Pirate Amaro Pargo’s Lost Treasure | Expedition Unknown | Discovery

Hey hey, look at this, look—oh, look at that!
Oh my word, that is a nail, that is perfectly preserved!
Look at that, in a volcanic sea cave inside the Cliffs of Tenar.
Bradley Williamson and I are searching for the Lost Treasure of the pirate Amaro Pargo, and so far I gotta say, we’ve nailed it.
That’s bronze, that’s not iron. Those are rare. It’s not corroded at all.
No, no, a bronze nail, that’s old, and those are expensive.
This is not like a deck nail. No, ’cause back then, most of the nails were made out of iron. Rarely were they bronze like that.
So this would be more like a finishing nail on something that’s more valuable. Yes, for something like a nice mahogany chest, like a treasure chest.
Okay, I’ll go with that. Let’s just manifest this.
Okay, okay, we dig further into the hole where we found the nail.
It seems like whatever it is, is right there.
Yeah, our new technique is to just sift as much of this volcanic sandas possible. Make sure we’re not missing anything.

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Wait, that’s—that’s another nail!
Alright, that is incredible! This is insane! Get out of here, dude, look at this.
That’s huge, that means something. Something is here.
Two or more is holding something together, like hoagy boxes filled with gold blues.
Yes, Brad, now you’re talking! What were you holding together?

More digging. More digging.

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I mean, I don’t know. There’s this volcanic kind of conglomerate down at the bottom of all this.
It really is like concrete.
Yeah, we got a lot more sand in here. Let’s keep looking.
The search continues now with more urgency as the tide inevitably approaches.
I don’t know how much time we have here.

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That is—
That a rock? Hey—Brad! Brad! Come here!
What?
Hey, come here!
What, what is this? You got something?
What you got? What you got?
I thought this was a white stone.
Wait—look at this. Is that blue?
That’s guy right there! Is this porcelain?
It is! Nice! This is real porcelain.
Here, let’s see if anything else is in there.

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So it was wedged down in these rocks.
Yeah, but it makes sense ’cause if it broke up—
Oh, hey, Josh, look! Look! Look!
Hey, now that—that’s nice! Look at that patterning.
This is not modern. Josh, look at the discoloration inside the core.
This has been here for a long time.
Actually looks like the Qing Dynasty.
So, wait, this is—this is real Chinese?
This is real Chinese porcelain!
This is the real deal.

People think about treasure, they think about gold and silver, but this is like gold—
Exactly. Incredibly rare, incredibly valuable.
This is like pirate booty.
This is the kind of goods that people like Amaro Pargo were stealing and transporting.