One special note about what "treasure" might mean. Back in the era many things we take for granted today were considered treasure back in Kidd's time. Spices, cloth, certain woods and fibers, chemicals like kno3 and elements like lead and pig iron, art objects, most that would decay and lose their value if buried, probably were NOT buried. Would someone bury silk underground if they wanted to recover something of value...probably not. The only thing that would have been buried was noble metals for sure. This sounds good yes, but also makes you think that the general phrase "treasure" could mean "junk" today. So when looking for treasures recounted from ages of storytelling, consider if the treasure might have been just "junk" as we see it today. Thousands of pounds of treasure ( monetary pounds, not weighted pounds) might just have been some perishable valuables of the time.
