Cooper's Treasure

Darrell: THIS IS GORDON'S LIST OF 11 WRECKS.

WE'RE BEING WATCHED.

Schmitt: YEAH, YOU WANT TO HELP PULL IT IN?

Darrell: TREASURE HUNTING'S A RISKY BUSINESS.

DAD, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME,

MAKE SURE THAT THE CHART GETS TO MY DAUGHTERS.

WE FOUND A RUDDER ASSEMBLY KIT THAT CAME FROM A LIFEBOAT.

YAHOO!

HELL, YEAH!

THAT MEANS THE MOTHER SHIP ISN'T THAT FAR AWAY.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A WRECK HERE.

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Perna: WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

COMING UP ON THE BUOY.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS. LET'S DO IT.

WHOO!

OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF WEEKS,

WE'VE BEEN TRACKING ENGLISH SHIPWRECK MATERIAL

ALL OVER ACKLINS, BAHAMAS.

Schmitt: THAT'S A BIG, BADASS SHACKLE.

AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED PIECES OF WRECKAGE

THAT WE BELIEVE CAME FROM FOUR DIFFERENT SHIPS FROM THE 1700s

THAT COULD MATCH UP TO GORDON'S LIST OF TREASURE WRECKS.

LET'S ROLL.

BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TRAIL,

AND THE ONE THAT WE KEEP RETURNING TO

IS A TRAIL THAT PRODUCED THE MOST ARTIFACTS.

AND ON THAT TRAIL, WE FOUND A CANNONBALL,

THE DEADEYE, THE RAIL GUN,

THE PEWTER SPOON, THE BARREL HOOPS, SIX CANNONS,

AND MOST RECENTLY, A LIFEBOAT RUDDER

THAT WE THINK CAME FROM THE MAIN WRECK THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING.

Perna: ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?

Sinclair: YEP. DEPLOY THE MAG.

MAG DEPLOYED.

THE RUDDER THAT WE FOUND, IT WAS FROM A SMALLER BOAT,

MORE THAN LIKELY A ROWBOAT OFF OF THE MAIN VESSEL

THAT THE PEOPLE WERE USING TO EITHER ESCAPE DANGER

OR GET TO SHORE.

HOW FAR BACK DO YOU WANT TO GO?

140?

LET'S DO, LIKE, 120.

OKAY.

Darrell: WHERE THERE'S A RUDDER, THERE WAS A LIFEBOAT.

WHERE THERE WAS A LIFEBOAT,

THERE WAS A SHIP, THE MOTHER SHIP,

AND IT'S GOT TO BE IN THIS IMMEDIATE AREA.

YO. YEAH, MAN?

LOOK AT THAT.

HOLY CRAP.

THAT'S A BIG ONE.

THAT IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES

WE'VE BEEN GETTING. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT THERE'S NO HITS AROUND THIS,

AND THEN THERE'S JUST THAT ONE ROCKING HIT RIGHT THERE.

I MEAN, IT'S -- IT'S BIG.

THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT TYPE OF ANOMALY

THAN WE'VE BEEN GETTING. THERE'S NO SCATTER TO THAT.

THAT'S SUPER CONCENTRATED.

A MAG HIT OF THIS SIZE USUALLY INDICATES

SOME SORT OF METAL OR MODERN WRECK.

THAT DOESN'T MATCH ANYTHING ON THE LIST OF GORDON'S 11,

BUT WHAT IT DOES MATCH IS ONE OF HIS ILLUSTRATIONS

WHERE HE HAND-DRAWS A MODERN SHIPWRECK.

THE LAST TIME I GOT A MAG TARGET THAT BIG,

IT WAS A SUBMARINE. Sinclair: YEAH.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A SUBMARINE,

BUT WHERE WE WERE MAGGING, GORDON DREW THIS ILLUSTRATION,

AND HE IDENTIFIED AN IRON, METAL WRECK.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR HIM TO DRAW

AN IRON WRECK ILLUSTRATION IF THAT'S ALL THAT WAS THERE.

HE HAD TO BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING ELSE.

SO CHECK THIS OUT, GUYS.

IT SAYS RIGHT HERE, "BALLAST."

WHAT IF AN IRON WRECK JUST HAPPENED TO LAND

ON TOP OR NEAR AN OLD BALLAST PILE?

BALLAST IS A GREAT SIGN THAT WE'RE IN AN AREA

WHERE THERE'S A SHIPWRECK.

BALLAST GENERALLY ARE ROUND, QUARRIED, GRANITE ROCKS

THAT THEY PUT AT THE BELLY OF THE SHIP.

AND IT OFFSETS THE WEIGHT OF THE SAILS.

WITHOUT BALLAST, YOU ESSENTIALLY CAN'T SAIL.

AND SO, AS THE SHIP CAME IN

AND PRESUMABLY SANK IN ONE SPOT WHOLE,

AS THE WOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE ORGANIC DETERIORATED,

IT WOULD LEAVE THIS PILE OF BALLAST, ESSENTIALLY.

MY THEORY IS THAT THE BIG HIT IS THE METAL RACK,

AND SOMEWHERE AROUND IT IS THE BALLAST PILE THAT GORDON DREW.

AND WHEN YOU FIND BALLAST,

YOU'RE USUALLY GOING TO FIND TREASURE.

CLEAR!

COPY. STANDING BY.

THIS IS A MASSIVE METAL WRECK,

AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE PICKED UP ON THE MAG.

BUT WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO FIND THE BALLAST PILE

THAT GORDON DREW ON THE ILLUSTRATION.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU FOUND?

ON SHIPS DURING THE LATE 1700s, IT WAS DARK BELOW DECK.

THEY DIDN'T NEED LANTERNS SWINGING AROUND DOWN THERE

THAT ACTUALLY HAD FIRE.

YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT FIRE ON A SHIP.

SO WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH WAS A PRISM

WHICH THEY COULD FIT INTO THE DECK ITSELF,

THAT REFLECTED AND REFRACTED THE SUNLIGHT

THAT WAS HITTING IT DOWN BELOW DECKS

AND LET A LOT OF ILLUMINATION DOWN INTO

THESE HISTORICALLY DARK AREAS OF THE SHIP.

HELL, YEAH. Darrell: LOOK AT THAT!

DUDE! YEAH.

THE DECK PRISM, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER EVIDENCE

THAT WE FOUND -- THE PEWTER SPOON --

IT'S PROBABLY FROM LATE 1700s.

AND IT REALLY IS PUSHING ME TOWARDS THIS ALL BEING,

YOU KNOW, PART OF AN ENGLISH SHIPWRECK.

THAT'S PRETTY BADASS. I'VE SEEN THEM FOUND.

I'VE NEVER FOUND ONE BEFORE.

DEFINITELY WASN'T WHAT I WAS EXPECTING TO FIND.

IT DOESN'T BELONG WITH THE WRECK

THAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING RIGHT HERE,

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S TWO WRECKS IN THE SAME AREA.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT -- WE JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE

OF THOSE POCKETS.

Darrell: FINDING THAT PRISM HAS ME BELIEVING

THAT IT HAD TO HAVE COME FROM A LARGE SHIP,

WHICH MEANS IT COULD POSSIBLY BE SHIPWRECKS

2, 3, 4, OR 9 FROM GORDON'S LIST.

YOU FOUND A PRISM, SO OBVIOUSLY FROM AN OLDER PERIOD.

GORDON'S TALKING ABOUT A BALLAST PILE,

AND HE'S NOT GONNA REFER TO BALLAST

IF HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S FROM AN OLDER-PERIOD WRECK,

I'M ASSUMING.

THERE MAY BE A BALLAST PILE SOMEWHERE

UNDERNEATH THIS MODERN WRECK.

COULD THIS BALLAST PILE BE THE FINAL RESTING SPOT

OF THE ACTUAL SHIPWRECK

THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS WHOLE TIME?

COULD ALL THE TREASURE BE RIGHT HERE?

IF GORDON'S DRAWING IS TRYING TO DEPICT

THAT THERE IS AN OLDER WRECK THAT'S BEING COVERED

BY THIS MODERN METAL WRECK,

WHAT I'D EXPECT TO SEE IS SOME SORT OF RISE IN THE BOTTOM.

YOU KNOW, NOW MIGHT BE THE TIME TO BUST OUT

THAT UNDERWATER LASER SCANNER.

WE'VE GOT IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY COOL PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY.

WE HAVEN'T USED IT YET. Sinclair: ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, WE HAVE IT, AND WE SHOULD PUT IT IN PLAY.

Darrell: YOU GUYS ARE OKAY TO USE THAT, THEN?

YEAH, PRETTY CALM CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, SO.

THIS LASER TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO SCAN THE ENTIRE SEAFLOOR

AND GIVE US A TOPICAL VIEW OF THIS AREA.

IF INDEED THIS MODERN WRECK

IS SITTING ON TOP OF AN OLDER WRECK,

THEN THIS LASER SCANNER SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE

SOME SORT OF RISE WITH THE REST OF THE SEABED HERE.

ONE MINUTE. LET'S ROLL.

CAN YOU GET THAT IN, OLD MAN? YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT'S $100,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

I'M USING BOTH HANDS.

NOW, WE PUT THE UNDERWATER LASER SCANNER IN THE WATER.

USING PULSES OF LASER LIGHT,

IT'LL GIVE US A THREE-DIMENSIONAL

MAPPING OF THIS VERY LARGE DEBRIS FIELD.

ONCE WE GET THE INFORMATION AND WE ANALYZE IT UP ABOVE,

WE'LL GET A BETTER REPRESENTATION

OF WHAT IT IS THAT'S DOWN THERE.

OKAY. GOING.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TRY THIS.

GORDON WAS ALWAYS TRYING NEW TECHNOLOGY.

I'M GONNA EMBRACE THAT MINDSET

AND I'M GONNA TRY SOMETHING NEW.

I'D LOVE TO TRY SOMETHING NEW THAT'LL HELP US FIND SHIPWRECKS.

Reporter: THE RENDEZVOUS EVALUATION POD WILL BE CARRIED

ON THE GEMINI 5 MISSION.

EXPLOSIVE CHARGES WILL EJECT THE RENDEZVOUS POD,

AND DATA FROM THE POD WILL BE TRANSMITTED BACK

TO THE GEMINI 5 SPACECRAFT.

FROM THIS TRANSMITTED DATA, THE ASTRONAUTS CAN CALCULATE

THE MANEUVERS NECESSARY TO DOCK IN SPACE.

SO, THIS IS THE IMAGE RIGHT IN FRONT.

JUST GONNA SWEEP, SWEEP, SWEEP TILL IT GETS ALL THE DATA.

Cooper: MAN HAS A GREAT DEAL OF CAPABILITY,

AND REALLY USING SOME VERY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY,

PUSHING THE STATE OF THE ART A GREAT DEAL.

Reporter: THIS VISUAL SURVEY WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION

AS TO THE ABILITY OF ASTRONAUTS

TO PICK OUT AND IDENTIFY CERTAIN GROUND AREAS OR LOCATIONS.

I FINALLY GOT THE IMAGES FROM THAT 3-D SCANNING EQUIPMENT.

CHECK IT OUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE IRON WRECK.

BUT LOOK AT THIS. THAT LOOKS LIKE CAPSTAN.

DOES THAT NOT LOOK LIKE A CAPSTAN TO YOU?

Perna: WOW. Schmitt: YEAH, IT REALLY DOES.

Sinclair: IT'S A GREAT FIND.

BUT LOOK EVEN CLOSER.

DOESN'T THAT LOOK LIKE IT'S LIKE A MOUND UNDERNEATH IT?

YEP. YEP.

THAT MAY BE A MOUND OF BALLAST.

WHAT'S SITTING ON TOP OF IT?

THIS CAPSTAN.