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Narrator:Tonight on beyond oak island...
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More spanish ships
sunk than got to Spain.
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Matty: I think there's three million wrecks
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and less than one percent
of them have been found.
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-Absolutely.
-Marty: Any galleon is worth
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-a billion by itself.
-Wow.
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Mattera: The fleet hadn't gone back
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in two years, so it was loaded
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with treasure.
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Jewels on board have to be mind-boggling.
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Ooh! It's 22.5-carat inca gold.
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This would've been
destined for queen isabella.
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Chatterton: This would be
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the oldest shipwreck
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-in the americas.
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- chatterton: baby!
-You found the san miguel.
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Absolutely we believe we found it.
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All the while
we were growing up,
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my brother and I were fascinated
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with finding treasure.
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Rick: Pirate treasure,
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cursed treasure.
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Civil war gold.
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marty: Now that we are grown up
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and engaged in our own treasure hunt on oak island...
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Rick: We've never lost our interest in solving mysteries.
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-Whoa.
-Or in finding treasures.
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Rick: So now we enjoy reaching out to other treasure hunters.
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-Marty: We want to hear the stories...
-X marks the spot right here.
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-There.
-...And find out more.
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-Rick: And who knows...
-Gary: I got it.
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...Maybe we can help them with their search.
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Marty: Not only in america.
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Wow. That is gold.
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-Rick: But all over the world.
-Yeah!
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Marty: Beyond oak island.
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Matty: Right now, as we sit here,
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despite all the difficulties
you guys have faced,
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I think this season,
in a lot of ways,
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thus far, has been one
of your most productive ever.
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We're making a lot of progress.
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Rick:
I think it's more surprising
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than productive.
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It is productive but, I mean,
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we went looking
for specific things
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in the money pit, in the swamp,
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at the ball foundation.
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We didn't find the things
we were looking for...
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-We found other things.
-...But we found
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more remarkable things
than what we were looking for.
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Matty:
Moving forward,
I mean, I'm trying
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to think of things that
have been left on the table.
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I mean, you've already hit
so many targets this season.
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I'm trying to f-figure out
anything
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that maybe has
been left behind a little bit.
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You know, like, c-1, here.
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Any chance that we might send
a diver down there at any point?
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Is it possible yet this year?
I suppose it is.
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-Anything's possible.
-Marty: Yeah,
anything's possible.
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-Well...
-Any dives anywhere?
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There may be a dive coming up,
all right.
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It could be a recovery dive.
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-Ooh. I like to hear that.
-Rick: There you go, yeah.
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-That's the dream.
-Yeah, and if-- yeah--
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and if-if that came to pass,
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-we'd need john chatterton.
-I love it.
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I would want chatterton.
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-He's the man.
-He's proven.
-He's unparalleled.
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Narrator: John chatterton is among the most accomplished
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deep-sea divers in the world.
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Over the course of his career, he has explored
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such legendary wrecks as the rms lusitania,
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the andrea doria
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and even the titanic.
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And just like rick and marty lagina,
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john's passion for treasure hunting
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began when he was just a boy.
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Chatteron: As a kid, I grew up at the beach.
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So, I was surfing,
fishing, crabbing, swimming.
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I was in the water all the time.
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When I was ten years old,
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I had my first scuba dive.
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And I'm looking down and I'm just watching
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the rays of light going down into the bottom.
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And it made an impression on me.
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"what's on the bottom?"
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and quite literally, I had an epiphany.
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I had a dream.
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I had found what I'm supposed to do.
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And I'm still doing it.
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I always enjoy talking
to john chatterton.
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I guess we have a few reasons.
L-let's get him on the phone.
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You got his number?
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Not many people have
done what he's done...
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-No.
-...In the water.
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-Always interesting.
-Yeah.
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Marty:
Let's talk to the great
john chatterton.
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-Matty: I love it.
-All right.
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Matty:
There he is.
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-Hello, john.
-Rick: Hey, john.
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Hey, guys, how are you?
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We're still living the dream,
you know?
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Who gets to do this, right?
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Absolutely, I totally understand that one.
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Hey, listen,
thanks for your time.
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We're calling, really,
for two reasons.
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And this is good news, john.
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There may be a couple
more dives,
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sort of technical dives,
that we need to do
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in and around the money pit,
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and I want to make sure
you're still interested.
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Whatever I'm doing, I'll make
room for you guys, absolutely.
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-That would be great.
-I-I love oak island,
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and, I-I love what you guys
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-are doing up there.
-Marty: Well, we are
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similarly impressed
with what you did for us here.
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I still shiver a little bit,
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- when I think
about that 10-x dive.
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-howard: You ready?
-Chatterton: Ready.
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Howard:
Going down.
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Okay. Stand by.
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Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!
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that's my idea of, like, a-a fun afternoon.
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marty: I know, that's the part
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I find amazing, okay?
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that was impressive, though.
It really was.
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You know, pray for peace, prepare for war.
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So long as you're prepared with
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a contingency plan that works,
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-that's just part of the job.
-Marty: Well, listen,
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we're-we're, gratified
to know you're still interested.
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Hey, you know what? Anything you guys are doing, I'm in.
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All right, good deal, john.
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Appreciate that.
Here's the other reason.
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What have you been up to?
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We just got back from some
dives off the coast of florida.
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We're very much interested in a wreck called
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the florandina, which was part
of a-a larger treasure fleet.
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And we believe,
if we can pull this together,
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this could be an important find for us.
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Narrator: One month ago...
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-Hi, guys.
-How you doing?
-Welcome aboard, fellas.
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...Just off the coast of key largo, florida,
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john chatterton and his team conducted a dive operation
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in search of the florandina,
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a spanish galleon that sank in 1733
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carrying a fortune in gold, silver and jewels.
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Okay. That should do it.
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Narrator:Each member of the teampossesses a specific skill set.
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Lead researcher john matterais a former security consultant
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who first began hunting sunken galleons in his 40s.
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It was the realization of a childhood fantasy.
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I grew up on staten island
in new york,
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in-- about two blocks away
from the harbor.
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We had a bunch of old shipwrecks,
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pretty much in front of my house.
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Old wooden ships from the 1800s and...
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So I've been pretty much obsessed with shipwrecks
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since I was a young kid.
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So I always said that when
I was older and I'd get rich,
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that's what I wanted to be.
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I never got rich, but this is kind of what I do now.
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I'm a researcher and, I find shipwrecks.
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Howard:
What do you think? 50 feet?
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Chatterton:
Okay.
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Narrator: The third member of chatterton's team
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is howard ehrenberg.
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His dual talents as both a seasoned scuba diver
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and computer expert
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allow him to play a unique and valuable role.
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I'm the techno geek of this
community that we have here.
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Crew member:
What side do you think
you want to tow off of?
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- We'll tow off
the starboard side.
-All right.
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Howard: I like doing tech stuff and analyzing
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the data and making everything work.
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Crew member:
All right, captain, we're clear.
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All right, here we go.
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Narrator: The wreckage of the florandina
is believed to lie
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just a mile off the florida coast.
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It is one of only two ships from the famously rich
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1733 spanish treasure fleet that has yet to be found.
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The final journey of the florandina began
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on Friday the 13th of July, 1733.
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That morning, as part of a heavily-armed fleet
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of 21 spanish ships
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that had come to the region in 1731,
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it departed havana, cuba, to travel home to Spain
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with one-third of a vast cargo of goods,
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silver, gold and jewels
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that king philip v needed to save his failing economy.
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Mattera: The fleet hadn't gone back in two years,
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so it was loaded,
loaded with treasure.
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And as they were coming back,
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they would come north along the straits of florida
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and they would make a right-handturn around bermuda
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and then it would goto the azores and then to Spain.
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Narrator: Just off the florida keys,
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the wind shifted abruptly from the east
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and increased in velocity.
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The ships were caught in a hurricane.
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The spanish commander, rodrigo de torres,
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tried to turn the fleet back, but his efforts were in vain.
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by nightfall of the 15th,
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the ships were crashing hard on the rocks or swamping
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in deeper water along 80 miles of the keys.
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Fortunately, many of the sailorsmanaged to make their way
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to shore and survive.
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But most of the ships in the flotilla were lost.
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Now, some 300 years later,
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john chatterton and his team begin their search
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for the florandina
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Howard:
John, we're all set.
Splash the fish.
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Narrator: Off the coast of key largo, florida,
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john chatterton and his team
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are searching for the florandina...
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You handle that.
I got the cable.
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...An 18th-century shipwreck
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believed to hold a treasure worth billions
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in gold, silver and jewels.
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Mattera: Any shipwreck still lost in the 1733 fleet
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that was never found
by contemporary salvers
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would probably be
loaded with treasure,
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hence the interest in la florandina.
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Narrator: To track the whereabouts of the florandina,
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chatterton's crew survey the ocean floor
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nearest to where they believe the ship went down.
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Fish away.
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Narrator: They are assisted by a piece of technology
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that has long been a part of their arsenal.
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I think the primary tool for
finding these historic wrecks
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is the magnetometer.
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All right, we're looking good!
I got good readings.
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The magnetometer is a piece of equipment
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that actually senses the earth's magnetic field.
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Narrator: Every piece of ferrous metal or iron
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creates a magnetic field that will displace
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the earth's magnetic field.
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Should the sensors on the magnetometer
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detect this stronger signal,
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it may indicate the presence of an iron object,
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such as the cannons or anchor of a sunken ship.
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So with that piece
of equipment we can sense
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that variation, and calculate the mass of the object,
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and even if it's buried underground.
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Most of the shipwrecks that we find
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are completely buried.
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The magnetometer can see through the sand
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and detect usually large pieces of iron.
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So if we find the cannons or we find the anchors,
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we can usually find the ship.
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Narrator: The crew spends several hours at sea.
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They travel in a survey pattern
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as they "mag" the ocean's depths
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in search of the florandina
and her riches.
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When we do a survey,
it is like mowing the lawn.
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You lay out the survey pattern,
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which is basically running straight lines
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back and forth across the ocean.
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Narrator: After scouring the waters
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where they hope to locate the wreck...
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You guys want to take it in?
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Narrator: ...The magnetometer is unable to detect
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any sign of a structure or ship.
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So we finished the survey.
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We got-- we got a bunch of data
we've got to go post process.
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But, I mean, aren't we
right by the infante?
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We're very close to the infante.
Why don't we dive it?
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-You never know what
we're gonna find.
-This is the wreck
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that was last...
The last one to see...
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-The last sighting
of the florandina.
-Okay.
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This is probably the wreck
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that's the closest
to the florandina.
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-This is our reference point.
-Correct.
-All right.
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-Okay.
-We can do that.
-Sounds good.
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Narrator: The infante was another spanish galleon
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that sank in these waters very close to the florandina
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that fateful day in 1733.
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Although it has been previouslyfound by salvage divers,
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if john chatterton and his teamcan locate it,
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they may find important clues that could help lead them
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to the florandina
and its treasure.
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The last actual sighting
of the florandina
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was made by the infante.
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The lookouts on the infante sawthe lights of the florandina
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right before they wrecked, and then after they wrecked,
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the lights disappeared and they never saw them again.
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Visibility's cleared up
pretty good.
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Narrator: The team suits up and prepares to dive
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in search of the infante.
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Divers away.
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A westerly direction.
Westerly direction.
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Roughly 270 degrees.
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Topside divers, you are heading
in the correct direction.
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You're heading in the right direction.
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Right there.
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Mattera: You should be right on top of the wreck there, howard.
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Howard, copy that?
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You should be right on top of the wreck.
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Narrator: For nearly half an hour, john chatterton
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and howard ehrenberg find no sign of the infante.
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Narrator: But then, suddenly...
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Crewman: There we go.
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Mattera: Copy that. You're on the wreck.
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Actually, I can fill you in
on a little bit.
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It was re-planked
because of the teredo worms
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right before
the return trip to Spain.
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Yeah, she was a 400-ton ship.
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You're gonna find a lot of ballast down there.
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The infante was really big.
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The florandina is considerably smaller.
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It's about half the size in tonnage.
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Chatterton: We had more visibility
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than I thought we were gonna have,
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so that gave us an advantage
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it allowed us to do some documentation on the site
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that otherwise we might not have been able to get done.
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Narrator: John and howard spendmore than an hour documenting
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and confirming the wreck site,
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finding what may be important clues
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that could help point them to the florandina.
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With their air supply running low,
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it's time to resurface.
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Mattera:
Topside divers, you can end "x"
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on the dive,
whenever you're ready.
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Chatterton: All in all, I think today worked out really well for us.
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This lends a little bit more credibility
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to the florandina being a viable project,
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because, um, you know,
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there's so much left
of this wreck.
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Amazing wreck.
I'm-I'm totally surprised
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at the condition of,
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-the-the wooden hull structure.
-Of the wood. Yeah.
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-It's well preserved.
-It's well preserved.
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-Yeah.
-But also,
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for a ballast pile,
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-it's really...
It's really spread out.
-Mattera: Spread out.
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-Yeah.
-Howard: You know, typically,
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like, if the ship just sinks,
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-the ballast pile's
pretty well contained,
-yeah.
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But this was, like,
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a debris field of ballast pile.
It was...
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-Yeah.
-It makes you really wonder
what's...
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-Spread out around it.
-Spread... Yeah.
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-That debris field
might be amazing.
-Yeah, exactly.
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I mean, somebody always said,
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-"look under the ballast."
-look under the ballast.
-Yeah.
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Well, are you guys ready
to head back in?
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-Should we tell the captain?
-Let's go. Yeah. Yeah.
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Narrator: For john chatterton and his team,
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the legendary sunken treasure of the florandina
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may still be out there,
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but they are now one step closer
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to finally discovering it.
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When it comes to finding any wreck,
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it's, "where are we gonna look?"
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let's try and make that search area as small
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as we possibly can.
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So, right now, we're still...
We're still working on research.
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-That makes sense.
-All we want to do
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is dive in the right place.
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That's the name of this game.
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I'm not telling you guys
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anything you don't already know.
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matty: So, john,
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are you working on anything
in the meantime?
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We are trying to get back
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into the dominican republic.
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The shipwrecks down there,
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I don't think you can find something
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that's not gonna be important.
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But there's one particular ship
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that we're looking for.
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This is a very important ship
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from a very important time
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in history.
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We're very serious about the san miguel.
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The san miguel is
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a spanish ship that sank in 1551
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on its way back to Spain.
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So it's gonna have aztec artifacts, coinage--
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we might even be looking at precious stones
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and that sort of thing.
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This'll be the oldest known shipwreck
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in the americas, and we're
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pretty sure we know
exactly where it is.
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Wow.
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O, john, you think
you've found the san miguel?
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Chatterton: Absolutely, we believe we found it.
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-Wow.
-We think we're gonna have
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a significant amount of
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the hull buried there, and if that's the case,
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we're gonna find
a lot of other things
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that-that certainly went down
with the ship.
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-That's big.
-Game changer.
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Chatterton: The san miguel
is really connected to cortés
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and the spanish coming into mesoamerica.
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Cortés
and the other conquistadores
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were basically like mercenaries.
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They're fighting
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to conquer this new land.
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Narrator: By 1551,
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spanish conquistadores had spentmore than half a century
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exploring the americas, from the caribbean
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to modern-day mexico,
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not only forcing their culture and religion
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on the indigenous incan and aztec empires,
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but also brutally enslaving them,
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while confiscating untold billions in gold,
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silver and jeweled artifacts.
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Goldstein: The historian john hemming described the conquest
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of the conquistadors as, "a timewhen there was the spirit
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of a gold rush, but
the conviction of a crusade."
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narrator: The spanish melted religious objects
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they considered idolatrous
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into bullion and coinage...
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...And then loaded massive amounts of treasure
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onto ships destined for Spain.
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In 1551,
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the san miguel-- which was owned by chacon medina,
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the second in command to hernán cortés--
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set sail from mexicoas part of a nine-ship flotilla.
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After reaching as far as the northern coast
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of the dominican republic,
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the skies turned dark
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and the winds began to grow more violent
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by the hour.
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The fleet was sailing directly into a massive hurricane.
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laden with gold and priceless treasures,
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the heavy san miguel
was battered
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by towering waves.
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The ship attempted to reach shore,
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but unfortunately for medina,
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the galleon was doomed
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and sank to the ocean floor...
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Along with its untold millions.
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So, john,
can you articulate to us
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why it is you believe
you found the ship?
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We did a survey
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that left us...
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With a target.
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There is definitely something there that is old.
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And unfortunately, the season there
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was running out,and we literally stayed on site
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for three weeks.
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The problem is, we just... We had such a ferocious surge.
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The surge was moving divers back and forth
447
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25 feet or more. So...
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So you can't work
in those conditions, so...
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We left because we had to.
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-I see.
-John, you made reference
earlier
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to that you're hopeful
you can go back.
452
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What's the situation right now
in the dominican republic
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as far as your search?
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Chatterton: We need permission from the government.
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We want to work with them
on contract as partners.
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And, hopefully we can make it happen.
457
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Hey, john, I hate to be so
mercenary and ask about money...
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--...But any-any such ship,
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hundreds of millions of dollars
is a starting point,
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-isn't that true?
-Well, you know,
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I-I am so adverse
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-to mentioning dollar...
- Do it anyway
463
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-do it anyway.
-Come on.
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Y-you know what? You're not gonna find
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anything on there
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that's not gonna be valuable.
467
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But what is gonna
still be in the area
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where you're gonna look?
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You better make room
in that safe there behind you,
470
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'cause it sounds like you're
on two hot targets, my friend.
471
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well, y-you know, it's funny.
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The san miguel,
we really feel like
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o-our research there has reallyled us to a very specific place.
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Well, good luck.
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-Happy hunting, john.
-Thanks, buddy. Same to you.
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Take care.
477
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wow.
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That guy is a true pro.
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He's amazing.
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Rick:
I think what really gets
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the imagination
and-and stirs the emotions
482
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is where does
the treasure come from?
483
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You know, what is the story
behind the treasure?
484
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Just the names:
Inca, aztec, conquistador.
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Marty:
That's the tip of the iceberg,
isn't it?
486
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I mean, you've got the vikings,
you've got the phoenicians,
487
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you've got the romans,
you've got the portuguese,
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you've got the british,
you've got the americans.
489
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You've got both world wars.
490
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- the-the oceans
are littered
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with interesting things.
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I think there's three million,
I read one time,
493
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estimated three million
wrecks and, like,
494
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less than one percent of them
have been found.
495
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-That sounds right.
-Right?
496
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I was curious just
to get a number.
497
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You know? I-I tried to research,
from the best experts,
498
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what the approximate value
might be if you took
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00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:58,376
those three million wrecks
and-and started finding them,
500
00:22:58,461 --> 00:23:01,212
picking them off,
and one of the numbers I saw
501
00:23:01,255 --> 00:23:03,005
was $60 billion, estimated.
502
00:23:03,091 --> 00:23:04,215
I thought that was low.
503
00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:05,800
-That sounds way low.
-Right?
504
00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:09,345
Any galleon is worth a billion
by-by today's numbers.
505
00:23:09,389 --> 00:23:10,888
That's my understanding.
506
00:23:10,973 --> 00:23:12,807
So there's no lack of treasure
out there, is there?
507
00:23:12,892 --> 00:23:15,893
-No. That's it.
-I mean, it's all over
the place.
508
00:23:15,978 --> 00:23:18,270
- Hey! It's the drayton-meister.
!
-Gary: Hey, chaps.
509
00:23:18,356 --> 00:23:20,398
Matty:
My mate from another state.
510
00:23:20,441 --> 00:23:21,774
How you doing, gar--
you're smiling.
511
00:23:21,859 --> 00:23:22,983
Yeah, you know me, mate.
512
00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:24,902
- Always grinding and finding.
513
00:23:24,946 --> 00:23:28,239
-yeah, you're generally smiling.
You're right.
-Gary: Yeah.
514
00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:30,282
How can you not be, mate?
It's oak island.
515
00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:31,700
-Marty: That's true.
-With my metal detector.
516
00:23:31,786 --> 00:23:33,244
Why are you fiddling
with your top pocket out--
517
00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:34,912
right out of the,
right out of the gate?
518
00:23:34,956 --> 00:23:36,705
-What you got?
-A little top-pocket find.
519
00:23:36,791 --> 00:23:38,290
-Today?
-Yeah.
520
00:23:38,376 --> 00:23:40,042
I don't know
what it is yet, um...
521
00:23:40,128 --> 00:23:41,961
-Whoa.
-...Until it's cleaned up.
522
00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:44,046
Matty:
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
523
00:23:44,132 --> 00:23:45,506
Gary:
Fresh from the ground
on oak island.
524
00:23:45,591 --> 00:23:48,092
-Where, gary?
-On lot 25.
525
00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:49,510
Matty:
Wow.
526
00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:50,803
Look at that image, rick.
527
00:23:50,888 --> 00:23:53,597
It's a little bit crusty,
528
00:23:53,683 --> 00:23:55,266
but, hey, it's a coin.
529
00:23:55,351 --> 00:23:56,517
Matty:
Fantastic.
530
00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:58,561
Gary, we were
just talking about,
531
00:23:58,646 --> 00:23:59,937
you know, deep-sea wrecks.
532
00:24:00,022 --> 00:24:01,105
Actually, we were just
talking to john chatterton.
533
00:24:01,190 --> 00:24:04,066
John, he's a legend.
534
00:24:04,110 --> 00:24:06,402
And-and how he does
what he does.
535
00:24:06,487 --> 00:24:09,613
And I'm-I'm just curious,
like, how does what you do,
536
00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:11,740
close to the surface,
differ to someone
537
00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:13,659
like a john chatterton,
that type of treasure hunter?
538
00:24:13,744 --> 00:24:16,328
It's-it's very similar.
539
00:24:16,414 --> 00:24:20,166
I mean, I'm a beachcomber and john's got a boat,
540
00:24:20,251 --> 00:24:23,627
mailbox blowers and underwater metal detector.
541
00:24:23,713 --> 00:24:26,964
And, I've got a dodge,
twin optical scanners
542
00:24:27,049 --> 00:24:28,174
and a metal detector.
543
00:24:28,259 --> 00:24:29,508
--it's kind of similar.
544
00:24:29,594 --> 00:24:32,678
But we both
are after the same thing:
545
00:24:32,763 --> 00:24:34,346
Spanish treasure.
546
00:24:34,432 --> 00:24:36,932
And it's all about
sand movement.
547
00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,642
And so, I can walk on the beach.
548
00:24:38,686 --> 00:24:41,604
If I see that there's less sand
in one area,
549
00:24:41,689 --> 00:24:44,565
that puts me closer
to the treasure.
550
00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,901
'cause there's just
as much treasure on the beaches
551
00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:48,986
as there is in the ocean.
552
00:24:49,030 --> 00:24:51,447
What people don't realize,
though, is wrecks,
553
00:24:51,532 --> 00:24:56,494
when they wreck, they're
like 50, 70 yards offshore.
554
00:24:56,579 --> 00:24:57,995
They're really close to shore.
555
00:24:58,039 --> 00:25:00,498
What's the best thing
you've ever found?
556
00:25:00,583 --> 00:25:01,999
That would be my precious.
557
00:25:04,170 --> 00:25:05,669
whoa.
558
00:25:05,755 --> 00:25:07,171
Matty: Wow.
559
00:25:07,215 --> 00:25:08,797
- -holy...
560
00:25:13,804 --> 00:25:15,804
-Gary: The greatest treasure ring... -Marty: My god.
561
00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:18,307
-...Ever found in america.
-Wow.
562
00:25:18,392 --> 00:25:19,850
-Matty: Look at that thing.
Marty: That is beautiful.
563
00:25:19,894 --> 00:25:21,769
Marty:
That is spectacular, gary.
564
00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:25,231
Gary: 22.5-carat inca gold
565
00:25:25,316 --> 00:25:28,275
with nine flawless emeralds.
566
00:25:28,361 --> 00:25:30,027
Marty:
Wow.
567
00:25:30,071 --> 00:25:32,821
What might something
like that be worth?
568
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:35,241
Worth a cool three quarters
of a million dollars.
569
00:25:35,326 --> 00:25:36,450
Oof.
570
00:25:36,536 --> 00:25:38,160
-Just found on the beach?
-Gary: Yep.
571
00:25:38,246 --> 00:25:39,411
Wow.
572
00:25:39,497 --> 00:25:41,205
Rick:
Gary, a spectacular find
573
00:25:41,249 --> 00:25:44,416
like that, you must remember
that day like yesterday.
574
00:25:44,502 --> 00:25:46,335
I'll never forget that day.
575
00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:49,296
I was in one
of my favorite sites
576
00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:52,258
and I saw that
the treasure salvage guys
577
00:25:52,343 --> 00:25:57,221
were blowing this sand off
the reef really close to shore.
578
00:25:57,306 --> 00:25:59,390
But the one thing that I noticed
579
00:25:59,433 --> 00:26:01,559
was there was a heck
of a lot of shells,
580
00:26:01,644 --> 00:26:04,812
and I had a feeling
that those guys, you know,
581
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:08,732
- they might have blown
a treasure coin close to shore. -
582
00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:13,487
I start metal detecting--
within feet, I get a 1694,
583
00:26:13,573 --> 00:26:15,656
one real, a silver coin.
584
00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,033
-I'm thinking, "it doesn't get any better that this." -matty: Wow.
585
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,996
The research paid off, so I was, like, in heaven.
586
00:26:22,081 --> 00:26:23,622
But then, when I got to the end
587
00:26:23,708 --> 00:26:25,416
of the shell pile,
I got this signal.
588
00:26:25,459 --> 00:26:29,420
It sounded like a tin can,
it was so loud, and I dug.
589
00:26:29,505 --> 00:26:31,839
I nearly-- I'll be honest--
I nearly gave up.
590
00:26:31,924 --> 00:26:33,757
I was thinking,
"it's just a tin can,"
591
00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:35,759
and on the last scoop,
592
00:26:35,845 --> 00:26:38,596
out pops this fantastic piece
593
00:26:38,681 --> 00:26:41,056
of gold-colored metal.
594
00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:43,809
And I thought, "no."
I was disappointed at first.
595
00:26:43,894 --> 00:26:45,936
-What?
-I was thinking it was
a champagne bottle top.
596
00:26:46,022 --> 00:26:48,897
-Right.
-Because that's about
the size of it, isn't it?
597
00:26:48,983 --> 00:26:51,483
- Yeah, like a wire bale
and I'm like...
-Right.
598
00:26:51,569 --> 00:26:54,361
"no," and I picked it up,
turned it over...
599
00:26:54,447 --> 00:26:58,115
Man, I feel queasy
just thinking about it now.
600
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,535
--when I saw that inca gold
601
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:03,829
and those green emeralds,
602
00:27:03,914 --> 00:27:06,332
my knees just turned to jelly.
603
00:27:06,417 --> 00:27:08,083
Matty:
So, wait a second,
604
00:27:08,169 --> 00:27:10,127
what's incan treasure...
605
00:27:10,212 --> 00:27:11,962
...You know,
doing on the coast of florida?
606
00:27:16,093 --> 00:27:19,011
Narrator: Like the san miguel,
by the mid-18th century.
607
00:27:19,096 --> 00:27:23,057
Hundreds of spanish, frenchand portuguese treasure galleons
608
00:27:23,142 --> 00:27:27,353
attempted to navigate their wayfrom south and central america
609
00:27:27,438 --> 00:27:30,439
back to their home nations and their monarchs.
610
00:27:30,524 --> 00:27:32,650
A lot of treasure was smuggled.
611
00:27:32,735 --> 00:27:34,693
If the manifest
said $100 million,
612
00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:36,570
it might've
had $200 million on it.
613
00:27:36,656 --> 00:27:39,198
There was a lot of hidden treasure
614
00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:41,533
because they didn't want to pay taxes on it.
615
00:27:41,619 --> 00:27:44,036
Mattera: Jewelry was not taxed at the same rate
616
00:27:44,121 --> 00:27:46,205
as bullion by the crown.
617
00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:48,791
So they would make jewelry
out of everything they could,
618
00:27:48,876 --> 00:27:50,834
which is why they would wear
619
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,003
17 pounds of gold on them.
620
00:27:53,089 --> 00:27:55,839
There were tax cheats just like we have them now.
621
00:27:57,093 --> 00:27:58,217
Narrator: Each spring,
622
00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:00,010
a fleet of spanish treasure ships
623
00:28:00,096 --> 00:28:03,722
embarked on the often harrowingjourney back to Spain.
624
00:28:03,808 --> 00:28:07,226
The galleons were heavily fortified against pirates,
625
00:28:07,311 --> 00:28:09,978
but had little protection from bad weather.
626
00:28:10,064 --> 00:28:13,857
And the storms took a devastating toll.
627
00:28:13,943 --> 00:28:16,110
Gary: After the 1700s,
628
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:18,445
only one treasure fleet,
629
00:28:18,531 --> 00:28:22,574
the 1705 fleet, that was laden with treasure,
630
00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:25,035
got back to Spain.
631
00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:29,331
Narrator: In 1715, king philip of Spain found himself
632
00:28:29,417 --> 00:28:32,000
in a personal quandary that motivated him
633
00:28:32,086 --> 00:28:33,752
to launch a new fleet of ships
634
00:28:33,838 --> 00:28:37,131
to bring gold, silver and jewelsback from the new world.
635
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:42,094
So king philip
gave out the word.
636
00:28:42,179 --> 00:28:44,304
"I need the treasure,"
637
00:28:44,390 --> 00:28:46,974
because he was married to isabelle.
638
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:49,935
And isabelle wouldn't consummate the marriage
639
00:28:50,020 --> 00:28:54,273
unless she got the dowry of jewels.
640
00:28:54,358 --> 00:28:57,776
So poor old philip, he's like,
"I ain't having any of this.
641
00:28:57,862 --> 00:28:59,361
I need that treasure."
642
00:28:59,447 --> 00:29:02,906
so he gave the word to set sail.
643
00:29:03,993 --> 00:29:05,534
Narrator: The 1715 fleet
644
00:29:05,619 --> 00:29:07,453
consisted of 11 ships--
645
00:29:07,538 --> 00:29:09,830
six filled with treasure--
646
00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:12,207
while the others were heavily armed
647
00:29:12,293 --> 00:29:14,418
in order to protect the precious cargo.
648
00:29:16,255 --> 00:29:19,548
Gary: Unfortunately, the 1715 fleet,
649
00:29:19,633 --> 00:29:22,801
they made it through the florida straits,
650
00:29:22,887 --> 00:29:27,097
but they were hit by an horrendous hurricane
651
00:29:27,141 --> 00:29:31,059
on July the 31st, 1715.
652
00:29:33,314 --> 00:29:34,980
narrator: The entire fleet,
653
00:29:35,065 --> 00:29:36,231
and billions of dollars of treasure,
654
00:29:36,317 --> 00:29:38,317
including the queen's jewels,
655
00:29:38,402 --> 00:29:40,110
was lost.
656
00:29:43,699 --> 00:29:46,200
Today, some 300 years later,
657
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:47,826
this stretch of florida coastline,
658
00:29:47,912 --> 00:29:51,789
near vero beach,is known as the treasure coast,
659
00:29:51,874 --> 00:29:55,375
due to the vast riches that often wash ashore.
660
00:29:55,461 --> 00:29:58,587
I knew what this was.
661
00:29:58,631 --> 00:30:02,216
This would have been destined
for queen isabelle.
662
00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:03,467
It has to be.
663
00:30:03,511 --> 00:30:05,969
I-I just could not believe
664
00:30:06,055 --> 00:30:08,305
something so beautiful
665
00:30:08,390 --> 00:30:13,060
has been rolling around in the surf for 300 years.
666
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:15,437
One thing I do know,
667
00:30:15,523 --> 00:30:18,649
this ring is the king
of the bobby-dazzlers.
668
00:30:24,073 --> 00:30:27,991
This treasure ring was part
669
00:30:28,035 --> 00:30:31,078
-of queen isabelle's dowry.
-Both: Wow.
670
00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:34,373
Yeah. This was intended
for queen isabelle of Spain.
671
00:30:34,458 --> 00:30:35,541
That is pretty cool.
672
00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,251
She was supposed
to wear that ring,
673
00:30:37,336 --> 00:30:38,585
- and you got it.
-Yeah. Yeah.
674
00:30:38,671 --> 00:30:39,878
Rick:
Must make your wife
675
00:30:39,964 --> 00:30:41,797
-feel pretty special.
-Yep.
676
00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:44,132
-It did, and my wife...
-She ever put it on?
677
00:30:44,176 --> 00:30:45,551
Yeah, she did.
678
00:30:45,636 --> 00:30:49,179
So instead of going
to queen isabelle of Spain,
679
00:30:49,265 --> 00:30:53,433
it went to queen jennifer
of florida.
680
00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:56,019
marty: Well said, gary.
681
00:31:00,109 --> 00:31:01,692
Rick: So matty, we've been talking about
682
00:31:01,735 --> 00:31:03,861
these fabulous underwater treasures.
683
00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:07,364
I have to turn to you and say,
"do you have a favorite?"
684
00:31:08,409 --> 00:31:09,491
I do.
685
00:31:09,577 --> 00:31:10,784
You know...
686
00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:12,953
Well, this is all exciting,
the ocean wrecks
687
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:15,330
in-in the caribbean and florida
is all very exciting,
688
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:16,915
but I've always kind of been
a freshwater guy.
689
00:31:17,001 --> 00:31:19,084
I trained
diving in fresh water.
690
00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:21,587
And there's those little...
691
00:31:21,672 --> 00:31:23,338
Lakes, and bodies of water
that have rumors
692
00:31:23,424 --> 00:31:25,716
of people dumping things
in them.
693
00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:27,384
They're usually in panic.
694
00:31:27,469 --> 00:31:28,677
You know,
they're usually dumping things,
695
00:31:28,762 --> 00:31:30,637
not from a wreck,
but because they're running
696
00:31:30,723 --> 00:31:32,431
from something
or hiding something.
697
00:31:32,516 --> 00:31:34,433
Something like lake toplitz.
698
00:31:34,518 --> 00:31:37,394
Where the germans
supposedly put their loot.
699
00:31:37,438 --> 00:31:40,063
That's right. I mean, you've
got this unbelievable story,
700
00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:42,190
supposedly,
of witnesses seeing nazis
701
00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:44,401
dump treasure into this lake.
702
00:31:44,445 --> 00:31:46,194
-It's just fascinating.
-Marty: Yeah.
703
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:47,696
Is there an ongoing search?
704
00:31:47,781 --> 00:31:49,698
Matty:
Yes, there is.
705
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:51,658
But, you know, I'd be remiss
if I didn't mention
706
00:31:51,744 --> 00:31:54,411
a darker side of it, too,
besides the nazi connection.
707
00:31:54,496 --> 00:31:56,705
And this actually ties
a little bit to oak island,
708
00:31:56,790 --> 00:31:58,206
or is similar to oak island.
709
00:31:58,292 --> 00:31:59,499
People have been trying to find
710
00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:01,084
this nazi treasure for years,
711
00:32:01,128 --> 00:32:03,712
and people have
done dives in the lake
712
00:32:03,797 --> 00:32:05,380
and people have
lost their lives.
713
00:32:05,466 --> 00:32:06,423
-Yeah.
714
00:32:06,467 --> 00:32:08,091
So it sounds like
there's a curse
715
00:32:08,135 --> 00:32:10,886
-on that treasure, as well.
-Possibly, a nazi curse.
716
00:32:13,015 --> 00:32:15,057
Narrator: High in the austrian alps,
717
00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:18,810
surrounded by lush forests, sits an idyllic lake
718
00:32:18,896 --> 00:32:20,979
with a sinister past.
719
00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:25,525
It was here, during the waning days of the second world war,
720
00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:29,237
that german ss officers reportedly dumped a collection
721
00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:31,073
of valuable treasure,
722
00:32:31,158 --> 00:32:33,575
including a legendary cache of gold
723
00:32:33,661 --> 00:32:36,203
seized from their victims throughout europe,
724
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:40,123
to keep it from falling into the hands of the allies.
725
00:32:40,209 --> 00:32:43,752
Selby: There's been rumors of all different sorts of treasures.
726
00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:46,046
The locals claim
to have seen things.
727
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:48,298
There are people affiliated
with the former nazis
728
00:32:48,342 --> 00:32:50,133
that claim to have seen things.
729
00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:52,094
And people keep
looking for things.
730
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:55,222
Narrator: To date, no one knows
731
00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:58,392
the full extent of what was dumped into lake toplitz.
732
00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:01,061
But in may of 1945,
733
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:03,438
a young woman who lived along its shores
734
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:06,733
was unexpectedly awakened by several hostile visitors
735
00:33:06,819 --> 00:33:10,487
who forced her to be their accomplice.
736
00:33:12,324 --> 00:33:13,657
Scott: At 5:00 a.M.,
737
00:33:13,701 --> 00:33:16,118
she had ss officers
come and knock on her door,
738
00:33:16,203 --> 00:33:18,996
telling her to get her horses
and her cart together
739
00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:23,333
because the ss neededto move around 60 to 70 crates,
740
00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:27,254
and then deposit them on the shoreline of toplitz.
741
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:31,091
Lee: She had watched whilethe carts were emptied and,
742
00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:34,261
put on barges and taken out
into the lake and sunk.
743
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:37,514
She really didn't know what was in these boxes.
744
00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:40,851
But she knew
that they were there.
745
00:33:42,646 --> 00:33:44,646
Narrator: After the war, allied troops
746
00:33:44,732 --> 00:33:47,190
organized a search of lake toplitz.
747
00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:49,276
But the lake's unique conditions
748
00:33:49,361 --> 00:33:53,030
made diving to its depths especially treacherous.
749
00:33:53,073 --> 00:33:57,159
Lake toplitz is one of the most
dangerous lakes in the world
750
00:33:57,244 --> 00:33:59,036
to go hunting for treasure.
751
00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:02,456
It's because, very quickly,
752
00:34:02,541 --> 00:34:05,500
the oxygen runs out in the lake.
753
00:34:05,586 --> 00:34:10,047
Narrator: Only the upper 65 feet of the 300-foot-deep lake
754
00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:11,840
is fresh water.
755
00:34:11,884 --> 00:34:14,843
Below this level, the water is extremely salty
756
00:34:14,928 --> 00:34:17,721
and contains almost no oxygen.
757
00:34:17,765 --> 00:34:20,599
This means anything that falls below this level
758
00:34:20,684 --> 00:34:23,602
will not rot or decompose.
759
00:34:23,687 --> 00:34:28,774
We know for certain that
at least five people have died,
760
00:34:28,859 --> 00:34:32,069
treasure hunters going in there and looking.
761
00:34:32,154 --> 00:34:36,239
Lee:They were primarily skin diversthat went in,
762
00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:40,368
they got tangled up in the trees and branches,
763
00:34:40,454 --> 00:34:44,164
and, had to be
pulled out later.
764
00:34:45,959 --> 00:34:49,419
Narrator: It wasn't until the late 1950s that a dive
765
00:34:49,463 --> 00:34:52,339
funded by the german magazine stern
766
00:34:52,424 --> 00:34:54,716
finally began to solve some of the lake's mysteries
767
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,886
100 feet below its surface.
768
00:34:57,971 --> 00:34:59,554
Divers recovered
769
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:04,017
350 million pounds' worthof english counterfeit currency.
770
00:35:04,103 --> 00:35:06,520
The bills were perfectly preserved
771
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,438
in the lake's unique waters.
772
00:35:08,524 --> 00:35:11,608
They were part of a secret counterfeiting operation
773
00:35:11,652 --> 00:35:14,402
called operation bernhard, a plot to destroy
774
00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,404
the british economy.
775
00:35:16,490 --> 00:35:18,031
Selby: Operation bernhard
776
00:35:18,117 --> 00:35:19,950
began originally with the idea
777
00:35:20,035 --> 00:35:23,954
of making perfect copies
of british banknotes
778
00:35:23,997 --> 00:35:26,873
and then dropping them all over great britain,
779
00:35:26,959 --> 00:35:30,710
resulting in their economy collapsing.
780
00:35:30,796 --> 00:35:32,796
Towards the very end of the war,
781
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,549
the nazis wanted to cover up
everything that they could,
782
00:35:35,634 --> 00:35:37,259
including this counterfeiting,
783
00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:41,096
so what they did is they took the equipment,
784
00:35:41,140 --> 00:35:42,639
they took the bills,
785
00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:44,099
they took them to lake toplitz
786
00:35:44,184 --> 00:35:45,559
and they dumped them in.
787
00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:50,772
Narrator: What other secrets might lake toplitz be holding?
788
00:35:50,858 --> 00:35:53,108
In 2005,
789
00:35:53,193 --> 00:35:56,653
treasure hunters norman scott and jerry lee launched
790
00:35:56,697 --> 00:36:00,657
a high-tech exploration of the lake to find out.
791
00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:04,494
They were guided by an old, hand-drawn treasure map
792
00:36:04,538 --> 00:36:06,746
they had acquired while researching the site
793
00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:08,748
that seemed to indicate the presence
794
00:36:08,834 --> 00:36:11,960
of an underwater cache of gold.
795
00:36:12,045 --> 00:36:14,254
Lee: It was all in german.
796
00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:16,882
We've had it translated into english.
797
00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:19,801
And it specifically says,
798
00:36:19,887 --> 00:36:22,053
with an arrow
pointing across the lake,
799
00:36:22,139 --> 00:36:25,182
"skorzeny treasure here."
800
00:36:25,267 --> 00:36:27,058
narrator: For several days,
801
00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:29,060
norman scott and jerry lee
802
00:36:29,146 --> 00:36:32,314
scoured the murky depths of lake toplitz,
803
00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:35,192
searching for any signs of the underwater treasure.
804
00:36:35,277 --> 00:36:36,860
Scott: Some of the technology
805
00:36:36,904 --> 00:36:38,820
that, jerry used
with my father,
806
00:36:38,906 --> 00:36:42,532
that was primarily a side-scanning sonar.
807
00:36:42,576 --> 00:36:44,201
Lee: We detected
808
00:36:44,244 --> 00:36:47,078
a rectangular opening
809
00:36:47,164 --> 00:36:49,206
in the side of the lake
810
00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:53,001
at a depth of 270 feet.
811
00:36:53,086 --> 00:36:57,631
And it is our belief that
in this rectangular opening,
812
00:36:57,716 --> 00:37:01,384
a large amount of gold
was deposited.
813
00:37:04,389 --> 00:37:06,973
Where did this gold come from?
814
00:37:07,059 --> 00:37:08,725
Otto skorzeny,
815
00:37:08,769 --> 00:37:12,187
one of the chief lieutenants of adolf hitler.
816
00:37:12,272 --> 00:37:15,857
He was responsible for bringing nazi gold
817
00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:18,777
down to lake toplitz
818
00:37:18,862 --> 00:37:21,446
and depositing it
into this cavern.
819
00:37:21,531 --> 00:37:24,241
Scott: It didn't seem to be that this lake was something
820
00:37:24,284 --> 00:37:25,700
that they wanted to just dump
821
00:37:25,786 --> 00:37:27,410
a bunch of material in and never come back to.
822
00:37:27,496 --> 00:37:29,329
It seems like
they were hiding it
823
00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:30,914
for some future purpose,
824
00:37:30,958 --> 00:37:32,624
whatever that purpose
might have been.
825
00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:36,336
Narrator: Unfortunately, the team was prevented
826
00:37:36,421 --> 00:37:37,671
from making the dangerous dive
827
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:39,547
to the underwater cavern to search
828
00:37:39,591 --> 00:37:41,132
for the long-lost treasure.
829
00:37:41,218 --> 00:37:44,094
As a result, the cave and its contents
830
00:37:44,137 --> 00:37:47,055
remain untouched to this day.
831
00:37:47,140 --> 00:37:48,598
This material
has been down there--
832
00:37:48,642 --> 00:37:50,600
whatever might be left
of it, anyway--
833
00:37:50,644 --> 00:37:52,435
for over 70 years now.
834
00:37:52,479 --> 00:37:55,438
And oftentimes, it'll start sinking into the silt and mud,
835
00:37:55,482 --> 00:37:57,190
so it won't be at the surface anymore.
836
00:37:57,276 --> 00:37:59,276
It'll actually be a few feet underneath,
837
00:37:59,319 --> 00:38:01,736
and you can look with your eyesall you want to
838
00:38:01,822 --> 00:38:03,446
and not see if there's something there.
839
00:38:03,532 --> 00:38:05,323
And someone needs
to bring it out,
840
00:38:05,409 --> 00:38:07,909
not just to be rotting away
in some cave
841
00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:09,619
or at the bottom of some lake.
842
00:38:21,675 --> 00:38:23,800
Marty: It would trouble me. I have to say, it would
843
00:38:23,885 --> 00:38:25,010
trouble me a little bit
to be looking
844
00:38:25,095 --> 00:38:26,469
for nazi anything.
845
00:38:26,555 --> 00:38:27,804
-yeah, absolutely.
-Rick: Yeah,
846
00:38:27,889 --> 00:38:29,139
but if you think about it,
847
00:38:29,224 --> 00:38:30,557
bringing it back to the world,
848
00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:32,309
to where it once belonged,
849
00:38:32,394 --> 00:38:34,769
-I mean,
that's a valuable thing to do.
-Yeah, that's the truth.
850
00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:37,605
Matty: We always think of
and talk about treasure hunters
851
00:38:37,691 --> 00:38:39,816
in terms of this:
Keeping, keeping.
852
00:38:39,860 --> 00:38:42,736
Right? But if the intent
was to rescue artifacts,
853
00:38:42,821 --> 00:38:45,655
to give back to culture,
to reclaim it,
854
00:38:45,741 --> 00:38:48,158
then that's so gratifying to me
because I know...
855
00:38:48,201 --> 00:38:50,702
One of the things that bonds us
is the love
856
00:38:50,787 --> 00:38:52,454
for history. Right?
857
00:38:52,539 --> 00:38:53,872
Matty:
And I think that motivates
858
00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:56,124
a lot of treasure hunters
is that, like,
859
00:38:56,209 --> 00:38:59,836
almost subconscious desire to,
like, find that history again.
860
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,254
And in a nazi treasure,
to actually give back
861
00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:02,589
to a community that lost,
862
00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:04,174
say, artwork or something,
that's incredible.
863
00:39:04,259 --> 00:39:06,092
Marty:
That's a good way to look at it.
864
00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:08,928
You know, there's something
about treasure hunting.
865
00:39:09,014 --> 00:39:10,347
If you remember what we...
866
00:39:10,432 --> 00:39:13,224
When we asked dad
about our treasure hunt,
867
00:39:13,310 --> 00:39:16,436
we said, "dad, if there's
really something on oak island,
868
00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:18,104
a treasure on oak island,
what should we do with it?"
869
00:39:18,190 --> 00:39:19,647
and he didn't hesitate
for a moment
870
00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:21,858
when he said, "do good with it."
871
00:39:21,943 --> 00:39:24,361
-wow.
-Rick: And it's not just about,
872
00:39:24,446 --> 00:39:26,863
you know, a-a monetary donation.
873
00:39:26,948 --> 00:39:28,615
One of the ways to give back
874
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,034
is to retell that history,
to bring it back
875
00:39:31,078 --> 00:39:33,328
into the consciousness of...
876
00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:35,705
Of the-the human experience,
right?
877
00:39:35,749 --> 00:39:38,375
-Yes.
-To make it come alive
once again.
878
00:39:38,460 --> 00:39:40,752
Gary:
It is brought alive.
879
00:39:40,837 --> 00:39:43,171
The minute you pull
a piece of treasure
880
00:39:43,215 --> 00:39:46,549
or an artifact out of the ground
or the ocean,
881
00:39:46,593 --> 00:39:49,511
you're-you're experiencing
something special.
882
00:39:49,554 --> 00:39:52,013
You know that you are
883
00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:55,141
the first person
to touch that artifact,
884
00:39:55,227 --> 00:39:58,978
that coin, that gold,
whatever it is in centuries,
885
00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:02,565
and you can't help
feeling something when you find
886
00:40:02,651 --> 00:40:05,235
a little spanish
silver treasure coin.
887
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,779
That silver
888
00:40:07,864 --> 00:40:10,532
was mined in south america.
889
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:15,578
It was taken to mexico, where it was made into coins.
890
00:40:15,622 --> 00:40:17,747
And then it was brought over on a galleon
891
00:40:17,833 --> 00:40:19,958
through the spanish straits,
892
00:40:20,043 --> 00:40:21,876
hit by an hurricane,
893
00:40:21,962 --> 00:40:25,130
and the poor person who was looking after it
894
00:40:25,215 --> 00:40:28,591
lost their lives.
895
00:40:28,635 --> 00:40:33,263
There is tragedy
attached to these artifacts.
896
00:40:33,348 --> 00:40:35,557
There's some sort of poetic
irony in that, isn't there?
897
00:40:35,642 --> 00:40:37,016
- Yeah. There really is.
- -Marty : Yeah.
898
00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:40,103
You know,
to think about what you guys do
899
00:40:40,188 --> 00:40:44,065
as not taking but giving,
I just love that. I love that.
900
00:40:44,151 --> 00:40:46,943
Gary:
And that's a good feeling.
I mean, a lot of times,
901
00:40:46,987 --> 00:40:49,988
I'll find diamond engagement
rings and wedding rings,
902
00:40:50,073 --> 00:40:52,073
-and you get to give them back.
-Rick: There you go.
-Matty: Wow.
903
00:40:52,159 --> 00:40:53,616
And it's a great feeling.
904
00:40:53,660 --> 00:40:55,618
And what we're doing
on oak island, as well.
905
00:40:55,662 --> 00:40:57,662
We're recovering artifacts.
906
00:40:57,747 --> 00:41:00,874
People get to see them
'cause it's their history.
907
00:41:00,959 --> 00:41:04,252
Gary, I lost a gold, ring
with emeralds in it
908
00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:05,962
- on a beach.
909
00:41:06,006 --> 00:41:07,672
I was just wondering,
if you run into that,
910
00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:09,007
-could I get that back?
-The number you have dialed
911
00:41:09,092 --> 00:41:11,426
- is no longer in service, mate.
912
00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:13,928
rick:
You know, the other thing
about treasure hunting
913
00:41:14,014 --> 00:41:16,639
that we fail to recognize
is that...
914
00:41:16,725 --> 00:41:18,641
Look at what it's done for us.
915
00:41:20,061 --> 00:41:21,728
I think this-this quest
916
00:41:21,813 --> 00:41:23,980
we've been on has made us all,
in some way,
917
00:41:24,024 --> 00:41:26,983
more appreciative of others
918
00:41:27,027 --> 00:41:28,943
but has made us
each better people.
919
00:41:29,029 --> 00:41:30,445
No doubt.
920
00:41:30,489 --> 00:41:32,197
Rick:
And really, life, you know,
921
00:41:32,282 --> 00:41:34,157
as we...
As we move through life,
922
00:41:34,242 --> 00:41:37,035
it's about pursing our dreams.
923
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:40,663
We actually have had people
tell us constantly,
924
00:41:40,707 --> 00:41:43,625
you know,
"you guys are living your dream,
925
00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:46,002
and you've inspired me
to live mine."
926
00:41:46,087 --> 00:41:47,587
and that is
the real treasure in life,
927
00:41:47,672 --> 00:41:50,381
that we each become
something more than we thought
928
00:41:50,467 --> 00:41:51,633
we could be.
929
00:41:51,676 --> 00:41:54,344
And that, in and of itself,
to me,
930
00:41:54,387 --> 00:41:57,514
is probably the best aspect
of treasure hunting.
931
00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,807
Marty:
I think with that,
932
00:41:59,893 --> 00:42:01,643
-let's get back after it. Yeah.
-Let's go find our treasure.
933
00:42:01,728 --> 00:42:03,978
Matty: Let's put the "hunt" in "treasure hunt."
934
00:42:04,022 --> 00:42:07,524
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