Expedition Unknown

1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,160 Describe Anne bonny as a pirate in one word. 2 00:00:05,330 --> 00:00:06,360 Fierce. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:10,336 She would open up her shirt, 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:13,500 bare her breasts during battle as kind of a distraction tactic. 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,200 That would work. 6 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,076 She was one of the wealthiest pirates in history. 7 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:19,460 And what happens to Anne bonny? 8 00:00:19,630 --> 00:00:21,900 Poof, she vanishes. 9 00:00:22,060 --> 00:00:25,400 Anne bonny's treasure could be buried on this plot of land. 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,500 I think I know exactly where it is. 11 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:31,060 All right, let's find it. 12 00:00:35,860 --> 00:00:37,100 Unbelievable! 13 00:00:37,260 --> 00:00:38,176 It's an old padlock! 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:39,920 This is, like, pirates through and through. 15 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:41,300 Here we go! 16 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:42,560 Whoo-hoo! 17 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,560 - Whoa. - Whoa! 18 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:48,160 It's shiny. Whoo! 19 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:50,800 It's a. 20 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:51,976 - It's a coin! - My god! 21 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:53,430 Yes. 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:01:01,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 23 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:06,100 Close your eyes and picture the quintessential pirate. 24 00:01:06,260 --> 00:01:08,800 Is he bearded? Threatening? 25 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,660 Eyepatch and pistol, or is he a swashbuckling rogue? 26 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,436 Not bad, but what if I told you 27 00:01:15,460 --> 00:01:18,436 that one of the most notorious pirates of all time 28 00:01:18,460 --> 00:01:20,060 wasn't a he at all? 29 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:23,800 Her name was Anne bonny. 30 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,900 And Anne here broke the pirate mold 31 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:30,560 as a fearless and female buccaneer... 32 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:36,060 Who was just as ruthless as her male counterparts, 33 00:01:36,230 --> 00:01:39,000 terrorizing ships and amassing a fortune 34 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,300 in stolen loot that today could be worth millions. 35 00:01:48,260 --> 00:01:50,636 Her story is also steamy. 36 00:01:50,660 --> 00:01:52,900 Anne was finally captured with her lover, 37 00:01:53,060 --> 00:01:54,536 calico Jack rackham, 38 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,900 and fellow female pirate and possible lover, Mary read. 39 00:01:59,060 --> 00:02:02,076 What can I say? Polyamorous wants a cracker. 40 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:04,160 But then she was convicted in a trial 41 00:02:04,330 --> 00:02:08,336 that immortalized her as a sexually rebellious sensation. 42 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,400 Despite being found guilty and sentenced to hang, 43 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,976 Anne bonny had one final trick up her sleeve. 44 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,400 She vanished. 45 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,136 As for the fate of her ill-gotten fortune, 46 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:21,200 well, that, my friends, is a mystery. 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,600 Now, treasure hunters in south Carolina are uncovering 48 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:32,436 new clues that point to Anne's legendary Booty. 49 00:02:32,460 --> 00:02:34,360 Back off, you know what I mean. 50 00:02:34,530 --> 00:02:37,800 And a long-lost map is pointing toward a property deep 51 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,260 in the swamps where Anne and her treasure 52 00:02:40,430 --> 00:02:42,636 may have hidden away from the world. 53 00:02:42,660 --> 00:02:44,760 And in the rivers of the low country, 54 00:02:44,930 --> 00:02:47,836 a long-lost black market trading post may be 55 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:51,160 the true final resting place of her stolen fortune. 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,636 So loosen your corset, buckle your swash, 57 00:02:55,660 --> 00:02:59,400 and raise the jolly Roger as we set sail in hot pursuit 58 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:03,000 of the treasure of the bewitching pirate Anne bonny. 59 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,760 The past is all around us. 60 00:03:09,930 --> 00:03:12,860 My god! It goes on forever! 61 00:03:13,030 --> 00:03:14,560 A world of mystery. 62 00:03:16,060 --> 00:03:17,136 Come on! 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:18,500 Look at that! 64 00:03:18,660 --> 00:03:19,637 Danger. 65 00:03:19,661 --> 00:03:20,760 Hang on! 66 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:23,736 And adventure. 67 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,300 It's just straight down! 68 00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:28,360 I gotta get a new job. 69 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,836 I travel to the far corners of the earth 70 00:03:32,860 --> 00:03:35,236 to uncover where legends end. 71 00:03:35,260 --> 00:03:37,000 We got it! 72 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:38,136 Yes! 73 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,236 And history begins. 74 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:41,260 Whoo-hoo! Here we go! 75 00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:46,100 I'm Josh gates, and this is "expedition unknown." 76 00:03:52,860 --> 00:03:55,336 Welcome to Charleston, south Carolina, 77 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,436 regularly voted one of the best cities in america, 78 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:00,100 and it's easy to see why, 79 00:04:00,260 --> 00:04:02,260 from the pastel-painted architecture 80 00:04:02,430 --> 00:04:05,100 to world-class restaurants and some of the friendliest 81 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:07,760 and most hospitable locals you'll find anywhere 82 00:04:07,930 --> 00:04:08,807 in the country. 83 00:04:08,831 --> 00:04:10,460 Sure, it's a little humid in the summer, 84 00:04:10,630 --> 00:04:13,800 and the spring, and the fall, and the winter sometimes, 85 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:16,500 but come on, how about all this old-world charm? 86 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,700 For the British colonists who first settled here, 87 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:22,976 70% annual humidity was a small price to pay 88 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,976 for this prime location. 89 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,236 The deep natural harbor off the Atlantic 90 00:04:27,260 --> 00:04:29,860 made Charleston a major port city. 91 00:04:30,030 --> 00:04:32,700 Even today, that connection to the sea is everywhere, 92 00:04:32,860 --> 00:04:34,260 including right under your feet. 93 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,000 These cobblestones that line the streets of Charleston, 94 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,060 they're actually not native to North America. 95 00:04:40,230 --> 00:04:41,900 They came here as the ballast stones 96 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:44,800 of English merchant ships and were dumped in Charleston 97 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,100 hundreds of years ago. 98 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:50,600 The ballast stones, which kept those ships upright, 99 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:51,976 are still here. 100 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,500 So too is the legacy of their trade. 101 00:04:54,660 --> 00:04:57,536 Over 40% of all enslaved africans 102 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,460 transported to america entered through the port of Charleston. 103 00:05:01,630 --> 00:05:04,136 They, along with the export of goods to Europe, 104 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,060 produced enormous wealth here, 105 00:05:06,230 --> 00:05:08,500 but through unimaginable brutality. 106 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:12,076 And with so much money moving in and out of this harbor, 107 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:13,960 piracy is quick to follow, 108 00:05:14,130 --> 00:05:16,436 so much so that by the early 1700s, 109 00:05:16,460 --> 00:05:19,200 Charleston is america's pirate capital. 110 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,960 The golden age of piracy is in full swing. 111 00:05:25,130 --> 00:05:27,860 Factoid... in may of 1718, black beard 112 00:05:28,030 --> 00:05:30,700 and the so-called gentleman pirate, stede bonnet 113 00:05:30,860 --> 00:05:32,736 blockade Charleston harbor, 114 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,076 holding hostages for an entire week 115 00:05:35,100 --> 00:05:37,800 and ransoming them, not for riches or jewels, 116 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,836 but medication that was reportedly for syphilis, 117 00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:42,960 which apparently wasn't covered by their hmo. 118 00:05:43,860 --> 00:05:46,736 But soon the pirate era will draw to a close. 119 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,060 Before the year is out, black beard will be killed 120 00:05:49,230 --> 00:05:51,900 in an ambush, and stede bonnet will be captured, 121 00:05:52,060 --> 00:05:54,260 tried, and convicted, ultimately executed 122 00:05:54,430 --> 00:05:57,660 along with 29 of his men at this exact spot 123 00:05:57,830 --> 00:05:59,400 in Charleston's white point garden. 124 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,700 Longtime viewers will also remember that this park 125 00:06:02,860 --> 00:06:06,060 is one of the possible hiding places of a treasure box 126 00:06:06,230 --> 00:06:07,536 from the puzzle game "the secret." 127 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:08,537 Now, if you'll just look here. 128 00:06:08,561 --> 00:06:09,760 We're not doing "the secret." 129 00:06:10,860 --> 00:06:12,760 Fine, but I am this close. 130 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,600 Charleston, of course, holds many secrets, 131 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,200 and I'm here to learn about those 132 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:20,976 of the infamous Anne bonny. 133 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,400 So to get a lesson in her wicked ways, 134 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:26,160 I'm heading to the Charleston library society 135 00:06:26,330 --> 00:06:28,060 to meet a historian and the author 136 00:06:28,230 --> 00:06:31,000 of "pirate queens," Dr. Rebecca Simon. 137 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,076 Josh, nice to meet you. 138 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:33,736 Nice to meet you, this place is gorgeous. 139 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:35,536 Yeah, it is... the building has been here 140 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,136 since 1914, but the society itself was established in 1748. 141 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,200 Like everything else in Charleston, very old. 142 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:43,307 Exactly. 143 00:06:43,331 --> 00:06:45,076 And speaking of old, we have a very important 144 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,960 and very old document about the female pirate Anne bonny, 145 00:06:48,130 --> 00:06:49,736 - if you'd like to take a look. - I would love to, please. 146 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:51,536 Let's go. 147 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,860 I'm being granted special access to the library's archives, 148 00:06:55,030 --> 00:06:57,336 where a very rare volume is held. 149 00:06:57,360 --> 00:06:59,436 So Josh, this is a book you may be familiar with. 150 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:01,860 Yes, "a general history of the pyrates." 151 00:07:02,030 --> 00:07:03,736 I have run into this book before. 152 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,960 This is kind of, like, the Bible of pirate stories. 153 00:07:06,130 --> 00:07:09,536 It is, and this isn't just any copy of "a general history," 154 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,460 this is the first edition. 155 00:07:11,630 --> 00:07:14,736 So we're in, what, 17... 1724. 156 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,736 My word, that is incredible, and Anne bonny is in here? 157 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:19,436 She is... she's basically got top billing, 158 00:07:19,460 --> 00:07:21,636 because right underneath the main title, it says, 159 00:07:21,660 --> 00:07:23,636 "the remarkable actions of the adventures 160 00:07:23,660 --> 00:07:26,976 of the two female pirates, Mary read and Anne bonny." 161 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,760 So she's getting billing above people 162 00:07:28,930 --> 00:07:30,236 like black beard in here. 163 00:07:30,260 --> 00:07:31,706 Yeah, that's correct, she was basically 164 00:07:31,730 --> 00:07:34,260 one of the huge selling points of this book. 165 00:07:34,430 --> 00:07:36,160 So we'll get to Mary read here in a minute, 166 00:07:36,330 --> 00:07:37,500 but let's talk Anne bonny. 167 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:39,236 You wrote the book on Anne bonny, literally. 168 00:07:39,260 --> 00:07:40,400 Yeah. 169 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,636 Yeah, so what do we know about her historically? 170 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:45,836 Historically, believe it or not, we don't know very much. 171 00:07:45,860 --> 00:07:48,200 Her story has turned into myth and legend over time. 172 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:50,500 - And there's a lot of legend. - So much legend. 173 00:07:50,660 --> 00:07:53,300 Ok, so what do we think we know about her? 174 00:07:53,460 --> 00:07:54,806 So what we think we know about her, 175 00:07:54,830 --> 00:07:56,636 starting with "a general history of the pyrates" 176 00:07:56,660 --> 00:07:58,236 for her early life, is that she was born 177 00:07:58,260 --> 00:08:01,000 around 1697 in county cork, Ireland. 178 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,700 Gird your loins, people, because Anne's story 179 00:08:04,860 --> 00:08:06,800 is scandalous from the start. 180 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,900 She was purportedly the illegitimate daughter 181 00:08:09,060 --> 00:08:11,436 of a wealthy lawyer named William Cormac, 182 00:08:11,460 --> 00:08:14,336 who shacked up with, who else, the maid. 183 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:15,636 Such a cliché. 184 00:08:15,660 --> 00:08:18,500 Then he raised Anne in Ireland, after the premature death 185 00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:21,360 of her mother, until embarking on a new life 186 00:08:21,530 --> 00:08:22,960 on a plantation in Charleston. 187 00:08:23,860 --> 00:08:25,300 But as her daddy finds out, 188 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:27,260 it's hard to keep a bad girl down. 189 00:08:27,430 --> 00:08:29,660 As Anne grows older, she develops a taste 190 00:08:29,830 --> 00:08:33,000 for the wild side, hanging out with the roughneck sailors 191 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,560 down at the docks. 192 00:08:34,730 --> 00:08:37,260 After reportedly sampling a large number of them, 193 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:39,436 she marries a man named James bonny, 194 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,360 which goes over as well as you might expect 195 00:08:41,530 --> 00:08:44,536 back at home, where Anne's father disowns her. 196 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:46,700 The honeymooners drift down to The Bahamas, 197 00:08:46,860 --> 00:08:49,860 which at the time was a lawless magnet for pirates, 198 00:08:50,030 --> 00:08:52,660 and Anne takes to it instantly. 199 00:08:52,830 --> 00:08:54,436 But the governor there is making a name 200 00:08:54,460 --> 00:08:56,760 as a pirate hunter, and James bonny 201 00:08:56,930 --> 00:08:58,636 decides to work for him. 202 00:08:58,660 --> 00:09:01,236 The idea of her husband prosecuting her friends 203 00:09:01,260 --> 00:09:03,660 turns out to be, well, a bit of a turnoff 204 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:04,830 for the rebellious Anne. 205 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:07,060 Damn, girl. 206 00:09:07,230 --> 00:09:08,736 This is when she falls in love with 207 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,836 and leaves her husband for an infamous pirate 208 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:12,360 named captain Jack rackham. 209 00:09:12,530 --> 00:09:14,076 "Calico" Jack. 210 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:16,636 This is the 18th century equivalent of breaking up 211 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:18,636 with your high school boyfriend on the football team 212 00:09:18,660 --> 00:09:21,000 for a drummer in a rock band. 213 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,976 Bad boy "calico" Jack rackham gets his nickname for his love 214 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,000 of fancy clothes, but he's not just a pretty boy. 215 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,660 "A general history of pyrates" gives him his own chapter, 216 00:09:30,830 --> 00:09:32,960 chronicling an impressive pirate career 217 00:09:33,130 --> 00:09:34,700 before he ever meets Anne. 218 00:09:34,860 --> 00:09:37,860 Harley Quinn to his joker, they take to the high seas 219 00:09:38,030 --> 00:09:41,460 where Anne and rackham become partners in love and crime, 220 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:44,100 with Anne acting for all intents and purposes 221 00:09:44,260 --> 00:09:46,236 as his wife and co-captain. 222 00:09:46,260 --> 00:09:48,760 Describe Anne bonny as a pirate in one word. 223 00:09:48,930 --> 00:09:50,660 Fierce. 224 00:09:50,830 --> 00:09:52,436 She was known to be really ruthless. 225 00:09:52,460 --> 00:09:53,900 At one point, they captured a woman 226 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,200 named Dorothy Thomas, and Anne bonny 227 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,360 wanted to kill her, because they said. 228 00:09:58,530 --> 00:10:00,360 "Dorothy Thomas could speak out against us," 229 00:10:00,530 --> 00:10:03,360 but Jack rackham let her go, and spoiler alert, 230 00:10:03,530 --> 00:10:05,636 Dorothy Thomas would become a chief witness at the trial. 231 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:07,760 Anne bonny was right, they should have killed her. 232 00:10:07,930 --> 00:10:09,436 She was right, and, in fact, 233 00:10:09,460 --> 00:10:11,100 in "a general history of the pyrates," 234 00:10:11,260 --> 00:10:12,500 we have an illustration of her. 235 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:13,636 Ok, let's see her. 236 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:14,730 Yeah. 237 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:17,100 So this is flagged as Anne bonny and Mary read. 238 00:10:17,260 --> 00:10:18,176 So she's which one? 239 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,576 She's the one here on the right. 240 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,006 She's holding an axe... you can see she's got a cutlass in her hand. 241 00:10:22,030 --> 00:10:22,976 She's got a sash. 242 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,536 She's got two pistols strapped to her body. 243 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,000 She's wearing men's clothing. 244 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,976 Later illustrations of this even show 245 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,600 that she would open up her shirt, 246 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,860 bare her breasts during battle, as kind of a distraction tactic. 247 00:10:36,100 --> 00:10:37,076 That would work. 248 00:10:37,100 --> 00:10:39,400 Yes, it would, yes. 249 00:10:39,560 --> 00:10:41,836 Now, I was about to say she's one of a kind, but she's not, 250 00:10:41,860 --> 00:10:44,300 because here next to her is Mary read. 251 00:10:44,460 --> 00:10:47,536 That's correct, the other female pirate on the ship. 252 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:49,700 Mary read was another woman running against 253 00:10:49,860 --> 00:10:51,436 the grain of history. 254 00:10:51,460 --> 00:10:54,736 She stowed away on pirate ships disguised as a man, 255 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,300 and a rather vicious one at that. 256 00:10:57,460 --> 00:11:00,076 Her secret was supposedly discovered by Anne bonny, 257 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:01,400 who took a liking to her. 258 00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:04,200 And soon the trio of Anne bonny, Mary read, 259 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,836 and Jack rackham were inseparable. 260 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:09,360 And you can read into that three-way friendship 261 00:11:09,530 --> 00:11:10,530 what you will. 262 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:12,536 The theory that they were lovers goes back 263 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:14,560 to the 18th century. 264 00:11:14,730 --> 00:11:17,000 So Anne bonny and Mary read and Jack rackham, 265 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,360 they're out there in the high seas doing their thing, 266 00:11:19,530 --> 00:11:21,900 - but nothing lasts forever. - No. 267 00:11:22,060 --> 00:11:23,836 And unfortunately, what they don't realize is that 268 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:26,836 there are two pirate hunters on their tail because there is 269 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:28,460 a reward for their capture. 270 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,976 The "general history of pyrates" tells us that the trio 271 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,160 kicked off their reign of terror with an audacious heist, 272 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:38,836 hijacking a sloop called "the William." 273 00:11:38,860 --> 00:11:41,360 Armed with four cannons and two swivel guns, 274 00:11:41,530 --> 00:11:43,700 they used their makeshift warship to plunder 275 00:11:43,860 --> 00:11:45,960 a great number of boats in the Caribbean, 276 00:11:46,130 --> 00:11:48,976 racking up a sizable collection of treasure. 277 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:51,136 This string of successes prompts the governor 278 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,836 of The Bahamas to issue a proclamation 279 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:55,136 calling for their arrest. 280 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:58,536 Soon after, a pirate hunter surprises bonny's crew 281 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:00,660 during a night of heavy drinking. 282 00:12:00,830 --> 00:12:04,400 Too yo-ho-hoed to fight, the men hide below deck. 283 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:06,900 Read is so livid at her drunken crew mates, 284 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:10,200 she reportedly fires into her own hold in anger. 285 00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:14,700 In the end, the entire crew is captured and remanded 286 00:12:14,860 --> 00:12:16,200 to Jamaica for trial. 287 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:19,976 The trial was done in two parts. 288 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,930 First, Jack rackham and all the men were put on trial, 289 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:25,976 and they were all found guilty and sentenced to hang. 290 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,460 And after they were all executed 291 00:12:28,630 --> 00:12:31,600 in November of 1720, about ten days later, 292 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,160 Anne bonny and Mary read have their own trial. 293 00:12:35,100 --> 00:12:37,060 And so according to the trial documents, 294 00:12:37,230 --> 00:12:39,900 the outcome is that they are found guilty 295 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,560 and they are sentenced, 296 00:12:41,730 --> 00:12:44,536 "to be severely hanged by the neck, 297 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:46,600 'till you are severely dead." 298 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:47,760 - Yes. - Not just dead. 299 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:49,600 - Severely. - Severely dead. 300 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,800 Until a big plot twist. 301 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,600 They both reveal that they are pregnant at the stand. 302 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:56,160 Shock. 303 00:12:56,330 --> 00:12:58,960 As a rule, the British don't hang pregnant women. 304 00:12:59,130 --> 00:13:01,760 So Anne and Mary are given a stay of execution 305 00:13:01,930 --> 00:13:04,160 until the births of their children. 306 00:13:04,330 --> 00:13:06,660 Mary read, though, dies of typhus first, 307 00:13:06,830 --> 00:13:09,260 and Anne... well, nobody knows. 308 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,560 So at the end of her chapter, it says, 309 00:13:13,730 --> 00:13:16,860 "she was continued in prison, but what has become 310 00:13:17,030 --> 00:13:18,030 "of her since, 311 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,260 "we cannot tell. 312 00:13:20,430 --> 00:13:23,660 Only this we know, that she was not executed." 313 00:13:23,830 --> 00:13:25,760 Poof, she vanishes. 314 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:27,076 So where the hell did she go? 315 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:29,860 Well, the most prominent theory, the one that most people 316 00:13:30,030 --> 00:13:31,960 tend to believe, is that her father 317 00:13:32,130 --> 00:13:35,500 was able to bail her out of jail and was able to bring her home. 318 00:13:35,660 --> 00:13:37,960 And from there, probably able to marry her off, 319 00:13:38,130 --> 00:13:39,800 and that she lived in south Carolina 320 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:41,200 for the rest of her life. 321 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,660 Never to be heard from again. 322 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:46,700 And then we get to the legend of her treasure. 323 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:49,800 We don't really know what she was worth, right? 324 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,000 No, we don't... we do know that Jack rackham 325 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:55,060 was a very successful pirate before he met Anne bonny, 326 00:13:55,230 --> 00:13:58,536 and together as pirates, they had their own successes. 327 00:13:58,560 --> 00:13:59,576 And a few years ago, 328 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,536 Forbes published an article saying that she was 329 00:14:01,560 --> 00:14:03,760 one of the wealthiest pirates in history. 330 00:14:03,930 --> 00:14:06,076 And just because we don't know the exact amount, 331 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:08,000 that hasn't stopped people from looking, right? 332 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:10,536 No, there are lots of people who are still looking for treasure. 333 00:14:10,560 --> 00:14:12,600 In fact, there's a historian here in south Carolina 334 00:14:12,730 --> 00:14:14,800 who claims he has a new lead on the case. 335 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,100 I like new leads. 336 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:17,636 If I strike it rich, I'll let you know. 337 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:19,536 - Excellent. - Thanks very much. I appreciate it. 338 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:20,880 - You're welcome. - All the best. 339 00:14:22,060 --> 00:14:25,100 To link up with a team looking for Anne bonny's treasure, 340 00:14:25,260 --> 00:14:27,500 I leave Charleston to head up the coast. 341 00:14:27,660 --> 00:14:29,760 But for once, I'm going in style. 342 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:33,260 I am sitting behind the wheel of a fully-restored 343 00:14:33,430 --> 00:14:36,860 1964 Land Rover in Ferrari green, 344 00:14:37,030 --> 00:14:41,900 modified with a 430-horsepower ls3 corvette engine. 345 00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:45,636 In other words, daddy is very, very happy. 346 00:14:45,660 --> 00:14:46,860 Let's do this. 347 00:14:47,030 --> 00:14:48,436 Whoo! She moves! 348 00:14:48,460 --> 00:14:49,560 Ha-ha! 349 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:52,900 Come on! 350 00:14:55,660 --> 00:14:58,800 Eighty exhilarating miles later, I arrive on the banks 351 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,700 of the pee Dee river and find the man with a red-hot lead 352 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,160 on Anne bonny's loot... Harley Houston, 353 00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:08,236 from the preservation group old Carolina outdoors. 354 00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:09,780 - I take it you're Harley. - Yes, sir. 355 00:15:09,830 --> 00:15:11,236 - Nice to meet you, man. - Nice to meet you. 356 00:15:11,260 --> 00:15:13,100 And Harley isn't here to waste time. 357 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,400 Before I know it, I'm ushered into a waiting air boat. 358 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,336 - Ok, here we go. - All right. 359 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:21,460 It's about to get loud. 360 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:28,960 Whoo! 361 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,260 362 361 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,760 I'm on the trail of the world's most infamous female pirate, 363 00:15:47,930 --> 00:15:51,536 Anne bonny, or more specifically, her buried loot. 364 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:52,960 To find it, I've boarded 365 00:15:53,130 --> 00:15:55,700 the world's largest vegetable peeler on south Carolina's 366 00:15:55,860 --> 00:15:57,260 pee Dee river. 367 00:15:57,430 --> 00:16:00,836 Leading the charge is treasure hunter, Harley Houston. 368 00:16:00,860 --> 00:16:02,100 All right, so Harley, 369 00:16:03,460 --> 00:16:05,136 where are we going... where are you taking me? 370 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,500 We're going up about two miles. 371 00:16:07,660 --> 00:16:08,636 - Two more miles? - Yes. 372 00:16:08,660 --> 00:16:09,836 So why do we think it's up here? 373 00:16:09,860 --> 00:16:12,236 So the biggest mystery about Anne bonny is 374 00:16:12,260 --> 00:16:13,406 what happened to her. 375 00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:15,236 Right, we know she was arrested, we know she was 376 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:18,260 sentenced to hang, and then she disappears. 377 00:16:18,430 --> 00:16:21,336 Yeah, so the number one theory is her dad used his influence 378 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,300 and money to spring her out of jail. 379 00:16:23,460 --> 00:16:26,500 Right, William Cormac, her dad, Springs her somehow, 380 00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:28,136 and what, brings her back to Charleston? 381 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,400 Yeah, brings her back here in south Carolina, 382 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:34,060 and puts her up in a big house overlooking the river, 383 00:16:34,230 --> 00:16:36,536 which is the spot she's supposed to have buried her treasure. 384 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,336 - Ok, it's a great story. - Yeah. 385 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:39,660 Is any of it true? 386 00:16:39,830 --> 00:16:42,136 So I have two documents from the archives that show us 387 00:16:42,160 --> 00:16:44,436 - right where to look. - Ok, what'd you find? 388 00:16:44,460 --> 00:16:45,960 Yeah, so right here... 389 00:16:46,860 --> 00:16:50,460 This is the official king's Grant given 390 00:16:50,630 --> 00:16:52,136 to William Cormac. 391 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:54,160 So this is an actual land Grant... 392 00:16:54,330 --> 00:16:55,800 - Yeah. - For William Cormac, 393 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,160 name-checks her father, and he's being given 394 00:16:58,330 --> 00:17:01,950 50 acres of land in queensborough township. 395 00:17:01,974 --> 00:17:02,460 Yes. 396 00:17:02,630 --> 00:17:03,950 Are we in queensborough township? 397 00:17:04,030 --> 00:17:05,336 We are here right now. 398 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:06,976 So this gets us to the right area, 399 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,536 and how do we narrow it down from here? 400 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:10,560 So the next document I have here is actually 401 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,000 a plat map. 402 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,860 A plat map, like an old property line. 403 00:17:14,030 --> 00:17:16,460 Yeah, and showing where the exact property is. 404 00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:20,000 It sits on the edge of the pee Dee river. 405 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:21,236 - Yes. - This river. 406 00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:23,000 This river that we're on right now. 407 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:26,260 Anne bonny's treasure could be buried on this plot of land. 408 00:17:26,430 --> 00:17:29,076 I think it's a great chance it could be buried there. 409 00:17:29,100 --> 00:17:30,560 Ok. 410 00:17:30,730 --> 00:17:32,960 - Couple miles, you say? - Just a couple miles. 411 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:34,136 - Should we punch it? - Let's hit it. 412 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:35,600 Let's do it, come on. 413 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,100 Whoo! 414 00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:38,260 This guy's excited! 415 00:17:38,430 --> 00:17:40,060 Just get these on. 416 00:17:40,230 --> 00:17:41,076 All right, you can go ahead now. 417 00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:42,160 Hit it. 418 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,300 Harley's in a hurry to get to the treasure, 419 00:17:48,460 --> 00:17:52,236 so he has the pilot crank this thing up to 50 miles an hour... 420 00:17:52,260 --> 00:17:54,836 Whoo! 421 00:17:54,860 --> 00:17:58,700 More than twice the top speed of a ship in Anne bonny's day. 422 00:17:58,860 --> 00:18:00,060 Whoo! 423 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:03,060 We're going so fast, 424 00:18:03,230 --> 00:18:04,860 even the mosquitoes can't catch up. 425 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:07,700 Whoo-hoo! 426 00:18:12,100 --> 00:18:13,236 We're here! 427 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:14,800 Welcome to pirate's cove. 428 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:19,200 We've arrived in a remote area, deep in the swamp, 429 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,636 shutting down our engine beside another air boat 430 00:18:21,660 --> 00:18:23,300 that's been pulled ashore. 431 00:18:28,660 --> 00:18:31,336 We climb up the embankment and find Harley's team 432 00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:33,236 already hard at work. 433 00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:34,636 To find the treasure, he's assembled 434 00:18:34,660 --> 00:18:37,200 his own motley crew of metal detectorists, 435 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:40,260 relic hunters, historians, and quite possibly 436 00:18:40,430 --> 00:18:42,136 a real-life pirate. 437 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,200 - Nice to meet you guys. - Nice to meet you. 438 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,300 First of all, you're wearing a pirate bandanna 439 00:18:46,460 --> 00:18:48,136 and a giant shark's tooth around your neck. 440 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,960 Yes, I love digging for megalodon teeth 441 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:52,836 - and pirate treasure. - You're my hero. 442 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:54,540 - Thank you, I appreciate that. - Amazing. 443 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,800 They've been scouting the area 444 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,536 and are already finding artifacts. 445 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,900 The first thing we found was this rose head nail. 446 00:19:02,060 --> 00:19:03,036 Well, look at that. 447 00:19:03,060 --> 00:19:05,800 Which indicates, like, a 1700 site. 448 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,606 This is what we would refer to as an old-ass nail, I believe, yeah? 449 00:19:08,630 --> 00:19:10,260 - Yeah. - Yeah? 450 00:19:10,430 --> 00:19:12,836 The nail is the right period for Anne bonny, 451 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:14,976 but they've also found later items, 452 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,300 like part of a horse's bridle from the late 18th century, 453 00:19:18,460 --> 00:19:20,500 a sash buckle from the 1830s, 454 00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,760 as well as earlier materials like staffordshire ceramics 455 00:19:23,930 --> 00:19:26,136 from back in the late 1600s. 456 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,976 We've got people out here, no question, 457 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,660 and on that plat map, we are on that Cormac property. 458 00:19:30,830 --> 00:19:32,136 Yeah, we are right here. 459 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:33,700 Ok, you guys mind a little help? 460 00:19:33,860 --> 00:19:35,136 Come on, let's do it. 461 00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:36,480 Can we get our stuff in the boat? 462 00:19:36,530 --> 00:19:37,700 - Let's do it. - Let's do it. 463 00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:39,236 Don't find pirate treasure without us. 464 00:19:39,260 --> 00:19:40,760 We'll be right back. 465 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,760 Harley and I grab our gear, and in no time, 466 00:19:44,930 --> 00:19:48,000 we're all working together, swinging and pinging. 467 00:19:50,460 --> 00:19:52,976 And once this group of pros gets to work, 468 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,236 this quiet stretch of backwoods fills up with enough beeps, 469 00:19:56,260 --> 00:19:59,136 bloops, and hoots for a casino floor. 470 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,560 And it pays out like a slot machine, too. 471 00:20:01,730 --> 00:20:03,560 Hey, guys, I got something over here. 472 00:20:03,730 --> 00:20:04,860 - Good hit? - Yeah. 473 00:20:05,030 --> 00:20:06,060 Let's see it. 474 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:11,000 - Ok. - Let's see. 475 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:14,636 It's right at the bottom. 476 00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:15,636 - Way down there. - Look at that. 477 00:20:15,660 --> 00:20:16,637 Something round. 478 00:20:16,661 --> 00:20:17,836 - Be careful. - Could be a coin. 479 00:20:17,860 --> 00:20:19,976 I'm gonna be careful, hold on. 480 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,636 That's a coin, that's a coin! 481 00:20:21,660 --> 00:20:22,860 My god! 482 00:20:23,030 --> 00:20:24,006 Good job. 483 00:20:24,030 --> 00:20:25,160 That's a king George. 484 00:20:25,330 --> 00:20:26,660 Dude, that's in great shape. 485 00:20:26,830 --> 00:20:28,260 Old, old coin. 486 00:20:28,430 --> 00:20:29,736 I've never found one of those before. 487 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:30,836 Dude, did you see the bust? 488 00:20:30,860 --> 00:20:34,236 This is super worn, but you can see just the outline 489 00:20:34,260 --> 00:20:36,200 - of a profile there, yeah? - Yeah. 490 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:38,806 And you can see Roman numerals "ii" on the right, right there. 491 00:20:38,830 --> 00:20:40,536 - That's king George ii. - King George ii. 492 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,160 So this is an English penny or half penny? 493 00:20:43,330 --> 00:20:45,900 Yeah, no doubt. 494 00:20:46,060 --> 00:20:48,536 This is a coin from the era of king George ii, 495 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:53,100 who sat on the English throne from 1727 to 1760. 496 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:56,860 So this may be exactly 300 years old. 497 00:20:57,030 --> 00:20:57,776 Exactly. 498 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,120 That puts us in this time period. 499 00:20:59,230 --> 00:21:00,336 We are in the money, literally. 500 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:01,836 - Yes. - That's it. 501 00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:03,736 - Dude, nice find. - Thank you, man. 502 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,136 I've never found one of those in my life, so... 503 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,536 - That's awesome. - Thank you, man. 504 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:07,976 - Thank you. - How old are you? 505 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,040 - I'm 20, I mean, yes... - Well, you got some time, 506 00:21:10,130 --> 00:21:11,300 you got some time. 507 00:21:11,460 --> 00:21:14,060 The question is, could the coin be one of many, 508 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:16,000 like in a treasure chest, let's say? 509 00:21:18,100 --> 00:21:19,760 We quickly get back to work, 510 00:21:19,930 --> 00:21:23,100 but most of the treasures here are of the recent variety. 511 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,160 Nail. 512 00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:30,430 22 casing. 513 00:21:32,460 --> 00:21:33,960 There's something here. 514 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,900 Ooh. 515 00:21:38,060 --> 00:21:39,300 That sounds pretty good. 516 00:21:39,460 --> 00:21:40,336 Yeah, something there. 517 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:41,337 Dig it! 518 00:21:41,361 --> 00:21:42,460 Yeah, for sure. 519 00:21:52,260 --> 00:21:53,500 - It's something big. - Really? 520 00:21:53,630 --> 00:21:55,660 Yeah, it's something big, ooh. 521 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:57,976 Wait, what is that? 522 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,160 What the hell is that? A piece of iron? 523 00:22:00,330 --> 00:22:01,700 - Turn around. - Whoa! 524 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,900 2 what the hell is that? A piece of iron? 525 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,960 - Turn around. - Whoa! 526 00:22:10,130 --> 00:22:11,300 It's a lock! 527 00:22:11,460 --> 00:22:12,660 It's a lock, dude! 528 00:22:12,830 --> 00:22:13,806 Whoo! 529 00:22:13,830 --> 00:22:15,360 Unbelievable! 530 00:22:15,530 --> 00:22:17,100 In the swamps of south Carolina, 531 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:19,500 I'm with a team searching for the lost treasure 532 00:22:19,660 --> 00:22:21,800 of the trailblazing pirate Anne bonny. 533 00:22:22,660 --> 00:22:25,200 We've already found a period coin. 534 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,100 Now, we might have discovered evidence 535 00:22:27,260 --> 00:22:29,236 of what it was stored in. 536 00:22:29,260 --> 00:22:30,976 That's 1700s all day. 537 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,976 - See that triangle piece on top? - Yes. 538 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,860 That is definitely in the time period that we're looking for. 539 00:22:36,030 --> 00:22:37,800 That's what they use on chests. 540 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,336 So the million-dollar question. 541 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:40,636 Multi-million-dollar question. 542 00:22:40,660 --> 00:22:42,260 - Multi-million dollar question. - Yeah. 543 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,800 What the hell was this padlock locking? 544 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,500 I think we know what it was locking. 545 00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:48,800 If you're burying treasure, in a box... 546 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,036 There's your lock. 547 00:22:50,060 --> 00:22:51,336 We gotta search this whole area right here. 548 00:22:51,360 --> 00:22:53,100 Totally. It's amazing. 549 00:22:53,260 --> 00:22:55,000 - That gets a "whoo". - A what? 550 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,460 Whoo! 551 00:22:57,630 --> 00:22:59,300 - Let's do it. - Come on! 552 00:22:59,460 --> 00:23:01,100 Look at that! 553 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:06,200 We search around the area where we found the lock, 554 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:09,236 but there's no trace of anything it might have been guarding. 555 00:23:09,260 --> 00:23:12,000 So we move on to a different corner of the property. 556 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,460 This opens way up in here. Look at this. 557 00:23:15,630 --> 00:23:17,336 And actually, I think we can home in on where 558 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:18,400 the original house was. 559 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,400 - That Cormac built out here? - Yes. 560 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:23,060 Team member Axel macon has been looking forward 561 00:23:23,230 --> 00:23:25,076 to exploring here, because it's believed 562 00:23:25,100 --> 00:23:27,600 that the treasure is buried close to the house 563 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:28,960 of Anne bonny's father, 564 00:23:29,130 --> 00:23:30,900 and he thinks he has a way to find it. 565 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:33,160 Here, check this out. 566 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:35,660 So this is a satellite view? 567 00:23:35,830 --> 00:23:36,836 Yeah, you see this dot right here? 568 00:23:36,860 --> 00:23:37,837 - That's us. - That's us, 569 00:23:37,861 --> 00:23:39,760 and we're in this big, clear cut field. 570 00:23:39,930 --> 00:23:40,906 Correct. 571 00:23:40,930 --> 00:23:42,600 But check it out when I do this. 572 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:44,300 - Whoa. - That's lidar. 573 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:45,636 This was done by the state. 574 00:23:45,660 --> 00:23:47,336 They did a big survey across statewide. 575 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,260 So lidar, this very, very high-tech mapping technology, 576 00:23:50,430 --> 00:23:52,536 strips away what's here, 577 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,976 and now we can see the actual topography 578 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,236 - of this site. - Correct. 579 00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,460 - And what do you notice there? - I notice a hill. 580 00:23:58,630 --> 00:24:00,136 Like, it's kinda hard to see with the naked eye, 581 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,760 but there's definitely a hill here that we're on the edge of. 582 00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:05,360 And then what is this little spot right here 583 00:24:05,530 --> 00:24:06,836 that's kinda directly in front of us? 584 00:24:06,860 --> 00:24:08,260 Look at that. So on the high ground 585 00:24:08,330 --> 00:24:10,700 on that hill, there's some sort of weird divoting. 586 00:24:10,860 --> 00:24:12,180 - Yep. - You think that could be, 587 00:24:12,260 --> 00:24:13,806 what, like the foundations of the old house? 588 00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:14,830 I really do. 589 00:24:14,860 --> 00:24:16,460 Ok, so that would be where from here? 590 00:24:16,630 --> 00:24:18,460 - Up here somewhere? - Just dead ahead. 591 00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:20,160 - High ground? - Yep, high ground. 592 00:24:20,330 --> 00:24:21,306 Let's see what's on high ground. 593 00:24:21,330 --> 00:24:22,330 - Come on. - Let's do it. 594 00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:28,436 We make our way to the hidden high ground, 595 00:24:28,460 --> 00:24:31,260 hoping to find signs of the home Anne bonny's father 596 00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:35,000 once owned and the treasure said to be buried nearby. 597 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,800 I got iron. 598 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:40,976 Yeah, I got some iron here, too. 599 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,136 So maybe there was something right here. 600 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:43,706 - There's a lot of iron here. - Hey, there's 601 00:24:43,730 --> 00:24:44,836 a little piece of brick right here. 602 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:46,220 - Piece of brick? - You got brick? 603 00:24:46,260 --> 00:24:47,336 Yep, and it's... 604 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:49,336 Hand-mixed, you can tell by the two different colors, 605 00:24:49,360 --> 00:24:50,900 so that puts it at our 1700s. 606 00:24:51,060 --> 00:24:53,160 - Dude, yeah, that's period. - Look at that. 607 00:24:53,330 --> 00:24:55,760 That is old hand-mixed brick. Look at that. 608 00:24:55,930 --> 00:24:57,336 Definitely what we're looking for. 609 00:24:57,360 --> 00:24:58,600 Something here? Chimney, maybe? 610 00:24:58,760 --> 00:25:01,236 Definitely... usually, the house rotted away, 611 00:25:01,260 --> 00:25:03,736 and all that's left is the nails and the bricks 612 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,000 from the old chimney. 613 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,536 Ok, so in here for sure. 614 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,360 The remains of the bricks and mortar here are evidence 615 00:25:10,530 --> 00:25:12,976 that we're searching what could be the main residence 616 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,900 of Anne bonny's family home. 617 00:25:22,060 --> 00:25:24,236 - Good hit? - Yeah, it's ringing. 618 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:25,360 Dig it! 619 00:25:30,060 --> 00:25:31,160 Got it in my hand. 620 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:33,560 Wait, nothing... 621 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:39,700 Nothing... What is that? 622 00:25:39,860 --> 00:25:41,860 - Is that a coin? - No, it looks like a button. 623 00:25:42,030 --> 00:25:43,336 - Look at that. - Yeah, that is a button. 624 00:25:43,360 --> 00:25:45,112 You can see where the shank was on the back. 625 00:25:45,136 --> 00:25:45,406 Yeah. 626 00:25:45,430 --> 00:25:46,736 But what is on the front of this thing? 627 00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,660 It's got like a portrait on it. 628 00:25:48,830 --> 00:25:50,160 Looks like a person. 629 00:25:50,330 --> 00:25:51,276 You see the hair? 630 00:25:51,300 --> 00:25:52,636 The hair bow, and the hair coming this way? 631 00:25:52,660 --> 00:25:54,006 Yes, yes, the person's facing right. 632 00:25:54,030 --> 00:25:55,136 Dude, there's some writing on there. 633 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,436 Let's clean up a little bit. Hold on. 634 00:25:56,460 --> 00:25:58,136 What is that? 635 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:03,800 I see, "w-i... You can read that." 636 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,836 - William? - William? 637 00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:08,700 Dude, this is super, super rare. 638 00:26:08,860 --> 00:26:11,160 That's a William pitt stamp act button. 639 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,236 Quick history lesson. 640 00:26:13,260 --> 00:26:15,760 The stamp act was passed in 1765 641 00:26:15,930 --> 00:26:17,160 by the British parliament, 642 00:26:17,330 --> 00:26:19,860 who taxed paper goods in the American colonies 643 00:26:20,030 --> 00:26:21,736 to pay for the soldiers that enforced 644 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:23,700 the laws of the English crown. 645 00:26:23,860 --> 00:26:27,400 Opposition to the act was swift and loud, and they had an ally 646 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,736 in parliament, William pitt, who felt the king had no right 647 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,236 to tax the colonies. 648 00:26:32,260 --> 00:26:34,536 This button and others like it, supporting him, 649 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,960 were an early act of rebellion, which scared parliament 650 00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:40,700 into repealing the act in 1766. 651 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:41,837 Incredible. 652 00:26:41,861 --> 00:26:43,700 I mean, do you find a lot of these? 653 00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:46,160 No, this is super, super rare. 654 00:26:46,330 --> 00:26:49,200 I have only heard of one ever being sold at auction. 655 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:51,236 - It is that rare. - That's amazing. 656 00:26:51,260 --> 00:26:53,760 It's a beautiful piece of history, and it puts us 657 00:26:53,930 --> 00:26:54,837 in an exact year. 658 00:26:54,861 --> 00:26:56,336 - That's right. - 1766. 659 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:57,400 1766. 660 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,136 You can just imagine an older Anne bonny, 661 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,236 right? On this plantation. 662 00:27:02,260 --> 00:27:04,400 She certainly would have been an opponent 663 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,160 - of the stamp act, right? - Yeah. 664 00:27:06,330 --> 00:27:07,536 I've never seen anything like this. 665 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,700 That is an awesome find. 666 00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:13,136 The button is a piece of vital American history. 667 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,536 We may be searching for pirate loot, but this is treasure 668 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,830 of a different kind. 669 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,500 But then again, if all you care about is gold and silver 670 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,436 just wait about 30 seconds, because we're getting hits 671 00:27:25,460 --> 00:27:26,736 left and right. 672 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:27,990 Great hit. 673 00:27:29,530 --> 00:27:30,836 Activity all over the place here. 674 00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:34,400 In what might actually be Anne bonny's swamp hideout. 675 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,060 Good hit here. 676 00:27:43,860 --> 00:27:45,260 How far down that is? 677 00:27:45,430 --> 00:27:46,470 It's deep, whatever it is. 678 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:49,860 What the hell is that? 679 00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:53,400 There you are. Harley! 680 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:54,560 - What? - Come here! 681 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,700 What you got? 682 00:27:56,860 --> 00:27:58,860 I don't know what I got, but it's shiny. 683 00:27:59,030 --> 00:28:00,660 - See it? - No, where? 684 00:28:00,830 --> 00:28:02,200 Here. 685 00:28:02,360 --> 00:28:03,906 - I don't know what it is. - I don't know. 686 00:28:03,930 --> 00:28:05,200 - Pull it out. - What is that? 687 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:07,000 - Is that a piece of... - Ooh. 688 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:10,100 - Wait... dude! - It's broken! 689 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:17,160 2 it's broken! 690 00:28:17,330 --> 00:28:18,460 That's a spoon, man! 691 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:20,060 That is a spoon. Look at that. 692 00:28:20,230 --> 00:28:21,800 - It's engraved. - It's engraved. 693 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,000 - It's engraved! - Get out of here! 694 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:27,836 I'm in a south Carolina field that is believed to have 695 00:28:27,860 --> 00:28:31,500 once been the family home of the infamous female pirate 696 00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:32,776 Anne bonny. 697 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,836 A longstanding rumor says she buried her treasure here 698 00:28:35,860 --> 00:28:38,500 after narrowly escaping execution. 699 00:28:38,660 --> 00:28:41,660 And now we may have just unearthed a piece of it. 700 00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:42,836 It's engraved. Look at that. 701 00:28:42,860 --> 00:28:44,460 - Is that initials? - My god. 702 00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:45,800 - It is engraved. - Wow. 703 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,260 It's engraved. 704 00:28:48,430 --> 00:28:50,100 J.b., James bonny? 705 00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:52,436 - My gosh. - "B" for bonny. 706 00:28:52,460 --> 00:28:54,660 "J," I don't know. James bonny was her husband. 707 00:28:55,860 --> 00:28:57,200 She ran off with James bonny. 708 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,360 Well, she's not gonna throw silver away? 709 00:28:59,530 --> 00:29:00,836 You know, who's gonna do that? 710 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:02,400 - Maybe, right? - Incredible. 711 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,436 In my fantasy world, it's something bonny. 712 00:29:04,460 --> 00:29:06,436 All right, we're looking for forks and knives now. 713 00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:07,460 Forks and knives. 714 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:08,836 That way, we can eat dinner tonight. 715 00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:09,900 That's right. 716 00:29:10,060 --> 00:29:11,460 We've got to be able to eat. 717 00:29:11,630 --> 00:29:12,860 Dang! 718 00:29:13,030 --> 00:29:14,976 The spoon could have belonged to Anne, 719 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:17,560 but it's currently one of a kind. 720 00:29:17,730 --> 00:29:20,236 For the next few hours, the team continues to scan 721 00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:21,960 every inch of this area. 722 00:29:22,130 --> 00:29:25,560 We continue to find scrap metal and bricks from a former home, 723 00:29:25,730 --> 00:29:27,400 but no lock box of loot. 724 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,076 Lucky for me, Harley and Axel are full of surprises. 725 00:29:31,100 --> 00:29:33,076 So these guys are gonna stay here and keep searching. 726 00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:35,636 But I have another spot that I've been dying to get to, 727 00:29:35,660 --> 00:29:36,700 and I'd love to take you. 728 00:29:36,860 --> 00:29:38,406 That's connected to Anne bonny's treasure? 729 00:29:38,430 --> 00:29:38,630 Yes. 730 00:29:38,654 --> 00:29:40,406 Hey, but if we're gonna check that place out, 731 00:29:40,430 --> 00:29:41,560 we better leave right now. 732 00:29:41,730 --> 00:29:42,537 Why now? 733 00:29:42,561 --> 00:29:44,000 - The tide. - The tide? 734 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:45,880 - The tide. - This place is tide dependent? 735 00:29:46,030 --> 00:29:47,336 - Yes. - Boy. 736 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:48,960 - Back to the air boat? - Yeah, let's go. 737 00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:49,976 Come on, lead on, let's do it. 738 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,436 - All right. - Good luck, guys. 739 00:29:51,460 --> 00:29:52,976 Thanks. 740 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,260 Let me know if you find, you know, treasury things. 741 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,360 With the clock ticking, we floor the air boat 742 00:30:02,530 --> 00:30:03,660 back to our dock... 743 00:30:04,860 --> 00:30:08,360 And make a mad dash to beaufort, south Carolina, 744 00:30:08,530 --> 00:30:11,200 where Harley and Axel's research is pointing toward 745 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,760 a new potential site for Anne bonny's treasure. 746 00:30:14,930 --> 00:30:17,260 Ok, so what is this place? Another homestead? 747 00:30:17,430 --> 00:30:20,336 No, this is an old native American trade outpost. 748 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:21,406 A trade outpost? 749 00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:24,060 So this is where natives are trading with colonists? 750 00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:25,460 No, pirates. 751 00:30:25,630 --> 00:30:27,136 So this is like a black market. 752 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:28,460 Yes, exactly. 753 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,800 Two groups certain to be excluded from the traditional 754 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,260 economy of the colonies 755 00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:36,060 would be native Americans and pirates. 756 00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:39,076 Trade outposts, like Harley is describing, would be a place 757 00:30:39,100 --> 00:30:42,336 for Anne bonny and her crew to fence stolen goods 758 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,960 and stay supplied for the months at sea. 759 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,240 And so, where is this trade outpost? 760 00:30:47,330 --> 00:30:49,200 No one really knows. 761 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,000 Damn, I was hoping it was gonna be easier than that. 762 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,360 - Why is it never easy? - It's never easy. 763 00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:57,160 So Axel, where is this place supposed to be? 764 00:30:57,330 --> 00:30:59,300 So from the research we've done, we think it's 765 00:30:59,460 --> 00:31:01,976 where the pocotaligo river meets with the king's highway, 766 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,800 because it's the furthest inland that you can get by boat 767 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:05,876 from the open ocean. 768 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:07,836 And the king's highway was, like, the road 769 00:31:07,860 --> 00:31:08,976 back then, right? 770 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:11,076 It was the main road and trading route. 771 00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,236 And, in fact, you're actually driving on it right now. 772 00:31:13,260 --> 00:31:14,406 - Wow, amazing. - Yeah. 773 00:31:14,430 --> 00:31:16,800 - Yeah, this is like the og interstate. - Yeah. 774 00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:21,076 The old king's highway runs from Boston, Massachusetts 775 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:23,260 all the way here to south Carolina, 776 00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:24,736 just south of Charleston. 777 00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,500 It crosses the pocotaligo river, a tributary which runs out 778 00:31:28,660 --> 00:31:30,076 to the Atlantic coast. 779 00:31:30,100 --> 00:31:33,400 It's at this vital crossroads that Harley believes the outpost 780 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,300 was located along with Anne bonny's treasure. 781 00:31:37,260 --> 00:31:39,136 This trading outpost... 782 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,860 Do we know that this place existed, or it's a legend? 783 00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,270 We have a lot of indications that this was a real place, 784 00:31:44,330 --> 00:31:45,700 but no one's been able to find it. 785 00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:48,600 We know the natives were routed out of this area in 1716. 786 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,500 So that trade outpost gets abandoned. 787 00:31:50,660 --> 00:31:53,260 Yes, and the story is that she used that as a hideout. 788 00:31:53,430 --> 00:31:54,376 Got it. 789 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,200 So find the trade outpost, find the treasure. 790 00:31:56,330 --> 00:31:57,237 - Yeah. - Yeah. 791 00:31:57,261 --> 00:31:58,661 - Simple as that. - Simple as that. 792 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,636 It sounds so easy. Ok. 793 00:32:00,660 --> 00:32:03,836 So along with her treasure, finding this trade outpost 794 00:32:03,860 --> 00:32:05,100 would be a big deal. 795 00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:08,636 A huge deal, even for the state, because no one 796 00:32:08,660 --> 00:32:09,576 has ever been able to find this. 797 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,336 And you think you know where this place is? 798 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,636 I've done a lot of research. 799 00:32:12,660 --> 00:32:14,660 I think I know exactly where it is. 800 00:32:14,830 --> 00:32:16,436 - Axel? - I'm with Harley on this one. 801 00:32:16,460 --> 00:32:18,460 - We got it. - All right, let's find it. 802 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,460 We cruise down this historic road 803 00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:26,300 to Harley and Axel's coordinates 804 00:32:26,460 --> 00:32:29,760 at the intersection of the pocotaligo river. 805 00:32:29,930 --> 00:32:32,460 Proving the existence of a trade outpost near here 806 00:32:32,630 --> 00:32:36,560 would be a major discovery, turning centuries of rumor 807 00:32:36,730 --> 00:32:38,300 into cold, hard fact. 808 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:42,536 Ok. 809 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,060 - This is it? - Yeah, we're here. 810 00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:47,100 We're here, all right. Now, I do not see 811 00:32:47,260 --> 00:32:49,660 a native American pirate trade outpost here. 812 00:32:49,830 --> 00:32:51,436 You're gonna have to use your imagination. 813 00:32:51,460 --> 00:32:53,236 All right, I'm using my imagination. 814 00:32:53,260 --> 00:32:54,260 Paint me a picture. 815 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:56,660 Yeah, so right here is the pocotaligo river. 816 00:32:56,830 --> 00:32:58,300 And it comes up 817 00:32:58,460 --> 00:33:00,700 and winds around this bank, and then it meets 818 00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:02,436 the king's highway right here. 819 00:33:02,460 --> 00:33:03,800 - Where we came in on. - Yes. 820 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:05,936 So the highway's right there, river ends right here. 821 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:06,960 - Yes. - Ok. 822 00:33:07,030 --> 00:33:08,136 The ships would have had to have a place 823 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,460 where they needed to dock. 824 00:33:09,630 --> 00:33:11,076 They dropped stuff over, so we think 825 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:13,160 that main docking place was right over here 826 00:33:13,330 --> 00:33:15,700 on what now is an island from all the erosion. 827 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:18,000 Ok, so if you think if that trade outpost were here, 828 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,836 it would be somewhere right in the water here. 829 00:33:19,860 --> 00:33:22,600 Yeah, I think it hits right where the river bank is. 830 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,336 And that's where this ticking clock comes in? 831 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,506 Yes... so right now, because of the full moon, it's known 832 00:33:26,530 --> 00:33:29,860 as a king tide, which is also known as negative tide. 833 00:33:30,030 --> 00:33:32,400 A negative, or minus tide, occurs 834 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,336 when the moon's gravitational pull causes a low tide 835 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,436 that is below zero on the tide scale. 836 00:33:38,460 --> 00:33:40,760 The river here is fed by the Atlantic ocean, 837 00:33:40,930 --> 00:33:44,060 and in less than two hours, the water level should drop 838 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:46,700 to its lowest point all year. 839 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:49,336 And also, we have these series of floodgates that are 840 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,536 underneath the king's highway, and they've been closed 841 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:52,676 for like 200 years. 842 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:54,860 They've just been recently opened, and they're causing 843 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,536 a whole lot of erosion from the fast flow of water 844 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:58,976 coming out of them, and we're hoping 845 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,806 that it's going to reveal a lot more artifacts. 846 00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:02,760 Ok, so the tide's gonna start dropping. 847 00:34:02,930 --> 00:34:04,436 Should we get out there and see what we can find? 848 00:34:04,460 --> 00:34:05,536 - Let's do it. - Yeah, let's do it. 849 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,760 Let's do it, come on, guys. 850 00:34:08,900 --> 00:34:11,700 Right on schedule, the water starts to go down, 851 00:34:11,860 --> 00:34:14,336 dropping steadily minute by minute. 852 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,460 We grab our metal detectors and make our way to where Axel 853 00:34:17,630 --> 00:34:20,160 believes pirate ships once docked to trade. 854 00:34:20,330 --> 00:34:22,960 All right, looks like we got a land bridge 855 00:34:23,130 --> 00:34:24,970 to this island now. Let's see if we can cross. 856 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:27,360 Really muddy. 857 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,400 Ok, let's see what's up here. 858 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:38,976 Ok, tide's still dropping. 859 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,336 Let's see what we can find up here. 860 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,360 Ok. 861 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:49,860 We are down in that mud now. 862 00:34:50,030 --> 00:34:51,030 Yeah. 863 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,100 Something here in the mud. 864 00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:57,136 Sounds like a big iron object, probably. 865 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,960 Like a lock box full of treasure? 866 00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:00,236 - Yeah. - Yeah. 867 00:35:00,260 --> 00:35:01,940 - Yes, yes, yes. - It's a big iron object. 868 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:05,360 Come on now. 869 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:08,300 It's down there. 870 00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:14,260 Get out of here. 871 00:35:14,430 --> 00:35:17,200 All of that for a can of mello yello. 872 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,600 Well, that's just... that's just unfortunate. 873 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,400 That's treasure hunting. 874 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:28,400 Ok, it's not the most promising start, 875 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,100 but we continue undaunted and determined. 876 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,400 - That's good. - There you go. 877 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,136 - Yeah, I dig that. - It's diggable, but we're in 878 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,836 - mello yello territory. - Whoa, jeeze. 879 00:35:38,860 --> 00:35:40,160 Whoa! 880 00:35:40,330 --> 00:35:42,660 My god, we almost lost him. 881 00:35:42,830 --> 00:35:44,160 Y'all didn't fill in your holes. 882 00:35:44,330 --> 00:35:45,237 Not yet. 883 00:35:45,261 --> 00:35:47,260 That's the number one relic hunting rule. 884 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:48,600 Always fill in your holes. 885 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:49,760 What a way to go. 886 00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:52,700 Man! Harley? 887 00:35:52,860 --> 00:35:54,700 - Yeah, he was a hell of a guy. - Agh. 888 00:35:54,860 --> 00:35:56,236 Fell in a mello yello hole. 889 00:35:56,260 --> 00:35:57,237 Yeah. 890 00:35:57,261 --> 00:35:58,581 It's tragic what happened to him. 891 00:35:59,930 --> 00:36:01,336 - Man. - I never saw him again. 892 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:02,900 Where were we? 893 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,360 That sounds really good. 894 00:36:07,860 --> 00:36:09,360 It's deep, too. 895 00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:11,060 Ooh, here we go. Ooh. 896 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:13,360 Ooh, you got it in your hand. 897 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,336 Is that a nail? What is that? 898 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,136 - That's too good to be a nail. - Wait... 899 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:19,836 - Ooh! - There's a hole in it. 900 00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:21,500 What is that? It's like a sawtooth. 901 00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:24,260 My gosh, dude, that's a trade piece to a musket. 902 00:36:24,430 --> 00:36:26,536 - It's from a musket? - A side piece. 903 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:28,100 This is from the side of a musket? 904 00:36:28,260 --> 00:36:30,460 - Yes. - That is a side plate! 905 00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:33,800 Trade muskets were ornately decorated weapons made 906 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,500 for trade with native American tribes. 907 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:40,000 This brass side plate may be all that remains of a relic 908 00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:43,400 that is as much a work of art as a weapon of war. 909 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,400 My word. Look at this. 910 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:48,936 - That looks like... - Looks like a Cannon. 911 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:50,736 It looks like a piece to a Cannon. 912 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,500 It does, it's a Cannon design, yeah. 913 00:36:52,660 --> 00:36:54,436 - It is a Cannon. - Is that a sword right there? 914 00:36:54,460 --> 00:36:55,900 - Yes, yes. - Whoa. 915 00:36:56,060 --> 00:36:58,536 - That's so beautiful. - I've never seen one like that. 916 00:36:58,560 --> 00:36:59,906 We're trying to find a pirate's treasure. 917 00:36:59,930 --> 00:37:00,936 Look what we're holding. 918 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,336 First of all, it's part of a musket, right? 919 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,700 And look what's on it. Cannons, swords. 920 00:37:04,860 --> 00:37:05,097 Yeah. 921 00:37:05,121 --> 00:37:06,836 This is, like, pirates, through and through. 922 00:37:06,860 --> 00:37:09,060 - Yes. - That's incredible. 923 00:37:09,230 --> 00:37:11,500 And I love the fact that this is probably 924 00:37:11,660 --> 00:37:12,836 from a trade musket. 925 00:37:12,860 --> 00:37:15,000 100% - and what are we looking for here? 926 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,976 - A trade outpost. - I mean, that's an amazing clue. 927 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:19,360 - That's killer. - That's awesome. 928 00:37:19,430 --> 00:37:21,590 All right, well, I think we're living here now, right? 929 00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:23,006 Let's keep looking around this bank, 930 00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:24,350 see what else is eroded out here. 931 00:37:24,460 --> 00:37:26,160 - Let's do it. - Look at that! 932 00:37:26,330 --> 00:37:27,660 Incredible. 933 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,836 The tide keeps dropping, exposing more of the land 934 00:37:31,860 --> 00:37:34,760 that was, until an hour ago, a riverbed. 935 00:37:34,930 --> 00:37:37,860 I'm amazed by our access to the normally submerged 936 00:37:38,030 --> 00:37:41,860 shoreline, until I'm struck by a potential downside. 937 00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:43,436 You got gators in this part of the river? 938 00:37:43,460 --> 00:37:44,836 Definitely, big ones. 939 00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:47,136 Big enough to withstand that current, too. 940 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,800 - No. - Yeah. 941 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,636 - No. - Just keep an eye out 942 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:52,460 and try to listen for splashing behind you. 943 00:37:52,630 --> 00:37:53,700 It's all splashing! 944 00:37:53,860 --> 00:37:55,060 The tide's going out. 945 00:37:55,230 --> 00:37:56,276 You'll be all right. 946 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:58,006 - Just keep your eyes open. - "You'll be all right." 947 00:37:58,030 --> 00:37:59,076 - You'll be all right. - "You'll be all right." 948 00:37:59,100 --> 00:38:00,736 "You'll be all right." You don't know. 949 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,030 You don't know that! 950 00:38:03,900 --> 00:38:06,300 Will you let me know if you see a giant alligator behind me? 951 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,136 We're close to bottom tide. 952 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,400 This will only be a safe place to be for another hour, 953 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,336 so we step up the urgency to find more artifacts 954 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,560 while we still have land beneath our feet 955 00:38:18,730 --> 00:38:21,000 and no gators at our backs. 956 00:38:25,300 --> 00:38:27,300 Whoo! Guys, come look at this! 957 00:38:27,460 --> 00:38:29,060 - What do you got? - Whoa! 958 00:38:29,230 --> 00:38:30,230 Look! 959 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,736 2 rule number one of searching for pirate treasure, 960 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,500 never skimp on self-care. 961 00:38:39,660 --> 00:38:40,760 Spa day! 962 00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:43,736 Hey, the gold's not going anywhere. 963 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,360 - Are we exfoliating right now? - We're exfoliating. 964 00:38:47,530 --> 00:38:49,460 Dead skin cells tell no tales. 965 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:53,100 That's a pirate exfoliating joke. 966 00:38:53,260 --> 00:38:54,820 In case you're following along at home, 967 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:00,700 what kind of mask is this? 968 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:02,736 This is a seaweed mask. 969 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,000 Of course. 970 00:39:05,860 --> 00:39:08,400 I told her, I said, "girl, you need to get rid of that man, 971 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,736 looking for buried treasure... He needs to get a real job." 972 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,300 Am I right? 973 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,260 We're officially doing this every week. 974 00:39:18,460 --> 00:39:23,030 Argh. 975 00:39:25,500 --> 00:39:27,760 976 975 00:39:27,930 --> 00:39:29,860 Whoo! Guys, come look at this! 977 00:39:30,030 --> 00:39:31,236 - What do you got? - Woah! 978 00:39:31,260 --> 00:39:32,860 Look! 979 00:39:33,030 --> 00:39:34,660 This rock! This rock! 980 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,060 - This rock? - Right here! 981 00:39:36,230 --> 00:39:37,550 - What is it? - Look at them all! 982 00:39:37,630 --> 00:39:38,700 - This stuff? - Yes! 983 00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:41,500 - Those, yes. - Ooh, this isn't rock. 984 00:39:41,660 --> 00:39:43,660 - No, it's coral. - This is coral. 985 00:39:43,830 --> 00:39:47,360 Wait, why are there huge blocks of coral here? 986 00:39:47,530 --> 00:39:50,400 In a temporarily drained south Carolina riverbed, 987 00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:54,236 treasure hunters Harley Houston and Axel macon are looking 988 00:39:54,260 --> 00:39:57,660 for evidence of an 18th century black market trading post 989 00:39:57,830 --> 00:40:00,076 for pirates sailing in from the Atlantic. 990 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,600 The search appears to have taken a major step forward. 991 00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,636 Guys, look at this, look at this piece. 992 00:40:05,660 --> 00:40:06,800 - Ooh. - Dude, that's coral! 993 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,260 That is the best example, - this is, like, 994 00:40:09,430 --> 00:40:11,000 - from the Caribbean. - Yeah, no doubt. 995 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,760 What is this doing 10, 12 miles up a river? 996 00:40:14,930 --> 00:40:17,236 - This is a ballast stone. - This is ballast stone. 997 00:40:17,260 --> 00:40:18,960 - Yeah. - This is ballast stone. 998 00:40:19,130 --> 00:40:20,107 It must be from a ship! 999 00:40:20,131 --> 00:40:22,136 And these other big rocks, these proper rocks, 1000 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,236 are these local? 1001 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:25,000 No, there's no native stone around here. 1002 00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:26,560 - So these are stones. - Yes. 1003 00:40:26,730 --> 00:40:27,860 But these are non-native. 1004 00:40:28,030 --> 00:40:29,636 So this is like a stone from England, 1005 00:40:29,660 --> 00:40:30,976 - from an English ship. - Yes. 1006 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,836 - Thousands of miles away. - Wow. 1007 00:40:32,860 --> 00:40:36,076 That means that this is, like, a done deal. 1008 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,100 Yes. 1009 00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:39,060 This must have been a trading outpost. 1010 00:40:39,230 --> 00:40:42,236 - That proves it. - I mean, ballast is being dropped off. 1011 00:40:42,260 --> 00:40:45,300 It's being used here, I think, to shore up this embankment. 1012 00:40:45,460 --> 00:40:46,536 - Yeah. - And goods must have 1013 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:47,536 been going out in its place. 1014 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:48,536 Yes, exactly. 1015 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:49,636 To counterweight the ship, right? 1016 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:50,976 Yeah. 1017 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,960 This legend about this native pirate trading post right here... 1018 00:40:55,130 --> 00:40:55,406 Yes. 1019 00:40:55,430 --> 00:40:58,076 Where pirates were coming up, goods were going back 1020 00:40:58,100 --> 00:41:00,536 - and forth, that's true. - It's true. 1021 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,100 - That proves it right there. - Unbelievable. 1022 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:06,136 Let me tell you something. Treasure comes in many forms. 1023 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,160 This is treasure. 1024 00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:09,260 Honestly, this is history changing. 1025 00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:12,300 This is putting this place on the map, a place that had 1026 00:41:12,460 --> 00:41:14,560 only been legend, now exists in the real world. 1027 00:41:14,730 --> 00:41:16,160 - You found it. - We found it. 1028 00:41:16,330 --> 00:41:19,160 And by the way, if the story of this trading post is true, 1029 00:41:19,330 --> 00:41:20,736 maybe this story about Anne bonny's treasure 1030 00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:22,560 is true, right? 1031 00:41:22,730 --> 00:41:24,976 - Awesome. - Dude, this is awesome. 1032 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,336 - Dude, amazing. - Yes. 1033 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,460 All right, now we just need Anne bonny's loot. 1034 00:41:28,630 --> 00:41:30,800 - Does that get a "whoo"? - Definitely. 1035 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,160 - Whoo-hoo! - Come on. 1036 00:41:33,330 --> 00:41:34,660 - Here we go. - Let's go. 1037 00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:39,236 For the first time since we arrived, the water begins 1038 00:41:39,260 --> 00:41:41,000 to rise a bit at our feet. 1039 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:44,860 Sensing the surging tide, we climb above the embankment. 1040 00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:47,400 Proving the existence of the trading post gives us 1041 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:51,160 cause to believe Anne bonny's treasure may be here as well. 1042 00:41:52,860 --> 00:41:54,700 We scan with new urgency. 1043 00:41:54,860 --> 00:41:58,130 The tide is coming back up, and the sun is going down. 1044 00:42:00,660 --> 00:42:02,000 - A lot of iron in here. - Yeah. 1045 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,700 I feel like we might be up on the main site here now. 1046 00:42:04,860 --> 00:42:05,860 Yeah. 1047 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,360 Got a pretty good signal here. 1048 00:42:10,460 --> 00:42:11,600 - You got a signal? - Yeah. 1049 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:14,760 Ok, can I get a light? Thanks. 1050 00:42:20,260 --> 00:42:21,820 Man, there's a lot of roots right here. 1051 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:24,200 There we go. 1052 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,360 Pull that back. 1053 00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:28,700 Let's dig that out. 1054 00:42:28,860 --> 00:42:30,200 All right. 1055 00:42:31,500 --> 00:42:32,980 That tide's starting to come back in. 1056 00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:35,200 Let's see what it is. 1057 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,600 - So small. - Yeah. 1058 00:42:39,460 --> 00:42:42,236 Hold on, whoa. 1059 00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:44,560 - Wait, what the hell is that? - Dude, hold on. 1060 00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:45,637 Is that lead? 1061 00:42:45,661 --> 00:42:47,260 No, it's kind of a silver color. 1062 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,360 - Y'all! - What is that? 1063 00:42:50,530 --> 00:42:52,236 - This is a ring. - No! 1064 00:42:52,260 --> 00:42:54,300 Yes! Look at that. 1065 00:42:54,460 --> 00:42:56,400 - It is silver. - That is a ring. 1066 00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,906 - There's something on it. - What is it? 1067 00:42:57,930 --> 00:43:00,036 - It's a ring! - It's a coin! 1068 00:43:00,060 --> 00:43:01,536 - My god. - Dude. 1069 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:03,500 - You gotta be kidding me. - Whoo! 1070 00:43:03,660 --> 00:43:06,260 - Yes! - That is a ring made out of a coin? 1071 00:43:06,430 --> 00:43:07,760 That is a Spanish coin. 1072 00:43:07,930 --> 00:43:09,410 That's, like, what, like a half-real? 1073 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,500 The real was the official currency 1074 00:43:12,660 --> 00:43:14,136 of the kingdom of Spain. 1075 00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:17,460 The silver was mined in South America to mint the coins, 1076 00:43:17,630 --> 00:43:19,360 which then became the frequent target of, 1077 00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:22,500 you guessed it, pirates. 1078 00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:26,300 Somebody took a half-real Spanish coin and turned it 1079 00:43:26,460 --> 00:43:27,960 - into jewelry. - Yes. 1080 00:43:28,130 --> 00:43:29,476 Have you ever found one of these? 1081 00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:31,636 - No, never, that is awesome. - This is absolutely incredible. 1082 00:43:31,660 --> 00:43:33,800 - Is there a date on this ring? - Under the globe. 1083 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,500 See the one-seven? It's 17-something. 1084 00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:39,260 - I can't really tell. - So 17-something. 1085 00:43:39,430 --> 00:43:40,760 - Early 1700s. - Yeah. 1086 00:43:40,930 --> 00:43:45,500 That is a 300 year-old piece of jewelry 1087 00:43:45,660 --> 00:43:48,336 made out of a Spanish coin. 1088 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,236 Who would make a half-real and put it on the ring? 1089 00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:53,200 I can think of one person who would... Anne bonny. 1090 00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:54,460 Yeah, very well. 1091 00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:56,900 That is jewelry for a pirate right there. 1092 00:43:57,060 --> 00:43:58,176 That is awesome. 1093 00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,836 I wish we could prove that was hers, but I have to say, 1094 00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:03,760 it is insane to find something like this. 1095 00:44:03,930 --> 00:44:06,460 It just reinforces how special this site is. 1096 00:44:06,630 --> 00:44:08,900 - Yeah. - We have a trading outpost here. 1097 00:44:09,060 --> 00:44:10,336 I think that's for sure. 1098 00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,136 And we have treasures coming out of the ground. 1099 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:14,500 100% - confirmed. 1100 00:44:14,660 --> 00:44:15,700 Confirmed. 1101 00:44:15,860 --> 00:44:16,676 Whoo! 1102 00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:19,400 - Did it again! - That's how you do it. 1103 00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:20,600 All right. 1104 00:44:22,100 --> 00:44:24,736 With our pockets full of historic artifacts, 1105 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:28,976 the tide swallows Anne bonny's trade outpost once more. 1106 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,800 Unbelievable. 1107 00:44:33,260 --> 00:44:35,700 Pirates say, "dead men tell no tales," 1108 00:44:35,860 --> 00:44:38,460 but they never said anything about women. 1109 00:44:38,630 --> 00:44:40,976 Well, Anne bonny's lips may be sealed, 1110 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,260 but her story lives on even three centuries later. 1111 00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,360 As for the mystery of what happened to Anne after 1112 00:44:48,530 --> 00:44:51,536 she slipped the noose, there may be some news. 1113 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:54,736 New evidence has come to light of a long-lost death record 1114 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:58,660 from 1733 in Jamaica for one Anne bonny. 1115 00:44:59,860 --> 00:45:02,536 That's 13 years after her trial. 1116 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,400 It could be a coincidence, or it could be a breakthrough. 1117 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,860 Perhaps Anne fled the gallows, left the high seas behind, 1118 00:45:10,030 --> 00:45:12,860 living out her last days peacefully in Jamaica. 1119 00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:16,460 But something tells me that Anne bonny 1120 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:18,900 would not be so contained. 1121 00:45:19,060 --> 00:45:21,360 I like to believe, and there's compelling evidence 1122 00:45:21,530 --> 00:45:25,236 that shows, that she could have escaped back to south Carolina. 1123 00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:27,636 We uncovered stunning period artifacts 1124 00:45:27,660 --> 00:45:31,100 at a long-lost homestead deeded to her father, 1125 00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:34,136 and rediscovered a historic trade outpost 1126 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,900 where she may have hidden her ill-gotten Booty. 1127 00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:41,000 One thing I know for sure is that the most dedicated group 1128 00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,460 of history buffs south of the Mason-Dixon line 1129 00:45:43,630 --> 00:45:45,736 will continue to scour the swamps 1130 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,000 for more definitive proof. 1131 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:51,600 In the end, I hope that Anne eventually went back to sea 1132 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,560 and set sail to freedom, forever moving toward 1133 00:45:54,730 --> 00:45:58,076 the one place that calls to all adventurers. 1134 00:45:58,100 --> 00:45:59,200 The horizon. 1136 00:46:00,305 --> 00:47:00,507 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm