Lost Spanish Treasure Worth A Billion Dollars - Catalina Island

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Just one of these treasures would be worth over a billion dollars in today's money, and we're on the trail of two of them. We aren't looking for the treasures themselves, but the remains of those who hid them and others who spent their lives hunting for these treasures over the past 450 years. There's loot hidden by Spanish sailors to prevent it from being captured by Sir Francis Drake, and other treasure from a wrecked galleon salvaged by natives in the 1700's.

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[@bewilderedbrit8928]

He's probably disinterested in identity politics.

[@MichaelBOverthinking]

@@bewilderedbrit8928 I don’t know what you are implying.

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*My fav yet. Good content. 1870 Schumacher find may not have been of a single event.*

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I completely agree!!! I used to watch History channel a lot but find myself coming to KZbin and watch channels like this instead now

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Yoooo just said this the other day, it’s gone to shit😂

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This comment is highly overrated.

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[@travisn687]

I met a guy who was Homeless in Catalina (Lived in a run down boat right outside the harbor). He swore he would go diving and find gold and things from OLD shipwrecks and swore he knew of a spot for more, but needed help. Sadly I didn't trust him as he was hammered at 7am... but NOW im kicking myself in the ass .....

[@joshuakuehn]

You didn't trust him because he was drunk? What a silly reason

[@americansoccerunited]

A man who regularly finds gold wouldn't be homeless...

[@reefsroost696]

​@@americansoccerunited Yeah, you're right. 😜

[@jameswest4819]

@@americansoccerunited Drunks tend to live from day to day. Depending on what year it was, the gold might not have been worth all that much. He didn't say that he found a lot. If you listen to prospectors, a 20 thousand dollar find is thought of as a big find. $20,000 won't set a person up for a year...but a 20 dollar an hour job will. Depending on what the guy needed in the way of help, it may have been a good lead. He did manage to own a "run-down boat" and did live on Catalina...just needed to get sober.

[@christaylor4477]

30 years searching. I think he enjoyed the weather, the people, the hunt, and his overall life. The treasure would of just been a huge plus.

[@washnon]

for the gov but not you just ask the treasure hunters, Finders Keepers , the fbi took their gold find of over a billion dollars

[@JeffKopis]

"would HAVE", contraction thereof is "would've", which many mistake for "would of". 😉

[@Menuki]

It’s like being exiled to Hawaii….oh no, how will I survive

[@IvyroseGullwhacker]

I'm not sure if Tom and Emma's child has been born yet, but even if Tom ain't officially a dad, that tropical shirt and sailing hat have him looking like one!! Makes me smile fondly at memories of sailing San Diego bay with my dad, dressed exactly like that.

[@Jame5man]

The trick to buried treasure is not telling anyone you found it. For example, a Spanish ship wrecked in a hurricane near Florida. The wreckage was found but the bell went missing. Spain wants the bell. The US government wants to find it for them. I can neither confirm nor deny knowledge of this bell’s whereabouts

[@ShadySheev]

Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way. Which, in the case of Samuel Prentiss, was a donkey named Marv and a stone that looked like a giant peanut.

[@mikegurge4487]

Would you please look into the Great Lakes storm of 1913? Thank you for all of your wonderful footage. I immensely enjoy your channel!

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A Sunday morning with a coffee and a Part-Time Explorer video... I am a lucky guy. Love your content- thank you!!

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I'll tell you what man- in my opinion your videos are impeccable and brilliantly edited. I think your abandoned videos are even better than the Proper People's videos.

[@bparker8195]

Who knew!? Til now that all those years of visiting Catalina the Isthmus and fishing off it's shores that Spanish Galleons used to dock there and the possibility of treasure. Even then Sir Francis Drake stalking it's waterways. Awesome history.

[@LilDiabloRob]

Sorry this is giving me Uncharted Vibes. I LOVE IT!!!!! Thank you so much.

[@KittyCatMeowMeowTime]

The key to finding hidden treasure is to never tell anyone about it. In addition you take as much as you can discretely, and live a humble yet comfortable lifestyle. That's the only way to win as the person who found the treasure; slowly pilfering your find for years until its all gone or someone else finds it.

[@talesfromanoldmanpatoneal6372]

This was AWESOME! I love a treasure hunt! It doesn't matter to me if the treasures been found or not.... the journey is everything. Catalina island, the ocean, the sky are all so beautiful.. it's Patriots Day here in America and after prayers and reflection this morning I can't think of a better way to enjoy and relax my afternoon. Just a wonderful job, thank you for taking us on the adventure.

[@carlmichael29]

28:23.... Yeah that's why you don't tell a damn soul if you do find something of value. Here (Northern PA) a dirt poor farmer found some buried coins (and China) from the Revolution era in his field while plowing. The state claimed it on him. But they did give him a $100 finders fee. lol. Rumors are he found stuff after that but didn't report it. Can't say I can blame him. Let it be a lesson. Don't report anything to the government unless you want it stolen.

[@richardhunter132]

they didn't steal it. it belongs to the government. the alternative is selling it on the black market for substantially less than its worth and facing being caught and prosecuted later on

[@ZombieRofl]

You need to be a Fulltime explorer! Great work again!

[@Druidwil]

The cave on the cliff only has old goat skulls in it , lived on the island for 5 years and exploded everything I could being a campground ranger

[@apancher]

Each one of your videos is blows me away with its production quality and interesting topics!

[@ianloeb1672]

I have a feeling the reason no one has found it yet is because Toray was the first Troll who wanted to spent his last moments laughing at struggling Europeans

[@deferencetodusk]

very common thing, just look into the history of the hunt for el dorado. most natives would be like "oh a city made of gold? yeah its just around the corner of the river there buddy lol keep goin!"

[@justincovert6943]

It's a very common thing for natives to tell explorers what they want to hear for multiple reasons.

[@sireldemar6004]

@@justincovert6943 Yes, but he was going to die and they were supposedly friends.

[@danayneal4409]

I don't know... The naming of Greenland and Iceland is Master Troll level. And then there's the Trojan Horse. History is full of people being jerks. 😂

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The first troll was Marco Polo, we all know this.

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[@The_Muthias]

Boats & gold, sounds like a catalina wine mixer 🤣. Keep up the great work 👍

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You have very well put together videos. I really enjoy them and can hardly wait for the next one - but i sure do 😌. Awesome

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I've only watched 2 vids of yours but I can't not subscribe. The fact that you visit these places your talking about is VERY appreciated and cool.

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I love you content people don't have a lot of appreciation for ocean liners and ghost towns every new video that you make makes me happy keep it up

[@proudgrandma138]

Used to go to Catalina all the time. Wish I had thot to buy a place there back then wen it was affordable!

[@fraserthomson5766]

I'm saving this for tomorrow's commuted to work, can't wait to hear about this lost treasure. Catalina is where actress Natalie Wood drowned, while Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken sipped whiskey on their boat..

[@jeffarcher400]

Hemingway and Marlin.

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Rob and chris were porking.

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Thanks for the effort made in this video, it’s beautifully made.

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Im so hype for the next generation of KZbin historians!!! this stuff is so good!!!! If anyone else has any other recommendations I'd love them!

[@Dwightstjohn-fo8ki]

The Spanish came up as far north as Harrison Lake in B.C. and mined silver there. You could sail up into Harrison off the Fraser river in those days, through a "poulder" hence the name "Pitt Poulder" given by the Dutch who homesteaded and drained the lands in the Pitt Meadows area in 1910, dropped the "hectares" into a numbered company and it's now a golf course. !! (Friends in the cattle biz leased the acreage for decades).

[@mvd4436]

My opa grew up there. I don't usually name drop online but he was known as QC.

[@albertoburgos3305]

Spanish explorers in the late 18th century went up the pacific coast at least up to Cordova (Alaska), where they met with russian explorers coming from the west. I guessed they settled in B.C. few decades before that.

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The quality of your content is steadily improving. You’re now my favorite channel on KZbin. 👏🏻

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love you guys another great vid. from Preston England 👍

[@tiedyedowl8367]

I recently found your channel. I was watching the ship ones, and wondered if you’d thought about making one on the Wilhelm Gustloff. Huge shipwreck, not well known, thousands of causalities.

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People do things extra for yall because you are good people. Great videos treating people with respect goes a long way...

[@oli24yt]

i always really enjoy the ambiance of these videos. they're very relaxing to watch, as far as adventures go! great for a quiet evening in or a sleepless night, and i always learn a few things too. great work

[@mariomanti-gualtiero1228]

Interesting. We lived on Catalina in the 70’s. I found something in my grandfather’s things that looks like a treasure map. Basically, a drawing of the island with a big “X”. Makes me kinda wonder!

[@cristiancruz5079]

Great content and wonderful story of pirates and treasure hunters. Love your channel. Thanks for the always good research. Congratulations to you and Emma for the soon newborn.🤞🙂

[@BlairAir]

The Melissa Anne may not be much, but she has it all over a water-logged raft! Actually Tom, that money could fund a fleet of Melissa Annes in every port you feel needs exploration!

[@generaltophat5877]

Another great documentary Tom!

[@cornkobmansanto17]

Very fine work sir!

[@kilometersbennetdyson2399]

Your videos are some of the best on this type of subject matter. Thanks for all the time and effort y’all put into it, it really shines through.

[@PartTimeExplorer]

Thank you!

[@peacebrain4471]

Now that's a Catalina Wine Mixer!

[@bainsworth8853]

I was on Catalina Is in 1975, flew in from El Toro, that looks nothing the same, hope you find your dream, lots of luck

[@iloveamerica3917]

Super interesting episode. Great narration.

[@thetruth1862]

What a great adventure you have taken us on , your channel is becoming awesome!

[@chuckbardiamond9382]

Thanks for this ver informative documentary.PS.:I would never tell,if I found that Treasure.

[@LoneWolf051]

I live right there in Long Beach, have easy access to Catalina island, heard stories of this treasure all my life, haven't found it yet myself lol but if I do I'm sharing a good part of it with you, Tom! :D

[@arilebon]

Hey - this is a childhood dream of mine - finding treasures. Can I join?

[@fancyme.alter1311]

@@arilebon Let me join too, we can be the Goonies of 2022

[@CrAzYDUde2587]

@@fancyme.alter1311got room for a fourth?

[@fancyme.alter1311]

@@CrAzYDUde2587 Sure why not

[@mkendallpk4321]

Another excellent job of laying out the facts with great video! Wherever the treasure(s) ended up we may never know for sure. But the stories about them weave a delightful tale to tickle the mind's fancy. And that is what you have done with this video.

[@normanbraslow7902]

We know exactly where the trueasre is. In Spain. Well, some of it. Most of it was sent on to the Italian and Dutch bankers.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Great video, Tom & Emma. Mike seems to be quite the character. Cheers.

[@kingshisa8266]

Thank you for sharing you adventures with us. Love the channel.

[@robertlaird6746]

If I had found the treasure I would have tried to sell one of the coins for way more than spot value but it would have been difficult to try to sell more than one coin without provoking many questions from others. If I needed more money to spend, I would have had to melt some of it down to avoid suspicion.

[@TheSilmarillian]

Great explore indeed thanks for taking us along with you

[@johnselmo4295]

at 20:37 min in the video there is a notch between the hills in the distance. Upoun the vernal euinox Climb up that canyon until you see a prominent grey rock, “Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks, and the setting sun with the last light will shine upon the key-hole

[@Dax17151715]

Verrrrry interesting. But haven't you given away the secret?

[@chrishuston7162]

IT'S THE FUCKING CATALINA WINE MIXER!!!"

[@leighsayers2628]

Another fabulous video ..

[@user-fp7hd9wk2i]

Nine min 😅 30 seconds. . Your welcome 😁😁just watching the drama shakes me to my core

[@rexbell7963]

Great video! Love the Catalina history and scenery. Thank you!

[@loganhuffgarden9705]

I can see that your videos are only improving. Well Done!

[@mlbolts72]

Great investigation..cool story ..thx 4 sharing 😊

[@jameswest4819]

It is really weird that with treasure in Britain, the finder is rewarded with the treasure's current value but in the US the finder is screwed.

[@jeffarcher400]

If I find treasure I won't come ashore till I reach England. Thanks for the tip.

[@williambarry8015]

Uncle Sam: Finders weepers Government keepers

[@patrickhamos2987]

this video chill level got me like: 👁👄👁

[@ritterklaus]

Great video, well done!

[@user-tw7dd4jx2h]

Once again over too soon inspirational the back story makes the journey off those lost souls come to life please dont stop !

[@fistfulofgoldwing]

Another great episode. Nice to hear a little love for Bill Burrud too!

[@stuartb9323]

Awesome video! Thanks

[@mrpaul6971]

There really was a Pacific bell phone booth there! Unreal!

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Very interesting video. Looked like tracing treasure hunters is a fun business! Great job!

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Love the videos and content. ❤

[@laracraft82]

Interesting story...great one for the campfire and even better being true as well. Thank you for sharing 😀

[@normanbraslow7902]

The basic story about treasure is totally bogus. The man was deluded.

[@gRosh08]

Thanks for sharing.

[@RamSkirata]

this here seriously is professional quality editing, storytelling and filming - the production quality is on par with TV. The storytelling and relevance is exceeding TV.

[@gracevalentine1666]

El pirata Francis Drake! I grew up with Mexican family- in school you learn about the Golden Hind as a pirate ship!

[@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish]

Terrific job done, great filming. I need to get over to the island sometime, sure is pretty.

[@TheKeeperMadz]

Hi you seriously need your own tv show on netflix or somewhere. Work well done.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

Netflix sucks

[@rancidschannel3206]

Fascinating. Video.

[@timanctil8225]

Hilarious how he keeps talking about how rough the waves are. Come back out in the wintertime...

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Just found this channel. Enjoying and a look at the other videos I'll be staying. 👌

[@WoodsPrecisionArms]

They have technology now where they use this special camera flown on a drone and it shows you any loose soil where anyone has ever dig or planted anything the last few thousand years - it’s really neat technology and it graphs it so it tells you about how long ago the soil was disturbed - all of this is technology stemmed from LiDAR a truly amazing technology we keep advancing off of every day.

[@rhys5567]

This is amazing

[@andyhoran2661]

I lived at Emerald Bay for 3 summers at the Boy Scout Camp. There was a lot of Lore about the lost treasure.

[@shanepoole527]

Great documentaries you have they're well put together I love the information there's so much about history and some of it is here to be explored Mia was wondering what would your thoughts be on this if Titanic Stern buy some miracle had stayed afloat after the Titanic broke how would it have changed history and there are a couple of ships that was wondering if you were planning on doing a documentary on them like the olive Jeanette and the LR Doty or maybe the Empress of Ireland hope you have happy holidays and stay safe out there.

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Loved watching this video and just hit the subscribe button...

[@kamikazehussein]

these videos are very well made. :)

[@sireldemar6004]

Brilliant video as always! But one I find one thing rather odd. Upon finding out that the hold of the captured Spanish ship was empty, surely Sir Francis Drake must have drawn the conclusion that the crew of said galleon hid the treasure. So, couldn‘t he have forced the crew of the galleon to reveal the whereabouts of the treasure? If so, the treasure should have been transported to England, right?

[@PartTimeExplorer]

I wish I had enough information to fill that gap in!

[@sireldemar6004]

@@PartTimeExplorer It was definitely common practice to torture the crew if they had hidden some treasure. There are actually sources that indicate that Sir Francis Drake did exactly that, but whether he did it in this instance…I guess we‘ll never know.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

​@@PartTimeExplorerdrake maby recovered the treasure and stashed it away.

[@JeffKopis]

Tom, you have an amazing, exciting life. Ever considered being a full time explorer?

[@roseogrady8785]

Thank You.

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

If you found a bunch of money being a smart person you wouldn't tell anyone so it would be lost forever even if it was found

[@evanrandall1675]

I've read about different treasures. I know many are still there. It seems like informed gold prospecting of nature will yield more for sure and over time. But man if you find someone's lost jackpot I'm so amazingly happy for you!!

[@frankwhipple4813]

Fresh air and plenty of walking!

[@olboyjake7250]

Have you done a story on the Steamboat Sultana

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

This is why you never tell the government what you found. You keep it to yourself. Sell it off little by little. One coin at a time.

[@betrayal6231]

I was born and raised in Santa Barbara. I heard rumors about this treasure but I always thought the story was BS. I’ve been to Catalina many times with my uncle to fly fish on the coast. We would also spearfish with snorkels. Would have loved to search for some Spanish gold!

[@johncadogan9450]

We get flying fish in Sydney Australia on the Northern Beaches.

[@americansoccerunited]

Imagine your last act of life being the most epic troll ever lol

[@larrysorenson4789]

I’m getting my shovel. Where should I dig?🤣🤣🤣

[@dustinlawson9736]

Just wanted to say thx for a great story. I agree who ever discovers a treasure will never get it. Look into the Brother Jonatan. Don Knight was robbed.

[@phillipgraves4721]

It's like I just watched another episode of the Curse Of Oak Island.

[@jvydenlovescruises]

hey, im going here on the cruise ship "carnival radiance" in jan!

[@steviegoodgravy8624]

I’m digging the boomer-camo

[@andrejbratkov2128]

Thanks!

[@PartTimeExplorer]

Thank you!