Tools and Instruments 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. The tools and instruments found at the site reflect the wide range of activities that occurred aboard the QAR. Some of those activities included carpentry, gunnery, medical treatment, navigation, sail making and rigging, sharpening and surveying. Some artifacts we've recovered don't have a known function. The artifacts shown below highlight this diversity. Click on the images below to discover their functions. Artifact Categories Arms and Armament Ship Components Tools and Instruments Sustenance Storage Personal Possessions Intrusive Materials Basin Fragment Brass Scale Weight Brass Surveying Sight Brass Weights Coin Weight Divider Fishing Weights Gray Slate Grindstone Gunner's Bar Iron Gouge Large Brass Needle Lead Weight Measuring Links Mechanical Jack Mortar and Pestle Restraining Device Sector Universal Staff Mount Urethral Syringe Whetstone
Tools and Instruments 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. The tools and instruments found at the site reflect the wide range of activities that occurred aboard the QAR. Some of those activities included carpentry, gunnery, medical treatment, navigation, sail making and rigging, sharpening and surveying. Some artifacts we've recovered don't have a known function. The artifacts shown below highlight this diversity. Click on the images below to discover their functions. Artifact Categories Arms and Armament Ship Components Tools and Instruments Sustenance Storage Personal Possessions Intrusive Materials Basin Fragment Brass Scale Weight Brass Surveying Sight Brass Weights Coin Weight Divider Fishing Weights Gray Slate Grindstone Gunner's Bar Iron Gouge Large Brass Needle Lead Weight Measuring Links Mechanical Jack Mortar and Pestle Restraining Device Sector Universal Staff Mount Urethral Syringe Whetstone
