Underwater explorer Barry Clifford returned to the spot where his dive team had first discovered artifacts from the pirate ship Whydah in 1984 and found about 30 cannons buried 10 feet beneath the ocean floor. Three of the newly discovered cannons were hauled out of the ocean Sunday, spurring excitement that a long-hidden portion of the ship's treasure might be revealed.

At left, Clifford shows the remains of a cannon in a 7,000-pound hardened mass yesterday.