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The Panagyurishte treasure

Documented folklore from the Club 49 map, told straight and sourced.

The story

In 1949 three brothers digging clay for tiles near Panagyurishte in Bulgaria struck something metal, and lifted out nine vessels of solid gold, over six kilograms of Thracian goldwork from the 4th century BC, shaped as animal-headed drinking horns and a ceremonial amphora. Thrace buried a great deal of gold in these hills, and the Valley of the Thracian Kings nearby keeps giving up tombs. All of it belongs to the state and is in the museums; the point here is that this ground is genuinely full of gold.

The ground it haunts

Panagyurishte & the Thracian valley (Bulgaria). Source: A real 1949 find of solid Thracian gold, dug up by tile-makers. The Club 49 map pins this legend at its documented country, beside the real mines, active claims, land status and modeled honey holes of the same ground. Open the free map and go stand in the story.

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