Fernandina FL and pirates treasure

[Larsmed]

Hello fellow hunters,

There is a legend I have read about having to do with pirates burying a treasure chest at Egan's creek in Fernandina. Also, I have heard that many pirates were living at Fernandina...

Has anyone heard about this? Ivan have you heard anything?

Trying to collect as much info as I can

thanks

larry

[ivan salis]

you need to read my post in "cache hunting" about luis aury. think you'll just love it.

theres lots of info --- if you know where and how to look for it -- old researcher's tricks -- --thats how you get a leg up on finding stuff over the other cache hunters (good research will tell you if it really existed in the first place or if it its just a "wild old story" and can help narrow your search area as well) -- its how you get ahead of someone who might be looking for the same stash you are. ---- (so I will not tell you all I know )-- but I will tell you the facts say --$60,000 was in aury's hands in oct of 1817 (money from willaim bowen for 95 slaves aury sold) plus a 1/6th cut (sort of a safe haven pirate tax) of all stolen swag sold by other pirates in fernandina (and a lot of hot "spanish"goods were sold) and I can tell you aury reportedly never left the island and less than 2 months later us forces took him on amelia island in DEC of 1817 * no money was reportedly found -- they held him for a bit trying to figger out a legal charge to hang him on but could not --( since offically it was a "spanish" island he took over (amelia island, florida) -- and it was spanish vessels he looted (he had letters of marquee from mexico and venezula to war on the spanish) and while he sold to smugglers he did not smuggle himself. -- so the US was forced to turn him loose ( he left the island broke) and told him he would be hung on sight should he return ---he reportly died a few years later of a broken neck after be thrown from a rather wild acting horse in the caribbean.---- Ivan.

[SandFiddler]

Additional info about Aury:

http://www.amelianow.com/spring98aury.htm

[ivan salis]

humm was the money $60,000 paid by bowen for the 95 slaves (or at least some part of it) used by aury to buy off irwin and hubbards troops ( paying their back pay?) to strenghen aury's control -- very likely --- since money was paid -- now the part about $500,000 listed as stolen goods being sold at fernandina by loyld's of london (ship insurer's) --- aury was to get a 1/6th cut of good sold in fernandina as a "tax" --so there would be about $80,000 as his cut in money plus any left over money from the sale of slaves ($60,000) of course minus whatever he paid off in "back pay" debts. -- so a rather sizible amount of cash was about-- aury had been screwed over by one of his crews before so he most likely kept the money close at hand where he could keep a eye on it (thus on land --not onboard ship where the crew might sail of with it while he was on shore) -- according to reports no money was found when aury was caught and he left the island broke and never returned . -- so where's the loot?

[Larsmed]

Ivan

thanks for the info, I am trying to see about egan's creek. I recently heard an old tale about pirates burying a chest and the one pirate getting greedy and killing the other with a chain. This chain was said to be found around egan's creek, possibly near buried chest

Larry

[SandFiddler]

Larry,

Egan's creek runs north to south for miles. You can take your boat up to Atlantic but it gets much smaller south of the highway. North of the highway it is bordered by marsh, private property and partly by Fort Clinch State Park. You will need some really good information to know where to look.

Hope this helps