Buried Treasure and Dowsing Rods

[Riddling Sphinx]

How about the chest (if we built it) ends up getting "buried" with contents intact after we die, and we can build dowsing rods to find it again? I mean, we aren't going to be building metal detectors.

[mobius187]

This sounds like a similar suggestion I made (and God knows if someone came up with it before me), so I agree.

I suggested that the islands needed a beach biome and that one beaches one could come across "sand mounds", which like graves, could be dug up. I suggested players could find clams, sea shells, seaweed, driftwood, and maybe even a pirate chest. Inside players would fine gold (coins or ore) and maybe even a pirate hat. No effect, but make you look really pirate-y! Arrr!

A metal detector sounds like an interesting idea, as my suggestion was to make it somewhat obvious and just have a shovel.