Nelson: ON THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA...
Nelson: WOW! LOOK AT THIS PLACE, HUH?
...SWASHBUCKLER HENRY MORGAN'S PIRATE FORTUNE
HAS BEEN LOST TO HISTORY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NOBODY IS LOOKING HERE.
THIS IS WHERE CAPTAIN MORGAN WAS FROM.
NOW, WE'RE DIVING TO THE DEPTHS OF A SUNKEN CITY...
GOLD COIN?
...AND SNAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE LIMESTONE BEDROCK...
OH, MY GOD, IT JUST KEEPS GOING.
ON A HIGH-TECH TREASURE HUNT...
DUDE, I'M SEEING TONS OF STUFF HERE.
...TO UNCOVER THE INFAMOUS MORGAN'S MILLIONS...
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
"X" MARKS THE SPOT.
BURIED DEEP BELOW THE EARTH'S SURFACE,
THERE ARE COUNTLESS UNSOLVED MYSTERIES.
AND TODAY, WE FINALLY HAVE THE TOOLS TO UNLOCK THEM.
THAT'S AMAZING.
IT'S SUPER DEEP!
I'M ROB NELSON, A SCIENTIST AND EXPLORER
INVESTIGATING OUR PLANET'S HIDDEN DEPTHS.
-GETTING DEEPER. -HOLY MOLY, STEFAN.
Nelson: AND HELPING ME UNCOVER THESE SUBTERRANEAN SECRETS
IS TECH SPECIALIST STEFAN BURNS.
OH, MY GOD. LOOK AT THAT!
Nelson: TOGETHER...
I GOT SOMETHING!
...WE ARE UNCOVERING NEW LEADS IN OUR QUEST
TO SOLVE EARTH'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES.
-THERE WE GO. -WHOO!
Nelson: THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF THE UNDERGROUND.
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JAMAICA, LAND OF TURQUOISE WATERS
AND SOFT-SAND BEACHES.
STEFAN AND I HAVE COME TO THIS TROPICAL PARADISE
IN SEARCH OF THE VAST RICHES
OF ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS PIRATES OF ALL TIME,
HENRY MORGAN.
CAPTAIN MORGAN WAS A WELSH-BORN MARINER
WHO MADE A FORTUNE RAIDING SHIPS AND SETTLEMENTS
IN THE NEW WORLD IN THE LATE 17th CENTURY.
STARTING IN 1663, MORGAN LED INSURGENT CAMPAIGNS
AGAINST THE WORLD'S MIGHTIEST MILITARY FORCE AT THE TIME --
SPAIN.
THE DARING CAPTAIN WOULD ATTACK AND PLUNDER SPANISH COLONIES
THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN
AND THE AMERICAS,
TAKING AS MANY GOLD COINS, SILVER BULLION,
AND PRECIOUS GEMS AS HE COULD FIND.
BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1688,
HE HAD CAPTURED A FORTUNE WORTH MILLIONS IN TODAY'S DOLLARS.
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Nelson: WOW, LOOK AT THIS PLACE, HUH?
CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS PLACE FULL OF PIRATES?
WHILE SOME OF MORGAN'S LOOT HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR,
IT'S RUMORED THAT HE MADE OFF WITH UNTOLD RICHES
AFTER ONE OF THE MOST DARING AND SUCCESSFUL RAIDS OF HIS CAREER
ON PANAMA CITY,
A WEALTHY ENCLAVE ON THE SPANISH MAIN.
IN 2008, ARCHEOLOGISTS LOCATED A SHIPWRECK
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CHAGRES RIVER,
THE ONLY WATERWAY THAT LED TO MORGAN'S TARGET.
THE VESSEL WAS SUSPECTED TO BE MORGAN'S FLAGSHIP, SATISFACTION.
BUT, WHILE THERE WERE CANNONS AND CHESTS,
THE PRICELESS SPANISH GOLD AND SILVER WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
LOOK AT THIS HUGE CANNON.
WOW!
Burns: YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END
OF ONE OF THESE GUYS.
NO, YOU WOULD NOT.
THIS WOULD SPELL DESTRUCTION FOR SURE.
SO, WE'VE COME TO JAMAICA,
THE ISLAND MORGAN CALLED HOME FOR DECADES,
IN SEARCH OF CLUES THAT COULD LEAD US
TO THE CAPTAIN'S RUMORED MISSING FORTUNE.
WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY NOBODY IS LOOKING HERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE CAPTAIN MORGAN WAS FROM.
THIS IS WHERE HE SET UP SHOP.
THIS IS WHERE ALL THE PIRATES WERE.
THIS SEEMS THE LOGICAL PLACE.
MORGAN'S BASE OF OPERATIONS
WAS THE ONCE THRIVING CITY OF PORT ROYAL,
THEN KNOWN AS "THE WICKEDEST PLACE ON EARTH."
NOW A SLEEPY FISHING VILLAGE ACROSS THE HARBOR FROM KINGSTON,
300 YEARS AGO, THIS FORTIFIED SPIT OF LAND
WAS THE PLACE TO BE FOR THE PIRATES
OPERATING IN THE CARIBBEAN.
AFTER SUCCESSFUL RAIDS, PIRATES WOULD DESCEND ON THE CITY,
EAGER TO SPEND THEIR LOOT, MOSTLY ON BOOZE AND WOMEN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, I'VE ALWAYS, AS A KID,
REALLY WANTED TO FIND PIRATE TREASURE.
I'M PRETTY SURE EVERY KID HAS ALWAYS WANTED
TO FIND PIRATE TREASURE.
WITH YOUR GEO-PHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY
AND THE ACCESS THAT WE HAVE,
I THINK THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
THAT WE MIGHT ACTUALLY FIND SOMETHING.
SO WE HEAD JUST OFFSHORE
TO THE SITE WE THINK HOLDS THE MOST PROMISE OF LOOT --
THE SUNKEN PORTION OF PORT ROYAL.
SO RIGHT NOW, JUST UNDER THE WATER,
WE KNOW THERE'S BASICALLY PART OF PORT ROYAL.
JUST BEFORE NOON ON JUNE 7, 1692,
A CATASTROPHIC SERIES OF EVENTS STRUCK THIS SPOT.
A 7.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ROCKED THE CITY,
FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY A GIANT TSUNAMI.
AND IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, 2/3 OF PORT ROYAL SUNK
40 FEET INTO THE SEA, SHOPS AND TAVERNS
AND ALL OF THEIR GOLD AND SILVER SUDDENLY GONE.
COULD ANY OF THAT STILL LIE BELOW THE WATER
IN THE SUNKEN CITY?
SOMEBODY DID FIND GOLD HERE RECENTLY
AND THAT THEY WEREN'T USING TECH,
THEY JUST FOUND IT ON THE BEACH.
USING THE TECH THAT WE HAVE, IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE COULD SCAN
RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF SOME PIRATE TREASURE.
OVERALL, LESS THAN 10% OF THE UNDERWATER CITY
HAS BEEN EXCAVATED,
LEAVING MORE THAN 90% UNTOUCHED AND RIPE FOR EXPLORATION.
WE'VE MANAGED TO SECURE ACCESS TO THE SITE
FROM THE JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT, A RARE FEAT.
WE'LL BE ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF TEAMS TO EVER DIVE HERE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE SIDE-SCAN SONAR HERE.
SWEET!
WE'LL DROP THE SONAR OFF THE SIDE OF THE BOAT.
IT WILL SCAN THE SURFACE BELOW
AND HELP US MAP THE REMNANTS OF PORT ROYAL.
STEFAN WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO DIRECT ME
THROUGH AN IN-MASK COMM SYSTEM
TO SPOTS THAT SEEM PROMISING TO LOOK FOR LOOT.
AND I'LL BE ABLE TO DO MY OWN SCAN OF THE SEAFLOOR.
THIS IS MY METAL DETECTOR, FULLY WATERPROOF.
YEAH, DOWN TO, LIKE, 90 FEET,
WAY MORE THAN YOU'LL BE DIVING TODAY.
THAT'S AWESOME.
THIS WILL BE ABLE TO DETECT ANY GOLD OR SILVER
HIDDEN IN THE RUINS.
I'M GUESSING NOBODY'S BROUGHT A METAL DETECTOR
DOWN WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO.
NO, I MEAN, THESE ARE NOT COMMON.
TO HAVE A FULLY WATERPROOF TO, LIKE, 90 FEET METAL DETECTOR,
YEAH, THIS IS PRETTY CUTTING EDGE.
YOU FIND OUT WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THE SIDE-SCAN.
I'LL SCAN... OKAY.
...AND THEN I'LL TALK BACK TO YOU WITH THE COMM SYSTEM.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD SETUP.
LET'S DO THIS.
SONAR IS GOING IN.
IT'S IN. ALL RIGHT, I'M RECORDING.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO GET SUITED UP.
AS I GET READY TO DIVE,
PORT ROYAL IS MATERIALIZING BEFORE US.
I'M SEEING STRUCTURES THAT LOOK LIKE FOUNDATIONS.
IT'S VERY SYMMETRICAL -- ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR BLOCKS IN A ROW.
SO THIS IS SUPER COOL.
WE CAN SEE HINTS OF PORT ROYAL'S 2,000 BUILDINGS,
WHAT ONCE WERE DENSELY PACKED BRICK AND TIMBER STRUCTURES,
SOME AS TALL AS FOUR STORIES.
ALL TOLD, BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE HIT,
PORT ROYAL STRETCHED OVER 51 ACRES,
WITH 7,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN ITS TIGHT CONFINES.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
HOW MANY FEET OF VISIBILITY DO YOU HAVE?
THAT'S NOT GOOD. OKAY, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THAT.
WHAT I CAN CLEARLY SEE IS A THICK LAYER OF SILT
AND SEAGRASS COVERING THIS SUNKEN CITY.
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AS I EXPLORE, I SEE HINTS OF RUBBLE, WHICH MAKES SENSE
GIVEN THE VIOLENT DESTRUCTION OF PORT ROYAL.
BASED ON EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, WE HAVE A SENSE
OF THE LAST TERRIFYING MOMENTS
OF THIS ENTOMBED CITY.
WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, THE SANDY GROUND
PORT ROYAL WAS BUILT ON
VIBRATED SO INTENSELY THAT IT ESSENTIALLY LIQUEFIED.
THE RESULTING QUICKSAND-LIKE SLUDGE SWALLOWED HOUSES
AND THEIR OCCUPANTS WHOLE.
EXPERTS TODAY BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE REMAINS OF THOSE
WHO PERISHED ARE STILL SEALED UP IN THE SUBMERGED BUILDINGS,
MAKING THE CITY KIND OF A PIRATE-ERA POMPEII.
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WHOA! WHAT?
[ Muffled ] OH, MY GOODNESS!
HAVE OUR HIGH-TECH TOOLS UNCOVERED A NEW CLUE IN THE HUNT
FOR MORGAN'S MISSING MILLIONS?
AND LATER, WE FOLLOW OUR TREASURE MAP
INTO THE LIMESTONE DEPTHS
OF THE LUSH JAMAICAN COUNTRYSIDE.
THIS IS, LIKE, A LITTLE CRACK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
THIS HUGE CAVE OPENS UP.
PERFECT PLACE FOR A PIRATE TO HIDE GOLD.
Nelson: STEFAN AND I ARE IN JAMAICA ON THE HUNT
FOR PRIVATEER HENRY MORGAN'S LOST TREASURE.
AND I'VE JUST PICKED UP SOMETHING METALLIC
IN THE SUNKEN PIRATE CITY OF PORT ROYAL.
THAT COULD BE OUR GOLD, ROB.
AND IF YOU LET A SEA URCHIN STOP US FROM FINDING THAT...
Nelson: OH, OW!
OKAY.
BE CAREFUL.
OVER THE CENTURIES, THE SEA HAS RECLAIMED THESE RUINS.
EVERYTHING IS COVERED IN A THICK LAYER OF SEDIMENT,
AND IN SOME SPOTS, SEAGRASS.
AS I TRIED TO DIG, I CAN'T HELP BUT KICK UP A CLOUD OF SILT,
MAKING IT HARD TO SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, I'M UNCOVERING.
SINCE THE 1950s,
ARCHEOLOGISTS HAVE EXCAVATED ASSORTED ARTIFACTS,
LIKE CHINESE PORCELAIN AND GLASS BOTTLES
FROM THE ROUGHLY 10% OF THE CITY THEY'VE UNCOVERED.
ALL OF THESE OBJECTS HELPED PAINT A PICTURE OF PORT ROYAL
AS A THRIVING TRADING HUB THAT ATTRACTED MARINERS
AND MERCHANTS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE.
BUT, THERE IS A LOT LEFT TO BE DISCOVERED HERE,
PERHAPS EVEN MORGAN'S SECRET STASH.
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WHAT DID YOU FIND?
LIKE A GOLD COIN?
OH.
CERTAINLY NOT PART OF HENRY MORGAN'S TREASURE.
♪♪
BUT, I'M BEGINNING TO SEE EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS
I'M ON TOP OF A KEY PART OF PORT ROYAL.
WHAT'S INTERESTING?
DID YOU FIND LIME STREET?
IF YOU FOUND LIME STREET, THAT'S HUGE.
THANKS TO HISTORICAL RECORDS,
WE KNOW THAT LIME STREET WAS ONE OF OLD
PORT ROYAL'S MOST NOTABLE THOROUGHFARES.
MERCHANTS LIKELY LIVED ALONG AT LEAST PART OF THE STREET
AND QUITE OFTEN WERE THE ONES
HOLDING THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF VALUABLE GOODS,
SINCE THEY WERE THE CONDUITS
FOR GETTING THAT MATERIAL BACK TO ENGLAND.
SO IF THERE WERE HIDDEN RICHES,
THERE'S A GOOD SHOT THEY'D BE HERE.
I CONTINUED TO TRACE THE ROAD WITH STEFAN
GUIDING ME FROM ABOVE
UNTIL I GET CLOSER TO THE SHORE.
BUT, I HAVEN'T PICKED UP ANY GOLD OR SILVER
WITH MY METAL DETECTOR YET,
AND WHILE A PASS ACROSS THE LARGER AREA
IS UNDOUBTEDLY TURNING UP SOME INTERESTING FINDS...
...THERE ARE STILL NO SIGNS OF HENRY MORGAN'S MILLIONS.
SO I CIRCLED BACK TO WHAT I THINK IS OUR BEST LEAD
FOR FINDING THE LOOT -- LIME STREET.
IF WE COULD FOLLOW LIME STREET ALL THE WAY TO SHORE,
THAT'D BE FANTASTIC.
NOT ALL OF LIME STREET WAS SWALLOWED UP BY THE SEA.
PART OF IT LIVED ON IN THE SMALL PORTION
OF THE CITY THAT DIDN'T SINK.
SO MAYBE THE TREASURE WE'RE AFTER IS ACTUALLY
LURKING BELOW THE LAND,
POSSIBLY ALONG THIS MAIN THOROUGHFARE.
WELCOME!
OH, MY GOSH, THAT WAS SO COOL.
WE MAKE OUR WAY BACK TO SHORE
AND TOWARDS THE DRY PART OF LIME STREET,
WHICH RUNS STRAIGHT INTO A DUSTY SOCCER FIELD.
WHILE IT'S PRETTY QUIET TODAY,
IN 1692, THIS AREA OF PORT ROYAL
WOULD HAVE BEEN TEEMING WITH LIFE,
FILLED WITH HOUSES AND SHOPS
THAT CONTAINED COUNTLESS VALUABLES.
IT DIDN'T ALL VANISH INTO THIN AIR
WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK.
IN FACT, MUCH OF WHAT WAS HERE WAS REDUCED TO RUBBLE.
AND OVER THE CENTURIES, THAT RUBBLE WAS COVERED
BY ENCROACHING SAND AND DIRT AND LIFE.
SO WHAT LIES BELOW OUR FEET NOW?
IT SEEMS LIKELY SOMETHING IS DOWN THERE.
LIME STREET RUNS THROUGH HERE, ROUGHLY THIS DIRECTION.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK.
I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE AREA.
YEAH.
GIVE YOU THIS STUFF.
WE'VE BROUGHT ALONG GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR
TO CREATE A 3-D MAP OF THE AREA.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO LOCATE LIME STREET,
PICK UP BUILDINGS,
AND FIND GOLD OR SILVER LOOT THAT'S BURIED HERE.
GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT.
WHILE STEFAN GETS TO WORK,
I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE TREASURE
THAT DID MAKE IT BACK FROM HENRY MORGAN'S MOST FAMOUS RAID
AND NOW LIVES AT THE LOCAL ANGLICAN CHURCH.
COULD THESE VALUABLE ARTIFACTS GIVE US A CLUE
AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE MISSING
OR WHERE THE UNACCOUNTED LOOT ENDED UP?
GOOD AFTERNOON, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
ALTHEA GORDON IS A CHURCH COMMITTEE MEMBER HERE
AT ST. PETER'S.
HERE WE HAVE THE SILVER.
ALL OF THIS WAS STOLEN FROM THE CHURCH
OF THE GOLDEN ALTAR IN PANAMA.
WAIT, SO THESE...
SO HENRY MORGAN AND THE PIRATES STOLE IT.
IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO TOUCH THESE?
YES, YOU CAN.
WOW, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
BEAUTIFUL SILVER... ORIGINALLY BROUGHT HERE.
...FROM PANAMA.
AND I BELIEVE YOU DON'T HAVE SILVER LIKE THAT AGAIN.
WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS.
WHILE THIS CHURCH WAS BUILT AFTER THE 1692 EARTHQUAKE,
THESE RELICS WERE GIVEN TO THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
IN PORT ROYAL SOMETIME EARLIER,
REPORTEDLY BY HENRY MORGAN HIMSELF.
THE HEFT, THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, THE QUALITY --
JUST IMAGINE IF THERE'S MORE OF THIS
BURIED OUT ON THE SOCCER FIELD.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL. SO YOU STILL USE THIS TODAY?
YES, WE DO.
BUT THERE'S ONE PIECE THAT SERVES NO HOLY PURPOSE.
THIS WAS HENRY MORGAN'S WINE JUG.
NO KIDDING!
YES, WHEN HE WANTED WINE, HE WOULD BLOW ON THE WHISTLE THERE.
THAT'S A LARGE WINE JUG. YES.
THAT'S ENOUGH WINE EVERY NIGHT TO PUT YOU TO SLEEP.
HENRY MORGAN WAS NO SAINT AND WAS KNOWN TO BE A HEAVY DRINKER,
WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM RIGHT AT HOME IN PORT ROYAL.
WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK IN 1692,
MANY BELIEVED IT WAS AN ACT OF GOD
MEANT TO DESTROY A WICKED CITY
WHERE MONEY WAS WORSHIPPED ABOVE ALL ELSE,
AND MAN HAD LOST HIS WAY AMONG THE BOOZE, BARS,
AND BROTHELS.
ALTHEA TELLS ME THERE'S EVEN A LOCAL LEGEND OF A CHURCH
THAT SUNK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA IN THE CATASTROPHE,
COMPLETELY INTACT, AND FULL OF GOLD.
CHURCH WENT DOWN INTACT
BECAUSE IT IS THE PEOPLE ON THE LAND
THAT WERE EVIL, NOT THE CHURCH.
THEY SAY YOU COULD HEAR THE BELL RINGING
OR ON A VERY CLEAR MORNING, YOU COULD GO THERE AND LOOK.
BUT IT'S UNDER THE WATER.
I USED TO HAVE A GRANNA THAT SAID,
"THE GOLD UNDER THE WATER IS FOR PORT ROYAL PEOPLE,
BUT THE RIGHTEOUS GENERATION."
SO ANYTHING THAT GOD PUT DOWN IS TO STAY DOWN,
BUT IT WILL COME UP FOR THOSE WHO HE THINKS ARE WORTHY.
THAT'S A PRETTY HIGH BAR TO REACH
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF A CHURCH
FULL OF GOLD WHILE ON MY DIVE.
BUT STILL, LEGEND IS OFTEN ROOTED IN FACT,
SO THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE SOME TREASURE SOMEWHERE
IN PORT ROYAL
JUST SEEMS MORE AND MORE POSSIBLE.
I'M VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW STEFAN'S DOING WITH HIS SCAN.
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GOD, IT IS SO HOT.
WHILE I'VE BEEN IN THE RELATIVE COOL OF THE CHURCH,
HE'S BEEN HARD AT WORK GETTING AN INITIAL PEEK
BENEATH THE SOCCER FIELD.
I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE SEEN LIME STREET HERE ON THE GPR.
JUST A MATTER OF MODELING IT NOW.
MAYBE EVEN BUILDING FOUNDATIONS.
IT'S HARD TO TELL.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF UNDERGROUND HERE.
STEFAN! HEY!
YOU GETTING ANYTHING?
I DID.
I THINK I FOUND EVIDENCE OF LIME STREET
OR AT LEAST SOME STREET FROM THE OLD PORT ROYAL TIMES.
NO KIDDING.
Nelson: BUT STEFAN ALSO FOUND SOMETHING MORE UNEXPECTED
AND POTENTIALLY GROUNDBREAKING.
WHAT REALLY INTRIGUED ME WAS I WAS RUNNING
OVER SPECIFICALLY THIS AREA, KIND OF NEAR THIS PILE,
I FOUND A LARGE METALLIC OBJECT AT ABOUT 6 FEET DOWN.
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
WHAT HAS STEFAN UNEARTHED FROM PORT ROYAL'S MYSTERIOUS PAST?
RIGHT HERE.
"X" MARKS THE SPOT.
WE'RE GOING TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS PROMISING PATCH.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD OF MYSELF,
BUT IT COULD BE A TREASURE CHEST.
Nelson: UNDERGROUND TECH EXPERT STEFAN BURNS AND I
ARE IN JAMAICA,
ON THE HUNT FOR PIRATE HENRY MORGAN'S LOST TREASURE.
AND STEFAN THINKS HE MAY HAVE FOUND
A METALLIC OBJECT 6 FEET UNDERGROUND,
ALONG A BURIED PORTION OF LIME STREET,
A MAIN ROAD IN OLD PORT ROYAL.
Burns: I FOUND A LARGE METALLIC OBJECT.
KIND OF NEAR THIS PILE, AT ABOUT 6 FEET DOWN.
Nelson: SO HOW BIG WAS IT?
IT WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF THIS PILE.
NO WAY!
BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT THIS PILE
BECAUSE THE CENTER IS ROUGHLY OVER HERE.
WE'LL HAVE TO MEASURE IT OUT.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOVE IT FOR 6 FEET,
SO IT WAS COMPLETELY BLANK FOR 6 FEET...
HUH.
...AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BOOM, THERE IT WAS.
Burns: RIGHT HERE.
I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY THE CENTER OF THIS.
YOU JUST CREATED YOURSELF A TREASURE MAP.
"X" MARKS THE SPOT.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER PASS OVER THIS SMALLER AREA
WITH THE GPR TO GET A CLOSER LOOK
AT WHAT'S GOING ON BELOW US.
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT ME TO JUST DO THE FIRST PASS?
YOU DO AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO DO.
ALL RIGHT, WHY DON'T YOU SET IT UP, I'LL RUN IT.
I KNOW YOU'RE KIND OF DELICATE,
SO IF THE SUN IS A LITTLE TOO HOT FOR YOU,
YOU CAN GO SIT IN THE SHADE.
ALL RIGHT, COOL?
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Nelson: THIS WILL BE THE LAST PASS.
ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR SCANS,
STEFAN CAN CREATE ONE OF THE FIRST-EVER
3-D MAPS OF THIS SECTION OF THIS FORGOTTEN STREET.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND CREATE THE 3-D HERE.
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HOLY MOLY!
IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
LOOK AT THAT!
THERE'S A CLEAR PICTURE EMERGING,
THANKS TO THE GPR.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE'VE FOUND LIME STREET,
SINCE WE CAN TRACE IT FROM THE SUNKEN PORTION OF THE CITY
UP ONTO DRY LAND TO THE AREA WE JUST MAPPED.
WE CAN SEE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE BUILDINGS,
EVEN AN INTERSECTION WITH ANOTHER ROAD.
PERHAPS MOST INTRIGUING, THAT METALLIC OBJECT,
WHICH MEASURES ABOUT 6 BY 8 FEET,
APPEARS TO LIE INSIDE A STRUCTURE.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP AHEAD OF MYSELF,
BUT IT COULD BE A TREASURE CHEST.
YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WE CAN'T RULE IT OUT.
PERHAPS THIS CHEST OR SAFE WAS BURIED
BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS OF A HOUSE,
A TAVERN, OR EVEN A MERCHANT STOREHOUSE.
AND WHEN THE 1692 EARTHQUAKE TURNED PORT ROYAL INTO RUBBLE,
IT WAS LOST TO HISTORY, UNTIL NOW.
THIS IS AMAZING!
WE'LL FILE A REQUEST WITH THE GOVERNMENT
FOR A PERMIT TO DIG HERE,
AND IN THE MEANTIME, LOOK FOR OTHER CLUES
AS TO WHERE HENRY MORGAN'S TREASURE MAY BE HIDDEN.
IT SEEMS POSSIBLE HE WOULD HAVE HAD MULTIPLE HIDING SPOTS,
AND PERHAPS ONE OF THEM WAS FARTHER
FROM THE MASSES OF PORT ROYAL
AND CLOSER TO WHERE MORGAN MAY HAVE CALLED HOME.
SO STEFAN AND I PACK UP AND HEAD TO THE JAMAICA ARCHIVES
IN SPANISH TOWN.
IT HOUSES THE ISLAND'S OLD RECORDS,
ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE PIRATE HEYDAY.
IF WE CAN FIND EVIDENCE OF PROPERTY MORGAN OWNED,
IT COULD HELP US DETERMINE WHERE TO TURN NEXT.
ALL RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE.
LET ME HAVE ONE OF THOSE GLOVES.
SO THIS HERE SHOWS HIS PATENT, ESSENTIALLY, HIS BLOCK OF LAND.
WHILE IT MAY SEEM ODD THAT A HIGH-SEAS CRIMINAL
WOULD LEAVE HIS MARK IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD BOOKS
OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT,
HENRY MORGAN WASN'T ENTIRELY THE SCALLYWAG SOME ASSUME HE WAS.
IT TURNS OUT, HIS PIRACY WAS MOSTLY LEGITIMATE
AND IN SERVICE TO THE ENGLISH CROWN.
FACING A DOMINANT SPANISH ARMADA IN THE 17th CENTURY,
BRITAIN TURNED TO INDEPENDENT SEA CAPTAINS
TO PROTECT ITS INTERESTS IN THE CARIBBEAN.
IT WAS A MEANS OF MILITARY OUTSOURCING --
GRANT PRIVATE VESSELS THE RIGHT TO RAID ENEMY SHIPS
AND KEEP A PORTION OF THE CAPTURED PLUNDER.
THE REST OF THE PROFIT WOULD GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT COFFERS,
SO BRITAIN COULD RAISE FUNDS, PROTECT ITS OWN TRADE ROUTES,
AND DESTROY ITS MOST POTENT ADVERSARY,
ALL WITHOUT HAVING TO RISK ITS OWN LIMITED RESOURCES.
ASIDE FROM HIS ATTACK ON PANAMA CITY IN 1670,
HENRY MORGAN LAUNCHED NUMEROUS RAIDS
ON NEARBY SPANISH-HELD CUBA
AND OTHER PANAMANIAN PORTS IN THE 1660s.
EACH ACTION HELPED STRIKE A BLOW TO SPAIN'S POWER IN THE REGION
AND ENRICH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
WITH ALL HIS SUCCESS,
MORGAN BECAME ONE OF THE CROWN'S PREFERRED PRIVATEERS,
AND IN NOVEMBER 1673, IN LONDON,
KING CHARLES II OFFICIALLY HAILED MORGAN
AS A HERO, KNIGHTING THE SEA CAPTAIN,
AND APPOINTING HIM THE NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF JAMAICA.
THE ONE-TIME PIRATE RETURNED TO THE ISLAND
EVEN MORE LEGITIMATE THAN WHEN HE LEFT,
AS SIR HENRY MORGAN,
AND HE TURNED FROM PRIVATEERING TO PLANTING,
QUICKLY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE LANDED ELITE.
I'M JUST THINKING IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR TREASURE,
WE SHOULD BE LOOKING WHERE SIR HENRY MORGAN'S ESTATE WAS.
ONE OF HIS MORE REMOTE HOLDINGS
LIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND,
AT THE TOP OF A LARGE HILL,
PERFECT FOR A LOOKOUT AND PERHAPS A HIDING PLACE.
FURTHER RESEARCH SUGGESTS AN INTRIGUING RUMOR
ABOUT THIS ESTATE,
NOW CALLED FIREFLY.
FOR YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT A TUNNEL EXISTS
BENEATH THIS PLOT OF LAND,
INTENDED AS AN ESCAPE ROUTE FOR HENRY MORGAN HIMSELF,
SHOULD THE SPANISH OR ANY OTHER OLD ENEMY DECIDE
TO TAKE REVENGE OR COME IN SEARCH OF HIS RICHES.
THE PASSAGEWAY SUPPOSEDLY RUNS FROM HIS HOUSE
DOWN TO A NEARBY PORT.
IF TRUE, THIS OPENING WOULD ALSO BE A PERFECT PLACE
TO SQUIRREL AWAY TREASURE.
THIS WILL LEAD US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I THINK.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
AS STEFAN AND I HEAD NORTH FROM KINGSTON,
ARE WE CLOSING IN ON HENRY MORGAN'S
MIGHTY STASH OF PIRATE LOOT?
OH, MY GOD! WHAT DO YOU SEE?
THIS KEEPS GOING RIGHT TOWARDS THE HOUSE.
Nelson: STEFAN AND I ARE HEADING NORTH
TO PRIVATEER HENRY MORGAN'S VAST ESTATE --
FIREFLY.
WE'VE HEARD WHISPERINGS OF AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL SYSTEM
BENEATH THE GROUNDS,
A SEEMINGLY IDEAL SPOT TO STASH HIS MISSING MILLIONS
IN GOLD AND SILVER PIRATE PLUNDER.
SITUATED ON THE NORTHERN COAST, FIREFLY IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN
AS THE JAMAICAN HOME OF BRITISH ACTOR
AND PLAYWRIGHT, NOEL COWARD.
COWARD OFTEN HOSTED FAMOUS FRIENDS
LIKE WINSTON CHURCHILL AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR
AT HIS HILLTOP RETREAT.
BUT BEFORE IT WAS A PLAYGROUND FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS,
IT PROVIDED SOLITUDE AND SAFETY TO HENRY MORGAN.
AND WALKING UP, IT ISN'T HARD TO UNDERSTAND
WHY HE MAY HAVE BEEN DRAWN TO THIS SPOT
OVER 60 MILES FROM PORT ROYAL.
HOLY MOLY!
LOOK AT THIS!
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
AND IF YOU WERE A PIRATE, THIS WOULD BE THE PERFECT LOOKOUT.
OH, YEAH, THIS IS PRIME REAL ESTATE.
I CAN SEE WHY CAPTAIN MORGAN JUST SNATCHED THIS UP
AND PUT THIS HIDEOUT HERE.
I MEAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE 15 MILES.
IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET UP HERE.
THERE WOULD BE NO RISK OF GETTING HIT BY CANNONBALLS.
MM-HMM.
MORGAN COULD HAVE SEEN ANYONE APPROACHING FROM THE SEA
AND A LAND-BASED ATTACK THROUGH THE DENSE FOREST
WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
THESE ARE PERFECT CONDITIONS IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SAFE SPOT
TO HIDE A STASH,
AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE VIEW.
I THINK THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR BEING
A CAVE OR TUNNEL SYSTEM,
JUST BASED OFF THE FACT THAT, LIKE, RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S LIMESTONE AT THE SURFACE.
YEAH, THERE'S LIMESTONE ALL OVER.
THAT STUFF LOVES TO DISSOLVE
AND CREATE THE ELABORATE, INTRICATE,
LIKE, CAVE NETWORKS AND CAVERNS.
AND HE COULD HAVE EASILY REPURPOSED
SOME OF THOSE INTO A TUNNEL.
AND IF HE HAD THE TUNNELS, IT WOULD BE PERFECT TO HIDE LOOT.
LET'S FIRST SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE
THAT WE CAN TALK TO.
HELLO!
-HEY! -HEY!
-HI, THERE! -WELCOME TO FIREFLY, MAN.
Nelson: VICTOR TAYLOR IS THE CARETAKER HERE AT THE ESTATE.
IF ANYONE CAN CLUE US INTO THE HISTORY OF THIS PLACE,
IT'S HIM.
WELCOME, THIS IS THE OLD 16th CENTURY BUILDING,
USED TO BE THE PIRATE LOOKOUT.
WHOA!
Nelson: IT'S BEEN UPDATED SLIGHTLY OVER THE CENTURIES,
BUT THIS STRUCTURE DATES BACK TO HENRY MORGAN'S TIME.
-OH! -WOW!
OKAY, NOTICE THE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS.
THIS IS ORIGINAL? ORIGINAL.
WAS THIS CAPTAIN MORGAN'S...?
THAT'S ONE OF HIS SWORDS.
THE BAYONET, YES.
Burns: THESE ARE CANNONBALLS, HERE?
YES, CANNONBALLS. CAN I GRAB ONE?
GRAB ONE, NO PROBLEM.
OH, MY GOD!
IMAGINE THAT THING LOBBING AT YOU.
OH, MY GO-- HOLY CRUD, THAT'S HEAVY!
YEAH.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE THAT HEAVY.
Nelson: THESE AREN'T THE ONLY HINTS
OF THE PROPERTY'S VIOLENT PAST.
THAT'S, LIKE, A HUMAN JAW RIGHT THERE.
YEP, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S CREEPY.
I WAS EXPECTING...
WELL, I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO SEE A HUMAN SKULL.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THE SKULL?
ON THE PROPERTY.
WOW.
I MEAN, HOW CREEPY IS THIS?
BONES AND BAYONETS, BUT HOW ABOUT GOLD AND SILVER?
STEFAN AND I ARE HERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW
THE PATH OF MORGAN'S TREASURE.
AND I'VE HEARD THERE ARE TUNNEL SYSTEMS HERE
AND THIS WAS HIS OLD ESTATE.
I'M CURIOUS IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
NO, I DON'T KNOW NOTHING MUCH ABOUT THE TREASURE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YEARS AND I DON'T FIND ANY.
BUT HE HAS HEARD RUMORS OF TUNNELS LEADING TO THE OCEAN.
AND HE KNOWS OF A DEEP HOLE IN THE BRUSH RIGHT NEAR THE HOUSE,
WHICH COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A SUBTERRANEAN OPENING.
IT'S JUST OUT THE SIDE THERE.
YEAH, LET'S CHECK IT OUT.
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LOOK AT ALL THIS LIMESTONE, HUH?
YEAH, VICTOR, THIS IS ALL BEDROCK RIGHT HERE?
YES, ALL LIMESTONE.
LOOK AT, YOU CAN SEE...
LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S ALL WEATHERED OUT.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT TAKES MUCH TO DISSOLVE AWAY THIS ROCK.
NO. NOT AT ALL.
LOOKS PROMISING.
THE HOLE IS ALMOST ENTIRELY HIDDEN IN A TANGLE OF FERNS.
Burns: OH, YOU CAN SEE IT.
I DON'T SEE AN OPENING.
OH, THERE'S SOMETHING. HERE, I GOT A LIGHT...
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN HERE?
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN?
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO'S EVER BEEN IN THERE?
Nelson: STEFAN IS EAGER TO JUMP IN AND USE HIS WELL-TRAINED EYE
TO EVALUATE WHATEVER LURKS BELOW.
OH, MY GOD!
DOES IT KEEP GOING? WHAT DO YOU SEE?
YEAH, THIS KEEPS GOING RIGHT TOWARDS THE HOUSE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED IN.
REALLY?
IT GOES IN ABOUT 10 FEET, KIND OF AT AN ANGLE LIKE THIS,
RIGHT, AND THEN JUST LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN FILLED IN.
THERE'S SOME TRASH BACK HERE
JUST OVER THE YEARS FILLED IT IN.
BUT CRAWLING IN HERE'S NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING.
BUT I THINK RUNNING THE GPR AND FOLLOWING THIS WILL DO A LOT.
A GPR SCAN OF THE PROPERTY WILL BRING TO LIGHT
TUNNELS OR OPENINGS
THAT MAY BE LURKING BENEATH THE MANICURED GROUNDS,
NATURAL OR MAN-MADE.
WHILE STEFAN GETS GOING WITH THE GPR,
I'M GOING TO TAKE A SWEEP WITH A TOOL CALLED A SCHONSTEDT,
A TYPE OF MAGNETIC-FIELD DETECTOR.
THAT MEANS IT WILL PICK UP ANY DISTURBANCES
IN THE NATURAL MAGNETIC FIELD OF THE EARTH,
WHICH WOULD INDICATE A LARGE METAL OBJECT BURIED BELOW.
WITHIN MINUTES, STEFAN STARTS SEEING SOMETHING.
THAT WAS SOMETHING.
HEY, ROB!
YEAH?
DUDE, I'M SEEING TONS OF STUFF UP HERE!
WILL OUR CUTTING-EDGE MAP
TURN UP ANY NEW CLUES IN THE HUNT
FOR HENRY MORGAN'S HIDDEN TREASURE?
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Nelson: I'M WITH UNDERGROUND TECH EXPERT STEFAN BURNS IN JAMAICA,
PEERING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF PIRATE HENRY MORGAN'S
ONE-TIME ESTATE.
WE'RE ON THE HUNT FOR HIS LOST TREASURE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE JUST FOUND A CLUE.
DUDE, I'M SEEING TONS OF STUFF UP HERE.
WHAT'VE YOU GOT?
SO, I WASN'T EVEN SCANNING THAT LONG.
LOOK AT THIS.
YOU CAN SEE THEM SCATTERED ALL THROUGHOUT THIS IMAGE.
THAT'S THE ONE I JUST ROLLED OVER.
I SAW ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT ROCK,
RIGHT ABOUT HERE.
AND YOU PUT THEM IN A LINE,
IT'S TRENDING THIS DIRECTION.
WELL, IT'S HEADING RIGHT TO MORGAN'S HIDEOUT
RIGHT OVER THERE.
STEFAN HAS JUST REVEALED AN OPENING BENEATH THE LAWN,
PART OF A POSSIBLE PASSAGEWAY THAT RUNS BELOW US.
BUT COULD THIS TUNNEL CONNECT WITH A LARGER SYSTEM,
ONE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD FROM THE SHORE
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ESTATE?
THAT'S WHAT'S LONG BEEN RUMORED --
THAT HENRY MORGAN COULD GET TO HIS LOOKOUT FROM THE HARBOR
BELOW USING A SECRET PASSAGEWAY.
AND IF SUCH A NETWORK OR CAVERN DOES EXIST,
COULD IT HOLD ANY OF MORGAN'S PILFERED GOLD AND SILVER?
VICTOR, THE CARETAKER, SUGGESTS WE TALK TO A NEIGHBOR,
WHO MAY HAVE A NEW LEAD ON ANOTHER PART OF THIS
SUPPOSED SYSTEM.
ARE YOU THE GUY THAT KNOWS ABOUT THE TUNNELS?
Tabai: YEAH, MAN.
TABAI HAS WORKED ON THE PROPERTY FOR YEARS
AND IS INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH ITS NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
THE RUMOR IS THAT THERE ARE TUNNELS
THAT GO FROM HENRY MORGAN'S ESTATE OUT TO THE OCEAN.
YEAH, MAN.
AND DO WE KNOW WHERE THOSE TUNNEL SYSTEMS ARE?
YEAH, MAN. YEAH, MAN.
COULD YOU TAKE US OVER THERE? YEAH, MAN, NO PROBLEM.
Nelson: FROM WHAT HE'S SEEN, HE THINKS IT'S MORE OF A CAVE.
BUT HE CAN TAKE US TO THE ENTRANCE
SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE FURTHER.
THIS IS AN UNEXPECTED BREAKTHROUGH.
OH, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE?
Tabai: YEAH, MAN.
IT'S LITTLE MORE THAN A CRACK IN THE ROCK.
AND UNTIL WE GET IT IN THERE,
I'LL HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAR THE OPENING GOES.
ALL RIGHT.
TIME TO GET SKINNY.
I GOT STUCK IN A CAVE LIKE THIS, THIS SUMMER.
IT'S PROBABLY FINE.
I THINK YOU'RE GOOD. YEAH.
YOU KNOW THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE'S NO VENOMOUS SNAKES.
I HEARD THERE'S LOTS OF CAVE SCORPIONS, THOUGH.
OKAY.
HERE, TAKE MINE, TOO, AND THEN I'M GOING SQUEEZE IN THERE.
COME ON DOWN.
ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
OH, MY GOD.
IT JUST KEEPS GOING.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, THE CAVE BEGINS TO OPEN UP.
THIS IS, LIKE, A LITTLE CRACK AND YOU JUST CRAWL THROUGH,
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS HUGE CAVE OPENS UP.
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ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S HEAD DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER,
SEE IF WE CAN FOLLOW THIS THING TO THE EXIT.
YEAH, WE NEED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
OKAY. I THINK IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE.
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OKAY, I'M GOING DOWN.
ALL RIGHT, STEFAN, AS YOU'RE COMING DOWN, JUST BE CAREFUL,
'CAUSE THERE IS A BIG DROP-OFF
RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUR FOOT THERE.
YEP.
IT JUST KEEPS GOING.
OKAY.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AROUND,
YOU CAN SEE LITTLE TINY ENTRANCES ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE'S ONE OVER THERE.
THERE'S ONE OVER THIS WAY.
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE LIMESTONE ROCK,
THERE ARE OPENING AND SMALL CAVERNS
SCATTERED ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE'S A GIANT HOLE RIGHT HERE.
LIKE, IF YOU WERE GOING TO HIDE ANY TREASURE...
YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO STICK THIS IN HERE.
OKAY.
AND THERE'S SOME GIANT MOLE CRICKETS IN THERE.
NO GOLD.
THERE'S CLEARLY OTHER CRACKS AND CREVASSES...
REALLY? ...THAT CAN BE EXPLORED.
I MEAN, EACH ONE OF THESE LITTLE CRACKS HERE
BRANCHES INTO 10 NEW ONES.
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WELL, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
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GIVEN THEIR GEOLOGICAL FEATURES,
IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY CAVES HAVE BEEN SYNONYMOUS
WITH HIDDEN TREASURES THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
IN FACT, THEY'RE BELIEVED TO HOLD SOME OF
THE MOST SPECTACULAR COLLECTIONS OF RICHES.
THE CAVES OF CENTRAL ASIA'S HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS
REPORTEDLY HOUSED THE FORTUNES
OF AN 18th CENTURY PERSIAN INVADER,
A COLOSSAL CACHE
ESTIMATED TO BE WORTH HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS.
IN INDIA, THE BIZARRE-LOOKING SON BHANDAR STONE CHAMBERS
ARE SAID TO HIDE A SECRET PASSAGE
THAT LEADS TO THE ROYAL TREASURES OF AN ANCIENT KING.
BUT WHILE THESE RICHES HAVE YET TO BE FOUND,
A STUNNING DISCOVERY WAS MADE
IN A NORTHERN ISRAELI CAVE IN 2015,
A RARE COLLECTION OF JEWELRY AND COINS
THAT DATE BACK 2,300 YEARS
TO THE REIGN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
AS WE EXPLORE THIS CAVE,
IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE.
Nelson: OH! [ CHUCKLES ]
Burns: SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE NOT A FAN OF THE BAT.
NO, I DON'T MIND BATS,
I JUST DON'T WANT THEM FLYING IN MY FACE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S KEEP MOVING, STEFAN.
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I DON'T KNOW IF HENRY MORGAN HID ANY OF HIS GOLD DOWN HERE,
BUT IF YOU WERE WANTING A PLACE TO HIDE STUFF,
THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR IT.
IF WE COULD FIND A CONNECTION FROM HERE TO HIS HIDEOUT,
OR EVEN JUST A NEW TUNNEL SYSTEM, I MEAN, WE'RE GOLDEN.
WE JUST NEED TO LOOK FOR IT.
I MEAN, IT'S CLEAR THERE'S LOTS OF TUNNELS UNDER THESE ROCKS.
I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TUNNELS
THAT HAVE YET TO BE EXPOSED TO THE SURFACE.
WE MIGHT NEED TO BUST OUT THE TECHNOLOGY
TO HELP US MAP THIS CAVE POOL
AND ALL THESE CRACKS AND CREVASSES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.
STEFAN HAS BROUGHT ALONG A HANDHELD LiDAR DEVICE
FOR JUST THIS PURPOSE.
IT WILL CREATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERINGS OF THE CAVE
THAT CAN BE ANALYZED WITH PRECISION.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOCATE ANY POSSIBLE CONNECTION POINTS
TO OTHER TUNNELS THAT MAY RUN UP TO MORGAN'S
LOOKOUT OR DOWN TO THE HARBOR BELOW.
I'M ALSO GOING TO GRAB THE METAL DETECTOR
SO WE CAN DO A SWEEP OF THE CAVE.
THIS IS A LIMESTONE CAVE SO IF THERE WAS ANY METAL DOWN HERE,
ANY LOOT, IT WAS UNFOUND, HE WOULD PICK IT UP.
Burns: WE HAVE A GOOD GAME PLAN.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL LET YOU START SCANNING,
I'LL GO GRAB THE METAL DETECTOR.
COOL.
CRAWL MY WAY OUT.
LET'S ROCK AND ROLL.
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[ Whispers ] OH, WOW...
♪♪
ARE WE ABOUT TO BREAK NEW GROUND IN THE HUNT
FOR HENRY MORGAN'S MISSING PIRATE LOOT?
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
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OH!
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Nelson: STEFAN AND I ARE EXPLORING A CAVE
ON THE GROUNDS OF PIRATE HENRY MORGAN'S OLD HIDEAWAY,
AND STEFAN HAS JUST FINISHED DOING A LiDAR SCAN
OF THE INTERIOR.
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Nelson: HEY! YOU GET ANYTHING?
Burns: IT NEEDS TO BE PROCESSED.
YOU GOT THE METAL DETECTOR.
YEP.
STEFAN STARTS THE LiDAR PROCESSING
WHILE I BEGIN MY SCAN OF THE CAVE.
IF HENRY MORGAN BURIED ANY TREASURE IN THERE,
THIS HIGH-TECH TOOL SHOULD BRING IT TO LIGHT.
I START AT ONE END AND MOVE MY WAY TOWARDS THE OTHER.
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WHEN SUDDENLY...
Nelson: YEAH, BUDDY!
RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGNAL.
RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE.
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OH!
YOU FOUND IT? THIS IS WEIRD.
WHAT IS IT?
IS THAT AN OLD BUCKLE OR SOMETHING?
NO.
WHERE'S YOUR LIGHT?
DOESN'T THAT LOOK LIKE THE HINGE
ON A TREASURE CHEST OR SOMETHING?
OH! KNOW WHAT THIS IS, IS AN OLD SAW.
THIS IS WHERE THE HANDLE AFFIXED TO IT, LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE ONE MORE SECTION TO SWEEP.
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SOMETHING RIGHT THERE.
WE'VE SCANNED THE WHOLE CAVE.
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GOD, IT'S REALLY DEEP.
ALMOST LIKE WE NEED A SHOVEL.
IMAGINE IF WE FOUND A GOLD COIN RIGHT NOW.
TRUST ME, I'M IMAGINING IT.
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LET ME SCAN ONE MORE TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE.
IT'S IN THIS PILE.
MAYBE IT'S A COIN.
COULD BE AND I COULD HAVE SCOOPED SOMETHING UP.
IT'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE.
STEFAN KEEPS DIGGING, UNTIL...
HEY, I FOUND IT!
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S A METAL CAP OR SOMETHING.
AH... LOOKS LIKE A SHOTGUN SHELL.
CRUD! LOOK AT THAT.
I THOUGHT WE HAD OUR COIN. [ BLOWS ]
IT'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD. IT'S GOT TO BE.
AND IF THIS DATES BACK TO 1900,
PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS IDEA FOR A LONG TIME.
I MEAN, WE WENT DOWN OVER A FOOT TO FIND THIS THING,
WHICH MEANS THAT IF THERE WAS GOLD HERE,
IT COULD BE EVEN DEEPER THAN THAT.
YEAH.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE 3-D LiDAR MAP HAS TURNED UP.
THE RENDERING IS REMARKABLE IN ITS DETAIL.
DOZENS OF SMALL CREVASSES AND PASSAGES LINE THE WALLS,
MAKING THIS CAVE A PERFECT SPOT TO STASH PIRATE LOOT.
BUT EVEN MORE TELLING IS THIS CAVE'S SHAPE AND ORIENTATION.
STRETCHING SOME 30 FEET INWARD, IT'S POSITIONED IN LINE
WITH BOTH HENRY MORGAN'S OLD LOOKOUT
AND THE HARBOR.
TAKEN WITH THE EVIDENCE OF TUNNELS WE FOUND
ON THE TOP OF THE HILL,
COULD WE HAVE FINALLY UNEARTHED PROOF
OF A LONG LOST PIRATE ESCAPE TUNNEL,
ONE THAT COULD HAVE GIVEN HENRY MORGAN
DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BEACH
OR A PLACE TO STORE HIS MISSING LOOT?
IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY LIKELY.
WHOA! MADE IT!
I WOULD SAY ALMOST GUARANTEED THERE'S GOLD DOWN HERE.
YEAH. AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO FINDING IT.
WE'VE MADE ENORMOUS PROGRESS IN OUR SEARCH
FOR CAPTAIN MORGAN'S TREASURE,
FROM DISCOVERING POSSIBLE TUNNELS
TO LOCATING A SUSPICIOUS METALLIC OBJECT
ALONG WEALTHY LIME STREET IN PORT ROYAL,
AN INTRIGUING GLIMMER OF PIRATE-ERA ANTIQUITIES.
WE'RE GOING TO FILE FOR PERMITS TO DIG IN THESE SUSPICIOUS SPOTS
WITH THE HOPE THAT FINALLY WE WILL UNEARTH
HENRY MORGAN'S MISSING MILLIONS.