Lost California Treasure

Placer County Treasure Map

Placer County California treasure-history records: buried caches, source links, land-status warnings, field notes, and interactive map links.

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1 Placer County Record

  • Yankee Jim's Hidden Gold buried cache · Placer County, situated on a ridge between the North and Middle forks of the American River, near the ghost town of Yankee Jims. · Medium probability

    In 1849, a notorious horse thief named James 'Yankee Jim' Robinson accidentally discovered a highly lucrative placer gold deposit in Placer County while hiding from law enforcement. To conceal his massive find, Jim.