Treasure hunters in Cape Breton see therapy as the real prize, not lost pirate gold. Still, they hope for both

If Captain Jeff MacKinnon’s hunch is right, he’ll soon be hauling up a billion dollars worth of pirate booty from the depths of Nova Scotia’s Mira River on Cape Breton.

The third-generation Canadian treasure hunter and his crew aboard the Saucy Girl hope to recover 2,000 pounds of Spanish gold and silver coins, emeralds and other jewels from the chests of the Fancy, a sunken ship that belonged to Edward Low, a 17th-century British pirate.