The one common factor, besides the ‘war’, is it’s NEVER found.
And no one ever proves that it ever actually existed in the first place...............
kinda like the whistleblower in the shampeachmint...
My version of WWII treasure would be to find a buried crate of M1 Garand rifles or Thompsons in wrapped in watertight packaging and cosmoline...
That’s probably MORE likely a find than some gold horde.
Interesting to ponder how many of those inventory items went missing during the course of the campaigns in the Pacific (or Europe too).
Imagine what a crate of M1918A3 Browning Automatic Rifles in good or decent condition would bring...
A stretch, yes, but... nice to thing about :^).