On exclusive Bald Head Island near Wilmington, NC, discovery of early 19th-century bones has halted renovations on a golf course.
They're not certain what the bones are at this point. Looks like they aren't Native American, due to the way that they were buried. Could be an old unmarked cemetery. The newspaper speculates that they might be the bones of pirates.
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If they be pirate bones, be there treasure buried with them, matey?
Arrr.
@TOTWTYTR: The whole buried treasure thing is mostly an invention of Robert Louis Stevenson and Treasure Island. Some burying of treasure on a temporary basis did occur (Kidd did it), but most treasure was quickly divided by pirate crews and blown in sprees, much the same as with frontier towns in other places.
Ruining my dreams of finding buried treasure. Thanks. :)
Actually it seems that most recovered treasure is hauled up from wrecks discovered off the coasts.
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