diff --git a/Projects/UOContent.Tests/Tests/Items/TreasureChests/TreasureMapChestLiftTests.cs b/Projects/UOContent.Tests/Tests/Items/TreasureChests/TreasureMapChestLiftTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9b8763e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Projects/UOContent.Tests/Tests/Items/TreasureChests/TreasureMapChestLiftTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+using Server;
+using Server.Items;
+using Server.Mobiles;
+using Server.Tests;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace UOContent.Tests;
+
+[Collection("Sequential UOContent Tests")]
+public class TreasureMapChestLiftTests
+{
+    // Coordinates chosen to avoid overlap with Tracking (1000-4000, 1000-4000) and
+    // DetectHidden (1000-2400, 500) test areas.
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PartialLift_MarksSplitRemainderAsLifted()
+    {
+        using var rng = new PredictableRandom(10); // RandomDouble() = 0.5, no spawn roll fires
+        var map = Map.Felucca;
+        var location = new Point3D(5000, 600, 0);
+        var player = CreatePlayerMobile(map, location);
+        var chest = new TreasureMapChest(1);
+
+        try
+        {
+            chest.MoveToWorld(location, map);
+            chest.Locked = false;
+
+            var gold = FindGold(chest, null);
+            Assert.NotNull(gold);
+
+            player.Lift(gold, 1, out var rejected, out _);
+            Assert.False(rejected);
+
+            // The stack split re-adds the remainder as a brand-new item. It must count as
+            // already lifted, otherwise every 1-coin pull grants a fresh guardian spawn roll.
+            var remainder = FindGold(chest, gold);
+            Assert.NotNull(remainder);
+            Assert.Contains(remainder, chest.Lifted);
+            Assert.Contains(gold, chest.Lifted);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            player.Holding?.Delete();
+            player.Delete();
+            chest.Delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ItemAddedAfterFill_IsMarkedLifted()
+    {
+        using var rng = new PredictableRandom(10);
+        var chest = new TreasureMapChest(1);
+        var packed = new Gold(500);
+
+        try
+        {
+            // Anything entering the chest after the initial fill (packed-back gold, split
+            // remainders, GM drops) was never part of the original loot and must not
+            // grant spawn rolls when lifted back out.
+            chest.DropItem(packed);
+
+            Assert.Contains(packed, chest.Lifted);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            chest.Delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void OriginalFillLoot_IsNotMarkedLifted()
+    {
+        using var rng = new PredictableRandom(10);
+        var chest = new TreasureMapChest(1);
+
+        try
+        {
+            // The original loot must stay roll-eligible for its first lift.
+            Assert.True(chest.Lifted == null || chest.Lifted.Count == 0);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            chest.Delete();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Gold FindGold(TreasureMapChest chest, Gold except)
+    {
+        var items = chest.Items;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
+        {
+            if (items[i] is Gold gold && gold != except)
+            {
+                return gold;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private static PlayerMobile CreatePlayerMobile(Map map, Point3D location)
+    {
+        var mobile = new PlayerMobile(World.NewMobile);
+        mobile.DefaultMobileInit();
+        mobile.MoveToWorld(location, map);
+        return mobile;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Projects/UOContent/Items/Containers/TreasureMapChest.cs b/Projects/UOContent/Items/Containers/TreasureMapChest.cs
index b59911a8a..f3f3dcf27 100644
--- a/Projects/UOContent/Items/Containers/TreasureMapChest.cs
+++ b/Projects/UOContent/Items/Containers/TreasureMapChest.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public partial class TreasureMapChest : LockableContainer
     [SerializedCommandProperty(AccessLevel.GameMaster)]
     private HashSet<Item> _lifted;
 
+    // False only while the constructor fills the chest; deserialized chests are always filled.
+    private bool _filled;
+
     [Constructible]
     public TreasureMapChest(int level) : this(null, level)
     {
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ public partial class TreasureMapChest : LockableContainer
 
         _expireTimer = Timer.DelayCall(TimeSpan.FromHours(3.0), Delete);
         Fill(this, level);
+        _filled = true;
     }
 
     public override int LabelNumber => 3000541;
@@ -361,6 +365,21 @@ public partial class TreasureMapChest : LockableContainer
     public override bool CheckLift(Mobile from, Item item, ref LRReason reject) =>
         CheckLoot(from, true) && base.CheckLift(from, item, ref reject);
 
+    public override void OnItemAdded(Item item)
+    {
+        base.OnItemAdded(item);
+
+        // Anything entering the chest after the initial fill was never part of the original
+        // loot: stack-split remainders from partial lifts (re-added engine-side, bypassing
+        // CheckHold) and packed-in items. Mark them lifted so pulling a stack out coin by
+        // coin can't re-roll the guardian spawn per pull.
+        if (_filled)
+        {
+            _lifted ??= [];
+            _lifted.Add(item);
+        }
+    }
+
     public override void OnItemLifted(Mobile from, Item item)
     {
         var notYetLifted = _lifted?.Contains(item) != true;
@@ -405,6 +424,8 @@ public partial class TreasureMapChest : LockableContainer
     [AfterDeserialization(false)]
     private void AfterDeserialization()
     {
+        _filled = true;
+
         if (_expireTimer == null)
         {
             Delete();