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Pirate wrecks, Cape Cod gold and colonial legends from the Bay State.

Oct 20, 2026 · 17 min read

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.

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