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Kurt wrote:Has anyone ever heard of "Buried Pirate Treasure" from, lets say, 1600 to 1800 being discovered?
We know the rumors of Treasure buried East of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, in North Carolina (Blackbeard) and that horrible show about those idiots digging up "Oak Island" in Canada.
But any been found?
Detectorists made some impressive finds of Roman and Medieval era coins in the UK so we know "Treasure" is indeed buried by people and later uncovered but I do not think purposefully buried "PIrate Era" treasure has ever been.
Especially with a Map that leads to an "X".
Tarkan wrote:The problem with finding buried treasure is keeping quiet so Spain doesn't claim it.
Kurt wrote:Tarkan wrote:The problem with finding buried treasure is keeping quiet so Spain doesn't claim it.
That is possible with maritime salvage laws not covering land (obviously) but it might be claimed by England too or descendants of the pirates if the Letter of Marque would still be considered valid.
So if I find one, I am going to answer "Shipwreck" as to where I found it and the follow up will be "International Waters" But I seriously think I am more likely to win one of those super mega powerballs.
Kurt wrote:Tarkan wrote:The problem with finding buried treasure is keeping quiet so Spain doesn't claim it.
That is possible with maritime salvage laws not covering land (obviously) but it might be claimed by England too or descendants of the pirates if the Letter of Marque would still be considered valid.
So if I find one, I am going to answer "Shipwreck" as to where I found it and the follow up will be "International Waters" But I seriously think I am more likely to win one of those super mega powerballs.
vagabond wrote:Kurt wrote:Has anyone ever heard of "Buried Pirate Treasure" from, lets say, 1600 to 1800 being discovered?
We know the rumors of Treasure buried East of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, in North Carolina (Blackbeard) and that horrible show about those idiots digging up "Oak Island" in Canada.
But any been found?
Detectorists made some impressive finds of Roman and Medieval era coins in the UK so we know "Treasure" is indeed buried by people and later uncovered but I do not think purposefully buried "PIrate Era" treasure has ever been.
Especially with a Map that leads to an "X".
Ozymandias was in Madagascar - maybe he can let us know if anything turned up. ;-)
Speaking Madagascan treasure, the guy that went there to find parts of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight was being harassed by officials for a while. That's a different sort of treasure.
Anything that was in NC might be washed away by now. The erosion of the beaches there as well as their general shape have changed them since Teach's time. The Graveyard of the Atlantic probably has other interesting things to find, if people want to put in the time and have the equipment.
Wasn't there a recent find of a wrecked Spanish ship? Feel like I saw something on the BBC about it.
Ozymandias wrote:
I can confirm that we found no buried treasure on our descent of Madagascar's Mangoky River, unfortunately...
Ozymandias wrote:The team believes the bar, marked with what appears to be a letter S and a letter T, has its origins in 17th-Century Bolivia.
vagabond wrote:It's possible. They seem to like keeping a long memory. A friend of mine was able to receive an EU passport because her sister did the legwork to prove they could trace their lineage back to Jews that were kicked out in 1492. Honestly, impressive that the gov't would do that since I think most EU countries limit it to grandparents.
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