All it takes is one good find.
Maybe in this scoop right here.
You got that right, mate.
NARRATOR: Gary, David and Peter have joined treasure Hunter
Michael John and heavy equipment operator Billy Gerhardt
as they continue investigating the southern edge
of the mysterious triangle-shaped swamp.
Pete, you and I, we've found a lot of ship spikes and wharf
pins all along this stretch.
Yeah.
That why I'm surprised we haven't found any of those yet.
Yeah.
And those are only, what, six inches to a foot down?
Yeah.
And now we're digging six feet down.
But what we have been finding is
some really cool, interesting pieces of wood from a,
like, an old sailing ship.
Yeah.
Let's find some good stuff.
You ready?
Come on, mate.
NARRATOR: In recent weeks, the team
has recovered a number of clues in this area that could also
help validate Scott Clark's theory, including possible deck
planking, as well as tools related to ships,
and a trapezoid-shaped piece from a believed cargo boat
that was dated to as early as 1680.
Come on, metal, where are you?
Oh, yeah, that stands out.
One more for the pile.
That's a very interesting piece of wood.
It's very similar to some of the planking that we've found,
but this is irregular.
It's wider at this end and thinner
there, obviously was shaped by man, and that stands out.
Yeah.
I mean, what-- what would you call that, decking or siding?
Probably decking.
NARRATOR: Could Gary be correct, that Billy
has just recovered another piece connected to a large ship?
In 1969, the esteemed landowner and treasure Hunter Fred Nolan
drained the swamp and was astonished
to discover his own trove of ship-related artifacts.
These included scuppers and even part of a mast.
The operation made Fred speculate that the swamp may
have been artificially created in order to hide
an entire treasure galleon.
Could the potentially ship-related discoveries that
the team continues to make in the swamp
not only support Fred's theory, but also Scott Clark's?
But definitely another piece that we can maybe have C4
[inaudible] and have the Marine archaeologists
put some eyes on it.
I'll definitely get it looked at.
I'll put this to one side.
Yeah.
I'd like to see some coins coming up here.
Yeah.
This is the edge of the beach.
Anything that got washed off that stone roadway
as well would be really cool.
All right, we're going to get stuck in.
Yeah, that's interesting.
Think you got something?
What are you thinking?
Definitely shaped.
Kind of looks like it would be inside a small boat,
maybe, the rails across?
That's definitely man made.
I was thinking that, too.
NARRATOR: A wooden fragment, potentially from a smaller
type of nautical vessel?
Could it be connected to the trapezoid-shaped artifact
dating back as early as the 1680s that was found
in this area one week ago?
It was the opinion of geoscientist Dr. Ian Spooner
that it may have been part of a long boat
used to unload cargo from a much larger sailing ship.
That's from that two to three feet.
Yeah.
It seems like we're finding most of the pieces of wood
at about two to three feet deep.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Could these finds be related
to the pieces of cargo barrels found near the stone
wharf one year ago?
And if so, could they also be related to the traces of silver
recently detected deep in the money pit?
There are all kinds of things of significance
in the swamp at this point.
We are finding bits and pieces in there from a ship.
So is there a ship in the swamp, or are
there bits of a ship in the swamp that
were used for other things?
We haven't got an answer to that yet.
- That one's really interesting. - Yeah.
Yeah.
Well-- well, let's keep these to the side.
Yeah.
Perfect.
God, this is fun.