Cooper's Treasure

Darrell: THIS IS IT.

IT'S 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING FOR ME

TO GET TO WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS GORDON'S LIST OF 11 WRECKS.

TO THINK THAT I'M AT THE LAST 48 HOURS

IS ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE.

WAS I THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THIS?

DID GORDON CHOOSE CORRECTLY IN GIVING ME THESE FILES?

IT'S NO LONGER JUST ABOUT FINDING TREASURE,

IT'S ABOUT ME BEING ABLE

TO PROVE TO MYSELF THAT HE CHOSE RIGHT.

I'M FULFILLING A VERY DEAR FRIEND'S LEGACY.

I'VE ALSO GO MY BUSINESS AND MY FAMILY RELYING ON ME,

MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER IS AT STAKE.

FOR THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS, MY TEAM AND I

HAVE BEEN ON THE HUNT

FOR SEVERAL WRECKS THAT GORDON LISTED.

AND THEY BROUGHT US TO THE REMOTE ISLAND OF ACKLINS

IN THE BAHAMAS.

WE'VE BEEN FINDING LOTS OF ARTIFACTS THAT PERTAIN

TO THE EARLY ENGLISH COLONIAL PERIOD.

WHOO!

MY TRIP TO LONDON REVEALED SOMETHING AMAZING.

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

THAT GORDON BELIEVED WERE ON THE WRECK TRAIL

OF SHIPWRECK NUMBER ONE,

A SHIPWRECK THAT GORDON THOUGHT WAS RELATED

TO SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S GOLDEN HIND.

AND ON IT, HE SAID THERE WAS A SOLID GOLD TABLE.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NARROW OUR SEARCH AREA

FROM 200 SQUARE MILES TO JUST A FEW THOUSAND FEET.

AND THEN, WE FOUND GOLD.

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

HAS TO BE IN THIS AREA.

AND IF WE FIND THAT SHIPWRECK, WE MIGHT FIND THAT GOLD TABLE.

WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

IF I AM NOT ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING OF VALUE,

THEN THIS WHOLE EXPEDITION WILL HAVE BEEN FOR NOTHING.

I WILL HAVE LET GORDON DOWN.

-WHOO-HOO! -HELL YEAH!

-HELL YEAH, MAN. -WHOO-HOO-HOO!

Man: THAT'S GOLD.

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WE KNOW THE REST OF THE SHIPWRECK

HAS TO BE IN THIS AREA.

WE'VE BEEN FINDING LOTS OF MATERIAL.

THIS LEG OF THE TRAIL WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW

IS JUST ONE PILE OF STUFF AFTER THE NEXT.

-YEAH. -I THINK THAT WE'RE RIGHT ON TOP

OF THE OTHER HALF OF THE SHIP THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THIS IS THE STERNCASTLE.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS CONTAINS

THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS AND THE REMAINDER OF THE CARGO HOLD.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE MOST VALUABLE ARTIFACTS

ARE LIKELY TO BE FOUND.

THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT'S REALLY BUGGING ME

ABOUT THIS GOLD MATERIAL.

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY IT'S SO MIXED UP.

YOU'VE GOT THE NUGGETS. YOU'VE GOT THE FLAKES.

YOU GOT THAT OTHER ORE.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO ERIC, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO JUST GET THE DREDGE READY,

AND LET'S JUST KEEP BRINGING THAT STUFF UP.

WE GOT TO BRING UP AS MUCH OF THAT MATERIAL.

LET'S RUN IT THROUGH THE SLUICE BOX THAT WE HAVE TO EXTRACT

AS MUCH GOLD OUT OF THAT MATERIAL AS WE CAN.

WHILE WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT THAT GOLD MATERIAL,

WE'RE GONNA HEAD RIGHT TO THE SITE WHERE MIKE SPOTTED

THOSE BALLAST STONES INSIDE THOSE DEPRESSIONS

IN THE UNDERWATER FOOTAGE THAT HE WAS REVIEWING.

-OKAY, GUYS? PERFECT. -ALL RIGHT.

Sinclair: WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRAIL HERE.

THE TARGET AREA KEEPS GETTING SMALLER.

THE QUESTION BECOMES, IS, WILL WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FIND

THE MAIN PART OF THIS SHIPWRECK IN THE TIME WE HAVE LEFT

BECAUSE SOON, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PULL THE PLUG.

Darrell: THE AREA THAT WE'RE DIVING NOW IS SMALL ENOUGH

WHERE I GET TO BRING OUT SOMETHING REALLY COOL --

A SPLASH DRONE.

FOR THE MOST PART, IT FLIES LIKE A REGULAR DRONE,

BUT IT HAS ONE ADVANTAGE -- IT CAN LAND ON WATER,

AND IT CAN GIVE ME A LIVE IMAGE OF WHATEVER'S DOWN THERE.

LOOK AT THAT. HOW COOL IS THAT?

IT'S BASICALLY EYES IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW.

NOW I'M GONNA LIFT IT UP AND I'M GONNA MOVE 25 FEET.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA DROP THIS IN THE WATER RIGHT HERE,

AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT'S ON THE BOTTOM.

ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IN THAT SPOT.

I'M GONNA LIFT IT UP.

I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

I CAN SEE SOME BALLAST HERE.

THAT'S A GOOD BOTTOM.

THAT LOOKS INTERESTING.

I CAN SEE SEVERAL BALLASTS THERE, AND I'M GONNA --

GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION ON THAT ONE.

AND I'M GONNA TAKE HER BACK UP.

I'M TRYING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY, THE WAY GORDON TAUGHT ME.

JUST DON'T DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES.

Cooper: THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS

THAT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY OR THAT FAILED.

BUT I THINK IT'S RATHER SIGNIFICANT THAT EACH

AND EVERY ONE THAT DID FAIL, THERE WAS ALWAYS A BACKUP.

YOU FIRST LOOK FROM SPACE.

YOU JOT IT DOWN ON A CHART.

YOU INVESTIGATE THE AREAS.

YOU DISSECT THOSE AREAS.

YOU NARROW THAT SEARCH FIELD DOWN.

IT'S A PROCESS.

THIS IS NOT AS EASY AS EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

IF IT WERE EASY, EVERYBODY WOULD DO IT.

Cooper: IT MAY SEEM LIKE OVER THIS EIGHT-DAY'S PERIOD

THAT A NUMBER OF THINGS DID FAIL.

IT'S ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT COMPARED

TO THE THOUSANDS OF THINGS THAT WORKED PERFECTLY, IN FACT,

WORKED EVEN BETTER THAN PEOPLE'D EVEN DREAM THEY WOULD WORK.

Darrell: YOU GOT TO BELIEVE IN YOUR EQUIPMENT,

YOU GOT TO BELIEVE IN YOUR CREW.

GORDON KNEW THAT THERE WAS TREASURE OUT HERE,

AND I'M GONNA FIND IT.

RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA SEND IT OVER HERE TO THIS SIDE,

AND WE'RE GONNA SPOT-CHECK THIS AREA.

I'LL TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

WOW!

THAT'S FREAKING AMAZING!

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE DEAD MAN'S CURVE ON A FREEWAY --

EVERYBODY ALWAYS ENDS UP CRASHING IN THE SAME SPOT.

IT WAS TRIPPING UP SHIPS LEFT AND RIGHT.

LITERALLY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, THAT ONE AREA, SHALLOW AS IT IS,

IT WAS A CATCHALL FOR SHIPWRECKS.

TOPSIDE, DO YOU COPY?

GUYS, I'VE GOT A VISUAL OF A WRECK WITH THE SPLASH DRONE.

HEAD BACK THIS WAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT.

REALLY COOL TOOL.

I'LL SET GPS COORDINATES, WE'LL DROP A BUOY,

AND WE'LL SEND REAL MEN DOWN THERE TO GET IT.

Sinclair: HISTORICALLY, THIS IS AN AREA THAT CAUGHT ONE SHIP.

IT'S PROBABLY TREACHEROUS FOR A WHOLE LOT OF SHIPS,

ESPECIALLY BACK IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD

WHEN SAILING SHIPS HAD LITTLE RECOURSE ON HOW TO SAIL.

Perna: 'CAUSE OF THE KIND OF SPIKES THAT WE'RE FINDING,

LOOKING MORE 1700s.

Darrell: THE FINAL MOMENTS OF ANY ENDEAVOR

ARE CRITICAL TO ITS SUCCESS.

THIS IS OUR LAST-DITCH EFFORT.

WHOO!

WHOO-HOO!

WHOO-HOO!

-PRETTY COOL. -THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT LOOKS SILVER.

FIRST PIECE OF SILVER.

AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT, IT ALSO LOOKS ENGLISH.

LOOKING MORE 1700s, AND IT'S A SIGN OF WEALTH.

IT'S A GOOD SIGN.

WHOEVER HAD THAT HAD A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY

'CAUSE THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WOULD CALL

JUST CREW TYPE OF PERSONAL EFFECT.

YEAH, NO.

THIS WAS SOMEBODY'S FRICKING PAYCHECK FOR A MONTH BACK THEN.

-YEAH. -THIS THING IS BEAUTIFUL.

NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE VALUE ON ITS OWN,

BUT THAT DRAWER KNOB WAS ON A REALLY ORNATE BOX

THAT PROBABLY BELONGED TO THE CAPTAIN OF THIS SHIP.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT

THAT THIS PUTS US RIGHT INSIDE THE CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS.

WE DID IT. WE'RE HERE.

SO IF HE'S USING SILVER FOR JUST A DRAWER KNOB,

IMAGINE, WHAT ELSE COULD HE HAVE?

WHAT ELSE WAS HE HIDING IN THOSE QUARTERS?

WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

IT WAS A REAL GOOD DAY, BRO.

-YEP. -NICE DIVE.

Darrell: AND THERE'S NO PROMISES, NO GUARANTEES.

IT'S JUST ABOUT HARD WORK AND PERSEVERANCE.

AND THAT'S IT.

TODAY, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND I GUESS YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF, "CAN WE FIND IT?"

Perna: I'LL TELL YOU THIS, THAT WEATHER MIGHT'VE

HELPED US OUT A LITTLE BIT.

IN THE ONE AREA, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT SAND WAS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S WERE WE FOUND THAT SILVER KNOB.

Sinclair: THE FACT THAT WE FOUND THE SILVER KNOB

AND THE GOLD DUST IS A REAL GOOD INDICATOR.

EACH ONE OF THOSE PIECES ALONG THIS TRAIL OF MATERIAL

WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ARE ALL SIGNPOSTS

TO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE

AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TREASURE AT THE END OF IT.

Darrell: SOMETHING'S OUT HERE.