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Juan Gomez claimed to have been the cabin boy of Gaspar (I understand why this story appeals to you), and is credited as the originator of the Gaspar legend.No story...
This is government doc.
No Gomez... who btw did and also existed...
Btw ...
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INDIALANTIC, Fla. — It is the stuff of pirate legends, but do not waste your breath asking Joel Ruth on what stretch of Florida's Treasure Coast he found his hoard of Spanish pieces of eight - waiting to be scratched out of the sand with bare fingers and toes.
Treasure hunters guard their secrets.
Especially, if like Ruth, they have just found about 180 near-mint silver coins worth more than $40,000.
To most Floridians, hurricane season is the time to board up windows and dread the worst. But to professional and amateur treasure seekers, it is the time to hit the beaches and hunt lost riches.
"It's why we're called the Treasure Coast," said Ruth, a bookish 52-year-old marine archaeologist with an African parrot named Euclid who has learned to squawk "Pieces o' eight."
It takes the big storms like Jeanne and Frances to rake several feet of sand off the beaches and dunes and expose gold, silver and gems sunk and scattered centuries ago.
Since Gomez died in 1900, this is lore based on hearsay.Gomez payed for his entire life in gold.
When he died it was frenzy... the people that knew him had to hide...
Hunters came from all over the state to look for where he was getting them.
One guy had a heart attack and died in the search I was told as a kid...