Many years later, the Paine's land was purchased and his house was expanded. While digging the foundation, an ivory tusk and an ancient coin were discovered. The tusk is now at Tufts University and the pirate's gold has vanished. How a tusk and gold became buried next to the house, one can only guess. However, Kidd was known to operate in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean where Asian ivory was frequently traded.
Questions still remain.
We may never know.