"Previously On "Cooper's treasure"..." "My story sounds crazy." "I'm a guy hunting for treasure." "Based on a map Made in outer space." "By an astronaut Named gordon cooper." "Man, all I do is take pictures, pictures, pictures." "This is worth millions..." "Hundreds of millions." "Now here's my mission..." "Locate these shipwrecks Throughout the world." "I want to know Exactly what I'm diving for." " The manifest is key." " It's key." "You've got to find The manifest." "I've got a document That could change history." "It's talking about jewels, Gold, silver." "Gordon's sending me On the columbus trail." "What a view." "Boy, boy." "Captions paid for by Discovery communications 0-34 degrees right gauge dial 3, back on auto." "Roger." "Feels good, buddy." "People will kill for this." "There's literally A fortune here." "The fact that gordon Gave me all those files..." "I knew the files were real," "But I had no way of proving it." "Gordon was an explorer." "He was passionate." "He cared about people." "He cared about civilizations." "He cared about cultures." "Hello, africa, this is astronaut gordon cooper speaking from faith 7." "Just a few minutes ago, I passed addis ababa." "I want to wish success to your leaders there." "Good luck to all of you in africa." "Gordon cared about me." "He cared about me enough To give me all those files." "I can legitimize everything, All the files he gave me," "By having this chart In front of me." "But there's no way to actually Work this entire chart." "I don't even think I could do 10% of it in my lifetime." "Just look at number 8..." "Just number 8 alone Is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 7 areas." "Just in one major anomaly." "But I'm right here, Right now, in florida." "Guess what comes to my mind." "Number 4." "That right there is the atocha." "The atocha went down In a hurricane in 1622." "It was 35 miles off The coast of florida." "It was carrying 40 tons Of gold and silver." "I saw the outline of a cannon." "And recovering That treasure made mel fisher." "One of the wealthiest Treasure hunters on the planet." "No, no." "I knew it was going to happen." "We've been looking For 16 long years." "What's incredible Is that they found." "Close to a half a billion Dollars worth of treasure" " on that wreck." " Get a load of this." "No, you certainly Weren't the first man." "To ever hunt The nuestro sonora de atocha." "Why do you think you succeeded Where others failed?" "I guess they gave up Too easy." "Takes a lot of perseverance And a lot of hard work." "They know there's Still more down there," "And 40 years later," "They're still bringing Treasure up today." "Gordon put this anomaly On this chart in 1963... 22 years prior to the discovery." "Made by mel fisher in 1985." "I've been doing this For years and years," "And I've never come close To a success like the atocha." "You have to be really careful In this industry." "We take our precautions, so, 'cause people can die From this kind of stuff." "But I trust kim fisher." "I met kim when I was a kid Working on my dad's boats." "Kim and his crew Are the best in the business." "So if I'm going to start Searching for gordon's treasure," "I need to know their methods." "I want to learn from the best." "This will help me figure out What my next move should be." "Thinking there's a lot of stuff That's buried in the mud," "Deeper than our old Metal detectors would reach." "Right." "So, that's why we've Developed this new one." "I'd like to introduce you To dolores." "She's our hybrid Autonomous underwater vehicle." "Everything is custom..." "Dolores, the whole thing Is custom-built," "Tailored for searching For treasure." "Right now, we have A new metal detector." "On the front of dolores." "That we just Finished working on." "We know there's things down deep In that mud, very deep," "That are beyond Our current metal detectors." "What's underneath the mud Is hard bedrock." " Right." " Right," "So the mud Varies in depth." "Between a couple feet And four, five, six feet..." " based on currents, right?" " Like we have here." "You know, like In treasure hunting," "Most people Use a magnetometer," "And we've used that For many years." "And that picks up Ferrous metal..." "Anchors, iron cannons, All that kind of stuff." "But it doesn't pick up The gold, silver, copper," "And bronze and things like that, The non-ferrous metals." "So, we're hoping that This cutting-edge stuff." "Will help us Find these metals." "That we couldn't detect before With the magnetometer," "Down deep in the mud." "There are different Layers to a wreck site." "The heavier metals, Like gold and silver," "Tend to sink deeper Into the mud." "Dolores can detect A lot further in the mud." "Than, let's say, A handheld metal detector," "And it can dive more than 3,000 feet deep in the water." "So this is the key Part in searching." "That deep mud area, The atocha trap." "Okay, I got it." "Going down." "This thing will see about Six feet down into the mud." "We can drive it, stop, And look at targets." "That's all we do is just fly Around the bottom." "And record data." "And then we put the little "X" S on the chart" " where our targets are." " Right." "And then We prioritize them." "And then go after The best ones." "I'll let you Pilot it, actually." "You can come up this way A little bit." "This is harder Than it looks, man." "There's something On the bottom right there." "So, let's try to go Real close to that." "A little bit starboard?" "Yeah, a little bit to starboard." "I got a hit!" "Yeah, you're right on top of it." "Dead on." "Yeah, I'd like to know What that is." "So, you ready to get wet?" "Heck yeah." "I'm ready to get wet." "Let's do it." "Okay, here we go." "You ready for a full pump?" "The ship's blowers, Or mailboxes," "Are used to excavate holes In the bottom sediment." "That exposes the target." "So that you can Actually dive on them." "And search for them by hand." "Now let's go find some dang treasure." "Let's do it." "You can detect right around the center of where this target put us." "Roger that." "Not enough." "Not much here." "We'll continue the search." "Hey, eric." "It sounds like You guys have a hit." "Affirmative." "I'm going to put the stake in it." "You have any idea what it might be?" "We're going to find out." "Okay, we'll get The dredge ready topside." "Let you know when It's on its way down." "Gonna pull the dredge over to you." "Eric, this is topside." "You ready for a full pump?" "Yeah, I can feel something here." "This is What I've been waiting for." "For all these years." "Gordon's map works." "This is worth Hundreds of millions." "But if gold fever sets in," "You can die in this business." "That anchor is From christopher columbus." "I'm telling you, stick around." "This is just the beginning Of an amazing story." "Whoo!" "That is awesome!" "Let's see." "That looks Like a bomb strap." " Yeah." " If you hold it up like that," "It was probably that long." " Right, kim?" " Yeah." "Well, we hit the target," "And we were, like, Right on it, so..." "Everybody would've loved To pull up." "A big handful of treasure," "But we know they have." "And that they have A proven history here." "And just to be able To dive on site." "Where gordon Actually pinpointed it..." "It wasn't far from here." "That they made The mother lode recovery," "So we know it's proven." "We eliminated One more spot." "Where we know The treasure's not." "That's right." "Thank you, guys." "That was a pretty Amazing thing for me," "Seeing the advancements In technology that you have." "Thank you very much." "I'd like to tell you guys Exactly what it is." "That we've got Going on here." "So, to just kind of Give you an insight." "On how this Whole thing started..." "I was very good friends With astronaut gordon cooper." "For a long time, Since childhood." "As I grew up, I was able." "To actually start a project With him we never finished." "The project was based On his original flight." "While circumnavigating The globe," "They were testing Certain types." "Of long-range Detection equipment." "To try and locate Nuclear missile silos." "That were possibly Pointed at the u.S." "okay, I'm getting the first two shots right now." "While he was there, he jotted These extra anomalies down." "That didn't match That of a nuclear threat." "U.S. Light is on, recorder is running." "And it immediately dawned On him, you know," ""I believe I know What this is."" "This is an actual copy Of the original chart," "Printed october 27 In '69." "There's an anomaly, Number 4," "Just off the marquesas keys, Just right there." "The atocha site." " It's interesting." " Yeah." "First research My dad had on the atocha." "Was misleading," "And we spent The first three years." "Looking 100 miles In the wrong direction." " That's right." " And if we'd had this," "It might've narrowed Our search down." "And cut the search time From 17 years substantially." " That's right." " Yeah." "We set out, gordon and I," "To finish these Anomaly readings." "Even in my lifetime, And if I had 50 ships," "I wouldn't be able to finish What I've been given here." "So, I'm hoping To prioritize my targets." "I'm picking You guys' brains." "Thank you for Letting me do that." "There's like about 1,000 More spanish wrecks." "You follow the trade routes That the spanish took," " that's your best bet." " Right." "Take these survey areas That gordon spotted," "Try to collect As much research as you can." "On any wrecks that may have sank In those areas." "Accurate location data..." " That's the key." " Yeah." "Shrink down the size Of your search area," "And you'll greatly Increase your odds." "Of finding a big pile Of treasure." "Here's a little Trinket, right here." "Geez." "That's one of the gold chains From the atocha site." "It's amazing." "That was actually found By kim fisher." " Really?" " Yeah." "God." "Just amazing." "28 feet of gold chain." "What do you, more or less, Put the value on this today?" " $850,000." " Wow." "What is it exactly That's driving you guys." "To continue on After so many decades?" "The one key factor Is that we have the manifest." "So we know exactly What was on it when it sank." " The manifest is key." " It's key." "You've got to find The manifest." "Our researcher, Dr. Eugene lyon," "Found that In seville, spain." "With the atocha, The first three silver bars," "They had shipping Numbers on them." " Okay." " You know, all those details." "Are stamped into the bar." "So, eugene lyon matched them To the atocha manifest," "So we had conclusive Information." "That that was From the atocha." " Yeah, you know what you've got." " You know what you've got." "There's a huge amount Of treasure still." "That was listed On the manifest," "So we know That there's still." "Over 300 silver bars Still missing." "There's over 100,000 silver Coins still missing." "10 bronze cannons Of 20 are still missing." " Wow." " Yeah." "And what you would Give me for advice?" "The important thing Is that you know it's out there." " Just never give up." " Yeah." "Meeting the fisher Group completely confirmed." "Gordon's master chart I.D.'d the atocha." "Decades before Kim's father found it." "I mean, that's amazing." "Now I've got confirmation The master chart is real." "Faith 7, this is canary cap com." "Faith 7 reading you loud and clear." "Okay, go and go." "Oxygen is go." "5, 4, 3, 2, 1." "When my father... when he gave This to me, he mentioned," ""You can't play monopoly Without the board."" "Now that I have the board," "I can start Placing the pieces." "He's got hundreds Upon hundreds." "And hundreds of anomalies." "Where do I start?" "Location number 2." "I went all the way to mexico Trying to find this." "Hang on." "They match perfectly." "That's fantastic." "This is, like... this is A discovery in the moment." "I knew there was something Of importance about this." "I can see now That it matches 100%." "It's a blown-up copy Of this chart." "But I thought it was somewhere Over here in campeche," "Where we were." "And I used this very thing To go to mexico." "It's right here on the chart." "That's turks and caicos islands." "I'm looking in the wrong place." "I should be looking In the turks and caicos." "But what's in The turks and caicos?" "That's one of the main routes Of the spanish treasure highway." "Those reefs were notorious For sinking ships." "I have other docs On turks and caicos." "I know it's here somewhere." "Where is it?" "Here it is." "That's right." "I forgot all about it." "This, right here, this is What's really interesting." "I'm starting to piece this Together right now." "This is one of The first documents." "That gordon ever gave me." "This is in gordon's writing." ""As seen on this chart, there's Seven islands with high land."" "At a distance, Only the higher portions." ""Will be seen As seven distinct islands."" "The discovery Of the seven islands is... "." ""The discovery seven islands..."" "I need to figure out what "Bajos de babulca" refers to." "I've never heard of that." "And why would gordon write it On this map of the turks?" "He's talking About the discovery." "What's gordon trying to tell me?" "He's referring to columbus." "This phrase..." "The "Bajos de babulca."" "When I put it in The internet search engine," "It led me to a spanish archive." "Referring to alonzo pinzan Of the columbus fleet." "pinzan, he actually Was captaining the pinta." "When pinzan headed out," "He discovered seven islands." "That he referred to As the "Bajos de babulca."" "These are the same seven islands." "That we now call "Turks and caicos."" "Columbus sailed to The new world four times," "First with three ships," "Then with dozens more," "And he lost many of them." "Gordon is sending me A really simple message." "He outlines it here." "As columbus sent pinzan." "To the the islands Of the babulcas," "Gordon is sending me there, too." "No one has these documents, I can promise you that." "I am the only one." "Gordon entrusted me With these two pieces of paper." "Could one of columbus's ships." "Be wrecked there In turks and caicos?" "I think gordon's telling me That site number 2." "Might be the wreck Of one of columbus's ships." "We're talking Christopher columbus." "What was on the wreck?" "Four tons of red pearls." "Four tons?" "What I need is a manifest." "To know what it is That I'm diving for." "Whoo!" "After going through the chart." "And the files That gordon gave me," "I narrowed my search down." "To an area Of the turks and caicos." "But then I discovered That there may be some link." "To christopher columbus's Shipwrecks there." "My dad says that back in 1980," "He found the wreckage Of vicente pinzan's ship," "The pinta, In the turks and caicos." "Not everybody believed him, And ultimately," "The whole salvage operation Just fell apart." "That could've been My dad's biggest score," "And it didn't pan out." "This business Is either boom or bust." "Is this all The treasure you recovered?" "This is parts of the Treasure off of the el capitan." "And this was..." "This particular Piece was done for..." "Cortez commissioned The aztecs." "To do the cross For king phillip v," "Bring it back into spain As a gift from the new world." "Of course, It never got there, 'cause it sunk In the hurricane of 1715." "My relationship with my dad Has been tense," "But he's got specific knowledge." "Of the turks and caicos And columbus." "That I could use right now." "Um..." "You know, the reason Why I'm here..." "I was going through the files." "I looked at the chart." "I put those two Documents together." "That gordon gave me," "And it said, "The seven islands Of the bajos de babulca."" "You've heard Of the babulcas, right?" "Down by the seven Islands of the bonicais?" " Yes, exactly." " Yeah, that's what." "Vicente pinzan dubbed them." "When the santa maria sunk In haiti," " he's got the pinta there." " Got it." "And he's up the mast looking Around for the other ships..." "The Niña..." "Where they might be." "So, basically, They must've headed north" " to the turks and caicos." " They had to." "Yeah." "After I've been Putting it together," "I realized That anomaly number 2." "From gordon's chart." "Is the turks and caicos." "I think gordon's trying To tell me something." "About columbus and his fleet With the pinzan brothers." "We need to go there." "So, I want to do A little background." "And research On some of the pinzan." "And columbus fleet, The history of it." "I don't know enough about it." "So, I'd like to get, from you," "Anything you can Tell me about the pinta." "That you guys discovered Or on the molasses reef." "In the turks and caicos." "Let me tell you what was Always put out in the media." "What the heck am I Supposed to be looking for?" "What was put out In the media was," ""They found the pinta?" Question mark." "Maybe." "Right, 'cause nobody Could confirm it." "Right." "But nobody ever come up." "And said we didn't find it." "Right." "So, what made you think It was the pinta?" "Okay." "We didn't know at the time." "We knew it was old." "He removed 10 Or 12 cannonball." "That era, we're carrying Lead-core cannonball." "The core of the cannonball Was made out of lead," "And they sheathed it In iron." "Lo and behold, We found the wheel hub." "That goes on the axle On the carriage." "That held a lombard cannon." "We had it carbon dated," "And it came out 1496." "That's why we believed it To be the pinta." "What was on the wreck Of commercial value?" " We know the historic value." " Four tons of red pearls." " Four tons?" " Four tons of red pearls." " Tons?" " Tons." " So that's 8,000 pounds." " The big "T." the big "T."" " yeah." " That's crazy." "Do you think there Are more shipwrecks." "In the turks and caicos." "With regards to the pinta, The pinzan brothers?" "So many wrecks In that water." "We're talking The whole span of history," "From 1492 to 1504." "What else was on the ship That was of value?" "Well, there'd be Some small." "Religious artifacts, Gold chains." "Now, how did you know That that..." "Well, I got the manifest From spain." "You still have A copy of that?" "No, I..." "Don't have it." "When I was done with it, I was done with it." "I didn't need it." "I figured I had the wreck," "I own the ship." "What do I need..." "I have proof." "I kept everything until All the salvage hit the fan." "Can't keep everything." "That's one of the reasons I got to go to spain." "Don't you think I should go look for a manifest?" "Yeah." "Like I did, Was got the documents." "And what if They don't have them?" "Monks don't throw stuff away, Not of that value." "Right?" "Come on." "They've got them." "In some little, dark room Somewhere, probably." "My dad knows a lot." "But I can't take his word for it." "On everything that he says." "So I'm still going to have to go." "And continue my own research." "Very clear here." "No clouds." "No haze." "I'm drifting through an ideal location here." "Roger." "You're getting weak and fading." "I'll sign off and see you later." "Roger." "That's done." "Good." "Once I open this can of worms," "There's no going back." "I have to see it through." "Before someone tries To steal the info." "This is going to be a big trip." "I need to go home, See my family." "I don't want to be like my dad." "And be absent all the time." "And not ever know where he was." "Yadi, one thing I need to tell you," "Just so that you know," "This is how I'm doing this." "Different than any Of the other ones." "I'm doing the homework." "I'm reading Each and every file." "I've checked the history." "I went, And I met with my dad." "And he agreed, And I agreed." "That I should just go ahead And do more research," "Do the homework To locate these shipwrecks." "I don't want to be judging your Dad, because that's not fair." "I don't want To be that person." "No, but I just got through Coming back from florida," "And I'm telling you What his situation is." "You just don't want me To lose everything." "The way he lost everything." "Don't worry." "It's okay." "This is my last try." "And I promise you," "If for whatever reason This doesn't work out," "I'll do something else." "But I do believe In this one." "It's different, yadi." "It's different." "I want to do The homework this time." "I've got a document That could change history." "It's a manifest To an actual shipwreck." "Of christopher columbus." "It's talking about jewels, Gold, silver." "Gordon's sending me On the columbus trail." "People would kill for this." "Whoo-hoo!" "Leaving my wife And kids behind is really hard." "It's okay." "Don't worry about dad." "He's going to be fine." "But I'm doing this for them." "And before I dive," "I need to know Exactly what I'm diving for," "To make sure there's actually Enough treasure at this site." "To justify my search." "All of my research is telling me" "I'm going to have To get a manifest." "On the manifest, it's going To list the ship's cargo," "All the way down To the very last piece of gold." "And if I can get a manifest To christopher columbus's ship," "Any of his ships," "There's only one place To do that," "And that's in seville, spain." "Faith 7 passing over baja california zone." "See entire baja california." "We're going to probably one Of the most important buildings." "In spanish, If not european, history." "It's a place called The archives of the indies," "Or archivos de los indios." "It is packed to the brim." "With information From every ship that left spain." "And went to the new world." "Look at all the files." "This doesn't surprise me." "That's how many ships They sent abroad." "If I'm able to actually bring up Something that relates." "To the pinzan brothers directly, It would be huge." "It would just be phenomenal." "Wow." "How does somebody Find something pertaining." "To a particular shipwreck Or a period or..." "I can show you." "Beautiful." "The documents are here." "There's this one." "Is this the one?" "And the date of The document is 1501." "Here, you can see The sender is pinzan." "And how the document Start with the king." "Normally, the researchers, And even the archivists," "We use the digital image Through the..." "I've got this document, But it's in castilian spanish." "I'm fluent in spanish," "But I can't decipher What it is they're saying." "It could be a grocery list, Or it could be a manifest." "That actually itemizes Every single last bit of gold." "Or treasure or artifact." "On a christopher columbus Shipwreck." "I need a translation." "Otherwise, I'm just Shooting in the dark." "There's a paleographer In this town called jerez." "His speciality is to take This castilian spanish." "That this document's Originally written in." "And put it into Modern-day spanish." "How are you?" "I think I took a wrong turn." "Maybe he can take this document." "And tell me If this piece of paper." "Is the key to gordon's treasure." "Or just another dead end." "Okay." "What a sight." "This is the actual port That christopher columbus." "And his fleet left from..." "The santa maria, the Niña, And the pinta." "And we're here To see the replicas." "And the importance Of this for me." "Is it kind of helps identify." "Exactly what we may Or may not stumble upon." "When we get to The turks and caicos." "The three biggest clues That are going to help me." "Identify a ship Of this period..." "Primarily the anchor." "It is made of such thick iron." "That the chances of this Still being somewhat intact." "Is probably pretty good." "Secondly, lombard cannons." "God." "That's about 4 feet." "And third, if you don't have Any material that's wooden." "That you can identify it As being a shipwreck," "A lot of times, what we're able To find is a ballast pile," "And that would be river rock." "Sitting on the bottom Of an ocean." "All of these things Could lead to treasure..." "Gold, silver." "It's going to be fantastic." "Can't wait to go!" "This is incredible." "It's talking About jewels." "Silver." "My god." "This is incredible." "Silver, copper, And precious stones." "It'd be millions And millions of dollars." "It's a manifest..." "A real manifest." "Obtaining a manifest Is hugely important." "It allows you to prove that what You're finding at a wreck site." "Was really on that ship," "So there's no debate about." "Whether it's worth Something or not." "The manifest tells the story Of those items." "And proves That they're legitimate." "Pearls, jewels, gold, silver." "Thank you." "You're fantastic." "The manifest says It was carrying." "All of those artifacts." "This is probably The most informative day." "Of my entire journey." "We found out now, Through this expert," "This lady, Christopher columbus lost ships." "In turks and caicos." "And when he made it back," "He had other ships sent," "And the pinzan brothers Came back with other ships," "And they lost two Of those ships." "I have the lead To two other discoveries." "Based on gordon's circling The globe." "And handing me that "Bajos de babulca."" "If it wasn't for gordon Giving me." "Those two pieces of paper That no one else had..." "Not my father, no one..." "I am the only one that had that." "Had I not had that," "I probably wouldn't Have even investigated this." "More than I have, To this extent that I have now." "And thank god To gordon for that." "Good show." "You set such a good example, I've got to equal you here." "Very good." "Looks mighty good up here, too." "Running pretty smooth now." "If it's here, we'll find it." "Whoo!" "Drop it!" "Come up." "It's just so freakin' awesome." "You need to help me." "I got to get this thing done," "Or I'm screwed." "Now, it's up to you." "I came across something that I think you're gonna want to see." "It's pretty incredible." "It's better to be safe Than sorry, man." "Mother" "whoo-hoo!" "Just wish gordon was here to see this right now." "This is the biggest discovery Of my life." "It's freakin'..." "Beautiful!"