Searching for Pirate treasure in Madagascar

[THE TRUE SEEKER]

Hiding isn't the same as burying, in fact hiding is a temporally concealed storage while the later is more permanent. Most ground apart from sand beaches makes it quite a task to bury something in it. Also it leaves the ground visible disturbed in most cases. There is a probability that a someone will observe the digging.

Simply hiding the treasure behind some stones, woods, caves is more attractive.

That’s not necessarily the case. Treasures buried in the ground as a temporary measure, but not recovered due to various circumstances, have been discovered all over the world.

The burying idea comes from land where it is more common not from a seaman. I doesn't totally dismiss the idea but make it a rather rare occasion.

The pirates of Madagascar were not the kind of "pirates" that people or you might imagine, but were rather a sort of "warlord." They lived in settlements protected by palisades and cannons, and engaged in warfare with hostile indigenous peoples. Therefore, they cannot be viewed merely as seamen. Also, the second document I presented is related to the East India Company (they are seamen).

 

[THE TRUE SEEKER]

The pirates of Madagascar were not the kind of "pirates" that people or you might imagine, but were rather a sort of "warlord." They lived in settlements protected by palisades and cannons, and engaged in warfare with hostile indigenous peoples. Therefore, they cannot be viewed merely as seamen.

For reference, I will present a few records concerning those warlords.

 

[Bocaj]

That’s not necessarily the case. Treasures buried in the ground as a temporary measure, but not recovered due to various circumstances, have been discovered all over the world.



The pirates of Madagascar were not the kind of "pirates" that people or you might imagine, but were rather a sort of "warlord." They lived in settlements protected by palisades and cannons, and engaged in warfare with hostile indigenous peoples. Therefore, they cannot be viewed merely as seamen. Also, the second document I presented is related to the East India Company (they are seamen).

They moved to a land based life that is true but also old habits die slow.

If they buried anything and it was never recovered by their families then I would think it is most probably buried inside their old compounds. If those settlements have been abandoned then it is possible to search them in theory. Only from my experience if the place is close to a settlement the local population may object to foreigners digging their grounds. Not an easy environment to work in. Dangerous really with a quite uncertain outcome.

 

[Blak bart]

You must be realistic with yourself about conditions on the ground there. It's a sh.t show of corruption and violence that no foreigners would want to risk ever trying to navigate at the current time and conditions. Aside from pirate treasure that you speak of, there is a whole other world involving gemstone trade and other mineral based mining that is much more prevalent. But in the current atmosphere of madagascar even that more established treasure hunt for natural resource based commodities has become almost untenable for foreigners to seriously consider. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but this has been pretty obvious to anyone who has looked into actually working in this country in any way shape or form. Even tourism is a risky venture, and a dangerous undertaking without some sort of security. If you go there to make a deal and purchase gemstones you will almost certainly be on the radar of local crime syndicates. Just walking through the local gemstone markets to purchase stones will mark you as someone with money, and that leads to being robbed, held for ransom, or worse. The local pick pockets which you are 100 percent going to have to deal with would be the least harmful of many other dangers. Be realistic with your self about the reality of what you propose ever happening in the next decade....they dont have a government of any sort at the moment, and thats gonna take some time to sort out. By no means would I suggest that you give up on the dream, and would never want to piss in the well so to speak, but....the reality on the ground isn't favorable for you at the current time. Good luck, and I hope you can find a way !!