B-- Addendum. And he took it away in the small boat.
D. There was someone at the beach watching them bury the coins and he/she/they took them.
E. You said the chest was never found. You didn't say anything about the coins inside not being found. Maybe it was years later (they had been all locked up for entering the country illegally without their papers). And maybe it was so long that the chest had rotted and only the coins were left.
F. The captain lied and took the coins himself (which is basically what seldom said).
G. There was never a chest of coins; it was added to the story in the retelling.
H. They were all too drunk from Rum (one of the crew's possessions) when they buried it and could not find it. (basically modified from seldom.)
J. AND PROBABLY THE MOST LIKELY point is that an island can't be "on the coast." It can be off the coast, but not on it. So it would be hard for any of this to happen.
Don't know why they didn't bury them together, but in the story you never said they were buried separately. You said they were both buried on the beach or near the beach. But if they were buried separately, maybe it was because they 1st began by burying the treasure because it was so heavy. Then once they walked their first mile or so, they decided their belongings were too heavy and buried them at the separate location.
Fun story.
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