**If Blackbeard did indeed bury any treasure, it could be hidden in North Carolina - it was there that his ship ran aground in 1718. But the area has been searched countless times over the last 300 years, and nothing has been found.** - Blackbeard is maybe the most infamous pirate in history - owing largely to [the legend of his hidden treasure] (https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-blackbeards-treasure/). The myth was intensified by the discovery of his ship, the 'Queen Anne's Revenge', off the coast of North Carolina [in 1996] (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-archaeologists-uncover-blackbeards-treasure-215890/) - with no treasure aboard. Blackboard was killed not long after his ship went down, and [he claimed before his death] (https://www.thetravel.com/where-is-blackbeards-treasure/#:~:text=However%2C%20according%20to%20the%20notes,') to have hidden his riches, but never disclosed their location. - There are loads of theories about the location of this treasure - one of the most persistent is that [it is buried on Ocracoke Island] (https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/blackbeards-still-buried-treasure/) in NC, where Blackbeard was beheaded and [where some still claim to see his ghost] (https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/uncovering-the-truth-behind-the-legends-of-blackbeard/). However - it's a small island, and the fact that no treasure has been discovered in 300 years worth of hunting makes this explanation unlikely. Other potential spots include the Caribbean and the Cayman Islands - both regular haunts of Blackbeard according to records. - However - other than Blackbeard's declaration before his death, there isn't really any evidence of such a treasure even existing. For one thing, our idea of pirates 'burying' their treasure in chests is more of a legend than anything else - one popularised by Robert Louis Stevenson's 1882 novel ['Treasure Island'] (http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/works/treasure-island-1883/). The only confirmed case of this actually happening was that of [William Kidd] (https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/articles/uncovering-the-truth-behind-the-legends-of-blackbeard/) in 1699 - and his treasure was soon found and used against him in a trial. - [Some historians] (https://biography.yourdictionary.com/blackbeard) don't believe that there was ever any treasure, at least in the sense that we tend to think of it. It's possible that a pirate's plunder would have consisted entirely of materials like silk and cotton, tools, and sailing supplies.