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WHThis gold ingot and these Spanish silver coins were unearthed from within the ‘Pirate’s Share Concretion,’ recovered by @expedition.whydah. These artifacts, which include the remains of two loaded flintlock pistols, a wine bottle, and a clay pipe, all found within the remnants of a bag, may represent a portion of the plunder that a Whydah pirate would have received. According to the pirate trial testimony of Peter Cornelius Hoof, “The money taken in the Whido….was counted over in the cabin, and put up in bags, fifty pounds [weight] to every man’s share, there being 180 men on board.” 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ #pirate #shipwreck #whydah #whydahpiratemuseum #pirateartifacts #archaeology
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