Man's 'treasure chest' find disappoints

A Dargaville man thought he had hit the jackpot when he discovered a full treasure chest on a local beach.

Locals found the wooden and leather trimmed case at Glinks Gully on Sunday night, after bad weather washed it ashore.

Geoff Nichols says when they dragged it to the dunes the latch fell off and it opened. He says it was full to the brim with Cadbury Crunchie bars and Milky Ways and all sorts of other goodies.

Mr Nichols says most of the chocolate bars have a use-by date of 2006. He says he has not opened any of them, but the Crunchie bars are still hard.

- NEWSTALK ZB