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Captain Kidd’s treasure found in Madagascar?<\/h2>\n

The BBC is reporting that Captain Kidd’s treasure may have been found off the coast of\u00a0Madagascar<\/a>. What has actually been found is a single large \u00a050 kilogram silver bar, believed to have originated in\u00a017th Century Bolivia.<\/p>\n

\"Portrait<\/a>
Portrait of Captain William Kidd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Famed underwater explorer\u00a0Barry Clifford believes the silver bar came from the wreck of\u00a0Captain William Kidd’s (executed for piracy in London in 1701) ship.<\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/a>
Captain William Kidd after being executed in 1701.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forensic tests will be made on timbers from the ship to see if it originated in England.<\/p>\n

I have set up a forum thread to discuss this find<\/a>, please comment on this story here or on the forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Follow us on twitter<\/a> for the latest news on this and other treasure finds!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Captain Kidd’s treasure found in Madagascar? The BBC is reporting that Captain Kidd’s treasure may have been found off the coast of\u00a0Madagascar. What has actually been found is a single large \u00a050 kilogram silver bar, believed to have originated in\u00a017th Century Bolivia. Famed underwater explorer\u00a0Barry Clifford believes the silver bar came from the wreck of\u00a0Captain … Continue reading The BBC Reports Captain Kidd’s treasure found in Madagascar<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,12],"tags":[30,431,432,313,433,434,435,121,26,437,436],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shipwreck-treasure","category-shipwrecks","category-treasure-hunting","tag-bar","tag-bbc","tag-captain","tag-found","tag-kidds","tag-madagascar","tag-pirate","tag-silver","tag-treasure","tag-william","tag-william-kidd"],"yoast_head":"\nBBC Reports Captain Kidd's treasure found in Madagascar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Captain Kidd's treasure may have been found off the coast of Madagascar. 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