The following contains spoilers for Outer Banks Season 4 Part 1, now streaming on NetflixOuter Banks has introduced many important artifacts that have ties to real-life history. The show follows the story of a group of working-class teens on the Outer Banks’ Kildare Island in North Carolina as they unwittingly hunt for treasure. The artifacts they find are tied to history and could be the key to a massive fortune. They also attract a constant stream of fellow (and sometimes dangerous) treasure hunters. much of Outer Banks is based on the actual local history of the Outer Banks, including season 4’s hunt for Blackboard’s treasure.
A number of other artifacts were added to the show to heighten the tension and stakes, including season 4’s focus on Blackbeard’s blue crown. The artifacts discovered by Outer Banks‘ Characters range from gold and precious jewels to windows into the past to the ancestors of the characters. This gives the hunt for them more personal ties Outer BanksHow many of these Artifacts lead the show’s teens to discover not only more about their local history, but also more about their personal lineage. Here are all the important historical artifacts that played in Outer Banks‘ story line.
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The Royal Merchant
The Season 1 quest that started it all
Outer Banks‘ Artifacts are crucial to the series and have a lot of real world connections. Season 1 kicks off with the crew still grieving the disappearance of John B. Routledge’s (Chase Stokes) father, Big John (Charles Halford). Great John was a historian, whose life’s work was finding the gold in the fictionalized Outer Banks Shiprect Royal Merchant. To finish what his father started (and avoid child protective services), John B. convinces his friends from the working-class Pugh gang to join his mission. The royal merchant of the show is based on the real life Merchant RoyalOne of the most infamous shipwrecks in history.
The Merchant Royal was a British ship believed to be carrying $1.5 billion in gold and silver when it sank in 1641. The ship remains lost to this dayBut an anchor that archaeologists believe belonged to the ship washed up on England’s Cornish coast in 2019 (via rush). In the search for the merchant, the crew quickly discovers that the journey is incredibly dangerous. Racing against time and rivals, the group is eventually able to find the $400 million dollars in gold but loses it to Sarah’s greedy father (then believed to be Big John’s killer), Ward Cameron.
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Denmark Tony’s diary
Pope Hayward is a direct descendant of Denmark’s Tony
One of the artifacts found by Pope Hayward is a diary that belonged to his ancestor, Denmark Tani. Tony was a cook on the Royal Merchant. Denmark Tony is based on a real historical figure named Denmark Vesey. He was a formerly enslaved man turned abolitionist activist after he won a $1,500 lottery in 1799. Vesey was a respected leader of his local African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he used his influence to plot a slave revolt that would attempt to free thousands . However, his plot was leaked and Vesey was arrested, leading to his execution.
in Outer BanksDenmark Tony is a direct ancestor of Pope Hayward (Jonathan Daviss) and was a passenger on the Royal Merchant. After tracking down his diary, Pope is able to learn more about his lineage and ultimately helps the group track down the royal merchant. The diary also contains cryptic clues to season 2 of foreign banks Treasure, the Cross of Santo Domingo. Because of the clues, the diary is one of the most sought after artifacts in the show. It is especially sought after by Carlos Singh, who seeks to use it as a map to uncover the Invaluable Cross.
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The Cross of Santo Domingo
The cross belongs to Pope’s ancestor
The cross of Santo Domingo is an important artifact in Outer BanksAnd one with an unlikely TV connection. After Ward steals the Royal Merchant gold and murders Sheriff Peterkin, he frames John B. for the murder. The crew returns to Kildare Island to clear his name, at which point Pope discovers there is more treasure than any of them expected. This includes a Family artifact called the Cross of Santo Domingo that was hidden somewhere on the island, And it is very much to take.
This gives Outer Banks An underlying link to a universal ancestor of action-adventure television.
Although the great artifact is fictional, it has a connection to the past. This Outer Banks Plot is based on a Lone Ranger episode from decades earlier. This gives Outer Banks An underlying link to a universal ancestor of action-adventure television. Outer Banks Also amplifies the value of the circuit, making it much more desirable. Although the crew tracks down the cross at a local chapel, it is ultimately stolen and melted into gold bars by Rafe Cameron (Drew Starkey).
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The healing shroud
The artifact is also sought after in Season 2
One artifact in Outer Banks is notably suggested to have restorative properties, giving it special importance to certain characters in the show. The healing shroud was thought to be hidden in the cross of Santo Domingoadding to the artifact’s value. Some believed that this shroud was capable of healing any disease, including Carla Limbri. A wealthy woman with a terminal illness, Carla was the one who sent her half-brother Renfield to look for it. This sets off his past with the mission of The Pogues. Limbray also knew Big John, as she first sought his help in finding the Shroud.
Limbrey was a direct descendant of Captain Limbrey, who was the captain on the Royal Merchant. The real Merchant Royal That sailed the seas in 1640 was indeed captained by a John Limbrey. Limbray was even among the survivors of the shipwreck, along with 40 other crew members who were rescued and taken aboard the Dover merchant. The show gives this connection and the artifact a more mythical origin. Given its supernatural nature and lack of apparent monetary value, The only person truly behind the shroud was Limbray.
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El Dorado
The Season 3 artifact brought the group to South America
El Dorado, or, The City of Gold, is a treasure trove in the Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. It was first described by a Spanish soldier 450 years before the events of Outer Banksand has been a common source of mystery and intrigue for centuries. The first clue the group discovers connected to this mysterious city of gold is the circle of Santo Domingo, which they eventually manage to track down. After losing the Cross to Rafe, the group becomes stranded on a remote island before moving to Barbados.
The crew were eventually reunited with Big John, sparking the search for El Dorado. El Dorado contains billions worth of gold, jewels and historical artifacts, attracting many interested parties. Among them is the Caribbean don Carlos Singh, who hopes to finish the search for the gold that his enslaved ancestors started. Finding the city was the true end goal of Big John’s life’s work of historical study and treasure huntingAnd the group decided to go along with his mission according to John B’s request, as well as to avenge his papas family after losing the cross.
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Blackboard’s shipwreck
Blackbeard died near Ocracoke Island
Both of Outer Banks The main artifacts of season 4 (the Blue Crown and the Amulet) are found in the notorious pirate Blackbeard’s shipwreck. Blackbeard was an English pirate named Edward Teach who died near Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks in 1718, both in the show’s universe and in real life history (via NCPedia). Edward Teach is a widely documented historical figure in the Carolinas. Blackbeard’s last ship was named Queen Anne’s Revenge and was wrecked in the Atlantic at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina.
Learning was one of the most notorious British pirates in history. Piracy was widely pardoned under Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, and at the time of Teach’s death, George I encouraged pirates to surrender to the authorities in exchange for pardons across the West Indies (present-day America and the Caribbean). In the show, the shipwreck is located near a local Coast Guard base, Which is why JJ Maybank and Kiara Carrera dive into the wreck at night to avoid being caught.
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Blackbeard’s Amulet
The amulet belongs to the pirate’s wife Elizabeth Study
Season four of Outer Banks Introduces Wes Genrette (David Jensen) as an elderly man who entrusts the Pogues with hunting down the amulet of the famous real pirate Blackbeard’s wife, Elizabeth Teach. He offers them $50,000 in exchange for the amulet. The amulet is believed to be cursed, as Elizabeth was buried without it against her wishes. As a result, the women of Genrete’s family reported that they were haunted by her ghost shortly before their tragic death. This includes Wes’ daughter and eventually even Wes himself after he sees the spirit firsthand.
Wes dies before the group can bring him the amulet they retrieved. The amulet and the hauntings are fictional for dramatic effect, and It is unknown if the real Blackbeard ever marriedMaking the concept fictional but tied to a real figure. The Genrete family was only interested in the amulet, but the Pagues are now involved due to financial issues they found themselves in. At the same time, a predatory man named Leitner and a mysterious group are also after the full amount of Blackbeard’s treasure. .
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The Blue Crown
The Blue Crown is part of Blackbeard’s treasure
The Blue Crown is the most valuable of Blackbeard’s treasures in Outer BanksAnd the amulet contains a clue to find it. This gives the amulet greater importance in the overall narrative. The group is never interested in the Blue Crown until John B. realizes that his father once researched it. After losing the amulet and Wes Genrette, they could use the Blue Crown to get an unexpected victory. Because the amulet is connected to the Blue Crown, Leitner and his crew are also after it.
Blackbeard died on 22 Nov 1718 in Ocracoke, North Carolina.
The Blue Crown is another fictional artifact belonging to Blackbeard. Also known as Edward’s study, Blackbeard was a real pirate who died in his final battle near Ocracoke Island In the Outer Banks (via Time). This explains why he has such an important overarching connection to the story at the heart of Outer Banks. This season of Outer Banks They see the group largely back on home turf as they unravel local and personal mysteries, and the Blue Crown is the ultimate prize for their troubles.