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This is one of the only real

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buried treasure stories in history.

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Today's value?

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Hundreds of millions.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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♪

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(beep) what is that?!

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Ha! Ha-ha-ha!

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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drake took off outta England,

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headed over here to hopefully take

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a whole spanish treasure fleet.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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(blasting)

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♪

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finding his coffin would be

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absolutely monumental.

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This would be like one of the holy grails

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of maritime archaeology.

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that little island is called drake rock.

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Think he could be buried near there?

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Ha! What is that?

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I mean, it looks like a coffin.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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♪

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he's been called one of history's greatest heroes

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and a villain for the ages.

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To some, he's remembered as the world's most notorious pirate.

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But he was also the first sea captain

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to fully circumnavigate the globe

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and the man who saved England from the spanish armada.

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His name?

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Sir francis drake.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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(blast)

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(shouting)

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(blasting)

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(suspenseful chords striking)

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drake's story is the stuff of legend

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and two monumental mysteries that surround his life

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might be on the verge of being solved.

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The largest treasure he ever stole

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was his daring heist

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of a silver-laden caravan crossing panama in 1573.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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♪

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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now, a researcher retracing the route on historic maps

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believes he's pinpointed the jungle hiding place

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of drake's buried fortune.

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and an archaeologist believes he's on the brink

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of making an even greater find --

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the final remains of sir francis drake himself.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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he is said to have been buried at sea

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in full armor, inside a lead coffin.

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The coffin's discovery would rank

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among the greatest finds in maritime history.

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This is a mission in search of buried treasure

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and a watery grave.

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But also, it's the search for the character

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of the man himself --

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pirate or patriot?

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On which side of history's coin does drake belong?

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It's time to find out.

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(suspenseful music climbs, chords striking)

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♪

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my name is josh gates...

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Look! (laughs)

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...Explorer, adventurer...

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That is it!

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...And a guy who ends up in some very strange situations.

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Ah, ah, aah, haa!

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With a degree in archaeology

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and a passion for the unexplained,

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I travel to the ends of the earth,

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investigating the greatest legends in history.

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Okay, let's punch it.

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This is "expedition unknown."

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-- captions by vitac -- www.Vitac.Com

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captions paid for by discovery communications

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(engine starts)

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(upbeat rock plays)

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my search for drake's treasure begins

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on a vintage british motorcycle in southwestern England.

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welcome to a perfectly english morning here in the uk.

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And, even though it may be cold out,

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I, for one, am feeling very warm

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and that's because I absolutely love this country.

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My father is american, but my mother is british,

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so, for generations, half of my family tree

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has grown on this side of the atlantic.

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(adventure music plays) I'm headed to plymouth,

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the leaping-off point for some of history's greatest voyages,

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from the pilgrims, who thought so much of this place

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that they named a rock after it;

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to the man himself, sir francis drake.

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born in 1540, the son of a poor farmer and preacher,

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he would go on to become

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the most successful ship captain in english history.

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This is where drake was born and raised

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and signs of his legacy are everywhere you look.

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There are streets named after him.

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There are bars named after him,

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there's even a massive statue of him in the center of town.

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this dude is everywhere.

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But the grandest monument of them all is buckland abbey,

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the sprawling estate where drake lived

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at the peak of his power and prestige.

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nice digs.

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(suspenseful music plays)

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and the inside is no less impressive.

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Faithfully preserved furnishings

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transport visitors back to drake's era

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and much of the building is now a museum dedicated to the legacy

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of his astounding travels to every corner of the globe.

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I'm here to meet michael turner....

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Michael.

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...The world's foremost expert on drake,

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who spent the last 35 years retracing his every move.

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(suspenseful music climbs, chord strikes)

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and so have you been everywhere that drake has been?

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I've been to about 260 places

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all over the world, in 44 countries.

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Wow! So, let's talk

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about the man who lived here.

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What do we know about the early part of his life?

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His father apprenticed him

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to a owner of a small sailing vessel

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and drake was a natural,

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became one of the greatest sailors

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in the history of this world.

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But, before captaining his own ship,

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drake had to climb the rope ladder of success

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by working on other crews.

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It was on one such voyage -- a trip to trade slaves

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in the spanish colony that's now mexico --

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that inspired a bitter vendetta

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that would define the rest of drake's career.

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The slave trading voyage that he was on

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came to disaster in 1568

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in san juan de ulua, mexico,

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when the spanish turned upon drake

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and massacred scores of englishmen.

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And drake knew that slave trading

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was not the way forward, so he turned his hand

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to becoming the first english privateer

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to enter the west indies.

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Now, this is an important distinction --

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pirate and privateer.

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A pirate would attack anybody

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and would be outside of the law,

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but drake was licensed by the queen

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to take reprisals against the spanish

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for losses in previous voyages.

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The license allowed ship owners, like drake,

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to become a kind of mercenary navy,

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attacking the vessels of enemy nations

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and profit sharing with the crown

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on the sale of their cargo.

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for drake, and for England,

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there was no greater foe than Spain.

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now armed with his own ships,

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drake nursed his grudge

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by wreaking havoc on spanish ships

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bearing treasures from the new world.

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In the process, he earned fame, fortune,

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and a really badass nickname, taken from his family crest --

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el draque, or "the dragon."

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he was so driven,

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being one of the greatest sailors in the world,

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and he had the thirst for fame.

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In 1580, he becomes the first sea captain

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to circumnavigate the globe without an asterisk.

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Magellan, you see, didn't actually survive his voyage.

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Drake did.

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This is the thing about drake that's so crazy, is that

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he has this career that seems impossible.

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Drake was larger than life.

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He was driven.

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He loved success.

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the newly dubbed sir francis drake

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eventually becomes vice admiral of the british fleet

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and, at the height of his career,

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defeats the spanish armada

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in their attempted invasion of England in 1588.

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(blasting)

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through his exploits, drake became one

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of the wealthiest men in the world.

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But, as they say, "behind each great fortune is a crime."

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back in 1573, it was drake's robbery

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of the spanish mule train in panama

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that made the rest of his remarkable career possible

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and, now, I'm off to look for the loot.

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(suspenseful chord strikes)

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so, if I'm a first-time drake treasure seeker,

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what's your advice?

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Tenacity with the best metal detector you can buy.

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[laughs] it's as simple as that?

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That's good advice.

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Okay. I got it.

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Michael is working hand-in-hand

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with another researcher, who may be closing in

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on the location of the treasure right now.

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To find out where, I catch a flight across the atlantic

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to the famed crossroads of the americas.

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(guitar strumming upbeat tune)

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♪

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welcome to the always charming,

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and always humid, streets of panama city.

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it's a delightfully confusing place

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seemingly caught between the past and the future.

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It's easy to see these as two separate worlds,

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but, in reality, they're one and the same.

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That's because this place is, and has always been,

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about one thing --

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trade.

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Panama is a unique turnstile

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between vast oceans to the east and west

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and continents to the north and south.

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Long before the famed panama canal was built,

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allowing ships to sail directly between the oceans,

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this was already a strategic hub of global trade.

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(suspenseful music plays)

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and, now, researcher caleb duckworth...

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Hey!

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-Josh! -Caleb.

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...Is hot on the trail of the commodity

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that brought drake to these shores --

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treasure.

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-Okay. Let's go. -Let's do it.

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Away we go.

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alright, take me back in time a few centuries, here.

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What is today panama

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was a very important place to the spanish empire, yes?

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It was a vitally important place

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to the spanish empire, yes. -Right.

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Along with the inca treasure,

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they discovered a mountain,

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an entire mountain, made of silver.

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-Okay. -This is called potosi.

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-Mm-hmm. -And potosi became

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a cash register for the spanish. -Right.

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Took out hundreds of tons of silver.

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Wow.

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In the 1500s,

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after conquistador francisco pizarro

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has wiped out the inca empire,

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the spanish proceed to loot the south american continent

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of gold, silver, and jewels.

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But, while the bank may have been open for business,

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withdrawals weren't exactly easy.

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Inca treasure from peru and precious metal,

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like the silver from the mountain at potosi in bolivia,

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had to be shipped up the coast to panama,

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where it crossed the isthmus by mule on a jungle road

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known as the camino real, or "king's road,"

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before arriving at the fortified spanish vaults

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in nombre de dios,

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where galleons would sail it all the way back to europe.

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It was a grueling trip, thousands of miles,

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some of it over mountains more than 10,000 feet high.

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And you thought getting hit with a $3 atm fee was annoying.

278
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♪

279
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so, the spanish have a good thing going, here.

280
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How does drake come into the picture?

281
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Drake knew, if he could somehow interfere

282
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with that flow of treasure,

283
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that he would become wealthy.

284
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So, drake sets his sights on attacking this mule train.

285
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-Yes. -This is like

286
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a bank heist story, really.

287
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This is exactly like a bank heist story.

288
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So, the real question is

289
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where does he decide to attack this convoy?

290
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But I take it that, since we're in a 4x4, here,

291
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headed toward the jungle,

292
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you might have some idea where it is?

293
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-I might have. -[laughs]

294
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you might have.

295
00:11:37,990 --> 00:11:39,090
Yeah, I hope you do.

296
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(laughs)

297
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as we journey northeast towards the jungles

298
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near chagres national park, we turn onto a dirt road...

299
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Off-roadin' from here.

300
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...And drive until we're surrounded by wilderness.

301
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♪

302
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can you drive all the way

303
00:11:57,410 --> 00:11:59,250
to where you think this robbery happened?

304
00:11:59,250 --> 00:12:00,650
Not really, no.

305
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You can drive so far.

306
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[laughs] oh boy.

307
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♪

308
00:12:08,690 --> 00:12:10,820
you got it! Ohf!

309
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

310
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Stop!

311
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,430
-Wow. -What do you think?

312
00:12:15,430 --> 00:12:17,130
I think we could probably cross this.

313
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-You do? -Maybe.

314
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(laughs)

315
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only one way to find out.

316
00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:21,970
Well, let's take a crack at it. Here we go.

317
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-Okay, here we go. -Hold your breath.

318
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(suspenseful music climbs)

319
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go, go, go, go, go!

320
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(suspenseful music plays)

321
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I'm in the jungles of panama

322
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with treasure hunter caleb duckworth,

323
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in search of the lost treasure

324
00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:45,360
of english explorer sir francis drake.

325
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♪

326
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whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

327
00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,830
Stop!

328
00:12:52,830 --> 00:12:54,300
Wow.

329
00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:56,570
But, right now, we've hit a bit of a road block.

330
00:12:56,570 --> 00:12:58,170
Let's take a crack at it. Here we go.

331
00:12:58,170 --> 00:12:59,770
-Okay, here we go. -Hold your breath.

332
00:12:59,780 --> 00:13:02,780
♪

333
00:13:02,780 --> 00:13:04,410
you got it. Go, go, go, go, go!

334
00:13:04,410 --> 00:13:07,510
(suspenseful music climbs)

335
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,150
okay? Yeah!

336
00:13:10,150 --> 00:13:11,820
Hoo-hoo!

337
00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:12,990
Yes!

338
00:13:12,990 --> 00:13:14,290
Nice work, man!

339
00:13:14,290 --> 00:13:16,690
Hoo-hoo!

340
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-A bit tricky. -Yeah.

341
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(upbeat rock plays)

342
00:13:21,260 --> 00:13:23,560
you got it! Ohf!

343
00:13:23,570 --> 00:13:26,670
We good? We got it. -Not too good, but, yeah.

344
00:13:26,670 --> 00:13:27,770
Into the river.

345
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♪

346
00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,410
caleb, we just passed a canoe.

347
00:13:36,410 --> 00:13:38,980
Yeah, if you're driving a car and you pass a canoe,

348
00:13:38,980 --> 00:13:40,210
-yeah. -That's not a good sign, caleb.

349
00:13:40,220 --> 00:13:41,350
You're right.

350
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♪ climb ♪

351
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♪

352
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♪ there ain't nothin' and ♪

353
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♪ there's nothing gained ♪

354
00:13:48,790 --> 00:13:52,760
♪ get in and drive ♪

355
00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,930
♪ get in and dri-I-I-ve ♪

356
00:13:54,930 --> 00:13:58,360
♪

357
00:13:58,370 --> 00:13:59,470
watch out for the horses.

358
00:13:59,470 --> 00:14:01,900
Oh, my god. It's like a video game.

359
00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:03,740
Ooh, that's muddy. Mud, mud, mud!

360
00:14:03,740 --> 00:14:06,970
♪

361
00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:09,140
I think we are way past the end of the line.

362
00:14:09,140 --> 00:14:10,740
I think this is the end of line.

363
00:14:10,750 --> 00:14:12,550
Okay. Here we go. We're on foot.

364
00:14:12,550 --> 00:14:13,680
(suspenseful chord strikes)

365
00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,350
♪

366
00:14:17,350 --> 00:14:20,020
alright, so, the question is: Where on earth are we

367
00:14:20,020 --> 00:14:21,420
and what are we doing here? -Okay.

368
00:14:21,420 --> 00:14:22,390
Let's find out, shall we?

369
00:14:22,390 --> 00:14:23,960
Let's spread this out. -Okay.

370
00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,230
This is a u.S. Army map of the local area.

371
00:14:27,230 --> 00:14:30,700
This is one of the most detailed maps ever made of the region.

372
00:14:30,700 --> 00:14:32,730
Caleb has been using it to track the path

373
00:14:32,730 --> 00:14:34,500
of the spanish treasure train.

374
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:36,770
The mule train started way down in panama city

375
00:14:36,770 --> 00:14:38,170
and we followed a road known

376
00:14:38,170 --> 00:14:39,770
as the camino real, which means -camino real.

377
00:14:39,770 --> 00:14:42,010
The royal road, or the king's highway.

378
00:14:42,010 --> 00:14:44,080
-And that road is gone? -That road is gone.

379
00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,580
And, when we say a mule train,

380
00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,050
how many mules are we talkin' about?

381
00:14:47,050 --> 00:14:49,920
Oh, drake estimates that there were 190 mules.

382
00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,790
Each mule is carrying about 300 pounds weight

383
00:14:52,790 --> 00:14:54,790
of treasure, of gold or silver.

384
00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:56,360
So, hold on. Now, I need a calculator.

385
00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,690
So we've got 190 mules -190 mules.

386
00:14:58,690 --> 00:15:00,530
Each carrying 300 pounds of treasure.

387
00:15:00,530 --> 00:15:03,260
That's 57,000 pounds of treasure.

388
00:15:03,270 --> 00:15:04,600
It's quite a lot.

389
00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:05,800
Today's value?

390
00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,000
Hundreds of millions.

391
00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000
Okay. So, now, I see why this is

392
00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:11,910
such an attractive target. Yeah.

393
00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:14,510
Based on drake's later account to queen elizabeth,

394
00:15:14,510 --> 00:15:15,810
he attacked the mule train

395
00:15:15,810 --> 00:15:18,650
about 2.5 miles south of nombre de dios,

396
00:15:18,650 --> 00:15:21,080
close to where we stand right now.

397
00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,320
What is it about this spot

398
00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:23,920
that you think is so encouraging?

399
00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:26,550
So, the trail comes along this river bank here

400
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:29,020
and it climbs this ridge and follows the ridge

401
00:15:29,020 --> 00:15:31,420
all the way into nombre de dios.

402
00:15:31,430 --> 00:15:33,630
That means that the ambush could not have happened

403
00:15:33,630 --> 00:15:35,760
north of that point, 'cause, at that point,

404
00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:36,860
they weren't near the river.

405
00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:38,900
So it must've been between this point here

406
00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:41,400
and about that point there.

407
00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,940
Because, from here on up, you lose the river entirely.

408
00:15:43,940 --> 00:15:45,000
You lose the river and you're

409
00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:46,870
way too close to the enemy. -Right.

410
00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,640
So, it had to be further enough away

411
00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,010
to make good the escape.

412
00:15:50,010 --> 00:15:53,310
We're in the hot spot right here.

413
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,950
To pull off the ultimate heist,

414
00:15:54,950 --> 00:15:57,020
drake assembles the perfect team.

415
00:15:57,020 --> 00:15:59,420
It's "ocean's 1573."

416
00:15:59,420 --> 00:16:03,520
drake partners with french pirate guillaume le testu.

417
00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:06,230
In addition, the former slave trader, drake,

418
00:16:06,230 --> 00:16:08,800
also allies himself with the cimarrones,

419
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,860
a band of escaped spanish slaves living in the jungle,

420
00:16:11,870 --> 00:16:14,600
who know the terrain better than anyone else.

421
00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,700
So, drake makes it to the mule train

422
00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:18,500
and how does the ambush go for him?

423
00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:21,310
It goes way better than he ever expected.

424
00:16:21,310 --> 00:16:22,540
This was him hitting the jackpot

425
00:16:22,540 --> 00:16:24,810
beyond any pirate's wildest dream.

426
00:16:24,810 --> 00:16:30,020
♪

427
00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:31,220
(shing)

428
00:16:31,220 --> 00:16:33,090
when the mule train comes into view,

429
00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:35,820
drake and his men take it by surprise,

430
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,520
outflanking the spanish guards (neighing)

431
00:16:37,530 --> 00:16:38,790
with bows and arrows.

432
00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:40,560
(shouting)

433
00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:42,760
the spaniards flee...

434
00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:44,300
(neighing)

435
00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:47,070
...Leaving nearly 30 tons of treasure behind.

436
00:16:47,070 --> 00:16:49,540
♪

437
00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:52,670
the robbery is flawlessly planned and executed.

438
00:16:52,670 --> 00:16:56,110
(suspenseful chord strikes) except for one little hitch.

439
00:16:56,110 --> 00:16:58,040
Drake's got an issue. He's got 30 tons

440
00:16:58,050 --> 00:16:59,550
of treasure in his possession,

441
00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:01,480
-right. -But he hasn't got enough men

442
00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,050
to take it away.

443
00:17:03,050 --> 00:17:05,150
The miles can't travel into the steep wilderness

444
00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:06,950
back to drake's waiting ship

445
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,860
and the spanish guards who fled along the camino real

446
00:17:09,860 --> 00:17:13,090
will be back in a matter of hours, with reinforcements.

447
00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:14,990
So drake and his men have no choice

448
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,660
but to haul the loot by hand.

449
00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:20,300
I mean, what's the most each guy could possibly carry?

450
00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:21,870
Maybe 40 pounds.

451
00:17:21,870 --> 00:17:23,070
And the rest of it?

452
00:17:23,070 --> 00:17:24,500
The rest of it was buried.

453
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:25,910
This is not a tall tale.

454
00:17:25,910 --> 00:17:27,870
They actually did bury this treasure?

455
00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:28,940
This is one of the only real

456
00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:30,740
buried treasure stories in history.

457
00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:32,910
I mean, a fortune must've been left behind.

458
00:17:32,910 --> 00:17:35,250
(suspenseful chord strikes)

459
00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:38,050
caleb leads me into the jungle, toward the location

460
00:17:38,050 --> 00:17:40,120
of the long-abandoned king's road,

461
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:42,220
where he believes the ambush occurred.

462
00:17:42,220 --> 00:17:45,320
♪

463
00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:46,860
into the jungle.

464
00:17:46,860 --> 00:17:48,330
Watch out for snakes here.

465
00:17:48,330 --> 00:17:51,060
Yeah. What else do we have here that I should be afraid of?

466
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:52,200
Ah, you got coral snakes.

467
00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,270
You got bushmasters.

468
00:17:53,270 --> 00:17:54,470
You got tarantulas.

469
00:17:54,470 --> 00:17:56,840
You got brazilian wandering spiders.

470
00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:58,440
There are jaguars. There are pumas.

471
00:17:58,440 --> 00:17:59,740
Alright, forget it, forget it.

472
00:17:59,740 --> 00:18:01,540
-Flesh-eating peckaroos. -Forget it!

473
00:18:01,540 --> 00:18:02,540
Let's just look for the treasure.

474
00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:03,540
-[laughs] -I'm sorry I asked.

475
00:18:03,550 --> 00:18:05,950
(suspenseful music climbs)

476
00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:08,350
(suspenseful rock plays)

477
00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:10,320
there's not path to caleb's site.

478
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,250
Getting there requires bush whacking our way

479
00:18:12,250 --> 00:18:14,290
through the dense jungle.

480
00:18:14,290 --> 00:18:16,260
Until we reach a clearing.

481
00:18:16,260 --> 00:18:17,420
Aha! Found the river.

482
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:19,130
Look at that. -We did. We made it.

483
00:18:19,130 --> 00:18:23,100
♪

484
00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:26,970
okay. A little room to breathe out here.

485
00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:29,040
Now, the mules really did come along here.

486
00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,540
This was king's highway.

487
00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:32,710
Yeah, beats walkin' in there.

488
00:18:32,710 --> 00:18:33,770
Why would you walk through there

489
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:34,770
-[laughs] -when you could walk on here?

490
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,540
Okay. Well, let's get to it, yeah?

491
00:18:36,540 --> 00:18:37,680
Find some silver.

492
00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:39,380
♪

493
00:18:39,380 --> 00:18:42,820
we pull out our metal detectors to scour the river and its bank.

494
00:18:42,820 --> 00:18:51,160
♪

495
00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,560
before long, caleb's detector spikes.

496
00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:55,860
(pulsing)

497
00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:57,960
(warbles) josh, I got a good hit here

498
00:18:57,970 --> 00:19:00,500
and I don't think it's iron.

499
00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:03,300
(warbles, beeps)

500
00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:05,510
okay. Let's see what that is.

501
00:19:05,510 --> 00:19:07,340
The river churns the soil here,

502
00:19:07,340 --> 00:19:09,010
so finds from drake's robbery

503
00:19:09,010 --> 00:19:12,040
could be deep or right at the surface.

504
00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:14,210
(beeping) hold on.

505
00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:16,080
There we go. It's right in there.

506
00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:20,950
(suspenseful music climbs) (beeping)

507
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,690
hey, what is that?!

508
00:19:22,690 --> 00:19:23,890
(suspenseful chord strikes)

509
00:19:23,890 --> 00:19:25,730
-it's bronze. -[excitedly] it is. It's bronze.

510
00:19:25,730 --> 00:19:28,060
♪

511
00:19:28,060 --> 00:19:30,130
-it's a broken bell. -It's a bell?!

512
00:19:30,130 --> 00:19:31,560
See, that's where it would've been

513
00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,400
-right, yes! -Hanging.

514
00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,330
This bell would've been hanging

515
00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,000
around the neck of the mule.

516
00:19:37,010 --> 00:19:39,310
I mean, literally, a mule bell.

517
00:19:39,310 --> 00:19:41,010
Literally, a mule bell

518
00:19:41,010 --> 00:19:43,540
from a treasure mule caravan.

519
00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,040
That is so cool.

520
00:19:45,050 --> 00:19:46,950
Other than finding a few thousand silver bars,

521
00:19:46,950 --> 00:19:48,850
I can't think of an artifact that might connect us

522
00:19:48,850 --> 00:19:50,050
to the story more than this.

523
00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:51,650
I mean, this is part of the story.

524
00:19:51,650 --> 00:19:55,960
(triumphant music plays)

525
00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,260
that means we literally could be in the spot.

526
00:19:58,260 --> 00:19:59,390
Nice work. -Well done.

527
00:19:59,390 --> 00:20:00,660
-This is awesome! -Well done.

528
00:20:00,660 --> 00:20:04,200
(suspenseful music plays)

529
00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,330
we keep searching, with bells on.

530
00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:08,230
Nothing, and I do mean nothing,

531
00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:09,570
can dampen our spirits.

532
00:20:09,570 --> 00:20:11,500
♪

533
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:13,870
(thunder crashes)

534
00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,010
♪

535
00:20:17,010 --> 00:20:18,140
gonna get wet.

536
00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:19,280
Yeah.

537
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:28,750
♪

538
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,220
(warbling)

539
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,960
caleb, I got a hit! Got a hit?

540
00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:35,090
Yeah, a solid hit.

541
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:36,330
(warbling)

542
00:20:36,330 --> 00:20:39,500
sounds good, right? Sounds good. Dig.

543
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:43,000
♪

544
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,900
but we can't dig fast enough.

545
00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:48,640
The deeper we go, the more mud, water, and sand wash in.

546
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:54,050
♪

547
00:20:54,050 --> 00:20:55,250
(beeping)

548
00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:57,220
♪

549
00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:58,990
feel down there.

550
00:20:58,990 --> 00:20:59,990
It's right there, right there,

551
00:20:59,990 --> 00:21:01,090
right in the middle.

552
00:21:01,090 --> 00:21:03,090
♪

553
00:21:03,090 --> 00:21:04,920
ooh! Ooh, ooh! I feel somethin'.

554
00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:05,930
What is it?

555
00:21:05,930 --> 00:21:07,060
My thumb is hooked on something.

556
00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:08,290
♪

557
00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:09,860
[grunts] come on.

558
00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:11,160
♪

559
00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:12,630
(grunts)

560
00:21:12,630 --> 00:21:13,800
ha-ha-ha!

561
00:21:20,340 --> 00:21:23,780
♪

562
00:21:23,780 --> 00:21:25,140
gates: I'm in the jungles of panama

563
00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:27,280
with treasure hunter caleb duckworth

564
00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:28,380
on a mission to find

565
00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:32,220
sir francis drake's lost fortune.

566
00:21:32,220 --> 00:21:35,520
In 1573, drake ambushed a mule train

567
00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,160
filled with spanish gold and silver.

568
00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,260
Unable to escape with all the loot,

569
00:21:40,260 --> 00:21:43,500
drake and his men buried it somewhere nearby.

570
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,530
-Ooh, ooh. I feel something. -What is it?

571
00:21:45,530 --> 00:21:47,870
My thumb is hooked on something.

572
00:21:47,870 --> 00:21:50,600
And we may have just struck pay dirt.

573
00:21:50,610 --> 00:21:55,880
♪

574
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,880
-ohh! Ha-ha-ha! -Hey.

575
00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,210
-What's that? -What is that?

576
00:21:59,210 --> 00:22:01,710
That looks like a piece of a sword.

577
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,480
It is a piece of a sword! Look at that!

578
00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,290
Get out of here! Are you kidding me?!

579
00:22:07,290 --> 00:22:08,850
Piece of a rapier.

580
00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:10,220
This is part of a hilt of a sword.

581
00:22:10,220 --> 00:22:12,530
Part of the hilt of a 1500s sword.

582
00:22:12,530 --> 00:22:14,730
Wow. Handle would have been down here?

583
00:22:14,730 --> 00:22:16,860
-Yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah. -And you can see there.

584
00:22:16,860 --> 00:22:18,830
Okay. That's where the end of the blade would have gone.

585
00:22:18,830 --> 00:22:20,500
Right. Blade would have come up through here.

586
00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,570
That's right.

587
00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:23,940
Rapiers are thin, long-bladed swords

588
00:22:23,940 --> 00:22:26,510
used for thrusting, like in fencing.

589
00:22:26,510 --> 00:22:29,410
Drake and his men were known to carry swords with hilts

590
00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:31,440
just like this.

591
00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:33,210
Somebody broke a sword right here.

592
00:22:33,210 --> 00:22:34,610
Which would, in some ways, indicate

593
00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:36,080
there might have been a conflict here.

594
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:37,350
Absolutely. Yes.

595
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:39,720
It could be part of the attack on the mule train.

596
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:40,920
Good find. Well done.

597
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,290
This is astounding, man! Nice work!

598
00:22:43,290 --> 00:22:46,690
-Well done, well done. -Wow.

599
00:22:46,690 --> 00:22:48,530
That is unbelievable.

600
00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:53,130
♪

601
00:22:53,130 --> 00:22:55,430
gates: We expand our search zone into the jungle,

602
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,370
but after hours of metal detecting,

603
00:22:57,370 --> 00:22:59,710
we don't get any other hits.

604
00:22:59,710 --> 00:23:02,580
♪

605
00:23:02,580 --> 00:23:05,310
still, we made two major finds today.

606
00:23:05,310 --> 00:23:08,450
The mule bell and broken sword are strong indicators

607
00:23:08,450 --> 00:23:10,920
that the ambush happened right here.

608
00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,050
Caleb will return with more manpower

609
00:23:13,050 --> 00:23:16,090
and more metal detectors to continue the search.

610
00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:20,630
♪

611
00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:24,930
meanwhile, I'm after another treasure --

612
00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:26,630
the man himself.

613
00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:31,500
♪

614
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,370
according to historical accounts,

615
00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:36,010
drake was buried at sea in a lead coffin.

616
00:23:36,010 --> 00:23:38,080
His final resting place is one of the great

617
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:41,280
unsolved mysteries of maritime archaeology.

618
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:47,520
♪

619
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,190
now I'm searching for answers

620
00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:51,990
in a town due west of here -- portobelo,

621
00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:56,860
where sir francis drake played his final hand.

622
00:23:56,860 --> 00:23:59,530
After drake's brutal attack on the mule train,

623
00:23:59,530 --> 00:24:01,970
the spanish realized they needed to up their game

624
00:24:01,970 --> 00:24:03,800
when it came to guarding treasure.

625
00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:05,570
They needed a better bank vault.

626
00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:08,510
And so in time, they began construction of this place,

627
00:24:08,510 --> 00:24:11,040
the colonial stronghold of portobelo.

628
00:24:11,050 --> 00:24:16,850
♪

629
00:24:16,850 --> 00:24:19,050
but while the spanish built out their fortress,

630
00:24:19,050 --> 00:24:22,190
drake embarked on a bloody campaign against their fleet,

631
00:24:22,190 --> 00:24:25,620
earning his title and a fortune in the process.

632
00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:29,260
In 1595, he embarks on a voyage back to panama

633
00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:31,860
to attempt one last big score --

634
00:24:31,870 --> 00:24:34,800
raiding the spanish treasure ships in portobelo.

635
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:38,440
Little did he know, he'd never see his beloved England again.

636
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,510
♪

637
00:24:40,510 --> 00:24:42,740
now I'm here to meet a team of archaeologists

638
00:24:42,740 --> 00:24:45,410
who may be on the cusp of solving the mystery

639
00:24:45,410 --> 00:24:47,210
of drake's final resting place.

640
00:24:47,220 --> 00:24:48,980
Great pleasure to meet you guys. How are you?

641
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:50,320
-Good. -I'm fine.

642
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,820
I don't often get to shake the hand

643
00:24:51,820 --> 00:24:53,390
of a man who's been to the titanic.

644
00:24:53,390 --> 00:24:55,750
Well, I was very lucky to get there.

645
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:57,960
Gates: Jim sinclair was the first archaeologist

646
00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,690
to survey the titanic.

647
00:24:59,690 --> 00:25:01,560
He was also part of the team that found

648
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,130
over $400 million in treasure

649
00:25:04,130 --> 00:25:06,870
aboard the shipwreck atocha.

650
00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:09,070
Okay. We're talking about a different sunken mystery today.

651
00:25:09,070 --> 00:25:10,570
-Yeah. -We're talking about drake.

652
00:25:10,570 --> 00:25:13,710
Portobelo here is really where drake's journey ends.

653
00:25:13,710 --> 00:25:16,210
Yeah, that's correct. You know, he was getting older,

654
00:25:16,210 --> 00:25:18,510
and he wanted to have one last hurrah.

655
00:25:18,510 --> 00:25:21,910
Drake took off out of England, headed over here to hopefully

656
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,750
take a whole spanish treasure fleet

657
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:26,020
that would have been leaving out of portobelo.

658
00:25:26,020 --> 00:25:30,490
And he headed down here with his fairly large fleet of ships

659
00:25:30,490 --> 00:25:33,260
and sat waiting for the treasure to show up.

660
00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:35,360
And, of course, the spanish had gotten wind

661
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:38,500
that he was on the way, so they keep the treasure back,

662
00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:41,200
drake goes up the coast, and when he was up the coast,

663
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,770
waiting to hopefully catch the fleet,

664
00:25:43,770 --> 00:25:47,340
you know, he gets sick --

665
00:25:47,340 --> 00:25:49,710
they called it something else, but we call it dysentery.

666
00:25:49,710 --> 00:25:52,280
And basically, that evening, collapsed,

667
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,150
and they put him in bed, and he passed away.

668
00:25:54,150 --> 00:25:55,780
Now, this is where the mystery starts.

669
00:25:55,780 --> 00:25:57,050
So what do they do with him?

670
00:25:57,050 --> 00:25:59,050
Well, when he passed away, they put him in

671
00:25:59,050 --> 00:26:02,020
what they described as a leaden coffin...

672
00:26:02,020 --> 00:26:03,460
-Okay. -...And, you know,

673
00:26:03,460 --> 00:26:06,360
with full honors, they bury him at sea.

674
00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,900
♪

675
00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:11,330
why hasn't this coffin been found?

676
00:26:11,330 --> 00:26:12,800
Well, first of all, it's a little object.

677
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,900
We're talking 6 foot long in a giant ocean.

678
00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:18,100
Right. And what do we know

679
00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,570
from the historical sources

680
00:26:20,580 --> 00:26:23,240
about where this coffin was dumped into the water?

681
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,580
The historical sources say that it was buried

682
00:26:25,580 --> 00:26:27,280
one league off portobelo.

683
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:28,680
One league?

684
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:30,650
Today, we think of a league as like 3 1/2 miles or so.

685
00:26:30,650 --> 00:26:32,050
-Something close to that. -Right?

686
00:26:32,050 --> 00:26:35,850
So, okay, from portobelo. From where in portobelo?

687
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:37,720
Was it the downtown area of portobelo?

688
00:26:37,730 --> 00:26:38,820
-Right. -Was it the fort?

689
00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:40,960
Or was it the mouth of portobelo bay?

690
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:42,760
-Also, what was the angle? -Right.

691
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,200
Okay, I'm starting to see why this is not so easy.

692
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,330
Gates: Lucky for us, in 2011,

693
00:26:47,340 --> 00:26:49,170
jim uncovered debris from a ship

694
00:26:49,170 --> 00:26:51,440
that may have been part of drake's fleet,

695
00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,870
giving us a starting point in the hunt for the coffin.

696
00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,540
Well, this would be like one of the holy grails

697
00:26:56,540 --> 00:26:58,140
of maritime archaeology.

698
00:26:58,150 --> 00:27:00,980
Finding his coffin would be absolutely monumental.

699
00:27:00,980 --> 00:27:03,220
And I take it that these very dangerous-looking things

700
00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:05,120
at our feet are meant to make this a little easier.

701
00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:06,790
Exactly. What this one is,

702
00:27:06,790 --> 00:27:08,890
it's a marine sonic arc explorer,

703
00:27:08,890 --> 00:27:11,590
which is the highest-resolution side-scan sonar

704
00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:13,060
on the market today. Love it.

705
00:27:13,060 --> 00:27:16,300
And now we have a geometrics magnetometer.

706
00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:19,060
So this will detect metal, and this will give us the imaging.

707
00:27:19,070 --> 00:27:21,730
Got it. All right. We got sonar. We got a magnetometer.

708
00:27:21,740 --> 00:27:25,300
We've got unbridled confidence. Should we do this?

709
00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:26,510
-Let's do it! -Let's do it.

710
00:27:26,510 --> 00:27:28,070
Let's go find a coffin. Come on.

711
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,270
(hands clap)

712
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,610
♪

713
00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:34,650
we're ready.

714
00:27:34,650 --> 00:27:37,180
Hop on.

715
00:27:37,180 --> 00:27:38,780
Gates: So, we weigh anchor

716
00:27:38,790 --> 00:27:41,050
and head into the murky waters of history

717
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:44,420
in search of drake's legendary lead coffin.

718
00:27:54,970 --> 00:27:58,740
♪

719
00:27:58,740 --> 00:28:00,370
gates: I'm off the coast of panama

720
00:28:00,370 --> 00:28:02,110
in search of the final resting place

721
00:28:02,110 --> 00:28:03,980
of sir francis drake.

722
00:28:03,980 --> 00:28:05,840
After an extraordinary career

723
00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:08,610
as an explorer/ruthless privateer,

724
00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:12,850
drake returned to panama for one last job in 1595

725
00:28:12,850 --> 00:28:15,090
but died before pulling it off.

726
00:28:15,090 --> 00:28:18,690
His lead coffin was buried at sea and lost for centuries.

727
00:28:18,690 --> 00:28:20,160
♪

728
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,430
but that may be about to change.

729
00:28:22,430 --> 00:28:23,800
Gates: Let's talk about where we're going.

730
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,330
You've already done some searching out here.

731
00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:28,070
We did. We found some shipwreck material in a cove.

732
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:30,500
I think they're the remains of the two ships

733
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,640
that were in drake's fleet -- the elizabeth and the delight.

734
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:33,870
-Really? -Yeah.

735
00:28:33,870 --> 00:28:35,740
So, how did those two ships sink?

736
00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:37,380
Well, they did it on purpose.

737
00:28:37,380 --> 00:28:39,180
They couldn't handle it, they had lost so many men,

738
00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:40,680
they couldn't bring them back to England.

739
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,080
I think they did, was they drove them into shallow water,

740
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,120
took everything off of them that was worth anything,

741
00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:46,650
and then set them ablaze. Right.

742
00:28:46,650 --> 00:28:48,350
They weren't gonna leave two perfectly good ships

743
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,760
for the spanish. Nope. Absolutely not.

744
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,590
Right. So you think these are ships from drake's fleet?

745
00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:54,660
I do. The kind of material that we're seeing around it

746
00:28:54,660 --> 00:28:57,630
is kind of a highlight of the 1500s.

747
00:28:57,630 --> 00:29:00,570
Have those wrecks or that area been systematically excavated?

748
00:29:00,570 --> 00:29:02,270
No, we never got a chance to do it.

749
00:29:02,270 --> 00:29:03,870
Weather came up, and we had to go.

750
00:29:03,870 --> 00:29:05,770
And do you think there's a possibility those wrecks

751
00:29:05,770 --> 00:29:07,470
could be in the same area as the coffin?

752
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:09,140
I do.

753
00:29:09,140 --> 00:29:12,040
♪

754
00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:13,750
gates: We motor out to the area

755
00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:16,150
where jim and his team found the shipwrecks --

756
00:29:16,150 --> 00:29:20,390
a protected cove near the mouth of portobelo bay.

757
00:29:20,390 --> 00:29:23,920
This is it. We're coming into the bay now.

758
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,960
We deploy the side-scan sonar unit

759
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,530
to survey the debris field for traces of drake's coffin.

760
00:29:29,530 --> 00:29:31,460
So, fish is in the water?

761
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:33,070
All right. Let's get scanning.

762
00:29:33,070 --> 00:29:35,670
While the sonar maps the sea bed in real time,

763
00:29:35,670 --> 00:29:37,870
jim begins analyzing the data.

764
00:29:37,870 --> 00:29:39,910
♪

765
00:29:39,910 --> 00:29:41,410
-coming into the harbor. -There you go.

766
00:29:41,410 --> 00:29:42,880
-So, here's the reef. -That's the reef.

767
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,780
Got it. And what kind of resolution do we have here?

768
00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:46,510
About a half-centimeter of resolution.

769
00:29:46,510 --> 00:29:48,050
You can see down to a half a centimeter?

770
00:29:48,050 --> 00:29:51,120
Yes. We can count fingers if we were to see a person.

771
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,190
All right. I love it. This is great.

772
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:57,760
♪

773
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:00,090
look at this. Okay. So, here's a debris field.

774
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:03,960
Aha! Look at that. Something there for sure.

775
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,500
Definitely. Those would definitely be man-made.

776
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,900
Okay. So, we literally have a debris field here.

777
00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:10,100
-Absolutely. -And we've got --

778
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,700
and now it looks like we have another one.

779
00:30:11,710 --> 00:30:15,010
So we have two debris fields at angles to each other.

780
00:30:15,010 --> 00:30:17,780
Jim, this may be what you were seeing from 2011.

781
00:30:17,780 --> 00:30:19,210
Yeah. Absolutely.

782
00:30:19,210 --> 00:30:20,750
Gates: We may have just rediscovered

783
00:30:20,750 --> 00:30:22,950
the two scuttled ships from drake's fleet.

784
00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:24,720
-René, can we throw an anchor? -Sure.

785
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,320
Okay. Great. You ready to get wet?

786
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,020
Let's get wet.

787
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:30,860
Gates: Now we have to figure out exactly what's down there

788
00:30:30,860 --> 00:30:32,420
and if one of the man-made objects

789
00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:36,030
we're seeing in the scan could be drake's lead coffin.

790
00:30:36,030 --> 00:30:42,630
♪

791
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,940
jim and I suit up and dive in.

792
00:30:46,940 --> 00:30:48,810
Okay. Here we go.

793
00:30:48,810 --> 00:30:55,950
♪

794
00:30:55,950 --> 00:31:00,050
and I unleash a brand-new toy, a little underwater propulsion.

795
00:31:00,050 --> 00:31:09,800
♪

796
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,700
the scooters can pull us at up to 3 miles per hour,

797
00:31:12,700 --> 00:31:16,100
and if that doesn't sound like much, try swimming that fast.

798
00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:23,210
♪

799
00:31:23,210 --> 00:31:26,350
we comb the ocean floor for signs of our first target --

800
00:31:26,350 --> 00:31:29,450
a coffin-size anomaly we spied on the scan.

801
00:31:38,290 --> 00:31:41,790
Luckily, my scooter is more than just a mode of transportation.

802
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,560
I swing the propeller around and fire it up.

803
00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:51,500
♪

804
00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:54,970
immediately, everything is obscured by a cloud of sand.

805
00:32:01,220 --> 00:32:04,150
But when it settles, what we see is incredible.

806
00:32:10,690 --> 00:32:12,560
How do the planks look?

807
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:18,360
Gates: If we find lead, this could be

808
00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:21,600
drake's infamous coffin, but if the timbers are scorched,

809
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,200
it's most likely a piece of the scuttled ships

810
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,310
drake's crew burned and abandoned in the bay.

811
00:32:46,930 --> 00:32:50,460
All right. Let me know if you find any artifacts.

812
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:54,570
Gates: We continue to scour the site

813
00:32:54,570 --> 00:32:56,130
using an underwater metal detector

814
00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:58,900
to sniff out drake's lead coffin.

815
00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:01,010
(metal detector pinging)

816
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,820
we find a graveyard of ship debris.

817
00:33:20,530 --> 00:33:22,730
But no sign of drake's coffin.

818
00:33:22,730 --> 00:33:24,300
With our oxygen running low,

819
00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:27,330
we return to the surface and regroup.

820
00:33:27,330 --> 00:33:31,800
♪

821
00:33:31,810 --> 00:33:35,440
ugh. That's incredible down there.

822
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,340
Those really could be drake's ships.

823
00:33:37,340 --> 00:33:38,610
I know.

824
00:33:38,610 --> 00:33:39,850
Just a few inches under that sand...

825
00:33:39,850 --> 00:33:40,950
Is all that timber.

826
00:33:40,950 --> 00:33:42,410
-...All that timber. -I know it.

827
00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:45,720
Just sitting there! But no sign of a lead coffin.

828
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,950
We're a league from shore, which is the right distance

829
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,720
to look for the coffin.

830
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:52,790
Perhaps the problem isn't the distance, but the direction.

831
00:33:52,790 --> 00:33:54,490
You know, if you look from there

832
00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:57,500
to where that island is out there,

833
00:33:57,500 --> 00:34:00,930
and that little island is called drake rock.

834
00:34:00,930 --> 00:34:02,770
Why is it called drake's rock?

835
00:34:02,770 --> 00:34:04,100
-I think it's a marker. -Okay.

836
00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:05,870
So it may be that we are in the right area;

837
00:34:05,870 --> 00:34:07,270
we just need to be further out.

838
00:34:07,270 --> 00:34:08,640
Exactly.

839
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,740
We board the boat and motor out to drake's rock.

840
00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:13,650
♪

841
00:34:13,650 --> 00:34:15,880
(thunder rumbles)

842
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,720
with signs that a storm is brewing,

843
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:19,680
we race to deploy the magnetometer

844
00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,150
and run a search grid.

845
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,190
Okay. Mag looks good.

846
00:34:23,190 --> 00:34:25,020
We're gonna go out to drake island,

847
00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:27,930
we'll turn around, we'll come back.

848
00:34:27,930 --> 00:34:30,960
As its name suggests, the magnetometer detects things

849
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,700
that are made of iron, like cannonballs.

850
00:34:33,700 --> 00:34:35,300
According to drake's men,

851
00:34:35,300 --> 00:34:38,200
cannons were fired when they buried their captain at sea.

852
00:34:38,210 --> 00:34:41,770
Find the cannonballs, and we may find drake's coffin.

853
00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,540
♪

854
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:47,280
after an hour of scanning back and forth,

855
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:48,550
we have something.

856
00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:50,150
-We got a hit, guys! -Yeah?

857
00:34:50,150 --> 00:34:51,820
-All right. -What do you got?

858
00:34:51,820 --> 00:34:53,920
♪

859
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,850
-you see this wavy line here? -Yes.

860
00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:59,260
The wavy line indicates that we have ferrous metal in the area.

861
00:34:59,260 --> 00:35:01,260
We'll drop in the sonar,

862
00:35:01,260 --> 00:35:03,660
and we'll confirm the hit with the side-scan.

863
00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:06,130
Yeah, see if we can see it.

864
00:35:06,130 --> 00:35:08,870
Gates: We retrieve the magnetometer...

865
00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:10,570
Okay. Mag's out.

866
00:35:10,570 --> 00:35:12,770
...And launch the side-scan sonar.

867
00:35:12,770 --> 00:35:14,510
Release.

868
00:35:14,510 --> 00:35:17,380
Almost immediately, we see something.

869
00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:18,380
Whoa! Josh, come here!

870
00:35:18,380 --> 00:35:19,780
-What do you got? -Check this out.

871
00:35:19,780 --> 00:35:21,180
Come here and take a look at this.

872
00:35:21,180 --> 00:35:22,650
-Let me see. -Look at this.

873
00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:24,380
-Look at this right here. -Right here.

874
00:35:24,380 --> 00:35:26,520
-Ha! What is that?! -Look at the shape of it.

875
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:28,920
I mean, I don't want to sound like a crazy person,

876
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,490
but what is that the shape of?

877
00:35:30,490 --> 00:35:33,730
-It's about 6 or 7 feet. -I mean, it looks like a coffin.

878
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,040
♪

879
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:47,910
gates: To get from place to place in panama,

880
00:35:47,910 --> 00:35:51,110
you could wait around all day for a cab,

881
00:35:51,110 --> 00:35:54,610
but the easiest way to get a lift is to hail a bus.

882
00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:56,280
Hola.

883
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:57,950
(up-tempo music playing)

884
00:35:57,950 --> 00:36:00,050
ha-ha! What?!

885
00:36:00,050 --> 00:36:01,850
♪

886
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:04,560
what is happening?!

887
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,760
Panama's signature red devil buses,

888
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,260
or as they're known here, diablos rojos,

889
00:36:09,260 --> 00:36:13,500
are famous for their loud music and even louder paint jobs.

890
00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:16,500
These diablo rojo buses used to be the lifeblood

891
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:19,200
of public transportation in panama.

892
00:36:19,210 --> 00:36:21,470
They're old american school buses

893
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,910
that were shipped down here and given a second life.

894
00:36:24,910 --> 00:36:28,150
But they're quickly being replaced by modern buses

895
00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:30,450
because they're old, they're dangerous,

896
00:36:30,450 --> 00:36:32,550
and the seats are built for 9-year-olds.

897
00:36:32,550 --> 00:36:36,090
But who cares? They're a hell of a lot of fun!

898
00:36:36,090 --> 00:36:41,660
♪

899
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:52,800
♪

900
00:36:52,810 --> 00:36:54,470
gates: I'm on the hunt for the lead coffin

901
00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:57,110
of history's most legendary privateer,

902
00:36:57,110 --> 00:36:59,640
sir francis drake.

903
00:36:59,650 --> 00:37:03,250
My team and I are searching just offshore of portobelo, panama,

904
00:37:03,250 --> 00:37:06,790
near a mysterious island called drake's rock.

905
00:37:06,790 --> 00:37:08,320
The barometer is falling,

906
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,320
the weather is making us nervous,

907
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,790
and our side-scan sonar

908
00:37:11,790 --> 00:37:14,690
just picked up something unbelievable.

909
00:37:14,700 --> 00:37:17,230
-Ha! What is that?! -Look at the shape of it.

910
00:37:17,230 --> 00:37:19,260
I mean, I don't want to sound like a crazy person,

911
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:20,630
but what is that the shape of?

912
00:37:20,630 --> 00:37:24,400
-It's about 6 or 7 feet. -I mean, it looks like a coffin.

913
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:25,640
♪

914
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,910
-what is it? -Let's go find out.

915
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:29,710
-Let's go diving. -Okay.

916
00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:31,910
We're going diving. Let's go.

917
00:37:31,910 --> 00:37:34,610
♪

918
00:37:34,620 --> 00:37:36,080
gates: Our target is positioned

919
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,820
on the edge of a reef near drake's rock.

920
00:37:39,820 --> 00:37:41,390
Jim and I gear up to dive

921
00:37:41,390 --> 00:37:44,790
just as the rough weather we're fearing arrives.

922
00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:53,930
♪

923
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:10,380
♪

924
00:38:10,380 --> 00:38:13,150
the swift current threatens to drive us into the reef,

925
00:38:13,150 --> 00:38:15,050
but jim and I press on.

926
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:20,160
♪

927
00:38:23,330 --> 00:38:29,070
♪

928
00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:32,340
suddenly, something stunning comes into view.

929
00:38:32,340 --> 00:38:35,170
♪

930
00:38:38,510 --> 00:38:43,380
♪

931
00:38:51,790 --> 00:38:55,930
♪

932
00:39:01,540 --> 00:39:03,300
jim's measurements will help him determine

933
00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:06,400
if this cannon could have been part of drake's fleet.

934
00:39:06,410 --> 00:39:13,310
♪

935
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,660
and just a few feet away, we make another discovery.

936
00:39:26,660 --> 00:39:30,400
♪

937
00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:44,910
♪

938
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,260
but where is the ship they came from?

939
00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:10,340
♪

940
00:40:10,340 --> 00:40:13,040
we continue to search the reef for wreckage...

941
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,410
♪

942
00:40:15,410 --> 00:40:18,080
...But don't even find a scrap of wood.

943
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,950
Still, the twin cannons are a stunning find,

944
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:23,980
a maritime mystery waiting to be unraveled.

945
00:40:23,980 --> 00:40:26,220
And jim already has a theory.

946
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:53,080
♪

947
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,110
(thunder crashes)

948
00:40:56,580 --> 00:40:58,420
back on board the boat,

949
00:40:58,420 --> 00:41:01,450
the rough weather we've been dreading finally arrives.

950
00:41:01,460 --> 00:41:04,160
(thunder rumbles)

951
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,730
we speed to shore before we join the wrecks below.

952
00:41:07,730 --> 00:41:13,830
♪

953
00:41:13,830 --> 00:41:16,840
drake's exploits which took him from the shores of England

954
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,870
to the jungles of panama and oceans all over the globe

955
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:24,980
made him the model of a pirate and a patriot.

956
00:41:24,980 --> 00:41:28,880
And after sailing in his wake, how do I consider him?

957
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:30,850
Drake may have given up slave trading,

958
00:41:30,850 --> 00:41:33,220
but he still happily profited from it.

959
00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:34,790
He was relentlessly driven

960
00:41:34,790 --> 00:41:38,160
by a desire for money and vengeance,

961
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:42,690
obsessions that ended only in his death.

962
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,730
Drake had the vision to see over the horizon

963
00:41:45,730 --> 00:41:48,970
but was blind to the injustice of his own actions.

964
00:41:48,970 --> 00:41:53,440
A man so ahead of his time, yet very much a product of it.

965
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,470
A legend in his era and ours.