An elephant hunter and an English nobleman track the latter's missing brother, who disappeared while searching for King Solomon's legendary lost diamond mines.
Relates the stories of many hidden treasures, some discovered and some still undiscovered, from the lost wealth of Captain Kidd to recently found sunken galleons off the coast of Florida.
Describes several successful searches for lost treasure, including discoveries of sunken Spanish ships off the coast of Florida, the sacred well of the Mayas in Yucatan, and the tomb of King Tut in Egypt.