Arrrgghh Matey -- sit here and I'll tell 'ye a tale of buried Gold.
Turns out this may not be a hoax -- from The Prague Daily Monitor:
Nazi treasure may be hidden under wellVery curious. They took a lot of treasure that has never been found. Granted, the majority of it probably wound up in private hands and has been hoarded or carefully and slowly released but if this is a stash, it will be a fascinating one. (The title comes from a [Lowell George song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRwR1kuejRE).)
The secret of a deep well in the Zbiroh chateau, west Bohemia, may be soon uncovered. On Sunday experts found a false bottom in the well where a Nazi treasure is allegedly hidden, the daily Pravo writes today.
It adds that some witnesses who survived the war mentioned the existence of the false bottom. According to some historical sources, a secret medieval passage is situated under the well bottom where members of the Nazi staff, seated in the chateau during WW2, kept stolen valuable items, Pravo says.
Oldrich Selenberk, owner of the SCSA Security company carrying out the excavations in the well, said that the false bottom was made of reinforced concrete and filled with jasper stones to look natural.
Selenberk added that his employees have not searched the bottom thoroughly since it may be risky.
"We do not know whether it is not protected by explosives, for instance...That is why we will consult further steps with specialists, including bomb disposal experts," Selenberk told the paper.
Some 20 experts from his company have been digging in the filled-up well for over a year.
Last year they uncovered Nazi documents there. A week ago the team found some 20 historical weapons stolen by the Nazis and hidden in the well, Pravo recalls.
Before the war, the Zbiroh chateau was owned by the Colloredo-Mansfeld noble family and then it was used by the military.
In April 2004, the real estate was purchased by the Gastro Zofin Praha company which partially opened the chateau to the public last year, Pravo says.
