Any leads in portsmouth. NH area?

[anewhobby]

This place is very old with lots of history, anyone know any really good islands or places to begin searching? I've also heard of a treasure legend there but forgot whos it was or where exactly the event took place.

 

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[buscadero]

Anew: Marx mentions Ft. William & Mary (I'm sure it's Off Limits), but the surrounding area may be good Pickings.

A Pirate named John Clifton supposedly buried some Treasure in 1716 near Durham. Perhaps near State 108 & the Oyster River.

The Isles of Shoals are 7 Islands 10 mi. SE of Portsmouth. There are legends of several Treasures to be found on Londoner, Smuttynose, Appledore, Starr, & White Islands.

During Winter NE'ers , Spanish & English Silver Coins are found on the Beach @ Seabrook, Co. 286, 15 mi. S. of Portsmouth.

In 1775, Gov. Wentworth allegedly buried a strongbox full of Gold & Silver Coins & 6 Chests of Silver & Gold Plate in a wooded area
Between Portsmouth & Smithtown.
OK, Good Hunting, JOE

 

[trapperjon]

Towns along the Connecticut river are good, and so is the entire state line facing Massachusetts.

 

[joseph]

Near Colebrook in Coos County, far in the northern regions of the state and quite distant from the sea, some of Captain Kidd's treasure is said to have been buried, and "old coins have been found." If so, there is a remote possibility that such a cache could have or still does include Massachusetts silver coins. However, it is difficult to imagine that Captain Kidd would have spent a week or more journeying to this remote inland location after he anchored his ship on the New Hampshire coast.
In Dublin a treasure buried in the 1940s has never been found.
Governor John Wentworth is said by some to have buried $25,000 in coins and silverware near Portsmouth, presumably before fleeing to the north during the parlous times of the Revolutionary War. It is known that Wentworth was a man of considerable wealth. Separately, the site of his summer home on the shore of the body of water that today bears his name, Lake Wentworth, in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, has been a prime archaeological focal point for many years, various small British coins and numerous artifacts have been located there, and today a small local association supports its heritage. Despite reading several accounts, the author has never located any reliable reports of his having hidden any treasure, but anything is possible.
The Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire and just about every landing along the state's short (about 17 miles) seacoast have been long regarded as prime sources for hunting pirate treasure, although little has actually been found there. This offshore group includes Smuttynose Island, said to be a particularly rich possibility, for many pirates, including in particular Jack Quelch, thought this was a great location to bury silver and gold (if after a search there, a treasure seeker is in need of a libation, some Old Brown Dog Ale made by the Smuttynose Brewing Co. in nearby Portsmouth can offer succor).

Ned Low and William Fly were two other pirates who liked the area. Cotton Mather, the Massachusetts diarist and prominent justice, recorded that Fly's career was especially bloodthirsty, but lasted only 35 days before he was tried and hanged in Boston, where Fly helped the hangman tie the knot for his neck. Appledore Island, not far away, is said to be laden with treasure just waiting to be found, although a lot of people have tried. Ditto for Star Island. Londoner Island, later called Lunging Island, is where Blackbeard is said to have buried treasure, on the side of the island facing the Star Island Hotel across the water; Blackbeard is said to have had 14 wives and a bevy of concubines, apparently a treasure of another sort.
The lower reaches of the Piscataqua River, which empties into the Atlantic at Portsmouth, are said to be where Samuel Bellamy cached some supplies and possibly coins.

 

[fossis]

Good luck in your searches, Fossis.........................