This size anchor was typical of that of a ship the Queen Anne's Revenge size.
The wreck was discovered in 1996 and 250,000 artifacts have been taken from the ship. Starting June 11th, the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort will display many of them, hoping to attract tourists. Pirates have been getting a lot of attention lately because of Captain Jack Sparrow and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies. The one out right now "On Stranger Tides features Blackbeard and the Queen Anne's Revenge.
In 1717, Blackbeard captured a French slave ship and mad eit his flagship, renaming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. Blackbeard was his pirate name. His real one was either Edward Teach or Thatch.
Blackbeard settled in Bath, NC, after receiving the Royal Governor's pardon but was killed at Ocracoke Inlet in November 1718, five months after the Queen Anne's Revenge sank.
The site is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Arrgh! There's Me Anchor!! --DaCoot
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