Cooper's Treasure

Reporter: PROJECT MERCURY IS OFFICIALLY OVER.

WHAT SORT OF ACTIVITIES ARE YOU ENGAGING IN?

WELL, I'M IN THE GEMINI PROGRAM.

Darrell: AFTER HIS MERCURY FLIGHT, GORDON WENT BACK INTO SPACE

AND TOOK THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BAHAMAS.

AND THEY ALL LINE UP WITH THE CHART

THAT GORDON GAVE MY DAD AND I.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO DO.

LET'S GO. GO, GO, GO! DIVE, DIVE, DIVE!

GORDON WROTE THIS LETTER BACK IN 1997.

HE DISCOVERED A SOLID GOLD TABLE.

I'M GETTING THE FEELING THAT WE'RE BEING WATCHED.

THIS CANNON IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIND, UP TILL NOW.

WHOO-HOO!

IS GORDON SENDING US ON THE TRAIL OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE?

I'M OUT OF AIR. I GOT TO COME UP.

ABSOLUTE MAYHEM.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

LOOK AT THAT. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT.

THE HIT'S RIGHT ON THE EDGE, SO IT'S GOING DOWN,

YOU KNOW, 90, 120.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE TARGET'S GONNA BE OFF THE EDGE OR NOT.

SO WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS LINE FOR A FEW DAYS.

WE GOT THE BARREL HOOPS, THE CANNONS,

THE DEADEYE, AND THE SPOON.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF A 1700s ENGLISH-PERIOD SHIPWRECK.

BUT SOME OF THE WRECKAGE IS OFF IN DEEPER WATER.

OUR SEARCH EFFORTS HAS LED US TO THIS LEDGE

THAT DROPS OFF INTO REALLY DEEP WATER.

DARRELL, THE TARGET'S TOO DEEP. COME ON BACK.

OUR TEAM IS DEFINITELY NOT EQUIPPED TO DIVE IN DEEP WATER,

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND AN R.O.V. DOWN

AND GET EYES FROM AN R.O.V.'S PERSPECTIVE.

I'M ALL ABOUT INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY

IN WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE DO.

HERE WE GO.

THIS IS WHAT AN R.O.V. IS MADE FOR.

YOU CAN GUIDE THIS THING DOWN AND GO LOOK, SPECIFICALLY,

WHERE YOU WANT TO LOOK.

Darrell: BASED ON THE ARTIFACTS WE'RE FINDING,

THE SHIPWRECK THAT WE'RE TRACKING COULD BE NUMBER 2,

3, 4, 6, OR 9 FROM GORDON'S LIST.

SEVEN GAMMA.

YEAH, THAT R.O.V.'S WORKING GREAT.

YEAH. I GOT IT PRETTY STEADY.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING YET.

WE'RE ALREADY 303 FEET.

COPY THAT.

TREASURE HUNTING'S A RISKY BUSINESS.

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, WE'RE BASICALLY ON OUR OWN.

ESPECIALLY OUT HERE.

ARE THOSE GUYS FOLLOWING US?

THIS IS

YEAH, NO, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS

WORTH OF EQUIPMENT, RIGHT OUT HERE,

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, POTENTIALLY SITTING ON A WRECK

THAT'S WORTH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

WE REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

SHUT IT DOWN.

-ALL RIGHT, LEVELING. -IT'S COMING.

YEAH, YOU WANT TO HELP PULL IT IN?

GUYS, WE GOT TO MOVE.

BRING IT UP. BRING IT UP!

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT'S IT?

OH, I DON'T KNOW. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE PLANE.

-THANKS, MAN. -HAVE A GOOD ONE.

-ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE. -ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK.

THIS GUY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE,

AND THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL WITH ME.

HE'S GONE.

LET'S GET THIS THING BACK IN THE WATER.

WHEN YOU'RE MILES FROM SHORE, YOU'RE ALL BY YOURSELF

AND YOU'RE COMPLETELY VULNERABLE.

Man: ROGER.

PROPELLANT QUANTITY, PRESSURE AND TEMP.

-WE'RE TRACKING NOW. -OKAY, VERY GOOD.

Gordon: 'COURSE WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE'D FIND IN SPACE.

I PRACTICALLY HAD TO PINCH MYSELF EVERY DAY,

THINKING I'M REALLY HERE.

EVERY DAY WAS TRULY AN "OH, GEE WHIZ" DAY,

'CAUSE IT WAS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY

TO REALLY DO SOME PIONEERING.

Darrell: WHERE DO YOU SEE THE BOTTOM?

WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS ENGLISH WRECK

AND THE DEBRIS FIELD IN THE SHIPPING LANE HERE,

AND I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT'S DOWN THERE,

BUT IF THE SHIP THAT WE FOUND IS PART OF GORDON'S LIST,

WE COULD BE SITTING ON TONS OF SILVER.

HOW DEEP IS THAT?

IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT DOWN TO 388 FEET.

WE'VE REACHED THE BOTTOM AND I DON'T SEE A DAMN THING.

ANYTHING AT ALL.

HOLD IT.

HOLD IT.

SOMETHING COMING INTO VIEW.

-IT'S HUGE. -YEAH, FOR SURE.

OKAY, PAN UP.

DUDE, DO YOU SEE THAT?!

-WHOO! -THAT'S BADASS.

HOLY CRAP.

LOOKS LIKE A FREIGHTER OF SOME SORT.

Darrell: NO KIDDING. THAT'S A BIG OLD HUNK OF METAL.

-SURE IS. -ABOUT AS MODERN AS IT GETS.

IT'S A PRETTY METAL WRECK, THOUGH.

THAT'S WHAT 50,000 GAMMAS LOOK LIKE.

REMEMBER THAT GORDO'S CHART ONLY SHOWS US

WHERE THE ANOMALIES ARE, AND NOT WHAT THEY ARE.

SO, SOMETIMES, WE'RE GONNA FIND OTHER THINGS.

MODERN STUFF. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR 1700s-PERIOD SHIPWRECKS,

SO WE'RE MOVING ON.

-READY TO RETRIEVE IT? -ALL RIGHT, LET'S WRAP IT UP.

SO WE'RE GONNA TURN AROUND, GO THE OTHER DIRECTION

WE BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT MAY HAVE PUSHED THIS THING,

FRACTURED, SCATTERED, AND IT'S HEADED TOWARDS SHORE.

WE FOLLOWED THE DEBRIS FIELD TO THE DEEPER WATER.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT. THAT WAS MODERN.

WE'VE ELIMINATED THAT AREA, SO THE QUESTION NOW, GUYS,

IS, WHERE'S THE OTHER HALF OF THAT WRECK?

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAME IN AND STARTED DEPOSITING STUFF

ALONG A SCATTERED DEBRIS FIELD.

WE KNOW THAT THE SHIP WOULD HAVE BROKE APART,

THAT IT DUMPED THE CANNONS, RIGHT HERE.

SO, ONCE THEY'VE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT,

THEY BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE PREVAILING CURRENT,

UP INTO, YOU KNOW, SHALLOWER WATER.

WE GOT A LOT OF MAG TARGETS HEADING IN SHORE.

AND, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT, GUYS, I'VE GOT THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH

THAT GORDON TOOK FROM HIS GEMINI 5 FLIGHT.

SO, WE'RE RIGHT HERE, AND SINCE WE CHECKED THE DEEP WATER,

WE KNOW IT'S NOT THERE, THE REST OF THE MATERIAL

IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE SHALLOWS AND THE CLIFFS.

THE ILLUSTRATIONS THAT GORDON DREW MATCH UP WITH THIS.

HE WAS TALKING ABOUT DEEPER WATER.

HE'S GOT SHALLOW.

GORDON EVEN EXPLAINS THAT HE'D ACTUALLY BEEN TO THIS ISLAND,

SO I SAY WORK OUR WAY EAST, TOWARD THE SHALLOWS.

-YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. -OKAY.

BEING SO SHALLOW, THE CURRENT'S GONNA BE RUNNING

ACROSS THAT BANK PRETTY HARD.

IT'S GONNA MAKE DIVING TOUGH, MAN.

WELL, GORDON EVEN EXPLAINS IT RIGHT HERE --

"1 1/2 FEET TO 3 FEET."

YEAH, THAT'S BARELY ENOUGH WATER TO COVER YOU.

I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA GET IN THE WATER AND GET PULLED RIGHT AWAY.

-OH, YEAH. -YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HE SAYS?

"CHECK THE TIDES."

SO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ROUGH, WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE TIDES

AND SEE WHEN THE TIDE'S GONNA BE BEST.

HE SAID, "TRIED TO EXPLORE THE LAGOON,

BUT UNABLE TO GET IN DUE TO THE LOW TIDE.

WILL TRY AGAIN, BUT LOOKS PROMISING."

I BELIEVE IT'S LEADING ME IN THE DIRECTION

OF WHAT GORDON AND KIP WERE AFTER,

AND THAT'S THAT GOLD TABLE.

AND IF GORDON DOVE ON IT, I'M DIVING ON THIS.

JUST GOT TO BE CAREFUL WORKING THESE SHALLOW-WATER AREAS, MAN.

THE SAME THING THAT TORE THOSE SHIPS APART

IS VERY DANGEROUS TO US.

YOU HAVE A TIDAL FLOW, WHERE YOU'VE GOT A WHOLE COLUMN

OF DEEP WATER BEING COMPRESSED IN A SMALL STREAM,

AND THE CURRENT WILL GO FASTER,

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THAT MUCH WATER

TRYING TO MOVE OVER THIS LITTLE CHOKE POINT.

SO, YOU DO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CURRENT.

COME UP, YOU COULD STRIKE YOUR HEAD ON THE BOAT,

KNOCK YOURSELF UNCONSCIOUS,

SOMEHOW GET TANGLED IN SOMETHING UNDERWATER.

THERE'S ALWAYS DANGER ANYTIME YOU'RE IN SHALLOW WATER.

AND IF SOMEBODY GETS HURT, WE'RE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM HOME.

LET'S JUST BE CAREFUL.

YEAH.

WE'VE ARRIVED ON SITE. PREPARING TO DEPLOY THE MAG.

Darrell: NOW, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR ANYTHING

THAT WILL GIVE US CONCRETE EVIDENCE

THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, TO SEE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY LOCATE

ANY SHIPWRECK MATERIAL ON THE REEF.

WE'RE GONNA RUN THREE, MAYBE FOUR LINES,

ALONG THE PARALLEL OF THIS ENTIRE COASTLINE, RIGHT HERE.

Man: SAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DESCRIBE

SOME OF THE COLORS OF THE WATER DOWN THERE?

DO YOU SEE ANY SHELVES THAT GO FROM GREEN TO BLUE OR ANYTHING?

-BIG D, CHECK IT OUT. -WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN?

I THINK WE'VE GOT A DEBRIS FIELD HERE.

Darrell: DAMN, THAT'S LIKE A HUGE DEBRIS FIELD.

Sinclair: SORT OF LIKE A TYPICAL-LOOKING DEBRIS FIELD

FOR A MORE HISTORIC-PERIOD SHIPWRECK.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

PLUS, THE TARGETS ARE SMALL, WHICH IS A GOOD INDICATION

THAT IT'S NOT A MODERN WRECK, OR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IRON.

I'D LIKE TO GO TO THAT ONE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE,

RIGHT THERE, RIGHT WHERE YOUR CURSOR'S AT.

-ON THE RIGHT? -YEAH.

ANYWHERE IN THE VICINITY OF THAT IS A LOT OF TARGETS.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, YOU SHOULD FIND SOMETHING.

-RIGHT. -AND THAT'S FAIRLY SHALLOW THERE,

ISN'T IT? -THIS IS FAIRLY SHALLOW.