1 00:00:03,083 --> 00:00:04,458 -Oh, my God. -What is it? 2 00:00:04,542 --> 00:00:05,958 Your hands are shaking. -I know. Look at it. 3 00:00:06,042 --> 00:00:06,833 -Oh, get the hell out of here. 4 00:00:06,958 --> 00:00:09,208 That's a Nazi swastika. 5 00:00:13,625 --> 00:00:17,333 -In 1981, Darrell Miklos and his father, 6 00:00:17,375 --> 00:00:20,250 legendary treasure hunter Roger Miklos, 7 00:00:20,333 --> 00:00:24,333 obtained classified blueprints of modified Nazi U-boats -- 8 00:00:24,417 --> 00:00:27,583 submarines allegedly altered to move some of the billions 9 00:00:27,667 --> 00:00:30,708 in gold and priceless artifacts looted by Hitler 10 00:00:30,833 --> 00:00:32,250 out of Germany. 11 00:00:34,375 --> 00:00:38,167 -My father searched for these U-boats until the day he died. 12 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:41,125 But I have something that he didn't. 13 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:45,375 A chart by a former U.S. Navy pilot, 14 00:00:45,375 --> 00:00:49,375 and it shows the location of not one, not two, 15 00:00:49,458 --> 00:00:53,958 but seven possible U-boats located near the Dominican. 16 00:00:54,042 --> 00:00:55,375 -Armed with this naval chart... 17 00:00:55,500 --> 00:00:58,042 -That's priority target number one. 18 00:00:58,125 --> 00:01:00,958 -...Darrell has assembled a team of divers and experts 19 00:01:01,042 --> 00:01:03,250 to pursue his father's dream. 20 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:08,958 -I'm looking for answers. 21 00:01:09,042 --> 00:01:11,667 Can this chart lead us to modified U-boats? 22 00:01:12,667 --> 00:01:15,542 Were they carrying valuable treasure and secrets? 23 00:01:17,917 --> 00:01:20,708 Where were they headed, and why? 24 00:01:20,792 --> 00:01:24,792 ♪ 25 00:01:24,875 --> 00:01:26,708 [ Sonar pinging ] 26 00:01:26,875 --> 00:01:35,083 ♪ 27 00:01:35,167 --> 00:01:36,958 -Let me turn the air off for transport. 28 00:01:37,042 --> 00:01:38,625 [ Air hissing ] 29 00:01:38,708 --> 00:01:41,167 -Nearly two weeks into his month-long search, 30 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:43,583 treasure hunter Darrell Miklos and his team 31 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:46,750 return to the remains of a pier in Monticristi... 32 00:01:46,833 --> 00:01:49,250 [ Sonar pinging ] 33 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:53,875 ...one allegedly used to refuel and provision Nazi U-boats. 34 00:01:53,958 --> 00:01:55,417 -Got it? 35 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:57,667 -While diving in this same area last week, 36 00:01:57,708 --> 00:02:01,083 Darrell and expert diver Steve Bender salvaged 37 00:02:01,167 --> 00:02:04,667 a number of World War II-era German artifacts... 38 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:08,333 ...most notably, shards of porcelain 39 00:02:08,375 --> 00:02:11,000 bearing the insignia of the Germany's air force, 40 00:02:11,042 --> 00:02:12,833 the Luftwaffe. 41 00:02:14,542 --> 00:02:16,333 -So, if we get down on the buoy line, 42 00:02:16,417 --> 00:02:19,083 I think the drop zone is almost right on it. 43 00:02:19,167 --> 00:02:20,833 -Darrell is hopeful the site 44 00:02:20,917 --> 00:02:22,292 could provide additional insights 45 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:25,333 in their hunt for possible Nazi treasure. 46 00:02:27,333 --> 00:02:28,833 -Time to go diving. 47 00:02:31,625 --> 00:02:36,167 We really need to cover every inch of this old dock for clues. 48 00:02:38,583 --> 00:02:41,542 It's very possible that we find something here 49 00:02:41,542 --> 00:02:45,542 that could help lead us to one of those treasure subs. 50 00:02:45,625 --> 00:02:49,042 Was the plate just a one-off find, 51 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:51,917 or are there more objects hidden here? 52 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,167 Personally, I don't think this place 53 00:02:54,208 --> 00:02:56,667 has given up all its secrets yet. 54 00:03:06,375 --> 00:03:10,083 -Darrell and Steve want to sweep as much of the area as possible 55 00:03:10,167 --> 00:03:12,000 with their handheld metal detector. 56 00:03:12,083 --> 00:03:14,167 [ Metal detector squealing ] 57 00:03:22,583 --> 00:03:25,167 -When we dive on the chart locations, 58 00:03:25,250 --> 00:03:27,000 we're looking for a giant object, 59 00:03:27,083 --> 00:03:28,542 hopefully a U-boat. 60 00:03:28,667 --> 00:03:31,500 Here at the pier, it's just the opposite. 61 00:03:31,625 --> 00:03:33,667 We're looking for something much smaller, 62 00:03:33,708 --> 00:03:38,250 artifacts that we hope were left behind by a U-boat. 63 00:03:40,333 --> 00:03:42,417 Maybe there's something here that can help us figure out 64 00:03:42,542 --> 00:03:45,375 what the subs were actually doing here. 65 00:03:53,542 --> 00:03:54,917 [ Metal detector squealing ] 66 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:02,375 We're getting tons of hits on the metal detector 67 00:04:02,458 --> 00:04:05,542 because of all the nails they used to build this pier. 68 00:04:16,583 --> 00:04:20,292 It's really hard to determine which one of these hits... 69 00:04:21,875 --> 00:04:23,833 ...might be that actual clue. 70 00:04:23,875 --> 00:04:28,708 ♪ 71 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,875 -After getting a hit on their metal detector... 72 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:53,458 [ Metal detector squealing ] 73 00:04:55,375 --> 00:04:57,833 ...Darrell and Steve battle the turtle grass and sand 74 00:04:57,958 --> 00:04:59,708 to locate the anomaly. 75 00:05:07,500 --> 00:05:11,875 ♪ 76 00:05:28,958 --> 00:05:30,667 The divers return to the boat 77 00:05:30,750 --> 00:05:34,542 to show their finds to team archeologist Garth Baldwin. 78 00:05:36,292 --> 00:05:42,167 ♪ 79 00:05:42,208 --> 00:05:48,250 ♪ 80 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:50,625 The team wants to learn what the object is 81 00:05:50,708 --> 00:05:54,042 and whether it possibly came from a U-boat. 82 00:05:54,167 --> 00:05:55,917 Is it something that could establish 83 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:00,292 that Nazi submariners were in the water around the pier? 84 00:06:00,417 --> 00:06:02,667 This find might help them make a connection 85 00:06:02,750 --> 00:06:05,500 to the U-boats they're looking for. 86 00:06:05,583 --> 00:06:06,958 -We have a couple of pins. 87 00:06:07,042 --> 00:06:08,542 These are just really nothing. 88 00:06:08,542 --> 00:06:10,500 But this piece here -- 89 00:06:10,583 --> 00:06:12,333 I want to clean this here 90 00:06:12,417 --> 00:06:14,500 and find out what this may have been. 91 00:06:14,542 --> 00:06:17,375 It's either maybe a shaving tool, 92 00:06:17,458 --> 00:06:19,500 but it's the only one that stands out 93 00:06:19,542 --> 00:06:21,125 completely different than the rest. 94 00:06:21,208 --> 00:06:22,542 -It's a different metal. 95 00:06:22,667 --> 00:06:25,750 -Yeah, and it's -- I think it's pewter. 96 00:06:25,833 --> 00:06:27,958 Check that out. I think it's pewter. 97 00:06:29,042 --> 00:06:30,875 -I'd buy that. 98 00:06:30,958 --> 00:06:32,667 You got something to clean it off? 99 00:06:32,708 --> 00:06:34,083 -Yeah, well, that's exactly what I was gonna do. 100 00:06:34,208 --> 00:06:35,667 -Probably use that heavy brush. 101 00:06:35,750 --> 00:06:37,750 -So, I'm gonna put this in the vinegar. 102 00:06:41,875 --> 00:06:44,750 Let's give it a little polishing here. 103 00:06:49,667 --> 00:06:51,458 -Hopefully it's got something like the plate on it 104 00:06:51,542 --> 00:06:53,167 that's just -- 105 00:06:53,208 --> 00:06:54,667 even a maker's brand or something. 106 00:06:54,750 --> 00:06:56,708 -Dude, there is something on here. 107 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:59,333 ♪ 108 00:06:59,417 --> 00:07:01,583 [ Gasps ] 109 00:07:03,417 --> 00:07:05,292 -What is it? 110 00:07:05,375 --> 00:07:07,833 -You guys are gonna freak. 111 00:07:07,875 --> 00:07:11,000 -Your hands are shaking. -I know. Look at it. 112 00:07:11,125 --> 00:07:14,250 -Oh, get the hell out of here. -[ Laughs ] 113 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:17,042 That's a Nazi swastika. 114 00:07:17,125 --> 00:07:18,917 -Oh, my goodness. 115 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,542 Come on. -Wow. 116 00:07:20,625 --> 00:07:22,125 -That's exactly what that is. 117 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,708 -Look how clear it is. -Oh, wow. 118 00:07:24,708 --> 00:07:26,417 -I'm -- I'm still shaking. This is like... 119 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,542 -[ Chuckles ] What do you think that is? 120 00:07:28,625 --> 00:07:30,625 -It's a kitchen knife. -Oh. 121 00:07:31,625 --> 00:07:34,542 -If this artifact came from a Nazi submarine, 122 00:07:34,667 --> 00:07:36,875 it could be a significant clue. 123 00:07:36,958 --> 00:07:38,417 -Oh, my God. 124 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:39,708 That's better than anything we found, 125 00:07:39,875 --> 00:07:41,292 that right there. -No, no, that's it. 126 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:42,417 No. That's it. 127 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,000 -I just can't get over this. 128 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:46,375 I can't even speak right now, I'm so excited. 129 00:07:46,458 --> 00:07:48,042 -Oh, my God. 130 00:07:48,125 --> 00:07:54,958 ♪ 131 00:07:55,042 --> 00:08:01,917 ♪ 132 00:08:02,042 --> 00:08:03,875 -Later that same day, 133 00:08:03,875 --> 00:08:07,542 Garth meets with renowned wreck diver Bill Palmer. 134 00:08:07,625 --> 00:08:10,667 Palmer gained notoriety in 1972 135 00:08:10,750 --> 00:08:13,292 when he became one of the first recreational divers 136 00:08:13,375 --> 00:08:15,708 to explore U-boat 853 137 00:08:15,792 --> 00:08:18,000 just off the coast of Rhode Island. 138 00:08:18,917 --> 00:08:21,000 The submarine was reportedly sunk 139 00:08:21,042 --> 00:08:25,000 just days before the Germans surrendered in 1945. 140 00:08:25,083 --> 00:08:27,708 Over his career, he has collected and studied 141 00:08:27,792 --> 00:08:30,833 over 100 U-boat-related artifacts. 142 00:08:31,917 --> 00:08:33,833 Following a previous Zoom call, 143 00:08:33,875 --> 00:08:36,333 the team asked Palmer to come to Monticristi 144 00:08:36,458 --> 00:08:38,042 to help their investigation. 145 00:08:38,125 --> 00:08:41,000 -We've got something to show you that we brought in. 146 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,375 This is something, okay? 147 00:08:42,458 --> 00:08:44,000 This is something I got to show you. 148 00:08:44,083 --> 00:08:45,667 Okay, so, this is -- 149 00:08:45,792 --> 00:08:48,000 this is the latest find right there. 150 00:08:48,042 --> 00:08:49,667 -Wow. 151 00:08:49,708 --> 00:08:53,083 -I mean, I thought butter knife, but you tell me. 152 00:08:53,208 --> 00:08:56,750 -I mean, that's what I would be led to believe. 153 00:08:56,833 --> 00:08:59,667 You can see the swastika clearly. 154 00:08:59,750 --> 00:09:03,667 They used the swastika, to me, as propaganda... 155 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:05,542 -Mm-hmm. -...as well as a proofmark. 156 00:09:05,625 --> 00:09:08,000 Because everything had swastikas on it. 157 00:09:08,042 --> 00:09:11,792 And you can also see that beneath the swastika, 158 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:15,583 there is an "M," which stands for "Marine." 159 00:09:15,708 --> 00:09:18,542 This is definitely Kriegsmarine because of the "M." 160 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,208 -Mm-hmm. 161 00:09:20,292 --> 00:09:21,833 -Before the Nazis took power, 162 00:09:21,958 --> 00:09:24,500 the German navy was known as the Reichsmarine, 163 00:09:24,583 --> 00:09:26,583 or "imperial navy." 164 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:29,125 It was associated with the Weimar Republic, 165 00:09:29,208 --> 00:09:33,167 a democratic German government that existed between World War I 166 00:09:33,292 --> 00:09:36,000 and the rise of Nazi Germany. 167 00:09:36,042 --> 00:09:39,208 Hitler changed the name to Kriegsmarine, or "war navy," 168 00:09:39,292 --> 00:09:43,333 reflecting the shift in focus from a peacetime naval force 169 00:09:43,375 --> 00:09:46,042 to one prepared for war and expansion, 170 00:09:46,167 --> 00:09:49,875 in line with Hitler's ambitions for territorial conquest 171 00:09:49,958 --> 00:09:53,667 and the pursuit of a more powerful German military. 172 00:09:53,750 --> 00:09:55,667 -But the one thing that absolutely, 173 00:09:55,708 --> 00:10:00,042 positively certain of is that it's -- it's Nazi 174 00:10:00,042 --> 00:10:01,792 and it's the naval service, Kriegsmarine. 175 00:10:01,875 --> 00:10:04,833 -Oh, yeah, absolutely, unlike the plate that was found. 176 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:07,792 The plate was probably Luftwaffe. 177 00:10:07,875 --> 00:10:12,208 So, this -- this could very well have come from a U-boat. 178 00:10:12,292 --> 00:10:13,792 -Really? 179 00:10:13,875 --> 00:10:23,833 ♪ 180 00:10:23,958 --> 00:10:28,333 -This -- This could very well have come from a U-boat. 181 00:10:28,458 --> 00:10:29,583 -While meeting with Garth Baldwin 182 00:10:29,708 --> 00:10:32,000 at the team's base camp in Monticristi, 183 00:10:32,042 --> 00:10:34,917 U-boat expert Bill Palmer shares his assessment 184 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,500 that the recovered knife may be from a German U-boat. 185 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:41,292 -Look at this. There's a manufacturer's name 186 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:46,833 or initial on this handle -- GCandL and the date, '42. 187 00:10:46,875 --> 00:10:49,833 So, '42 is when the U-boats came to America. 188 00:10:49,917 --> 00:10:52,208 It was, if I'm pronouncing it correctly, 189 00:10:52,333 --> 00:10:54,750 Operation Paukenschlag, 190 00:10:54,833 --> 00:10:58,917 or the English translation is "Operation Drumbeat." 191 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,625 That's when they virtually roamed up and down our coast 192 00:11:02,708 --> 00:11:04,750 with no interference. 193 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:11,667 -In January 1942, over two years into the Second World War, 194 00:11:11,708 --> 00:11:15,042 five Type IX German U-boats launched an offensive 195 00:11:15,125 --> 00:11:17,542 on the Eastern Coast of North America 196 00:11:17,667 --> 00:11:21,250 under orders from U-boat commander Karl Doenitz. 197 00:11:21,333 --> 00:11:25,000 The mission of the offensive, nicknamed Operation Drumbeat, 198 00:11:25,042 --> 00:11:28,375 was to sink American merchant vessels heading to England. 199 00:11:28,458 --> 00:11:31,042 It was a great success for Germany. 200 00:11:34,667 --> 00:11:36,375 In just nine months, 201 00:11:36,458 --> 00:11:38,833 the U-boats sank 609 ships, 202 00:11:38,875 --> 00:11:41,458 accounting for roughly one quarter of all ships sunk 203 00:11:41,542 --> 00:11:44,875 by submarines during World War II. 204 00:11:45,875 --> 00:11:50,375 -See, as I understand it, if Karl Doenitz had had his way, 205 00:11:50,458 --> 00:11:52,917 he would have sent 15 boats. 206 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,833 But Hitler had told him, "No." 207 00:11:54,917 --> 00:11:57,708 Well, even then, at one point, 208 00:11:57,792 --> 00:12:00,167 those boats had sunk so much cargo 209 00:12:00,250 --> 00:12:03,958 and so many oil tankers and so much bauxite 210 00:12:04,042 --> 00:12:08,958 that the English were five days from running out of oil. 211 00:12:09,042 --> 00:12:11,667 -Had Hitler given Admiral Doenitz 212 00:12:11,708 --> 00:12:13,958 the boats that he wanted, 213 00:12:14,042 --> 00:12:16,833 it's very possible -- I mean very possible -- 214 00:12:16,875 --> 00:12:19,958 that England would have folded in '42. 215 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:25,292 -Because this German Navy knife is dated to 1942, 216 00:12:25,375 --> 00:12:27,583 three years before the end of the war, 217 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:30,833 it is unlikely that it came off one of the modified U-boats 218 00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,833 the team is searching for. 219 00:12:32,917 --> 00:12:36,250 -So, it's Nazi, and it's the naval service. 220 00:12:36,333 --> 00:12:38,333 -Oh, yeah. Absolutely. -Kriegsmarine. 221 00:12:38,375 --> 00:12:41,083 -I think you're on to something. Keep looking. 222 00:12:41,208 --> 00:12:42,583 If you don't look, you're not gonna find. 223 00:12:42,667 --> 00:12:44,583 So, man, keep going. 224 00:12:44,667 --> 00:12:51,833 ♪ 225 00:12:51,958 --> 00:12:53,667 -Later that night, 226 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:55,875 Garth rejoins Darrell and Steve at base camp 227 00:12:55,958 --> 00:12:57,958 to plot out the team's next moves. 228 00:12:58,042 --> 00:13:00,167 -Let's kind of recap what we've got here. 229 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:02,958 -With a clear window of weather in the forecast, 230 00:13:03,042 --> 00:13:05,958 Darrell wants to return to his prime objective -- 231 00:13:06,042 --> 00:13:10,208 to dive the remaining targets marked on the 1948 naval chart. 232 00:13:10,292 --> 00:13:12,500 -So, right now, I kind of want to just go over 233 00:13:12,583 --> 00:13:14,958 where we've been. We got target two. 234 00:13:15,042 --> 00:13:18,042 Most likely a sunken merchant ship from the early '40s. 235 00:13:18,125 --> 00:13:22,667 What exactly happened to the boat, I don't know. 236 00:13:22,750 --> 00:13:24,292 -Catastrophic damage. We know that. 237 00:13:24,375 --> 00:13:26,000 -Completely. 238 00:13:26,042 --> 00:13:29,292 Then we've got target number four out here. 239 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:30,417 Found the gun. 240 00:13:30,542 --> 00:13:32,000 So, that's pretty amazing. 241 00:13:32,083 --> 00:13:34,833 I mean, trust me, we're not done with four. 242 00:13:34,875 --> 00:13:37,042 There's so much more to do out there. 243 00:13:37,125 --> 00:13:39,208 -Of the seven targets listed, 244 00:13:39,292 --> 00:13:42,167 the team has effectively eliminated target two, 245 00:13:42,292 --> 00:13:44,667 leaving six sites where magnetometer scans 246 00:13:44,708 --> 00:13:47,042 have corroborated possible metal targets 247 00:13:47,125 --> 00:13:50,458 that could be U-boats or U-boat wreckage. 248 00:13:50,542 --> 00:13:52,875 -So, you know, this gets -- this gets me thinking 249 00:13:52,958 --> 00:13:55,917 because I'm trying to figure out what we're gonna do next. 250 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,208 -I say four. I say four. 251 00:13:58,292 --> 00:14:00,375 You got the biggest mag hit there. 252 00:14:00,458 --> 00:14:01,667 We have material there. 253 00:14:01,750 --> 00:14:03,458 -Yeah. -We've got a handgun. 254 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:07,125 We've got a very large signature that's there. 255 00:14:07,208 --> 00:14:09,208 We just touched the surface on that. 256 00:14:09,333 --> 00:14:11,125 We need to devote more time to that 257 00:14:11,208 --> 00:14:14,792 and clearly figure out what we're looking at there. 258 00:14:14,875 --> 00:14:18,083 -Target four is no doubt the most promising, 259 00:14:18,167 --> 00:14:21,500 but it's proven to be one of the trickiest dive sites so far. 260 00:14:21,583 --> 00:14:25,667 It's in a sweet spot for wind gusts and fast currents, 261 00:14:25,708 --> 00:14:27,167 and we know from experience 262 00:14:27,292 --> 00:14:29,333 how fast the weather changes out there. 263 00:14:29,417 --> 00:14:31,375 We're already hearing predictions 264 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:34,917 that hurricane season could be here in less than three weeks. 265 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,083 My biggest fear would be we end up spending all our time 266 00:14:38,167 --> 00:14:41,750 at one spot, only to find nothing. 267 00:14:41,875 --> 00:14:44,833 But I'm not gonna disagree with logic. 268 00:14:44,958 --> 00:14:47,000 I like it. Let's go there. 269 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:48,667 Target four, guys, alright? 270 00:14:48,792 --> 00:14:50,250 -Alright. -Let's do it. 271 00:14:50,333 --> 00:14:56,417 ♪ 272 00:14:56,542 --> 00:15:02,667 ♪♪ 273 00:15:02,708 --> 00:15:04,458 -The next morning, 274 00:15:04,542 --> 00:15:08,208 Darrell and his team head eight miles west of Monticristi 275 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:09,875 to target four. 276 00:15:13,458 --> 00:15:14,917 -Which marker are you going to first? 277 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,833 -We're gonna hit the yellow one first. 278 00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:21,167 Target four still remains our top priority. 279 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:23,875 We've already found a German gun there. 280 00:15:25,333 --> 00:15:27,708 But as the site with the biggest mag hit, 281 00:15:27,792 --> 00:15:30,875 we could find something really big here. 282 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:33,208 Is it a treasure sub? 283 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:35,625 Well, there's only one way to find out. 284 00:15:35,708 --> 00:15:39,917 ♪ 285 00:15:46,542 --> 00:15:50,542 -As Darrell and expert diver Steve Bender explore below, 286 00:15:50,667 --> 00:15:54,792 archeologist Garth Baldwin oversees the operation topside. 287 00:15:54,875 --> 00:15:56,417 -We've had some pretty harsh conditions 288 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:58,417 that have chased us off target four in the past, 289 00:15:58,500 --> 00:16:01,417 so my job today is about watching out for the guys 290 00:16:01,417 --> 00:16:03,208 and making sure they get what they need, 291 00:16:03,292 --> 00:16:04,708 but it's keeping an eye on weather conditions up here 292 00:16:04,792 --> 00:16:06,458 in case they get bad. 293 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,500 -Darrell and Steve look for any sign of the anomaly, 294 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:21,083 which, according to the magnetometer data, 295 00:16:21,167 --> 00:16:23,750 could be as much as 180 feet long. 296 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:27,667 This is consistent with the size of the modified U-boats 297 00:16:27,708 --> 00:16:30,417 depicted in blueprints that Darrell and his father, 298 00:16:30,542 --> 00:16:34,208 Roger Miklos, acquired in 1983. 299 00:16:43,583 --> 00:16:47,042 Unfortunately for the team, their visibility is mere feet, 300 00:16:47,125 --> 00:16:48,792 thanks to previous days of rain 301 00:16:48,875 --> 00:16:52,542 and heavy gusts that have stirred up sand and silt. 302 00:16:52,625 --> 00:16:55,250 It means that spotting their target by sight, 303 00:16:55,250 --> 00:16:58,167 even one as large as the magnetometer anomaly, 304 00:16:58,250 --> 00:17:00,583 could be near impossible. 305 00:17:10,375 --> 00:17:12,167 -I see your surface bubbles. 306 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:17,250 You're slightly north and east of the floating marker. 307 00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:27,917 The mag is gonna get us within 100 yards. 308 00:17:28,042 --> 00:17:29,292 They're gonna -- It's gonna put you within about 309 00:17:29,292 --> 00:17:31,958 a football field of the target, 310 00:17:32,042 --> 00:17:34,833 but that's a football field squared... 311 00:17:34,958 --> 00:17:36,500 in the fog. 312 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:56,042 ♪ 313 00:18:06,458 --> 00:18:09,417 -While diving off he coast of Monticristi, Darrell Miklos 314 00:18:09,542 --> 00:18:12,333 and his team battle harsh visibility conditions 315 00:18:12,375 --> 00:18:16,292 as they search target four, one of the possible locations 316 00:18:16,375 --> 00:18:20,333 of a modified U-boat theorized to be transporting treasure. 317 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:39,375 After spending nearly a half an hour of searching 318 00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:41,667 without any sign of the large anomaly 319 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:43,917 surveyed by the magnetometer, 320 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,667 Darrell calls off today's dive. 321 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:51,167 -It's so soul-crushing to continually struggle 322 00:18:51,292 --> 00:18:54,625 to find the source of our hit at this target. 323 00:19:00,542 --> 00:19:03,750 It's so murky, we could swim five feet from a U-boat 324 00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:05,500 and totally miss it. 325 00:19:08,333 --> 00:19:10,375 Even with the silt blinding our dive, 326 00:19:10,458 --> 00:19:12,667 we've covered a ton of ground at this site. 327 00:19:12,750 --> 00:19:16,500 I feel like we should have found the source of the hit by now. 328 00:19:16,583 --> 00:19:21,542 Every failed dive is a day ripped from our calendar. 329 00:19:21,667 --> 00:19:22,875 [ Sighs ] Nothing. 330 00:19:22,958 --> 00:19:24,333 When you don't make progress, 331 00:19:24,417 --> 00:19:26,458 things begin to get away from you. 332 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,333 -That's tough. -It's [bleep] up. 333 00:19:28,375 --> 00:19:30,750 -Yeah. -This could mean not getting 334 00:19:30,833 --> 00:19:33,583 to one of the other targets this season. 335 00:19:33,708 --> 00:19:39,000 ♪♪ 336 00:19:39,042 --> 00:19:44,500 ♪ 337 00:19:44,625 --> 00:19:47,292 -With hurricane season approaching rapidly, 338 00:19:47,375 --> 00:19:51,208 time is running out, and Darrell feels the pressure, 339 00:19:51,333 --> 00:19:54,833 fearing that his dream may be slipping away. 340 00:19:56,833 --> 00:20:02,250 -So, you know, target four, my favorite target of all... 341 00:20:02,333 --> 00:20:04,250 [ Stammers ] 342 00:20:04,375 --> 00:20:07,458 Weather's been working against us, and it's -- 343 00:20:07,542 --> 00:20:10,542 it's very frustrating because it's one of my favorite targets, 344 00:20:10,625 --> 00:20:13,625 because the magnetometer reading on that 345 00:20:13,708 --> 00:20:16,667 is larger than anything that I've ever seen. 346 00:20:16,792 --> 00:20:19,583 That's why I keep wanting to stay at target four. 347 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,958 This is something that my dad would have done. 348 00:20:22,042 --> 00:20:23,708 He would have never let go. 349 00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:26,208 My father and I started this together. 350 00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:27,667 He didn't get to finish it, 351 00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:30,625 so it raises the stakes for me personally. 352 00:20:30,708 --> 00:20:34,667 I need to see this through -- for him and for me. 353 00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:41,333 We've come up with enough targets so far 354 00:20:41,458 --> 00:20:43,208 that have proven to me 355 00:20:43,375 --> 00:20:45,958 that there's something bigger out there. 356 00:20:46,042 --> 00:20:49,833 And I-I truly believe that I have the right crew. 357 00:20:49,917 --> 00:20:51,375 I've got the right information. 358 00:20:51,458 --> 00:20:54,375 We've already come up with a ton of evidence. 359 00:20:54,458 --> 00:20:58,292 And I just -- I don't want to let myself down 360 00:20:58,375 --> 00:21:03,833 because this is allowing me to forge a new path 361 00:21:03,917 --> 00:21:08,208 and prove to my dad that I was the one who forged through 362 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,333 until we made this a success. 363 00:21:10,417 --> 00:21:12,000 You know, this is my project. 364 00:21:12,042 --> 00:21:13,583 This is my time. 365 00:21:13,667 --> 00:21:15,167 I'm not getting any younger. 366 00:21:15,208 --> 00:21:17,292 Time is always working against us, 367 00:21:17,375 --> 00:21:19,500 and I want to make this happen. 368 00:21:19,583 --> 00:21:21,625 But I want to make it happen now. 369 00:21:21,708 --> 00:21:27,958 ♪ 370 00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:34,458 ♪ 371 00:21:34,458 --> 00:21:36,167 -The next morning, 372 00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:38,042 Darrell heads into the town of Monticristi 373 00:21:38,125 --> 00:21:41,708 to search for leads by speaking with a few local fishermen. 374 00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:54,833 -Every time my dad landed at a new location, 375 00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:57,250 he would always check in with the local fishermen. 376 00:21:57,375 --> 00:21:59,958 As a treasure hunter, you quickly learn 377 00:22:00,042 --> 00:22:03,750 that they know the local waters better than any chart or guide. 378 00:22:03,875 --> 00:22:06,500 So, I got a tip here that a bunch of fishermen 379 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:08,417 have all been talking about getting hung up 380 00:22:08,500 --> 00:22:12,333 in the same place, which is not unusual. 381 00:22:12,417 --> 00:22:15,625 Some of the best fishing holes are shipwrecks, 382 00:22:15,625 --> 00:22:19,375 which basically turned into an artificial reef over time. 383 00:22:19,458 --> 00:22:22,167 There's actually been a U-boat wreck that was discovered 384 00:22:22,250 --> 00:22:25,000 because fishermen found them first. 385 00:22:25,083 --> 00:22:29,292 -In 1991, local deep-sea fishermen noticed concentrated 386 00:22:29,375 --> 00:22:32,917 fish activity 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. 387 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,667 Suspecting a shipwreck, they alerted Captain Bill Nagle, 388 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:40,042 who ferried a team of scuba divers to the spot. 389 00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:42,500 Diving down 230 feet, 390 00:22:42,542 --> 00:22:45,500 they discovered more than they bargained for -- 391 00:22:45,625 --> 00:22:48,917 a World War II-era German U-boat. 392 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:53,042 Later, historians would identify the ship as U-869, 393 00:22:53,125 --> 00:22:54,875 which, due to faulty intel, 394 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:59,417 was previously recorded as being sunk in 1945 off Gibraltar, 395 00:22:59,500 --> 00:23:02,000 nearly 6,000 miles away. 396 00:23:02,083 --> 00:23:04,750 For wreck divers, this discovery highlights 397 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:08,000 how important local fishermen are as a resource. 398 00:23:15,792 --> 00:23:16,833 -Uh-huh. 399 00:23:31,125 --> 00:23:34,500 These guys are all telling a very similar story. 400 00:23:36,417 --> 00:23:40,167 Their lines occasionally snag between the island 401 00:23:40,208 --> 00:23:42,625 and the peninsula that form the bay. 402 00:23:42,708 --> 00:23:46,417 El Zapato is a unique shoe-shaped rock 403 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,167 at the tip of the bay, 404 00:23:48,208 --> 00:23:52,042 so that helps us really zone in on our location. 405 00:23:55,208 --> 00:23:58,958 Coincidentally, we just happen to have a U-boat marked 406 00:23:59,042 --> 00:24:01,583 on our original 1948 chart 407 00:24:01,708 --> 00:24:03,917 that's not too far from this location. 408 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,333 If there's some sort of connection between the two, 409 00:24:07,417 --> 00:24:09,125 that would be incredible. 410 00:24:12,208 --> 00:24:15,917 What I started looking for was more details on target four. 411 00:24:16,042 --> 00:24:19,000 What I got was something that matched target three. 412 00:24:19,083 --> 00:24:25,167 ♪♪ 413 00:24:25,208 --> 00:24:31,333 ♪ 414 00:24:31,417 --> 00:24:33,125 After meeting with local fishermen, 415 00:24:33,208 --> 00:24:36,083 Darrell shares his findings with the rest of the team. 416 00:24:38,417 --> 00:24:40,833 -So, I took a walk today, 417 00:24:40,875 --> 00:24:44,750 and I just happened to walk and talk to several local fishermen. 418 00:24:44,833 --> 00:24:46,458 And I asked them, "When you guys go out fishing, 419 00:24:46,542 --> 00:24:47,958 you throw your nets out there, 420 00:24:48,042 --> 00:24:50,083 do they ever get caught on anything unusual?" 421 00:24:50,167 --> 00:24:54,167 Every single one of them pointed to this area right there. 422 00:24:54,250 --> 00:24:55,708 -That's target three right there. 423 00:24:55,708 --> 00:24:58,167 We've got mag data there, right? -That's right. 424 00:24:58,208 --> 00:25:00,792 -The fact that the suspected wreck seems to line up 425 00:25:00,875 --> 00:25:04,708 with target three makes the location hard to ignore. 426 00:25:04,792 --> 00:25:07,458 It raises the possibility that this target may be 427 00:25:07,542 --> 00:25:10,875 one of the modified U-boats they're searching for. 428 00:25:10,958 --> 00:25:12,667 -How many shipwrecks have been found 429 00:25:12,708 --> 00:25:14,458 by local fishermen getting caught in nets? 430 00:25:14,542 --> 00:25:16,000 If everybody's telling me 431 00:25:16,083 --> 00:25:19,208 to go there that's local in the area, why not? 432 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:21,542 -I hate to walk away from target four, 433 00:25:21,667 --> 00:25:23,542 but I need a break. 434 00:25:23,625 --> 00:25:24,750 Let's -- Let's dive three. 435 00:25:24,833 --> 00:25:27,583 -So, target three it is, okay? 436 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,333 -As a new day begins, 437 00:25:37,417 --> 00:25:41,667 Darrell Miklos and his team head five miles away from Monticristi 438 00:25:41,792 --> 00:25:43,875 to the site known as target three. 439 00:25:43,958 --> 00:25:46,042 -I'm pretty excited about this. -Nice. 440 00:25:46,125 --> 00:25:48,542 -But this is a pretty important site for us. 441 00:25:48,542 --> 00:25:50,250 -You happy with the conditions? -Very happy. 442 00:25:50,333 --> 00:25:52,292 I'm -- I'm absolutely surprised. 443 00:25:52,375 --> 00:25:55,500 Hey, somebody's on our side today, so I'm really excited. 444 00:25:55,583 --> 00:25:57,833 This is a good one, and let's make this one count. 445 00:25:57,917 --> 00:25:59,125 Okay, bro? -Yeah, man. 446 00:25:59,208 --> 00:26:00,667 -Alright. -Come on. 447 00:26:03,958 --> 00:26:06,000 -With the weather forecast showing promise, 448 00:26:06,083 --> 00:26:08,625 they're eager to see if this deep-water target 449 00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:11,500 could be a piece of one of the modified U-boats 450 00:26:11,583 --> 00:26:13,458 believed to be carrying treasure. 451 00:26:13,542 --> 00:26:19,417 ♪ 452 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:25,208 ♪ 453 00:26:34,750 --> 00:26:37,042 Using their anchor line as a starting point, 454 00:26:37,167 --> 00:26:39,708 Darrell and Steve begin to search the ocean floor 455 00:26:39,875 --> 00:26:43,042 for any signs of a vessel or important clues. 456 00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:53,583 -We dropped our anchor directly at the center of our mag hit. 457 00:26:53,708 --> 00:26:56,083 This is where we'll start our search. 458 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:12,792 -While not as severe as their previous dive at target four, 459 00:27:12,875 --> 00:27:16,667 the team once again battles poor visibility. 460 00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:19,667 To help their search, Darrell uses a metal detector 461 00:27:19,708 --> 00:27:23,083 to comb the ocean floor for buried clues. 462 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,667 -Every dive, we're looking for the same basic things. 463 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:30,167 We've got blueprints showing these modified U-boats 464 00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:34,125 had very unique features we can use to identify them with -- 465 00:27:34,208 --> 00:27:36,042 jump wire, deck guns, 466 00:27:36,125 --> 00:27:38,917 and cannons by the conning tower. 467 00:27:38,917 --> 00:27:42,292 But we're also keeping an eye out for a debris trail. 468 00:27:51,583 --> 00:27:54,000 Sure, it would be nice to swim up to a U-boat 469 00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:57,042 and -- bam! -- we're done, but it's more likely 470 00:27:57,167 --> 00:28:00,000 we're going to find a trail of smaller artifacts, 471 00:28:00,042 --> 00:28:02,500 like the kind that gets snagged in the reefs. 472 00:28:02,542 --> 00:28:07,083 The hope is these little clues will lead us to the big find. 473 00:28:07,208 --> 00:28:12,292 ♪♪ 474 00:28:15,042 --> 00:28:19,417 ♪ 475 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:33,458 -Having found an artifact so seemingly fragile, 476 00:28:33,542 --> 00:28:37,792 Dave and Steve return topside so that Garth can examine it. 477 00:28:38,875 --> 00:28:40,708 -Hey. What you got? 478 00:28:40,792 --> 00:28:42,333 -Not sure what that is, but there's writing on there. 479 00:28:42,333 --> 00:28:43,792 Be careful 'cause that -- -Oh, it's coming apart. 480 00:28:43,875 --> 00:28:46,333 -Yep. -They're batteries. 481 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:49,417 Batteries, Siemens, the German company that makes batteries 482 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:52,333 and the communication devices, things like that, 483 00:28:52,417 --> 00:28:54,125 probably a disposable kind of thing, like a -- 484 00:28:54,208 --> 00:28:56,000 -There's another insignia right there. 485 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,750 -That's the -- Yeah, that's the same sign. 486 00:28:57,875 --> 00:28:59,792 -Yeah. -Yeah. Siemens and Halske. 487 00:28:59,875 --> 00:29:01,542 -But that thing's not gonna last very long. 488 00:29:01,625 --> 00:29:02,958 -No. We got to put this somewhere. 489 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:04,167 Yeah. 490 00:29:04,208 --> 00:29:05,500 I have to get it out of this wind. 491 00:29:05,542 --> 00:29:06,833 -Yep. 492 00:29:09,583 --> 00:29:12,542 -While Garth inspects the battery, 493 00:29:12,542 --> 00:29:16,250 Darrell and Steve resume their dive on target three. 494 00:29:29,375 --> 00:29:31,292 -As ocean currents pick up, 495 00:29:31,375 --> 00:29:34,042 Darrell and Steve face an added challenge. 496 00:29:34,125 --> 00:29:36,000 -When it comes to diving wrecks, 497 00:29:36,042 --> 00:29:39,042 ocean currents are just part of the game, 498 00:29:39,125 --> 00:29:44,042 but it makes our job finding these U-boats a lot harder. 499 00:29:44,125 --> 00:29:46,833 Not only does it kick up the sand and sediment 500 00:29:46,958 --> 00:29:50,375 so we can't see very far, we're also having to swim 501 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:53,292 twice as hard to cover the same amount of ground. 502 00:30:11,542 --> 00:30:12,958 -What are you looking at? 503 00:30:13,042 --> 00:30:14,917 What are you screaming at down there? 504 00:30:20,875 --> 00:30:23,250 Six- or seven-inch links? 505 00:30:31,958 --> 00:30:33,583 A chain that size is -- 506 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:36,333 You know, you're talking about links that are this big. 507 00:30:36,375 --> 00:30:45,000 ♪ 508 00:30:52,708 --> 00:30:59,333 ♪ 509 00:30:59,333 --> 00:31:02,958 ♪ 510 00:31:25,042 --> 00:31:28,208 -While diving off the coast of Monticristi at target three, 511 00:31:28,292 --> 00:31:31,125 Darrell and Steve make a huge discovery. 512 00:32:04,042 --> 00:32:06,917 Although this towing mechanism is likely too small 513 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,375 to be the source of the magnetometer hit, 514 00:32:09,375 --> 00:32:12,417 it could still be an important clue. 515 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:14,292 Darrell is looking for any evidence 516 00:32:14,292 --> 00:32:16,083 that could provide a connection 517 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:20,042 between this towing mechanism and treasure subs. 518 00:32:41,083 --> 00:32:42,958 Excited by their discovery, 519 00:32:43,042 --> 00:32:45,000 Darrell and Steve return topside 520 00:32:45,083 --> 00:32:47,333 to report their findings to Garth. 521 00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:53,625 -Whew! How about that, huh? 522 00:32:53,708 --> 00:32:54,833 -That was pretty [bleep] cool. 523 00:32:54,958 --> 00:32:56,208 -What you got? -What you got? 524 00:32:56,292 --> 00:32:58,125 -So, I think it's part of something, 525 00:32:58,208 --> 00:33:01,458 a towing package that they had on the aft end 526 00:33:01,542 --> 00:33:05,000 end of a ship -- whatever, ship, sub, I don't know. 527 00:33:05,042 --> 00:33:07,083 It's got to be, what, that tall? It's massive. 528 00:33:07,167 --> 00:33:08,333 -Oh, yeah. It's massive. -It's massive, 529 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,167 and the walls are like that thick. 530 00:33:10,208 --> 00:33:12,417 -Well, if that broke off and someone was towing it, 531 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:14,875 they might have just cut it loose from the other end. 532 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,333 -It's possible, yeah. -'Cause you're gonna be 533 00:33:16,417 --> 00:33:17,958 dragging an anchor at that point, right? 534 00:33:18,042 --> 00:33:20,208 -Yeah. -I'm not sure if this find 535 00:33:20,375 --> 00:33:23,292 is the actual source of the mag hit or not. 536 00:33:23,375 --> 00:33:25,875 There's all sorts of things that that type 537 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,458 of towing mechanism can be used for. 538 00:33:28,542 --> 00:33:30,125 But I'm very interested 539 00:33:30,208 --> 00:33:31,833 in what the object could have been towing 540 00:33:31,917 --> 00:33:34,167 and if it's connected to our search. 541 00:33:34,208 --> 00:33:42,833 ♪ 542 00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:44,167 -The next morning, 543 00:33:44,208 --> 00:33:46,667 Garth meets with historian Rich Loud 544 00:33:46,750 --> 00:33:50,292 to get his professional assessment of their discoveries. 545 00:33:50,375 --> 00:33:52,333 -So, Rich, we got something that we -- 546 00:33:52,417 --> 00:33:54,333 we really need to get your input on 547 00:33:54,458 --> 00:33:56,333 and see if it looks like anything 548 00:33:56,417 --> 00:33:58,500 you can help us identify. 549 00:33:58,542 --> 00:34:00,125 -Okay. 550 00:34:00,208 --> 00:34:02,833 -With over 40 years' experience as a salvage diver 551 00:34:02,875 --> 00:34:04,292 and archeologist, 552 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,292 Richard Loud has spent over 1,500 hours 553 00:34:07,375 --> 00:34:09,875 diving on wrecks off the coast of Florida 554 00:34:09,958 --> 00:34:11,500 and North Carolina, 555 00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:15,333 recovering a wide range of World War II artifacts. 556 00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:17,000 -The object that we found at target three 557 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:19,167 is way too big for two divers to bring up. 558 00:34:19,250 --> 00:34:21,167 So, we're bringing Rich the next best thing, 559 00:34:21,250 --> 00:34:24,167 and that's the footage that was shot when we were down there. 560 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:26,667 We're hoping that this has something to do 561 00:34:26,708 --> 00:34:29,208 with the treasure U-boats that we're trying to track down. 562 00:34:29,292 --> 00:34:31,875 Yeah, so that's, you know, that's essentially what we're -- 563 00:34:31,958 --> 00:34:33,583 what we're looking at. 564 00:34:33,667 --> 00:34:35,917 -What's interesting about this is U-boats 565 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,042 had towing devices like this. 566 00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:42,833 One of the things they had was a -- 567 00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:45,500 a trailer they'd attach to the back of a submarine. 568 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,500 And they could use it for carrying supplies, 569 00:34:47,583 --> 00:34:51,000 extra supplies, or military weapons. 570 00:34:51,083 --> 00:34:55,167 It's also rumored that the Germans used trailers 571 00:34:55,208 --> 00:34:56,833 to smuggle loot out of -- 572 00:34:56,917 --> 00:34:59,167 out of Germany at the end of the war, 573 00:34:59,208 --> 00:35:02,250 and these trailers were attached to submarines 574 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:05,458 with coupling devices that looked like this. 575 00:35:06,875 --> 00:35:09,042 -The Kriegsmarine, or German navy, 576 00:35:09,125 --> 00:35:11,292 created 100-foot-long trailers 577 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:15,333 to increase the U-boats' capacity to transport materials. 578 00:35:16,375 --> 00:35:19,875 Toward the end of the war, some believe Nazis devised plans 579 00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:23,625 to secretly transport high-value officials, military weapons, 580 00:35:23,708 --> 00:35:27,917 and treasure to neutral territories like Argentina. 581 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,333 One document shared with Congress at the end of the war, 582 00:35:31,375 --> 00:35:36,167 known as the Red House Report, seems to support this idea. 583 00:35:36,292 --> 00:35:39,000 Allegedly written by a French spy who attended 584 00:35:39,042 --> 00:35:42,333 a meeting of top Nazi brass and German industrial leaders 585 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:45,833 in Strasbourg, France, in 1944. 586 00:35:45,875 --> 00:35:48,458 The document suggests that top companies in Germany 587 00:35:48,542 --> 00:35:50,875 were urged to secure or hide wealth 588 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:54,125 to ensure Germany's post-war future. 589 00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:57,542 -Now I'm thinking that that coupling device 590 00:35:57,625 --> 00:36:00,000 is not the source of our mag hit and there might be actually 591 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,625 something bigger just -- just near there. 592 00:36:02,708 --> 00:36:04,708 -A good possibility there might be a trailer. 593 00:36:04,792 --> 00:36:10,875 -That would be outstanding. 594 00:36:10,875 --> 00:36:15,875 ♪ 595 00:36:15,958 --> 00:36:17,583 As Garth seeks further insight 596 00:36:17,667 --> 00:36:21,000 into the large object found near target three, 597 00:36:21,125 --> 00:36:23,000 his conversation with Rich Loud, 598 00:36:23,083 --> 00:36:26,833 an experienced diver and expert of World War II artifacts, 599 00:36:26,917 --> 00:36:29,250 takes an unexpected turn. 600 00:36:29,333 --> 00:36:33,167 -Have you ever heard of Operation Prufstand XII? 601 00:36:33,250 --> 00:36:34,667 -No, I haven't. 602 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:36,333 -That was a top-secret -- 603 00:36:36,375 --> 00:36:37,958 one of the most top-secret operations in Germany. 604 00:36:38,042 --> 00:36:40,375 At the end of the war, they had the idea 605 00:36:40,458 --> 00:36:43,292 of putting a V-2 rocket in a waterproof container 606 00:36:43,375 --> 00:36:46,167 and towing it behind a submarine 607 00:36:46,208 --> 00:36:48,625 over to the coast of the United States, 608 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:50,875 then launch the V-2 rocket at New York City. 609 00:36:50,958 --> 00:36:52,417 -Oh, man. 610 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:56,667 -Initially fired in September 1944 611 00:36:56,750 --> 00:36:59,042 against Allied targets in Europe, 612 00:36:59,208 --> 00:37:01,583 the V-2 rocket was highly advanced -- 613 00:37:01,708 --> 00:37:06,417 the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. 614 00:37:06,542 --> 00:37:10,500 That December, fears of a V-2 rocket attack grew 615 00:37:10,583 --> 00:37:14,500 after the FBI captured two Nazi spies in New York City 616 00:37:14,583 --> 00:37:16,500 who confessed to an alleged plot 617 00:37:16,542 --> 00:37:18,333 to launch missiles at the East Coast 618 00:37:18,375 --> 00:37:23,083 from V-2-equipped subs. 619 00:37:23,167 --> 00:37:25,208 -It's like a floating portable... 620 00:37:25,333 --> 00:37:27,250 -Launch stand. -...launch base. 621 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:28,792 Far out. -Yeah. 622 00:37:28,875 --> 00:37:32,375 And the American government got wind of it, 623 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:33,917 and it scared the heck out of them. 624 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,792 -Uh, yeah. 625 00:37:35,875 --> 00:37:38,875 -And they responded by making more patrols off the coast. 626 00:37:38,958 --> 00:37:40,333 -Really? 627 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:43,833 -In the spring of 1945, 628 00:37:43,875 --> 00:37:46,750 the U.S. Navy responded to this perceived threat, 629 00:37:46,875 --> 00:37:51,417 launching a 44-ship fleet under Operation Teardrop. 630 00:37:53,875 --> 00:37:58,583 As a result, five Nazi submarines were destroyed. 631 00:37:59,833 --> 00:38:02,042 -The generals and the admirals and the politicians 632 00:38:02,167 --> 00:38:04,000 were all really concerned about this. 633 00:38:04,083 --> 00:38:05,875 But fortunately, after the war, 634 00:38:05,958 --> 00:38:10,000 they found out that none of those subs had V-2 with them. 635 00:38:10,042 --> 00:38:12,000 So, kind of a big relief for that. 636 00:38:12,083 --> 00:38:13,500 -Right. 637 00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:23,333 ♪ 638 00:38:23,417 --> 00:38:25,042 -The next day, 639 00:38:25,125 --> 00:38:28,708 Garth returns to base camp to regroup with the team 640 00:38:28,792 --> 00:38:32,500 and decide what's the best way to continue their search. 641 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:34,208 -So, you know, I think we're all in agreement 642 00:38:34,333 --> 00:38:37,167 that the coupling device was used as an apparatus 643 00:38:37,208 --> 00:38:39,708 to tow something extremely large and heavy. 644 00:38:39,792 --> 00:38:41,333 -We know it was towing something. 645 00:38:41,375 --> 00:38:43,083 It could have been a supply chain. 646 00:38:43,208 --> 00:38:45,167 You know, they're bringing in supplies 647 00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:47,458 and towing them with that coupling device. 648 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:48,875 Or were they towing treasure 649 00:38:48,958 --> 00:38:51,625 and transporting it down to South America? 650 00:38:51,708 --> 00:38:53,542 We have no idea. 651 00:38:53,625 --> 00:38:55,958 We'll never figure that out unless we continue the search. 652 00:38:56,042 --> 00:38:59,000 -If you're coming from northern Europe to head to South America, 653 00:38:59,083 --> 00:39:04,208 you're also towing, so your fuel economy is gonna go way down. 654 00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:08,333 They had to stop somewhere, and why not here? 655 00:39:08,458 --> 00:39:10,417 -Is it possible that these trailers 656 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:13,250 made fleeing to Argentina challenging 657 00:39:13,333 --> 00:39:15,625 without refueling? 658 00:39:15,708 --> 00:39:20,833 And if so, was Monticristi a necessary stop along the way? 659 00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:23,500 -We're on the trail of something with this coupling device. 660 00:39:23,583 --> 00:39:25,667 It had to have been towing something. 661 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:27,333 That has to be somewhere in this area. 662 00:39:27,375 --> 00:39:29,667 -It has to be, and I agree with you 100% 663 00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:32,500 because whatever that coupling device was towing, 664 00:39:32,583 --> 00:39:35,667 it's got to be in the vicinity. 665 00:39:35,708 --> 00:39:37,833 As intriguing as this coupling device is, 666 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:41,458 it's too small to be the source of the magnetometer hit. 667 00:39:41,542 --> 00:39:43,625 That means there's something bigger out there 668 00:39:43,708 --> 00:39:45,542 yet to be found at target three. 669 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:47,542 Could it be one of these trailers? 670 00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:51,333 Could it be the U-boat that the coupling device was attached to? 671 00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:53,667 I mean, there's only one way to really find out. 672 00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:56,833 We need to go back out there and dive target three. 673 00:39:56,958 --> 00:39:59,500 -It wasn't just disassembled and sank there. 674 00:39:59,583 --> 00:40:01,333 -Exactly. -Something happened there. 675 00:40:01,417 --> 00:40:03,667 Something was under duress. 676 00:40:03,708 --> 00:40:05,542 They wouldn't have just left it there. 677 00:40:05,625 --> 00:40:08,833 That coupling device was attached to something. 678 00:40:08,875 --> 00:40:12,542 And that something is somewhere in this area. 679 00:40:12,625 --> 00:40:20,750 -We have to do this. 680 00:40:20,750 --> 00:40:23,917 -On the next "Lost U-Boats of WWII"... 681 00:40:25,375 --> 00:40:27,500 -Diving at night is never ideal, 682 00:40:27,583 --> 00:40:31,042 but there's bad weather moving in tomorrow morning. 683 00:40:34,792 --> 00:40:37,000 Even for experienced divers like Steve and I, 684 00:40:37,042 --> 00:40:41,375 swimming through a shallow reef like this is dangerous. 685 00:40:41,458 --> 00:40:45,083 All these reefs are [Indistinct] 686 00:40:46,375 --> 00:40:48,000 -Hey, Darrell, come check this out. 687 00:40:48,042 --> 00:40:49,792 What the hell is that? 688 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:52,167 -I'm thinking that something has to do with this island here. 689 00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:57,375 -What you need to do is get on that cape and investigate. 690 00:40:57,500 --> 00:40:58,542 -That's a good one. 691 00:40:58,667 --> 00:41:00,667 The further down you go here, 692 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:02,750 it's the older that it is. 693 00:41:02,833 --> 00:41:08,083 ♪