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Captain Kidd's Treasure
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Written By Mister Gu on Friday, January 1, 2010 | 5:40 AM
One of the few recorded instances of a pirate who actually did bury some treasure is William ‘Captain’Kidd, a privateer turned pirate of the late 17th century. Kidd’s story has inspired over 300 years of treasure hunting and given birth to a rash of local legends that would see caches of gold squirrelled away in almost every nook and cranny of the coastline of New York State and surrounding