It is still not known for certain if the wreck found off the North Carolina coast is that of the Pirate Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, but over 250,000 items have been recovered.
A team of experts presented some of them to the public the day after Thanksgiving in Beaufort.
Some of the items were a pair of copper alloy cuff links smaller than a dime, a pewter clyster syringe used for enemas (well Pirates had physical ailments as well), a belt buckle, nesting weight (?), wine bottle (Pirates drank?), a bell dated 1705 and a cannon dated 1713. Four anchors have been found as well.
The ship sank in 1718. It is hoped that many of the items will be exhibited by Valentine's Day.
It's a Pirate's Life for Me, Yo-Ho-Ho. --DaCoot
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