Persistence really does pay. Twelve months ago, a team of Tampa-based deep-sea treasure hunters were forced to forfeit to Spain a half-billion-dollar trove of gold and silver coins they’d recovered five years earlier from an ancient shipwreck. But the next prizes they targeted promised even greater rewards. This thrilling three-part series follows the team as they race against coming storms while pursuing a $1 billion haul from an 18th-century British wreck and a $200 million payday from a cargo ship sunk off Ireland by a German U-boat. Sunday, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m., Discovery
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