOD BLESS US ALL
On Jun 9, 2011 at 1:14 am brady rojas said:

help me how to dispose my treasures i think i discover one
On Jun 12, 2011 at 6:05 pm angelites said:

i have three positive sites of treasure here in pampanga which all lies near the creek and near the century age tamarind tree. we tried to dig them up on one site we got a round stone about 2 ft. in height, 2.5 ft. in diameter and more or less 1 ton in weight. the other site when we reached the black sand at 12 ft. depth recovered 30 pcs. stone used mostly on catholic church walling and some broken bricks spanish red in color and the other site after digging at 12 feet height the soil color became redish. if your intersted pls call me at my phone # 09213181011
On Jul 11, 2011 at 11:37 pm dave ando said:

helo! ived found a japanese cods symbol guitar and heart what is the message behind it?
On Jul 14, 2011 at 7:43 pm Gerry said:

kung cnu man ang marunong at nakakaindinti ng mga marker sign madaming stone cement akong nakita sa likod ng bahay ng bestfren ng asawa ko. kung isa kang bihasa sa mga sign pwd mag send ka sa email ko ng emeil mo ipapadala ko sau ang pics ng mga nakita ko, isa ako sa naniniwala sa tresure na itinago ng panaon ng mga japanese noon WW2.
On Jul 22, 2011 at 5:30 am Vas said:

Hello, all aspiring and expiring treasure hunters. If you have a proven scanner, that is, one that accurately pinpointed the location and the depth of the treasure (that you must already have recovered), please let me know. I have several areas in Mindanao identified by living witnesses to have huge deposits. I now own these areas. I need a proven locator to be able to start operation. If you have one that has a proven track reacord, .please contact me at this number: 09263324520. No scammers please.
On Aug 2, 2011 at 9:11 pm brady rojas said:

somebody help me how to break concrete block with engrave name yuri. what chemicals should i use or jack hammer can penetrate this.
On Aug 2, 2011 at 9:52 pm jhondig said:

I SUGGEST SULFURIC ACID TO DISSOLVE THAT CEMENT OR ARTIFICIAL ROCK
On Aug 4, 2011 at 8:39 pm ronnie said:

brody rojas hi! my advice is that analyze first that concrete if there is something of value inside before making the effort to break it. baka marker lang yan at few meters pa ang distance ng site where the items were buried if there is really something there.
On Aug 4, 2011 at 8:59 pm ronnie said:

vas , hi! may i give some comment about your post .there is no such as an expert in treasure hunting particularly the Japanese Treasures.Not unless otherwise the Japanese people will be the one to seek and locate i, or you have an authenticated map of their treasure, or by accident you were able to encounter it without any idea which most have been lucky, or you have a living witness, not hearsay as most were blinded of the truth or someone asking for fee as a medium or reader or analyzer. in the first place why should they ask payment if knowing their presumption is very positive? they should ask for a share in percentage because even only 10% of any proceeds from hidden treasure is a lot and very big sum of money. for example a volume of at least 50 kilos of gold will worth at 2000 /gram (least buying price) 100 million pesos wc 10% of it is 10 million as his share as a reader, medium or owner of a detector. bakit mag demand ka few thousand vs 10 MILLION KUNG TALAGANG EXPERT KA? di ba? just for compliments go to http://www.astrontreasuresearchtech.webs.com baka mag ka interest ka Ok/?thanks
On Aug 23, 2011 at 9:49 am Roland said:

I am not sure how true all this Gold stuff is, But I currently live in Malaysia, Sabah…and i am a frequent hiker into the hills for its beauty…I met a very old man who claimed he is an abandoned Japanese soldier, he was barely alive and walking..I bumped into him on a rough overgrown trail which is in Sandakan, odly his english was very poor and his wife and old lady as well did speak little english, I was entriqued by his story of Gold, I asked him why he telling me?

He stated he has no children and will be dead in months time, his wife as well suffers from cancer i am told, this was back in 2005, he is only known by Himata, I did not believe at first but he took me to an old tall jungle tree and in between the roots was an old Japanese soldier uniform and pistol wrapped in a worn japanese flag.

Anyhow as the story goes he said the japanese had info of a British ships coming to his ships way, they made a decision to take 5 boats and unloaded gold and jewels from Indonesia and the Koreas, they took them at first just to hide them incase the ship was sunk, he never knew the fate of his ship, but 109 Japanese soldiers coasted down the river known as The Kinabantan River and stopped on an island accross from Lahad Datu, night time they hired a truck to take what was thought to be artillery shells going to Sandakan, Just before arriving Sandakan they killed the two truck drivers and tossed the bodies in a ravine roughly 10 miles to the city…

At this point his instructions were to take the gold to 6 locations on one hill facing the coastline, but he only told me one place a stash was to be and I went there 6 times and have not found actual site yet, I did take over 200 plus pictures of this whole area and could have a few key sites but not 100% sure of it. Himata stated there was this one water fall roughly 40 to 50 feet high and there was gold stashed in 2 parts of that falls..but his location was very poor, he said he was just too old now to go and take some…how true all this is I am not sure, but being with him and hearing him, he was in pain from so many years stranded and no one came for him.

He told me 47 of the 109 left in moths, but most died from Malaria or old age, most his men wandered off to never return, but Himata was the gold keeper so he says, he never told me where he lived, but he did stated Philipinos live in one of his homes in the jungle who helped feed him for over 40 years..I did journeyed into those jungle areas and find the area feeling odd, like something is there but where..

I never found the waterfall, but found a few small ones, and i took a photo of one site he states gold is hidden in a streamside banking in a crevice, but it was too spooky and risky for me to go and try crawl in it to see..especially if it rains the crevice will be flooded by the stream, but i feel something is there but dont dare to look. anyhow its all true and I never heard about gold in Borneo until just now reading these past stories whiched made me say what i heard from Himata…

I went to look for them again but never to be found, some locals say it was a ghost..but who knows…you can email me for further info…plese state in message..Treasure Sandakan. and i be glad to share more of my info about it.
On Aug 25, 2011 at 3:46 am ronnie said:

Roland,Hi!
my advice to you continue searching for that treasure because Very Very seldom Japanese will open their secrets when it pertains to hidden treasure . it is as though it will be a betrayal and traitor to their Emperor and country which they believe a curse will be upon their family up to their last generation. they respect so much their Emperor as if he is God. So it is a blessing in your part that you were able to meet the said fellow although half baked but it is still a vital info.
should you wish that i could help you find the said treasure come to the Philippines so we could make arrangement about the term and conditions.

i have my team here who can assist me to find that within a day or two. just point the area , and we will scan it within a radius of 300 meters in circumference and rest assured we will hit the exact spot where the treasure is hidden.

we have one of the best dowsing gadgets in the world so far less you could imaging and the features of which is in my website. just visit it. If you are willing then contact me thru my email add or mobile or landline. all of these are in my web. thanks
On Aug 25, 2011 at 3:49 am ronnie said:

Hello Vas! try us our team are expert in pinpointing hidden treasures
On Aug 25, 2011 at 3:58 am ronnie said:

Hello Vas! try us our team are expert in pinpointing hidden treasures.
On Sep 4, 2011 at 2:24 am joey austria said:

Roland,i found your story interesting and i am inclined to believe that there might be some truth to it, the best thing for you to do is to pursue it. But first and foremost, you should try to take a look at malaysian law governing discovery of hidden treasure. i wish you the best of luck in finding that (AU) gold.
On Sep 4, 2011 at 6:30 am brady rojas said:

God bless us. finally for my 2 years hunting for treasures we positively found it. we just get it so easily without excavating deep holes to find it. we just get in to a tunnel breather and we find au, platinum and diamonds. we are selling this to the right person who can give us the right price an assurance tyo keep this secret. we are very careful in disposing this item. band to bank is not good because of AMLC law. i think it good to sell it cash to avoid scrutiny of such account.
On Sep 4, 2011 at 6:37 am brady rojas said:

we are in position of burma gold bar 7 stars 6.2kg, diamonds, platinum and gold coins with hallmark ALFONSO.
On Sep 4, 2011 at 6:38 am brady rojas said:

INTERESTED BUYER EMAIL ME WITH YOUR OFFER AND PROPOSAL
On Sep 8, 2011 at 6:34 pm marinos 010 said:

gud day to all TH..can u help me..if positive gold site..3 big stone form triangle with arrow sign each stone and 1 stone form diamond with hole at the center part and inserted 1 emty ammo shell at the center of 3 big stone with arrow at sea side area..pls. tell me,,tnx
On Sep 10, 2011 at 8:05 am ronnie said:

marinos hi! your site is positive but you need to make that the item is still there. many positive sites were read by experts but when they excavated it was already taken earlier by the Japanese themselves. and you need experts i reading and interpreting the sign and an accurate dowsing or tracking gadgets.thanks ronnie
On Sep 11, 2011 at 9:21 pm Vas said:

Hi Ronnie. I have just read your email of Aug 25, 2011. So glad to know you are experts at locating treasures. No offense meant, but can you give me at least one proven find by your team? Please give me your contact number so I can call you and discuss terms. One of my properties in Davao is along a high way and fully secured with a very high concrete wall. All 3 hectares. Only two weeks ago two Japanese grenades and landmine were found in that area. About 1.5 meters below the surface. And the whole area is filled with tiny black pellets that behave like carbon because it can write on paper. Original settlers in the area say the place was a Jap WW II garrison.
On Sep 13, 2011 at 3:15 am ronnie said:

Hello Vas! here is my contact # 09293967178 my landline # 064 278 3645 only available during night only. my email ad< ptr_astron@yahoo.com

hope to hear from you again thanks God Bless ronnie
On Sep 14, 2011 at 3:50 am ronnie said:

Hello Vas! thanks for placing a call last night. should you wish to ask my assistance to scan your place to confirm whether there a positive item of value buried there it’s my honor. just txt me if you wish to see me in person Ok ? thanks ronnie
On Oct 5, 2011 at 5:31 am Roland said:

gud day to all TH..can u help me..if positive gold site..3 big stone form triangle with arrow sign each stone and 1 stone form diamond with hole at the center part and inserted 1 emty ammo shell at the center of 3 big stone with arrow at sea side area..pls. tell me,,tnx
To: Marinos,
Hello, it seems you picked up on a sea marker, usually stones with carvings in the form what you said are info to sailors or captains of ships, with these markings usually means a ship has sunk in the direction of the arrow, as for the stone with diamond and a hole in it all depends the size of hole in center… ok to my understanding the diamond represents a boat with dot in center means captain went down with the boat..if there are small holes outside around the diamond means how many survived and each hole means 10 sailors. now since you have the evidence of carving it means the sailor made it to island or land——- this means boat with captain is there a arrow after it pointing to inland? this would mean they wen inland….so the boat or ship be called north even if its in south or whatever some have a few arrows in diff direction meaning they split up..if arrow has an x next to it, it means the group is not good people..maybe rogue soldiers so don’t follow them it means….another circle that looks like a sun would mean they head towards japan, and since the sun is on japan flag it would be credible info. anyhow there is suppose to be every 5 miles a few stones of a sun or arrow on it.. they did this so they wont get lost, another theory is when a soldier died he may be under that stone buried in hoping to come back for him later in future…a square with arrow means a camp site near by, it could be an underground tunnel too…anyhow the Japanese soldiers that split up would only travel 15 miles inland to hide any possible gold, they suspect it be safe from future development on coastal regions…usually hills were the ideal burial sites and waterfall areas… these sites would not be an ideal placee to hunt gold from locals due to no energy to climb to it…now all gold sites is supposed to be marked with a flattened out shell casing of a bullet or bomb shell marked or carved with an oval circle with 2 dots and triangle meaning gold here..the shell should be nailed to a stone or tree…there are a few stories helmets with the markings as well…so if u find a soldiers helmet which only a few wore back than may be this sign on it..look for one if you can…there are thousands of gold stories but few are ever told to be true… now my understanding there were 4 parties headed in different direction with one to Island Palawan which i think is philipines, the other Java, another Singapore and Sabah..I was told to confuse the gold hunter in the future they would bury the gold and plant trees over them, and so if true these tress would blend in the jungle very well..so somewhere should be stones to mark where gold is…so any oval with dots outside means how many same trees and inside oval means the gold tree… sometimes a soldier died would be buried with that gold as a protector..maybe a myth but anyways…the only other odd mark i know of would be a hill with sun rising behind it..it means this is the hill of the gold….all this info was given to me by a Japanese elder…I have no means to look for these signs as i am not in shape for hunting or hiking to find it..this is free info in hoping you get some gold and maybe you can pass me a few…lol joking but i have breathing probs and cant do the trek. my info. is new to the world, but given to me by a very special Japanese man who i believed died in the Jungle of Sandakan..i never found him again in my return 2 times… i have checked the 2 posible areas here and have many photos of this area wwhich the area is somewhat secluded from public eye…and the place is a mystica feeling to it….all i have to say right now, i hope it helps….Peace
On Oct 5, 2011 at 6:08 am Roland said:

To: joey austria
Thanx…i was amazed and intrigued by the whole encounter with that Japanese man, it seemed too surreal for me..but I had no doubt he was telling the truth, he seemed so sincere about the whole thing, and now my story is starting to add up after seeing a post from marinos and also even more from angelites and better yet Melvin is story is starting to make my story look more real, i was shocked to connect most of his words with my story..i got goose bumps now…..
On Oct 5, 2011 at 6:17 am Roland said:

anyone find artifacts and not sure the writings or markings on plz send me a photo of it and i can try to help you get meaning of the markings at no cost…I just love to read and view new pictures of these findings…dont disclose me no info on where you found it, but just give me description of the setting you found it at…usually there is a story of the stone with its surroundings… and plz people dont destroy stones believing gold inside there wont be, these golds and jewels are in wooden crates and never been cemented over, this artifact may be hundreds if not thousand years old and if you break it open to get nothing than you just destroyed an important item… its better if you have it scanned or xrayed…dont break things plz..be smart it could be worth a bundle for you..Thank You and best of luck..
my email is rolandegauthierjr67@gmail.com..this is my personal e-mail..no spams or scams plz..i will ignore…thnx.
On Oct 5, 2011 at 6:01 pm jhondig said:

thanks for the amazing new information ,it adds up to my compilations of ” Yammy treas. hunting” research.One thing that interest me though is that of the ” Helmet Sign”,I happen to have a site with a stone marker like a human head wearing a helmet and I do not know what it means.I’d be more than happy if you could shade light on my querry,thanks a lot and Goodday to you all and God Bless!!!
On Oct 6, 2011 at 1:59 am Roland said:

jhondig….it be nice if you could provide a photo of helmet with head..i like to see..usually the helmet not be marked unless he left a secret message.they often write pictographs as a secret message…America had broken one of those codes back in the late war period..is it a real body? don’t mess with it until you have some ritual to bless the spirit of it, and to protect you from anything..i know sounds weird but there are strange things unexplained in our world..safe than sorry….anyhow usually the dead is buried with the gold and not outside of it, but it does not mean he is one of the last survivors of the group and of course could not bury himself…now its also known you must be extremely careful because they are known to put a live grenade under them so we dont want any deaths or injuries now….keep in mind he may be wearing valuable artifacts as well, his clothes and any swords or guns today can pitch great value..do not attempt to clean any artifacts because most damage to antiques are cause by someone cleaning it, if the items are very wet, carefully lay it in a container with water and put lid on it. I cant stress this in any other way..what looks like trash to you may be a treasure to others…anyone is free to send me pics or info on writings or unexplained formations… rolandegauthierjr67@gmail.com
On Oct 6, 2011 at 6:39 am jhondig said:

Thanks for your quick reply sir,I have sent the pics already to your e-mail ad.,should you want more treasure site pictures I have more, lots of it.
Again thank you and God Bless!!!
On Oct 17, 2011 at 10:50 pm ambet said:

to all any one who have a au gold bars 6.2 kls per bar ready to sell i have foriegn buyers… just contact me 09216354221
On Nov 26, 2011 at 8:11 am Mark said:

hello to all treasurehunters. Let me share my nephew’s experience. He told me that some Japanese men came to visit their house in Northern Luzon looking for two jackfruit trees and the house of a certain person. The neighbors pointed to them the real residence of the person they were looking for which was not far from the area.. These japanese went there looking for the trees but found none. They dug holes around the house but found nothing. They left unable to find the landmarks they were looking for.

According to my nephew the land where they presently live was originally owned by the person being searched by the japanese before WWII. When the war broke out that house became a japanese camp which forced him to leave that house and after the war built his house in another place and sold his old house to my nephew’s father-in-law. There are two jackfruit trees and under those trees is a tunnel which I have seen. Do you think there is hidden treasure in that tunnel? Why should the japanese be so interested? Please share your views.
On Nov 27, 2011 at 12:06 am ronnie said:

You are right Mark , there is something of value they are looking for. do not waste time try to find it Thanks ronnie
On Nov 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm Mark said:

do you think the target is located around the jackfruit trees or inside the tunnel? thankx Ronnie for the advice. God Bless!
On Jan 2, 2012 at 7:10 am JHONDIG said:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
On Jan 9, 2012 at 7:08 pm diegoh agnian said:

hi, anyone wants to hunt treasure in our place in palawan philippines i have so many treasure sign that we cannot interpret our place, if you are interested i send you pictures of signs or call me *09465579154 or email me ghodie04@gmail.com
On Jan 19, 2012 at 8:32 am Sdean said:

Hi,i’m from sabah,east malaysia.I know vast derelict Japanese tunnel locations in my hometown.Also people seen group of men working unearthing boxes of unknown things inside,with masrk of Japanese flag look-alike.Sms me 0148678689 if you want to join me for the search,i have no tools,but i know the whereabouts.
On Jan 26, 2012 at 9:01 pm ambet said:

hello brady roxas,

how is your items? still there? i have a buyer from belgium. if you want to sell to us call me at 09216354221.
to all holder if you want to sell your items just call me. thank you GOD BLESS us