Posted on 02/19/2007 10:35:53 AM PST by blam
Treasure hunts are usually interesting.
"...the current Stuart Pretender is Franz II, Duke of
Bavaria; according to Wikipedia.....
But he's probably not interested. The Scots will have to revolt on their own. I wonder who the current socialist pretender is?
ping
My sister lives on the North Carolina coast and she tells me folks are still down there looking for Blackbeard's treasure.
what do you know about Oak Island? (my son recently did a report on it for school)
There was a site in Ocean County New Jersey where I found a tree on a hilltop with a chain and blcok and tackle hanging from a branch. Always wondered if this was a site for Blackbeard's treasure since it was only a couple hundred yards from the beach on Barnegate Bay!
"Fantasy" is the right word for it. If gold had been shipped to Bonnie Prince Charlie, lots of people would have known about it and its whereabouts. The Jacobites were in need of ready money in order to escape to France, and wouldn't have neglected such an obvious source of funds.
Keep Geraldo away or the treasure will never be found.
As far as Oak Island is concerned, they are in the oil/gas business now.
I likely know as much gossip as you do. I still find it interesting though. :)
Does this mean that England claims the money if found?
well, we "got the book" (actually two) and the "money pit" is an amazing thing with a depth of 140 + feet, flooding tunnels, etc. The more fanciful theory (although you have to go some to be more fanciful than Captain Kidd) is that the Scottish Sinclairs were the protectors of the Templar treasure, pre-Columbian voyages to Nova Scotia , etc., etc. The principal at school suggested Oak Island as the site for the next class trip.
At that bloody, bloody battle (at which the Brits vanquished the Highlanders) a young Scots physician named Hugh Mercer marched with the Highlanders.
After the Brits won, they went house to house looking for survivors of the battle--they were enraged at the Scots. Hugh Mercer was being sought by them, and managed to escape to America.
Mercer went to the western PA frontier where he became an Indian fighter and helped protect the Germans who lived there (they were mostly pacifists). During the French and Indian War Mercer met up with George Washington, Daniel Morgan and others on the Monongahela that would play important roles in the RevWar.
Eventually Mercer left the Quaker State (too many pacifists for him) and settled in Fredericksberg, VA. He was one of General Washington's favorites, and died a hero's death at the Battle of Princeton. All the Mercer Counties are named for him and Gen. George Patton was a direct descendant of his.
The shaft is empty. The fortune is well invested elsewhere in legit business.
There is another case of missing treasure in England that has always fascinated me. All the original crown jewels of England were lost during the reign of King John in 1216, supposedly when his baggage train took a shortcut across The Wash on the east cost of England and were surprised by the incoming tide. The area where this happened is now inland.
I remember hearing that story. Has no one ever found any of the treasure ?
methinks ye an investor trying to shy off the competition
Instead, Britain had to import a weird German family and make up an English-sounding name for them: "Windsor".
Depending on which theories you believe, they may, or may not, be reptiles....
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