600 barrels of loot found on Crusoe island

The Guardian ^ | Monday September 26, 2005 | Jonathan Franklin

[Candor7]

Wow! We need a robot like "Arturito" on Oak Island, and in the search for missing teen Natalie Holloway in Aruba! Just think how many Clinton closet skeletons might be found! ( LOL)

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Minus_The_Bear]

awesome story but don't trust a thing off the guardian

[Grizzled Bear]

estimated the value of the buried treasure at US$10bn
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That's a lot of Booty!

[Cicero]

Ten billion dollars. That's a lot of dinero, if true.

[blam]

"awesome story but don't trust a thing off the guardian."

Ditto.

[FreedomCalls]

Or at Fort Marcy Park.

[LongElegantLegs]

Incan Booty Ping!

[11Bush]

If I was ever lucky enough to find even one barrel of loot, I can guarantee there would not be a press release.

[Sooth2222]

"awesome story but don't trust a thing off the guardian."

"10 papal rings"

10 popes visited there????

[neodad]

That's a lot of Booty!

The Jennifer Lopez of buried treasure.

[alancarp]

Treasure Hunting Procedures:

1. Find treasure
2. Remove treasure from site to a known disinterested country
3. Announce treasure. Consider lying about source.

Alternate Procedure:

1. Make legally binding deal with all cognizant governments.
2. Find treasure
3. Make sure the agreements will be upheld. Consider showing small pieces, but not hinting at total hoarde.
4. If deal broken, see other procedures.

[Lokibob]

Now where did I leave that map?

[A CA Guy]

Seems whenever some government hears about things found of value, they ether want to make claim to it or give a near nothing reward.

Maybe the best thing next time is to dumb, take possession and give it to whoever you wish and let the government find out way later.
If the treasure gets converted from a historic piece to cash or equivalent value, declare the income.

[Candor7]

Yours: "awesome story but don't trust a thing off the guardian.
Ditto."


Yeah, I know the tabloid scale of the Guardian is "very high" but I resemble that remark!

Note that Aussie ABC news has also picked up the story.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1467856.htm

Perhaps there is something to it after all.

Imagine, 600 barrels of Incan Treasure! Indiana Jones, move over! I bet that Zacharia Sitchen would like to inspect those artifacts! Perhaps we will learn some of the secrets of where the Toltecs came from, or maybe there is a gold model of a spaceship in them thar barrels! We likely will never know if the Chilean Government confiscates it all.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

It's no wonder it couldn't be found without advanced equipment. Fifty feet is a damn deep hole in the ground.

[Appalled but Not Surprised]

$10 billion? That's not as much booty as Clinton gets!

[tubebender]

Can I borrow the Robot. I've dreamed for 60 years of finding the Lost Dutchman Mine. I buy Lotto tickets as a placebo...

[Moonmad27]

Good list! In your procedure you forgot step 2, choose one or two really cool pieces for self and store in undisclosed location.