Legend says that a pirate, Thomas Veale, was hiding out in the cave to avoid the authorities when an earthquake struck, causing the cave to collapse which buried him alive along with his treasure, according to Alonzo Lewis’ 1829 book The History of Lynn.ĭungeon Rock, Lynn, Mass, illustration published in 1860 Dungeon Rock in Lynn:ĭungeon Rock is a historic cave formation in Lynn that features a cave where a pirate and his treasure were reportedly buried alive in 1658. Snow claims that a local well digger was working in the area of the rock in 1932 and found the treasure and took off with it, but not before spending some of the 18 th century gold coins at a store in Salisbury, but that story has never been confirmed. The A is still visible today and after the story spread in the early 1800s, people began digging for the treasure but, as far as anyone knows, it has never been found. To mark the spot, they carved an A into the boulder and made a plan to return in five years to reclaim the treasure. The two fled the ship during its first stop in Newburyport and they buried the treasure in nearby Byfield somewhere near a boulder along the Parker River. Snow’s 1951 book Tales of Buried Treasure, a doctor named Griffin and his friend Stearns Compton stole the treasure of pirate Robert Hayman as he lay dying in his cabin on a ship bound for New York City in the late 1700s.
The following is a list of lost buried treasure in Massachusetts: Byfield Treasure Mystery:Īccording to historian Edward R. From buried pirate treasure to lost war loot there are legends of lost treasure all over the state. Massachusetts is home to many stories of lost and buried treasure.
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