Cooper's Treasure

Darrell: I BELIEVE THAT WE MAY BE ON THE TRAIL

OF A 1700s MERCHANT SHIP...

...WHICH MAY LEAD US TO THE SHIP WRECK

NUMBER ONE ON GORDON'S LIST.

KIP WAGNER FOUND THE GOLDEN TABLE,

AND THAT SHIP WRECK

IS POTENTIALLY WORTH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

-LOOK AT THIS. -THAT'S FANTASTIC, MAN.

Darrell: SHOOT. WE HAVE COMPANY.

THIS IS GO AMERICA. DO YOU COPY?

I MEAN, I WAS HOPING, SOMEHOW, WE'D FIND...MONEY.

Darrell: MY CREW AND I HAVE ONLY FIVE DAYS LEFT.

IT'S DO OR DIE.

STAND BY, DARRELL!

THAT COULD SHORTEN MY WINDOW OF TIME DOWN TO NEXT TO NOTHING,

AND IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE SCREWED.

WE NEED TO USE THAT LITTLE WINDOW OF TIME

THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY,

SO WE NEED TO GET BACK IN THE WATER.

Man: There's gold everywhere!

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WE'VE NARROWED DOWN THE AREA FROM 200 SQUARE MILES

DOWN TO ONE SQUARE MILE.

WE FOUND SEVERAL KEY ARTIFACTS FROM THE 1700s

THAT CONNECT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT TARGET AREA,

AND THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA FIND

THE REST OF THAT WRECK.

Schmitt: YEAH, I'VE DOVE A FEW SHIP WRECKS

THAT HAVE SOME OF THE TIMBER STILL INTACT UNDERWATER,

BUT MORE TIMES THAN NOT, IT'S ALL GONE.

BOATS ARE MADE OF WOOD. THE WOOD WILL DECAY.

THESE WARM-WATER CLIMATES HAVE A LOT OF WOOD-BORING ORGANISMS

THAT JUST GET IN THERE

AND ANNIHILATE THE WOOD, ESSENTIALLY.

YOU ALSO GOT THE FORCE OF THE OCEAN OVER TIME

THAT JUST BREAKS IT UP AND SCATTERS IT.

AFTER THE HUNDREDS OF YEARS THE SHIP'S BEEN DOWN THERE,

FINDING SOME OF THE TIMBER STILL INTACT UNDERWATER

IS VERY RARE AND UNIQUE.

AND THERE COULD BE MATERIAL MIXED IN WITH IT, TOO.

IT'S A GOOD SIGN. WE LIKE SEEING IT.

Darrell: DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD,

THE BAHAMAS WAS A THOROUGHFARE

FOR THE EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD.

400 YEARS LATER, NASA SENDS A NEW TYPE OF EXPLORER.

Man: WE HAVE IGNITION. WE HAVE LIFTOFF.

Huntley: WHEN THIS IS DONE, MAN WILL HAVE PASSED ANOTHER FRONTIER.

MANKIND WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE CONFINED BY EARTHLY BOUNDS.

Darrell: THAT MOMENT, THAT SENSATION

OF BEING ABLE TO BE IN AN AREA

WHERE MOST MEN ARE NOT ABLE TO GO

HAS GOT TO BE THE SAME FEELING

GORDON WAS FEELING FLYING IN SPACE.

Huntley: AS LONG AS THERE IS A FRONTIER ANYWHERE,

MANKIND SEEMS COMPELLED TO FORGE BEYOND IT.

FOR THIS GENERATION, HOWEVER, THE FRONTIER IS SPACE.

Darrell: I'M IN UNCHARTED WATERS,

JUST THE WAY GORDON WAS UP IN SPACE.

I'M MAKING NEW DISCOVERIES EACH TIME.

WE'RE CLOSER THAN EVER TO CONFIRMING

THAT WE ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF ONE OF GORDON'S WRECKS.

Get over here!

WHOO-HOO-HOO!

THERE'S A WHOLE SHIP WRECK RIGHT THERE!

IT'S GOT THE WOOD, AND IT'S GOT THE...

BUT IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

!

I CAN'T EVEN CLIMB UP 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO DROP THIS.

Darrell: IT'S GOLD.

GOLD IS GOLD. AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE.

THAT'S GOLD!

DEFENDER, THIS IS BROWNIE BOAT.

Man: Copy. Go.

Go ahead.

I'm not sure what you're finding over there...

BUT I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO COME OVER HERE.

OKAY. COPY THAT. WHAT SHOULD WE DO? ANCHOR UP?

YEAH, PROBABLY THE BEST IDEA,

'CAUSE I THINK YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO DIVE ON THIS.

ROGER THAT.

- -OKAY.

-I'M NOT SURE WHAT... -WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

-DOESN'T SOUND BAD, HUH? -NO, IT DOESN'T.

DOESN'T SOUND BAD AT ALL.

Darrell: I NEED ALL HANDS ON DECK.

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO GET IN THE WATER.

THERE'S TONS OF IT DOWN THERE,

AND IT'S DOWN THERE FOR A REASON.

PUT IT THIS WAY -- IF IT'S GOLD, WE'RE RICH.

-IT'S EVERYWHERE. -

WHATEVER IT IS, THEY SEEM LIKE THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT,

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WE GOT.

ANY TIME ANYBODY SAYS, "YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO DIVE THIS,"

IT'S LIKE, "OKAY, LET'S GO."

WE FOUND THE REST OF THE SHIP WRECK!

THERE'S TONS OF BALLAST. THERE'S TIMBERS EVERYWHERE.

TIMBERS!

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

AND I GOT THIS WEIRD, GLOWY, GOLD MINERAL.

I GOT SOME IN MY HAT HERE.

WE ALL FOUR SHOULD JUST DIVE THIS THING.

HELL YEAH!

THE QUESTION REMAINS IS -- IS THERE ANY VALUE TO THIS?

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

I NEED TO GET BACK IN THE WATER

SO THAT I CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT I KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

Darrell: I'M NOT 100% SURE, BUT TO ME,

IT LOOKS LIKE RIVER ROCK

WITH UNPROCESSED GOLD ORE INSIDE.

WE'RE NOT THAT FAR FROM THE BARREL HOOPS,

WHICH MAKES ME THINK...

DID THAT GOLD ORE COME FROM THE BARRELS?

Sinclair: GOLD HAS ALWAYS HAD A VALUE TO IT,

AND IF YOU WERE BRINGING GOLD FROM, SAY, SOUTH AMERICA,

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PAY A TAX ON IT,

BECAUSE THE KING WAS ENTITLED TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.

WELL, YEAH, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY THAT,

SO, YEAH, THEY OFTEN WOULD SMUGGLE GOLD IN VARIOUS FORMS.

WEDGES WERE FOUND THAT, WHEN ALL PUT TOGETHER,

FIT THE EXACT SIZE OF WHAT WOULD BE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL,

WHICH MADE THEM EASILY CONCEALABLE.

Sinclair: GOLD DUST COULD CERTAINLY BE ONE OF THE TYPES OF GOLD

THAT THEY WOULD SMUGGLE, YOU KNOW,

'CAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY PURE.

SO I THINK THAT GOLD DUST COULD CERTAINLY BE A CONTRABAND ITEM.

I'M SEEING ALL THIS MATERIAL COME UP FROM THE BOTTOM,

AND THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MY MIND --

I'M THINKING OF, LIKE, THIS EARLY-WORLD EXPLORER,

AND HE ASKS THE LOCAL GUYS --

HE WOULD SAY, "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT GOLD ANYWAY?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT,"

AND THE LOCAL TURNS AROUND, AND HE GOES,

"BY THOSE RIVERS AND IN THOSE MINES."

AND HE SAYS TO HIM, "WELL, LOAD THAT STUFF UP,

PUT IT IN THOSE BARRELS,

AND WE'LL CHECK IT OUT WHEN WE GET BACK TO ENGLAND."

THE ONLY WHAT THAT I AM GONNA BE ABLE TO FIND OUT

IF THERE'S GOLD MIXED IN WITH THIS MATERIAL

IS TO BRING SAMPLES OF IT UP ON BOARD AND GO OLD-SCHOOL.

I'M SEEING A MATERIAL, A MINERAL,

A TYPE OF MINERAL THAT IS DEFINITELY

NOT INDIGENOUS TO THE CARIBBEAN.

THIS DEFINITELY CAME FROM A RIVERBED.

SOMEBODY WAS COLLECTING THIS MATERIAL FOR A REASON.

I THINK PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE PILLAGING

AND STEALING THAT GOLD MATERIAL.

I THINK THERE WAS A PURPOSE BEHIND HAVING IT ON BOARD.

BECAUSE ALL AROUND THE AREA WHERE WE FOUND THE BARREL HOOPS,

WE FOUND THIS GOLD MATERIAL.

THAT'LL FRICKIN' WORK. SCREW IT. I'LL TAKE IT.

I'M PLANNING ON FINDING A LOT.

-WE'RE FRYING-PANNING FOR GOLD. -THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.

THAT'S OUR TICKET, RIGHT HERE.

WELL, IT'S JUST GONNA COME OUT OTHERWISE, HUH?

PANNING FOR GOLD IS PROBABLY THE OLDEST

AND SIMPLEST WAY TO COLLECT GOLD FLAKE.

IF YOU SWIRL THE MATERIAL AROUND,

THE GOLD FLAKES ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY SINK,

SO YOU HAVE TO JUST GET RID

OF THE LIGHTER MATERIAL OFF THE TOP.

I DON'T KNOW, MAN. THAT LOOKS GLITTERY TO ME.

AND YOU SHOULD BE LEFT, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLATE,

WITH GOLD MATERIAL.

-LOOK AT THAT. -LOOK AT THAT!

YEAH, THERE'S A FEW IN HERE.

HELL YEAH!

CHECK THIS OUT. CHECK THIS OUT.

LOOK AT THAT.

-IS THAT NOT GOLD? -SURE LOOKS LIKE IT TO ME, MAN.

THAT'S FREAKIN' GOLD. DUDE! LOOK AT THAT!

-YEE-HOO! -HELL YEAH!

BRING IT TO PAPA!

IF THERE'S GOLD THERE, I INTEND TO BRING IT OUT.

CHECK THAT OUT. YOU SEE THAT?

THAT CAME FROM...

ALL RIGHT, GUYS. WE'VE BEEN CHASING THIS WRECK.

WE DOVE ON THE AREA, AND WE FOUND THIS GOLD DUST,

GIVING ME HOPE THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THERE.

WE HAVE ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT,

AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO MAKE THIS EXPEDITION A SUCCESS,

I'VE GOT TO SHOW THE INVESTORS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE

WE'RE ONTO SOMETHING OF VALUE.

LOOK, IF WE DIG IN THAT HOLE DEEP ENOUGH

AND WE START PULLING MORE OF THAT MATERIAL,

LET'S GET A 5-GALLON BUCKETFUL.

OKAY? -ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE'S THERE GOLD DUST, THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER VALUABLES --

GOLD BARS, GOLD COINS, SILVER COINS, SILVER BARS,

ORNATE GOLD STATUES.

YOU NEVER KNOW.

I REMEMBER YOU TELLING ME THAT ONE TIME

YOU WERE WORKING ON A SHIP WRECK WHERE THEY FOUND

ACTUAL GOLD DUST. OH, SURE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SHIP WRECKS

AND SITES WHERE GOLD DUST AND FLAKES

AND EVEN SMALL NUGGETS HAVE BEEN FOUND.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN GOLD FOUND ON THE CENTRAL AMERICA

FROM THE GOLD RUSH,