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Old 04-04-2009, 03:46 AM   #1
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April 4, 2009: Blackbeard's Booty

Don't bother calling, it's not that kind of booty.
Blackbeard, you know Edward Thatch/Teach, around 1700, pirate, Arrrrrr?
Well it's not really booty because that's treasure, this is more like Blackbeard's stuff.

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A brass navigational instrument known as a chart divider is among artifacts recently recovered from a shipwreck thought to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the infamous 18th-century pirate Blackbeard, archaeologists said in March 2009.


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Underwater archaeologists from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources have been excavating the wreck—which lies 22 feet (7 meters) underwater a few miles off Beaufort, North Carolina—since 1997.
The stuff's in pretty good shape for bring on the ocean floor for 300 years.
The corrosion on the piece of silver is easily removed.
All that gold would fit in a thimble, and since it was found mixed in with some lead, scientists speculate someone hid it in the ammo locker.

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Old 04-04-2009, 04:31 AM   #2
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Apothecary weight - that's like, for his cocaine, right?

Kewl stuff, bruce my man.
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Old 04-04-2009, 09:45 AM   #3
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Hey, that's a radiographic image (x-ray) of that sword guard.
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Old 04-04-2009, 10:30 AM   #4
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don't be such a tech-geek, Flint. Ya geek weirdo.
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Old 04-04-2009, 01:15 PM   #5
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Its a radiographic profile view. The pic above it is a top down (or bottom up) view.
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Old 04-04-2009, 04:12 PM   #6
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geeks galore.
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Old 04-04-2009, 04:28 PM   #7
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Or sneaky pirates and ninjas posing as geeks.
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Old 04-04-2009, 04:47 PM   #8
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Old 04-04-2009, 05:20 PM   #9
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Wow, just 22 feet below the surface? That's really shallow!
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Old 04-04-2009, 06:43 PM   #10
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Wow, just 22 feet below the surface? That's really shallow!
By Lucifer's Beard! It IS!
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Old 04-04-2009, 07:08 PM   #11
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I think that's 22 feet of water then the ship is buried in the mud and sand, but it's a lot easier than in deeper water where they find most of them. They've been working on it for a dozen years so it can't be too intact.
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Old 04-04-2009, 07:11 PM   #12
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What was Blackbeard doing in North Carolina?

ETA: Okay I see now that he operated in that area; for some reason I didn't imagine pirates up there.
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Old 04-04-2009, 07:21 PM   #13
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The OBX were popular with pirates - dangerous to navigate and no people around.

Today it's a popular tourist destination.

edit: Oh, here's a great link...
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Old 04-04-2009, 07:25 PM   #14
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After he blockaded Charleston, SC, he was pardoned by the Governor of NC, but the Governor of VA had him killed anyway.
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After he blockaded Charleston, SC, he was pardoned by the Governor of NC, but the Governor of VA had him killed anyway.
Some things never change.
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