A fishing line fished up a piece of history from the mouth of the Titoke Stream, on the South Beach, Wanganui. The piece of history was an old musket heavily encrusted with iron sand, stones and shells. It was fished up by Messrs H. Crane and R. Crozier, of Wanganui, while fishing for schnapper. A hook became caught in the brass trigger guard, which protrudes through the encrustation. Although the musket had been imbedded for many years, the brass is in a wonderful state of preservation. The old coastal route followed by early settlers and troops passing between Wellington, Wanganui and Taranaki crossed over this stream near the mouth, and presumably it was lost there by someone making the crossing. Traces of the old road can still be seen near the sea coast at Nukurnaru.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 April 1939, Page 7
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