Clues to Pirate Gold Unearthed in Florida

Another great buried pirate treasure story. Is it actually there?

Clues to Pirate Gold Unearthed in Florida, Treasure Hunters Claim

Willie Drye in Fowler’s Bluff, Florida
for National Geographic News
March 15, 2007

“Treasure hunters digging on a remote bluff overlooking Florida’s Suwannee River claim they have found tantalizing evidence that pirate gold might be at the bottom of a muddy, 13-foot (4-meter) hole.

“We’ve found mahogany wood samples, flecks of gold, and gold all over the diver’s dive suit [after diving in the hole],” said Tommy Todd, a St. Petersburg landscaper who owns the property being excavated.”

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