Treasure

Everyone has all heard about buried riches, but people don't normally expect to find it thousands of feet above sea level, buried in ice. And yet, in 2013, a French mountain climber was crossing the Bosson glacier on his approach to the summit of Mont Blanc when he came across a strange metal box jutting out of the ice. He discovered emeralds, rubies, and sapphires valued roughly 250,000 euros inside the box, which had been resting there for over half a century.

The place is noteworthy for being the site of not one, but two distinct Air India accidents that killed 165 people, the first in 1950 and the second in 1966. The latter was a huge passenger trip aboard a Boeing 707 that slammed into the mountain, scattering debris all over the place. Because the early recovery operations were hampered by inclement weather, several objects had already been buried under snow by the time rescuers arrived at the crash scene.

That is very probable what happened to the box of jewels, which was nearly undoubtedly aboard the tragic 1966 aircraft. The mountain climber did not attempt to keep the wealth and instead turned it over to authorities, sparking a court struggle about who was the lawful owner of the rare diamonds.

Found: in 2013
Location: Bosson glacier