The gold was found intermingled with lead shot, causing archaeologists to speculate that a pre-Blackbeard crew member had hidden gold in a long-since-disintegrated amunition keg.

• 黄金被发现和子弹混合在一起，使考古学家们怀疑，是“黑胡子”截获前的船员把黄金藏在了一个小桶中，而小桶经长时间分解了。