Black Sam Bellamy's Gold: The Whydah Wreck and Its Lost Treasure
Two men crawled out of the surf. The rest of Black Sam Bellamy's crew, and tons of pirate gold, went down off Cape Cod in 1717. Some of it has been found. Most of it hasn't.
The rare happy ending: treasure that actually turned up.
Two men crawled out of the surf. The rest of Black Sam Bellamy's crew, and tons of pirate gold, went down off Cape Cod in 1717. Some of it has been found. Most of it hasn't.
A hurricane sank eleven Spanish treasure ships off Florida in 1715. Pirates, salvors and beachcombers have chased the silver ever since, and the queen's jewels are still missing.
In 1857 a steamer packed with California gold sank in a hurricane, and survivors watched fortunes slide off the deck. Then came the rumours, the treasure hunter and 500 coins nobody can find.