Sometime in the late 1600s, pirate William Kidd was sailing his ship, the Adventure Galley, off the island of Sainte Marie, which lies east of what is now Madagascar. The Adventure Galley sank in ...

Archaeologists from the Center for Historic Shipwreck Preservation discovered a 1721 shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar. The Portuguese ship was overtaken by pirates in a known piracy region. The ...

In this video, I explore an old colonial site from the 1600s that was later overtaken by pirates. While metal detecting in ...

Besides maybe monster-truck driver, Barry Clifford has about the most badass job that exists: He’s a real-life, bona-fide treasure hunter. His 1983 discovery of the Whydah, a pirate ship wrecked off ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A new museum is now open in Savannah’s City Market to explore some of the characters who may have sailed into Savannah centuries ago. The Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum ...

A volunteer checking on local breeding pairs of hooded plovers after wild weather has stumbled across the rusted bones of a ...

The treasures come from a centuries-old Spanish shipwreck found off a stretch of Florida's east coast over the summer during a shipwreck salvage operation.

It's officially beach season. So get your swim trunks, towel, sunblock, and metal detector? Well, the metal detector may not be absolutely necessary, but it's not a bad idea if you want to find some ...