Years ago, I read a book about the history of New Mexico. It had an interesting story about a treasure horde buried around 160 years ago, in the vicinity of Taos, NM. A local settler named Simon or Simeion Turley, had become prosperous as the result odf trading horse and various goods with Old Mexico (via the Santa Fe Trail). His wealth was all in gold and silver currency (gold Mexican pesos, and silver American dollars). Fearing an attack by the Apache indians, this Turley buried the horde somewhere near his ranch in taos. Later there was an indian attack, and Turley’s ranch was burned to the ground (Turley and his family were all killed). Thus, the secret of the locationof the horde was lost.
According to what I’ve read, people have been looking for this for a long time-was anybody ever lucky enought to find anything?
Or was the whole story a myth? 