The Hunt For The Billion Dollar Pirate Treasure Buried On Cocos Island

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  • Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
  • This documentary explores the legend of Cocos Island, a secluded island off the coast of Costa Rica, rumored to hold a vast pirate treasure. In the late 19th century, German engineer August Gisler becomes captivated by this myth after obtaining a pirate's diary detailing the treasure's location. Driven by obsession, Gisler spends 17 years battling the island's harsh conditions in his relentless search. Despite facing numerous hardships, including financial difficulties and natural obstacles, Gisler's quest remains unfulfilled. This gripping tale of ambition and mystery delves into the allure of hidden riches and the lengths one man will go to uncover them.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 108

  • @JP-pt9iz
    @JP-pt9iz 11 днів тому +18

    I love Myth Hunters but I have yet to see an episode where they actually find the damn treasure! 😡 😅

    • @timnor4803
      @timnor4803 11 днів тому +4

      It's not called Treasure Hunters... they seem to be successfully finding Myths though 😉

  • @libs-Suk-Balz
    @libs-Suk-Balz 8 днів тому +7

    I’ve been to cocos. I did an 8 day scuba diving trip to cocos. It’s beautiful and in the middle of no where. Largest school of hammer head sharks in the world. I didn’t see any gold.

  • @SkyBlue-qn8me
    @SkyBlue-qn8me 11 днів тому +19

    Man, how many buried treasure episodes does this channel have? The Curse of Oak Island TV show is going to have a run for its money if this keeps up. Although they're currently in season 65 anyway 😂

    • @NappyRB
      @NappyRB 11 днів тому +3

      They might find a gold coin at season 100

    • @DeborahThird-og1uo
      @DeborahThird-og1uo 11 днів тому +4

      I gave up watching that farkin show.
      😂

    • @SkyBlue-qn8me
      @SkyBlue-qn8me 10 днів тому

      @@NappyRB 😂

    • @mjnelligan7288
      @mjnelligan7288 7 днів тому +3

      I live near oak island n trust me its just a tv show its not real lol

    • @elisabethsteel3382
      @elisabethsteel3382 5 днів тому +2

      They have been digging for the past 10 years! Stopped watching! 😖

  • @skypieper
    @skypieper 11 днів тому +7

    These videos are the shit. Makes me want to go gold panning or treasure hunting. Instead I'ma just work hard then buy gold lol.

  • @Xander.Non.Beta.Male_23
    @Xander.Non.Beta.Male_23 11 днів тому +5

    Hey Siri, when does the next flight leave for Cocos Island, Costa Rica? .... Also, Siri tell my wife I'm pulling a "be back in 4-6 weeks" but really come back in 6 months.

  • @franiecharlenebishop
    @franiecharlenebishop 11 днів тому +12

    well presented ❤❤❤ brilliant 💥

  • @joeanderson8839
    @joeanderson8839 11 днів тому +17

    How was it profitable to steal treasure if you were going to bury it in the ground?

    • @ernieb820
      @ernieb820 11 днів тому +7

      Becuse you have so much you have to put it somewhere for safe keeping.

    • @herbe778
      @herbe778 10 днів тому +4

      It's not about the treasure, but rather the friends we made along the way.

    • @4thamendment237
      @4thamendment237 9 днів тому +2

      Pirates lived in the moment. They would not bury a treasure.They would just take it and spend it until they ran out.

    • @johnvest2710
      @johnvest2710 7 днів тому

      Why put money in a bank ?

    • @Boss-zo4lw
      @Boss-zo4lw 7 днів тому +6

      Contrary to belief Pirates etc did not bury treasure, it was split up amongst the crew, it was their payment and alot of the times got more than the captain, if the captain wanted to go hide it the crew would not have had that happen the Cpt could even be voted off and another voted in his place, the treasure was everyones not the Cpts.

  • @TravisBrady-wn8fr
    @TravisBrady-wn8fr 6 днів тому +2

    I found that treasure. It was a good find. I simply walked past the holy grail and Santa's hat 13 paces and it was lying there right beside Cleopatras tomb. Silly pirates.

  • @tomobedlam297
    @tomobedlam297 11 днів тому +20

    He was looking in the wrong place.
    He should have walked around the island listening for where the music is loudest. The treasure will be there!

  • @PopGoesTheology
    @PopGoesTheology 11 днів тому +23

    Cocos Islands? We’re going, right?

    • @kevinbyrne2535
      @kevinbyrne2535 11 днів тому +6

      Got a boat?

    • @slcparis2
      @slcparis2 11 днів тому +8

      So I got a couple of canoes and a metal detector out here in the Utah desert

    • @gav7671
      @gav7671 11 днів тому +3

      I will join, I'm a great navigator and can dig for days 😅

    • @DaddychiLL6
      @DaddychiLL6 11 днів тому +6

      We ride at dawn

    • @solartherm
      @solartherm 11 днів тому +4

      @@DaddychiLL6 People are not allowed on this island, guards did find some treasure recently

  • @joeanderson8839
    @joeanderson8839 11 днів тому +19

    Someone needs to go out there with a metal detector.

    • @dapper_gent
      @dapper_gent 8 днів тому +1

      they have it became a boat anchor ⚓

  • @faerieSAALE
    @faerieSAALE 11 днів тому +3

    Arrrr matey - foiled again!

  • @MrVinniboy
    @MrVinniboy 10 днів тому +1

    Loving your channels, Great videos and always keep me gripped to find out did they or didn't they find the treasure/s.... Please keep them coming, Thanks again for ALL the time and effort you guys put into making them

  • @rogergriffin9893
    @rogergriffin9893 4 дні тому +1

    Lots of someone's have gone to Cocos Island with metal detectors. There are stories that claim someone discovered and removed whatever treasure was there.

  • @mariosxrusostomou5503
    @mariosxrusostomou5503 10 днів тому +2

    This is the real treasure hunt but the lucky is not smiling.😮❤

  • @anjummirza1452
    @anjummirza1452 3 дні тому

    Excellent information and narration. What a man and his determination...

  • @Snolferd
    @Snolferd 8 годин тому

    5:29 wilhelm scream 😂
    Edit: lmaooo there are so many wilhelm screams

  • @David-xy2ly
    @David-xy2ly 4 дні тому

    Old Jack, where’s my passport lol

  • @user-ir7gl3yq6c
    @user-ir7gl3yq6c 5 днів тому

    What an awesome doc 😃

  • @mariosxrusostomou5503
    @mariosxrusostomou5503 10 днів тому

    Nobel for a treasure drama nobel!!😮❤

  • @gav7671
    @gav7671 11 днів тому +4

    Id probably stay, looks like heven

    • @cricket8438
      @cricket8438 10 днів тому

      How many fish and coconuts could you eat before you longed for a steak? 😮

    • @winterwolf2012
      @winterwolf2012 4 дні тому

      That's what the rats be telling you, don't believe...

  • @WilliamDohertyIII
    @WilliamDohertyIII 11 днів тому +3

    So, what happened the 1st guy who just LET this guy steal this info from his grandfathers diary? He never continued his search? THATS why he was on the boat in the 1st place!! THEN, this guy just happens to GIVE him a map with location of island!? I call b.s.

  • @antoninprq
    @antoninprq 11 днів тому +7

    Edward Kenway for sure went there

    • @MrVinniboy
      @MrVinniboy 10 днів тому +1

      yeah from Assassin's creed 😉

  • @cadderley100
    @cadderley100 10 днів тому +1

    This is what "Treasure Island" is based on, isn't it? The original source material.

  • @rogergriffin9893
    @rogergriffin9893 4 дні тому

    Pirates divided their treasure booty among themselves but the captain got a larger share, sometimes much larger. He might have to bury a large part of it for safekeeping because he couldn't carry it around with him.

  • @TheEquineFencer
    @TheEquineFencer 4 дні тому

    Here's a thought. If the original maps are still available....it sounds like started looking for the treasure 80+ years after it was buried. My guess, they used the stars to navigate/plot by back then. Would the natural shift of the stars and planets over time made his map inaccurate?

  • @jamesmiller4184
    @jamesmiller4184 11 днів тому +2

    Ar.aye - thel nevr fin me tresur HA!
    Let ims tri 'er, thel di reel gud tri'in. Ar.aye!
    (it be treu wut thes sai bout us but. onli
    whn no wuns lookn! An yungist dek
    swabis first!! Ar aye. he ye he!!)

  • @nikmpup
    @nikmpup 8 днів тому

    Cool

  • @London97
    @London97 11 днів тому +1

    Is all gone .. I’ve taken the lot … went Monte Carlo blew the lot 😮😊

  • @petersutherland2075
    @petersutherland2075 10 днів тому

    I know what the story says but IF I was said pirate....................In modern day England a thief steals your stuff and sells it asap to get money.........makes sense the treasure was sold to a government or some other Fence of the time. Bury treasure? nope sell it!! GREAT GREAT CONTENT AS USUAL!! CAPTIVATED FROM THE START!!

  • @anthonyjohnson100
    @anthonyjohnson100 5 днів тому

    The treasure is actually buried near Napo’opo’o on the big island of Hawaii.

  • @Ryan-eu3kp
    @Ryan-eu3kp 10 днів тому +1

    This would make an amazing drama movie

  • @bensabelhaus7288
    @bensabelhaus7288 9 днів тому

    I always love these stories lol Oh, you have a map? You're far from the first person to have it lol The map exists to recover the treasure. At that point, the map is now a commodity to sell as a treasure itself lol The cache is long gone. But like Oak Island, the story and adventure is the fun part.

  • @Shweetthooth
    @Shweetthooth 4 дні тому

    The treasure was the island he got to live on.

  • @user-tw6pu3wb9p
    @user-tw6pu3wb9p 6 днів тому

    If we're to find a very old treasure. I am certainly not telling anyone.

  • @user-nu4th8tp8k
    @user-nu4th8tp8k 11 днів тому +1

    That treasure is not on cocos island. Follow the story there was no Capitan by that name. The Vicroy of Spain over Peru had the churches load it on the boat n took it for himself. Then retired in the middle of the fight, which nobody would’ve done.

  • @grendel7716
    @grendel7716 9 днів тому

    "It was a genuine treasure map! Mr. Bimbo told me so"

  • @randydiver3076
    @randydiver3076 6 днів тому

    Wonder if anyone has taken a metal detector to the island?

  • @garycody1929
    @garycody1929 8 днів тому

    is the hideous music necessary ?

  • @HenryDavis-qu4rf
    @HenryDavis-qu4rf 6 днів тому

    At least he was in a nice environment to live out his fantasy.

  • @jayare2620
    @jayare2620 11 днів тому

    The treasue on Cocos Island was the basis of a Charlie Chan Movie

  • @duanewhite3184
    @duanewhite3184 6 днів тому

    Didn't it say it was 2miles in on the. Island and they planted a tree on top of the treasure

  • @deaneng8540
    @deaneng8540 3 дні тому

    Credit to his wife who stayed with him All those years

  • @arthur1658
    @arthur1658 День тому

    In the middle of the Pacific ocean... 350 miles off the coast.
    Don't they know how big the Pacific is 😅😅😅😅

  • @yellowboy1866
    @yellowboy1866 8 днів тому

    There's talk that Donald Cambell, financed his water speed record attempts with treasure from that island.

  • @malhumor2522
    @malhumor2522 8 днів тому

    If found, the curse of gold greed will kill the seekers

  • @OnlyShorts69420
    @OnlyShorts69420 9 днів тому +1

    I feel like 20 strong pirates could move one of those big rocks and bury the treasure under.. I mean no one would ever think to look under them rocks.. Which might be the obvious location because nobody believes those rocks could be moved..

    • @winterwolf2012
      @winterwolf2012 4 дні тому

      You may got something there, jackhammer here I come.

    • @OnlyShorts69420
      @OnlyShorts69420 4 дні тому +1

      @@winterwolf2012 if you find it a small piece of gold will be appreciated 😂

  • @ZeEvulFirefox
    @ZeEvulFirefox 9 днів тому

    To be honest Cocos island don't match the map referenced in the video. It got 9-12 different peaks not 2 prominent ones and 3 separate mountain ranges so yeah should have tried more then the first island he found and he could have had a chance XD

  • @richardwernars5327
    @richardwernars5327 9 днів тому

    One minute in, already know that they found nothing.

  • @davidwmuise
    @davidwmuise 8 днів тому

    The treasure is hidden in various locations on the island. One location is near a river the empties out on the south western side of the island. Several chest and the pure gold, life size statue of the virgins Mary holding baby Jesus. This treasure belongs to Lima!!!!

  • @jamesgardner8048
    @jamesgardner8048 7 днів тому

    Oak island 11 Seasons..Hmm I think we are the Gold 😂

  • @mjnelligan7288
    @mjnelligan7288 7 днів тому

    If he found gold coins around I imagine they hit it with the dynamite n it spread around

  • @jfc213
    @jfc213 11 днів тому +2

    bull not a chance

  • @123gh
    @123gh 11 днів тому +2

    Lol im in Coocoo island for me!

  • @yellowboy1866
    @yellowboy1866 8 днів тому

    Why do people think that if some thief thieved cash from someone, honest people could claim their loot and walk off with it Scott free.

  • @SpadezA11
    @SpadezA11 10 днів тому

    One Piece let's go !

  • @user-tw6pu3wb9p
    @user-tw6pu3wb9p 6 днів тому

    A person can make more money working at McDonald's than looking for treasure.

  • @brettcurtis5710
    @brettcurtis5710 9 днів тому

    Nah, another doco says Robert Louis Stevenson found it - based his novel Treasure Island on it, and financed his last days in Samoa off the loot!!

  • @Cobbmtngirl
    @Cobbmtngirl 9 днів тому

    That poor island! Dug up for nothing.

  • @codysteele1097
    @codysteele1097 10 днів тому

    Okay seems like alot of important info missing in the beginning. It doesnt say why the treasure would still be there. I'm sure if the pirate captain and another guy buried it on a island. I'm sure he had probably 20+ crew mates on the pirate ship and they all new what was going on. One of them could of just came back later and grabbed it. It doesn't say anything about the Captian and his mates not ever being able to come back to the island because they all died or got imprisoned before they could do so. Unless I missed something. But why are they so sure there is treasure there? Something had to happen to the entire crew immediately after
    And it doesnt say anything like that. If nothing like that happened. It sure as hell already got recovered long time ago by 1 of proably 5🎉0.differmrt😊

  • @autotek7930
    @autotek7930 6 днів тому

    What's a pirates favorite letter?

  • @Wheelchairspeeder
    @Wheelchairspeeder 22 години тому

    Haha I can trace my family to a few pirates..one being sir francis Drake..and a Captain Harris who was a privateer and a bit of a turn coat on one hand i believe he took money to procure guns for the red coats but kept the money and gave the good guns to the patriots but gave crappy substandard muskets to the brits he was a hero and a Benedict Arnold in a sense and ended up in America after the war..pretty fascinating guy 😂

  • @MOV1983
    @MOV1983 5 днів тому

    Pirates did not go around burying treasure. They squandered it all on rum and women.

  • @jjdeepsea
    @jjdeepsea 5 днів тому

    Anyone that actually finds treasure keeps theirr mouth shut

  • @Acto22
    @Acto22 11 днів тому

    Shud be good content for a new story. ''The Priests Gold'' From where they looted it?

  • @pioneercynthia1
    @pioneercynthia1 11 днів тому +2

    I'm more impressed with his wife.

  • @Miguel_and_The_Microbes
    @Miguel_and_The_Microbes 9 днів тому

    Spanish gold but a cringe-worthy collection of mispronunciations: Cocos, Galapagos, Costa Rica.😅😅😅

  • @rinadalhessi1159
    @rinadalhessi1159 10 днів тому +1

    As a palestinian, I'm thinking about the colonizer who came to my home on a boats to steal a treasures too! A bloody treasures!

    • @Salty-TX-Assholy-io
      @Salty-TX-Assholy-io 8 днів тому

      A people who was not there originally AND took a land by force cannot be colonized YOUR ANCESTORS WERE THE COLONIZERS.