Treasure hunters have long busied themselves searching for any trace of his rumoured hoard of gold and silver, but nothing found in the numerous sites explored along the east coast of the US has ever been connected to him.
Varios cazadores de tesouros tentaron durante moito tempo procurar calquera traza do suposto botín de ouro e prata de Barbanegra, pero nada do atopado nos diversos lugares explorados ao longo da costa este dos Estados Unidos puido relacionarse nunca con el.