Stories about buried treasure have and always will capture the imagination of those possessing an adventurous spirit. For some, just the thought of buried riches is enough to quicken the pulse. More common perhaps than any other legend however are stories involving pirates and buried treasure. No matter the pirate, Blackbeard, Bellamy, Lafitte or otherwise, there almost always seems to be an accompanying story of buried loot. While the matter of factual basis for these claims is controversial – and often unfounded – in the eyes of serious historians, to many, the stories are interesting folktales nonetheless.
