One of a series of caches placed for Florida Finders Fest X’s 14 mile off-road Trail of Treasure. Hearty souls completing the trek will plunder pirate-themed caches that cover the alphabet. No need to frown when collecting custom pin striping courtesy of the forest, you’ll also be gathering smiles from A through Z!
Pirate Hook trivia - Pirates preferred to keep both hands, but the life of a pirate was very dangerous and there were many opportunities to lose hands to accidents or to battle. Not just pirates, but many sailors back in the day lost legs too, leading to depictions of peg-leg pirates.
While it’s questionable whether a real pirate would use a hook for a hand, it was certainly possible for a pirate to have a prosthetic fashioned for him. There are stories of ancient soldiers forging artificial hands to hold swords after they had lost their own in battle.
Hooks have been commonly-used prostheses throughout history, and are in fact still used today. They aren't limited to use by pirates, though popular images associate them with pirates.
If a pirate lost a hand, a hook could be easily found on a ship. However, there wasn't a doctor present--the chef would have performed the surgery.
H is for Hook!
