14 DAY TRIAL // The wreck of Pirate Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, has been resting in the waters off North Carolina's coast for well over 300 years.
Historians and divers say that it will not be long until they manage to recover it in its entirety, and judging by the progress they've made thus far odds are they're telling the truth.
A few days ago, North Carolina's Department of Cultural Resources announced that divers had successfully recovered two cannons that the notorious pirate used to fire at ships sailing close to North America and the Caribbean back in the 18th century.
The cannons spent about three centuries buried in the North Atlantic Ocean's seabed before divers brought them back to surface, International Business Times reports.
Those who worked on recovering these artifacts used straps to grab hold of them and then lift them from the ocean's floor, the same source details.
The cannons are said to weigh approximately 2,500 pounds (1,134 kilograms), and measure 8 feet (2.43 meters) in length.
By the looks of it, the divers who worked on this project had hoped that they would succeed in recovering a total of eight cannons.
However, due to harsh weather conditions, they only managed to get their hands on these two.
“I'm so proud for North Carolina. This is such an incredible historic day for our state, and a thrill for me to see something come up from the ocean for the first time in nearly 300 years,” Susan Klutzz commented on the recovery of these artifacts on behalf of North Carolina's Department of Cultural Resources.
“The recent recovery of two cannons from the wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, was an exciting and rewarding day for the project researchers and history lovers alike,” the Department wrote in a statement.
Pirate Blackbeard, whose real name is believed to have been Edward Thatch or Teach, died in 1718 after losing a battle against naval lieutenant Robert Maynard.
The latter reportedly decapitated the notorious pirate and hung his head from the naval sloop's bowsprit.