Digging will resume Tuesday at a site in the southeastern German town
of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2
tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the
legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World
War II."Drilling will begin around noon, and we hope to hit the cave,"
Heinz Peter Haustein, one of the two treasure hunters and a member of
Germany's parliament, said. Digging was stopped more than a week ago
amid safety concerns, as authorities and the treasure hunters feared
that the shaft might collapse and that the cave -- if it is there --
may be rigged with explosives or poisonous booby traps.
At a news conference, Christian Hanisch, the other treasure hunter,
said that geological surveying equipment had located a possible cave
about 30 feet under the surface containing "precious metals that can
only be either gold or silver. The instruments would not have reacted
to any other metal like copper."
Hanisch pointed out that his father, who was a navigator in the
Luftwaffe, the Nazi air force, was one of the troops said to have been
involved in hiding art, gold and silver as the Nazis realized that
they would lose the war.
He said that when his father died, he left coordinates leading to the
spot in Deutschneudorf.
--
Gaurav Shukla
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