A secondary source of bullion was buried treasure. It could be the hoard of an Indian chief, the secret cache of a pirate band, or the place where survivors of a wreck had hidden money that was too heavy to carry and would legally belong to the salvors and the king. This source of treasure the crown willingly considered. Twice after the capture of Fort Caroline, Philip II commissioned persons to check out the stories of French prisoners, both of whom claimed to be the sole survivor of a treasure-burying incident. In the second case the cache was supposed to be 35,000 ducats, and the king reminded the governor of Cuba, to whom the matter was entrusted, to collect the quinto. (Bushnell KC)