1 00:00:02,236 --> 00:00:04,538 Tonight on "Lost Gold of the Aztecs"... 2 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:05,973 You gotta see this, Dad. 3 00:00:06,106 --> 00:00:08,742 We're gonna get the drill rig in here and see what we can find. 4 00:00:08,876 --> 00:00:10,110 If we find a tunnel system, 5 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:11,524 does it mean the treasure's here? 6 00:00:11,645 --> 00:00:13,514 I hope to God it does. 7 00:00:13,647 --> 00:00:16,550 Hey, looks like we have something here. 8 00:00:16,717 --> 00:00:17,885 Come on, Kevin. 9 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,987 We've just got poisonous gas that came up. 10 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,154 You all right? 11 00:00:21,288 --> 00:00:22,432 So we're gonna have to build something 12 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:24,157 and get the air cleaned out. 13 00:00:24,291 --> 00:00:26,451 It doesn't have to be pretty. All it has to do is work. 14 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:28,762 What you guys got there? 15 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:31,999 - Check this out. - This is something manmade. 16 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:34,034 This is really what we're out here looking for. 17 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:35,178 - Ready? - Yeah, real slow. 18 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:38,405 Real slow. Oh! Ho, ho! 19 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:39,940 Hey, take a look at this! 20 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:43,710 500 years ago, the Aztecs possessed 21 00:00:43,844 --> 00:00:47,414 one of the greatest treasures the world has ever seen. 22 00:00:48,782 --> 00:00:50,651 Word of this treasure attracted the attention 23 00:00:50,784 --> 00:00:53,387 of the Spanish conquistadors, 24 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,290 but when they came for the gold, 25 00:00:56,423 --> 00:00:57,958 it was already gone, 26 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:01,862 hidden by Emperor Montezuma in locations throughout 27 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:05,232 what is now the American Southwest. 28 00:01:05,365 --> 00:01:08,068 Now, three treasure-hunting teams, 29 00:01:08,201 --> 00:01:10,470 all with different approaches, 30 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:13,206 are closing in on what they believe 31 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:16,677 is the location of the lost Aztec gold. 32 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:19,413 This right here is definitely manmade activity. 33 00:01:19,546 --> 00:01:21,782 The Dillmans are following a trail 34 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:24,451 blazed by the research of their grandfather. 35 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:28,288 I believe it's my destiny to find it for the family. 36 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:30,557 The Villescas are treasure seekers 37 00:01:30,691 --> 00:01:33,327 descended from Spanish conquistadors. 38 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:35,495 They believe the Spanish found the gold... 39 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:36,496 All right. Here we go. 40 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:37,965 And melted it into bars 41 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,367 hidden throughout the American Southwest. 42 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:43,070 If anybody's gonna find it, it's gonna be us. 43 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:45,172 And finally, Hoagland and Hegg. 44 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:46,305 Fire in the hole! 45 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,610 They believe the treasure is hidden inside mines 46 00:01:50,744 --> 00:01:53,380 along well known Aztec trade routes. 47 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:55,349 If anything happens, be ready to go. 48 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:57,117 Decades of searching. 49 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:58,885 That's old as hell. 50 00:01:59,019 --> 00:02:00,454 Three different theories. 51 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:02,356 That's what I do. I go find stuff. 52 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:05,759 Which one of these teams will be proven right... 53 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:08,362 and be the first to find 54 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:11,398 the lost gold of the Aztecs? 55 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:27,314 Right up there is perfect, Bert. 56 00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:29,950 Just get in there and start pulling that stuff away 57 00:02:30,083 --> 00:02:31,323 and setting it off to the side. 58 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:33,053 Okay. 59 00:02:33,186 --> 00:02:35,656 The Dillman team has brought in a small excavator 60 00:02:35,789 --> 00:02:37,090 to dig an out an entrance 61 00:02:37,224 --> 00:02:39,893 into what their ERT scan suggests could be 62 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:43,797 an underground tunnel system and chamber. 63 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:46,566 So right now we're digging at the exact location 64 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:49,269 that the geophysicists had pinpointed for us. 65 00:02:49,403 --> 00:02:52,839 Somewhere around 30 meters, about 100 feet deep. 66 00:02:52,973 --> 00:02:55,375 Fairly large target in the center here, 67 00:02:55,509 --> 00:02:58,845 and a few smaller ones off to the east there. 68 00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,881 That may be the chamber that we're looking for, 69 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,416 and these other anomalies 70 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:05,452 may be the tunneling to get there. 71 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,690 I can't tell you the excitement 72 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:12,793 that I have building over this, 73 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,195 because it once again falls right in line 74 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:18,865 with my grandfather's writings and his audiotapes. 75 00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:20,467 It's like he was guiding us here, 76 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,235 and so now we are digging in. 77 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:26,485 He's a little bit of ways in already. 78 00:03:31,912 --> 00:03:33,747 - It's clearly an opening. - Oh, yeah. 79 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:38,819 That is a whole lot of dirt. 80 00:03:44,624 --> 00:03:46,384 Hey, Bert, I'm gonna just go right over here. 81 00:03:46,426 --> 00:03:47,594 Okay. 82 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,229 We're starting to get an opening. 83 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:50,764 We're starting to get an opening. 84 00:03:50,897 --> 00:03:54,034 Yep. No, this is definitely deep. 85 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:55,367 Shine your light in there. 86 00:03:57,204 --> 00:03:58,371 - Oh, yeah. - Holy. 87 00:03:58,505 --> 00:04:00,373 - Are you seeing that? - I am seeing that. 88 00:04:00,507 --> 00:04:01,675 That is a chamber. 89 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:04,616 - I mean, this is... - This is incredible. 90 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:06,947 This is huge. I still can't see the back, 91 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,583 which is just crazy. 92 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:11,461 All right, let's get it... I wanna get in there. 93 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:13,286 I am just excited to get in here. 94 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:16,590 Who knows the last time anybody was in this chamber? 95 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:19,326 - Careful, man. - Go slow. 96 00:04:19,459 --> 00:04:21,928 Who knows what could be lying right beyond that dirt, 97 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:23,263 and it's just waiting for us? 98 00:04:24,331 --> 00:04:25,966 What are you seeing? 99 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:27,179 It's huge in here. 100 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:29,770 I mean, I'm talking from where you guys are, 101 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:31,505 at least 40 feet back 102 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,273 before the end of it that I can see. 103 00:04:34,307 --> 00:04:35,307 Right. 104 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:37,177 Can you see what I'm seeing? 105 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:39,346 Oh, there's a steep drop off, too. 106 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:41,559 - What? Stay back. - So it goes down deep? 107 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:44,084 - Yeah. - Man, you better be careful. 108 00:04:44,217 --> 00:04:46,953 All right, I'm going deeper in! 109 00:04:50,557 --> 00:04:51,792 Can you still here me, Dad? 110 00:04:51,925 --> 00:04:54,094 Yeah. 111 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:55,671 Hey, Derrick, I'm gonna try to light you. 112 00:04:55,695 --> 00:05:00,634 Walk all around and see if you see anything. 113 00:05:04,504 --> 00:05:07,274 Amazing. It's massive. 114 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:16,650 - Can you see me? - Yeah. 115 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:18,518 It gets a little bit low. 116 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:20,353 The cliff face of the shelf, 117 00:05:20,487 --> 00:05:22,189 I gotta crouch down a little bit. 118 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:26,793 Is there any evidence of anyone being in this chamber? 119 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:28,828 Any tool marks? 120 00:05:30,664 --> 00:05:33,266 Man, this is... 121 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,501 there's a lot to see. 122 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:35,936 I mean, it's massive. 123 00:05:37,404 --> 00:05:38,672 - Hey, Derrick? - Yeah? 124 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:41,508 Why don't you... why don't you get on out of here, man? 125 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:42,842 We need to dig this out. 126 00:05:42,976 --> 00:05:44,453 Me and Mom need to come down there and join you. 127 00:05:44,477 --> 00:05:48,248 - We need to open this up. - All right, coming up. 128 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:49,941 Now we gotta get to these anomalies 129 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:51,952 that the ERT scan had produced for us 130 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,954 that may be a tunnel system. 131 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:55,388 Pass you my flashlight. 132 00:05:55,522 --> 00:05:58,058 Because what may be behind there 133 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,726 could be everything that our family's 134 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:02,028 been searching for for over 55 years. 135 00:06:05,599 --> 00:06:07,000 Right on, man. That's awesome. 136 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:08,568 - Dude. - Great job. 137 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:10,303 But we need to get all the way in there. 138 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:11,805 - That was cool. - We do. 139 00:06:11,938 --> 00:06:15,141 It sounds like there's more area to dig or more to find. 140 00:06:15,275 --> 00:06:17,844 All right, let's stop talking and let's start digging. 141 00:06:17,978 --> 00:06:21,948 Let's get Bert right now to dig this out. 142 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:43,615 I'm gonna shake it a little bit, okay? 143 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:48,847 The Villescas team is continuing 144 00:06:48,975 --> 00:06:51,645 their exhaustive search at the Fire Pits. 145 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:58,451 With three teams working in all three pits, 146 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:00,654 their hunt for what they hope is Spanish gold 147 00:07:00,787 --> 00:07:02,322 is moving full steam ahead. 148 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:06,226 That was a big one, huh? 149 00:07:06,359 --> 00:07:07,727 That was a good dump. 150 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:15,635 - Nothing? - Nothing yet. 151 00:07:15,769 --> 00:07:17,671 Okay, I'll go again. 152 00:07:17,804 --> 00:07:19,248 I think we're in the right area. 153 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:21,474 We've been led here by several different artifacts, 154 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:24,110 and it proves that the Spanish were here, 155 00:07:24,244 --> 00:07:26,246 and they occupied this area, 156 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:27,247 but that's not what we're looking for. 157 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:28,581 We're looking for gold. 158 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:39,759 At least it's holding up. 159 00:07:39,893 --> 00:07:41,137 While Gabe and his father 160 00:07:41,161 --> 00:07:43,229 continue sifting material, 161 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:45,732 Jerome is moving heavy earth with the excavator 162 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:47,033 in Fire Pit one. 163 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:52,806 Damn. 164 00:07:52,939 --> 00:07:55,175 This gray stuff is pretty hard. 165 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:01,081 We're hitting something hard down there. 166 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:05,618 It's solid. 167 00:08:08,421 --> 00:08:10,657 Yeah, this stuff is way too hard. 168 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:13,126 This is not what we're looking for here. 169 00:08:15,595 --> 00:08:16,595 Bedrock. 170 00:08:20,133 --> 00:08:22,802 Moving a lot of material, but I'm hitting bedrock. 171 00:08:22,936 --> 00:08:24,137 Once we hit bedrock, 172 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:27,140 obviously the Spanish never dug through it. 173 00:08:27,273 --> 00:08:29,008 Bedrock to me just seems like a dead end. 174 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:31,911 Think we're gonna have to call it right here. 175 00:08:33,947 --> 00:08:36,387 If we're gonna find something where somebody buried something, 176 00:08:36,449 --> 00:08:38,084 it'd be a lot softer than this. 177 00:08:41,488 --> 00:08:43,356 Kind of disappointing. 178 00:08:43,490 --> 00:08:44,958 Finally get the big machines in here 179 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:46,635 and moving quite a bit of material at a time, 180 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:49,195 and I was hoping to find a lot more artifacts, 181 00:08:49,329 --> 00:08:51,765 but we just haven't been hitting nothing. 182 00:08:51,898 --> 00:08:53,338 Hey, Jerome, you got a copy? 183 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,003 Yeah, go ahead. 184 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:59,439 Hey, have you had any luck over there in pit number one? 185 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:02,609 Nah, I ain't seen , man. 186 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:04,944 Just, I keep moving all this material, 187 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:06,946 but I keep hitting bedrock. 188 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,316 I haven't had any luck either. 189 00:09:10,450 --> 00:09:12,485 Yeah, once I clear out the material, 190 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:14,597 I'm just kinda looking to see if there's a soft void 191 00:09:14,621 --> 00:09:15,989 or something in there, you know? 192 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:18,000 Working, like, a grid pattern, you know what I mean? 193 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:19,325 So I make sure and see everything 194 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:20,794 that's down there, you know? 195 00:09:20,927 --> 00:09:22,996 Let me know if you hit anything. I'll do the same. 196 00:09:23,129 --> 00:09:25,331 10-4, bro. 197 00:09:25,465 --> 00:09:26,776 Well, me and Jerome have been digging 198 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,469 in Fire Pit one and two for several days now, 199 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:31,471 and it's not good, you know, 200 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:34,374 knowing that we've got all this equipment here 201 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:37,343 and, you know, it's just eating up the money. 202 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,379 It's bringing my confidence way down. 203 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:43,616 Now I'm beginning to doubt myself. 204 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:50,523 - Nothing. - Okay. 205 00:09:50,657 --> 00:09:52,358 - Try it again. - I'm not sure 206 00:09:52,492 --> 00:09:54,303 if we should keep digging and spending the money 207 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:57,197 or cut my losses and stop right here. 208 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,974 It's hard decision, because it took us years 209 00:09:58,998 --> 00:10:00,033 to get to this point. 210 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:27,193 Didn't punch through? Did it seem a little shaky? 211 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,338 Good thing is there's definitely a hole back there. 212 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,197 Uh, everything's still holding together. 213 00:10:32,732 --> 00:10:35,902 Hey, I got bad gas in here. Let's go, let's go. 214 00:10:36,035 --> 00:10:36,903 Pull line! Pull line! 215 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:39,172 Go, go, go, go, go. 216 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,105 Miners Kevin Hoagland and Chris Hegg 217 00:10:41,207 --> 00:10:43,476 were drilling holes for explosives 218 00:10:43,610 --> 00:10:46,045 when Chris's oxygen monitor went off. 219 00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:48,148 Come on. Gotta get out. 220 00:10:48,281 --> 00:10:51,150 Keep going. We gotta get... 221 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:52,986 Come on. 222 00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:00,560 - I'm coming over your head. - Okay, untether. 223 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,564 Come on, Kevin. Come on, everybody... 224 00:11:04,697 --> 00:11:05,565 Get me the out of here. 225 00:11:05,698 --> 00:11:08,234 Stay low. Watch your head. 226 00:11:38,932 --> 00:11:41,100 The adrenaline's dropped, man, 227 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:43,503 and now I'm feeling everything. 228 00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:48,174 That meter going off wrecked me. 229 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:54,380 About 30 years ago, I had a good friend... 230 00:12:08,962 --> 00:12:10,096 he didn't have a meter. 231 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:14,434 He didn't even know what happened to him. 232 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:17,303 - How you doing? - I'm better. 233 00:12:17,437 --> 00:12:18,871 I'll be all right. 234 00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:22,075 Yeah, that was pretty quick. 235 00:12:24,210 --> 00:12:29,282 There's no way that that hole is gonna beat me. 236 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:32,285 I'm not gonna let that happen. I'm not gonna die in there. 237 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,853 I need to go back to being a miner, 238 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:36,155 and I need to put this thing together, 239 00:12:36,289 --> 00:12:39,158 then figure out what it's gonna take to get in this hole. 240 00:12:39,292 --> 00:12:40,560 'Cause it ain't gonna beat me. 241 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:44,631 I'm going back in, and I need you to watch my ass. 242 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:47,300 - Okay. I'm in. - I know you are. 243 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:48,735 What do we got in the arsenal 244 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:52,105 to either breathe that thing or air it out? 245 00:12:52,238 --> 00:12:54,507 Yeah, we gotta blow some kind of air in there, yeah. 246 00:12:54,641 --> 00:12:56,542 Let's get off this hill. 247 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,656 Kevin and Chris are headed to the machine shop 248 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:13,693 to figure out a way to get back into the mine safely. 249 00:13:17,296 --> 00:13:19,632 Chris had the idea of coming back to the home base 250 00:13:19,766 --> 00:13:22,101 and going through there and just seeing what we could find. 251 00:13:23,770 --> 00:13:25,538 What we're looking to do is just make this 252 00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,173 a really simple build. 253 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,342 We need a blower type fan, 254 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:32,478 and that has to be encased and it needs to push air out. 255 00:13:32,612 --> 00:13:34,847 And from there, we'll take some sheet metal 256 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:37,950 and we'll build a box that we can attach other parts to 257 00:13:38,084 --> 00:13:40,887 and get to where we need it to go. 258 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,060 Kevin and Chris are trying to create a way 259 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:44,791 to run fresh air into the mine 260 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:46,526 and down into the pit. 261 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,895 They hope to vent any carbon dioxide 262 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:50,897 that may have accumulated there. 263 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:55,268 - That might be a start. - Excellent. 264 00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:57,680 I'm glad it was Chris on the other end of that line, 265 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:59,906 and I'm glad that I trust Chris as much as I do. 266 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:01,607 We gotta cover this whole thing up. 267 00:14:01,741 --> 00:14:04,944 - Sheet metal. - Okay, so some sheet metal. 268 00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:07,213 When something like that that happens that deadly, 269 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:09,115 we're so dependent upon each other, 270 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:10,483 me to get him out of the hole 271 00:14:10,616 --> 00:14:12,618 and him to make sure that I'm out. 272 00:14:12,752 --> 00:14:14,387 - That's perfect. - It's not dangerous. 273 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,523 It's deadly. That's way too thick. 274 00:14:17,657 --> 00:14:19,726 Here's some old rusty stuff. 275 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,019 It doesn't have to be pretty. All it has to do is work. 276 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:28,935 There we go. 277 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,571 Chris and I are not going to take any chances. 278 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,806 We are going to do whatever it takes 279 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:35,341 to make sure that we are safe 280 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,910 and that our air is always good. 281 00:14:38,044 --> 00:14:39,245 Okay, check this out. 282 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:40,646 Do that. 283 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,220 Heavy duty. 284 00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:53,459 - Okay. - Moment of truth. 285 00:14:55,495 --> 00:14:56,996 It's working. 286 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:58,170 I'd say we're getting air. 287 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:00,600 All right, man. Good job. Good job. 288 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:02,935 - We got a blower. - Yep. 289 00:15:03,069 --> 00:15:04,069 Grab your gloves. 290 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:04,971 Let's lock up and get out of here. 291 00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:06,105 All right. 292 00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:15,257 Just make sure to make it a little wider, too. 293 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:17,850 Okay. 294 00:15:17,984 --> 00:15:19,986 The Dillman team is expanding the opening 295 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:21,821 to the chamber they discovered. 296 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:24,257 They're looking for any sign of a human presence... 297 00:15:26,292 --> 00:15:28,094 or the entrance to a tunnel system. 298 00:15:30,296 --> 00:15:31,831 A tunnel system to me says 299 00:15:31,964 --> 00:15:35,334 it could be engineering, possibly even manmade. 300 00:15:35,468 --> 00:15:37,804 It gives purpose to why we're here 301 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,305 and to what we're looking for. 302 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:42,642 I think we're cool to get in, man. 303 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:45,745 - Okay. - Great work! 304 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,456 This drop-off like I was talking about... 305 00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,248 Yikes. 306 00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:50,983 You guys in here? Mom? 307 00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:53,085 - Yep, I'm coming. - Be careful. 308 00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:54,620 It is definitely moist in here. 309 00:15:54,754 --> 00:15:55,888 Yeah. 310 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:01,861 And look, so this is the almost... 311 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:03,394 Like, the shelf I was talking about. 312 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:05,298 - Yeah. - There's this shelf here. 313 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:07,500 - You seeing this, Mom? - Yep. 314 00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:10,336 You see that, Dad? 315 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:14,874 Whoa, wait a minute. 316 00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:19,087 - I do. - Those are teeth, guys. 317 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,380 - That's some kind of... - Jawbone. 318 00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:24,116 Yeah, I saw that. There's more bones there. 319 00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:25,260 Looks like that could have been part 320 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:28,621 of a rib cage or a vertebrae. 321 00:16:28,754 --> 00:16:32,992 That's not no small animal. No, it's definitely a jawbone. 322 00:16:33,125 --> 00:16:34,725 You can see it from this angle over here. 323 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,329 It doesn't look like anything's... 324 00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:37,563 It's holding anything up. 325 00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:39,532 It looks like it was wedged there. 326 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:42,068 Yeah, that's what's so strange. 327 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:45,571 And this looks kind of like a tibia or a... 328 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,105 That, Dad... I mean, I can reach it. 329 00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,574 Nah, we don't wanna touch it yet. 330 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:49,976 It's not gonna go anywhere. 331 00:16:52,211 --> 00:16:54,547 Yeah, these bones are interesting. 332 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,249 Just the way that jawbone's placed, 333 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:57,950 I don't think that's natural. 334 00:16:58,084 --> 00:16:59,552 I mean, that's... oh. 335 00:17:02,221 --> 00:17:03,823 Hey, look at this, guys. 336 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,432 It's super small. 337 00:17:13,566 --> 00:17:15,935 No, that's maize, man. 338 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,112 This is definitely ancient corn, man. 339 00:17:17,136 --> 00:17:19,438 Ancient maize. 340 00:17:19,572 --> 00:17:22,174 Maize is sacred. It wasn't just food. 341 00:17:22,308 --> 00:17:24,944 The fact that it's just so tiny, you can see the level 342 00:17:25,077 --> 00:17:27,713 of detail on it still after hundreds of years. 343 00:17:29,115 --> 00:17:30,883 There's a lot to investigate in here. 344 00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:34,253 All right, show me where the ERT scan said the tunnels were. 345 00:17:34,387 --> 00:17:36,389 Follow me over here. 346 00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:41,594 You see that slab almost across the top right there? 347 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:43,038 - Yeah. - And how it looks like 348 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:45,231 it's almost dug out just a little bit underneath? 349 00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:48,568 Fits right in line with the readings we were 350 00:17:48,701 --> 00:17:50,679 looking at earlier leading straight towards Three Lakes. 351 00:17:50,703 --> 00:17:52,738 Right. 352 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:55,975 And there is no massive objects. 353 00:17:56,108 --> 00:17:59,412 Doesn't seem at this point another entrance 354 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:01,547 that we can see that we could walk into. 355 00:18:03,883 --> 00:18:06,619 I had hope that entering into this chamber 356 00:18:06,752 --> 00:18:09,188 we would find some of Montezuma's treasure. 357 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:12,291 But there's a reason, a purpose, 358 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:15,127 why this has been hidden and covered up. 359 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,272 And so I still believe that we're in the right place. 360 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:18,631 We got more trials to go through. 361 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,967 - We have more to do. - There's no giving up, 362 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:22,444 but this is the end of the road for today. 363 00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:25,438 If we're gonna attempt to dig this out, 364 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:28,107 it ain't happening by hand, and I don't quite know 365 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:29,542 how we're gonna do it, 366 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:31,155 but we're gonna have to figure it out. 367 00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:40,996 What have you got onto your left? 368 00:18:41,020 --> 00:18:43,356 - Oh, not... not a lot. - No. No, no, no, no. 369 00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:45,358 You got a foot and a half on your right. 370 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:50,129 I think you do that sometimes on purpose. 371 00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:53,833 I think you go for that last little bounce all the time. 372 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,001 Maybe. 373 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,345 Kevin and Chris are preparing 374 00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:59,005 to install a ventilation system to gain access 375 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,640 to the pit area of the mine... 376 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:02,341 First things first. 377 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,111 Where they believe another mineshaft may be hidden. 378 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:11,584 We're going to pump as much air into this thing 379 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:12,952 to make it safe. 380 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,620 I got my gas monitor. 381 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:16,288 We don't know if it's dissipated. 382 00:19:16,422 --> 00:19:17,456 Not taking any chances. 383 00:19:18,557 --> 00:19:20,292 Here's a shorty. 384 00:19:20,426 --> 00:19:21,866 Their plan is to run a pipe 385 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,329 the length of the mineshaft 386 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:25,464 and pump fresh air into the pit 387 00:19:25,598 --> 00:19:27,299 to dilute any carbon dioxide 388 00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:29,235 that may have accumulated. 389 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,270 Okay, I'm gonna run in real quick 390 00:19:31,404 --> 00:19:33,305 just a short ways and pull that. 391 00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:34,716 - Meter's good? - Yep, meter's just beeped. 392 00:19:34,740 --> 00:19:35,740 All right, brother. 393 00:19:42,581 --> 00:19:43,741 This is the first time 394 00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:45,151 we've walked back down in the mine. 395 00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:47,520 You know, we're still, not really spooked, 396 00:19:47,653 --> 00:19:50,156 but, man, we're on our toes. 397 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:53,826 Hey, Chris, before I go any further, 398 00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:55,995 give me a gas reading. 399 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,939 So far so good, but let's keep an eye on it, okay? 400 00:19:57,963 --> 00:20:00,700 Okay. Hang tight. How are we gonna do this? 401 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,635 Uh, let me get to the other side. 402 00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:05,071 We're gonna have to start making some weird bends. 403 00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:07,807 Chris and Kevin are not going down into the pit 404 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,408 where the gas was detected, 405 00:20:09,542 --> 00:20:12,144 so they must get the 20 foot sections of pipe 406 00:20:12,278 --> 00:20:14,180 down the narrow 90-degree drop. 407 00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:15,448 - Oh, whoa. - You got it? 408 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:16,591 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 409 00:20:16,615 --> 00:20:17,692 - Careful, careful. - Yep, yep. 410 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:18,794 There's all kinds of components. 411 00:20:18,818 --> 00:20:21,120 We got dryer venting. 412 00:20:21,253 --> 00:20:23,856 We got band clamps to hold it together. 413 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:26,058 We got some duct tape. Whatever it's gonna take. 414 00:20:26,192 --> 00:20:28,461 Okay, Kevin, you ready to go down? 415 00:20:28,594 --> 00:20:30,930 - Yep. - Oh! 416 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:33,632 Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy. 417 00:20:33,766 --> 00:20:35,468 The team needs to be careful 418 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,001 as the pipe is lowered into the pit. 419 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,047 - Let me feed it. - They don't wanna stir up 420 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:42,875 the carbon dioxide and make it rise up into the mine. 421 00:20:43,008 --> 00:20:46,445 Okay, I'm gonna lift this, okay? 422 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,056 Hang on. I'm getting a lot of weight on me. 423 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,249 Hold on, hold on, hold on. 424 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:53,152 Got some rocks in there. 425 00:20:53,285 --> 00:20:54,763 Well, at least we know the pipe's going 426 00:20:54,787 --> 00:20:57,423 - all the way to the bottom. - Yep. 427 00:20:57,556 --> 00:20:58,657 Pipe's laid. 428 00:20:58,791 --> 00:21:00,569 We're gonna let the mine air out as long as we can. 429 00:21:00,593 --> 00:21:02,828 - We pushed our luck. - Let's go. Let's go. 430 00:21:02,962 --> 00:21:05,731 Then we're gonna come back, set the blasters, blow the wall, 431 00:21:05,865 --> 00:21:08,134 and see what is behind it. 432 00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:14,106 Let's move some air, man. 433 00:21:27,486 --> 00:21:29,688 Dan, Gina, and Derrick Dillman 434 00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:32,358 have brought in archeologist Aaron Jordan 435 00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:35,294 to help them make sense of an item they found in a chamber 436 00:21:35,427 --> 00:21:36,762 that they just opened. 437 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:38,964 Within this chamber, we have found something 438 00:21:39,098 --> 00:21:41,300 really interesting, and I wanted to share it 439 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:43,102 with you today and get your opinion on it. 440 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:44,804 Okay. Let's see it. 441 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:50,943 Oh, whoa. 442 00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:53,913 Wow, that is nice. 443 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:56,682 So you've got yourself... Let's count that. 444 00:21:56,816 --> 00:21:59,685 That looks like an eight-row corn husk, 445 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:02,988 which is definitely not modern. 446 00:22:03,122 --> 00:22:05,658 So you're definitely dealing with something that's quite old. 447 00:22:05,791 --> 00:22:07,493 - Right. - What's the significance 448 00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:09,746 - with the eight-row of corn? - As corn was developed, 449 00:22:09,862 --> 00:22:12,665 it basically started South America, moved up north. 450 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:15,668 The eight-row is kind of original. 451 00:22:15,801 --> 00:22:18,304 Corn was the staple crop of the Aztecs. 452 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:21,040 By boiling the dried kernels in water and lime, 453 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,675 they produced nixtamal, 454 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:25,477 a more workable, flavorful, and nutritious product 455 00:22:25,611 --> 00:22:27,146 from which they could make tortillas, 456 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:28,480 tamales, and porridge. 457 00:22:28,614 --> 00:22:32,384 Preservation's actually pretty amazing. 458 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:34,553 One other thing that I'm keying in on here 459 00:22:34,687 --> 00:22:36,064 is one of the ways that they would dry their corn. 460 00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:37,957 You see how the actual corn husks, 461 00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:40,292 most of them actually have... But it's cored out. 462 00:22:40,426 --> 00:22:42,628 - Mm-hmm. - A lot of times we actually 463 00:22:42,761 --> 00:22:44,930 find these corn husks like that 464 00:22:45,064 --> 00:22:46,775 that actually a stick has been run through them 465 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:49,835 they'd actually have to hold them for drying purposes. 466 00:22:49,969 --> 00:22:51,379 So this is something that's absolutely 467 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:54,273 been not just man-grown... We could say they processed it, 468 00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,508 they've treated it, they've dried it out. 469 00:22:56,642 --> 00:22:58,544 What would be the reason for them to dry it out? 470 00:22:58,677 --> 00:23:01,280 Oh, we think of corn like corn on the cob, right? 471 00:23:01,413 --> 00:23:03,616 You know, nice and juicy and butter. 472 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:04,926 What they would do is they'd actually 473 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,051 make corn meal out of it. 474 00:23:06,185 --> 00:23:08,320 So they want those kernels to actually dry out, 475 00:23:08,454 --> 00:23:11,457 and then grind them, they make the corn flour out of it, 476 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,430 and then they'd make a bunch of different stuff 477 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:14,960 once it's into a flour. 478 00:23:15,094 --> 00:23:16,829 As an archeologist, this tells me 479 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:19,665 that we are dealing with a specific group of people 480 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:23,002 that had communication with Central and South America 481 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:24,695 because that's where the corn came from. 482 00:23:24,770 --> 00:23:28,307 So that tells me also that these people, you know, 483 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,484 as you've got your fields planted, 484 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:30,585 you don't wanna leave them. 485 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:33,412 So that also caused people to settle. 486 00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:35,581 So that also tells me if this is showing up here 487 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:36,916 in this particular canyon 488 00:23:37,049 --> 00:23:39,518 that there's probably nearby habitation areas. 489 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,854 Listening to Aaron talk to me 490 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,622 about this maize, this corn, 491 00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:46,025 and the attributes that it has, 492 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:49,061 you know, that tells me that we've got a connection here. 493 00:23:49,194 --> 00:23:52,631 We've got people living in this chamber. 494 00:23:52,765 --> 00:23:55,934 To me, there's some great significance 495 00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,936 to us finding this piece of corn. 496 00:23:58,070 --> 00:24:00,439 Like I said, it really does bring us back though 497 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,107 to indicate that the alcove you're in 498 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:03,609 absolutely could've been occupied. 499 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:05,044 And not only occupied, 500 00:24:05,177 --> 00:24:07,112 it was occupied by people that were growing corn. 501 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,648 - Right. - Which means that we're dealing 502 00:24:09,782 --> 00:24:11,817 with people like the Anasazi and the Aztec, 503 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,320 people that were sedentary, building civilization. 504 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:16,188 We're not talking hunter-gatherers here. 505 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,910 Yep, there's the hard stuff right there. 506 00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:41,146 Jerome and a small crew 507 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,850 continue to work Fire Pit one. 508 00:24:44,984 --> 00:24:47,853 Despite hitting bedrock during yesterday's dig, 509 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:51,457 the Villescas team have decided to completely exhaust this site 510 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:53,559 before crossing it off their list 511 00:24:53,692 --> 00:24:57,329 as they continue their search for Spanish gold bars. 512 00:24:57,463 --> 00:25:00,699 Le me get this stuff out of the way. 513 00:25:00,833 --> 00:25:02,873 All right, guys, I'm gonna start digging right here, 514 00:25:02,935 --> 00:25:04,112 and I'm gonna put it over there. 515 00:25:04,136 --> 00:25:06,372 - Okay. - You've got it. 516 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,054 It's been kind of disappointing, you know, 517 00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,780 to be working out here and digging 518 00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:16,682 and then hitting the bedrock like I have. 519 00:25:19,318 --> 00:25:21,078 You know, 'cause then it tells me that nobody 520 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,455 dug any deeper than that. 521 00:25:23,589 --> 00:25:24,656 Nothing is buried there, 522 00:25:24,790 --> 00:25:26,458 but we'll check every pile out here 523 00:25:26,592 --> 00:25:28,072 and we're gonna go through everything. 524 00:25:28,127 --> 00:25:29,127 There. 525 00:25:34,166 --> 00:25:35,634 I got my buddy Miguel over here 526 00:25:35,768 --> 00:25:37,569 just keeping an eye out as I dig. 527 00:25:37,703 --> 00:25:39,038 He's my eyes in the hole. 528 00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:46,779 I had a couple of other guys over here 529 00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:48,447 as I throw the tillings to the side. 530 00:25:48,580 --> 00:25:50,983 Spread it out thin so these guys can find it. 531 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,852 They're going through with metal detectors, shovels, 532 00:25:53,986 --> 00:25:56,288 just keeping an eye out for any artifact 533 00:25:56,422 --> 00:25:57,422 we can find out here. 534 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:11,303 Hey. 535 00:26:12,337 --> 00:26:15,307 It changed colors. 536 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:32,257 What do you think? 537 00:26:37,963 --> 00:26:40,499 It seems different right here. Like, soft, huh? 538 00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:44,670 It's just weird that it changed color, and it's really soft. 539 00:26:46,104 --> 00:26:47,940 Look how flat it is. 540 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:49,975 All the other black rock we've hit in this pit 541 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:53,312 has been solid, and I've had to bust it up with the excavator. 542 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:55,614 This is different. 543 00:26:55,747 --> 00:26:56,958 I mean, the machine was struggling to dig 544 00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:58,150 through all that other stuff, 545 00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,153 and we're just taking this out by hand. 546 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,722 These black rocks I'm looking at now, 547 00:27:03,856 --> 00:27:05,336 they look like they're stacked bricks. 548 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:09,194 I don't know. You think this stuff was placed in here? 549 00:27:09,328 --> 00:27:10,328 Possibly. 550 00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:22,207 So if you follow me... 551 00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:26,278 This is what we're dealing with here. 552 00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:27,889 The Dillman team have called in 553 00:27:27,913 --> 00:27:30,616 heavy machine operators to figure out a way 554 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:34,019 to get a drilling rig into the chamber. 555 00:27:34,152 --> 00:27:37,823 Dan's plan is to drill a hole so he can send in a camera 556 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:40,492 to see if the openings he found in the ERT scans 557 00:27:40,626 --> 00:27:42,861 are actually tunnels. 558 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,205 We've got a massive cavern here, 559 00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:46,899 and we've got a couple anomalies, 560 00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:48,967 a couple areas inside 561 00:27:49,101 --> 00:27:50,802 that we want you to focus on with the drill 562 00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:52,971 and see if we can't penetrate into a tunnel system. 563 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,007 - Okay. - And so we need to find a way 564 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,276 to get you in there. That's why I've got Bert here. 565 00:27:57,409 --> 00:27:59,778 Because we need to dig this out 566 00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:01,552 so that he can get his drill rig in there. 567 00:28:01,580 --> 00:28:02,648 - Cool. - All right. 568 00:28:02,781 --> 00:28:03,901 Let's get the hell in there. 569 00:28:12,758 --> 00:28:14,126 Just a reminder, Bert! 570 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:16,895 Watch out for the wall when you get closer. 571 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:18,406 That kind of what you want? Just a ramp going down in there? 572 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:21,099 - Absolutely, man. - Yeah, as much as you can. 573 00:28:21,233 --> 00:28:22,401 All right. 574 00:28:34,513 --> 00:28:37,282 What we're doing right now is we've got Bert here 575 00:28:37,416 --> 00:28:40,118 clearing away the entrance to the chamber. 576 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:45,657 We've got a drill rig here. 577 00:28:45,791 --> 00:28:47,031 That drill rig needs to be able 578 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:49,261 to be lowered down as close as possible 579 00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,697 so that the drillers can start penetrating 580 00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:53,390 into what we believe is a tunnel system. 581 00:28:56,335 --> 00:28:58,415 That looks like about as far as you can get in there. 582 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:00,839 Yeah, I can't go much further. 583 00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:03,909 All right, well, we'll get you to back this bad boy out, 584 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:05,644 and we're gonna get the drill rig in here 585 00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:07,279 and see what we can find. 586 00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:15,454 I can't even begin to explain the excitement that is building. 587 00:29:15,587 --> 00:29:17,189 But I also to have to be reserved. 588 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:19,691 We've been overjoyed at locations, 589 00:29:19,825 --> 00:29:22,160 and then it turns out there's nothing there. 590 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:25,030 Decades before, in the same Utah canyon, 591 00:29:25,163 --> 00:29:27,299 Dan's grandfather Raymond Dillman 592 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:28,900 identified the location 593 00:29:29,001 --> 00:29:30,736 of another potential treasure chamber 594 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:33,705 in a cave known as Three Lakes. 595 00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:37,509 In 2003, Dan conducted an ERT scan there 596 00:29:37,643 --> 00:29:38,910 and discovered a chamber. 597 00:29:39,044 --> 00:29:40,379 About ten foot by ten foot... 598 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:41,872 - Opening. - Opening down there. 599 00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:42,814 A cavity down there. 600 00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:44,650 But when they drilled down, 601 00:29:44,783 --> 00:29:46,385 they found it was flooded. 602 00:29:46,518 --> 00:29:50,422 Dan, I don't see any motion of the water to me. 603 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:51,857 They then tried to find 604 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:53,725 the opening through the lake itself, 605 00:29:53,859 --> 00:29:56,595 but eventually determined it was too dangerous. 606 00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,730 All right, come up. 607 00:29:58,864 --> 00:30:01,767 Now almost 20 years later, 608 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,836 Dan hopes this chamber will produce better results. 609 00:30:07,706 --> 00:30:09,274 If we find a tunnel system, 610 00:30:09,408 --> 00:30:11,877 then we've got proof of manmade engineering. 611 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:13,087 Does that mean the treasure's here? 612 00:30:13,111 --> 00:30:15,480 I hope to God it does. 613 00:30:15,614 --> 00:30:17,292 - Good there? - Yeah, man, this is perfect. 614 00:30:17,316 --> 00:30:19,918 We're gonna want to get that drill bit 615 00:30:20,052 --> 00:30:21,386 directly into that corner, 616 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,755 I'd say at about a 45-degree angle. 617 00:30:23,889 --> 00:30:24,756 - Right, Derrick? - Yeah. 618 00:30:24,890 --> 00:30:26,925 It should be 80 to 100 feet in. 619 00:30:27,059 --> 00:30:28,860 The tunnel system could be closer. 620 00:30:28,994 --> 00:30:29,995 It could be farther. 621 00:30:35,334 --> 00:30:36,401 - All right. - We're ready. 622 00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:37,655 Go ahead and start drilling. 623 00:30:46,311 --> 00:30:48,980 We've got to get into what I believe 624 00:30:49,114 --> 00:30:50,114 is a tunnel system. 625 00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:51,182 If we can do that, 626 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:53,051 we're one step closer to our goal. 627 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,077 I mean, the machine was struggling 628 00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:10,311 to dig through all that other stuff, 629 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:13,205 and we're just taking this out by hand. 630 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:15,540 While digging in Fire Pit one, 631 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:17,809 Jerome and his team have made an unusual find. 632 00:31:17,943 --> 00:31:20,178 You think this stuff was placed in here? 633 00:31:20,312 --> 00:31:24,382 A pocket of soft black stone just above the bedrock. 634 00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:27,352 Look at the color difference from the red to the black. 635 00:31:27,486 --> 00:31:31,089 See how it just comes apart and it's real flat? 636 00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:33,792 It's pieced together. It's real flat. 637 00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:35,594 How far back does it go over there? 638 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,028 It ends about right here. 639 00:31:38,530 --> 00:31:40,170 If these black rocks were natural, 640 00:31:40,298 --> 00:31:43,068 it would look like more solid face of rock, 641 00:31:43,201 --> 00:31:45,670 not stacked, not like bricks. 642 00:31:45,804 --> 00:31:47,448 Look, there's a good, what, three, four inches, 643 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:48,673 five inches of clay? 644 00:31:48,807 --> 00:31:50,175 I think they sealed it 645 00:31:50,308 --> 00:31:51,748 'cause water doesn't go through clay. 646 00:31:51,777 --> 00:31:53,011 - Yeah. - You know what I mean? 647 00:31:53,145 --> 00:31:55,480 So they probably didn't want no moisture in there. 648 00:31:56,982 --> 00:32:00,719 And, look, it's very thin, like if somebody capped it. 649 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:02,387 All right, Miguel, I think we need 650 00:32:02,521 --> 00:32:04,098 to clear all this stuff off and get to that clay layer 651 00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:06,057 - and see what it looks like. - Sounds good. 652 00:32:06,191 --> 00:32:08,693 See why it's there, you know? This is a good find, man. 653 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:10,067 It's a good start of something. 654 00:32:20,272 --> 00:32:23,208 Gotta be easy with this thing 655 00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:25,710 and get down to that clay layer. 656 00:32:25,844 --> 00:32:29,047 I just don't wanna crush it. 657 00:32:29,181 --> 00:32:30,649 Right there. Straight back. 658 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:34,119 Let's check it out! 659 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:37,956 It's not just a little, you know, 4x4 piece 660 00:32:38,089 --> 00:32:38,957 in the middle of a rock pit. 661 00:32:39,090 --> 00:32:40,370 It just doesn't make sense to me. 662 00:32:40,425 --> 00:32:42,594 So the clay's just right in here, right? 663 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:44,529 - Right here? - Looks kinda like a square 664 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:45,823 - or something, right? - Yeah. 665 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:47,666 Just look at the orange. It comes like this. 666 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:50,602 And then comes up like this and goes back. 667 00:32:50,735 --> 00:32:52,571 Solid rock all around. 668 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:54,239 Why would this be here like that? 669 00:32:56,308 --> 00:32:58,743 Let me have that other shovel. 670 00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:03,682 Start scanning this stuff. Something's here. 671 00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,375 Let's just remove all this 672 00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,252 rock and get to that clay. 673 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,221 You guys scan it while we shovel it 674 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:11,890 just in case there's something in there. 675 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:14,759 See, look. Why did it change again? 676 00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:19,664 Now it's orange right here. 677 00:33:21,032 --> 00:33:24,069 Dig a little deeper right there. 678 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:27,472 Where's that little pick? 679 00:33:36,181 --> 00:33:39,217 - You guys hear that? - It sounds hollow. 680 00:33:42,754 --> 00:33:45,924 We might have to call Gabe over here. 681 00:33:46,057 --> 00:33:49,361 - Jerome to Gabe. - Go ahead, Jerome. 682 00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:50,829 Hey, bro, can you come to pit one? 683 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:52,931 We kind of found a little something over here. 684 00:33:53,064 --> 00:33:54,766 10-4. On my way. 685 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,335 The way these black stones are stacked 686 00:33:57,469 --> 00:34:00,005 in this clay layer and the hollow sound, 687 00:34:00,138 --> 00:34:03,008 it just seems like a void's in there somewhere. 688 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:04,181 It seems like a structure. 689 00:34:13,618 --> 00:34:16,521 Yeah, I see the drill working a little bit harder! 690 00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:18,123 The Dillman team is using 691 00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:19,724 a horizontal drilling rig 692 00:34:19,858 --> 00:34:23,194 to try and bore a hole into a possible tunnel system. 693 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:30,535 I don't know what to expect. 694 00:34:30,669 --> 00:34:33,204 I'm excited, I'm worried, I'm stressed. 695 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:35,874 Whoever's tunnel system it was, once we're in there 696 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:37,342 who knows what we're gonna find? 697 00:34:47,118 --> 00:34:49,487 About how many feet do you think we're in about now? 698 00:34:52,057 --> 00:34:53,458 45 feet? 699 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:02,867 What I want is proof to show that we know what we're doing, 700 00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:05,437 we know what we're talking about, and that this is real. 701 00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:15,878 My family's been doing this for years, for a generation, 702 00:35:15,981 --> 00:35:18,283 and this could be that next big boom 703 00:35:18,416 --> 00:35:19,884 that pushes us even further forward 704 00:35:20,018 --> 00:35:21,298 than we ever thought we would be. 705 00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,924 - What's going on? - Think we hit a pocket. 706 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:29,461 Yeah, we're about 100 feet in. 707 00:35:29,594 --> 00:35:32,230 - Hit a pocket? - Yeah. Open space. 708 00:35:32,364 --> 00:35:33,732 - Open like a void? - Yeah. 709 00:35:39,371 --> 00:35:41,373 Hey, Dad, you got a copy? 710 00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:42,607 What's going on? 711 00:35:42,741 --> 00:35:44,909 It looks like we have something here. 712 00:35:54,085 --> 00:35:56,388 Hey, bro, can you come to pit one? 713 00:35:56,521 --> 00:35:58,132 We kind of found a little something over here 714 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,166 you might want to look at. 715 00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:00,658 10-4. On my way. 716 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:02,072 After a week of digging 717 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:05,330 in three separate pits with no significant finds, 718 00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:07,866 Jerome believes he may have finally uncovered 719 00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:10,435 something important in Fire Pit one. 720 00:36:10,568 --> 00:36:12,103 What you guys got there? 721 00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:15,240 Found some clay right here, but check this out. 722 00:36:15,373 --> 00:36:17,876 This is what Miguel found and stopped me. 723 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:22,347 Yeah, we were digging, hitting this hard gray stuff. 724 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,784 This is stone. Hard, hard. 725 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,586 But look at this. 726 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,755 This stuff looks like it was just stacked in there. 727 00:36:30,889 --> 00:36:35,360 This stone, look how just... 728 00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:37,328 - That is incredible. - Look at this. 729 00:36:37,462 --> 00:36:40,565 - And just comes right out. - Oh, yeah. 730 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:43,334 But the other thing is, is look at this clay layer. 731 00:36:47,972 --> 00:36:49,207 All this clay... 732 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,911 and it only goes from here to here. 733 00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:55,413 And look. Look at the colors. 734 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:57,187 This is stuff that you see on the surface. 735 00:36:57,282 --> 00:36:58,483 Oh, yeah. Oh. 736 00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:00,552 We're 20 feet down in the ground. 737 00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:02,296 Look at that. Water ain't gonna penetrate that. 738 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:05,356 - Nope. - And the other thing is, watch. 739 00:37:05,490 --> 00:37:07,092 Hand me that, Miguel. Look it. 740 00:37:08,460 --> 00:37:09,728 Listen to this, bro. 741 00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:13,965 Wow. 742 00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:18,503 Huh! 743 00:37:18,636 --> 00:37:20,772 See what I mean? 744 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:25,043 You find any square edges to it? 745 00:37:25,176 --> 00:37:27,812 It looks like it runs right there. 746 00:37:27,946 --> 00:37:30,315 Back over that way, and then it died right there. 747 00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:31,892 What could this be? We don't know yet. 748 00:37:31,916 --> 00:37:34,185 It's perfectly flat. It's sitting horizontal, 749 00:37:34,319 --> 00:37:35,987 Now that we've found some edges on there, 750 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,789 you know, we're noticing that this thing, 751 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,657 it's got some definitely shape to it. 752 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,351 I mean, it looks like it's out of place. 753 00:37:42,026 --> 00:37:44,496 Let's dig it up and see what we got. 754 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:47,832 It just... it goes that way, huh? 755 00:37:47,966 --> 00:37:50,702 Continues this way. 756 00:37:50,835 --> 00:37:52,595 Trying to find the edges of whatever this is. 757 00:37:52,704 --> 00:37:55,306 Let's follow it. 758 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,076 This is like stone, dude. 759 00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:03,915 It's getting kind of exciting, huh? 760 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:09,621 It's still going this way right here. Look. 761 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:17,127 There it is. 762 00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:23,034 That's almost square. Almost perfectly square. 763 00:38:24,469 --> 00:38:26,671 In a pit of nothing but small rocks, 764 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:28,439 we got this large rectangular rock 765 00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:30,675 that it's about six, eight inches thick, 766 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,677 probably 300 or 400 pounds, you know? 767 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,445 This was definitely placed there. 768 00:38:34,579 --> 00:38:36,581 It almost looks like a capstone, huh? 769 00:38:36,714 --> 00:38:38,449 Yep. 770 00:38:38,583 --> 00:38:40,985 My instincts tell me that this is something manmade. 771 00:38:41,119 --> 00:38:45,723 Maybe it is got a... A hollow spot underneath it. 772 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:47,425 Let's keep going. 773 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:52,030 This is definitely way deeper than a regular person, 774 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:54,308 you know, coming out here to hide something would've done, 775 00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:57,335 even down to having a capstone sealed with clay. 776 00:38:57,468 --> 00:38:59,737 I mean, this is perfect. I'm really getting excited here. 777 00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,271 Let's see if we can lift it. 778 00:39:02,273 --> 00:39:04,709 Ready? 779 00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:07,145 - No way, huh? - There's no chance. 780 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:08,880 How are we gonna get this off of there? 781 00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:12,050 Gabe, there's something under there. Look. 782 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,619 Some of the dirt just went into a little hole. 783 00:39:14,752 --> 00:39:18,189 - See that dirt going in? - Yeah. 784 00:39:18,323 --> 00:39:20,291 I think it's hollow under it. 785 00:39:20,425 --> 00:39:22,393 Maybe we can find a way 786 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:25,697 to get something underneath it or around it. 787 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:28,032 - Strap it? - Yeah. 788 00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:29,944 Yeah, let's get the straps and get to doing it 789 00:39:29,968 --> 00:39:31,436 and see what's in there. 790 00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:33,838 Obviously it's too heavy for three men to pick up. 791 00:39:33,972 --> 00:39:38,176 So we gotta put a ratchet strap around the base of it, 792 00:39:38,309 --> 00:39:39,677 grab ahold of this rock, 793 00:39:39,811 --> 00:39:41,779 utilize the tractor to pick it up out of the way, 794 00:39:41,913 --> 00:39:43,514 and not be destructive, 795 00:39:43,648 --> 00:39:45,516 not destroy what's underneath there. 796 00:39:45,650 --> 00:39:47,318 Why don't you bring that machine on over? 797 00:39:48,653 --> 00:39:50,555 I think something's down there. 798 00:39:50,688 --> 00:39:53,391 I don't know what's in there. We don't know if it's gold. 799 00:39:53,524 --> 00:39:56,261 We don't know if it's a dead body, bones, 800 00:39:56,394 --> 00:39:57,795 but obviously somebody was trying 801 00:39:57,929 --> 00:39:59,497 to protect something big here. 802 00:40:02,133 --> 00:40:03,301 This guy a little bit more. 803 00:40:03,434 --> 00:40:05,136 Come on. Hurry up, hurry up. 804 00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:06,947 I don't know. You think that's gonna do it, Dad? 805 00:40:06,971 --> 00:40:09,874 - I think so. - Today! 806 00:40:10,008 --> 00:40:11,376 You ready? 807 00:40:11,509 --> 00:40:13,478 Yeah, real slow. Real slow. 808 00:40:16,481 --> 00:40:17,481 Little more. 809 00:40:24,589 --> 00:40:26,029 - Come on. - Yeah, a little bit more. 810 00:40:26,157 --> 00:40:29,027 It's coming off. 811 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,729 - That's coming off, Gabe. - Oh! Whoa! Ho! 812 00:40:31,863 --> 00:40:32,997 Hey, take a look at this! 813 00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:40,004 On the season finale of "Lost Gold of the Aztecs"... 814 00:40:40,138 --> 00:40:41,639 Fire in the hole! 815 00:40:43,875 --> 00:40:46,244 Looks like a vertical shaft back here. 816 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,346 I've never seen anything like this. 817 00:40:48,479 --> 00:40:50,982 I've gotta see it, man. I've gotta see this. 818 00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:53,618 This could be a treasure room. It could be. 819 00:40:53,751 --> 00:40:55,820 We're gonna be stepping into a time machine. 820 00:40:57,889 --> 00:40:59,223 What's in there? 821 00:40:59,357 --> 00:41:00,834 That's a treasure in itself right there, 822 00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:02,960 just be able to locate something like this. 823 00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:04,629 All right, I'm going in. 824 00:41:04,762 --> 00:41:08,132 We've got a camera that's designed to go into pipes, 825 00:41:08,266 --> 00:41:10,346 and we're gonna find out if that opening is a tunnel. 826 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:12,170 All right, you got it. Keep on going. 827 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,706 I feel that we are right at the cusp 828 00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:16,574 of finding where the treasure is. 829 00:41:16,708 --> 00:41:19,177 You see that? What is that?