1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 In terms of the size of the treasure, how big is it likely to be? 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,000 It makes me wonder if Captain Kibble is standing right here. 3 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 I think I found something! 4 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 What do you got? 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Sounds hollow. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,000 We've got a huge hacker down here! 7 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Oh man, look at that! 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 Krzysztof I think he's not for the clusterfog. 9 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Come on! Look at that! 10 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,000 When it comes to pirates, most of what we believe to be true turns out to be just a fantasy 11 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,000 cooked up by authors and filmmakers. 12 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,000 Talking parrots, the peg legs, the long Rs. 13 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:14,000 All about as authentic as Johnny Depp's eyeliner. 14 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 But buried treasure, now that one's real. 15 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Thanks to one of the most notorious pirates in history. 16 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Captain Kibble. 17 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:30,000 For years, he sailed as a privateer for England. 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 A cruel captain. 19 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,000 He was feared by his enemies and hated by his crew. 20 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:41,000 In 1698, he became one of the most wanted men in the world. 21 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 He started hiding treasure. 22 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,000 By the time he was finally put on trial, he claimed he could retrieve a fortune 23 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,000 in gold and silver if he were set free. 24 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,000 But he wasn't. 25 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 He was hanged. 26 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:00,000 His body suspended over the River Thames as a gruesome warning to other would-be pirates. 27 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,000 As for his treasure, most of it was never recovered. 28 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:11,000 Now, researchers from New York to the Caribbean are combining historic documents 29 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 with cutting-edge technology to try to find the X that marks the spot. 30 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Dead men tell no tales. 31 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:24,000 But a few living ones are hoisting their sails in a bold new search for Captain Kid's lost loot. 32 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 And I'm climbing aboard. 33 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 My name is Josh Gates. 34 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Look at that! 35 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 With a degree in archaeology and a passion for exploration. 36 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 I have a tendency to end up in some very strange situations. 37 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,000 This is horrible. This is officially horrible. 38 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,000 My travels have taken me to the ends of the earth. 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Come on, it's back up! 40 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,000 As I investigate the greatest legends in history. 41 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 We're good to try, let's go! 42 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 This is Expedition Unknown. 43 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:06,000 My search for Captain Kid's treasure begins in a land long connected with pirates and profiteers. 44 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 The Hamptons. 45 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:14,000 This is Montauk on the eastern tip of Long Island. 46 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Life in this quiet town has centered around the sea for hundreds of years. 47 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,000 They've even got the postcard perfect lighthouse to prove it. 48 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 The winds have blown a lot of notorious characters through this area, 49 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 but none more famous than Captain William Kid. 50 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:32,000 If you were to ask me, have I heard of Captain Kid, I would say, of course. 51 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 But if you were to press me for any details from his life, 52 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 like most people I think I would come up pretty short. 53 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 You know, we tend to think of Kid as this bloodthirsty, swashbuckling pirate, 54 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 but in reality, he was just a New Yorker. 55 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Kid was born in Scotland, but in the 1680s he emigrated to America, 56 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,000 where he married a wealthy widow, had a daughter, 57 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,000 and appropriately enough for a pirate, lived on Wall Street. 58 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Kid inspired much of our fascination with pirates. 59 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Here we go. 60 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,000 Which carries on to this day. 61 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,000 Oh, there we go! 62 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:08,000 You know what that's called? 63 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,000 That's called a Yoho Hole in One. 64 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Well, I found Captain Kid's ship. 65 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,000 And I do mean kids. 66 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,000 All right, guys, come on, swap the decks. 67 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Load the cannons, let's go. 68 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 Pirate lore is part of the cultural fabric around here. 69 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,000 But the truth about Captain Kid is just as legendary. 70 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,000 Kid wasn't even a pirate, not really. 71 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 He was technically a privateer, 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,000 and the line between the two is blurry at best. 73 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,000 In Kid's case, he carried what was known as a letter of mark 74 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 from the British crown. 75 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,000 This was a document that gave him legal authority 76 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 to attack and plunder French vessels. 77 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 It's this very narrow license to steel 78 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,000 that enabled both Kid's livelihood and his downfall. 79 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Kid may have been a legal privateer, 80 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 but he wasn't very successful at it. 81 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,000 His ship, the Adventure Galley, captured very little treasure, 82 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,000 and a third of his crew died in a cholera outbreak. 83 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 He ended up sailing in the Indian Ocean 84 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 off the coast of France. 85 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,000 He was a pirate, but he was a pirate. 86 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 He was a pirate, and he was a pirate. 87 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,000 He ended up sailing in the Indian Ocean 88 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:21,000 off the coast of Madagascar in Africa. 89 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:24,000 And that's when his luck looked like it was about to change, 90 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:28,000 when he sees as a vessel known as the Cata Merchant. 91 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 The Cata Merchant was loaded with loot. 92 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,000 Problem was, it wasn't French, 93 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 though Kid didn't know that at the time. 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,000 It was owned by the East India Company, 95 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Britain's most powerful corporation. 96 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,000 With that one act, Kid crossed the line from privateer to pirate. 97 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 By the time Kid had sailed the Cata Merchant into the Caribbean, 98 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,000 he had been branded as the most wanted pirate in the world. 99 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:54,000 He ditched the boat and took a smaller vessel up the East Coast 100 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,000 toward New York and Boston in a desperate attempt to clear his name. 101 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:01,000 And somewhere along the way, he buried a lot of treasure. 102 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 And as a researcher, right here in Montauk, 103 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:06,000 who believes he may know where it's hidden. 104 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:13,000 I'm meeting engineer Andy Vaco, 105 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,000 who has spent 30 years hunting treasure all over the Northeast. 106 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,000 He's recovered thousands of dollars in colonial treasure. 107 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:24,000 And, no kidding, he's actually in the metal detecting Hall of Fame. 108 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 Okay, here we go. 109 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 Andy has spent years studying Captain Kid's movements in this area 110 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,000 and has a new theory about a major cache of Kid's loot 111 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,000 that's only a 10-minute hop from Long Island itself. 112 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Josh, we're coming up to an area right here that is Gardner's Island. 113 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:48,000 This is a place that we know 100% part of his treasure was buried. 114 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 We know it because it was actually recovered. 115 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:56,000 In 1699, as Kid is sailing up the East Coast to clear his name, 116 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:01,000 he sails past Long Island, as well as Block and Gardner's Islands just off the coast. 117 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 He buries some of his loot on Gardner's, 118 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,000 which was later discovered and documented by the island's owner. 119 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Well, I actually have a manifest of what was actually there to share with you. 120 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 So this is a manifest from Gardner's Island, 121 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:20,000 and it says they recovered gold, silver, all sorts of stuff. 122 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,000 And it was the inspiration for the concept of buried treasure. 123 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Before this, pirates weren't really known to bury treasure? 124 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,000 That's correct. They didn't. 125 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:31,000 Right. 126 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000 The discovery on Gardner's inspired writers like Robert Louis Stevenson, 127 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 the author of Treasure Island, 128 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:42,000 and in the process forever cemented the legend of pirates burying their treasure. 129 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,000 So are we going back to Gardner's Island? 130 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Well, we're going to be flying over Gardner's Island, but we're going to Block Island. 131 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 In the wake of the loot being found, Gardner's was searched top to bottom, 132 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:59,000 but Kid had also sailed to nearby Block Island for three days before pressing on. 133 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,000 So what was he doing there for three days? 134 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 He needed to resupply his ship. 135 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:06,000 He meets a woman by the name of Mercy Sands. 136 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 According to the historical record, 137 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:13,000 a resident of the island named Mercy Sands helped resupply Kid's ship. 138 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Sands later testified that his payment, he filled her apron with gold and treasure, 139 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:24,000 and it's entirely possible that Kid trusted her enough to bury even more on her property. 140 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Despite the fact that Kid spent days on Block Island, 141 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,000 most of the property there is privately owned and hasn't been systematically investigated, 142 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,000 until now. 143 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 Can you think there's more out there? 144 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 I do. 145 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 Wow. 146 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,000 Alright, I'm starting to see your interest here. 147 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 Yeah. 148 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 There she is. 149 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 Wheels down Block Island. 150 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 In the summer, this is a vacationers dream, 151 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,000 but in the off season, the population plummets to only a couple of hundred people 152 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 and a decidedly short list of taxi options. 153 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Andy, you may be slightly overestimating the amount of treasure 154 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 we're going to be hauling out of here today. 155 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 I hope we can fill this whole place up. 156 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,000 We have maps from 1661 showing the Sands plot being right here. 157 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 So this is the property of the woman that he gave treasure to. 158 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,000 That is correct. 159 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Mercy Sands, yeah. 160 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Smell the hay. 161 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Oh, and the animals. 162 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Yes, I can. 163 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I can smell both of them very strongly. 164 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Josh, this is it. 165 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,000 This is it? 166 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,000 This is it. 167 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Okay. 168 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,000 We finally arrive at Sands Pond, 169 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 where Mercy Sands original house stood back in 1699. 170 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Waiting for us is Andy's associate, 171 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 metal detecting legend Bill Ladd. 172 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Bill, how you doing? 173 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Bill Ladd, nice to meet you. 174 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Pleasure. 175 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 What's going on? 176 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Well, we're going to be doing some metal detecting here today. 177 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,000 And Bill's armed with some serious state of the art gear. 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 This thing is crazy. 179 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 What is this? 180 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,000 This is a pulse induction unit. 181 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 I don't think I've seen one like this before. 182 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 This is, this is crazy. 183 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,000 No, you don't get a search head any, 184 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 any bigger than that, I don't think. 185 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 That is gigantic. 186 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Usually the bigger the search head, the deeper you go. 187 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 So that's the power of knowledge. 188 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,000 That's the biggest, I've done the biggest one we had. 189 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,000 I'm not, I'm not touching that. 190 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,000 We begin searching the northwest corner of the property 191 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,000 near the footprint of the old Sands house. 192 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 So I got to say, these guys have put together 193 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,000 a pretty compelling theory here. 194 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 There's still a huge amount of area to search. 195 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,000 And the only way to do that when you're metal detecting 196 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 is to walk and scam. 197 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,000 I'm getting something here. 198 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Andy, Bill! 199 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 I got a hit here for sure. 200 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 I got a big shovel. 201 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Here we go. 202 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:02,000 That's the spot. 203 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 Oh, I just hit something. 204 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:12,000 There you go. 205 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,000 What is it? 206 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:14,000 What is it? 207 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,000 This is so old, it's encrusted. 208 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 See, this is the iron here. 209 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:20,000 Right. 210 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:22,000 It's got a gun shape, doesn't it? 211 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:23,000 That's pretty wild. 212 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:24,000 I don't recognize that. 213 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:25,000 It's not an ax head. 214 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,000 What? 215 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,000 And this could be 1600s. 216 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,000 I mean, that crust doesn't get there after just 100 years. 217 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 It actually does have a pistol shape to it. 218 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,000 This could be 300 years worth of rust on top of, 219 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,000 you know, a small boot pistol. 220 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,000 For now, a mystery, but definitely something very old, 221 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,000 concealed under all that rust. 222 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 And it does look a lot like a small pistol. 223 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,000 It does. 224 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Keep scamming this area for sure. 225 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 See what else is here. 226 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Bill, I think I found something. 227 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 What do you got? 228 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,000 You're right at the corner of the wall. 229 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Look at this. 230 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:08,000 It sounds hollow. 231 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 I mean, it is right at the base of this wall. 232 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 I mean, if you're going to bury something, 233 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:15,000 you're going to look for a rock, a marker. 234 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,000 That's not going to... 235 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:19,000 What if? 236 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000 Just what if? 237 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,000 You don't know. 238 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 I don't know. 239 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 In 30 seconds, we're going to know. 240 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Hold on. 241 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,000 There it is. 242 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 I've joined two professional metal detectorists 243 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:42,000 on my quest to find Captain Kidd's lost fortune. 244 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 They've brought me to Block Island, 245 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 where documents show the legendary pirate spent three days 246 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,000 and may have buried part of his vast treasure. 247 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Now, a search with high-powered equipment 248 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 appears to have just hit paydirt. 249 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Oh, wow. 250 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 What is that? 251 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Cleaver? 252 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 A knife of some kind? 253 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,000 You might be right. 254 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,000 It does look like that. 255 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,000 There's one of those things in colonial days 256 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,000 they stuck into the fire. 257 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,000 I think they call it a peel. 258 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:10,000 Look at that. 259 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,000 You can clearly see that it's a tool of some kind. 260 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,000 It's like a wooden handle, maybe would have gone in here. 261 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,000 This is all open. 262 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,000 This looks really old, 263 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,000 unless this is Captain Kidd's ping-pong paddle. 264 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Though, I don't think that we found his treasure. 265 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,000 Well, we're doing good. 266 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 We're doing fine. 267 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 We're finding all sorts of cool stuff. 268 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,000 Amazing stuff around here. 269 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,000 We're not getting rich off it yet, 270 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000 but we're finding great stuff. 271 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,000 We spend the rest of the day 272 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 sweeping Mercy Sands property. 273 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:38,000 I got something down here. 274 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,000 And continue to find fascinating 275 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 and historic artifacts from Kidd's era. 276 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Could be a piece of planning from a ship. 277 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,000 But no treasure. 278 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 However, Bill and Andy's search is just beginning. 279 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,000 If Captain Kidd did hide something here, 280 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,000 I'm confident that these guys will eventually 281 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,000 dig it up. 282 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,000 I'm sure they'll find something. 283 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 I'm sure they'll find something. 284 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,000 But I'm confident that these guys will eventually 285 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 dig it up. 286 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,000 And while they continue to look in New York, 287 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 I've just received a call from two prominent historians 288 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,000 following another lead. 289 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:12,000 One that suggests Kidd may have ditched his treasure 290 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,000 in warmer waters long before he sailed to New England. 291 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:20,000 Even before Captain Kidd dropped anchor here, 292 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:23,000 the Dominican Republic was a land of sugar cane, 293 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,000 rum, and tobacco. 294 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,000 Santo Domingo, the oldest European city in the Americas. 295 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,000 It was founded by Columbus, 296 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,000 eventually sacked by Francis Drake. 297 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:35,000 This is a place that is synonymous with explorers 298 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 and the American people. 299 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,000 And it's a place that is a place 300 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,000 that is a place that is a place that is a place 301 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 that is a place that is a place that is a place 302 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,000 that is synonymous with explorers and pirates. 303 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,000 The city boasts the oldest tavern in the New World, 304 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,000 the first university, and the first cathedral in the Americas. 305 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,000 Today, it is a quintessentially Caribbean port, 306 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 lots of life, lots of humidity, 307 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:05,000 and plenty of reminders of the country's swashbuckling past. 308 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,000 Hello. 309 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Coconut to go, please. 310 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Okay. 311 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 Good Lord, sir. 312 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 Thank you. 313 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,000 Thanks, brother. 314 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,000 You got food. 315 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:25,000 I will. Stay out of the heat, okay? 316 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 Nice to meet you. 317 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,000 Stay cool. 318 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:28,000 Next time. 319 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,000 Next time. 320 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:32,000 Fast food drive-through in this country is out of control. 321 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 So the plan now is to head about 75 miles due east, 322 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,000 almost to the end of the island, 323 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,000 to meet up with an explorer and an archaeologist 324 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 who are following new leads that Captain Kid's treasure 325 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 may be right here in the Caribbean. 326 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 In a small harbor on the Atlantic coast, 327 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:53,000 I approach historical archaeologist John DeBry, 328 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,000 and diving expert Bradley Williamson. 329 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:59,000 Together, they followed Kid's trail halfway around the world 330 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 and think the best shot to finding his loot is right here. 331 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,000 Captain Kid. 332 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,000 Yes. 333 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Before he went up to New York to try to clear his name 334 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,000 and ultimately, you know, died. 335 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Sure. 336 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 He was down here, right? 337 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 He was in the Caribbean. 338 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 Yes. 339 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,000 So how did he come to be down here? 340 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,000 So he comes down here from Madagascar, 341 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,000 arrives here in this part of the world 342 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,000 and finds out that he's been declared a pirate 343 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,000 by the English crown. 344 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 And it's going to be very difficult to clear his name. 345 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 While sailing in the Indian Ocean, 346 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Kid seizes a ship known as the Cater Merchant. 347 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 He believes it to be French, 348 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 which would make it fair game. 349 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,000 But it turns out to be the property of the East India Trading Company, 350 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,000 which means it's technically owned by the British, 351 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 who he works for. 352 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,000 So he's got this boat that he shouldn't have taken. 353 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Yes. 354 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,000 But it's loaded with loot. 355 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,000 Exactly. 356 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Yeah. 357 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 The Kid's got a big problem. 358 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 The Cater Merchant is unique looking for this region. 359 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,000 It looks very different. 360 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,000 And he knows that he's going to get caught 361 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 if he uses that ship. 362 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,000 Right. 363 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,000 This is like driving around in a flashy stolen car 364 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:01,000 with big rims on it, right? 365 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,000 Exactly. 366 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:03,000 So what does he do? 367 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,000 He lets the Cater Merchant right here in the Dominican Republic 368 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,000 and heads for New York. 369 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,000 And what becomes of the Cater Merchant? 370 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,000 Well, the Cater Merchant, unfortunately, 371 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,000 comes to kind of a sad end. 372 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,000 She's anchored right over here, 373 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:17,000 but she gets looted, she's set a drift, set on fire, 374 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 and ultimately, she sinks just a few kilometers from here. 375 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,000 And that wreck has been found? 376 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,000 Yes, it has. 377 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:26,000 The wreck has been found and she's been securely identified, 378 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 so we know it is the Cater Merchant. 379 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:29,000 And so what's the plan today? 380 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,000 What are we doing today? 381 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,000 The plan for today is to go out and dive on the Cater Merchant. 382 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 And if you want to learn about Captain Kid, 383 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 this is a chance to dive on his actual ship. 384 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,000 We board Captain Bradley's boat 385 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 and steer toward the final resting place of Kid's ship. 386 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:48,000 This historic wreck was first discovered less than 10 years ago 387 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,000 and is still being studied and excavated. 388 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,000 But this isn't just a sightseeing trip. 389 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:57,000 It's part of Brad and John's plan to locate Kid's hidden riches. 390 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 So how does this shipwreck potentially help us to find his treasure? 391 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,000 We know that before it sank, 392 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,000 this vessel was anchored off Mona Island for a couple weeks. 393 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,000 And what's he doing there for two weeks? 394 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:07,000 That's a good question. 395 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 It's a long-held belief that he may have buried some of his treasure on Mona Island. 396 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Mona Island, halfway between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, 397 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:20,000 was well known in Kid's era as a hideout for pirates and privateers. 398 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,000 And it's where Kid and the Cater Merchant laid low 399 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:26,000 before he abandoned his ship off the Dominican Republic. 400 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:29,000 After a couple of weeks on Mona Island, 401 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 a bad storm came through. 402 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Right. 403 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,000 So he cut two of his anchor cables. 404 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,000 Those two anchors have never been found, 405 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,000 so we don't know where he was anchored. 406 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:43,000 It's entirely possible that Kid stashed his treasure while on Mona Island. 407 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 And considering the weight and size of the loot, 408 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,000 it was likely hidden near wherever he anchored. 409 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,000 A ship the size of the Cater Merchant would have had up to six anchors, 410 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:55,000 identical in size and make. 411 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:59,000 This means that when Kid cut two anchors in the storm at Mona Island, 412 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,000 he inadvertently left two fingerprints at the seam. 413 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,000 But before we go looking for them, we need to know what they look like. 414 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,000 If we can examine the anchors on the wreck of the Cater Merchant, 415 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:16,000 we can then go to Mona Island and try to find Kid's lost anchors there. 416 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,000 By matching the anchors at both sites, 417 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,000 we'll learn where Kid was posted up and where he likely hid his loot. 418 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:30,000 We arrive at the wreck site and immediately prepare to dive. 419 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:35,000 But we have to move fast because a report says that serious weather is headed our way. 420 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Okay, we're heading up to the wreck. 421 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,000 Okay, here we go. 422 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,000 Because the ship burned before it sank, 423 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,000 nothing is left of its wooden hull, 424 00:19:56,000 --> 00:20:00,000 but the rest of its metallic cargo should still be intact. 425 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Suddenly, three centuries after its tragic fate, 426 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:24,000 we come face to face with the ghostly remains of a real-life pirate ship. 427 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:39,000 My quest for Captain Kid's treasure has taken me to the Dominican Republic 428 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:44,000 and the exact spot where Kid's ship, the Cater Merchant, burned and sank. 429 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:48,000 Its anchors may be the key to finding a hidden trove of Kid's loot. 430 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 Oh my God, look at that! 431 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,000 It's gorgeous. 432 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:59,000 It's heavily encrusted, but you can clearly make out that it's a cannon. 433 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Absolutely awesome. 434 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,000 Cannons like these had barrels over nine feet long, 435 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:12,000 and the Cater Merchant had 30 of them mounted and ready for a fight at the drop of a hat. 436 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:15,000 You did not want to mess with this ship. 437 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Hey Josh, come over here. This is the main deposit of the lake. 438 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 Now be a... 439 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Look at that! 440 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,000 This one there and another, and they're all just piled up on top of each other. 441 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:36,000 The way the cannons are, are way, I think they're in the hole. 442 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,000 We found the cannons, so hopefully the anchors will be close by. 443 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,000 We fan out to look, and sure enough... 444 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,000 Josh, look, we got an anchor! 445 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Look at that! 446 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:54,000 You can clearly see the arms, and you can see where the shank goes back here. 447 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 No doubt about it, that's a huge anchor! 448 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 Absolutely, fantastic. 449 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,000 A telltale sign of the anchor's age is the absence of an iron crossbeam. 450 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:09,000 In Kid's time, those beams were made of wood, which means it rotted away long ago. 451 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:17,000 The weather above the surface is turning darker, and we may only have scant minutes before conditions turn for us down below. 452 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 John hurries to take precise measurements of the anchor. 453 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:27,000 Hey, it looks like the shank is about six inches, and the flukes and the arms? 454 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 Oh my god, they're about three feet on each side. 455 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 It's huge! 456 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 She's quite large, yes. 457 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:40,000 These measurements give us a great blueprint for other anchors that may have nailed the ship. 458 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Copy that. 459 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 One astral! One astral! 460 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,000 The storm we've been fearing is almost on top of us. 461 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,000 We try to outrun it before it hits, and we almost make it. 462 00:22:57,000 --> 00:23:01,000 We're trying to cross back to the mainland in a lightning storm. 463 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,000 Nobody's touching any of the battle of the boat. 464 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 Wait a minute, let me grab this and hold onto you. 465 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,000 I don't think the hard stuff's going to come down for a while. 466 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:17,000 We manage to pass through the storm without getting fried and return to shore. 467 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:26,000 Tomorrow we'll sail to remote and mysterious Mona Island, where Captain Kid dropped two of his anchors and perhaps a whole lot of treasure. 468 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Okay, you excited about today, buddy? 469 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Yeah, let's do it, man. 470 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Okay, sounds good. 471 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:39,000 As the sun comes up, we regroup on the dock with a slight change of crew. 472 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000 Bradley will lead the charge while John stays on the mainland. 473 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:48,000 We load up a considerable amount of gear and set sail on a four-hour trip to Mona Island. 474 00:23:48,000 --> 00:24:01,000 For this investigation, we're joined by experienced diver and treasure hunter Jose Salabari, 475 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,000 who knows the dangerous waters around Mona better than anyone. 476 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Let's talk about where we're going. 477 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 Why was this a pirate stronghold? 478 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000 It's very remote, very isolated. 479 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000 The geology of the island is really unique. 480 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 There's a lot of caves that go back miles in date. 481 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 This is where you'd want to go to hide something. 482 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:20,000 Pirate paradise. 483 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,000 Yes. 484 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:29,000 The thinking is that since his treasure was likely extremely heavy, Kid wouldn't have looked at Miles inland, 485 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:37,000 which makes locating where he moored the Cata Merchant critical for Greg and Jose's mission, and that means finding the anchors. 486 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Now we have a great idea of what this anchor looks like on the Cata Merchant, right? 487 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,000 The question is how confident are you that there are other anchors from this ship out at Mona Island? 488 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000 I have seen anchors before. 489 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 The loop, very old to me. 490 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 We can probably see we can match them up. 491 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:58,000 Jose has recorded anchors in various positions around the island on previous scans. 492 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,000 But whether they're from the Cata Merchant, that's what we're here to find out. 493 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:09,000 After hours on the featureless sea, a mesmerizing sight looms ahead. 494 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Sheer cliffs reach up from the depths and tower over our vessel. 495 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:19,000 This is the imposing edge of Mona Island. 496 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Uninhabited by humans and home to a host of people, 497 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000 Mona is nature at its most unforgiving. 498 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 We navigate around to Mona's protected southern side, 499 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:39,000 careful to avoid the island's treacherous reefs. 500 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,000 Okay, so what's the plan, boys? 501 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,000 We're here at the dive site. 502 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000 This is the leeward side of the island. 503 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,000 As you can see, we still have a little swells, but it's a lot more calm. 504 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000 It's a lot more calm. 505 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,000 The visibility is still pretty good. 506 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000 We're here at the dive site. 507 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:54,000 We're here to anchor. 508 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:59,000 This will be the side, but you can see there's still a lot of area for us to cover from both sides. 509 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000 I say we get in the water and just start doing a search pattern. 510 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,000 We can find those two anchors that it should be here. 511 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,000 We can match it up with the anchor that we saw over in the Dominican Republic. 512 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,000 Got it. 513 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,000 To help us cover a vast amount of underwater territory, 514 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,000 Jose has brought something to give us a little extra kick. 515 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 We have some direct propulsion vehicles. 516 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,000 We have a lot of equipment, but we're not sure if we're going to be able to do anything. 517 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 Direct propulsion vehicles or DPVs. 518 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:29,000 This is really going to help us to be able to cover more terrain, less exertion. 519 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,000 So in other words, underwater jetpacks? 520 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Pretty much. 521 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:33,000 That could be underwater jetpacks. 522 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,000 Perfect. 523 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,000 All right, let's do it. 524 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Okay, let's see what these DPVs can do. 525 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:49,000 Just flip the switch on the side there and hang on. 526 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:55,000 Okay, here we go. 527 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:02,000 This isn't diving, it's flying. 528 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:11,000 Jose, I'm never getting this thing back to you. 529 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:16,000 Let me keep it. 530 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:24,000 I've got that on record, Jose. 531 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Okay, Brad, what's the plan? 532 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:38,000 Plan is to go along the reef, look for anything made down here, any anchors, any wreckage. 533 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Yeah, if you see an anchor, it'll probably be very gross and it'll be part of the reef. 534 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 So very carefully. 535 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:50,000 Good, Matt, okay. 536 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000 We begin looking for the anchors along the ocean floor. 537 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,400 The propulsion units allow us to do what earlier treasure hunters couldn't, systematically 538 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:05,000 scan a large area in a short amount of time. 539 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:11,000 We come across some of the discarded anchors that Jose has previously spotted. 540 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,000 They don't match the ones we saw on Kid Shipwreck. 541 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:17,000 Looks like we got a lot of reefs in here. 542 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:22,000 Okay, let's go ahead and mark those DPVs and have a careful look around here. 543 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:34,000 Copy that. 544 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:38,000 I'll go over here to the right. Brad, you want to honk left? 545 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:43,000 We expend five tanks of air each to search the leeward side of Mona Island without results, 546 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000 and our supplies are running low. 547 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,000 That isn't our only problem, though. 548 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,000 I feel a wicked current down here. 549 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000 Yeah, the surge is pretty bad. 550 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaking up, visibility's gone way down. 551 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 These currents have slammed ships into reefs for centuries. 552 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,000 If they get worse, they could cut our whole expedition short. 553 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,000 Hey, Brad, get over here! 554 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,000 We got something! Okay, come here! 555 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,000 We've got a huge anchor down here! 556 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:24,000 Just offshore, remote Mona Island in the Caribbean, 557 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:29,000 I'm looking for anchors left here by Captain Kid over 300 years ago. 558 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,000 We've previously studied an actual anchor from Kid Shipwreck in the Dominican Republic, 559 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,000 and a team of researchers believe that finding a matching anchor here at Mona 560 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:43,000 may pinpoint the part of the island where the pirate hid a legendary treasure. 561 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,000 Hey, Brad, get over here! 562 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,000 We got something! Okay, come here! 563 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,000 We've got a huge anchor down here! 564 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,000 Look at that! This is absolutely amazing! 565 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:10,000 Looks very similar in size to the one we saw in the Dominican Republic, no? 566 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000 Sure does. Looks almost identical. 567 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,000 I don't see a crossbar on here. 568 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,000 No crossbar, you're right. There's probably an opening for it here, 569 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:23,000 but since it was made out of wood, it would have run away a long time ago. 570 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:29,000 The anchor matches the design and dimensions of the ones from Kid Shipwreck to a T, 571 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:34,000 and we may very well be at the site where he cut anchor in 1699. 572 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:39,000 With the currents kicking up, we finish our measurements as quickly as possible. 573 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,000 We're getting bait down here, guys, as swells are getting worse and worse. 574 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,000 We each will be caught by the air and held to the surface. 575 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,000 Roger that. Copy that. 576 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,000 Okay, here we go. Let's get out of here. 577 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000 We have an anchor down there. 578 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,000 We did. We have an anchor. 579 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,000 It's beautiful. 580 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,000 We're all smiling from ear to ear right now. 581 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000 I mean, it's nuts. That could be Kid's anchor. 582 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 That could be Kid's anchor. That's crazy. 583 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:08,000 I mean, it looks like almost the same size. 584 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,000 It's missing that crossbar. 585 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,000 The anchor looks almost exactly identical to the anchor that we saw in the Dominican Republic. 586 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000 I mean, if you look in from here, you can see caves. There, there, there. 587 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000 You're right. 588 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000 Right? Excellent. 589 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,000 I mean, it's just riddled with them. 590 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,000 Yeah. 591 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:36,000 We docked the boat on a long abandoned pier about a half a mile from the caves, 592 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:42,000 and we unload onto Mona, where we'll spend the night near where Captain Kid himself may have made camp. 593 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000 It's a spooky place. 594 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,000 Other than the pier and the rusted remains of a derelict lighthouse and the cliffs above, 595 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000 we're totally alone out here. 596 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000 Well, maybe not totally. 597 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,000 All right, what's going to come and kill me in the middle of the night, Jose? 598 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Well, we got no mosquitoes. 599 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Good? 600 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000 This is good. 601 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,000 Zika-free. 602 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,000 I love that. 603 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,000 So that's it. Nothing dangerous here. 604 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,000 Not really. 605 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,000 Not really other than... 606 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,000 What do you mean, not really? 607 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000 Well, there's wild boars. 608 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,000 There's wild boars? 609 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000 There are wild boars on the island. 610 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000 Those are known to be super friendly. 611 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000 We have some endemic iguana. 612 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,000 How big do they get? 613 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:25,000 There could be, no, more like in the four to five foot size. 614 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,000 It's very common. 615 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:27,000 Hold on a second. 616 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,000 Four to five feet long? 617 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000 Yeah, they look like little Komodo dragons. 618 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,000 Okay, yeah. 619 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,000 If anyone needs me, I'll just be crying in the tent. 620 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Okay. 621 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,000 Good night, boys. Good luck with the giant iguanas. 622 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,000 Morning. 623 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,000 Let's go find some treasure. 624 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:00,000 While Jose remains stationed at camp, Brad and I hike into the wilderness. 625 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:05,000 He believes that the most probable sight for a kid to have hidden his treasure is the caves. 626 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000 So we make for one of the entrances we saw from the water. 627 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000 The wilderness of Mona Island is an eerie realm, 628 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:19,000 dominated by hermit crabs and patrolled by giant iguanas. 629 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,000 And home to a maze. 630 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000 This one eons in the making. 631 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:31,000 The perfect hiding place for a stash of stolen millions. 632 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,000 Wow, look at that. 633 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:52,000 My quest for Captain Kid's treasure has led me to possibly the most isolated place in the Caribbean, Mona Island. 634 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,000 To a labyrinth of caves where Captain Kid might have stashed a trove of treasure. 635 00:33:58,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Wow. 636 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,000 Look at that. 637 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,000 Well, we're looking for a pirate cave. 638 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:06,000 I mean, you can't get much more goonies than that, can you? 639 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000 You're thinking the same thing I am. You ready to go in? 640 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000 Yeah, let's go check it out. Come on, let's do it. 641 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,000 Sounds great. Wow. 642 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:16,000 Erosion has boarded out over 200 limestone caverns that ring the island. 643 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,000 Fortunately, these caves are 200 feet above sea level, 644 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000 so any treasure Kid might have left will still be high and dry. 645 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,000 Oh, Brad, come here. Look at this. 646 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,000 Look at this. 647 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,000 Holy. Oh. 648 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,000 That's carved. 649 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:31,000 Wow. 650 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,000 Look at that. 651 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,000 It's a turtle. 652 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,000 There's more of it. 653 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,000 See there? 654 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000 Oh, yeah, yeah. 655 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,000 This cave is just covered in native art. 656 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000 This is absolutely incredible. 657 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,000 I knew there was lines in there. You see that? 658 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,000 This is really old native art. This is probably Taíno. 659 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000 Holy smoke. 660 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,000 The Taíno were the original native people of the Caribbean, 661 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000 but they disappeared from Mona well before Kid's time, 662 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,000 tragic victims of disease and conquest. 663 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:59,000 Cave art such as this, though, would be valuable to pirates as markers, 664 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,000 landmarks to note where they've hidden treasure. 665 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,000 So, Brad, in terms of the size of the treasure, 666 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,000 how big is it likely to be? You know, what are we looking at? 667 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:15,000 According to records, 668 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,000 he had about 2,200 ounces of silver on the vessel. 669 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,000 And you take into account this is a real piece of eight. 670 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000 This is one of the first pieces of treasure that I found. 671 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:28,000 Pieces of eight were silver Spanish coins worth eight reals. 672 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,000 They were the currency of choice in the 17th century Caribbean 673 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 among both traders and pirates. 674 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 2,200 of these. 675 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,000 2,200 of these. 676 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:37,000 Right. Plus all the gold. 677 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,000 Plus all the gold. 678 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,000 Plus the silks. 679 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,000 Plus the jewelry. 680 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Plus what else? You know, who knows? 681 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:46,000 So either it's one massive hiding spot or it's split up. 682 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000 I'm going to go with the fact that it's probably split up 683 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,000 because Captain Kid was known to be very cautious. 684 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,000 Right. 685 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,000 And he wouldn't hide everything in just one spot. 686 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,000 So this is the pirate version of diversifying your portfolio. 687 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Exactly. I like that. I like that. 688 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,000 Well, that's good for us. 689 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,000 Maybe more things to find. 690 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Well, let's find out. 691 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000 Okay, okay. We got it. 692 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,000 We got it. 693 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:12,000 We break out the metal detectors and see if we can pick up a trail 694 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,000 that might lead to signs of Kid's presence or his treasure. 695 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000 Keep going. I'll look at you. 696 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000 Watch your head. 697 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:33,000 It's amazing. There's just endless array of caverns here. 698 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,000 Keeps going. 699 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,000 Okay. 700 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:45,000 Well, this is officially a challenging cave. 701 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,000 Great. 702 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,000 Every single room you push into, there's more chambers coming off to the side. 703 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,000 There's more pockets in the ceiling. 704 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,000 I mean, you could be down here a lifetime 705 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000 and I don't think you would have seen it all. 706 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000 I agree. 707 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000 The caves seem to go on forever. 708 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,000 It would be easy to get seriously lost in here. 709 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:04,000 Treasure hunting is not for the claustrophobic. 710 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,000 With all this real estate to cover, 711 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,000 it seems like the only way to find something is by accident. 712 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,000 But then again, accidents happen. 713 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,000 I got a hit here. 714 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,000 You do? 715 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 Yeah, I got a strong hit here. 716 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:22,000 I got a hit here. 717 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 I got a hit here. 718 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,000 I got a strong hit here. 719 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,000 I got a strong hit here. 720 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,000 Everyone turn my detector off. 721 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 Yeah, let me get the pen pointer. 722 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 You get something right there. 723 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,000 That's a good solid hit. 724 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:40,000 Oh, what are you? 725 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 What is that? 726 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000 It's a metal? 727 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,000 Wait a minute, wait a minute. 728 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,000 There's some markings out of it. 729 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 Holy smoke buddy. 730 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:50,000 Look at that. 731 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,000 There is a cross right there. 732 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,000 That is a cross. 733 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000 In a cave on a deserted Caribbean island 734 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000 near where Captain Kinn once anchored his ship, 735 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000 I found what could be the last remnant of treasure 736 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000 from his days of piracy on the high seas. 737 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,000 Is this a piece of day? 738 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,000 Yes. 739 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000 You got a piece of day there, but that is a piece of day. 740 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,000 Come on. 741 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,000 Look at that. 742 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,000 Look at that. 743 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000 There's a castle and a line, a castle and a line. 744 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000 That's where the two provinces of Spain can still only owe. 745 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,000 Yeah, yeah, I can see the castle. 746 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Look at that. 747 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,000 Yeah. 748 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,000 Holy. 749 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,000 That's buried treasure. 750 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,000 Congratulations buddy, join the club. 751 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,000 Join the club buddy. 752 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 Oh man, that is awesome. 753 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,000 This could be no joke, a part of kids' treasure. 754 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,000 Yes, you've got a buried treasure buddy. 755 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,000 This is an amazing discovery. 756 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,000 A piece of aid lying hundreds of feet inside a cavern 757 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:55,000 that takes some contortion to even access. 758 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,000 It's hard to think that this is here by accident. 759 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000 I can tell you one thing, we are never leaving this cave. 760 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:04,000 Get more batteries, get some food provisions up here. 761 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,000 We live here now. 762 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 We're spending the rest of our lives here. 763 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,000 We're hunting for treasure here until the day that we die. 764 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Right, that's what's going to happen. 765 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000 This coin alone is valuable, but is it from Captain Kidd's hoard? 766 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:19,000 There's no way to know until the entire area is excavated. 767 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,000 We make a dent scanning this chamber for another day 768 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,000 where we find curious scraps of rusted metal. 769 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000 Iron plating or sheeting maybe? 770 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,000 But much more work needs to be done here. 771 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,000 And with the island's caves protected, it may be a long road ahead. 772 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,000 We eventually make our way out of the cave system 773 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,000 and discover another treasure that might have belonged to Kidd. 774 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,000 The view. 775 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,000 Look at that. 776 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,000 That's a view right there. 777 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000 Yeah, I just think of it. 778 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000 Captain Kidd's vessel would have been parked right there. 779 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Based on the anchor, it would have been parked right there. 780 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Well, if that anchor is from his ship, then it was. 781 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000 Yeah. 782 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,000 When the Cade of Merchant was anchored in the waves below us, 783 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,000 Kidd was a branded criminal fleeing for his life. 784 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000 But Brad has one more piece of pirate lore to reveal. 785 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000 Something that he claims would have been even more precious to Captain Kidd 786 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,000 than anything he might have buried on Mona Island. 787 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,000 And you would have been the most valuable thing on that ship? 788 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000 The most valuable thing on the ship? 789 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000 The most valuable thing on the ship. 790 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,000 I'm going to go with a gigantic piece of gold. 791 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000 That's a good choice, but actually it's this. 792 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:26,000 This? 793 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,000 Yes. 794 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,000 Bradley shows me a copy of what's known as a French pass. 795 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000 It was a document on board the Cade of Merchant 796 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,000 that convinced Kidd that taking the ship was legal. 797 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:39,000 Presenting this piece of paper at his trial 798 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 would have exonerated him on charges of piracy. 799 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000 So this is really what identified the Cade of Merchant as a French ship? 800 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,000 Yes, it did have these passes on board. 801 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:48,000 It had French papers? 802 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,000 Yes, it had French papers. 803 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Why didn't he use this at his trial? 804 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000 He wanted to, but this mysteriously disappeared. 805 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Unfortunately, Kidd turned the document over to authorities 806 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 when he was arrested in Boston. 807 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:04,000 And when he appeared in court, it had conveniently disappeared. 808 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:06,000 But not forever. 809 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,000 In 1911, the pass was rediscovered in the British Public Archives. 810 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000 Over 200 years too late to help Captain Kidd. 811 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,000 So if he had this, he might not have hanged? 812 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:20,000 It was the most precious thing to him because it could have saved his life. 813 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,000 Right. 814 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,000 Kidd was taken to England and executed. 815 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:28,000 His body suspended over the River Thames as a warning to other pirates. 816 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:33,000 But the discovery of the French pass means Kidd may actually have been an innocent, 817 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,000 though unpleasant man. 818 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:39,000 By snuffing him out, the British crown fanned the flames of a legend 819 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:45,000 that has endured for 300 years and inspired explorers to seek out Kidd's buried treasure. 820 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:49,000 Now, it seems we might be close to digging it up.