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Whydah Gally, Marconi Beach

Wreck beach Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
GoldGold

Also reported: cannons, ship's bell (salvor recoveries).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

1717 pirate ship (Sam Bellamy)

The only authenticated pirate shipwreck, found by Barry Clifford in 1984; more than 200,000 pieces and over 65 cannons recovered.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

surf, cold, shifting sand

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