Tahunanui Treasure The Lost Scallop Gold

YOUR TAHUNANUI TREASURE MYSTERY TRAIL QUEST

The crew of the fishing vessel Sea Raven expected to haul in scallops from Tasman Bay that winter morning. But instead, their dredge dragged up a barnacle-covered metal chest filled with gold and believed to date back to the late 1800s Collingwood gold rush, when ships regularly transported gold between Golden Bay and Nelson.