HUNT FOR HIDDEN GOLD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20012, 1 December 1927, Page 11

HUNT FOR HIDDEN GOLD

LEGEND OE NOVA SCOTIA. QUEER TALES OF SEARCHES. The old legend of treasure buried by Captain Kidd somewhere along the coast of Nova Scotia has been revived, and many amateur treasure seekers , have resumed their operations with pick and* shovel. So far, however, no Spanish gold has been brought to light. Captain Kidd, who, according to some histories, was a much maligned mariner, is supposed to have scattered his loot in carefully-selected hiding places along the coasts of New England, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. If all the local legends aro true he must have spent the greater part of his’ life not in acquiring gold, but in burying it, for there is scarcely a harbour from Virginia to the Miramichi whicn has not at one time or another claimed to possess one of his hoards. For many years a small group of islands in Mahone Bay, near Chester, Nova Scotia, was strongly favoured by the believers of the legend. Occasionally some enthusiast unearthed a scrap of old ship wreckage, a rusted axe, or even a solitary coin. These finds brought new converts to the cult of Captain Kidd. One venturesome man sallied forth by night, armed with spade and lantern. When he was found in the morning, he was a gibbering maniac. Others who claim to have braved the unknown horrors relate that when they dug n few feet below the surface of the sand, 1 their lights were extinguished and a I thunderous voice ordered them to be gone.