Explorer Vendyl Jones, among others, believes that an artifact found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, the enigmatic “Copper Scroll” of Qumran Cave 3, is actually a treasure map of sorts detailing the location of a number of precious treasures taken from the temple before the Babylonians arrived, among them the lost Ark of the Covenant. Whether or not this is true remains to be seen, as no one has yet been able to locate all of the necessary geographical landmarks listed on the scroll. Interestingly, some scholars speculate that the Copper Scroll may actually be the record referred to in 2 Maccabees 2:1 and 4, which describes Jeremiah hiding the ark.
Mtafiti Vendyl Jones, miongoni mwa wengine, anaamini kwamba ughushi kupatikana kati ya hati ndefu za Bahari ya wafu, "hati ya shaba" ya kutatanisha ya Qumran Cave 3, ni kweli hazina ramani ya aina inayoelezea kwa kina eneo la hazina za thamani zilizochukuliwa kutoka kwa hekalu kabla ya Wababeli kuwasili,miongoni mwao sanduku la agano lililopotea. Kama au si hii ni kweli bado linabaki kuonekana, kama bado hakuna mtu ni ambaye ameweza kuchapisha ramani zote muhimu za kijiografia zilizoorodheshwa katika hati. Jambo la kushangaza, baadhi ya wasomi hubashiri kwamba hati ya shaba inaweza kweli kuwa ni rekodi inayorejelewa katika 2 Wamakabayo 2: 1 na 4, ambayo inaeleza Yeremia akificha sanduku.