The Treasure of Captain William Kidd.

ISmellGold said:
? I smell Gold 😉
Thinking about this Lowe Fella, Is it Possible Lowe was an Alias of Kidd? Thinking about it. England sent everyone after him including the kitchen sink. What could a privateer of done to warrent such attention? I'm sure most Privateers were probably given a pretty long leash.. His transgressions must of surpassed anything the English thought anybody would do.
You never do hear much about the trial of Kidd. Pretty much caught fast trial and hanged. He must of done something so outrageos that even a possible bribe of all his treasure wasn't going to get him out of.
He must of been involved with St Paul Island and causing ships to intentionaly wreck.
The 2 maps with pretty detailed drawn Islands but with different headings.
That must of been the reason they hung him.
I guess pretty much conjecture. I guess you would have to believe Kidd would of Intenionall caused ships to wreck on reefs?
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If you are seriously interested in the answers to your musings, I posted information on several reliable books on the subject. Kidd's trials were typical for the time - and that probably includes the suppression of exculpatory evidence. There is a volume in the Notable British Trials series about Kidd in court. And Dover reprinted The Tryal of Captain William Kidd for Murther & Piracy, edited by Don C. Seitz in a very affordable paperback edition. There's also:

www.loc.gov

The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Captain William Kidd, for murther and piracy, upon six several indictments, at the Admiralty-Sessions, held by His Majesty's commission at the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 8th. and Friday the 9th. of May, 170

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Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
 

Old Bookaroo said:
If you are seriously interested in the answers to your musings, I posted information on several reliable books on the subject. Kidd's trials were typical for the time - and that probably includes the suppression of exculpatory evidence. There is a volume in the Notable British Trials series about Kidd in court. And Dover reprinted The Tryal of Captain William Kidd for Murther & Piracy, edited by Don C. Seitz in a very affordable paperback edition. There's also:

www.loc.gov

The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Captain William Kidd, for murther and piracy, upon six several indictments, at the Admiralty-Sessions, held by His Majesty's commission at the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 8th. and Friday the 9th. of May, 170

Signatures: [A]² B-P². ESTC T146324 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Digital images not viewed; td12 2009-08-31 Recat. to AACR2: vj14 12-09-98.
www.loc.gov

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
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Interesting, unfortunately I have found alot of books just to be simply unreliable
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Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Wikipedia

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Probably been pretty much scraped clean by locals, probably a few spots left for someone with a trained eye.
Oh well, good luck on your quest
 

Randawg72 said:
Seems a little far North. Why do you think Bell Island?...
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I think maybe people have thinking about Kidd in the wrong way, I think peple see kid as plundering the seas of the Caribbean I think he was working North around St Paul Island most of the time. Probably fleeing South after the English caught on to what he was up to.

You hear so many stories of Kidd North of The Border, It must of been his area of operation.

Oh well most likely most of the gold is gone anyways, I am too dang old to go looking for the rest of it. So Good Luck.
 

ISmellGold said:
Interesting, unfortunately I have found alot of books just to be simply unreliable
en.wikipedia.org

Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

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Probably been pretty much scraped clean by locals, probably a few spots left for someone with a trained eye.
Oh well, good luck on your quest
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Yes, there are many unreliable books out there. That's why I recommended good ones. There's a good reason Capt. Kidd and his ilk were called "Red Sea Men."

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
 

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Old Bookaroo said:
Yes, there are many unreliable books out there. That's why I recommended good ones. There's a good reason Capt. Kidd and his ilk were called "Red Sea Men."

Good luck to all,

The Old Bookaroo
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Yeah I am sure you can really get into this stuff if you want to.
Really never researched Kidd too deeply, just because I figured most of the treasure he ever burried was probably recovered by now.
Mostly saw "The Kidd Map" and was studying it. From all the clues it pointed to Hateras Island, and Hateras Island made the most sense.
Just started thinking about it more and Bell Island seems to of come into play. But that probably has been scraped clean. Who knows more probable, there is Kidd related pirate Treasue at or near Bell Island than anywhere else besides maybe Principe.
 

ISmellGold said:
Yeah I am sure you can really get into this stuff if you want to.
Really never researched Kidd too deeply, just because I figured most of the treasure he ever burried was probably recovered by now.
Mostly saw "The Kidd Map" and was studying it. From all the clues it pointed to Hateras Island, and Hateras Island made the most sense.
Just started thinking about it more and Bell Island seems to of come into play. But that probably has been scraped clean. Who knows more probable, there is Kidd related pirate Treasue at or near Bell Island than anywhere else besides maybe Principe.
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sorry to say, but Hatteras has no Rocks 3' wide, let alone 3 inches wide. it's all sand
 

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Just cross posting this after I put it on the other thread where the poster is also claiming they have the location of Kidd's gold.

You guys need to get together and have a candlelit dinner or something.
 

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freeman said:
Just cross posting this after I put it on the other thread where the poster is also claiming they have the location of Kidd's gold.

You guys need to get together and have a candlelit dinner or something.
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Please explain the connection to Captain Kidd. The coins found were minted 80 to 150 years after Kidd's death.
 

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