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Clifford: WE'VE FOUND CLOSE
TO A MILLION COINS.

RIGHT NEXT TO THIS MUMMY.

ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL PIRATE OF ALL TIME...

BLACK SAM BELLAMY.

...LOST HIS SHIP...

HIS LIFE...

AND 5 TONS OF TREASURE
IN A FREAK STORM.

THE WRECK SITE IS TOO DANGEROUS.
IT'S BELLAMY'S CURSE.

BUT A MUMMY PULLED
FROM ITS WATERY GRAVE

TELLS A DIFFERENT TALE.

A LOT OF THE LEGEND
ACTUALLY BECOMES REALITY.

Man #2: RAMY.
RAMY!

IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION.

I'M ARCHAEOLOGIST
AND MUMMY EXPERT RAMY ROMANY.

ACROSS THE GLOBE,
EARTH IS GIVING UP HER DEAD.

OH, MY GOD, PEDRO, LOOK AT THIS.

THANKS TO CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY,

NEW MUMMIES ARE UNEARTHED
EVERY DAY.

IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER
CRIME SCENE.

THESE MUMMIES HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SECRETS...

OH, MY GOD, WHAT IS THIS?

PRICELESS.

...IF YOU KNOW HOW TO UNWRAP IT.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THIS IS...

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OFF OF THE COAST OF CAPE COD,
MASSACHUSETTS,

DEEP BENEATH THE FRIGID
WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC

AND SURROUNDED BY TONS OF PIRATE
TREASURE, A MUMMY WAS FOUND.

THE MUMMY WAS A PART
OF A SHIPWRECK FROM 1717.

IT WAS RECOVERED ENCASED IN A
CONCRETE-LIKE CHUNK OF SEDIMENT

BEARING THE PISTOL BELONGING TO
THE CAPTAIN BLACK SAM BELLAMY.

KNOWN AS BLACK SAM
BECAUSE OF HIS BLACK PONYTAIL,

HE WAS THE WEALTHIEST PIRATE
IN HISTORY.

HE ATTACKED 53 SHIPS

AND PLUNDERED 4.5 TONS
OF TREASURE.

IN TODAY'S DOLLARS,

HIS HAUL WOULD BE WORTH
OVER $120 MILLION.

BUT BLACK SAM ALLEGEDLY
MET HIS DEMISE

WHEN A VIOLENT STORM
NEAR CAPE COD...

[ THUNDER CRASHING ]

...DROVE HIS SHIP,
THE WHYDAH GALLY,

ONTO A SANDBAR JUST OFF SHORE.

MANY OF THE CREW PANICKED,

STUFFING THEIR POCKETS
WITH COINS

AND JUMPING OVERBOARD.

HUGE WAVES SPLIT THE SHIP
INTO PIECES,

SCATTERING ITS TREASURE

AND WASHING ASHORE
THE MANY PIRATES WHO DROWNED.

BLACK SAM WAS NOT AMONG THEM.

WHILE SOME OF THE TREASURE
WAS RECOVERED

AND AT LEAST TWO PIRATES
SWAM TO SHORE AND SURVIVED,

MUCH ABOUT THIS INCIDENT
REMAINS A MYSTERY.

I'VE COME TO CAPE COD
TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED

300 YEARS AGO
TO THE WHYDAH GALLY,

THE LOST TREASURE,
AND CAPTAIN SAM BELLAMY.

MY FIRST STEP IS TO INVESTIGATE
THE IMPRESSIVE HAUL OF ARTIFACTS

LEFT OVER FROM BLACK SAM'S
NOTORIOUS WRECK.

I'M HERE AT THE WHYDAH
PIRATE MUSEUM,

WHICH HAS THE ONLY CONFIRMED
PIRATE TREASURE IN THE WORLD.

I'LL BE MEETING THE MAN
BEHIND IT ALL, BARRY CLIFFORD,

WHO DISCOVERED THE WRECK
IN 1984,

BUT HE DIDN'T END UP
JUST DISCOVERING TREASURE.

HE ALSO FOUND A MUMMY.

LOOK AT THAT.

WOW!

Clifford:
THAT'S THE BELL.

IT SAYS "THE
WHYDAH GALLY, 1716."

IN ARCHAEOLOGY,
WE FIND SOMETHING,

AND THEN WE HAVE TO PLAY
A GUESSING GAME

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO DOES IT BELONG TO

AND WHAT IT IS,

AND WE END UP WITH A THEORY.
NO FACTS.

BUT LOOKING AT THIS,

IT DOESN'T GET
MORE FACTUAL THAN THAT.

EVERYBODY WAS SAYING
THAT WE WERE COMPLETELY CRAZY,

THAT WE WERE MAKING UP
ALL OF THESE STORIES.

THEN WE FOUND THIS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CROW
EATEN ON THE CAPE THAT NIGHT.

HOW DID YOU FIND IT?

WELL, WE HAD, YOU KNOW,
DUG A PIT.

IT WAS AT THE BOTTOM
OF A DEEP PIT,

AND ONE OF OUR DIVERS
CAME UP

AND SAID THAT HE COULD SEE
THE EDGE OF THE BELL.

AND WE TOOK IT
TO OUR LABORATORY,

AND A COUPLE DAYS LATER,

I GOT A CALL FROM ONE
OF MY ARCHAEOLOGISTS

AND SAID,
"YOU BETTER GET OVER HERE.

WE JUST FOUND A 'W'
ON THE BELL."

AND WHY DID THEY THINK
YOU WERE CRAZY?

BECAUSE THIS WAS
A LEGEND.

THIS WAS
A CAPE COD LEGEND.

WHAT YOU DID
IS SO RIGHT.

YOU LISTENED
TO THE LOCALS.

YOU LISTENED
TO THE LEGENDS,

AND THERE'S ALWAYS TRUTH
IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

THERE IS.

AND HOW MUCH TREASURE
DO YOU BELIEVE

SAM BELLAMY HAD ON THE WHYDAH
BEFORE IT WRECKED?

I WOULD GUESS THERE WOULD
PROBABLY BE CLOSE

TO A MILLION COINS.

HOW MUCH HAVE YOU FOUND
IN 30 YEARS?

PROBABLY IN THE VICINITY
OF 20,000 COINS.

DO YOU THINK THERE IS
NEARLY A MILLION COINS

STILL UNDER THE WATER?

THAT'S MY GUESS.

WHAT BARRY HAS DISCOVERED SO FAR

HAS BEEN VALUED AT MORE
THAN $100 MILLION.

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
WITH CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY,

THE TEAM HAS RECOVERED ONLY
A FRACTION OF THE TREASURE.

4 TONS OF PIRATE TREASURE
HAVE YET TO BE FOUND.

AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY
MORE MUMMIES.

THIS IS THE ONLY CONFIRMED
PIRATE TREASURE IN THE WORLD.

THAT'S MIND-BLOWING.

IT'S LIKE HAVING THE ONLY
TYRANNOSAURUS REX...

-EXACTLY.
-...RIGHT HERE ON CAPE COD.

IT'S LIKE HAVING
THE ONLY MUMMY.

THIS IS IT?
THIS IS THE MUMMY?

IT IS.

IN ALL THE YEARS
I'VE WORKED WITH MUMMIES,

NEVER SEEN A MUMMY
INSIDE A ROCK.

THIS IS AMAZING.

THIS IS A VERY
COMPLEX CONCRETION.

Romany: MOST MUMMIES ARE
INTENTIONALLY PRESERVED

BY HUMAN HANDS,

BUT THIS MUMMY FORMED
BY ACCIDENT.

CONCRETION HAPPENS
WHEN SALT WATER CLASHES

WITH RUSTY, DEGRADING IRON,
CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL REACTION.

THAT MIXTURE OF RUST, SAND,
AND SEA LIFE FORM A HARD SHELL

AROUND CORRODING IRON ARTIFACTS
LIKE WEAPONS AND COINS.

THE SHELL CAN ALSO FORM AROUND
OTHER ARTIFACTS NEARBY

AND EVEN BODIES.

Romany: AND I SEE THE PELVIS
COMING OUT OF HERE.

WHAT ELSE OF THE BODY
IS INSIDE THIS CONCRETE?

YEAH, WE HAD IT X-RAYED

WITH AN INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH
X-RAY MACHINE,

BUT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE
VERTEBRA AND RIBS

AND, YOU KNOW,
HUMAN SKELETON INSIDE.

HAS THIS MUMMY
BEEN IDENTIFIED?

THE BONE WAS ANALYZED,
AND IT WAS DETERMINED

THAT THE PERSON
WAS FROM NORTH AFRICA,

EASTERN EUROPE.
HMM.

WHICH IS
THE REASON WHY

WE THINK
THIS IS NOT BLACK SAM.

SAM BELLAMY'S PISTOL

WAS FOUND VERY CLOSE
TO THIS CONCRETION.

RIGHT NEXT
TO THIS MUMMY?

YES.

YET DNA SAYS THIS IS
NOT BLACK SAM'S MUMMY.

SO BLACK SAM IS STILL
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

THERE WERE 102 BODIES
THAT WASHED TO SHORE

OUT OF 144 PIRATES
ON THE WHYDAH.

WE DO KNOW
THAT SAM BELLAMY

WAS NOT ONE
OF THE 102 PIRATES

THAT WASHED TO SHORE

BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE LOCALS.

SO, THIS IS NOT THE LAST MUMMY
YOU'RE GONNA FIND DOWN THERE.

THERE'S PROBABLY
ANOTHER 30 MUMMIES.

GOD KNOWS WHAT'S OUT THERE
TO FIND YET.

BUT IF THE MUMMY
WASN'T BLACK SAM,

THEN WHY WAS HIS GUN
FOUND WITH ANOTHER PIRATE?

A GUN WAS A PIRATE'S
MOST PRIZED WEAPON,

AND IT'S EXTREMELY ODD THAT
ANOTHER PIRATE WOULD HAVE HAD

BLACK SAM'S GUN
IN HIS POSSESSION.

[ GUNSHOT ]

IS THIS THE FAMOUS
SAM BELLAMY'S PISTOL?

IT IS.

AND THIS RIBBON WAS WRAPPED
AROUND THE HANDLE

OF THAT PISTOL.

IT'S MADE OUT OF SILK,

AND THAT'S A ROSE PATTERN
ON THE RIBBON.

AND THAT'S THE IMAGE
OF KING WILLIAM III

ON THE BUTT
OF THE PISTOL.

WE KNOW FROM PRIMARY
SOURCE DOCUMENTS

THAT SAM BELLAMY'S GIRLFRIEND
GAVE SAM BELLAMY

A RED RIBBON
WITH ROSES ON IT.

THIS WAS FOUND
NEXT TO THE MUMMY?

YES, ENCAPSULATED WITHIN
THE TOMB OF THE LOST PIRATE.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.

THESE ARTIFACTS GIVE SNAPSHOTS
OF WHAT HAPPENED

ON THE WHYDAH THAT NIGHT,

BUT WITH SO MUCH
STILL UNDERWATER,

INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY
OF 30 MORE MUMMIES,

THERE IS STILL
A LOT TO DISCOVER.

WHOA!

ARE THESE
SOME OF THE CANNONS?

THAT'S SOME
OF THE CANNONS.

LOOK AT THAT.

YEP.

HOW MUCH DOES ONE
OF THESE WEIGH?

1,200 TO 1,500 POUNDS,
I-I WOULD GUESS.

AND THESE CAME OUT OF A CONCRETE
BLOCK AS WELL, RIGHT?

YEAH,
THEY WERE ALL CONCRETED.

YOU CAN SEE ALL
OF THESE TANKS OVER HERE

HAVE CONCRETED CANNONS
IN THEM.

Romany: WOW!
LOOK AT THESE CANNONS.

YOU SEE
ALL THE CANNONS IN HERE?

WHY ARE YOU LEAVING THEM
ALL INSIDE WATER TUBS?

TO KEEP THEM
FROM DRYING OUT.

WHAT IS THIS?

GOD, IT'S HEAVY.

Clifford:
THAT IS AN ANCHOR RING,

YOU KNOW,
FOR THE TOP OF AN ANCHOR.

ALL THAT
FROM THE WHYDAH?

YEAH.

BARRY'S ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN
CHIPPING AWAY AT CONCRETIONS

FOR DECADES
TO EXTRACT MORE TREASURE.

IT IS A SLOW PROCESS,

BUT SO MUCH OF THE TREASURE
IS HIDDEN IN CONCRETIONS.

THIS IS A CONCRETION THAT WAS
BROUGHT UP A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND WE'VE JUST X-RAYED IT,
AND WE KNOW THERE'S QUITE

A BIT OF GOLD DUST

ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS PLATE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY GOLD DUST?

WELL, GOLD DUST WAS A TYPE
OF CURRENCY

BACK 300 YEARS AGO,

ESPECIALLY DURING
THE SLAVE TRADE.

CAN I START
CHIPPING AWAY

BECAUSE
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF

WANTING TO FIND
WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THIS PLATE?

CAN I?I-I-I-I UNDERSTAND YOUR...

ENTHUSIASM.

...ENTHUSIASM
TO GET THROUGH IT.

YOU GOT TO PUT SOME GLOVES ON
FIRST.

OKAY.

THESE ROCKS
ALL LOOK SILVERY,

AND YOU'D THINK THERE'S
GOLD EVERYWHERE HERE.

ALL THE DEBRIS
THAT COMES OFF, WE X-RAY.

WE COLLECT IT IN THESE BINS
OVER HERE, SO --

SO ANY FRAGMENTS THAT COME OFF,
JUST TOSS THEM OVER THERE.

WE'LL X-RAY THEM, MAKE SURE
WE DON'T HAVE TINY FRAGMENTS

OF GOLD
THAT COULD BE IN THAT HANDFUL.

SO, YOU'RE SAYING
ANY OF THIS DUST

CAN HAVE GOLD DUST INSIDE OF IT?
-MM-HMM.

THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
TO SAVE EVERYTHING.

YOU CAN TELL WHEN
YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE

TO A CERTAIN TYPE OF MATERIAL.

IRON GIVES OFF A VERY STRONG
ODOR BEING UNDER THE OCEAN.

YEAH, I CAN SMELL IT NOW.
IT'S VERY STRONG.

MM-HMM.

HEY, YOU FOUND SOMETHING
OVER THERE.

WOW!

THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE.

♪♪

Kesten Zahn: YOU FOUND
SOMETHING OVER THERE.

THAT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE.

Romany: WHOA!
IS THAT...

IS THIS A PIECE OF GOLD
RIGHT HERE?

Macort: YEAH.

Romany: I'M IN CAPE COD,
MASSACHUSETTS,

WORKING WITH ARCHAEOLOGISTS
WHO INVESTIGATE THE REMAINS

OF A SHIP THAT BELONGED
TO THE WEALTHIEST PIRATE

OF ALL TIME --
BLACK SAM BELLAMY.

A MUMMY WAS PART OF THE LOOT,
SPARKING QUESTIONS

ABOUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
WHEN THE SHIP WENT DOWN.

THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.

YEAH.
HERE, YOU CAN HOLD IT --

PUT IT IN MY HAND,
YOU'LL SEE --

NO, I FOUND THIS.
OKAY, OKAY.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO RUN YOU

THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR
ON THE WAY OUT.

SEE, ONCE YOU CATCH
THE PIRATE FEVER, THAT'S IT.

YOU'RE AFTER THE GOLD.

I SEE.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

Romany: SEEING THE REMAINS
OF THIS WRECK HAS MADE ME

EVEN MORE CERTAIN THAT
THERE'S MORE TO THIS MYSTERY

THAN MEETS THE EYE.

EVERY ONE OF THESE PIRATES

COULD HAVE STUFFED HIS POCKETS
WITH THESE COINS

AND MAYBE MAKE IT TO SHORE
AND BEEN SET FOR LIFE.

I'M HEADED OUT TO DIVE THE
FRIGID WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC

JUST SO I CAN SEE
THE WRECK FOR MYSELF.

RIGHT NOW THE AIR TEMPERATURE
IS 39 DEGREES,

AND THE CURRENT
WATER TEMPERATURE

IS A FROSTY 46 DEGREES.

WE TYPICALLY DO NOT DIVE
THIS LATE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY
THE LAST --

LAST TRIP FOR THE SEASON.

CHRIS, THE ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO'S
BEEN DIVING THIS SITE WITH BARRY

SINCE THEY FOUND IT
IS GOING TO DIVE WITH ME.

AND JEFF, THE BOAT CAPTAIN,
IS AS FAMILIAR WITH THESE WATERS

AS ANY PIRATE WOULD HAVE BEEN.

THE WRECK SITE IS
DIFFICULT TO GET TO

WITH THE SHIFTING SANDS.

THE COAST GUARD DOESN'T
EVEN RECOGNIZE THIS INLET

BECAUSE
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS,

AND I ALWAYS SAY
IT'S BELLAMY'S CURSE

AND THE -- AND THE --
AND THE -- AND THE PIRATES.

DO YOU BELIEVE
IN THE CURSE?

I DON'T HAVE ANY
OTHER EXPLANATION

OF WHY IT'S SO HARD
TO GO OUT HERE.

Macort:
WHERE WE'RE GOING TODAY

IS WHERE WE LEFT OFF
DURING OUR LAST DIVE.

BUT THIS IS THE SPOT THAT BARRY
THINKS THE MOTHER LODE IS IN?

WE'RE IN THAT AREA,
YEP. EXACTLY.

THE 90% LEFT
IS IN THIS SPOT?

YEAH, AT LEAST.
YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT BARRY THINKS?YEP.

THAT'S HOW CLOSE WE ARE?

YEAH.IT'S JUST MIND-BOGGLING.

YEAH, I KNOW.

PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN
STANDING RIGHT THERE

WATCHING THE WHYDAH...
-YEAH.

...WRECKING.

COME TO PIECES, EXACTLY.
YEP.

AND WE USED TO SWIM
TO THE BEACH BACK AND FORTH

UNTIL ALL THE SHARKS
STARTED COMING UP HERE,

NOW WE DON'T DO THAT
ANYMORE AT ALL.

HONESTLY, RIGHT NOW THE FEAR
OF THE SHARKS FADES

IN COMPARISON
TO THE FRIGID COLD.

HYPOTHERMIA SETS IN 25 TIMES
FASTER IN WATER

THAN IT DOES IN AIR.

IN WATER THIS COLD, IT CAN
HAPPEN IN JUST 15 MINUTES.

TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO BLACK SAM

AND 40 MISSING PIRATES,

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BRAVE
THIS FREEZING-COLD WATER

AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHARKS
ON THE LAST DIVE OF THE SEASON.

IF YOU GO LIKE THIS TO ME
UNDERWATER,

THAT MEANS
WE'RE GOING TO COME UP.

AND IF I SEE YOU
SHAKING LIKE THIS,

WHETHER YOU WANT
TO COME UP OR NOT,

WE'RE GOING TO GO UP.
OKAY?

INSTEAD OF LOOKING FOR TREASURE,

I'M GOING TO LOOK FOR
ANY REMNANTS OF BODIES

IN THE CONCRETIONS BELOW.

Spiegel:
NOW WE GO DIVE.

YOU READY?
-LET'S DO IT.

OKAY.
WE'RE LOSING TIME.

LET'S GO HERE.
THERE YOU GO.

Macort: ALL RIGHT,
READY TO DESCEND?

Romany: YES, I'M READY.

LET'S GO.

♪♪

THE CURRENT IS STRONG.

I CAN BARELY SEE ANYTHING.

HERE.
OVER HERE.

CHECK THIS OUT.

THAT'S A CONCRETION?

YES.

THAT'S MASSIVE.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN SPOT
ANY BONES HERE.

THIS IS
PROBABLY A CANNON.

THERE ARE OTHER ARTIFACTS
AROUND HERE, TOO,

BUT THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL
WHAT ELSE IS IN HERE

UNTIL WE GET IT
TO THE SURFACE.

Romany: CONCRETIONS WEIGH
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS,

AND GETTING THEM TO THE SURFACE
IS NOT AN EASY TASK.

SEVEN ANCHORS STABILIZE THE BOAT

SO IT DOESN'T TIP
UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ITS LOOT.

DIVERS THEN DIG OUT AN AREA
AROUND A CONCRETION

AND WRAP IT IN CHAINS SO A CRANE
ON THE BOAT CAN HAUL IT UP.

♪♪

IT'S TOO COLD DOWN HERE.
YOU'RE SHAKING.

RAMY?

IT IS SO COLD AND I'M LOSING
FEELING IN MY EXTREMITIES

AND IT'S GETTING HARD TO TALK.

THESE ARE THE SIGNS OF THE
FIRST STAGES OF HYPOTHERMIA.

[ SHUDDERING ]

YOU ALL RIGHT?

LOOKING FOR CONCRETES,

EVERYTHING IS NOT
JUST 50 FEET DOWN.

IT'S ALSO UNDER THE SAND.

YOU HAVE TO EXCAVATE
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

THE VISIBILITY IS REALLY
POOR DOWN THERE.

I COULD BARELY SEE ANYTHING.

IT'S AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION.

THE CONCRETIONS ARE MASSIVE,

AND ANYTHING COULD BE
INSIDE EACH ONE OF THEM.

THERE MAY BE MORE MUMMIES,

BUT IT COULD TAKE MONTHS
OR EVEN YEARS TO UNCOVER THEM.

♪♪

FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR,

THERE'S A LOT MORE
THAN A SIMPLE STORY OF PIRATES

WHO WENT DOWN WITH THEIR SHIP.

LOOKING AT BOTH OF YOU

AND SEEING YOU FREEZING
YOUR ASSES OFF

MADE ME FEEL
SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT MYSELF.

OH, THAT'S AWESOME.
YEAH, I KNOW.

WELCOME TO NEW ENGLAND.

140 PEOPLE WERE REGISTERED
ON THAT BOAT.

THERE WERE 140 PIRATES
ON THAT BO--

142.
142 PIRATES --

PIRATES AND CAPTIVES,
PRISONERS, YEAH.

ON THAT BOAT
BEFORE IT WRECKED?

YES.

HOW MANY WASHED ASHORE?102.

SO, THERE ARE 40
MISSING PIRATES?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHAT I'VE SEEN DOWN THERE TODAY
IS ABSOLUTELY MIND-BOGGLING,

BUT I HAVE TO SAY, TO ME,

I CAN'T SEE HOW YOU CAN STILL
FIND 40 MUMMIES DOWN THERE.

I-I-I UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN, I GET THAT.

WHERE ARE THEY?

I-I, YOU KNOW,
I DON'T KNOW.

ARE THEY REALLY
UNDER THERE?

DID THEY ACTUALLY MANAGE
TO ESCAPE?

WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
TWO PIRATES HAVE SURVIVED,

WHICH MAKES SURVIVAL
FROM THE WHYDAH A POSSIBILITY.

YEAH.

RECORDS SHOW THAT TWO
LONE SURVIVORS,

THOM DAVIS AND JOHN JULIAN,
MADE THE SWIM TO SHORE,

THEN WERE CAPTURED BY OFFICIALS

WHO TOOK THEM TO BOSTON
TO STAND TRIAL.

SURVIVAL FROM THE WHYDAH
WRECK IS PLAUSIBLE,

AND SAM BELLAMY'S BODY
WAS NEVER RECOVERED.

HE MAY HAVE ESCAPED,
BUT THEN WHY WAS HIS PISTOL

FOUND STRAPPED TO THE MUMMY?

COULD HE HAVE PLANTED IT ON
SOMEONE ELSE TO HELP GET AWAY?

THE RIBBON ON THE PISTOL
WAS MADE BY HIS GIRLFRIEND,

MARIA HALLETT.

THE WHYDAH SANK ON THE SHORES
OF HER TOWN.

NOW, HOW DOES SHE FIT
INTO THIS MYSTERY?

I'M MEETING WITH HISTORIAN
KATHLEEN BRUNELLE,

WHO SPENT OVER A DECADE
RESEARCHING MARIA HALLETT

AND HER TIES TO BLACK SAM.

THIS IS THE JAIL
WHERE SAM BELLAMY'S LOVER,

MARIA HALLETT, WAS JAILED
AT ONE POINT FOR WITCHCRAFT.

-WOW!
-YEAH.

PIRATES, TREASURE, MUMMIES,
AND NOW A WITCH.

THE MYSTERY GETS MORE
AND MORE INTRIGUING,

AND IF BLACK SAM
SURVIVED THE WRECK,

IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT HE WOULD
HAVE CONTACTED HIS GIRLFRIEND.

Romany: THE OLDEST WOODEN JAIL
IN AMERICA.

YES.
AND BACK IN THE 1700s,

THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD
HAVE KEPT WITCHES.

IT'S INTRIGUING THAT BLACK SAM
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND

BOTH ENDED UP
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW,

BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
IS ANY EVIDENCE

THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
IN TOUCH

AFTER HE BECAME A PIRATE.

THAT'S A TINY CELL.

WHAT A CREEPY PLACE.

DO YOU SEE THIS ETCHING
RIGHT THERE?

YES.

IS THIS A SHIP?

Romany:
I'M IN CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS,

WHERE THE WRECKAGE

OF BLACK SAM BELLAMY'S PIRATE
SHIP WAS RECOVERED...

ALONG WITH SOMETHING
QUITE UNEXPECTED --

A MUMMY.

THE MUMMY HAD A PISTOL
STRAPPED TO ITS LEG BY A RIBBON,

A RIBBON THAT WAS MADE

BY BLACK SAM'S GIRLFRIEND,
MARIA HALLETT.

Brunelle: THIS IS THE JAIL

WHERE MARIA HALLETT
WAS JAILED

AT ONE POINT
FOR WITCHCRAFT.

DO YOU SEE THIS
ETCHING RIGHT THERE?

YES.

IS THIS A SHIP?

THIS SHIP CARVED RIGHT BESIDE
MARIA'S CELL RAISES QUESTIONS.

DID MARIA CARVE THIS HERSELF
AS A BEACON OF HOPE

THAT HER BELOVED
SAM MIGHT RETURN,

OR WAS THERE SOMETHING ELSE
MORE SINISTER GOING ON?

SAM BELLAMY WAS A BRITISH
MERCHANT MARINE

WHO MET MARIA
AND FELL INSTANTLY IN LOVE.

BECAUSE BELLAMY WAS POOR,

MARIA'S PARENTS WOULDN'T LET
THE COUPLE GET MARRIED.

SO BELLAMY SET SAIL TO MAKE
A FORTUNE

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

AND BECAME A PIRATE.

SOON AFTER HE LEFT,

MARIA DISCOVERED SHE WAS
PREGNANT WITH HIS CHILD.

FEARING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF ANYONE FOUND OUT,

SHE KEPT THE BABY
HIDDEN IN A BARN.

AND ONE DAY, WHEN MARIA
WAS OUT GATHERING FOOD,

HER BABY CHOKED
ON STRAW AND DIED.

THE LOCALS BELIEVED
SHE MURDERED HER OWN CHILD,

AND SHE WAS ACCUSED
OF WITCHCRAFT AND JAILED.

A WITCH AND A PIRATE.

MARIA IS THE REASON
THIS WHOLE THING HAPPENED?

YEP.

ACCORDING TO EVERY STORY,
HE WANTS TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE

SO THAT HE CAN COME BACK
AND MARRY HER.

DID MARIA DIE
IN PRISON?

SHE ESCAPED THREE
DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND THEY DIDN'T
BRING HER BACK IN?

NO.

WHERE DID
SHE END UP GOING THEN?

THERE ARE STORIES THAT SHE
ENDED UP WITH THE TREASURE.

THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

THAT EVEN IF HE DIDN'T MAKE IT
OFF THE SHIP

THAT ANYONE WHO DID

WOULD'VE BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO BRING TREASURE TO MARIA.

AND WHAT DID SHE DO AFTER
SHE GOT OUT OF PRISON?

SHE JUST WENT
OFF TO THE DUNES

AND WAITED FOR BELLAMY
TO RETURN.

WHERE EXACTLY
WAS THAT SPOT?

IT WAS RIGHT NEAR WHERE
THE WHYDAH EVENTUALLY WRECKED

IN WELLFLEET
NEAR MARCONI BEACH.

SO, SHE WAS RIGHT THERE?

SHE LIKELY
SAW EVERYTHING.

WOW!

BLACK SAM'S PISTOL HAS LED ME
TO THE SHORES OF MARCONI BEACH

TO SEE WHERE MARIA HALLETT LIVED
AND WHERE THE WHYDAH WASHED UP.

THERE'S INTRIGUING FIRST-HAND
EVIDENCE IN THE 1724 BOOK

"THE GENERAL HISTORY
OF PIRATES,"

WHICH IS CONSIDERED
A DEFINITIVE PRIMARY SOURCE

ON THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY.

THAT ON THE DAY OF THE WRECK,

SAM BELLAMY TRAVELED
NORTH UP THE COAST

WITH THREE OTHER SHIPS.

IN THE TWO MONTHS PRIOR,
HE AMASSED MORE WEALTH

THAN ANY OTHER PIRATE
IN HISTORY.

HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO MAINE,

WHERE HE OFTEN WENT
TO SERVICE HIS SHIP.

BY SUNSET, THERE WAS A DEAD CALM
BEFORE A DENSE FOG ROLLED IN,

SEPARATING THE FOUR SHIPS
AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT.

A CANADIAN COLD FRONT COLLIDED
WITH A CARIBBEAN HEAT WAVE

DIRECTLY OVER THE CAPE.

A 75-MILE-PER-HOUR WIND
AND WAVES UP TO 40-FEET TALL

HURLED THE WHYDAH
INTO A SANDBAR.

BUT THE QUESTION IS COULD
BLACK SAM HAVE SURVIVED?

KATHLEEN AND I ARE MEETING

WITH COASTAL HISTORIAN
WILLIAM BURKE,

WHO'S BEEN RESEARCHING BLACK SAM

AND THE WHYDAH WRECK
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.

Burke: YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
70-MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS

AND THE WAVES WERE BREAKING
ON THE BEACH

AND THE PLACE WAS CHAOS --

WRECKAGE, BODIES,
TREASURE.

I WAS DIVING THE WRECK SITE
YESTERDAY.

WHERE'S --
IS IT ABOUT THERE?

JUST A LITTLE
FURTHER UP, YES.

THE WRECK WAS ONLY 500 FEET
FROM SHORE.

SO, PEOPLE ON SHORE WOULD HAVE
SEEN THE WRECK HAPPEN.

AND MARIA WOULD HAVE BEEN
AT THE TOP OF THE BLUFF

AND LOOKING OUT
ON THE SCENE.

WOW!

THIS WOULD BE
A LIKELY SPOT PERHAPS

FOR MARIA HALLETT'S HUT.

HOW LONG DID BELLAMY
LEAVE HER FOR?

HE WAS GONE FOR ABOUT
A YEAR AND A HALF.

IS THERE ANY RECORD
OF THEM PLANNING

THAT WHEN HE COMES BACK,
THEY GOT TO DO SOMETHING?

HIS PARTNER
WENT UP TO MAINE,

BUT BELLAMY WANTED
TO COME BACK TO THE CAPE

BECAUSE HE WAS
COMING BACK FOR MARIA.

AND WHY MAINE?

BECAUSE THEY WOULD USUALLY
GO UP THERE

TO CLEAN THE SHIPS.

SO, PERHAPS BLACK SAM WAS ON
HIS WAY TO MEET HIS GIRLFRIEND

AND THEN TAKE HER TO MAINE.

DO SHIPS COME THIS WAY,
GENERALLY?

THERE ARE NO SAFE HARBORS
AS WE FACE HERE FACING EAST.

SHIPS WILL ALWAYS BE
GOING BY HERE

AND NEED ANOTHER 30
OR 40 MILES

TO GET AROUND THE FIST
OF THE CAPE FOR SAFE HARBOR.

SO THIS WAS JUST MERELY
A HIGHWAY OUT HERE.

SO, IT'S UNCLEAR WHY
A SKILLED CAPTAIN

WOULD BE COMING THIS WAY
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YES.

IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT.

I HAVE A THEORY.

OKAY.

THE WRECK HAPPENED
VERY CLOSE TO SHORE,

SO CLOSE THAT
THE DIVERS EXCAVATING

THE WHYDAH CAN SWIM IT.

RIGHT.

I ACTUALLY THINK HE HAD JUST
STOLEN ALL OF THIS TREASURE

AND THE AUTHORITIES KNEW IT.

IF SAM BELLAMY ACTUALLY
ARRANGED THIS --

FAKED HIS OWN DEATH --

AND THAT'S WHY HE WOULD HAVE
PLANTED HIS PISTOL

ON ANOTHER PIRATE.

WHAT IF SAM BELLAMY SURVIVED?

I CAN SEE THAT,
AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE
A GREAT ENDING.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE REST
OF HIS FLEET WENT UP TO MAINE.

JUST UP THE COAST.

JUST UP THE COAST.

MAYBE HE WENT THERE, TOO.

I'M HEADED TO THE OUTER REACHES
OF COASTAL MAINE

TO JUST TRY AND FIGURE OUT

IF SAM BELLAMY COULD HAVE
ESCAPED HERE WITH HIS TREASURE.

THE REST OF BLACK SAM'S CREW
WAS HEADED TO MAINE,

AND ACCORDING TO THE BOOK

"THE GENERAL HISTORY
OF PIRATES,"

HE CAME UP HERE
TO DO MAINTENANCE ON HIS SHIP.

HE WAS SPOTTED HERE
AROUND THE TIME OF THE WRECK.

-WHOA!
-YEP.

EVENTUALLY, THIS IS
GOING TO GO TO THE WATER.

MY FIRST CONTACT
IS MARCUS LIBRIZZI,

A PROFESSOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

AND AN EXPERT
ON LOCAL HISTORY AND LEGEND.

IT LOOKS REALLY DIFFERENT
WITH ALL THE SNOW.

HE ASKED ME TO MEET HIM
IN THE WOODS,

AND HE ALSO ASKED ME
NOT TO REVEAL THE LOCATION.

HERE YOU GO.
THIS SHOULD PROTECT YOU.

SO, PEOPLE ARE
OUT HERE HUNTING,

SO WE GOT TO BE REALLY
PARTICULARLY CAREFUL.

LET'S GO.
OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

MARCUS TOLD ME HE HAS
SOMETHING TO SHOW ME

THAT PROVES BLACK SAM
WAS RIGHT HERE.

GOT TO SAY
THIS ORANGE THING

IS NOT MY STYLE
AT ALL, MARCUS.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

IT'S NOT
TOO MUCH FARTHER.

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE BIGGEST
ROCK AROUND HERE,

A BIG, GLACIAL ERRATIC.

CAREFUL, THIS ROCK'S GOING
TO BE SUPER SLIPPERY.

♪♪

Librizzi:
EVEN ONCE YOU CLEAR IT,

IT'S GOING TO BE SUBTLE.

WAIT A MINUTE.
WOW!

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS LOOKS LIKE
A PIRATE SHIP.

Librizzi:
EVEN ONCE YOU CLEAR IT,

IT'S GOING TO BE SUBTLE.

THESE ARE REALLY
OLD IMAGES.

Romany: I'M SEARCHING FOR
EVIDENCE THAT BLACK SAM BELLAMY

SURVIVED THE WRECK
OF HIS PIRATE SHIP AND ESCAPED.

THE DISCOVERY OF A MUMMY
WITH THE WRECK

HAS LED ME
TO THE WOODS OF MAINE.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WOW!
LOOK AT THIS.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE
ONE MAST HERE,

WE HAVE ANOTHER MAST HERE,
A SHIP --

IS THIS A FLAG
ON TOP OF THE SHIP?

EXACTLY.

THIS LOOKS LIKE
A PIRATE SHIP.

WHOEVER DID THIS
EITHER OBSERVED IT

OR WAS ON THE SHIP.

ALL THESE IMAGES, NO MATTER
WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED,

ARE THE PROPERTY
OF THE DESCENDANT PEOPLES,

THE PASSAMAQUODDY,
OF THE AREA.

THIS HAS BEEN INCISED
WITH METAL TOOLS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE METAL
TILL THEY MET THE EUROPEANS,

WHICH MEANS IT CAME AFTER TRADE.

THAT WOULD GIVE IT
THE SAME TIMING,

THE SAME DATING

AS SAM BELLAMY'S SHIP
ARRIVING IN MACHIAS.

IT CERTAINLY POINTS
IN THAT DIRECTION, DOESN'T IT?

THE NATIVE AMERICANS MUST HAVE
CARVED THIS PETROGLYPH,

BUT WITH HUNDREDS
OF INLETS AND ISLANDS,

MAINE HAS OVER
5,000 MILES OF COASTLINE.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS,
WHERE DID THEY SEE IT?

I HAVE A THEORY THAT I WANT
TO RUN BY MARCUS.

THERE WAS A MUMMY
THAT WAS FOUND

IN THE WHYDAH WRECK.

THAT MUMMY HAS PROVEN
TO BE

NOT SAM BELLAMY'S MUMMY.

DO YOU THINK
THERE IS ANY CHANCE

THAT SAM BELLAMY
SURVIVED THE WRECK?

I ALMOST COULD ENTERTAIN
THE POSSIBILITY

THAT HE DID SLIP AWAY.

MARCUS, HELP ME PAINT
A PICTURE

OF WHAT MACHIAS
LOOKED LIKE 300 YEARS AGO.

SO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
5,000 MILES OF COASTLINE

WITH LOTS OF INLETS
AND --

AND TRIBUTARIES
AND PLACES LIKE THAT,

SO A GREAT PLACE
FOR PIRATES.

BUT THERE'S ALL -- THERE'S
ALL THESE OTHER COASTS

THAT ALSO ARE SIMILAR.

OH, YEAH.
SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK

AT, LIKE, THE HISTORICAL ANGLE
OF THE WHOLE THING.

BETWEEN THE ENGLISH COLONIES
AND THE FRENCH COLONIES,

YOU HAD A WALL
OF ANIMOSITY.

SO THIS WHOLE AREA WAS
PRETTY MUCH LIKE

A DMZ
OR DEMILITARIZED ZONE

BETWEEN THE ENGLISH
AND THE FRENCH.

SINCE IT WAS BETWEEN
THESE WARRING POWERS,

A LOT OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT
HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE HERE.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN A PERFECT PLACE
FOR A HIDEAWAY.

BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION,

PIRATES WERE
SOME OF THE FIRST REBELS

TO RISE UP AGAINST
THE BRITISH COLONY.

BELLAMY HIMSELF MADE IT
HIS MISSION TO ROB FROM THE RICH

AND GIVE TO THE POOR

AND TO AVOID THE BRITISH
AUTHORITIES AT ALL COSTS.

I WONDER IF THE TREASURE
THAT IS BEING DISCOVERED TODAY

UNDER THE WRECK
OF THE WHYDAH

IS ALL SAM BELLAMY'S TREASURE
OR JUST SOME OF IT.

WOULD YOU PUT ALL OF YOUR EGGS
IN THAT ONE BASKET?

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STORIES
AND LEGENDS ABOUT BELLAMY

BEING HERE AND BURYING TREASURE
ON THE MACHIAS RIVER.

IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR PEOPLE
TO BE OUT THERE SEARCHING

FOR TREASURE EVEN BEFORE
THERE WERE METAL DETECTORS.

THAT WAS JUST PART
OF THE --

THE FOLKLORE,
THE LORE OF THE REGION.

HERE IN MACHIAS?

EXACTLY,
ON THE MACHIAS RIVER.

WHERE THOSE EARLY ACCOUNTS
SAY HE WAS,

THE GEOGRAPHY LINES UP.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT I NEED TO SEE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS STORY
REMINDS ME OF?

WHAT?

THIS REMINDS ME OF CAPE COD
EVERY DAY BEFORE 1984

WHERE THERE ARE STORIES
AND LEGENDS OF THE WHYDAH,

BUT NO ONE EVER FOUND IT

AND NO ONE BELIEVED
IT EXISTED THERE

TILL BARRY CAME AND FOUND
THE WHYDAH RIGHT THERE.

EXACTLY.

WHERE THERE'S THAT MUCH SMOKE,
THERE MUST BE SOME FIRE.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'VE LEARNED
FROM BARRY'S FIND,

IT'S THAT THE LOCALS HOLD
THE KEY TO THIS MYSTERY.

CHRIS SPRAGUE HAS LIVED
IN MACHIAS HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

HE'S BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY
SEARCHING A LOCATION

CALLED POT HEAD,

AND HE BELIEVES HE'S NARROWING
IN ON A DISCOVERY.

THIS IS THE EIGHTH TIME

I'VE EVER SEEN SNOW
IN MY LIFE.

COME BACK TOMORROW.

WE'LL HAVE SOME
MORE FOR YOU.

THIS LOCATION IS 2 1/2 MILES
AWAY FROM MACHIAS BAY,

IN THE AREA
WHERE BELLAMY WAS LAST SEEN.

Romany: HOW LONG
HAVE YOU BEEN LOOKING

FOR THIS TREASURE, CHRIS?

Sprague:
MY FATHER'S THE ONE

THAT GOT ME INTERESTED
IN THE STORIES.

MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING
IS I DON'T THINK BELLAMY

TOOK THE TIME
TO REALLY BURY A TREASURE.

I THINK IT WAS MORE
OF A QUICK HIDE.

I THINK HIS PLAN
WAS TO EITHER

PUT IT
RIGHT BACK ON THE SHIP

AFTER HE CAREENED
HIS HULL,

BUT I THINK WHILE HE WAS HERE
HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA,

"HUH, WE COULD TURN THIS
INTO A PIRATE HAVEN.

I'VE ALREADY
GOT IT STASHED.

WE'LL COME BACK."

YOU TAKE HIS FIRES
CAREENING THE SHIP.

YEAH, HE COULD HAVE
CAREENED THE SHIP

AND JUST PILED THE TREASURE UP
ON THE SHORE.

IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE
TO HIDE IT.

CAREENING A SHIP IS A PROCESS
OF TURNING IT ON ITS SIDE

TO CLEAN AND REPAIR ITS HULL.

TO MOVE SUCH A MASSIVE SHIP,

THE CREW HAD TO EMPTY
ITS CONTENTS ONTO THE SHORE,

LEAVING THEM
COMPLETELY EXPOSED.

THAT'S WHY IT WAS COMMON
FOR PIRATES TO BUILD CRUDE FORTS

AND MOUNT THEIR GUNS
DURING A CAREEN.

♪♪

NOW, PICTURE YOURSELF
DOING THIS

WITH A BAG OF GOLD
ON YOUR SHOULDERS.

IF YOU GET HURT, I'LL SHOW YOU
HOW I USE MY UNDERWEAR

TO MAKE A TOURNIQUET.

WE'RE SEARCHING UP HERE
BECAUSE CHRIS BELIEVES

THAT THIS IS THE PERFECT VANTAGE
POINT FOR BELLAMY

TO PROTECT HIS SHIP
AND BUILD HIS FORT.

THAT'S TURNING ON.
THAT'S JUST POWER ON.

[ METAL DETECTOR BEEPING ]

IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SIDE
OF THE CLIFF,

I'LL LOOK
ON THE OTHER SIDE.

OKAY.

IF YOU GET ANY HITS,
DON'T DIG.

LET ME KNOW FIRST.

ALL RIGHTY.

CHRIS IS HOPING TO FIND
THE TREASURE

HE'S BEEN LOOKING
FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

I'M HOPING FOR ANY SIGN
OF BELLAMY'S FORT.

THERE IS NOTHING SO FAR.

I GET SOME TYPE OF TONE OR RING,

BUT THERE'S NO IRON OR METAL
IN THIS LAND AT ALL,

WHICH MEANS IT'S GOING
TO MAKE IT

QUITE OBVIOUS
WHEN WE FIND SOMETHING.

[ STEADY BEEPING ]

CHRIS!

-YEAH?
-CHRIS!

-YEAH?
-I GOT SOMETHING.

Romany: I'M AT ONE OF THE
COUNTRY'S OLDEST GRAVEYARDS.

THE ENTIRE HALLETT FAMILY
IS BURIED HERE,

INCLUDING THE GIRLFRIEND OF THE
WEALTHIEST PIRATE OF ALL TIME,

BLACK SAM BELLAMY.

WHICH PART OF THE CEMETERY
DID THE HALLETTS

BURY THEIR...
THEIR FAMILY?

WE'RE STANDING
IN THE MIDDLE

OF A LOT OF HALLETTS.OH, GREAT.

THERE ARE SOME GRAVES HERE THAT
DATE BACK ALL THE WAY TO 1689.

ANDREW HALLETT.

I GOT AN ANDREW HALLETT.

IT SAYS, "IN THE MEMORY
OF ANDREW HALLETT,

APRIL 26, 1751."

WHEN DID SHE DIE?

AND THAT'S HER BROTHER.

SHE DIED IN 1751.

HE HELPED WITH HER WILL.

HE WAS THE EXECUTOR,
AND HE DIED JUST DAYS LATER?

YES.
THAT'S QUITE CREEPY.

YEAH.
YEAH.

[ LIGHTNING CRASHES ]

-CHRIS!
-YEAH?

-I GOT SOMETHING.
-REALLY?

Romany: HIGH ON THE BANKS
OF THE MAINE COASTLINE,

I'M WITH CHRIS SPRAGUE WHO'S
BEEN SEARCHING HIS ENTIRE LIFE

FOR THE TREASURE
OF THE WEALTHIEST PIRATE

IN HISTORY -- SAM BELLAMY.

[ STEADY BEEPING ]

RIGHT HERE.

IT'S HARD TO DIG
WHEN IT'S FROZEN.

♪♪

Sprague: WE GOT IT.

YOU GOT IT?
YEP.

YOU GOT IT?
YEP.

LOOKS LIKE A 12 GAUGE.

THAT'S A SHOTGUN SHELL.

IT'S AN OLD ONE.
THERE YOU GO.

WELL, THAT'S MY TREASURE
FOR YOU FOR TODAY.

A LITTLE PIECE OF BRASS.

THIS SHELL ISN'T MORE
THAN 100 YEARS OLD,

SO IT CAN'T BE BELLAMY'S.

IT'S STILL HERE SOMEWHERE.

ABSOLUTELY.

JUST WHERE?

IN MY EXPERIENCE, A GOOD
LOCATION IS A GOOD LOCATION.

NEWER STRUCTURES ARE OFTEN BUILT
ON TOP OF OLDER STRUCTURES.

ARE THERE
ANY FORTS AROUND HERE

WHOSE LOCATION
WOULD'VE BEEN SUITABLE?

FORT O'BRIEN LOOKS LIKE
A LOT OF EARTHWORKS

AS FAR AS DIRT.

EARTHWORKS ARE STRUCTURES
MADE OF MUD, ROCKS,

AND OTHER NATURAL MATERIALS.

THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION
OF ANY DEFENSIVE FORT,

AND IF SAM BELLAMY
BUILT HIS RIGHT...

LET'S DO IT.

...IT'S LIKELY THAT OTHERS
BUILT OVER IT.

♪♪

MACHIAS BAY'S UNPREDICTABLE
WEATHER HAS SNUCK UP ON US.

WHAT'S UP WITH THIS MAINE
WEATHER, MAN?

A HEAVY SNOWSTORM HAS HIT,

AND I REALIZE THAT
I'M MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE

WITH SANDSTORMS INSTEAD.

WHAT IS WRONG
WITH YOU PEOPLE?

BEFORE WE EXPLORE FORT O'BRIEN,

I WANT TO SEE
IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE

THAT THE MASSIVE
100-FOOT-LONG

300-TON WHYDAH
COULD HAVE DOCKED THERE.

BECAUSE OF ITS NARROW OPENING
AND COMPLEX SYSTEM OF COVES,

MACHIAS BAY HAS FAST-MOVING,
DANGEROUS DIVES.

RIGHT HERE.

WHAT WE NEED TO CHECK OUT
IS HOW DEEP THE WATER IS

RIGHT NEXT TO THE SHORE.

I BROUGHT AN UNDERWATER DRONE
TO SEE

IF THIS AREA OF THE BAY
IS MORE THAN 20 FEET DEEP.

THAT'S THE DEPTH NEEDED

FOR THE WHYDAH GALLY
TO HAVE SAILED IN.

THERE IT IS.

10 FEET.

12 FEET.

25 FEET DEEP.

THERE ARE MUD FLATS
AND TIDAL ZONES

ALL AROUND HERE,
BUT RIGHT AT THIS SPOT --

25 FEET DEEP.

LET'S GO, CAPTAIN.

OUR NEXT STOP
IS FORT O'BRIEN ITSELF.

IN MY EXPERIENCE,
A SITE LIKE A FORT

ALWAYS HAS LAYERS
OF HISTORY HIDDEN UNDERNEATH.

I'M HOPING THAT
THIS FORT'S HISTORY

INCLUDES SAM BELLAMY'S.

THESE EARTHWORKS ARE MAN-MADE.

THE QUESTION IS,
WHO MADE THEM FIRST?

ALL THAT WE SEE LEFT
FROM THIS FORT RIGHT HERE

WAS ACTUALLY BUILT
IN THE CIVIL WAR, CORRECT?

Sprague: CORRECT.

BUT THIS LOCATION
WOULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER FORT

FOR THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR,
RIGHT?

RIGHT.

THAT WAS BUILT HERE
BEFORE THEN.

WHY THIS SPOT?

LOCATION,
LOCATION, LOCATION.

THE OCEAN GIVES YOU THIS LITTLE
BIT OF A SECLUDED COVE

EVEN THOUGH
IT'S FAIRLY LARGE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY
GOING TO TAKE AWAY

SOME OF THAT OPEN OCEAN
WAVE ACTION

THAT YOU WOULD HAVE.

SO IT GAVE IT SECLUSION,
PROTECTION.

THE MORE YOU SAY HOW STRATEGIC
THIS LOCATION IS,

THE MORE IT MAKES ME THINK
IF THERE'S A FORT

HERE THAT DATES BACK
TO THE CIVIL WAR,

AND THEN THERE WAS A FORT

HERE THAT DATES BACK
TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR,

MAKES ME WONDER

IF THERE WAS EVEN A FORT
BEFORE THIS FORT.

I...

YOU ASK
SOME GOOD QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE DEFINITELY
ONTO SOMETHING.

THE WRECK, EVEN THOUGH
THEY'RE FINDING TREASURE,

YOU STILL BELIEVE

THAT SAM BELLAMY'S TREASURE
IS HERE?

OH, YEAH.
IT'S HERE.

22 TONS
OF GOLD AND SILVER.

LAST PLACE SHE TOUCHED GROUND
WAS HERE.

BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED
UNDER THIS FORT?

THIS IS A STATE PARK.

YOU CAN'T REALLY LOOK
AT A STATE PARK

AS FAR
AS DIGGING TREASURE.

WELL, I'M NOT ASKING
ABOUT THE LEGALITY, OF COURSE.

HAVE YOU LOOKED
UNDER THIS FORT?

IT'S A NICE DAY,
ISN'T IT?

OKAY. WELL, THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
I UNDERSTAND.

YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL ME
MORE THAN THAT.

I STARTED THIS INVESTIGATION
BECAUSE I SUSPECTED

THAT BLACK SAM DIDN'T JUST GO
DOWN WITH HIS SHIP

IN A FREAK STORM.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS OFTEN SHARE
INFORMATION WITH ONE ANOTHER,

BUT WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF TREASURE AT STAKE,

PEOPLE HERE KEEP THEIR CARDS
CLOSE TO THEIR CHEST.

MACHIAS, MAINE, DEFINITELY
PLAYED A ROLE

IN THE SAM BELLAMY STORY.

AND THE EVIDENCE I UNCOVERED
BOTH IN CAPE COD

AND HERE IN MAINE
HAS CONVINCED ME

THAT BLACK SAM ESCAPED UP HERE

AND BROUGHT
A SIGNIFICANT PORTION

OF HIS TREASURE WITH HIM.

IT WAS A LOCAL LEGEND
IN CAPE COD

THAT LED BARRY CLIFFORD

TO THE DISCOVERY
OF SAM BELLAMY'S WRECK,

AND I BELIEVE IF THE LOCALS
HERE FOLLOW THEIR LEGENDS,

THEY WILL FIND
THE MISSING TREASURE

AND THE FATE OF SAM BELLAMY.