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Pirate Loot Lodgecliffe Dorchester

Lost Treasure MD • Dorchester County County
Description
Dorchester County legend of pirate loot buried near Lodgecliffe on the Choptank River — a Chesapeake Bay marsh-country cache.
Historical Notes
Lodgecliffe sits on the Choptank River in Dorchester County's tidewater farmland. Compiled guides credit pirates with concealing plunder near the waterfront hamlet. The site links Dorchester to Eastern Shore pirate traffic between the Bay and Atlantic barrier islands.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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