Cooper's Treasure

Darrell: GORDON'S FILES AND LIST OF 11 WRECKS HAVE BROUGHT US

TO THIS REMOTE ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS,

AND IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.

LOOK AT THAT. DUDE.

WHOO-HOO!

THERE'S A WHOLE PILE OF CANNONS DOWN HERE.

THEY'RE ALL ENGLISH SHIPWRECKS.

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE IS RIGHT THERE.

IT COULD BE THE GOLDEN HIND.

WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE SENT ME OUT HERE TO FIND...

...GORDON'S LIST SAID THERE'S 290 TONS OF TREASURE

OUT HERE SOMEWHERE. -GO!

SO I KNOW IT IS SOMETHING BIG.

MY DAD JUST DIED.

HE DISCOVERED A SOLID...

...GOLD...

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

...TABLE.

WHOO-HOO!

YOU SEE THAT? NOW TELL ME YOU'RE NOT EXCITED.

Man: BE CAREFUL!

YOU KNOW, GET THE AWAY FROM IT.

Darrell: WE'VE GOT WEATHER MOVING IN.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

THIS IS IT.

I'VE GOT THREE WEEKS LEFT,

BUT THE RESEARCH WE DID IN LONDON GAVE ME A VITAL LEAD.

THE WRECKAGE THAT WE FOUND SO FAR COULD BE THE THREE SHIPS

THAT GORDON BELIEVED WERE ON THE WRECKAGE TRAIL

OF SHIPWRECK NUMBER ONE, AND THAT'S JUST GIVEN ME A GIFT.

IT'S ALLOWED US TO REDRAW THE MAP ENTIRELY.

NOW I KNOW WHERE THE WRECKS THAT WE'VE BEEN DIVING CONVERGE

COULD BE THE WRECK TRAIL OF SHIPWRECK NUMBER ONE.

SO NOW WE CAN NARROW OUR TARGET SEARCH AREA

TO JUST 20 SQUARE MILES OF OCEAN.

AND IF I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT

AND THIS IS THE AREA THAT GORDON'S REFERRING TO,

SOMEWHERE IN THAT CIRCLE, THERE'S SOMETHING

THAT COULD CHANGE OUR LIVES FOREVER.

AND OUR PLAN NOW IS TO DOUBLE DOWN ON OUR NEW TARGET AREA.

BUT WE'RE MISSING ONE VITAL CLUE.

LAST NIGHT, I WAS REVIEWING THESE DOCUMENTS.

WELL, LOOKING AT THIS LETTER A LITTLE BIT MORE,

IT'S TALKING ABOUT HIM HAVING FOUND THAT GOLDEN TABLE.

ACCORDING TO GORDON'S LETTER,

HE SENDS FAMOUS TREASURE HUNTER KIP WAGNER TO DIVE THIS SITE.

"KIP WAS FOLLOWING UP ON SOME MUSEUM INFORMATION

RELATING TO THE LOSS OF THE GOLDEN HIND --

SIR FRANCIS DRAKE."

HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART.

"AT A SITE KNOWN AS DRAGON'S TEETH."

IN THIS ILLUSTRATION, IT SAYS "DANGER DT."

I'M ASSUMING THAT IT MEANS "DRAGON'S TEETH,"

BECAUSE HERE HE'S REFERRING TO IT AS DRAGON'S TEETH

AND HE ACTUALLY WRITES THAT OUT.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS THE SAME AREA

THAT GORDON REFERS TO KIP HAVING FOUND THAT GOLD TABLE,

WE NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT THIS AREA IS DRAGON'S TEETH.

DRAGON'S TEETH COULD BE ANYTHING.

IT COULD BE SHARP REEFS OR WHATNOT.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF WE CAN FIND AN AREA

THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING

THEY'RE REFERRING TO HERE AS DRAGON'S TEETH

AND WE FIND SHIPWRECK MATERIAL

THAT HE SPEAKS OF IN THIS LETTER,

THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

SO HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THIS IS A THREE-POINT PLAN.

ERIC AND I ARE GONNA GO IN AN AIRPLANE,

AND WE'RE GONNA GET EYES ON THIS AREA.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR CATCH POINTS,

SHIPWRECK TRAPS, OBVIOUS ZONES.

Schmitt: WE'VE GOT ALL THESE AERIALS AND MAPS.

MAYBE WE GET UP IN THE AIR, REALLY KIND OF COMPARE THEM,

AND MATCH THESE UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

IF WE SEE SOMETHING,

MIKE WILL DIRECT YOU TO THAT AREA,

AND YOU CAN START THE INITIAL MAGGING PROCEDURES RIGHT THERE.

I'M ALL FOR IT.

AND, JIM, I GOT A NEAT SURPRISE.

SO, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE

OF THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.

IT'S THREE WEEKS.

GORDON WAS ONTO SOMETHING ON THIS SITE.

LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I'VE GOT SOMETHING SPECIAL PLANNED FOR JIM.

IT'S TIME TO INTRODUCE JIM

TO THE NEW MEMBER OF OUR TEAM, NEMO.

NEMO IS A TWO-MAN SUBMERSIBLE

CAPABLE OF GOING TO DEPTHS OF 1,000 FEET.

SHE CAN CARRY A 450-POUND PAYLOAD,

COMES WITH A PRECISION-GRIP MECHANICAL ARM,

HIGH-POWERED LIGHTS,

AND CAMERAS RECORDING EVERY ANGLE

OF WHATEVER IT IS THAT JIM SEES DOWN THERE.

THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I'M GONNA GET TO BEING AN ASTRONAUT.

JIM, HE'S GONNA SEARCH THAT EDGE OF THAT REEF

ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TARGET AREA.

VERY HAPPY THE SUBMARINE IS HERE.

IT'S A REALLY RARE AND WONDERFUL SORT OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE.

COME ON DOWN.

Man: ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER

SITTING COMFORTABLY IN THE GEMINI 5 SPACECRAFT.

DECK BOSS, NEMO'S READY TO COMMENCE LAUNCH.

Darrell: JIM'S GONNA START OFF IN THE AREA

WHERE WE FOUND THAT LARGE METAL WRECK WITH THE R.O.V.

ALL RIGHT, JIM.

HE'LL BE ABLE TO GO DEEPER AND FOLLOW THE NEW TRACK

ALONG THAT SHARP DROP-OFF

IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVEN'T INVESTIGATED YET.

WATCH YOUR EARS.

I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M JEALOUS OF YOU BEING ABLE

TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME.

SO, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS CLIFFS, SHARP ROCKS

OR REEFS OR CORAL --

ANYTHING THAT COULD LOOK LIKE A DRAGON'S MOUTH

OR DRAGON'S TEETH OR TO BE ARRANGED IN SUCH A WAY

THAT THEY CREATE AN AREA LIKE A MOUTH

WHERE SHIPS COULD GET TRAPPED.

JIM, MAKE SURE YOU RUN THAT REEF LINE.

HAVE A GOOD DIVE.

ROGER THAT, DARRELL.

YEAH, YOU SEE MY LOCATION RIGHT NOW?

COPY THAT. GIVE ME A MINUTE OR TWO.

WE'RE IN ABOUT 20 FOOT OF WATER, SO THIS IS GONNA ALLOW US

TO GET THE MAG DOWN VERY CLOSE

TO THE OCEAN FLOOR 170 FEET BEHIND THE BOAT.

THERE'S THIS LITTLE HARD-BOTTOM CHUNK

THAT STICKS OUT RIGHT HERE.

CERTAINLY LOOK FOR ANYTHING COMPELLING.

I'LL LOOK UP THIS WAY,

AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES OPEN BOTH WAYS.

YEAH.

SEE THE -- SEE THE RAY?

OH, LOOK AT THAT. THERE'S TWO.

OH, THAT'S GORGEOUS.

DAMN IT, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, MAN.

AND THERE'S THE WALL RIGHT BEHIND IT.

WHAT A STEEP WALL, HUH?

OH, MAN.

MAN, IT JUST DROPS.

I'M THINKING ANYTHING THAT'S TUMBLING DOWN THIS WALL

IS GONNA JUST KEEP GOING.

YEAH. LOOK AT THAT.

TOP SIDE INDICATES THAT WE'RE GETTING CLOSER.

THERE'S OUR METAL-HULL SHIP FROM ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF WEEKS AGO.

WELL, I'M GONNA DRIVE IN CLOSER, AND WE'RE GONNA START LOOKING.

I'LL KEEP MY EYES OPEN FOR A COLONIAL-PERIOD SHIP WRECKAGE.

IN THIS KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT,

THE LIKELIHOOD OF WOOD SURVIVING IS PRETTY SLIM.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE PROBABLY LOOKING FOR

ARE LARGER OBJECTS -- ANCHOR, CANNON,

THINGS OF THAT NATURE, MAST RINGS --

SOMETHING THAT'S GOT SOME ROBUST METAL

THAT'S GONNA LAST LONG ENOUGH.

NOT SEEING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BY NOW.

WOW.

THAT'S AMAZING.

WE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE ON THE TRAIL OF SOMETHING BIG HERE.

THE REASON THAT I'M SO EXCITED IS THAT WE'RE GETTING

THAT MUCH CLOSER TO WHATEVER IT IS

THAT GORDON WAS LOOKING FOR OUT HERE.

AND IF IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SIR FRANCIS DRAKE

AND THE GOLDEN HIND, WE KNOW THAT THIS SHIP WILL BE LADEN

WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF TREASURE.

THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT COULD BE ABOARD THIS SHIP

COULD BE GOLD BARS,

GOLD COINS, GOLD DUST,

SILVER COINS, SILVER BARS.

A SINGLE COIN FROM ONE OF THOSE SHIPS, NOT TOO LONG AGO,

WAS SOLD FOR $250,000.

Darrell: RUBIES, EMERALDS.

I WORKED ON A PROJECT DOWN IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

THAT FOUND 75,000 SILVER COINS THAT WERE LOOSE ON THE BOTTOM.

IT'S OVER $500 MILLION WORTH OF TREASURE.

THEY'RE ALMOST IDENTICAL.

GORDON WAS TAKING PICTURES OF ISLANDS AND REEFS

BEFORE SATELLITES EVEN EXISTED.

GORDON WAS ABLE TO SEE THE WORLD

FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

BACK IN THE DAY WHEN GORDON WAS DOING THIS,

IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD.

THERE WAS NO GPS,

THERE WAS NO GOOGLE EARTH, THERE WAS NO iPHONES.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, GORDON WAS THE FIRST HUMAN SATELLITE.

AND THAT'S HOW, I THINK, GORDO GOT AHEAD OF THE CURVE.

FROM UP HERE, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO EASILY IDENTIFY

SHALLOW REEF AREAS THAT YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY AT SEA LEVEL.

THIS LOOKS LIKE KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT

LITTLE GULLY RIGHT HERE, HUH?

YEAH, THINGS THAT WOULD CATCH STUFF, RIGHT?

YEAH, LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT?

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S A BIG CURRENT RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE SURE GETTING PUSHED AROUND RIGHT HERE.

WOW. WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

COME ON, NEMO. LITTLE MORE. LITTLE MORE.

COME ON, BABY.

THERE WE GO. MAN, THAT WAS CLOSE.

THANK GOD.