Cocos Island Treasure

[Nelson Cooke]

Have any of you lopers made a run at the Treasure of Lima on Cocos Island (Costa Rica). I read the gold the great pirate Capt. Thompson left there's worth over $100 million? (That'd go a long ways toward paying off my tipple and sporting house tabs)

[corsair2k3]

Greetings,

Jump off a cliff and save yourself a lot of time and trouble.

At least two of the treasures supposed to be at Cocos are completely bogus--and the third, if it was true, isn't there anymore.

1. The Edward Davis Cache.: It's well documented that he brought his back with him and that it was confiscated by the English government after he took the Pardon (while he got some of it back through legal action, a lot of it ended up as an endowment to William & Mary. While some of his men might have left odd bits here and there, there's no huge hoard

2. "Bloody Bonita's Booty"--this one is a total goof. Bennett Graham never operated in the Pacific, no vessel named HMS Devonshire was ever taken by him (or anyone else), and there is no record of any pirate vessel named Relampago ever operating in the Pacific.

3. The Thompson Treasure: Maybe. But, if you have a look at Theon Wright's book VOYAGE OF THE HERMAN it's pretty clear that the hoard was lifted and reburied IF it existed in the first place

Regards,

The Corsair

[the Royaliste]

And a few influential folks including a president have given it plenty of scrutiny.....with waay bigger pockets than yurrrrs...

[corsair2k3]

Not too mention the fact that the geo-ecology of the place is simply horrifc--even if there were something there, it'd be the devil's own time to find it. Especially since there have been some very large-scale changes in topography.

The Corsair