A Dutch Treasure Hunter Is Digging for 800 Barrels of Gold on Robinson Crusoe Island
- Dutch treasure hunter has spent 20 years looking for the loot
- Search on Chile’s Juan Fernandez island sparks controversy
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The legend is too good to resist -- 800 barrels crammed with gold and jewels hidden on the small, rocky island in the Pacific Ocean that inspired Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe novel.
The story of how the 18th century Spanish gold from the Americas got there seems to change with every telling and evidence is thin on the ground to say the least. Yet that hasn’t stopped Dutch businessman and treasure hunter Bernard Keiser from dedicating much of his life to searching for it.