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http://www.sunjournal.com/news/0001/11/30/recent-dive-site-1717-pirate-ship-wreck-cape-cod-p/1420163The guy who discovered it documented about 12,000 coins. Ship records indicate that there may be 400,000 more!I question this from the article though:
Instead of packing up for the year, Clifford is planning another trip to the Whydah, the only authenticated pirate ship wreck in U.S. waters.
I thought there were confirmed pirate ships off the Florida Keys. Maybe they are just merchant ships.
What I don't get is this:
The Whydah was built as a slave ship in 1716 and captured in February 1717 by pirate captain "Black Sam" Bellamy. Just two months later, it sank in a ferocious storm a quarter mile off Wellfleet, Mass., killing Bellamy and all but two of the 145 other men on board and taking down the plunder from 50 vessels Bellamy raided.
At first I thought that the "50 vessels Bellamy raided" referred to all those done by the Whydah under Bellamy's control, but it is inconceivable that he could have raided 50 in a mere two months. So now I assume that those "50 vessels" were raided while Bellamy was captaining other ships, and he simply brought the treasure on board the Whydah.Still leaves the question - what kind of pirate stores his treasure on board a ship rather than in an old piratey treasure cove?? 😉
