The wreck was found last autumn on the ocean floor within "a couple of
miles" of the beach - 279 years after it foundered on a sandbar off
Beaufort Inlet. Divers recovered artifacts including a brass bell
inscribed with the year 1709, a cannon ball and a blunderbuss, a short
rifle with a broad muzzle.
Officials say they are 80 per cent certain the wreck is that of
Blackbeard's flagship.
"We're
