Although extensive portions of the ship's hull remain intact, conservation facilities are currently not adequate enough to warrant recovery. Various pieces of ship's equipment have been recovered however, including a bell, ballast stone, bilge strainer and rigging hook. Several iron nails and lead tacks were recovered from around the site, and wood samples from the hull frames and planks were collected for identification and dating.

Pirate ships were heavily armed and QAR was no exception. Historical accounts refer to as many as 44 cannon on the ship. So far, 18 have been found on the site, and three were recovered by archaeologists. Artifacts associated with the cannon include iron round and bar shot, lead aprons or touch-hole covers, bag shot with glass shrapnel, and possible carriage hardware. Small arms include a brass blunderbuss barrel, a side plate in the form of a sea serpent, a butt plate, chert gunflints and several thousand small caliber lead round shot. Although no edged weapons have been discovered, a whetstone and a quarter section of a millstone were recovered from the wreck. In addition, two powder-filled hand grenades with wooden fuses were recovered.

Blackbeard was known to take valuable instruments from the ships he plundered. He also possessed the necessary tools for transatlantic navigation. Medical instruments were required on any ship of the time, and Blackbeard acquired additional medical supplies when commandeering the medicine chest from the citizens of Charleston, South Carolina.

Although underrepresented in the artifact assemblage, several objects classified as personal effects have appeared on the site. A gold-plated silver spangle, clay tobacco pipe fragment, brass straight pins and gold dust are among the smallest artifacts found on the QAR.

Pirate vessels traveling over long distances were required to be self-contained. Blackbeard often commanded crews of several hundred men, and the QAR needed to carry a considerable quantity of food and supplies. Iron hoops from large barrels are abundant on the site. Ceramic and glass containers used to store water, wine, and rum have also been found. Several pewter plates and chargers, some still retaining impressions of fabric packing material, were likely stored as cargo below decks in the stern of the QAR, or may have been used by the officers or crew-members The remains of a pewter spoon were also recovered, along with two dozen animal bones, most representing food stuffs.