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  • This "reality" series taps into the treasure-hunting urge that's hard-wired in our brains.

    Funny National Treasures Nancy deWolf Smith 2012

  • "How goes the treasure-hunting?" he queried lightly.

    CHAPTER XXI 2010

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Peter Fonda, star of the 1969 counterculture classic, will appear on the CBS procedural this October as a salty treasure-hunting sea captain.

    Keck's Exclusives! Peter Fonda Rides Into Hawaii Five-0 2011

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • Mr. Jolly died in February; an obituary didn't mention treasure-hunting.

    Insurers, Investors Fight Over Death Bets Leslie Scism 2011

  • The fact that the EXAMINER of that morning had failed to publish his treasure-hunting article did not dash his spirits.

    Chapter 10 2010

  • Even though the moral of the story is anti-materialist -- the evil treasure-hunting tycoon dies because he fails to remember that Jesus came as a humble carpenter's son -- the camera lingers lovingly on the gleaming gold of the false Grails.

    The New York Public Library: All That Is Godly Must Glitter The New York Public Library 2010

  • When he inevitably failed to find either water or treasure, he would leave town, often with "encouragement," and move on to other fee-based treasure-hunting activities.

    Jeff Schweitzer: Rapture Rupture Jeff Schweitzer 2011

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