1 00:00:01,241 --> 00:00:04,517 I think most people have never heard this guy's name. 2 00:00:04,551 --> 00:00:07,758 He had one of the greatest scores in pirate history. 3 00:00:10,275 --> 00:00:13,724 Henry Every was the ultimate celebrity pirate. 4 00:00:15,206 --> 00:00:17,586 People went nuts. And it results in 5 00:00:17,620 --> 00:00:19,931 the first global manhunt. 6 00:00:19,965 --> 00:00:21,689 We think it's more than a letter. 7 00:00:21,724 --> 00:00:23,103 We think it's a treasure map. 8 00:00:25,379 --> 00:00:27,620 [Josh] Any idea what the current value of this would be? 9 00:00:27,655 --> 00:00:29,965 [Tyrone] In today's value, over $100 million. 10 00:00:31,517 --> 00:00:33,620 [Josh] Here we are at the ends of the Earth. 11 00:00:33,655 --> 00:00:35,000 Okay. Here we go. 12 00:00:36,793 --> 00:00:38,241 [screams] 13 00:00:40,068 --> 00:00:43,068 That is 100% a musket ball. 14 00:00:43,103 --> 00:00:44,448 -[device beeps] -Ooh, big hit. 15 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:46,689 If I'm a pirate, 16 00:00:46,724 --> 00:00:48,965 this is where I'm burying treasure. 17 00:01:04,793 --> 00:01:06,137 It is the 18th century 18 00:01:06,172 --> 00:01:07,793 and the lifeblood of Great Britain 19 00:01:07,827 --> 00:01:09,689 is transoceanic trade. 20 00:01:09,724 --> 00:01:12,655 So when the scourge of piracy threatens the empire, 21 00:01:12,689 --> 00:01:15,413 King William III releases this, 22 00:01:15,448 --> 00:01:18,758 his proclamation for the apprehension of pirates, 23 00:01:18,793 --> 00:01:20,620 effectively declaring war against 24 00:01:20,655 --> 00:01:22,206 the skull and crossbones 25 00:01:22,241 --> 00:01:26,033 with a promise of mercy to any pirate who surrenders. 26 00:01:26,068 --> 00:01:26,965 Except one. 27 00:01:28,206 --> 00:01:32,413 There was one pirate so reviled, feared and ruthless 28 00:01:32,448 --> 00:01:35,620 that the Crown refused any offer of clemency. 29 00:01:35,655 --> 00:01:39,482 He was also the most successful pirate in history. 30 00:01:39,517 --> 00:01:42,586 Yet, incredibly, you've probably never heard of him. 31 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:45,172 His name, Captain Henry Every. 32 00:01:47,862 --> 00:01:50,378 On September 7th, 1695, 33 00:01:50,413 --> 00:01:52,310 the so-called "King of the Pirates" 34 00:01:52,344 --> 00:01:55,689 pulled off the greatest heist in maritime history, 35 00:01:55,723 --> 00:01:57,896 capturing theGanj-i Sawai, 36 00:01:57,931 --> 00:02:01,379 the richest treasure ship on the planet, 37 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:05,103 a score worth hundreds of millions of dollars today. 38 00:02:05,137 --> 00:02:08,137 It ignites the first-ever global manhunt. 39 00:02:08,172 --> 00:02:10,586 But, somehow, Every and his loot 40 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:12,827 disappear without a trace. 41 00:02:14,275 --> 00:02:16,517 Now, more than 300 years later, 42 00:02:16,551 --> 00:02:18,551 treasure hunters in the United Kingdom 43 00:02:18,586 --> 00:02:22,206 believe they're zeroing in on his stolen fortune. 44 00:02:22,241 --> 00:02:26,310 A centuries-old coded letter may point to a pirate cave 45 00:02:26,344 --> 00:02:28,689 fit for One-Eyed Willy himself. 46 00:02:28,724 --> 00:02:32,586 And a team of salvage divers think they may have uncovered the prize 47 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:35,344 in a graveyard of shipwrecks off the English coast. 48 00:02:36,586 --> 00:02:38,413 Dead men tell no tales, 49 00:02:38,448 --> 00:02:39,620 but I do. 50 00:02:39,655 --> 00:02:42,310 And this one is a classic in the making. 51 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:44,275 It's time to hit the high seas 52 00:02:44,310 --> 00:02:47,620 in search of the treasure of the Pirate King. 53 00:02:50,655 --> 00:02:52,206 My name is Josh Gates... 54 00:02:52,241 --> 00:02:53,379 Hello! 55 00:02:53,413 --> 00:02:54,344 ...explorer... 56 00:02:54,379 --> 00:02:55,137 Here goes nothing. 57 00:02:55,172 --> 00:02:56,000 ...adventurer... 58 00:02:56,034 --> 00:02:57,344 Hoo-hoo-hoo! 59 00:02:57,379 --> 00:02:58,655 Ooh, that's a long way down. 60 00:02:58,689 --> 00:03:01,620 ...and a guy who ends up in some very strange situations. 61 00:03:01,655 --> 00:03:02,448 [screaming] 62 00:03:02,482 --> 00:03:03,965 I alive! For now. 63 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:05,793 With a degree in archaeology 64 00:03:05,827 --> 00:03:07,862 and a passion for the unexplained, 65 00:03:07,896 --> 00:03:10,034 I travel to the ends of the Earth 66 00:03:10,068 --> 00:03:12,965 investigating the greatest legends in history. 67 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,413 Ready to rock and roll. 68 00:03:14,448 --> 00:03:17,068 This isExpedition Unknown. 69 00:03:23,275 --> 00:03:25,000 My hunt for Henry Every's treasure 70 00:03:25,034 --> 00:03:28,275 begins in London on the banks of the River Thames 71 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:30,793 at a place where many a pirate's story 72 00:03:30,827 --> 00:03:33,067 came to a sudden end. 73 00:03:33,103 --> 00:03:35,862 Despite all the romance and adventure they inspire, 74 00:03:35,896 --> 00:03:36,724 the truth is 75 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:38,137 very few pirates sailed off 76 00:03:38,172 --> 00:03:39,862 into the sunset with their treasure. 77 00:03:39,896 --> 00:03:41,448 Most met a bitter end, 78 00:03:41,482 --> 00:03:44,103 many at London's Execution Dock. 79 00:03:44,137 --> 00:03:46,310 Men convicted of piracy were hanged, 80 00:03:46,344 --> 00:03:49,275 including six members of Henry Every's crew 81 00:03:49,310 --> 00:03:51,067 in 1696. 82 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:57,827 Just up the stairs from Execution Dock is a pub 83 00:03:57,862 --> 00:03:59,896 known as the Prospect of Whitby. 84 00:04:01,413 --> 00:04:04,655 Inside, I meet one of the foremost authorities on piracy, 85 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:07,206 my old friend, Colin Woodard. 86 00:04:07,241 --> 00:04:10,137 I've been lucky to have had Colin as my pirate whisperer 87 00:04:10,172 --> 00:04:13,034 since my investigation into Olivier Levasseur, 88 00:04:13,068 --> 00:04:14,758 AKA "The Buzzard." 89 00:04:14,793 --> 00:04:18,827 All right, here we are again on the hunt for pirate treasure. 90 00:04:18,862 --> 00:04:20,310 -Cheers. -Indeed, cheers. 91 00:04:20,344 --> 00:04:23,344 And what better place than here at the Prospect of Whitby pub. 92 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:25,758 This is one of the oldest pubs in all of London. 93 00:04:25,793 --> 00:04:27,827 It was founded in 1520. 94 00:04:27,862 --> 00:04:29,896 Very unusual to be at a bar with a view of a noose. 95 00:04:29,931 --> 00:04:31,689 -[laughs] I know, right? -Right? 96 00:04:31,724 --> 00:04:33,896 Okay, let's talk about this guy Henry Every, 97 00:04:33,931 --> 00:04:36,103 or Henry Avery, depending on how his name is spelt. 98 00:04:36,137 --> 00:04:38,793 Other than a few books, including yours, 99 00:04:38,827 --> 00:04:41,206 and the Unchartedvideo game, 100 00:04:41,241 --> 00:04:44,482 I think most people have never heard this guy's name. 101 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:48,103 And that would have been absolutely shocking to people living in the 1690s 102 00:04:48,137 --> 00:04:51,275 'cause Henry Every was the ultimate celebrity pirate. 103 00:04:51,310 --> 00:04:54,517 He had one of the greatest scores in pirate history. 104 00:04:54,551 --> 00:04:59,310 Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet were inspired by the stories of Henry Every 105 00:04:59,344 --> 00:05:00,827 and the myths that surrounded him. 106 00:05:00,862 --> 00:05:02,517 [Josh] He's the archetype. He's the genesis. 107 00:05:02,551 --> 00:05:03,758 [Colin] He's the genesis. 108 00:05:05,137 --> 00:05:07,379 So, let's make him a household name again. 109 00:05:07,413 --> 00:05:09,137 Where does his story really start? 110 00:05:09,172 --> 00:05:13,241 So, he was born in 1659 in a tiny English port, 111 00:05:13,275 --> 00:05:15,448 a little village called Newton Ferrers 112 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:16,896 not far from Cornwall. 113 00:05:16,931 --> 00:05:19,896 And he becomes, over time, a good sailor. 114 00:05:19,931 --> 00:05:22,034 Well, he's involved with the Royal Navy 115 00:05:22,068 --> 00:05:24,413 and serves on large ships of the line. 116 00:05:24,448 --> 00:05:29,344 So he's an officer on kind of the battleships of the age. 117 00:05:29,379 --> 00:05:32,379 So when does this life of crime emerge? 118 00:05:32,413 --> 00:05:35,103 He sees a better opportunity and he takes it. 119 00:05:35,137 --> 00:05:38,482 [Josh] That opportunity comes in the form of privateering, 120 00:05:38,517 --> 00:05:41,068 basically state-sponsored piracy. 121 00:05:41,103 --> 00:05:44,413 At this time, Spain and England are allies against France. 122 00:05:44,448 --> 00:05:46,000 So English ships are encouraged 123 00:05:46,034 --> 00:05:49,206 to pillage anything flying a French flag. 124 00:05:49,241 --> 00:05:52,344 Henry Every becomes first mate on theCharles II, 125 00:05:52,379 --> 00:05:54,793 an extremely fast and well-armed ship 126 00:05:54,827 --> 00:05:58,379 which raided French vessels with abandon in the Atlantic. 127 00:05:58,413 --> 00:06:00,172 Following one successful mission, 128 00:06:00,206 --> 00:06:02,551 they put to port in a Spanish harbor. 129 00:06:02,586 --> 00:06:05,517 The crew is anticipating a well-earned payday, 130 00:06:05,551 --> 00:06:08,068 unable to go ashore until it arrives. 131 00:06:08,103 --> 00:06:10,275 The money, however, never shows up. 132 00:06:10,310 --> 00:06:12,758 And though the ship's captain begs for patience, 133 00:06:12,793 --> 00:06:15,448 Henry Every isn't willing to wait. 134 00:06:16,068 --> 00:06:17,172 So this is the moment. 135 00:06:17,206 --> 00:06:19,448 This is where Henry Every is going to become a pirate. 136 00:06:19,482 --> 00:06:24,103 This is the moment where he steps off the straight and narrow, for sure. 137 00:06:24,137 --> 00:06:26,793 [Josh] Every organizes these forgotten sailors 138 00:06:26,827 --> 00:06:29,551 and with 100 men stages a mutiny, 139 00:06:29,586 --> 00:06:32,241 stealing theCharles II and fleeing the harbor 140 00:06:32,275 --> 00:06:35,172 before the Spanish can even react. 141 00:06:35,206 --> 00:06:37,448 The vessel is renamed theFancy 142 00:06:37,482 --> 00:06:40,068 and becomes Every's flagship. 143 00:06:40,103 --> 00:06:41,862 Colin has helpfully brought a map 144 00:06:41,896 --> 00:06:44,620 to track Every's new life of crime. 145 00:06:44,655 --> 00:06:48,000 This all goes down in Northern Spain, yes? 146 00:06:48,034 --> 00:06:49,068 And so where does he go? 147 00:06:51,103 --> 00:06:54,103 Every hightails it out of Spain on his boosted boat 148 00:06:54,137 --> 00:06:56,586 and works his way south, raiding ships 149 00:06:56,620 --> 00:06:59,344 and pirating supplies along the coast of Africa 150 00:06:59,379 --> 00:07:01,206 and around the Cape of Good Hope 151 00:07:01,241 --> 00:07:03,172 into the Indian Ocean. 152 00:07:03,206 --> 00:07:05,448 Ultimately, though, where is he going? 153 00:07:05,482 --> 00:07:08,000 Well, ultimately, he will end up here 154 00:07:08,034 --> 00:07:10,379 at the mouth to the Red Sea. 155 00:07:10,413 --> 00:07:12,137 [Josh] Henry Every targets this area 156 00:07:12,172 --> 00:07:13,896 because it's the main trade route 157 00:07:13,931 --> 00:07:15,758 for the Mughal Empire. 158 00:07:15,793 --> 00:07:18,448 The Mughals were the Islamic rulers of India, 159 00:07:18,482 --> 00:07:20,310 and their emperor was literally 160 00:07:20,344 --> 00:07:22,896 the richest man in the world. 161 00:07:22,931 --> 00:07:26,068 In 1695, Every comes up with a plan. 162 00:07:26,103 --> 00:07:28,448 Ocean's Eleven on an actual ocean. 163 00:07:28,482 --> 00:07:31,034 He puts together an armada of pirate ships 164 00:07:31,068 --> 00:07:33,413 and stakes out the mouth of the Red Sea, 165 00:07:33,448 --> 00:07:35,965 waiting for 25-ship Mughal fleet 166 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,862 to sail through on its way home from Mecca. 167 00:07:38,896 --> 00:07:40,724 The annual Muslim pilgrimage there 168 00:07:40,758 --> 00:07:44,172 was also the peak of the Mughals' trade each year. 169 00:07:44,206 --> 00:07:47,793 These ships would be returning with all kinds of treasures 170 00:07:47,827 --> 00:07:49,586 of Arabia and the Middle East. 171 00:07:49,620 --> 00:07:51,620 You know, piles of elephant tusks 172 00:07:51,655 --> 00:07:54,689 and incredible amounts of gold and jewels and the like. 173 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:57,448 This treasure fleet was the amazing score 174 00:07:57,482 --> 00:07:59,275 that Henry Every had been looking for. 175 00:07:59,310 --> 00:08:01,275 And the primary treasure galleon 176 00:08:01,310 --> 00:08:03,206 of the emperor of the Mughal Empire 177 00:08:03,241 --> 00:08:05,793 was this enormous floating fortress, 178 00:08:05,827 --> 00:08:08,551 much larger than the Fancywas. 179 00:08:08,586 --> 00:08:09,448 They knew that they would need 180 00:08:09,482 --> 00:08:10,724 all the firepower they could get. 181 00:08:12,344 --> 00:08:14,000 [Josh] The ship that theFancy is chasing 182 00:08:14,034 --> 00:08:16,620 is the galleon called theGanj-i Sawai. 183 00:08:16,655 --> 00:08:19,137 And it is the Mughal fleet's greatest prize. 184 00:08:21,758 --> 00:08:25,379 TheGanj-i Sawai holds enough treasure to fund a country. 185 00:08:25,413 --> 00:08:28,241 And Every has no intention of letting it go. 186 00:08:30,517 --> 00:08:33,895 So how does Every pull this off? 187 00:08:33,931 --> 00:08:35,586 [Colin] Well, they're hoping to catch them unaware 188 00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:37,413 as they hide in some of the little islands 189 00:08:37,448 --> 00:08:38,965 at the mouth to this channel. 190 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,413 But the fleet goes through silently. 191 00:08:43,275 --> 00:08:45,655 There's like 25 ships in the treasure fleet, 192 00:08:45,689 --> 00:08:47,586 and they miss the first 24. 193 00:08:49,517 --> 00:08:51,931 But the very last ship, they actually notice it. 194 00:08:51,965 --> 00:08:53,137 They pull up their anchors 195 00:08:53,172 --> 00:08:55,482 and there starts this crazy, you know, like car chase 196 00:08:55,517 --> 00:08:58,034 across the Indian Ocean that lasts for days. 197 00:08:58,068 --> 00:09:00,344 Every and theFancy, being the swiftest vessel, 198 00:09:00,379 --> 00:09:04,137 slowly close in on the grand treasure ship. 199 00:09:04,172 --> 00:09:07,620 -[Josh] And? -They come alongside theGanj-i Sawai, finally, 200 00:09:07,655 --> 00:09:09,413 and it looks like the sort of battle 201 00:09:09,448 --> 00:09:11,517 that they would be, you know, doomed to be attacking. 202 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:12,655 You're attacking theDeath Star. 203 00:09:12,689 --> 00:09:13,827 -There's no hope for you. -Right. 204 00:09:13,862 --> 00:09:15,586 But they get very lucky. 205 00:09:15,620 --> 00:09:17,241 The captain of theGanj-i Sawai 206 00:09:17,275 --> 00:09:18,551 rolls out the guns, 207 00:09:18,586 --> 00:09:21,206 he orders the gunners to train on theFancy... 208 00:09:21,241 --> 00:09:22,758 [explosion] 209 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:26,310 [Josh] TheGanj-i Sawai attacks Every. 210 00:09:26,344 --> 00:09:29,758 But a faulty cannon backfires, killing several crew 211 00:09:29,793 --> 00:09:32,448 and giving theFancy a chance to respond. 212 00:09:32,482 --> 00:09:36,344 Remarkably, their volley takes out the treasure ship's main mast. 213 00:09:38,896 --> 00:09:41,137 The pirates board theGanj-i Sawai. 214 00:09:46,862 --> 00:09:50,034 And when the battle is over, Captain Every and his crew 215 00:09:50,068 --> 00:09:54,068 have grabbed treasure worth 500,000 English pounds, 216 00:09:54,103 --> 00:09:56,793 the largest pirate score in history. 217 00:09:56,827 --> 00:09:58,758 With 300 years of inflation, 218 00:09:58,793 --> 00:10:01,758 that's over $100 million today, 219 00:10:01,793 --> 00:10:04,620 an opening weekend even Disney would love. 220 00:10:04,655 --> 00:10:07,344 However, no amount of money could wash away the stain 221 00:10:07,379 --> 00:10:09,965 of what Every did to get it. 222 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,965 Every turns out to be a true villain. 223 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,482 I mean, the treatment of the people on this ship 224 00:10:14,517 --> 00:10:16,379 is abominable, right? 225 00:10:16,413 --> 00:10:18,241 When he captures this treasure galleon, 226 00:10:18,275 --> 00:10:22,241 there's just this debauchery. Violence, executions. 227 00:10:22,275 --> 00:10:24,827 I mean, it's just an absolute horror show on the vessel. 228 00:10:24,862 --> 00:10:27,137 Word of this, I'm sure, travels fast. 229 00:10:27,172 --> 00:10:29,137 It does, with remarkable speed. 230 00:10:29,172 --> 00:10:30,310 Every had just created 231 00:10:30,344 --> 00:10:32,931 a horrific international incident 232 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,793 with one of England's most important trading partners 233 00:10:35,827 --> 00:10:38,482 and upset the East India company, 234 00:10:38,517 --> 00:10:41,965 by far the most powerful economic entity 235 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,793 in the entire empire. 236 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:46,103 Back in England, heads must have exploded. 237 00:10:46,137 --> 00:10:47,655 Oh, people went nuts. 238 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:51,103 And it results in the first global manhunt. 239 00:10:51,137 --> 00:10:52,862 No one had ever seen anything like this, 240 00:10:52,896 --> 00:10:55,620 an all-points bulletin throughout the world. 241 00:10:56,896 --> 00:10:58,689 [Josh] The chase is on. 242 00:10:58,724 --> 00:11:01,034 Every and his crew flee with their treasure 243 00:11:01,068 --> 00:11:03,689 to the British colony of the Bahamas. 244 00:11:03,724 --> 00:11:07,379 There, Every bribes the corrupt governor for safe harbor. 245 00:11:07,413 --> 00:11:10,793 He also ditches theFancy for three smaller ships, 246 00:11:10,827 --> 00:11:13,862 which his crew use to scatter from the law. 247 00:11:13,896 --> 00:11:15,793 Some men stay in the Caribbean, 248 00:11:15,827 --> 00:11:17,689 others hide in North America. 249 00:11:17,724 --> 00:11:18,689 But two of the ships, 250 00:11:18,724 --> 00:11:21,000 including one carrying Henry Every, 251 00:11:21,034 --> 00:11:22,965 continue on to Europe. 252 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:25,000 The crew on one boat goes to England, 253 00:11:25,034 --> 00:11:28,586 where they're quickly caught and hanged on Execution Dock. 254 00:11:28,620 --> 00:11:31,655 As for Every, he sails straight for Ireland. 255 00:11:32,448 --> 00:11:33,724 Why do this? 256 00:11:33,758 --> 00:11:36,655 I mean, he's sailing literally back toward the viper's nest. 257 00:11:36,689 --> 00:11:38,931 I mean, he's got this incredible amount of treasure, 258 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:39,896 and he, you know, 259 00:11:39,931 --> 00:11:41,413 needs somewhere to go to ground with it. 260 00:11:41,448 --> 00:11:44,517 Why not go to places where you have family? 261 00:11:44,551 --> 00:11:45,862 And so he and a bunch of men 262 00:11:45,896 --> 00:11:48,379 land on a sort of deserted stretch of coast 263 00:11:48,413 --> 00:11:49,689 in Northern Ireland 264 00:11:49,724 --> 00:11:51,137 and cross into Scotland 265 00:11:51,172 --> 00:11:53,896 and then down towards Devon and Cornwall 266 00:11:53,931 --> 00:11:55,000 where he was from. 267 00:11:55,034 --> 00:11:56,137 And then? 268 00:11:56,172 --> 00:11:57,310 Poof. 269 00:11:57,344 --> 00:12:00,103 -Vanishes. -Disappears from the historical record. 270 00:12:00,137 --> 00:12:04,482 So there are various myths about what became of him. 271 00:12:04,517 --> 00:12:07,482 One that I've read is he dies penniless, 272 00:12:07,517 --> 00:12:09,137 -drunk in a gutter somewhere. -Right. 273 00:12:09,172 --> 00:12:10,724 Another version of the story that I've heard 274 00:12:10,758 --> 00:12:14,000 is that he dies a pirate king, fat and happy. 275 00:12:14,034 --> 00:12:14,827 [Colin] Exactly. 276 00:12:14,862 --> 00:12:15,965 But the truth is... 277 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 -we have no idea. -We have no idea. 278 00:12:18,034 --> 00:12:20,896 But what is striking, this huge treasure hoard 279 00:12:20,931 --> 00:12:23,344 never really comes back on the map anywhere. 280 00:12:23,379 --> 00:12:24,758 Yeah, and you're talking, you know, 281 00:12:24,793 --> 00:12:26,758 hundreds of millions of dollars today 282 00:12:26,793 --> 00:12:29,206 that he would have had on himself personally. 283 00:12:29,241 --> 00:12:30,413 Right. 284 00:12:30,448 --> 00:12:33,275 If you were a guy looking for Henry Every's treasure, 285 00:12:33,310 --> 00:12:34,241 where would you look? 286 00:12:34,275 --> 00:12:36,655 I would be looking in Devon and Cornwall 287 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:38,931 where there's many stories that he hid his treasure 288 00:12:38,965 --> 00:12:40,517 somewhere along that coast. 289 00:12:40,551 --> 00:12:42,310 All right. To Cornwall. 290 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:43,931 -Cornwall. Cheers. -Cheers. 291 00:12:48,827 --> 00:12:50,068 I pay our bar tab, 292 00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:51,931 and then by the light of a new day, 293 00:12:51,965 --> 00:12:53,517 I take to the English countryside 294 00:12:53,551 --> 00:12:55,724 to find Henry Every's fortune. 295 00:12:55,758 --> 00:12:58,103 Well, we are headed to the southwest corner 296 00:12:58,137 --> 00:13:00,034 of the United Kingdom to Cornwall 297 00:13:00,068 --> 00:13:01,827 to meet a group of treasure hunters 298 00:13:01,862 --> 00:13:03,862 that are not only convinced that they know 299 00:13:03,896 --> 00:13:06,310 where Henry Every's treasure is buried, 300 00:13:06,344 --> 00:13:07,896 they say they've got a handwritten letter 301 00:13:07,931 --> 00:13:08,724 that proves it. 302 00:13:13,137 --> 00:13:14,482 Hey, the sun is out. 303 00:13:14,517 --> 00:13:15,827 And it's foggy. 304 00:13:16,758 --> 00:13:17,896 Now it's raining. 305 00:13:18,862 --> 00:13:19,758 Welcome to England. 306 00:13:21,275 --> 00:13:23,206 It's a long trip but, fortunately, 307 00:13:23,241 --> 00:13:24,344 I brought lunch. 308 00:13:25,620 --> 00:13:27,896 This here is a Cornish pasty. 309 00:13:27,931 --> 00:13:29,620 This is what they used to play rugby with. 310 00:13:29,965 --> 00:13:31,137 It's huge. 311 00:13:31,172 --> 00:13:33,000 It is the official dish of Cornwall, 312 00:13:33,034 --> 00:13:34,793 invented in the 14th century. 313 00:13:34,827 --> 00:13:39,344 Flaky dough filled with meat, potatoes, cheese. 314 00:13:40,034 --> 00:13:41,482 Mmm. 315 00:13:41,517 --> 00:13:43,344 And lava. Ow! 316 00:13:43,379 --> 00:13:44,586 That's hot! 317 00:13:44,620 --> 00:13:45,379 Hoo! 318 00:13:46,586 --> 00:13:48,000 You gotta let 'em cool down. 319 00:13:48,482 --> 00:13:49,655 So good. 320 00:13:49,689 --> 00:13:51,586 It's like a Hot Pocket, but... 321 00:13:51,620 --> 00:13:53,206 without the deep sense of shame. 322 00:13:58,896 --> 00:14:00,551 A pasty or four later, 323 00:14:00,586 --> 00:14:03,344 and I've gone 300 miles to the rough coast 324 00:14:03,379 --> 00:14:05,758 where the English Channel meets the Atlantic Ocean, 325 00:14:05,793 --> 00:14:08,275 a peninsula long-known as the Lizard. 326 00:14:09,896 --> 00:14:11,586 On a windswept bluff, 327 00:14:11,620 --> 00:14:13,758 I find my old friend, Tyrone Leech, 328 00:14:13,793 --> 00:14:16,689 who I met in the Seychelles investigating the Buzzard. 329 00:14:18,448 --> 00:14:20,482 Today, he's teamed up with treasure hunters 330 00:14:20,517 --> 00:14:22,206 Adam Cochrane and Rob Jenner. 331 00:14:22,241 --> 00:14:24,275 Tyrone, last time I saw you, I nearly drowned. 332 00:14:29,931 --> 00:14:32,448 Yes. Hopefully it doesn't happen this time again. 333 00:14:32,482 --> 00:14:34,137 -You promise? -I hope so, yeah. 334 00:14:34,172 --> 00:14:36,000 -[laughs] -That wasn't a promise. 335 00:14:36,034 --> 00:14:37,862 Here we are at the ends of the Earth. 336 00:14:37,896 --> 00:14:40,724 Literally, we're at the very edge of the UK here. 337 00:14:40,758 --> 00:14:41,689 Why here? 338 00:14:41,724 --> 00:14:43,413 Well, we think Henry Every, the pirate, 339 00:14:43,448 --> 00:14:44,655 buried his treasure right here. 340 00:14:44,689 --> 00:14:46,413 -Right here? -Well, around here. 341 00:14:46,448 --> 00:14:47,724 Okay. That's a bold claim. 342 00:14:47,758 --> 00:14:49,137 Why do we think that? 343 00:14:49,172 --> 00:14:50,482 Uh, well, we found a letter. 344 00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:52,413 And it basically tells you 345 00:14:52,448 --> 00:14:54,517 Henry Every buried his treasure around here. 346 00:14:54,551 --> 00:14:55,586 Simple as that? 347 00:14:55,620 --> 00:14:56,586 Yeah, pretty much. 348 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:57,586 Can I see it? 349 00:15:00,206 --> 00:15:01,310 Oh, my word. 350 00:15:08,793 --> 00:15:10,172 [Josh] Oh, my word. 351 00:15:10,206 --> 00:15:11,655 First of all, it says "Every the Pirate." 352 00:15:11,689 --> 00:15:13,172 So we're on the right track. 353 00:15:13,206 --> 00:15:14,448 And, so, do we know 354 00:15:14,482 --> 00:15:16,655 where this letter came from originally? 355 00:15:16,689 --> 00:15:19,862 Uh, it was passed down through a merchant family here in Cornwall. 356 00:15:19,896 --> 00:15:21,379 [Josh] On the western shores of England, 357 00:15:21,413 --> 00:15:23,965 treasure hunters Adam Cochrane, Robert Jenner 358 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,965 and Tyrone Leech have a letter 359 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,827 that may lead to the lost fortune 360 00:15:27,862 --> 00:15:31,103 of the notorious pirate king Henry Every. 361 00:15:32,310 --> 00:15:33,655 And who do we think wrote it? 362 00:15:33,689 --> 00:15:35,896 So we think Every originally wrote it. 363 00:15:35,931 --> 00:15:38,517 And then, over time, it's been transcribed 364 00:15:38,551 --> 00:15:41,137 by people who are actually doing their own searching for the treasure. 365 00:15:41,172 --> 00:15:43,000 As they were looking for it themselves, 366 00:15:43,034 --> 00:15:44,275 they added their own notes. 367 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,068 Right. We see little things scribbled in here. 368 00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:47,620 [Rob] Question marks and stuff like that. 369 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:49,344 So the question is "What's in the letter?" 370 00:15:49,379 --> 00:15:51,103 Well, we think it's more than a letter. 371 00:15:51,137 --> 00:15:53,517 We think it's a treasure map. 372 00:15:53,551 --> 00:15:54,758 So let's see if we can read it. 373 00:15:55,620 --> 00:15:57,517 "On his return from India, 374 00:15:57,551 --> 00:16:01,000 either landed or was shipwrecked near the Lizard, 375 00:16:01,034 --> 00:16:04,862 where he buried three chests or boxes full of treasure 376 00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:06,724 in the sands of the seashore." 377 00:16:06,758 --> 00:16:08,034 We're off to a good start. 378 00:16:08,068 --> 00:16:10,068 We're literally talking about buried treasure here. 379 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:11,793 And it mentions the Lizard. 380 00:16:11,827 --> 00:16:14,172 And this whole peninsula is named the Lizard. 381 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:16,827 And it's been called that since the 13th Century. 382 00:16:16,862 --> 00:16:18,827 Okay. That's really compelling. 383 00:16:18,862 --> 00:16:21,965 And then after that, is it in French? 384 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,103 [Adam] Yeah. So it's in French, 385 00:16:23,137 --> 00:16:24,517 but we've got a translated version here. 386 00:16:24,551 --> 00:16:27,034 Okay, that's good. I took Spanish in high school. 387 00:16:27,068 --> 00:16:28,551 So what does the French section say? 388 00:16:28,586 --> 00:16:30,137 [Adam] Uh, so the French section says, 389 00:16:30,172 --> 00:16:32,379 "East of Liz, there are three gray stones 390 00:16:32,413 --> 00:16:33,827 or rocks in a cove..." 391 00:16:33,862 --> 00:16:34,965 -[inhales] -With a question mark. 392 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,310 Yes. "Southwest of the three stones." 393 00:16:37,344 --> 00:16:39,413 Okay. And so what are your three stones? 394 00:16:39,448 --> 00:16:40,413 Right where we're standing. 395 00:16:40,448 --> 00:16:42,310 These literal giant gray stones. 396 00:16:42,344 --> 00:16:45,137 And, actually, this formation in Cornish 397 00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:47,103 is known as Carrek Los, 398 00:16:47,137 --> 00:16:49,344 which actually translates to "gray rock." 399 00:16:49,379 --> 00:16:50,413 And it mentions the Lizard. 400 00:16:51,448 --> 00:16:52,551 We've got the Lizard, 401 00:16:52,586 --> 00:16:54,344 we've got a place known as Gray Rock. 402 00:16:54,379 --> 00:16:55,758 And do we know what he's burying? 403 00:16:55,793 --> 00:16:57,068 Does the letter mention that? 404 00:16:57,103 --> 00:16:58,517 Yeah, there's an inventory in the letter. 405 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,724 "Precious stones, rubies, diamonds," 406 00:17:00,758 --> 00:17:03,413 -and then you've got gold, silver... -Okay. 407 00:17:03,448 --> 00:17:06,068 Any idea what the current value of this would be, Tyrone? 408 00:17:06,103 --> 00:17:08,550 In today's value, over $100 million. 409 00:17:09,758 --> 00:17:11,586 -So, enough for all of us. -Yeah. 410 00:17:12,517 --> 00:17:14,689 Then it switches back to English 411 00:17:14,723 --> 00:17:19,344 and says, "It is near where the corner of a high promontory 412 00:17:19,378 --> 00:17:21,964 juts out into the sea." 413 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,896 -High promontory? -Right behind you. 414 00:17:24,931 --> 00:17:26,723 -These cliffs right here? -Absolutely. Right there. 415 00:17:26,758 --> 00:17:28,275 And that is right above a beach. 416 00:17:28,310 --> 00:17:29,551 [Rob] Right above a beach or cove. 417 00:17:29,586 --> 00:17:32,413 A cove that has three chests full of treasure in the sand? 418 00:17:32,448 --> 00:17:33,310 That's the hope. 419 00:17:33,344 --> 00:17:35,241 So, has anybody gone down there 420 00:17:35,275 --> 00:17:36,689 and searched that beach? 421 00:17:36,724 --> 00:17:38,310 Well, we got permission. 422 00:17:38,344 --> 00:17:39,517 So that's the plan. 423 00:17:39,551 --> 00:17:41,689 All right, we got the Lizard, we got the stones, 424 00:17:41,724 --> 00:17:43,655 we got the cliff, we got the cove, 425 00:17:43,689 --> 00:17:45,137 now we just need the treasure. 426 00:17:45,172 --> 00:17:46,034 Let's go find it. 427 00:17:54,034 --> 00:17:55,551 [Josh] Look at this. Beautiful. 428 00:17:55,586 --> 00:17:56,965 Welcome to the cove, Josh. 429 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,310 [Josh] I mean, if I'm a pirate, 430 00:17:58,344 --> 00:18:00,620 this is where I'm burying treasure, right? 431 00:18:00,655 --> 00:18:02,655 I mean, look at this coastline. 432 00:18:02,689 --> 00:18:04,344 It's so Goonies,isn't it? 433 00:18:04,379 --> 00:18:05,620 So, let's get to work. 434 00:18:05,655 --> 00:18:07,206 Yeah, we got some people for you to meet. 435 00:18:07,241 --> 00:18:08,413 -Other folks? -Yup. 436 00:18:08,448 --> 00:18:09,793 -Other folks. -All right. Yeah, sure. Come on. 437 00:18:12,448 --> 00:18:14,068 [Josh] If the British love anything, 438 00:18:14,103 --> 00:18:15,655 well, it's boiling food. 439 00:18:15,689 --> 00:18:17,517 But if they love anything more than that, 440 00:18:17,551 --> 00:18:18,827 it's metal detecting, 441 00:18:18,862 --> 00:18:21,379 as the group assembled here surely shows. 442 00:18:21,413 --> 00:18:22,620 Look at this. 443 00:18:22,655 --> 00:18:23,689 It's an army. 444 00:18:23,724 --> 00:18:25,482 -[all chuckle] -What's going on? 445 00:18:25,517 --> 00:18:27,000 Josh, meet the rest of the team. 446 00:18:27,034 --> 00:18:29,068 What-- you guys are ready for battle here. 447 00:18:29,103 --> 00:18:30,827 And is it a treasure-sniffing dog? 448 00:18:31,793 --> 00:18:33,379 Gold-sniffing. Perfect! 449 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:34,482 All right. Should we get into it? 450 00:18:34,517 --> 00:18:36,137 Let's do it. Come on. Here we go. 451 00:18:36,172 --> 00:18:37,068 Thank you. 452 00:18:37,103 --> 00:18:39,000 Last one to find treasure buys the beers. 453 00:18:44,310 --> 00:18:45,344 We comb the beach, 454 00:18:45,379 --> 00:18:47,724 and whether we have two legs or four, 455 00:18:47,758 --> 00:18:50,758 everyone here is determined to find Every's loot. 456 00:18:54,379 --> 00:18:56,586 I can feel it, Tyrone. This is it. 457 00:18:56,620 --> 00:18:58,793 [detector beeping] 458 00:18:59,758 --> 00:19:00,793 Ah-ha. 459 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:03,793 [detector beeps] 460 00:19:03,827 --> 00:19:05,034 You know what that is? 461 00:19:05,068 --> 00:19:06,965 It's a piece of scrap aluminum. 462 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,206 You ever seen that before? 463 00:19:08,241 --> 00:19:10,000 Lots of times, unfortunately. 464 00:19:11,586 --> 00:19:14,103 [Josh] The good news is we do find more in the sand. 465 00:19:15,206 --> 00:19:16,896 The bad news is that it's this. 466 00:19:16,931 --> 00:19:18,344 Found a bracket. 467 00:19:19,137 --> 00:19:20,586 What do you think? Part of a... 468 00:19:20,620 --> 00:19:22,413 Probably a light. Freezer-- 469 00:19:22,448 --> 00:19:24,310 Yeah. Part of a flashlight, maybe, right? 470 00:19:29,103 --> 00:19:29,965 Dude! 471 00:19:31,931 --> 00:19:33,482 It's a beer bottle cap. 472 00:19:33,517 --> 00:19:35,000 Oh, [bleep]. 473 00:19:35,034 --> 00:19:37,172 But it is a San Miguel, so that-- 474 00:19:37,206 --> 00:19:38,413 It's from overseas. 475 00:19:41,379 --> 00:19:42,620 Eventually, though, 476 00:19:42,655 --> 00:19:46,103 the sand gives up something worth a close examination. 477 00:19:46,137 --> 00:19:47,517 [detector beeping] 478 00:19:53,275 --> 00:19:54,448 What have we got? 479 00:19:56,379 --> 00:19:57,689 Something small. 480 00:19:59,724 --> 00:20:00,896 -Ooh, right there. -Yeah! 481 00:20:00,931 --> 00:20:02,724 -Is that a coin? -Maybe, maybe. 482 00:20:02,758 --> 00:20:04,034 Is that... 483 00:20:04,068 --> 00:20:06,172 Oh, no. No. It's a little ring. 484 00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:07,344 It is a ring. Look at that! 485 00:20:07,379 --> 00:20:08,827 Yeah. Yup. 486 00:20:08,862 --> 00:20:09,689 Copper? 487 00:20:09,724 --> 00:20:11,517 Copper, yeah, by the looks of it. 488 00:20:11,551 --> 00:20:14,448 Um, I think possibly a pauper's ring. 489 00:20:14,482 --> 00:20:15,758 -[Josh] Really old. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 490 00:20:15,793 --> 00:20:18,103 Probably I'd say 19th century. 491 00:20:18,137 --> 00:20:19,620 Maybe a bit earlier. 17th. 492 00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:20,931 [Josh] Look at that! 493 00:20:20,965 --> 00:20:22,517 That is so cool. 494 00:20:22,551 --> 00:20:23,689 So a pauper's ring? 495 00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:25,344 Which would be like a simple wedding band. 496 00:20:25,379 --> 00:20:26,655 A simple wedding ring, exactly. 497 00:20:26,689 --> 00:20:28,517 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not everybody could afford gold... 498 00:20:28,551 --> 00:20:29,620 -Right. -...and, yeah, 499 00:20:29,655 --> 00:20:32,448 they just hammer it out with a piece of spare copper. 500 00:20:32,482 --> 00:20:33,965 That is wild. 501 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,103 Really beautiful. 502 00:20:35,137 --> 00:20:36,689 Yeah. That's lovely. 503 00:20:36,724 --> 00:20:38,034 [Josh] Isn't that unbelievable 504 00:20:38,068 --> 00:20:39,862 to think that centuries ago, 505 00:20:39,896 --> 00:20:40,793 maybe somebody lost this? 506 00:20:40,827 --> 00:20:41,827 That's it. Yeah, I mean, 507 00:20:41,862 --> 00:20:43,758 what a beautiful spot to do it as well. 508 00:20:43,793 --> 00:20:45,034 -[Josh] Right. -Yeah. 509 00:20:45,068 --> 00:20:47,413 Not a pirate treasure, but a real treasure. 510 00:20:47,448 --> 00:20:48,965 Exactly right. A real treasure. 511 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:49,965 Yeah. 512 00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:54,241 After hours of beachcombing, 513 00:20:54,275 --> 00:20:55,862 I've picked up some interesting artifacts 514 00:20:55,896 --> 00:20:57,413 and a decent tan. 515 00:20:57,448 --> 00:20:59,034 But I'm hoping for more. 516 00:20:59,068 --> 00:21:00,586 So, Tyrone, 517 00:21:00,620 --> 00:21:03,068 we have pretty well scoured this beach, 518 00:21:03,103 --> 00:21:04,344 I would say. 519 00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:07,655 A few cool finds, but no pirate treasure. 520 00:21:07,689 --> 00:21:09,172 Nothing yet, Josh. 521 00:21:09,206 --> 00:21:11,793 But there is another place I think we should go search. 522 00:21:11,827 --> 00:21:12,896 Okay. Where's that? 523 00:21:12,931 --> 00:21:14,344 Remember in the letter, 524 00:21:14,379 --> 00:21:15,896 they mentioned the word "cove." 525 00:21:15,931 --> 00:21:18,241 -Yes. With a question mark. -Exactly. 526 00:21:18,275 --> 00:21:19,793 What if it wasn't "cove"? 527 00:21:20,517 --> 00:21:22,310 What if it was "cave"? 528 00:21:22,344 --> 00:21:23,827 Ah-ha. 529 00:21:23,862 --> 00:21:26,758 So we have a few sea caves along here 530 00:21:26,793 --> 00:21:28,310 within our target zone 531 00:21:28,344 --> 00:21:30,275 that I feel we need to really search. 532 00:21:30,310 --> 00:21:32,965 Do you remember what happened last time we went in a cave? 533 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,344 I do, Josh. 534 00:21:34,379 --> 00:21:35,689 I almost died! 535 00:21:35,724 --> 00:21:36,827 I know. Sorry. 536 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,862 Are these dry caves, at least? 537 00:21:38,896 --> 00:21:40,827 -Unfortunately not. -Oh, for God's sake. 538 00:21:40,862 --> 00:21:41,827 Come on. 539 00:21:44,586 --> 00:21:46,137 Long-standing rumors suggest 540 00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:47,586 the treasure may have been buried 541 00:21:47,620 --> 00:21:49,551 within a sea cave nearby. 542 00:21:49,586 --> 00:21:53,310 So we leave Rob and Adam to continue metal detecting the beach 543 00:21:53,344 --> 00:21:55,448 and prepare for a swim so relaxing, 544 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:57,344 it requires a helmet. 545 00:21:57,379 --> 00:22:00,000 Tyrone, this is definitely the last time we're working together. 546 00:22:00,034 --> 00:22:01,724 Unless we find some treasure. 547 00:22:02,689 --> 00:22:04,068 That's a fair point. 548 00:22:05,172 --> 00:22:05,896 Okay. 549 00:22:09,931 --> 00:22:11,758 The cave where Tyrone wants to look 550 00:22:11,793 --> 00:22:13,827 is inaccessible via land. 551 00:22:13,862 --> 00:22:15,931 We'll need to get into the raging water 552 00:22:15,965 --> 00:22:18,000 and hug tightly to the shore to get there. 553 00:22:19,758 --> 00:22:23,000 Against my better judgment, we swim out into the ocean 554 00:22:23,034 --> 00:22:25,000 and start moving toward the cave. 555 00:22:28,482 --> 00:22:30,172 The water is frigid. 556 00:22:30,206 --> 00:22:32,689 And even at low tide, we're getting a dangerous lesson 557 00:22:32,724 --> 00:22:36,000 in how easy it is to get dragged out to sea. 558 00:22:47,137 --> 00:22:49,172 Tossed around like rag dolls in the water, 559 00:22:49,206 --> 00:22:51,000 we struggle around the coastline 560 00:22:51,034 --> 00:22:52,827 until we find a way out. 561 00:23:05,482 --> 00:23:06,655 Bruised and battered, 562 00:23:06,689 --> 00:23:08,172 we manage to get out of the water. 563 00:23:08,896 --> 00:23:10,310 [panting] 564 00:23:10,344 --> 00:23:11,689 Never easy. 565 00:23:12,517 --> 00:23:14,551 Then, I follow Tyrone, 566 00:23:14,586 --> 00:23:16,931 three words that may be etched on my tombstone 567 00:23:16,965 --> 00:23:20,275 as he leads me up the rocks closer to the cave entrance. 568 00:23:30,551 --> 00:23:33,103 Incredibly, we've made it this far in one piece. 569 00:23:35,034 --> 00:23:36,344 Those are the caves? 570 00:23:37,724 --> 00:23:38,896 Oh! 571 00:23:38,931 --> 00:23:40,103 That is a sea cave. 572 00:23:59,068 --> 00:24:01,068 This is Tyrone's ridiculous idea, 573 00:24:01,103 --> 00:24:03,655 so it's only polite that he should go first. 574 00:24:11,793 --> 00:24:13,655 And then it's my turn. 575 00:24:19,448 --> 00:24:20,482 [screaming] 576 00:24:25,344 --> 00:24:26,379 Okay, here we go. 577 00:24:29,586 --> 00:24:31,103 [screaming] 578 00:24:34,931 --> 00:24:35,793 Whoo! 579 00:24:35,827 --> 00:24:37,034 Ho-ho! 580 00:24:43,310 --> 00:24:45,172 I'm off the coast of Cornwall, England, 581 00:24:45,206 --> 00:24:48,413 on the search for Captain Henry Every's pirate treasure. 582 00:24:48,448 --> 00:24:50,206 And I do mean "off the coast." 583 00:25:07,034 --> 00:25:09,448 As if the tide isn't enough of a challenge, 584 00:25:09,482 --> 00:25:11,586 turns out we're not alone in here. 585 00:25:17,275 --> 00:25:18,551 Seals may be cute, 586 00:25:18,586 --> 00:25:20,068 but they are also territorial 587 00:25:20,103 --> 00:25:22,034 and potentially aggressive animals. 588 00:25:22,068 --> 00:25:24,862 And right now, we're in this guy's living room. 589 00:25:39,896 --> 00:25:42,068 Eventually, Mr. Whiskers swims out, 590 00:25:42,103 --> 00:25:44,241 leaving the entrance open for us to pass. 591 00:26:08,655 --> 00:26:10,206 On dry-ish land, 592 00:26:10,241 --> 00:26:12,448 Tyrone and I only have an hour to work 593 00:26:12,482 --> 00:26:14,068 before the tide comes in. 594 00:26:14,103 --> 00:26:16,310 We hurry to search the temporary beach 595 00:26:16,344 --> 00:26:18,275 with handheld metal detectors. 596 00:26:28,275 --> 00:26:29,275 -Tyrone! -Yo. 597 00:26:30,896 --> 00:26:32,206 Do you see something? 598 00:26:32,241 --> 00:26:33,448 I'm trying to reach. 599 00:26:34,655 --> 00:26:35,793 What is it? 600 00:26:40,137 --> 00:26:41,310 Is that a golf ball? 601 00:26:41,344 --> 00:26:42,517 Yeah, it's a golf ball. 602 00:26:43,241 --> 00:26:45,137 Oh, look. They're everywhere. 603 00:26:45,172 --> 00:26:48,965 This cave is just collecting everything that washes by. 604 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,034 That, or somebody's really [bleep] at golf. 605 00:26:52,793 --> 00:26:54,827 We push further back into the cave 606 00:26:54,862 --> 00:26:56,655 to see what else is in here. 607 00:27:01,344 --> 00:27:02,413 [Josh laughs] 608 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:05,586 It looks like it goes further back. 609 00:27:06,931 --> 00:27:08,310 You wanna see if you can get in there? 610 00:27:08,344 --> 00:27:10,275 -I'll see, but... -Take a look. 611 00:27:11,172 --> 00:27:12,620 -Can I borrow that one sec? -Yeah. 612 00:27:14,517 --> 00:27:15,758 Hey, can you see anything? 613 00:27:15,793 --> 00:27:17,310 I'm trying to get back. 614 00:27:17,344 --> 00:27:18,172 But you-- 615 00:27:18,206 --> 00:27:20,000 You get back, you gotta be flat. 616 00:27:20,793 --> 00:27:21,724 If we don't get out of here soon, 617 00:27:21,758 --> 00:27:23,068 we're all gonna be flat. 618 00:27:23,103 --> 00:27:24,862 That's a Gooniesreference, Tyrone. 619 00:27:25,724 --> 00:27:27,000 Okay, come on. 620 00:27:29,862 --> 00:27:31,620 Neither one of us is flat enough 621 00:27:31,655 --> 00:27:33,000 to get into the crevice. 622 00:27:33,034 --> 00:27:35,275 But we want to scan every inch of land here 623 00:27:35,310 --> 00:27:37,000 before the tide swallows it up. 624 00:27:38,206 --> 00:27:39,068 [detector beeping] 625 00:27:43,206 --> 00:27:44,413 Got a hit! 626 00:27:44,448 --> 00:27:45,724 Got a hit! 627 00:27:45,758 --> 00:27:47,448 Okay, let's see. 628 00:27:48,724 --> 00:27:49,793 In here. 629 00:27:53,241 --> 00:27:55,206 Oh, oh, oh, stop. You see it? 630 00:27:55,241 --> 00:27:57,000 -Yeah, yeah, yeah! -Look. 631 00:28:00,551 --> 00:28:01,379 It's heavy. 632 00:28:04,241 --> 00:28:06,172 You know what that is? 633 00:28:06,206 --> 00:28:08,758 Not a sinker, but... Is it lead? 634 00:28:08,793 --> 00:28:10,655 Yeah, it's lead. 635 00:28:10,689 --> 00:28:12,517 -It's a musket ball. -That's a musket ball. 636 00:28:12,551 --> 00:28:13,275 Wow! 637 00:28:13,310 --> 00:28:16,034 That is 100% a musket ball. 638 00:28:16,068 --> 00:28:17,000 [Tyrone] Wow! 639 00:28:18,206 --> 00:28:20,068 From golf balls to musket balls, right? 640 00:28:20,103 --> 00:28:21,344 Crazy! Exactly. 641 00:28:21,379 --> 00:28:22,793 Let's see if there's more here. 642 00:28:25,517 --> 00:28:26,310 There's something here. 643 00:28:26,344 --> 00:28:28,034 -You got something? -Yeah. 644 00:28:28,896 --> 00:28:30,655 -Ooh, there! See it? -Yeah. 645 00:28:30,689 --> 00:28:33,275 Look. Is it another one? 646 00:28:33,310 --> 00:28:35,068 -Those are musket balls. -[laughs] that's crazy. 647 00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:37,344 [Josh] Dude! 648 00:28:38,620 --> 00:28:39,896 Unbelievable. 649 00:28:39,931 --> 00:28:43,689 Could these musket balls be from Every and his crew? 650 00:28:43,724 --> 00:28:45,655 They're definitely from the right time period, 651 00:28:45,689 --> 00:28:48,275 so it's an encouraging find. 652 00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:50,724 Now, though, the tide is starting to rush in. 653 00:28:50,758 --> 00:28:52,517 I'm feeling my throat tighten up a little. 654 00:28:52,551 --> 00:28:53,689 I don't think we have a lot of time. 655 00:28:53,724 --> 00:28:54,862 Those waves are getting louder. 656 00:28:54,896 --> 00:28:56,206 It sounds like thunder. 657 00:28:57,517 --> 00:28:58,724 Okay, let's go! 658 00:28:58,758 --> 00:29:00,482 We make our escape from the cave 659 00:29:00,517 --> 00:29:02,310 as quickly as possible, 660 00:29:02,344 --> 00:29:05,448 taking some side-eye from the seal on our way out. 661 00:29:05,482 --> 00:29:06,896 The musket balls we found 662 00:29:06,931 --> 00:29:10,586 are missing the smoking gun that proves Every was here. 663 00:29:10,620 --> 00:29:13,034 But Tyrone and his team remain convinced 664 00:29:13,068 --> 00:29:15,517 that the treasure is buried near their beach. 665 00:29:22,241 --> 00:29:25,137 But the discovery of artifacts inside the sea cave 666 00:29:25,172 --> 00:29:28,551 has me considering a line in Every's letter, 667 00:29:28,586 --> 00:29:31,448 the one which says the treasure was either buried 668 00:29:31,482 --> 00:29:33,517 or shipwrecked. 669 00:29:33,551 --> 00:29:35,344 I can't shake the feeling the maybe this treasure 670 00:29:35,379 --> 00:29:38,000 isn't so much buried as washen ashore. 671 00:29:38,034 --> 00:29:40,172 And nearby, there are two researchers 672 00:29:40,206 --> 00:29:42,000 who feel the exact same way. 673 00:29:43,379 --> 00:29:46,379 So, from buried treasure to sunken treasure. 674 00:29:46,413 --> 00:29:47,413 The team I'm meeting 675 00:29:47,448 --> 00:29:49,620 is on the other side of a small Cornish town 676 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:51,965 that is synonymous with pirates, 677 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,137 Penzance. 678 00:29:54,172 --> 00:29:57,310 Finally, a chance for me to show off my comprehensive knowledge 679 00:29:57,344 --> 00:29:59,689 of 19th-century British light opera. 680 00:29:59,724 --> 00:30:01,241 ["I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" playing] 681 00:30:01,275 --> 00:30:03,275 ♪ I am the very model of a modern Major-General ♪ 682 00:30:03,310 --> 00:30:05,448 ♪ I've information vegetable animal, and mineral ♪ 683 00:30:05,482 --> 00:30:07,586 ♪ I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical ♪ 684 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:10,000 ♪ From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical ♪ 685 00:30:10,034 --> 00:30:12,448 ♪ I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical ♪ 686 00:30:12,482 --> 00:30:14,551 ♪ I understand equations both simple and quadratical ♪ 687 00:30:14,586 --> 00:30:17,000 ♪ About binomial theorem I am teeming with a lot o' news ♪ 688 00:30:17,034 --> 00:30:19,896 ♪ Lot of news, lot of news Ah! ♪ 689 00:30:19,931 --> 00:30:22,344 ♪ With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse ♪ 690 00:30:22,379 --> 00:30:25,482 ♪ With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse! ♪ 691 00:30:25,517 --> 00:30:27,551 ♪ In short in matters vegetable animal and mineral ♪ 692 00:30:27,586 --> 00:30:30,310 ♪ I am the very model of a modern Major-General ♪ 693 00:30:30,344 --> 00:30:31,724 ♪ In short in matters vegetable animal and mineral ♪ 694 00:30:31,758 --> 00:30:33,448 ♪ He is the very model of a modern Major-General! ♪ 695 00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:37,655 [song ends] 696 00:30:41,206 --> 00:30:43,689 The quiet seaside resort town of Penzance 697 00:30:43,724 --> 00:30:45,758 never actually harbored any pirates. 698 00:30:45,793 --> 00:30:48,310 In fact, the very idea of a pirate of Penzance 699 00:30:48,344 --> 00:30:50,034 was meant to be ironic. 700 00:30:50,068 --> 00:30:51,275 In modern times, though, 701 00:30:51,310 --> 00:30:53,758 the people here know a good racket when they see one. 702 00:30:55,241 --> 00:30:57,758 This is a pirate yarmulke. 703 00:30:57,793 --> 00:30:58,793 Ahoy vey. 704 00:31:00,965 --> 00:31:02,206 My sword. 705 00:31:02,241 --> 00:31:04,965 -[man] Come on! -You try doing this with one eye. 706 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,137 Let me tell you something, 707 00:31:06,172 --> 00:31:07,689 pirate depth perception. 708 00:31:08,689 --> 00:31:10,068 It's a real disability. 709 00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:11,275 Ow. 710 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,034 Damn. 711 00:31:23,551 --> 00:31:24,586 We're getting thrown out of here. 712 00:31:31,827 --> 00:31:33,689 With a lot of pirate junk in my trunk, 713 00:31:33,724 --> 00:31:36,137 I continue my quest a short distance away 714 00:31:36,172 --> 00:31:38,000 in nearby St. Ives. 715 00:31:38,862 --> 00:31:39,931 In the 19th century, 716 00:31:39,965 --> 00:31:42,275 an eccentric mayor here, John Knill, 717 00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:46,793 spent years trying in vain to find Every's treasure. 718 00:31:46,827 --> 00:31:48,103 How eccentric was he? 719 00:31:48,137 --> 00:31:51,000 Well, he built this for himself as a mausoleum. 720 00:31:51,034 --> 00:31:53,793 And it's here I meet Rob Stacey and Don Russell, 721 00:31:53,827 --> 00:31:55,241 a pair of salvage divers 722 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:58,241 who think they're about to do what John Knill couldn't. 723 00:31:58,275 --> 00:31:59,931 Hey, nice to meet you. 724 00:31:59,965 --> 00:32:01,206 Beautiful view up here. 725 00:32:01,241 --> 00:32:03,758 I keep meeting people in dramatic places on this trip. 726 00:32:03,793 --> 00:32:05,344 And this is really dramatic. 727 00:32:05,379 --> 00:32:07,034 -This is Knill's Steeple. -Yeah. 728 00:32:07,068 --> 00:32:09,517 And John Knill, like a lot of people, 729 00:32:09,551 --> 00:32:11,724 was obsessed with finding Henry Every's treasure. 730 00:32:11,758 --> 00:32:12,965 This is true, yeah. 731 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,689 And like a lot of people, 732 00:32:14,724 --> 00:32:16,275 -he didn't find it. -He didn't, no. 733 00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:17,517 So are you guys bucking the trend? 734 00:32:17,551 --> 00:32:18,793 Do you have some idea where it is? 735 00:32:18,827 --> 00:32:20,655 -We're pretty sure we found it. Yeah. -We're pretty sure. 736 00:32:20,689 --> 00:32:23,137 -Hold on. Pretty sure you found it? -We are, yeah. 737 00:32:23,172 --> 00:32:24,413 Okay, well, what does that mean? 738 00:32:24,448 --> 00:32:25,689 Where-- Well, how? 739 00:32:25,724 --> 00:32:27,379 Well, Josh, you've seen the letter. 740 00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:29,241 I've seen the letter. 741 00:32:29,275 --> 00:32:31,758 [Don] In the letter, he states that the treasure 742 00:32:31,793 --> 00:32:34,241 was taken ashore or shipwrecked. 743 00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:35,896 And we think it was shipwrecked. 744 00:32:35,931 --> 00:32:38,000 Okay, you think it's out there somewhere. 745 00:32:38,034 --> 00:32:39,310 -It's out there somewhere. -Out there. 746 00:32:39,344 --> 00:32:40,862 [Rob] We think we've actually stumbled across it. 747 00:32:40,896 --> 00:32:42,482 Okay, I just need the coordinates from you. 748 00:32:42,517 --> 00:32:43,379 Oh, do ya? 749 00:32:43,413 --> 00:32:44,758 [both laughing] 750 00:32:44,793 --> 00:32:45,931 Well, what have you found out there? 751 00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:47,689 Why do you think it's shipwrecked? 752 00:32:47,724 --> 00:32:49,103 Well, Josh, because of this. 753 00:32:50,275 --> 00:32:52,068 -You found this. -We found this, yeah. 754 00:32:53,103 --> 00:32:54,034 Is this Arabic? 755 00:32:54,068 --> 00:32:55,862 That is an Arabic coin, yeah. 756 00:32:55,896 --> 00:32:58,793 [Josh] The Mughal treasure ship where Henry Every made his fortune 757 00:32:58,827 --> 00:33:00,862 was on its way back to India 758 00:33:00,896 --> 00:33:03,137 from a trade expedition to Arabia. 759 00:33:03,172 --> 00:33:06,896 This coin found 300 years and 4,000 miles away 760 00:33:06,931 --> 00:33:08,482 from where it was minted 761 00:33:08,517 --> 00:33:10,965 is surely not here by accident. 762 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,448 This is really interesting because this is a link 763 00:33:13,482 --> 00:33:14,758 to Every's world. 764 00:33:14,793 --> 00:33:17,655 There would have been Arabic coins aboard this treasure ship. 765 00:33:17,689 --> 00:33:18,793 Anything else out there? 766 00:33:18,827 --> 00:33:20,517 Well, yeah, there's a small cannon out there as well 767 00:33:20,551 --> 00:33:22,000 that we've come across. 768 00:33:22,034 --> 00:33:24,068 -Like a ship's cannon? -Like a ship's cannon, yeah. 769 00:33:24,103 --> 00:33:26,000 -Near the Arabic coin. -Near the Arabic coin. 770 00:33:26,034 --> 00:33:27,344 Now I'm interested. 771 00:33:28,275 --> 00:33:30,172 When you found this and that cannon, 772 00:33:30,206 --> 00:33:32,172 did you think Henry Every? 773 00:33:32,206 --> 00:33:33,344 At the time, I didn't. No. 774 00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:35,620 And so I didn't really tie it into that. 775 00:33:35,655 --> 00:33:37,206 And I was chatting with someone 776 00:33:37,241 --> 00:33:39,034 and then they mentioned about the Every letter. 777 00:33:39,068 --> 00:33:40,206 And someone pointed out that, you know, 778 00:33:40,241 --> 00:33:42,137 this could possibly be part of that. 779 00:33:42,172 --> 00:33:43,172 Right. 780 00:33:43,206 --> 00:33:46,448 How do you prove this is Every's shipwreck? 781 00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:48,758 Well, after we find the treasure. 782 00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:50,862 Fair enough. So how do you do that? 783 00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:52,655 Well, we're gonna dive the site tomorrow, 784 00:33:52,689 --> 00:33:55,172 and you're more than welcome to come along and join us. 785 00:33:55,206 --> 00:33:56,068 You're diving it tomorrow? 786 00:33:56,103 --> 00:33:57,413 -We are. -We are. 787 00:33:57,448 --> 00:33:59,000 [Josh] It looks really cold out there. 788 00:33:59,034 --> 00:34:00,172 [Rob] A gentle breeze. 789 00:34:00,206 --> 00:34:01,482 [laughs] "A gentle breeze"! 790 00:34:01,517 --> 00:34:03,103 Okay. I would love to come. 791 00:34:03,137 --> 00:34:04,482 -You're more than welcome. -Are you kidding? 792 00:34:04,517 --> 00:34:06,344 And what's my cut when we find the rest of it? 793 00:34:06,379 --> 00:34:07,965 Well, let's negotiate that over a beer. 794 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,793 We can discuss it. We can discuss it. 795 00:34:10,827 --> 00:34:13,310 The Arabic coin has done the impossible, 796 00:34:13,344 --> 00:34:15,516 making me once again willing to dive back 797 00:34:15,551 --> 00:34:17,413 into the waters off of Cornwall. 798 00:34:20,965 --> 00:34:22,413 The next morning, we greet the dawn 799 00:34:22,447 --> 00:34:25,379 in the port town of Falmouth. 800 00:34:25,413 --> 00:34:27,137 Rob and Don have a small fleet 801 00:34:27,172 --> 00:34:29,310 waiting to bring us to the wreck. 802 00:34:29,344 --> 00:34:30,724 They didn't have GPS 803 00:34:30,757 --> 00:34:34,000 to record exact coordinates of the cannon they found. 804 00:34:34,034 --> 00:34:36,206 So we're going out with both a dive boat 805 00:34:36,241 --> 00:34:38,827 and a scanning boat to relocate the target. 806 00:34:38,862 --> 00:34:40,447 -Should we get into it? -Let's go. 807 00:34:40,482 --> 00:34:41,482 Please, lead the way. 808 00:34:48,896 --> 00:34:52,447 We push back from the dock and steam out into open ocean, 809 00:34:52,482 --> 00:34:56,068 Henry Every's treasure dead ahead in our sights. 810 00:35:14,344 --> 00:35:15,724 [Josh] I'm with a pair of salvage divers 811 00:35:15,758 --> 00:35:17,448 off the coast of Cornwall, 812 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,344 where they're hoping to find the treasure 813 00:35:19,379 --> 00:35:21,758 of the notorious pirate Henry Every. 814 00:35:23,724 --> 00:35:25,965 It takes over an hour to tow our survey boat 815 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,827 to the area where Rob and Don found a cannon 816 00:35:28,862 --> 00:35:31,241 from what they believe is Every's ship. 817 00:35:31,275 --> 00:35:34,000 Now we're hoping to refind it. 818 00:35:34,034 --> 00:35:37,000 [Rob] So here we are, Josh. This is the site. 819 00:35:37,034 --> 00:35:38,620 -This is it? -This is it. 820 00:35:39,620 --> 00:35:41,310 How big an area are we searching? 821 00:35:41,344 --> 00:35:43,482 Well, we're probably searching around about a mile square. 822 00:35:43,517 --> 00:35:44,862 Wow. Okay. So how do we begin? 823 00:35:44,896 --> 00:35:46,275 Well, what would be nice to do today, Josh, 824 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,586 is go out on the smaller boat here with the magnets on 825 00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:50,413 -and we'll do a survey up here... -Right. 826 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:52,827 ...and hopefully at least locate the cannon we have. 827 00:35:52,862 --> 00:35:55,000 If we get some hits on iron, those could be cannons, 828 00:35:55,034 --> 00:35:56,896 that could be a more substantial part of the wreck? 829 00:35:56,931 --> 00:35:57,758 That would be ideal, yeah. 830 00:35:57,793 --> 00:35:58,689 Once we find those, 831 00:35:58,724 --> 00:36:00,448 then we can start searching for the cargo. 832 00:36:00,482 --> 00:36:01,344 Let's find it. 833 00:36:03,275 --> 00:36:05,517 We transfer to the smaller survey boat, 834 00:36:05,551 --> 00:36:07,275 which is equipped with a magnetometer 835 00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:09,310 to scan for Rob and Don's wreck. 836 00:36:09,344 --> 00:36:10,551 Okay, here we go. 837 00:36:12,517 --> 00:36:14,793 Okay, Tow Fish is in. 838 00:36:14,827 --> 00:36:16,586 The sensor, known as a Tow Fish, 839 00:36:16,620 --> 00:36:19,896 will be pulled behind the boat to scan the seafloor. 840 00:36:23,551 --> 00:36:27,103 Covering a square mile of ocean is a slow methodical job 841 00:36:27,137 --> 00:36:29,517 that requires time and patience. 842 00:36:29,551 --> 00:36:32,517 Team member Val is the one with her eye on the needle. 843 00:36:34,931 --> 00:36:37,103 We're now in about 21 feet of water, Josh, 844 00:36:37,137 --> 00:36:38,620 just off of the reef. 845 00:36:38,655 --> 00:36:41,448 The previous wreckage we found being further inshore. 846 00:36:41,482 --> 00:36:43,827 Um, and what we're hoping is that the bigger part 847 00:36:43,862 --> 00:36:45,379 is actually down in the reef. 848 00:36:45,413 --> 00:36:47,655 Then, hopefully, we're, uh... 849 00:36:47,689 --> 00:36:48,827 on to a winner. 850 00:36:48,862 --> 00:36:51,310 And how does this factor into the search? 851 00:36:51,344 --> 00:36:54,068 Sorry. When we found Dory, one of our first jobs. 852 00:36:54,103 --> 00:36:55,241 You were the ones who found Dory? 853 00:36:55,275 --> 00:36:56,793 -We were the ones who first found Dory, yeah. -Wow. 854 00:36:56,827 --> 00:36:57,827 And we're still hunting Nemo. 855 00:36:59,655 --> 00:37:00,896 Just keeps swimming. 856 00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:07,379 Where are you, Mr. Cannon? 857 00:37:07,413 --> 00:37:09,000 You're out here somewhere. 858 00:37:15,448 --> 00:37:16,413 [device beeping] 859 00:37:18,793 --> 00:37:20,517 Something metallic down there. 860 00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:22,586 [device beeps] 861 00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:24,172 -Ooh, big hit. -[Rob] That sounds like we got a hit there. 862 00:37:24,206 --> 00:37:26,068 Something right there. Can we tag that? 863 00:37:26,103 --> 00:37:28,068 We can tag that now. Let's tag. 864 00:37:28,103 --> 00:37:29,586 And again. Can we circle around 865 00:37:29,620 --> 00:37:32,448 -and go over it again? -We can circle around and go back over it, yeah. 866 00:37:32,482 --> 00:37:36,068 Rob makes a U-turn to confirm the magnetometer hit. 867 00:37:39,551 --> 00:37:40,931 Okay, Don, we're on the spot now. 868 00:37:40,965 --> 00:37:41,896 -Let's see-- -[device beeps] 869 00:37:41,931 --> 00:37:43,310 -Yeah, we got a hit. -[Josh] Oh, there it is. 870 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:45,172 Hit again. In the same spot? 871 00:37:45,206 --> 00:37:46,965 Hit. Exactly the same spot. 872 00:37:48,379 --> 00:37:49,241 Time to get wet? 873 00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:50,000 It's time to get wet. 874 00:37:54,344 --> 00:37:55,413 [Josh] We drop anchor 875 00:37:55,448 --> 00:37:57,689 and the three of us prepare to dive into water 876 00:37:57,724 --> 00:38:00,413 that's barely hitting 45 degrees. 877 00:38:01,551 --> 00:38:02,931 I'm staying warm today. 878 00:38:02,965 --> 00:38:04,241 Dry suit, baby. 879 00:38:24,310 --> 00:38:26,482 The waters off Cornwall can be vicious. 880 00:38:26,517 --> 00:38:27,620 But, as you can see, 881 00:38:27,655 --> 00:38:29,689 that's not the case right now. 882 00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:31,793 That's because we're working in a tight window 883 00:38:31,827 --> 00:38:33,275 called slack tide, 884 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:34,413 with only a half an hour 885 00:38:34,448 --> 00:38:37,068 before the waves and current return. 886 00:38:37,103 --> 00:38:39,689 When they do, they'll either drag us out to sea 887 00:38:39,724 --> 00:38:42,034 or bash us against the reef wall. 888 00:39:08,172 --> 00:39:09,413 [Josh] We've brought metal detectors 889 00:39:09,448 --> 00:39:12,034 to find whatever set off the magnetometer, 890 00:39:12,068 --> 00:39:15,310 which may be buried under centuries of shifting sands. 891 00:40:15,379 --> 00:40:17,344 [Josh] The musket balls are exciting. 892 00:40:17,379 --> 00:40:19,965 But the die is something unique. 893 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,413 There's little that's more personal than this, 894 00:40:22,448 --> 00:40:24,551 something that a sailor held in his hand 895 00:40:24,586 --> 00:40:26,379 hundreds of years ago. 896 00:40:34,931 --> 00:40:36,620 To move a lot of sand in a hurry, 897 00:40:36,655 --> 00:40:38,862 Don brings over a motorized scooter. 898 00:40:47,965 --> 00:40:50,000 The blower moves some serious sand. 899 00:40:52,275 --> 00:40:54,586 Unfortunately, it moves it into our faces 900 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:56,931 and takes valuable seconds to settle. 901 00:40:56,965 --> 00:40:59,000 But it's worth it. 902 00:41:24,137 --> 00:41:26,034 After 300 years, 903 00:41:26,068 --> 00:41:28,620 there's not likely to be much left of any shipwreck. 904 00:41:28,655 --> 00:41:30,482 But these fragments of milled wood 905 00:41:30,517 --> 00:41:34,000 mean we may be exactly where we hoped to be. 906 00:41:46,620 --> 00:41:48,862 We continue to metal detect the seabed 907 00:41:48,896 --> 00:41:50,896 in hopes that there's more down here. 908 00:42:15,724 --> 00:42:16,689 [Josh] I hope you were impressed 909 00:42:16,724 --> 00:42:18,896 by my version of the Major-General's song 910 00:42:18,931 --> 00:42:21,172 fromPirates of Penzance. 911 00:42:21,206 --> 00:42:23,448 I also hope you don't think I did it in one take. 912 00:42:23,482 --> 00:42:25,275 ["I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" playing] 913 00:42:25,310 --> 00:42:26,275 ♪ I am the very model-- ♪ 914 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,241 Oh, [bleep]. 915 00:42:27,275 --> 00:42:29,862 ♪ Lot of news, lot of news Ah! ♪ 916 00:42:29,896 --> 00:42:30,655 ♪ With-- ♪ 917 00:42:30,689 --> 00:42:31,758 [bleeping] 918 00:42:32,517 --> 00:42:33,620 Almost had it. 919 00:42:33,655 --> 00:42:34,379 ♪ I know the-- ♪ 920 00:42:34,413 --> 00:42:35,517 [laughs in frustration] 921 00:42:35,551 --> 00:42:37,586 [humming] 922 00:42:40,896 --> 00:42:43,655 [singing incoherently] 923 00:42:45,275 --> 00:42:47,413 "Very good at physical and differential calculus." 924 00:42:47,448 --> 00:42:48,517 [bleep] 925 00:42:48,551 --> 00:42:51,000 [singing out of time] 926 00:42:51,034 --> 00:42:51,965 [fumbles lyrics] 927 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:53,413 [bleep] 928 00:42:53,448 --> 00:42:55,344 ["I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" continues playing] 929 00:42:55,379 --> 00:42:56,448 Long drive. 930 00:43:25,586 --> 00:43:27,241 [Josh] We're hoping the English Crown 931 00:43:27,275 --> 00:43:29,724 means that we're on top of a larger find. 932 00:43:31,413 --> 00:43:33,620 With only a few minutes of slack tide left, 933 00:43:33,655 --> 00:43:36,172 we continue to blow down into the sand 934 00:43:36,206 --> 00:43:38,724 and to frantically metal detect the bottom. 935 00:43:49,448 --> 00:43:51,379 [detector beeping] 936 00:44:23,896 --> 00:44:26,241 [Josh] We've just unearthed an Arabic coin, 937 00:44:26,275 --> 00:44:28,551 similar to the one Rob and Don found 938 00:44:28,586 --> 00:44:30,172 on their first dive here. 939 00:44:30,206 --> 00:44:31,827 It is a major find 940 00:44:31,862 --> 00:44:35,000 because Every's big score was theGanj-i Sawai, 941 00:44:35,034 --> 00:44:37,689 which was ladened with treasure from Arabia. 942 00:44:44,172 --> 00:44:47,206 The Arabic coin is a mind-blowing discovery. 943 00:44:47,241 --> 00:44:50,689 Unfortunately, it's the last thing we're going to find today. 944 00:45:05,724 --> 00:45:07,482 [Josh] The slack tide is ending 945 00:45:07,517 --> 00:45:10,241 and the current begins to pull us out to sea. 946 00:45:10,275 --> 00:45:13,034 We quickly surface and climb back aboard the boat 947 00:45:13,068 --> 00:45:14,827 to get a closer look at our haul. 948 00:45:18,724 --> 00:45:19,482 Let's start with that big coin. 949 00:45:21,344 --> 00:45:23,137 [Rob] I'm not sure what it looks to me. 950 00:45:23,172 --> 00:45:24,586 -[Josh] It's a cross. We have a cross. -Looks like a cross 951 00:45:24,620 --> 00:45:25,793 with the four shields, as well. 952 00:45:25,827 --> 00:45:27,827 -Yes. This is English, yes? -Yeah. 953 00:45:27,862 --> 00:45:29,379 [Josh] And this is who? This is, uh... 954 00:45:29,413 --> 00:45:30,448 [Rob] That would be William III. 955 00:45:30,482 --> 00:45:31,931 [Josh] William III. There's a three right there. 956 00:45:31,965 --> 00:45:32,931 This puts us in the period, yes? 957 00:45:32,965 --> 00:45:34,827 That puts us right bang-smack in the period. 958 00:45:34,862 --> 00:45:35,862 Couldn't be better. 959 00:45:35,896 --> 00:45:37,241 And look at this. Look at the condition of it. 960 00:45:37,275 --> 00:45:38,620 -I know-- -Just sitting down there. 961 00:45:38,655 --> 00:45:39,586 It's solid silver, 962 00:45:39,620 --> 00:45:41,241 so it's just clean as when it was minted. 963 00:45:41,275 --> 00:45:42,862 -Yeah. -Worn, but clean. 964 00:45:42,896 --> 00:45:44,862 [Rob] Yeah. It's just amazing. 965 00:45:44,896 --> 00:45:46,689 God, that is unbelievable. 966 00:45:47,724 --> 00:45:49,965 And then this is a die right? 967 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:51,379 [Rob] This, yeah, well, I wasn't sure at first, 968 00:45:51,413 --> 00:45:52,827 -'cause of its shape. -Right. It looked like a musket ball. 969 00:45:52,862 --> 00:45:54,620 You can see the little pin pricks in it. 970 00:45:54,655 --> 00:45:56,103 [Rob] It's just amazing. 971 00:45:56,137 --> 00:45:58,896 Because I believe that gambling was actually banned on pirate ships. 972 00:45:58,931 --> 00:45:59,793 Looking at the shape of it, 973 00:45:59,827 --> 00:46:00,965 I say it was probably a musket ball 974 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,448 and then they've just flattened it on the sides. 975 00:46:02,482 --> 00:46:03,931 -[Josh] Right! -That would make sense. 976 00:46:03,965 --> 00:46:05,310 It's unbelievable! 977 00:46:05,344 --> 00:46:06,931 -And... -And then this coin. 978 00:46:07,965 --> 00:46:10,206 [Josh] This was, I thought, the showstopper. 979 00:46:10,241 --> 00:46:11,758 [Rob] This is just amazing. 980 00:46:11,793 --> 00:46:14,413 -[Josh] This is Arabic script here, yes? -It is, isn't it? Yeah. 981 00:46:14,448 --> 00:46:15,482 This is definitely Mughal. 982 00:46:15,517 --> 00:46:16,655 There's no two ways about it. 983 00:46:16,689 --> 00:46:18,758 -This is a Mughal coin. -That is a Mughal coin. 984 00:46:18,793 --> 00:46:21,931 -This is as close to a smoking gun as we've seen. -That is. 985 00:46:21,965 --> 00:46:24,758 And tied in with those other coins is cast-iron proof 986 00:46:24,793 --> 00:46:28,724 that that has got to be off of one of the Every ships. 987 00:46:28,758 --> 00:46:31,482 Certainly, this Mughal Empire was huge. 988 00:46:31,517 --> 00:46:33,137 They were controlling a lot of trade. 989 00:46:33,172 --> 00:46:36,103 But taken with the musket balls and the cannons 990 00:46:36,137 --> 00:46:38,448 and the other coinage from the right period, 991 00:46:38,482 --> 00:46:40,275 it's hard to imagine this isn't part 992 00:46:40,310 --> 00:46:41,724 of the Henry Every story. 993 00:46:41,758 --> 00:46:42,862 So, now what? 994 00:46:42,896 --> 00:46:44,758 Well, now we have to continue mag-ing that area. 995 00:46:44,793 --> 00:46:46,551 And we need to find the rest of that vessel. 996 00:46:46,586 --> 00:46:48,310 Well, according to history, there's about... 997 00:46:48,344 --> 00:46:50,344 $100 million worth of it sitting out there. 998 00:46:50,379 --> 00:46:51,275 That'll be nice. 999 00:46:51,310 --> 00:46:52,758 It'd be really nice. 1000 00:46:52,793 --> 00:46:54,103 This may be just the beginning. 1001 00:46:54,137 --> 00:46:55,000 Let's just hope so. 1002 00:46:57,310 --> 00:46:58,413 -Nice work, brother. -We've done it. Yeah. 1003 00:46:58,448 --> 00:46:59,931 -Absolutely. Fantastic. -Awesome job. 1004 00:46:59,965 --> 00:47:01,379 -Nice one, Don. -Absolutely amazing. 1005 00:47:01,413 --> 00:47:02,241 Yeah. 1006 00:47:03,413 --> 00:47:04,413 Look at that. 1007 00:47:05,655 --> 00:47:09,379 Is this the resting place of Henry Every's last ship? 1008 00:47:09,413 --> 00:47:10,862 It just may be. 1009 00:47:10,896 --> 00:47:13,724 The necessary elements seem to be here. 1010 00:47:13,758 --> 00:47:18,413 Now it's up to Rob and Don to find the final pieces of the puzzle. 1011 00:47:20,103 --> 00:47:23,689 History tells us that Captain Henry Every was a vicious man 1012 00:47:23,724 --> 00:47:26,620 who thrived in a violent era. 1013 00:47:26,655 --> 00:47:29,034 But in the 17th century, as today, 1014 00:47:29,068 --> 00:47:30,793 even the most heinous of crimes 1015 00:47:30,827 --> 00:47:33,137 could be mistaken for entertainment. 1016 00:47:33,965 --> 00:47:35,965 Far from repulsing his peers, 1017 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,448 the tales of Henry Every's exploits inspired them, 1018 00:47:39,482 --> 00:47:43,413 ushering in what we now think of as the age of pirates. 1019 00:47:43,448 --> 00:47:45,896 Yet the archetype, the man himself 1020 00:47:45,931 --> 00:47:48,275 who committed the crime of his century, 1021 00:47:48,310 --> 00:47:51,379 simply disappeared from history. 1022 00:47:51,413 --> 00:47:54,724 So what really happened to Henry Every? 1023 00:47:54,758 --> 00:47:57,448 His remains an unfinished story, 1024 00:47:57,482 --> 00:47:59,344 albeit a bloody one. 1025 00:47:59,379 --> 00:48:00,862 But perhaps the happy ending 1026 00:48:00,896 --> 00:48:02,965 is reserved not for the pirate, 1027 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:04,448 but for the treasure hunters 1028 00:48:04,482 --> 00:48:07,448 who finally find his missing millions.