I third the motion to move this thread into another board. I don't know of any direct connection between Maximilian's treasure w/Lost Dutchman, but there IS a theory about it - perhaps our friend Blindbowman could enlighten us on it, even though he does not support that theory (if memory serves) he has probably heard more about it than I have.
HOLA mi amigo Rebel! How are you doing buddy! Thanks for the kind words too. I tend to agree with that idea too, that the treasure of Victorio peak was Maximilian's treasure, based on several points.
1: the amount of treasure was massive, like one would expect the national treasury of a nation or emperor to have;
2: the location is one of the possible sites which a pack train could have reached in 1867 without encountering either a Republican army unit or an US "Observation Corps" unit (most all were in Texas on the Rio Grande river, east of Vic. peak)
3: among the items found by Doc Noss were several that look suspiciously similar to items owned and used by Carlota, such as the diamond tiara;
I also am
not of the opinion that Maximilian
personally ordered the treasure removed from the country at all, rather I would sooner believe that it was one of his generals, and is it a coincidence that one of his generals DID in fact manage to slip out of the country? Leonardo Marquez is the general I am referring to - and a little research will turn up some rather interesting tidbits about this fellow. For instance, he was with the Emperor at Queretaro up until ordered by the Emperor to go to the capital city to rally more troops. Marquez apparently did not understand the orders of the Emperor, for we next find him fighting in Puebla, which is actually almost the opposite direction from the capital city!
Marquez lost at Puebla but should we be surprised when he turns up later in Cuba, with
over a MILLION DOLLARS (1867 value!) on him? This fellow is the man I believe is REALLY responsible for the disappearance of the treasure, though he appears to have failed to ever recover it - he made sure he had plenty of dineros to support his own retirement.
Anyway just
my own take on the available information, and like so many other treasure tales there is plenty of mis-information out there 'muddying up the waters' as they say.
A side note here too - but even just the personal treasure of Maximilian was impressive, and we could include the huge injections of funds from foreign sources such as the $3 million (francs) in gold the Juaristas attempted to capture at the famous battle of Cameron, where 65 Foreign Legionaires fought off over 2000 Juaristas until overwhelmed. Where did that gold go? I suppose it went into the war-chest of the Republican armies of President Juarez. LOTS of money was disappearing in those tumultuous and tragic years 1858-1867 in Mexico, and not much has ever been found.
Good luck and good hunting my friends, I hope you find the treasures that you seek.
your friend,
Roy ~ Oroblanco
in VIRGINIA, USA!!!
How about this, then... he DID go SOUTH, to the coast with the "loot"; put it on several waiting ships... sailed EAST to Fla., THEN... NORTH to Virginia/Chesapeake Bay... "up" James River, past "the Falls" (and around it);THEN, WEST on the James River to Coleman's Falls, burying the "loot" near the Peaks of Otter. 
POINT being... Bedford County, Va. DOES have TWO "legends" of interest... ONE, the
8) STILL looking... MUST in storage in Bedford City; MEANWHILE... check THIS out... MAXMILLAN's GOLD FOUND? (from TN): Look in the TEXAS section of GENERAL DISCUSSION - BY LOCATION on this web-site. 
The "thread"... is GOLD! And Jewelry!! 
