Yamashita's Gold

[Old55]

Jack, the story behind the Atocha and Mel Fisher is very interesting worth a google. Many years ago there was a display of some bulion from the wreck we were alowed to hold and examine. It was for sale $$$$

[FortuneFavorsTheBold]

12 hours ago, Old55 said:

Jack, the story behind the Atocha and Mel Fisher is very interesting worth a google. Many years ago there was a display of some bulion from the wreck we were alowed to hold and examine. It was for sale $$$$

Yes, the unpublished story is that Albert Van Court discovered it first, but Mel had an injunction, and Albert was escorted off the site by the US Coast Guard. The famous Swedish psychic, Olof Johnson, was with Albert. Olof has also pinpointed successfully recovered sites in the Philippines.

[JJReyes]

Do you believe in pirate treasure maps? It turns out the first known reference is from "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was an invalid who used his wild imagination to write stories that were very popular. There are no known authentic pirate treasure maps. Lot's of fake one. 

If someone shows you a piece of paper purportedly showing the location of treasure in the Philippines, it highly likely a scam. The person wants you to sponsor or invest in a treasure hunt. They take your money. You get an empty hole.

[FortuneFavorsTheBold]

8 hours ago, JJReyes said:

Do you believe in pirate treasure maps? It turns out the first known reference is from "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was an invalid who used his wild imagination to write stories that were very popular. There are no known authentic pirate treasure maps. Lot's of fake one. 

If someone shows you a piece of paper purportedly showing the location of treasure in the Philippines, it highly likely a scam. The person wants you to sponsor or invest in a treasure hunt. They take your money. You get an empty hole.

In the case of the Atocha, all you had to do was go to the Archives in Seville. In the case of the Philippines, all you had to do was go to Ferdinand Marcos, then Bob Curtis, or now his heir apparent.

[FortuneFavorsTheBold]

9 hours ago, JJReyes said:

Do you believe in pirate treasure maps? It turns out the first known reference is from "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was an invalid who used his wild imagination to write stories that were very popular. There are no known authentic pirate treasure maps. Lot's of fake one. 

If someone shows you a piece of paper purportedly showing the location of treasure in the Philippines, it highly likely a scam. The person wants you to sponsor or invest in a treasure hunt. They take your money. You get an empty hole.

And, yes, you are 100% correct that there is a cottage industry of fake maps, fake gold bars, fake stories, etc. If the topic interests you, I suggest you read The Yamoto Dynasty, The Marcos Dynasty, and Gold Warriors by Sterling Seagrave.

[jon1]

There is a fellow in the Subic Freeport (Brian Homan, propriator of Vasco's Hotel and Restaurant) who dove on many spanish shipwrecks in the Philippines. He has a Museum with many artifacts (Ming China, Japanese swords/rifles, etc.) from many of his wreck diving sites in the Philippines. If one is serious about treasure hunting dive wrecks in the Philippines, he would be a must stop for a read on the in's and out's. 

http://www.hesawyer.com/subic-bay.html