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(ominous music)
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(regulator hisses)
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- Brass nails,
that's (bleep) Feversham.
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(waves crashing)
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(narrator): It's known
as the Death Coast.
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(wave crashes)
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An area of rough sea
in the North Atlantic
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that's claimed more than
6,000 vessels.
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Casting those aboard,
and treasure,
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into its turbulent depths.
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(Jeff): We gotta turn this
thing around! Here we go!
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(narrator): Gold, silver,
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and other priceless objects
from the wrecked ships.
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- Oh, my God, you're not
gonna believe this.
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(narrator): Lie scattered
across the ocean floor.
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- Gold coin right there.
- That is gorgeous.
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(narrator): But salvaging here
has been banned
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for more than a decade,
thanks to rampant looting.
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Now...
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- Storm is a-brewin'.
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(thunder cracks)
Nothing could... whoa, boy!
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(narrator): After a long battle,
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third generation shipwreck
hunter, Jeff MacKinnon,
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has won the exclusive rights
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to dive in these
treacherous waters.
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- Oh, yeah!
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(narrator): But he only has
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eight weeks to do it.
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- Are you okay?
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(narrator): Can Jeff and his
team find the treasure he seeks?
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- Find me something.
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- Before the stormy waters
of the Death Coast...
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(Jeff): It's time for
us to get outta here.
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- Pull him out.
Pull Doug out.
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(narrator): ...make diving
impossible.
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(gripping music)
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(narrator): At their
headquarters
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in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia,
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Jeff meets with his team
to decide their next move.
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They have spent
the last ten days
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diving on the French shipwreck,
the Chameau.
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- We've been on the Chameau
for about ten days now.
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We've made some good recovery.
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But the weather is starting
to change.
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It's getting worse.
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Now, I got a problem.
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I am limited in time.
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(narrator): With only a few
weeks left in the dive season,
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the team needs to decide whether
they double down on the site
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or move on to one of the five
other shipwreck sites.
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- You know, we've had a lot
of good recovery on the Chameau
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in the past several dives.
We got a coin.
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(Dan speaking over radio)
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- That's beautiful.
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- A god (bleep) coin.
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(narrator): Following
the discovery of the coin,
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the team then finds a piece
of silverware.
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(Jeff): Well, that's
Chameau silver.
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(narrator): But then,
the team unearths a find
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that changes the direction
of the search.
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(radio transmission)
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- Holy (bleep).
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It's an American coin.
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(narrator): But the search for
a possible American pay ship
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in the same area has so far
come up empty.
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(Jeff): So?
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- We got nothing.
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(narrator): With the Chameau
site seemingly at a standstill,
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Jeff is considering moving
on to a new site.
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The Feversham, a British ship
that sank in 1711
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off the coast
of Scatarie Island.
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The 32-gun frigate
was 107 feet long,
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28 feet wide,
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and was carrying 500 pounds
in New England coins.
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These coins can be worth up
to $100,000 today,
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enough of a payday to force
Jeff and the team to decide
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if they stay on the Chameau
or move on to the Feversham.
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- Everything in my body wants
me to stay at Chameau.
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I, I don't want to leave there.
I don't.
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But you guys see what
we're up against here.
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You see the weather;
you see the conditions.
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So, I'm just wondering what you
guys would like to do here?
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And I'm open to debate,
as long as I get the last say.
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- My thought is that Chameau
is a huge, huge area.
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My position, is you're limited
for time,
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Feversham is a very,
very compact site,
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and I think that's a great spot
to, to work
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because we can probably
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get a lot of recovery
right there, very quickly.
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(Jeff): You're right,
it is compact.
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It's a good site to work.
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What do you think, Dan?
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- At the new section
of the Chameau site,
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there could be a wreck on top
of a wreck
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and we're just starting to
find stuff there.
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- Yeah, I'd like to go back
to the Chameau.
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We've got an 1838 US coin
and a 1721 French coin.
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All those things add up
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to there's more than
one wreck there,
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maybe more than that.
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- But Mike pointed out
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that we've already got a lot
of important finds
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from the Chameau,
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so I think we should move
to the Feversham.
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- Yeah, I'm inclined to
agree with you.
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- Well, we also have a logistic
issue here, though.
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We're steaming now
from Louisbourg,
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all the way up here
to the Chameau.
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We've got to go another
at least half that distance
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to get over to Feversham.
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That's taking two hours
of our day out of diving,
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so we got to make sure
it's worth it.
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- That's the $64,000 question,
is it worth it?
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And I personally think it is.
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- Let's see what we can
get done today.
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(tense music plays)
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(wave crashes)
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(narrator): Later that
morning...
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- We're at 11 fathom here.
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(Johnnie): I got the track on.
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(narrator): ...Jeff and his team
make the long trip north
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towards the Feversham site
at Scatarie Island.
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With the clock ticking,
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they're gambling that
a smaller site
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will make the recovery
process faster.
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- Just about ten minutes
straight ahead.
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Almost there.
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(narrator): On October seventh,
1711,
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while sailing from New York,
up the Atlantic coast
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to support the British invasion
of the French colony, Quebec,
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the Feversham
and her convoy ships,
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the Mary, the Joseph,
and the Neptune,
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are driven into the coast
of Scatarie Island by a gale.
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The Feversham sinks just
off the coast.
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The three other convoy ships
suffer the same fate.
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A month later, New York's
Governor, Robert Hunter,
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reported that only 48
of the 150 sailors aboard
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the Feversham survived.
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(gripping music plays)
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- Hey, we're almost to
Scatarie Island.
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(waves crash)
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(narrator): As the easternmost
point of Cape Breton,
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Scatarie is constantly pummeled
by the Labrador Current,
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a cold, southward
flowing current
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that originates in the Arctic.
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(wave crashes)
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(narrator): Jeff's hoping that
these same currents
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over the years may
have done him a favor.
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- The Feversham is
my next target.
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I want to hit that hard.
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(wave crashes)
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Anything small like coins
from the Feversham
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would have been carried
to the west
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and pushed into the shore,
away from the wreck site.
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But diving in that area...
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(wave crashes)
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...it's going to be dangerous.
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(Jeff): Welcome to Scatarie.
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(narrator): Before mooring,
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Jeff needs to make sure
their boat,
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The Family Run, doesn't meet
the same fate
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as so many others along
the Death Coast.
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- There's a sunker right here,
so stay away from that.
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That bell buoy's marking it.
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The sunker is an underwater
feature.
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It's either an outcropping
of bedrock
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or an actual giant boulder
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sitting just under
the water's surface,
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so you can't see it.
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(narrator): The Feversham
is surrounded
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by three major sunkers:
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the Cape Breton,
the Little Sunker,
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and the Western Breakers.
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Jeff needs to ensure his boat
is moored far enough
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from the rocks to avoid being
pulled into them.
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- Yep. Yep.
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- Here we go!
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(anchor clangs then splashes)
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- So, basically what you got
here, there's the sunker.
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And on the inside of that
is the wall of the island.
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You know you... they're two very
prominent features.
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You'll see them, no problem.
- Yeah.
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- What I want you to
do is go down,
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get yourself acclimated,
have a good look around.
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Go get me something good.
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(dramatic music)
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(narrator): As the divers embark
on their first Feversham dive,
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Jeff keeps a close eye on
the conditions.
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This close to the rocks,
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they're diving in shallower
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and more dangerous waters
than before.
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(Jeff): Unlike the Chameau site,
Scatarie is unprotected.
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Every inch of Scatarie
is dangerous.
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(diver splashes in water)
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(tense music plays)
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(radio static)
(Jeff): This is topside, Griego.
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I hear you loud as Sunday.
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(regulator hisses)
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(regulator hisses)
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(bleep)
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(waves thunder)
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(narrator): The divers are
looking for coins
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or any small artifacts
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that may have been carried
west by the current.
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- Nuttin's easy in this world.
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(metal detector beeping)
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(regulator hisses)
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- Talk to me here,
fellas, what do you got?
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- Well, what do you think it is?
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(music swells)
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(narrator): As the divers
battle the Death Coast.
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- What the hell happened
out there?
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(narrator): They unearth
a significant find.
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- Did you say a coin?
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- You're talking
tens of thousands of dollars
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for one of these.
- Wow.
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(narrator): And discover remains
from the British convoy.
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- See this here?
That's Feversham.
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(tense music plays)
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- What do you think it is?
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(narrator): While searching
off the coast of Cape Breton,
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Nova Scotia for British
shipwreck, the Feversham,
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diver Mike Haas has located
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what he thinks may be
a piece of the wreck.
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- If it's something good,
bring it up.
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(narrator): If it is from
the Feversham,
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it could prove Jeff's theory
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that small items like coins
and other treasures
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may have been pushed,
over the years,
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by the current,
toward nearby Scatarie Island.
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- Diver up!
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(Jeff): Somebody got a smile
on their face.
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What do you got for me?
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(Jeff): Oh, boy.
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(Aaron): What do you got?
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(Jeff): I got a sword pommel.
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- And it looks like
it's copper,
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but it almost got a little
bit of gold on it.
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Look at that gold filigree.
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See the gold?
Look.
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(Aaron): So, an officer's sword,
maybe?
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- Could have been,
or a dagger.
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God, that's nice.
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(Jeff): The fact that this
artifact is damaged like this
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tells me that it's been dragged
across the bottom of the sea.
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It must have been pounded
against the rocks.
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Yeah, have a look.
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(Aaron): It's been badly
banged around.
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Right now, in its condition,
it's hard really to say much.
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- So, this part here would
be threaded,
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and it would be screwed into
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the end of the sword
or the--
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- The end of the handle.
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This right here,
would be
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the, the pommel.
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This would be the decorative
finial at the end of the sword.
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That is beautiful.
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Beautiful, beautiful.
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Good job.
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(Jeff): This pommel is
an important find.
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It's gold gilded.
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That means it could be somebody
important who owned it.
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We gotta get back in there,
get some more.
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(Aaron): Yeah.
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(gripping music plays)
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(narrator): Encouraged
by the find,
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and with the weather
holding steady,
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Jeff immediately sends
the dive team back down,
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and even closer to
the rocks.
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(Jeff): If this sword pommel
is this close into shore,
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that means there's probably
coins here, too.
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If the current is pushing
artifacts and coins
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past the wreck site,
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then eventually they're going
to get hung up on something.
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(Jeff): You got the natural
topography of the bottom.
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Your first inclination is
to find a crack or a canyon
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where a coin will get stuff.
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Think like a coin.
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Gold is heavy, it sinks.
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(waves crashing)
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(Jeff): This wind's picking
up a little.
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(narrator): Just ten minutes
into the dive,
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the weather takes a turn
for the worse.
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(Jeff): Well, here we go again.
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Wind.
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The so'west wind comes straight
up the coastline.
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It creates big,
unmanageable waves.
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And when the current picks up,
it gets way worse.
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(wave booms)
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So'west winds.
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(Aaron): The worst kind.
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- The only kind.
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We have to take our time
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and make sure this is done
very safely.
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(narrator): The combination
of high wind and high tide
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make conditions on the seafloor
especially dangerous.
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(Jeff): Copy that.
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Griego, do you read me? Over.
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(regulator hisses)
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- Copy that.
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(narrator): Unbeknownst to Jeff,
the divers make the decision
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to abandon the search
and return to the surface.
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(radio transmission)
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(Jeff): What is going on here?
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- And who's on the surface
there?
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- We're gonna have a little
talk with him when he comes up.
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(narrator): Though safety
is the top priority,
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Jeff knows that every minute
of every dive is precious,
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especially when it takes
two hours
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just to get to the site
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from their headquarters
in Louisbourg.
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(Jeff): What the hell
happened out there?
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(Pizzio): Conditions were...
were really, were really bumpy.
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We were getting pushed
around, in and out.
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We had a lot of surge.
Hanging on to kelp.
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Trying to dig holes.
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We were getting beat
up pretty good.
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We had a beautiful forecast,
a beautiful morning,
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and that really uh...
really turned around on us.
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- Yeah.
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Yeah.
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- And we came up to this.
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It got real rough, real quick.
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- We can't keep losing
dive days.
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This place ain't gonna beat us.
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(narrator): As the wind
continues to pick up,
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the team pulls anchor
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and starts the long journey
back to Louisbourg.
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(Jeff): This is what happens
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with the southwest wind
out here.
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It creates huge swells.
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Everything gets pushed towards
the shore,
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and I mean everything.
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That means that anything
that floats
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needs to be away
from the rocks.
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(wave crashes)
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That's the safest bet.
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This is just a taste.
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This weather here,
in a couple weeks' time,
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this is gonna get real bad.
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(wave booms)
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(light tense music plays)
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(narrator): The next day,
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Jeff is back at
the Feversham site,
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but not with his divers.
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Jeff is instead accompanied
by Ryan Howlett,
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from engineering firm,
McElhanney.
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- Keep going up a little.
Up, up.
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(narrator): His hope is that
their cutting-edge SONAR
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mapping technology will find
structures on the seafloor
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at the Feversham site.
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- Pull out a little.
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(narrator): With this survey,
they'll get an up-to-date
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three-dimensional picture
of conditions on the bottom.
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(Pizzi)o: Aim for that
crack in the...
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- That, right there.
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That point.
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The problem with this area
is that it's covered in kelp,
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and it makes it
nearly impossible
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to see the cuts and the grooves
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where the smaller items
would get caught.
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Are you seeing any prominent
features, Ryan?
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(Ryan): Lots of grooves
on these rocks.
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Hard to tell as we're
cutting across here.
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We'll have to check out in
post-processing, for sure.
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(narrator): But Jeff
is taking a risk.
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To do the survey,
he is sacrificing a dive day.
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(Jeff): My time is very
precious this season.
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Having this survey done
cuts my time in half.
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It's going to help me find
the spots that I need to dive.
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(narrator): While Jeff continues
the survey over at
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the Feversham site along
Nova Scotia's Death Coast...
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- Are you seeing any prominent
features, Ryan?
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(Ryan): We got tide coming in.
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Let's do one more pass
along the shore.
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(narrator): Team archaeologist,
Jim Sinclair,
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meets with Matt Easton,
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an ancient weapons expert
who consults with
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the Royal Armouries Museum
in England,
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to determine if the sword pommel
found earlier at the site
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could be linked to
the British wreck.
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- Hi, Matt.
We found an object
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we think you can probably
help us with.
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- Yeah, absolutely,
I'm happy that I can help.
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- Our team has been diving
on an area
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where a convoy of ships
went down in 1711.
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And we recovered an object that
we're wondering would it
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have come from the lead ship,
the Feversham,
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or possibly one of
the others?
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It's a, it's a lovely
little piece.
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What do you think it is?
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- Basically, the two options
of things it could be
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is a pommel for a dagger or
a pommel for a sword.
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But I think it's probably
a sword, given the size.
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Around this time, around 1711,
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there's a particular
type of sword
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that we're going to be
looking at,
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which is known
as the small sword.
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And this is the sort
of archetypal
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gentleman's sword of
this period.
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00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:55,360
And to me, that looks like
a small sword pommel.
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00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:58,096
So, I've got some examples
here I can show you.
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00:19:58,130 --> 00:19:59,531
- I would love to see them.
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00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,800
- So, this is a silver
hilted example,
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00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:03,802
and this is English.
The type of blade,
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you'll notice,
it's very slender.
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00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:06,605
- Wow.
- It's a thrusting blade,
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00:20:06,638 --> 00:20:08,807
so it's actually triangular
cross-section.
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00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:10,242
Obviously, you don't have
that part,
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00:20:10,275 --> 00:20:11,310
you've only got the pommel.
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00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:13,045
But these are thrusting swords,
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and these were used for dueling.
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And then, this is the pommel.
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00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:17,549
The pommel there is essentially
a balance.
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00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:21,186
So, it's there's to form
a counterbalance to the blade.
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00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:22,921
- Uh-huh.
- Which means that you can be
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very nimble with the tip
and have a lot of control
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with that tip when
you're fighting.
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00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:29,828
- So, Matt, is your opinion
then that this would be
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from a small sword or a dagger
of one of the British officers
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that were on board?
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00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:36,201
- I think with 90 percent
certainty.
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Given that the historical
context of where this was found,
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it's very, very likely
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that this is British officer's
small sword.
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00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:50,449
- The Feversham was the only
royal ship in the convoy,
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and that's where most of
the officers would have been.
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If the current pushed this
pommel in towards the coast,
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there's no telling what else
got pushed in there with it.
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00:21:03,895 --> 00:21:06,031
(gripping music plays)
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00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:07,733
(gulls caw)
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(narrator): Back at their
headquarters in Louisbourg,
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Jeff and diver Mike Haas
sit down with Graham Christie
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from McElhanney to go over
the early data
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they received from
the survey.
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- How you doin', Graham?
- Great, Jeff, how are you?
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00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:23,749
(narrator): Graham Christie is
a hydrographic surveyor.
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He measures and maps underwater
surfaces to analyze the seabed.
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00:21:28,487 --> 00:21:32,658
Jeff is hoping he can identify
targets for the team to dive.
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- So, I got your message.
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00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,727
You said you got something
for me. What is it?
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00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:39,331
- We're looking for places
where these artifacts
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00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:41,500
and other items might collect,
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00:21:41,566 --> 00:21:43,835
and the best place for those,
from what I understand,
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00:21:43,935 --> 00:21:45,003
is sort of in the bottom
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of little collection bowls
or troughs.
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00:21:47,939 --> 00:21:49,408
(Jeff): Yeah.
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00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:51,877
Graham: This is kind of
the best look that we can get,
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00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:53,578
looking right through
that kelp,
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and being able to see
the bottom as it is.
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Right here,
this is a connection
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between a north-south
and an east-west,
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that could potentially
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be a great spot
for things to collect.
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00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:06,725
- If you don't mind, can you
spin that a little bit?
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00:22:06,825 --> 00:22:09,027
Yeah, there. Stop.
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00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:10,696
See that?
- Yep.
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(Jeff): That's the kind of thing
that we're looking for.
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Just like that.
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00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,634
- That's about...
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about six and a half,
seven feet deep down in the,
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00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:20,372
the bottom of that,
that cut right there.
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00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:23,275
- What's the width?
- 10, 12 feet across at the top.
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- That's what you're looking
for, the narrow at the bottom.
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It's a natural catch-all that
Mother Nature put there and,
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and anything that could get
caught in there
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is still gonna be in there.
(Jeff): Yeah.
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00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:34,820
(Haas): I'm liking the idea
of going in these cuts.
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00:22:34,886 --> 00:22:36,254
It gets us out of the...
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the current that we're seeing
down there,
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which is pretty severe,
has been pretty severe.
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00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:42,361
It looks like a great area
to go take a look-see.
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00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:44,029
- All right, pal,
thanks very much.
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(exciting music plays)
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00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:49,701
(narrator): With good weather,
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Jeff and the team head
to the new Feversham target
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identified in the survey.
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00:22:55,173 --> 00:22:57,242
(Jeff): It's an area that
we've never been,
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so what I want you do is go down
your main pennant line,
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make a 10-foot swath,
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and then work your way
in a westerly direction
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while we've got this
good wind.
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00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:09,020
And that's it.
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00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:10,155
Let's go!
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00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:13,258
(narrator): Jeff is sending
the divers to the cuts
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revealed in the 3D maps
from the scan.
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00:23:16,228 --> 00:23:18,497
The team is optimistic this
could be where
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some of the ship's treasure
has come to rest.
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00:23:21,199 --> 00:23:22,300
(divers splash)
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00:23:22,401 --> 00:23:25,771
But it will take them
closer to shore...
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00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:27,539
and danger.
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00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:31,410
(tense music plays)
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00:23:35,514 --> 00:23:39,084
(Jeff): I read you loud
and clear, Haas.
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00:23:39,151 --> 00:23:41,620
You guys go to the bottom
and cling to it.
495
00:23:42,020 --> 00:23:43,722
(water bubbles)
496
00:23:43,789 --> 00:23:44,823
Dive time?
497
00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:46,892
(Aaron): 10:52.
498
00:23:53,565 --> 00:23:56,067
- Copy that.
Start your search.
499
00:23:56,134 --> 00:23:57,836
(narrator): Once underwater,
500
00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:01,973
the divers have to pinpoint
the exact location of the cuts.
501
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,109
But this close to shore,
502
00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:06,311
heavy surf and
the strong current
503
00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:08,513
make for poor visibility.
504
00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:14,920
(narrator): Ten minutes into
the dive,
505
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:20,325
they find an access point to
the canyon formed by the cuts.
506
00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:29,634
(narrator): The cliff forms
a wall that blocks the current
507
00:24:29,701 --> 00:24:33,038
and catches materials like sand
and small rocks at its base.
508
00:24:33,104 --> 00:24:38,877
A potentially perfect hiding
place for shipwrecked treasure.
509
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:40,412
(metal detector beeping)
510
00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:48,954
- Copy that.
511
00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:01,666
- Did you say a coin?
512
00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:13,478
(narrator): While diving off
the coast of Scatarie Island
513
00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:15,413
at the site of the Feversham.
514
00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:20,752
(narrator): Diver Mike Haas
has uncovered an object.
515
00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:25,557
- He said a coin.
- That's what I heard.
516
00:25:25,624 --> 00:25:30,095
- Could you bring it up with
you when you're coming, please?
517
00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:34,432
(regulator hissing)
518
00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:41,606
(narrator): With the wind
picking up,
519
00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:45,777
so too is the current that runs
east to west along the island.
520
00:25:46,978 --> 00:25:49,848
The chase boats have to relocate
to pick up the divers
521
00:25:49,915 --> 00:25:52,717
before they're swept into
the rocks.
522
00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:54,986
(Jeff): Diver up.
Diver up.
523
00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:58,156
There's Dan.
He's up.
524
00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:04,462
- Two divers up!
525
00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:13,471
(radio static hisses)
526
00:26:14,739 --> 00:26:16,541
(Aaron): What do you make
of that?
527
00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:18,009
(Jeff): I make that's what
happens
528
00:26:18,109 --> 00:26:20,211
to when you leave stuff
on the bottom.
529
00:26:20,278 --> 00:26:21,980
That's (bleep).
530
00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:25,050
- Catch the light just right,
sometimes you can almost see a,
531
00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:29,054
like a shield or something but
it's (indistinct).
532
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:30,789
- I can't see anything.
533
00:26:30,855 --> 00:26:33,959
I see something there but
looks like an "8."
534
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,528
It's just beat.
535
00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:38,096
Aaron, tell me what you think.
536
00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:41,833
(Aaron): Honestly,
it is so beaten,
537
00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:44,569
until we get it back and...
538
00:26:44,636 --> 00:26:47,672
I don't even know how much
cleaning we can do on it.
539
00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:49,908
(Jeff): I can stabilize it.
That's about it.
540
00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:52,277
- It's, right now
it's possibly a coin.
541
00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:56,014
- I think it is a coin
and I've seen the planchets,
542
00:26:56,047 --> 00:26:58,016
the New England coins
that big.
543
00:26:58,116 --> 00:27:00,585
(Aaron): Yeah.
- But not...
544
00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:03,388
not in that shape.
That's a sin.
545
00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:06,224
New England coins from
the Feversham site
546
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,026
are very valuable,
547
00:27:08,093 --> 00:27:09,928
and there's still a lot
of them out here.
548
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:13,031
And if this coin that
we've found is one of them,
549
00:27:13,064 --> 00:27:15,400
then we might have found
them all.
550
00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:20,138
(gripping music plays)
551
00:27:22,907 --> 00:27:24,342
(narrator): Back at the lab,
552
00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:27,412
Jeff and Aaron take a look
at the coin the divers recovered
553
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:28,613
from the Feversham site,
554
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:32,851
hopeful they can clean it up
enough to identify it.
555
00:27:33,351 --> 00:27:36,187
- Oh.
- Yeah, in rough shape.
556
00:27:36,254 --> 00:27:38,556
- Let me see what we can do.
557
00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:41,726
(narrator): Jeff is using
a process called
558
00:27:41,793 --> 00:27:43,928
an electrolytic bath.
559
00:27:44,262 --> 00:27:46,931
An electrical charge is used
to help remove debris,
560
00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:50,301
revealing any identifiable
markings.
561
00:27:50,368 --> 00:27:53,338
(bath bubbling)
- Oh, I see bubbles.
562
00:27:53,872 --> 00:27:57,175
It's quick, dependable, and
it's not gonna hurt the object.
563
00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:58,843
(narrator): After 20 minutes,
564
00:27:58,943 --> 00:28:02,280
the coin is ready to be
examined.
565
00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:08,687
- Can you make anything out?
566
00:28:09,754 --> 00:28:11,056
(Jeff): There's nothing
left of this.
567
00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:13,324
That's an absolute slug.
568
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:15,760
So, that sucks.
569
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,463
You know, to put it into
perspective,
570
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:21,299
take a look at that coin there,
and then look at this.
571
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:25,336
These are the coins that Dad
was recovering 25, 30 years ago.
572
00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:26,571
- Oh, my God.
573
00:28:26,671 --> 00:28:28,606
And that little amount of time.
574
00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:29,941
What a shame.
575
00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:31,576
(Jeff): It's obvious that this
coin is in bad shape,
576
00:28:31,676 --> 00:28:33,678
but it does tell me one thing.
577
00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:36,581
It tells me that the flow
of wreckage is pushing down
578
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:39,384
from the Feversham site
to the target area.
579
00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:43,121
And if it's anything like
the coins my father found,
580
00:28:43,154 --> 00:28:45,023
that means it could be valuable
581
00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:47,225
and there could be a lot
more of them.
582
00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:54,466
(tense music playing)
583
00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:00,105
(narrator): As a new day dawns
in Louisbourg,
584
00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:02,107
team archaeologist,
Jim Sinclair,
585
00:29:02,173 --> 00:29:04,809
meets with coin expert,
Doug Mudd.
586
00:29:04,876 --> 00:29:08,747
Doug is a long-time consultant
for the Smithsonian Institute,
587
00:29:08,847 --> 00:29:11,349
and International Monetary Fund.
588
00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:14,152
Their mission: determine
the country of origin
589
00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:17,655
for the coin the team found
the previous day.
590
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,591
- But any insight you
can give us,
591
00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:20,959
we'd really appreciate it.
592
00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:22,494
- Okay, yeah.
593
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,429
(narrator): If it's
a New England coin,
594
00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,064
it could mean the area
they're diving
595
00:29:26,164 --> 00:29:28,967
holds the rest of
the Feversham's treasure trove.
596
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,602
(Doug): Okay.
597
00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:31,970
It looks silver to me.
598
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:33,671
To me, that suggests it could
be Spanish silver,
599
00:29:33,705 --> 00:29:36,474
because that's the most common
material we'd see out there.
600
00:29:36,541 --> 00:29:37,475
But maybe something else.
601
00:29:37,575 --> 00:29:39,811
Let's take a little
closer look here.
602
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:43,481
(curious music plays)
603
00:29:43,548 --> 00:29:47,819
(Doug): Okay, I'm looking at it
and there's really not a lot
604
00:29:47,886 --> 00:29:49,821
of detail that's left.
605
00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:52,991
Been basically smoothed
out by the ocean.
606
00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:54,793
Look how thin that is.
It's...
607
00:29:54,859 --> 00:29:55,827
(Jim): It's like a razorblade,
almost.
608
00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,595
(Doug): Yeah.
609
00:29:57,662 --> 00:30:00,064
It's interesting, because
if this is Spanish silver
610
00:30:00,165 --> 00:30:02,767
I expect it to be a lot thicker.
611
00:30:03,501 --> 00:30:05,637
Could be something much
more rare than that.
612
00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:08,406
Based on the size and the,
the thickness,
613
00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:12,610
I'm wondering if this could be
a Massachusetts piece?
614
00:30:12,677 --> 00:30:13,611
- Wow.
615
00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:15,113
- It makes sense because they,
616
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:16,514
they follow the story
that you know,
617
00:30:16,548 --> 00:30:19,651
the Feversham was carrying some
Massachusetts silver.
618
00:30:19,684 --> 00:30:21,586
And we know in the past that
they found them,
619
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,389
but this may be more of it.
620
00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:28,593
(narrator): In 1649, following
the beheading of King Charles,
621
00:30:28,626 --> 00:30:32,096
the cash-strapped colonial
government of Massachusetts
622
00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:34,399
orders the production
of its own money.
623
00:30:34,465 --> 00:30:38,837
In 1711, as the Feversham
is being loaded for voyage,
624
00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:41,072
these coins make up
a large portion
625
00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:42,841
of the Feversham's
pay chest.
626
00:30:42,907 --> 00:30:46,211
Eventually, with the return
to power of the monarchy,
627
00:30:46,277 --> 00:30:51,349
New England coins are outlawed,
making them very rare.
628
00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:55,887
- Yeah, I mean,
it's, it's interesting.
629
00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:58,389
I think the next step is
to weigh this
630
00:30:58,489 --> 00:31:00,692
because if this is too heavy,
631
00:31:00,758 --> 00:31:01,893
it suggests it might be Spanish
632
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,761
because the Spanish coins tend
to be larger and heavier.
633
00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,563
But if it's lighter,
634
00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:09,334
that might help us prove it
might be Massachusetts silver.
635
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,869
- Oh, that would be exciting.
636
00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:12,303
Let's take a look.
637
00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,439
(gripping music builds)
638
00:31:18,276 --> 00:31:20,111
- We'll be diving
in the break zone.
639
00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:22,247
We're gonna get beat
up pretty good.
640
00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:25,483
(Jeff): It is a race
against time.
641
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,352
I can't be without a hit today.
642
00:31:29,153 --> 00:31:30,521
(Jeff): What? What is it?
643
00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:38,830
(wave crashes)
644
00:31:38,897 --> 00:31:40,965
(narrator): After recovering
a badly worn coin
645
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,701
at the Feversham wreck site,
team archaeologist,
646
00:31:43,801 --> 00:31:47,238
Jim Sinclair, and coin expert,
Doug Mudd,
647
00:31:47,305 --> 00:31:49,674
are attempting to
determine its origin.
648
00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:50,808
- Very interesting.
649
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:52,777
(narrator): Depending on
its weight,
650
00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:56,381
it could be from a cache
of the rarest and most valuable
651
00:31:56,481 --> 00:31:58,950
American coins in existence.
652
00:31:59,017 --> 00:32:01,219
(Doug): So, let's take a look.
(Jim): Let's check it out.
653
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,956
(coin clinks)
654
00:32:05,490 --> 00:32:07,091
- Look, it's 4.3 grams.
655
00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:11,162
So, this is missing at least
0.3, 0.4 grams of weight.
656
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:15,033
That suggests that this could
be Massachusetts silver.
657
00:32:15,133 --> 00:32:16,768
- Wow.
658
00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:19,871
- The fact that this is 4.3
and it's as worn as it is,
659
00:32:19,904 --> 00:32:22,941
that tells us that this easily
could be one of those.
660
00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:24,943
So, that's very exciting to me.
661
00:32:24,976 --> 00:32:27,111
- So, what would the value
of this have been?
662
00:32:27,178 --> 00:32:29,948
- Well, at the time,
these coins were the shilling,
663
00:32:30,014 --> 00:32:31,849
so this would have been
something like
664
00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:34,686
two or three days' worth of pay
for the average person.
665
00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:38,189
So, this is significant value,
$100, $200 today.
666
00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:42,927
Now, as a collector's item,
if this was in great shape,
667
00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:45,863
you're talking tens of thousands
of dollars for one of these.
668
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,833
- Wow. And the fact
that there may be
669
00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,735
still more out there to find,
670
00:32:50,768 --> 00:32:52,103
hopefully in better condition,
then that,
671
00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:55,773
that gives us something to
search for on the Feversham.
672
00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:01,512
(suspenseful music plays)
673
00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,582
(narrator): Armed with this
new information,
674
00:33:04,615 --> 00:33:07,919
Jeff meets with the team
to plan the next dive.
675
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,187
(Jeff): This bathymetric survey
676
00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:12,123
has proven to be well worth
its weight in gold.
677
00:33:12,190 --> 00:33:16,127
And these cuts have definitely
been proving out.
678
00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,196
This coin, you know,
even though it's a sin
679
00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:20,798
that it's been beat to death,
it proves my point
680
00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:23,234
that the current is picking
these items up
681
00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:24,969
and pushing them closer
to the island.
682
00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:27,338
- Where did you find that?
683
00:33:27,438 --> 00:33:29,007
- So, that coin was found on
684
00:33:29,073 --> 00:33:31,876
the western edge of these cuts
that are in here.
685
00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:35,046
- If we keep moving west,
at least theoretically speaking,
686
00:33:35,113 --> 00:33:36,781
we know there's other wrecks
in there,
687
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:39,083
like the Mary, the Joseph,
and the Neptune.
688
00:33:39,150 --> 00:33:42,020
- I really need to start
heading down
689
00:33:42,086 --> 00:33:43,788
towards that Western Breaker.
690
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:45,923
(nervous music plays)
691
00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:50,428
Because it, it almost forms
a natural catch-all.
692
00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,430
- It also forms a hell
of a break zone right there.
693
00:33:52,497 --> 00:33:55,133
We're gonna get beat up pretty
good in that area.
694
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:57,201
We'll be diving in
the break zone.
695
00:33:57,268 --> 00:34:00,204
(narrator): A break zone
is the section of water
696
00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:01,472
nearest the shore.
697
00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:02,974
As waves approach,
698
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:07,278
they collide with the ocean
floor, getting taller, steeper,
699
00:34:07,345 --> 00:34:08,713
and more dangerous.
700
00:34:08,813 --> 00:34:10,815
- It is a rough spot, Mike,
I'll give you that.
701
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:12,050
You're right.
702
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:13,918
And that's why it's never
been searched before.
703
00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:16,387
That's why we're gonna be
the first ones to do it.
704
00:34:16,487 --> 00:34:17,855
You gotta get down and dirty,
705
00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:19,690
and the only way
we're gonna find out
706
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:22,360
is if you go down there
and have a look.
707
00:34:22,427 --> 00:34:25,496
(music intensifies)
708
00:34:31,803 --> 00:34:34,672
(music fades)
709
00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,674
(narrator): Later that morning,
710
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,976
the team heads out
to Scatarie Island.
711
00:34:39,077 --> 00:34:40,611
(Jeff): That's where I want
to go.
712
00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:42,580
Johnnie: Usually coming through
this strip,
713
00:34:42,613 --> 00:34:45,049
I take the autopilot off
and steer by hand
714
00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:47,819
because there's so many friggin'
rocks and stuff.
715
00:34:47,852 --> 00:34:50,221
And sometimes you
can't see them.
716
00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:53,324
(narrator): Their plan,
to keep moving west
717
00:34:53,424 --> 00:34:57,328
with the current to search for
items from the Feversham wreck.
718
00:34:57,428 --> 00:35:01,132
(Johnnie): Okay guys, we're
coming up on Scatarie Island.
719
00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:06,604
(Jeff): You see that, Johnnie?
(Johnnie): Yes.
720
00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:08,339
- The other side
of the ragged rocks.
721
00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:10,441
That's where I wanna go.
722
00:35:10,508 --> 00:35:12,043
That's the Western Breakers.
723
00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:15,513
(narrator): Jeff's plan
for diving in the break zone
724
00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:18,649
is to take advantage
of a short period of calm,
725
00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:20,818
referred to as "slack tide."
726
00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:22,753
Hey Johnnie, when's low?
727
00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:24,889
- Slack tide in about
ten minutes.
728
00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:27,925
- Slack tide is
the transition period
729
00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:29,760
between high and low tide,
730
00:35:29,827 --> 00:35:31,662
where it becomes like
a bathtub.
731
00:35:31,762 --> 00:35:33,931
It is nice.
732
00:35:33,965 --> 00:35:37,235
It's a window of opportunity,
for about an hour.
733
00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:38,769
But them, bam-o,
734
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:41,072
she's goin' in the other
direction again.
735
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:43,908
(Jeff): It's a bathtub
right now.
736
00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:47,345
Just pretend you're in
a bathtub with coins in it.
737
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:52,183
- Coins, please.
738
00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:54,519
Not toys.
739
00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:57,155
(tense music plays)
740
00:35:57,255 --> 00:35:59,323
Now, you be careful in there.
741
00:36:02,126 --> 00:36:04,128
(divers splash in water)
742
00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:16,941
(narrator): With precisely one
hour to search,
743
00:36:16,974 --> 00:36:19,076
the dive team makes
their descent,
744
00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:21,946
working westward along
the shoreline.
745
00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:36,961
(metal detector beeps)
746
00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,536
- Dig up that hit, Mike Haas.
747
00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:47,438
I can't be without a hit today.
748
00:36:48,539 --> 00:36:51,008
(metal detector beeping)
749
00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:55,046
- Bullsh--.
750
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:13,130
- Brass nails,
that's ----ing Feversham.
751
00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:20,371
(narrator): While searching
the jagged coast
752
00:37:20,404 --> 00:37:23,007
of Scatarie Island,
both divers,
753
00:37:23,074 --> 00:37:25,443
Mike Pizzio and Mike Haas,
754
00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:27,845
finally get hits on
their metal detector.
755
00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:37,989
(regulator hisses)
756
00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:41,993
- Disregard.
Find me something else, please.
757
00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:53,271
- Keep searching.
Move yourself into shore.
758
00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:54,939
Move yourself all
over the place.
759
00:37:54,972 --> 00:37:56,140
It's a bathtub.
760
00:37:58,476 --> 00:38:01,178
(narrator): The calm conditions
allow the divers
761
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:04,048
to move quickly and cover
more ground.
762
00:38:08,452 --> 00:38:10,521
(narrator): But after
30 minutes,
763
00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:12,323
there's still no sign
of anything
764
00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:14,525
that might be from
the Feversham.
765
00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:16,594
(Jeff): Slack tide is
a beautiful time
766
00:38:16,661 --> 00:38:19,130
where I don't have to worry
about divers getting picked up
767
00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:21,232
and thrown into the rocks.
768
00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:25,069
But we are running out of time.
769
00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:29,874
(tense music plays)
770
00:38:30,441 --> 00:38:32,677
(Jeff): Johnnie?
- Yes?
771
00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:35,313
- 11:06.
772
00:38:35,379 --> 00:38:36,647
- Roger that.
773
00:38:36,714 --> 00:38:40,418
(Jeff): The tide is going to
change here real soon,
774
00:38:40,484 --> 00:38:42,553
and when it does, I'm going
to have to pull them out.
775
00:38:42,620 --> 00:38:45,022
So, if they're gonna find
something down here,
776
00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,223
they better do it quick.
777
00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:48,426
(metal detector beeps)
778
00:38:50,127 --> 00:38:52,063
(regulator hisses)
779
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:54,265
(beeping continues)
780
00:38:55,232 --> 00:38:58,602
(narrator): With only ten
minutes left in the slack tide,
781
00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:01,238
Mike Pizzio gets another hit.
782
00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:04,442
(metal detector beeps)
783
00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:22,860
- Brass nails, that's
----ing Feversham.
784
00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:33,671
- Bring them up, pal!
785
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:46,751
- Yeah, shoot the bag! Shoot
the bag! Shoot the bag!
786
00:39:57,461 --> 00:39:59,397
(narrator): Brass pins
were essential
787
00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:01,132
to the ship's construction,
788
00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:04,769
holding together key components
of its framework.
789
00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:09,573
Larger colonial-era ships would
contain thousands of them.
790
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,009
(Jeff): Pins are an excellent
indication of a shipwreck,
791
00:40:12,109 --> 00:40:14,645
and these pins could be exactly
the type of pins
792
00:40:14,678 --> 00:40:17,181
that have been pulled off of
the Feversham over the years.
793
00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:20,017
(Jeff): Hey Pizzio,
this is topside.
794
00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:23,587
With the tide the way it is,
I'd like you to hurry up.
795
00:40:28,592 --> 00:40:31,295
(narrator): With air running low
and the short window
796
00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:32,396
of the slack tide closing,
797
00:40:32,463 --> 00:40:35,499
the divers abandon
the new hotspot
798
00:40:35,533 --> 00:40:37,802
and return to the surface.
799
00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:42,373
- You're gonna like this.
800
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,141
(Jeff): What is it,
what'd you find?
801
00:40:44,241 --> 00:40:45,543
- All kinds of stuff.
802
00:40:45,609 --> 00:40:48,779
(Jeff): Whoa! That's the stuff.
803
00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:50,915
(Pizzio): All these are from
the same area like--
804
00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:52,917
(Jeff): Yeah, but something's
different about this.
805
00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:56,187
This... this doesn't even look
like the stuff
806
00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:57,621
that was coming off Feversham.
807
00:40:57,688 --> 00:41:00,491
- This stuff was just laying
on the surface of the sand.
808
00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:03,761
And then these nails,
809
00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:06,030
there's just piles of these
laying there.
810
00:41:06,096 --> 00:41:09,033
- See this, Aaron?
That's Feversham.
811
00:41:09,099 --> 00:41:13,237
See the red brass?
The high copper content in it.
812
00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,439
This is not Feversham.
813
00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:17,508
This is something else.
814
00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:18,642
I don't know what it is.
815
00:41:18,709 --> 00:41:21,145
l of this stuff came
from something else.
816
00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:24,281
(Jeff): The Feversham brass has
always had a reddish tint to it.
817
00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:25,783
They call it red brass.
818
00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:28,219
This other brass
that's intermingled with
819
00:41:28,252 --> 00:41:32,289
the Feversham brass,
that's another ship entirely.
820
00:41:32,356 --> 00:41:33,757
- These ships fasteners, then.
821
00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:35,459
- These are definitely
ship's fasteners.
822
00:41:35,526 --> 00:41:38,162
- Yeah, and these bends
are evidence
823
00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:40,364
of a violent--
- Well, they're indicative
824
00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:41,599
100 percent.
- Violent end to the ship.
825
00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:43,100
- Yeah, absolutely.
826
00:41:43,167 --> 00:41:45,236
- So, even stuff like this
can tell a story.
827
00:41:45,302 --> 00:41:46,537
- All this stuff can.
- Yeah.
828
00:41:46,570 --> 00:41:49,807
- Take a, take a pin or a nail
like this and try to break it.
829
00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:52,710
You can't.
Mother Nature did this.
830
00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:56,280
- Imagine what it takes
to bend that like that.
831
00:41:57,414 --> 00:41:58,349
- Good job, guys.
832
00:41:58,382 --> 00:42:00,251
- That's fantastic, guys.
833
00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:03,721
(narrator): The red pins are
further evidence that artifacts
834
00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:07,491
from the Feversham may have been
pushed closer to the shore.
835
00:42:07,558 --> 00:42:10,728
But the green pins present
another mystery.
836
00:42:10,761 --> 00:42:14,832
Could they be from one
of the other undiscovered
837
00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:16,767
shipwrecks from
the ill-fated convoy?
838
00:42:16,834 --> 00:42:21,005
And if so, what secrets
and treasures
839
00:42:21,071 --> 00:42:25,409
might still lie hidden
beneath the waves?
840
00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:28,746
(narrator): Next on
"The Death Coast."
841
00:42:28,812 --> 00:42:31,782
(Jeff): You boys be careful
down there now.
842
00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:35,219
(narrator): The team's search
for the Feversham convoy
843
00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:36,387
takes them further west.
844
00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:38,589
- Keep searching.
Hurry up, though.
845
00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:40,791
(narrator): And closer
to danger.
846
00:42:45,896 --> 00:42:48,766
(Jeff): The rocks! Get them
away from the rocks!
847
00:42:48,832 --> 00:42:50,768
(narrator): And with a storm
on the horizon...
848
00:42:50,834 --> 00:42:53,370
- Storm is a-brewin'.
849
00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:56,040
Whoa, boy!
850
00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:58,709
(narrator): ...a series
of mysterious artifacts.
851
00:42:58,742 --> 00:42:59,944
(Jeff): I don't know what
that is.
852
00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:01,645
- Wow, that's fascinating.
853
00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:03,314
(narrator): Leads to
a major breakthrough.
854
00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:04,915
(Jeff): Well, what do you got?
855
00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:06,483
Look, that's what I was talking
about right there.
856
00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:08,152
You can see it.
Look at it right there.
857
00:43:08,252 --> 00:43:11,322
We gotta get more.
We gotta get more.
858
00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:14,358
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