A team of field researchers and college students have rediscovered the likely remains of a long-lost Spanish pirate ship off the South Carolina coast. The first days of September, 1748, were rough for Brunswick, South Carolina. The potentially major find occurred completely by accident, says maritime studies graduate student Cory van Hees. Based on historical evidence and geography, there’s a solid chance that van Hees and his diving buddy have closed the case on a centuries’ old pirate mystery. “It was kind of overwhelming and a little emotional-feeling, once it set in,” said van Hees.