Recently went to London and did a mudlarking trip. Here are some of the pieces we found along the Wapping stairs near where #CaptainKidd was executed. Transfer ware (blue willow), pipe stems (along the bottom), westerwald, potentially a piece of medieval pottery (green piece in the middle), and who knows what else. #Mudlark #Mudlarking #Archaeology #ThamesRiver

Before New York’s Liberty Island was home to the Statue of Liberty, legend has it that the infamous pirate Captain Kidd buried some of his treasure there. A pair of soldiers allegedly found the treasure years later while stationed at Fort Wood but were chased off by Kidd’s ghost.

#FolkloreThursday #Folklore #captainkidd #Pirate #Ghost #GhostStory #NewYorkCity #LibertyIsland

πŸ“·: Bernd Dittrich