lost treasure
Sunken gold cache
Lost treasure is valuables—gold, jewels, artifacts—that have been hidden, buried, or shipwrecked and whose location is unknown or forgotten.
The phrase evokes romantic notions of pirate hoards, sunken galleons, and ancient tombs: They spent years searching for lost treasure in the Caribbean.
Figuratively, anything valuable that has been neglected or forgotten may be called lost treasure: The album was a lost treasure of 1970s soul music.
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- buried goldInterred precious metal
- hiddenKept out of sight
- goldElement seventy-nine
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
pirate ship · map · chest · sunken · ancient · jewels · quest · forgotten · doubloons · excavation · metal detector · shipwreck · Spanish galleons · Davy Jones · artifacts · coins · hoard · secret
- Ocean MysteriesBermuda Triangle, ghost ships, shipwrecks, sea monsters, Atlantis
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- buried treasuregold, silver, gem, coin, jewelry
- American folklorePaul Bunyan, tall tales, folk heroes, John Henry, folk narratives