Courtesy N.C. Division of Archives and History
This 1-foot-tall bronze bell, found on the Queen Anne's Revenge but believed to be too small to be its main bell, was heavily encrusted and required chemical treatment. Letters on its surface read "IHS (Iesu, Hominorum Salvator) Maria" and "ano de 1709 (year of 1709)."
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Courtesy N.C. Division of Archives and History
The blunderbuss was a short shoulder-fired flintlock weapon similar to a sawed-off shotgun. The gun's brass barrel also was heavily encrusted upon discovery.
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Courtesy N.C. Division of Archives and History
This lead sounding weight is marked "XXI" and weighs exactly 21 pounds.
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