William Robinson's Chest

William Robinson's Chest


Origin	William Robinson
Type	Chest
Effects	Produces gold
Downsides	Causes fatal rehydration
Activation	Touch
Collected by	Warehouse 13
Section	Bickerstaff-561RA
Aisle	820504-9049
Shelf	992517-4878-875
Date of Collection	May 19, 2013
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Origin[]

William Robinson was a prospector who traveled to California in search of riches. Instead of waiting for the blocked path of the Sierra Nevadas to open, he traveled farther south through the desert. His party became lost after a few weeks and wandered into Death Valley. As the story goes, Thompson died from overdrinking from a reservoir of cold water they found. A hiker later discovered his chest of personal effects in a cave, containing coins, photographs, pistol and hand written letters. Many who examined the goods quickly labeled them as fake, since most of the goods were too new to have existed in the 1840s.

Effects[]

Produces small amounts of gold. At first, it causes extreme dehydration and then causes death as if drinking too much water after dehydration.

Scam and Con Artifacts
The Hoax Foyer
Alexander of Abonoteichus' Grimorie • Barry Larkin's Olympic Torch • Calaveras Skull • Cassie Chadwick's Pearl Necklace • Christopher Müller’s Gold Tooth • Craig Jackson's Watch • Doug Bower & Dave Chorley's Wood Planks • Elsie Wright’s Camera • Ferdinand Waldo Demara’s Medical Textbook • Fiji Mermaid • General Store from Agloe, New York • George C. Parker's Deed to the Brooklyn Bridge • HMS Dreadnought Hoax Costumes • ID Sniper Rifle • Jacques Aymar-Vernay’s Dowsing Rod • Lambert Simnel's Leggings • Left Handed Whopper Wrapper • Mary Bateman’s Eggs • ''Masked Marauders'' Vinyl Record • Melvin Dummar's Will • Original Copy of 'I, Libertine' • Orson Welles' Microphone • Ted Serios' Polaroid Camera • Uri Geller's Spoon • Wilhelm Voigt’s Army Uniform • William Robinson's Chest
Other
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Hoax Set • Brian G. Hughes Umbrella • C. L. Blood's Bellows • Charles Ponzi's Money Clip • Charles Wells’ Roulette Wheel • Dan Enright's Address Book • Elyesa Bazna's Counterfeit Banknotes • Emerich Juettner’s Counterfeit Dollar Bill • Frank Abagnale Jr.'s Checkbook • Henry Meigg's Warrant Book • Herb Stempel's Headset • Jefferson Randolph Smith's Soap Bar • Mary Butterworth's Iron • Matthew Hopkins' Witch-Pricking Pin • M.E. Clifton James's Fake Military Uniform • P.T. Barnum's Top Hat & Walking Stick • Richard Feynman's Safecracking Numerical Pad • Sophie Lyons' Gloves • Steven Jay Russell's Highlighters • William Chaloner's Groat • William Chaloner's Lottery Ticket