I don't know the veracity of it, but there have been several articles in our local newspaper,over the past few years, about the lost Civil War Gold Shipment hat was lost somewhere around central Pennsylvania. A father and son team thought they had bnarrowed the area when the Federal Government came in, cordoned off the area and kept the father and son out. All of a sudden the government pulled up stakes and still will not let anyone in. The father and son have been pressuring the government for reports and videos about it because they feel they should get a finders fee.

According to estimates the amount of gold supposedly found(?) is in the area of half a million pounds or more. Even 10% would be a very nice chunk of money.

I love this show. In case you haven't heard about it, it's on the Discovery(?) channel, and it shows the efforts to discover buried treasure on a Canadian island near Nova Scotia. I first read about this in a magazine article about fifty years ago. People have been looking for treasure there for over two hundred years.

Currently, two brothers from Michigan(?) are leading the search. I'm sure they'll never find any actual treasure, but it's interesting to watch. In almost every show, they find something - a shoe from an ox, old jewelry, old wood, etc. I'm surprised they have been able to drag the show for nine years. I'm sure everyone is making money from the show, and they will continue as long as the money keeps flowing in.

The island definitely has a long and varied history, and I find it interesting as they explore and find more artifacts. What prompted this post is an email I received promoting all the "merch" they are selling related to the show. I can easily resist that. By the way, if you're in the Nova Scotia area, you can take a paid tour of the island.