Sunken Treasures (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.
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[@bk-lx6cb]

Nat geo ..... you a real one for giving us the real documentaries and t.v. we all deserve on KZbin for free ...... mad love yall

[@alfhhfhhdhfjfhf1799]

I concur!!!...

[@smmuajhossain9910]

Thanks to those guys who worked on that project to show us some history. It's amazing to see lost treasures are founded.

[@xXDrSnugglesXx]

These episodes from Nat Geo "Draining The Ocean" Is and has always been my favorite thing to watch from National Geographics

[@Twerkulies]

Fun fact: There's only one known instance of pirates burring treasure, and that pirate was William Kidd.

[@kellieborut8037]

When I was a little girl back in the 70's I dreamed of what would it be like to drain the oceans? Wow! You've done it! Thank u! BEST SHOW OUT THERE!

[@CallmeBotakaOrc]

if we could indeed do that we would find out things that would rewrite history and change the world as we know it, i can confidently guarantee you we don’t have nor the technology nor the means to be able to actually see and even get an idea of what lays beneath the water of our oceans

[@timgorbet2735]

@@CallmeBotakaOrc Lidar dude

[@kittylozon2106]

I also envisioned before when I was young that the Grand Canyon of Arizona was under sea water and part of the ocean. All these bodies of water are all interconnected from the Pacific to North/South America and into the Amazon. You can say that I let my imaginations run wild but there is a possibilities of that idea as well.

[@NatGeo]

Thank you for watching!

[@recur9245]

@@CallmeBotakaOrc possibly Lidar detection! quite a new technology which will be very interesting to use in the amazon forests maybe they will use for the sea bed?

[@angelcat7753]

I love this series...combines maps archeology & solving mysteries all in one show. The science and technology are mind blowing. Thanks for teaching in a very enthusiastic entertaining form. Put this form of info in schools, children would love it.

[@sharonrimsza7960]

Not only would children love it, they would learn so much!

[@user-fl2ei2bz2c]

As a documentary freak of history, this is my new favorite channel.. Love this Drain the oceans series documentaries..

[@Midwest_railfan417]

This is one of the coolest documentaries, awesome

[@xSirDudex]

I've seen all three seasons of this show. It's a mind-blowing show! There is so much in the ocean. Pretty sure this show was the film crew that was filming recently and accidentally found a piece of the challenger space shuttle.

[@NatGeo]

We love our Drain the Oceans fans! Thank you so much for watching!

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Whoa Matt....that's cool! I wonder how much of it has been found . ...

[@xSirDudex]

@@vincentanguoni8938 It was just a small random section. But it was the first piece of Challenger to be found in a quarter century. It was actually History channel doing some WW2 stuff. But Drain The Oceans has profiled some pretty amazing finds!

[@miketyson8933]

The condition they are in after all that time under the salt water is AMAZING! I LOVE HISTORY AND THE THINGS THAT ARE BURIED UNDER THE SEA!!!! SO FRICKING COOL!!!!

[@Jaden-sneakers]

i know its amazing what can be found

[@martmarriner6793]

we'll all be under the sea one day. In about 300 million years.

[@lisadolan689]

This is literally the coolest concept in geographical archaeology. Beyond cool. ‘Drain the Oceans’ is one of my favourite all time doco series. 😎

[@davidsubba4432]

As a documentary freak of history, this is my new favorite channel.

[@NatGeo]

Welcome! We're glad you're here!

[@kasturipillay6626]

Narrator makes these episodes worthy of viewing. 👍👍♥️

[@hannahketner645]

I love the history that can be found in a timely piece of gold

[@nicolasrodrigo9]

With today's sonar technology it is way more accurate and easy to find wrecks than in the 80s. Multi beam sonars are like ecographies of babies. Love it!

[@aamsell2172]

Best series I've seen in years. Really enjoying it!

[@Mad_Medz]

Absolutely 👍👍👍

[@thedude8046]

They tell the same story over and over again! This is nothing new!

[@NatGeo]

Thank you for watching!

[@xy4489]

Moral of the story: when diving for treasure, never tell the government(s).

[@momoho11]

Keep it somewhere safe. Tell nobody of authority. Don't blast it on social media& put in your will for you kids, with the story.

[@invisible_d_r]

This is Treasure documentary worth watching

[@silvernight654]

I have found something to watch that does not bore me finally

[@janejones5362]

I LOOOVE Nat Geo!! I learn so much. I've been reading the mags since I was 11 😊

[@NatGeo]

Thank you for being with us for so long! We're so happy you're here!❤

[@lespoole8527]

Great oceans of gold & silver I believe that the oceans have more lost that will ever be found ? National geographic thank you for your podcast.

[@honeybear8485]

Thank you national geographic.. superb I wouldn't expect anything less 👍👍👍👍👍❤️ appreciate the downloads.. my dreams.. always been to explore and find some kind of treasure.. just a small treasure to share something to get myself ahead in life would be awesome the sea would be the ultimate .. but I'll settle for some land treasure maybe some metal and gold detecting.. someday hopefully soon..

[@thomasbauerle2366]

The Stephanieturm is still in Service. I've been on her in 2011 as C/ Mate & Senior DPO ☺️. A beautyful Dive Support Vessel 😍

[@ElephantSoul]

Amazing video thanks for sharing 👍

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love this Drain the oceans series documentaries.

[@eljumaidilbinahmad2464]

I like treasure hunting. You don't only get gold and other valuable treasures, but the historical artifacts behind those treasures are much more important.

[@donnadwarika6370]

Thank you for this amazing video .

[@deborahworth5291]

Does the find have to go to the Dutch? How much do the finders get to keep? I love these shows. Stochastic is fascinating to find it so far apart. Amazing!

[@carminjean5042]

Always wonderful thank you

[@universe1357]

Amazing technology of draining the Ocean who ever founded must salute him for this great machine and technology 👍🔥

[@bessyputri8987]

wow..im like wow. NAt Geo keep on going..i love history

[@johntindel1048]

I was living in Key West when Mel's team found the Atocha... it was an electric time, the whole town lit up. I was able to purchase a two real piece which I've worn around my neck since '86... one of my most treasured (pun intended!) possessions. I get constant comments about it from strangers, at which point I delight in spinning the grand tale of the sinking and discovery of that fabled ship. The Spanish government sent two more expeditions back to the wreck site to try to retrieve their treasure. but were defeated by two more hurricanes and gave it up.

[@mikevanblommestein5726]

In 1941 an Australian & New Zealand salvage team raised 555 gold bars from about 400ft depth from the RMS Niagara that had been sunk by a mine off Bream Head in New Zealand. Not a lot of publicity as it was hush hush during the 2nd World War . A great story if you read one of the books about it .

[@ObsoleteOddity]

There’s still a few bars down there

[@barryworkman3791]

Is there anything I can say is wow. I have silver from the 1800s . My heart skipped a beet when I seen 1700s I just came across this channel today is very awesome you guys do a great job 💯👍

[@MrTwotimess]

Solving a mystery has always attracted adventurers.

[@_Time_To_Listen_]

Great job! Thanks National Geographic 🔥

[@terrygillam2700]

Great show Drain the Oceans documentation of it love ❤️ your other Albert Linn on national Geographic too.Need some of those too

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

❤

[@Suavio435]

Crazy how these finds create revenue for people who were already wealthy, proves that you have to be able to pay to even get close to the playing field!!

[@dianemartinis9944]

Yes! History, not some endless saga of boredom like oak island.

[@xcaptain0374]

Thanks National geographic ❤️

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

❤

[@renesagahon4477]

A great documentary

[@2beards523]

THIS SHOW IS AWESOME!!! THANK YOU!!😀👍

[@aabdullahkarimi]

The thrill of no adventure can be compared to sailing

[@siddhant8639]

Really Amazing ♥️

[@pmxgaming]

These are awesome!!

[@thecommonsenseconservative5576]

If you ever find treasure tell no one, the government will take it despite a contract.

[@erbalumkan369]

The Dutch didn't "newly mint" Spanish coins! They were war bounty from Spanish ships.

[@margot120]

Waarom is" zo'n stukje " History nooit verteld aan de media??! Geweldig

[@Broooski]

Niet geïnteresseerd zit weinig emotie in

[@edwardripley7266]

Wow that's awesome you guys know If there is treasure in the South Pacific Ocean area because they say there's ships lost and never found back in the century with treasure on it thank you God bless 🙏🙏.

[@susanzoefelix6631]

Great series

[@CR250rSMITH]

coins and parts of the ship are most likely more spread out than they think, i can imagine short years after it sank big storms would of washed things around IMO

[@geraldmiller5260]

I have noticed that shipwrecks are found underwater.

[@johnallen6945]

From what I understand (I spent two years on the Atlantic and 2 years on the Pacific in the military), 80% of the world's ocean floors are still unexplored. Who knows what natural beauty and articles that have sunk to the bottom from the surface are there. Scientists believe that ocean-going crafts may have been around for 5000 years, maybe a lot longer.

[@Cantabri]

Imagine traveling the whole ocean for months, finally seeing homeland, get stuck in the sand

[@damizim1]

Please show us about Indian Ocean n Mozambique Channel sunken ships over centuries …

[@DenSchimmige]

Just imagine all the iron/metal laying around on the ocean floors.. as being ships, weapons and ammunition (cannonbals etc) wonder howmany eifeltowers they could build with that...

[@PeterIfeta-vu7xw]

Thrilling

[@darrenadams-mv7mu]

national geographic good show

[@mrliberty8468]

Its only a grave that can't be disturbed except by permit of the government for treasure for the government and general citizens can't possibly disturb it ..

[@kshudhashantimisalgruha2601]

Superb ❤.

[@donsmith7669]

My question is if they hit a sand bar 250 years ago does that mean the sea has been rising constantly for centuries? Only 75 feet down now would mean the sand bars were a lot closer to the surface back then. How deep would the hull be under normal conditions? Maybe someone can answer that. Any experts out there?

[@steveblauvelt6312]

Only my guess, but the ocean has high and low tides and with valleys from wave swells maybe that could account for hitting the sand bar. Or it was was in shallower water when it hit and drifted out to deeper water before sinking.

[@lespoole8527]

Very possible.

[@TorMax9]

The sand moves around dramatically - storms, tides, changing currents, etc. - so the height of the sand bars change dramatically. What was close to the surface 250 years ago could easily be 75 feet or more down now due to the ever-flowing sands. Sea levels have rise about 0.07 millimetres per year for the last 2,000 years.

[@Mollineaux]

the Goodwin Sands usually remain beneath the surface but at low tide waves can break over them, I can see this from my lounge window. Over the years on some occasions the tide has been low enough for a traditional cricket game to be played on a part of the sands that is just above the water at low tide, but not for too long! Periodically a mast of a vessel held by the sands may appear but invariably soon disappears as the sands move in the tide

[@NONANTI]

I'm only a novice hydrologist, but will weigh in. I researched this when QE2 hit Red Rock 1 and it's very counterintuitive. One would think passing over a shallow would cause a ship to rise. However, lower pressure caused by water moving faster under the ship creates "squat effect" (think airplane wing lift or your car being pulled toward an 18 wheeler when you pass it). This creates a valley around the ship, increasing it's draft. Ships actually use this principle to go under low clearance bridges.

[@duskmoon181]

American Government: *sends agents to retrieve lost civil war gold and gives the finders a pat on the back and a lollipop. Dutch Government: "here, you take half for finding it and we'll take half since our company used to own it. Thanks for finding it for us gentlemen" 🤔

[@ThatKidTOO]

Same for the British/Russian gold in the Arctic sea where they split the findings with every party involved.

[@sambitchatterjee9551]

There is a word called "loot" in the oxford dictionary, which is actually a 'HINDI' word, thats what you are after guys, your ancestral history. Great job, carry on and show some more history of your ancestors.

[@glennmoreland6457]

Sounds like you were triggered

[@xy4489]

They did share it with multiple governments, so can't really complain.

[@l-b284]

I'd like to hear more about how the dive team is improving that scavenging method to be more environmentally sensitive, now that they have the money to improve it. Coral reefs and the waters off the Florida coast are especially sensitive areas.

[@Filthybutproud]

I see the adoring fan stopped following the grand champion, and found a new calling as a narrator for documentaries :)

[@skellorelli2515]

"Golly! You're the best!"

[@Lukksia]

45:09 anyone wondering why he sounds like a chipmunk it’s because when you dive that deep you have to breathe this special mix of gasses called trimix and it has helium in it

[@198634]

Let’s play a drinking game - every time the narrator says “ drain the ocean “ - take a shot

[@AtaBro107]

Best one

[@angelitabecerra]

Treasure Hunters aren't raising those items "in a responsible manner." Especially if youre using a device that destroys the seafloor and potentially damages arrifacts. You want to do this responsibly then *archeologists* need to do it

[@BassSniper209]

Awesome thnks crew

[@Adonna2424]

I love the draining the waters part but seeing these pirates loot like this and probably damage the history of the sites is incredibly sad.

[@savapantic8735]

It’s better to be found in any way possible than never ever recovering those artifacts.

[@avelukov]

Will the episode about Captain Kidd ever be uploaded? I saw it on tv a while ago but would like to see it again.

[@ChrisLeeProducer]

Everything will come to light

[@PR-nq4dt]

I wonder if the countries ( Peru and Mexico ) of these treasures origins were ever compensated? I'm specifically referring to the treasures recovered from the Atocha? 🤔🤔

[@praddumnvats6759]

Valid query though

[@Puckerupbuttercup261]

Mexico is so corrupt that it wouldn’t be worth giving that government anything. Peru might be a different story though.

[@PR-nq4dt]

@@Puckerupbuttercup261 I doubt Peru ever got a nickel out of all this.

[@PANTHEON71]

ummm.. they are dead. finders keepers losers weepers.

[@jtowens-masonry3359]

lol no way finders keepers

[@romanchomenko2912]

That ship could be carrying Pavlo Polobutok treasure of 200000 rose gold coins from Tsarist Russia it was supposed to be banked at the bank of England but it could be transferred to East India company for overseas trade.

[@wapitiwallow1880]

I provided a factual and elaborate explanation of my experience as party in Odyssey Marine Exploration vs Kingdom of Spain and my entire account was censored by KZbin or National Geographic. I guess they want you only to read their version of history. What a shame!

[@X1GenKaneShiroX]

Congratulations to National Geographic for surpassing 10k video uploads!

[@kevinoconnell6488]

Cool! I own salvage company's. Maybe put some in Valds castle. Neen lots of it for that futcher

[@faizansheikh5680]

So nice awesome

[@pippa3150]

At 22:13 Kim Fisher is Mel Fisher's son. Mel was an unbelievable badass. He sailed the Ragamuffin in the Sydney Hobart race (read "The Fatal Storm".....OMG) and was incredibly well known for his treasure hunting. Just as a cool aside, my friend Diane owned a boat called Ceramco, NZ which won the Sydney Hobart in 1981. I got to sail her in the Caribbean. Seriously. You want some good reading, look up that book and anything to do with Mel.

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

What a greedy s o b. The both of them.

[@kennyweber1816]

Excellent🎉

[@maoriking8957]

this be a dream come true to find treasure daily!

[@stevenwells6292]

Mel Fisher discovered The Atocha in 1985. He lost his son Dirk and his daughter in law Angel along with Rick Gage in 1975 when their boat capsize because it was a river tug and wasn't designed to be at sea. That was back in the day when we read about adventures in B_O_O_K_S.

[@HarryClark-px1xw]

excellent

[@Global_Armed_Forces]

Great!

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

Got 2 Love Lidar!!!

[@maxruedy951]

For most of history men were hunter/gatherers,that instinct will never leave us (I hope).Cool series.

[@blueskye23]

maybe the first ship ran aground bc it was doulbe heavy with contraband.

[@swimandtravel]

i love it

[@petmut]

Great video

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

CAN YOU PLEASE PUT MORE COMMERCIALS IN THIS??? MIGHT AS WELL WATCH T.V.!!😮

[@MayhemProspecting]

Very cool episode. Im confused on the technology though? It is acting like it just found the images of the Atoche but all of those images it is showing is what Mel Fisher originally found without technology?

[@xwannabeetinkerbellx]

That’s so cool !

[@darrenadams-mv7mu]

sunken treasures good show

[@HandsONreviews4u]

Thanks for not making this documentary another boring episode of OAK ISLAND BS....treasure lead ons....

[@thedude8046]

This is every time the same story only now with fictionary CGI

[@AnimalWorld_OfficialUSA]

👌

[@boulterzach4343]

Oak island is pure tv garbage 👌

[@bryanhoffman7401]

Have you seen the treasures that they have pulled out lately maybe it is not a hall yet.But seems like a clue after a clue every season so I have my questions also so glad I can watch it on the tube and skip to the end so I don't watch most of the BS lol happy new year!!!

[@deadpanfish]

@@bryanhoffman7401 if someone would edit out the narrator, Oak Island would be more watchable. Sometimes I just skip when the narrator talks cause it's either stuff repeated a million times, or WILD speculation. Every time they find a piece of wood it's "could it be the knights Templar"???

[@OshineTheOranguTANK]

The whole "draining of the ocean metaphor got old after the first 5,000 times.

[@charliepepper333]

Mel Fisher is the King of the Treasure Salvors! End of story

[@bobbyvalentino9946]

My question is...who the treasure really belong to???

[@lucasrem]

The VoC, that is owned by the Dutch government in The Hague now, needed to payoff the depth. They still own it, Public stock, a State-owned enterprise.

[@marcellepesek3038]

@@lucasrem: Please clafirfy: payoff the "depth"? or pay of the "debt"?

[@rudrabhardwaj6780]

Native people who were slaughtered, mercilessly by these bloody colonial thugs.

[@albertdeleon6272]

@@rudrabhardwaj6780 civilized Colonial thugs

[@scotishjohn]

Finder keeper hahs

[@Jaden-sneakers]

wow who know what else could be found down in the ocean probably allot more definitely

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Wow 🌟👏