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|eyes = Blue
|hair = Brown
|born = JulyJanuary 17, 1964
|family = [[Patrick Henry Gates]] (father)<br />
[[Emily Appleton Gates]] (mother)<br />
==Early Life==
Ben was born on JulyJanuary 17, 1964, to [[Patrick Henry Gates]] and his wife, [[Emily Appleton Gates|Emily]]. Grandson of John Adams Gates. In 1974, Ben was told by his grandfather, [[John Adams Gates|John Gates]], about a treasure that goes back to the [[Freemasons]] and the Knights Templar which was so large that no one man could claim it. The story was a family legend which came from Ben's ancestor, Thomas Gates in the 1820s or 30s. This story permanently impacted Ben, starting him upon a lifelong journey to find the [[Templar Treasure]]. Later on, Ben received a mechanical engineering degree from MIT and an American History Degree from Georgetown. Ben was a former Navy man and attended the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center before continuing the six generation family tradition of treasure hunting.
== The Templar Treasure ==
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