Here is another example of possible buried treasure here.
http://www.pbs.org/w...nd/legends.html & http://www.sailoroff...cocosisland.htm
I talked with a Fella yesterday who handed me a portfolio for investors to finance an on going expedition to Cocos Island. While Eye luv a good treasure hunting story, I am a skeptic about this.
His Story relates to a viceroy (I believe to be José de la Serna e Hinojosa)
( WikiPedia mentions nothing of the story http://en.wikipedia....erna_e_Hinojosa )
ordered "The Loot of Lima" be buried in 1821 while the encroaching overthrow of Spanish rule was too close for comfort in Lima, Peru thru fighting with Chili. It was supposed to have been buried by By Capt. Thompson and James Alexander Forbes after a mutiny aboard the ship Mary Dear.