a Women's Duel for Pirate Treasure on Coco's in 1912.

[jeff of pa]

Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]), 28 July 1912.































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[Simon1]

Nice, interesting article Jeff.
Is this the reason "some" women are referred to as a " Gold Digger " ?
And to think that this was picked up in an Omaha, Nebraska paper. Just goes to show when looking for a target, research, research, and then more research. You never know what out of the way or remote clue will turn up.

 

[jeff of pa]

The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah), 06 April 1913











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Not Mentioned in this Article But several Failed Trips Later, Captain Brown admitted He as a Liar

 

[Rebel - KGC]

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[jeff of pa]

Alma record. (Alma, Mich.), 13 March 1913.




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[jeff of pa]

I wonder if Davies took out Durand.

Apparently She was never Heard from Again

 

[Oroblanco]

Great post Jeff, and another bit of evidence that treasure hunting has pretty much been for both sexes from day one. Also agree have to wonder what happened, did they ever get to shooting?

 

[jeff of pa]

Albuquerque morning journal. (Albuquerque, N.M.), 10 May 1922.

1922 ... English Treasure Hunter,
Miss Jane Sands ,
Next to Captain Ship to Cocos

























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[jeff of pa]

The Ogden standard-examiner. (Ogden, Utah), 15 March 1922.


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 14 July 1922.




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Nothing on Miss Sands after this Point

 

[jeff of pa]

Cocos apparently had a Long History of attracting Female Treasure Hunters.

an earlier Hunt:

Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]), 22 March 1906.









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[jeff of pa]

1896 Mrs James Brennan of North Sydney N.S.


The evening bulletin. (Maysville, Ky.), 22 Aug. 1896.









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[ARC]

Super cool reads.

Think I will dust off my detector. :P

 

[Old Bookaroo]

For the full story of “Captain Brown” and the Cocos Island treasure I highly recommend The Voyage of the Herman, by Theon Wright and Ione Ulrich Sutton (1966). It’s quite a yarn!

Actually, however, it isn’t quite “all” the story. Because the authors didn’t know about the excessively rare Our Search for the Missing Millions (of Cocos Island), by “One of the Searchers” [John Chetwood] (1904). The names of the players were changed - my copy has “Brawn” crossed out and “Brown” written in. In another copy it was done with a little rubber stamp.

San Francisco was the port from which a great many Cocos Island treasure hunts were launched. They are covered in many newspaper articles. It’s not a coincidence that they were generally published on Sunday

Dig for Pirate Treasure, Robert I. Nesmith (1958) has a reliable chapter on the entire history of the Island. It is closed to treasure hunting today by the government of Costa Rica.

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo

 

[Rebel - KGC]

INDEED!