La Herradura Beach is in the small port city of Coquimbo, which is just 12 km away from La Serena in the northern Chile. According to local history, pirates visited the port city regularly during the 15th to 17th centuries, including the well-known corsair, Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis Drake was known for his plundering of South American seaports that were held by the Spanish in the 1500s, and local Coquimbo history states that he buried some of his plundered treasure somewhere in La Herradura Beach. Despite the claims of buried treasure, no one has been able to successfully locate it, yet.
Oak Island Money Pit is a small island situated next to the maritime province of Nova Scotia. The island has been the site of a continual search for buried treasure. The site has drawn treasure hunters for over 100 years, all unsuccessful. Treasure hunters have found man-made artifacts, which suggest something of interest is buried there, but the continual flooding of the treasure shaft by seawater has frustrated treasure hunters. There is no evidence to suggest who buried the treasure there. In 2010, the excavation of the Oak Island Money Pit continued with a new team trying their luck.
According to local history, Scottish pirate Captain Kidd entered Connecticut River looking for a place to bury treasure that he had pillaged. Captain Kidd originally started out on a privateer ship, but eventually turned to pirating because it was more lucrative. His famous bounty came when he captured a merchant ship named "The Quedah Merchant", carrying precious spices, silks and money. The buried treasure that is supposed to lie somewhere along the Connecticut River is said to be remnants of the bounty exacted from the merchant ship. There is even an island within the Connecticut River with the name "Kidd Island". No person has been successful in locating the treasure.
