SUNKEN GOLD
BRITISH TREASURE HUNT. , . ; - j LONDON, July 30. Lost or hidden treasure provides a powerful lure to those of adventurous spirit, and every year expeditions set out on what usually proves to be a fruitless search. The latest reported is a party of British treasure hunters, on a Brixham traiwil.er who believe that their quest for sunken Spanish go d has ended' successfully at a Trinidad bay. \ • -.' - ' 1 This bay. was the scene of the naval .battle, in which a Spanish fleet under Admiral Apodaca was destroyed by British ships in the eighteenth pentury, and >is said to be the sea' grav 6 of several Spanish treasure galle°us. Sandclearing operations were being carried out a few weeks ago under the instructions of the “gold diviner” of tfie expedition. His divining rod, it is reported, reacted violently over. a certain spot on the sea 'bed. A former officer of the Merchant .Service was head of .the party, which was. composed of nine adventurers. • r
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 August 1932, Page 8
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