B. F. Kennedy, Jr. was born in Portland, Maine in 1916 and has spent most of his life in this area, attending grammar school and high school in Portland. Mr. Kennedy has also worked as a ship chandler and a drugstore clerk. A collector by nature, his favorite hobbies besides treasure-hunting are bottle collecting and mineralogy.
The author has done extensive research on buried and sunken treasure locales. Working on information furnished by Mr. Kennedy, scuba divers located three brass Revolutionary War cannons just off Portland Head light. Mr. Kennedy has personally located old coins, an Indian axe circa 1640, and other valuable artifacts, often traveling as far from Portland as Key West, Florida. On his days off or on his vacations, the author can usually be found with his trusty metal detector scouting for more treasure.
Mr. Kennedy is married, with no children.
FOREWORD
The locations given in this book do not guarantee that you will find treasure there, or anywhere in Casco Bay. These locations are places where history took place, maybe you will find treasure and maybe not.
The Author does not want to mislead you into thinking, that if you dig at any of these locations; you will find buried treasure.
B. KENNEDY
BURIED TREASURE OF CASCO BAY:
A Guide For The Modern Hunter
CHAPTER I
HOW TREASURE WAS BURIED
The word, “treasure,” has excited people the world over for centuries. When we were mere children we read about hidden treasure being buried on lonely isles, by bands of cutthroat pirates, also the burying of caches of money by the outlaws and bandits of the old West.