Explorer Barry Clifford holds a piece of eight, right, and a metal syringe salvaged from the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah. In 1984, Clifford discovered the site of the 1717 wreck and has retrieved more than 200,000 artifacts. (Stephan Savoia / Associated Press)
Barry Clifford holds the barrel of a partially crushed blunderbuss salvaged from the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah, which sank in 1717 with plunder from 50 ships. (Stephan Savoia / Associated Press)
