Missing 1812 Privateer Gold

By Jeff Ferguson
From page 14 of the January, 1976 issue of Lost Treasure
Copyright © 1976 Lost Treasure, Inc. all rights reserved


The beginning of the 1800's witnessed a sweeping series of events that inadvertently caused an all too frequent American folly - a virtual abandonment of the nation's involvement with the seas.

Of interest to today's treasure hunter was the coincidental loss of $800,000 in gold at yester-year's prices - a sunken cargo that would be worth at least $8,000,000 on today's booming gold market!


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