1 00:00:03,128 --> 00:00:04,379 ..."Lost Gold of World War II"... 2 00:00:06,423 --> 00:00:08,382 ‐ I found this inside of the tunnel 3 00:00:08,383 --> 00:00:10,510 in an area where there was a part of a collapse. 4 00:00:10,511 --> 00:00:12,554 ‐ This was without a doubt an American knife. 5 00:00:17,976 --> 00:00:20,520 ‐ Holy... ‐ Wow. 6 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:21,604 And that could mean there's another way 7 00:00:21,605 --> 00:00:23,189 into our waterfall. 8 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:25,024 ‐ There's something right here. 9 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:26,984 ‐ I really want to see what's in the bottom. 10 00:00:26,985 --> 00:00:28,695 It's time to get an excavator up here. 11 00:00:38,747 --> 00:00:40,123 Keep it coming. 12 00:00:42,084 --> 00:00:45,294 ‐ John Casey and Rick Hurt are back in the Philippines 13 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:46,921 with a new team, 14 00:00:46,922 --> 00:00:50,383 continuing their search for Yamashita's gold. 15 00:00:50,384 --> 00:00:52,427 ‐ We're gonna find a way to get to this treasure. 16 00:00:54,096 --> 00:00:55,346 ‐ Like many others, 17 00:00:55,347 --> 00:00:56,681 John believes 18 00:00:56,682 --> 00:01:00,226 Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita 19 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:02,561 took billions of dollars in treasure 20 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:05,773 looted by Japan during World War II 21 00:01:05,774 --> 00:01:08,067 and buried it in the Philippines, 22 00:01:08,068 --> 00:01:10,654 including somewhere in this mountain. 23 00:01:12,531 --> 00:01:15,408 Following a series of mysterious symbols 24 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:18,369 they believe were left by Yamashita, 25 00:01:18,370 --> 00:01:20,746 the team is investigating three sites 26 00:01:20,747 --> 00:01:22,582 a waterfall... 27 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:23,958 ‐ This waterfall's hiding something. 28 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,502 ‐ ...a crater known as Breach 6... 29 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:28,671 ‐ I've never seen anything like this. 30 00:01:28,672 --> 00:01:32,049 ‐ ...and a camouflaged tunnel they uncovered last year. 31 00:01:32,050 --> 00:01:32,759 ‐ We are in the mountain, boys. 32 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:37,472 ‐ Can they finally discover the... 33 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:48,232 On a remote mountain in the Philippines, 34 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:50,609 a team of miners led by Rick Hurt 35 00:01:50,610 --> 00:01:52,863 continue excavating at Breach 6. 36 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:55,865 ‐ Ultimately, we're trying to get 37 00:01:55,866 --> 00:01:57,408 to the treasure. 38 00:01:57,409 --> 00:01:59,368 Hopefully, this is the access point. 39 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:01,871 ‐ A recent nuclear magnetic resonance, 40 00:02:01,872 --> 00:02:04,081 or NMR scan, 41 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:06,792 revealed that Breach 6 is in the middle 42 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,545 of a line of underground metal deposits 43 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:11,547 which the team believes could be treasure 44 00:02:11,548 --> 00:02:13,175 left in a tunnel by the Japanese. 45 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:17,470 I've not dug in anything 46 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,472 that's looked like this before. 47 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:22,433 ‐ After digging through 8 feet of soft clay, 48 00:02:22,434 --> 00:02:24,770 the miners make an unexpected discovery. 49 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,110 ‐ Really could be a concrete cap. 50 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:34,737 Once you find concrete, 51 00:02:34,738 --> 00:02:36,155 then you know 52 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,491 somebody's been there before you have. 53 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:40,618 Maybe the Japanese were using concrete 54 00:02:40,619 --> 00:02:43,287 as protection or an indicator 55 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:45,289 when they were dealing with these treasures. 56 00:02:45,290 --> 00:02:48,000 ‐ Based on a study of tapes 57 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,336 provided by a secret informant, 58 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:53,339 Rick thinks the concrete could be covering a tunnel. 59 00:02:53,340 --> 00:02:56,592 The tapes were made in the 1970s and '80s 60 00:02:56,593 --> 00:02:59,595 by an American mining expert named Robert Curtis, 61 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:01,972 who worked for Ferdinand Marcos 62 00:03:01,973 --> 00:03:04,725 to recover Yamashita's gold. 63 00:03:04,726 --> 00:03:07,019 ‐ I've been listening to these Bob Curtis tapes. 64 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,230 In the shafts Bob Curtis was digging, 65 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:10,107 they also found concrete. 66 00:03:22,536 --> 00:03:23,828 ‐ Right now I'm the most excited I've been. 67 00:03:23,829 --> 00:03:25,413 I think we're the closest 68 00:03:25,414 --> 00:03:26,790 to finding another way into the mountain. 69 00:03:34,756 --> 00:03:36,465 ‐ Wow, that stuff's looking soft. 70 00:03:36,466 --> 00:03:37,551 It's really, really soft. 71 00:03:40,595 --> 00:03:43,639 We hit a spot under there where it was possible concrete. 72 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,015 We've jackhammered through that, 73 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:47,060 and we're back into soft material now. 74 00:03:49,521 --> 00:03:51,397 ‐ Brent, you're out of that concrete? 75 00:03:51,398 --> 00:03:53,483 ‐ Yeah, looks like soft clay, fine material. 76 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:57,237 ‐ I was hoping for the top of a tunnel. 77 00:03:59,322 --> 00:04:00,739 ‐ We're about as far as we can go 78 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:02,116 without putting some steel in, man. 79 00:04:02,117 --> 00:04:03,993 ‐ Yeah, you're getting down there a bit now. 80 00:04:03,994 --> 00:04:05,578 We were really hoping, 81 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:07,079 when we broke through this concrete, 82 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,874 it was gonna uncover a void space or a tunnel. 83 00:04:09,875 --> 00:04:11,460 All's we found was more dirt. 84 00:04:13,378 --> 00:04:16,046 ‐ In order to continue digging safely, 85 00:04:16,047 --> 00:04:18,507 the team must build a steel frame 86 00:04:18,508 --> 00:04:20,426 to keep the shaft from collapsing. 87 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:22,178 This is their best chance 88 00:04:22,179 --> 00:04:25,389 to find what is buried beneath Breach 6. 89 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:27,683 Rick: We really don't have an idea 90 00:04:27,684 --> 00:04:29,226 of how deep we're going, 91 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:30,728 so we'll need to get the steel in there 92 00:04:30,729 --> 00:04:32,396 and get things shored up good 93 00:04:32,397 --> 00:04:34,398 so that, uh, we're not gonna have a cave‐in 94 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:35,275 pin anybody in. 95 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:43,157 ‐ Up at the waterfall site, 96 00:04:43,158 --> 00:04:45,576 John's been looking for a way to access 97 00:04:45,577 --> 00:04:47,453 what he thinks is a treasure chamber 98 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:49,497 300 feet below. 99 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:51,165 Unfortunately, 100 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:54,168 he hasn't been able to figure out a way in. 101 00:04:54,169 --> 00:04:56,420 ‐ It's one thing to know where something is. 102 00:04:56,421 --> 00:04:57,922 Doesn't mean you can always get it out. 103 00:04:57,923 --> 00:05:00,508 ‐ The ground below the waterfall 104 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:04,053 is diorite, one of the hardest rocks on Earth. 105 00:05:04,054 --> 00:05:07,556 The type of equipment needed to excavate diorite is huge 106 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:10,726 and impossible to haul up the steep mountain terrain. 107 00:05:10,727 --> 00:05:13,145 ‐ Even if I could bring it in, 108 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,064 the whole water supply for the town below 109 00:05:15,065 --> 00:05:17,608 comes from our waterfall. 110 00:05:17,609 --> 00:05:19,401 We're not gonna be screwing with the town's water supply. 111 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:21,278 ‐ Days ago, 112 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:23,280 Rick found a possible solution 113 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:24,699 on the Robert Curtis tapes. 114 00:05:32,916 --> 00:05:36,126 ‐ They found a tunnel system connected to the waterfall. 115 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:37,962 ‐ And that could mean there's another way into our waterfall. 116 00:05:37,963 --> 00:05:39,880 ‐ 20 years ago, 117 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:42,883 Rick advised a mysterious Philippine treasure seeker 118 00:05:42,884 --> 00:05:45,261 known as Colonel Coriaso, 119 00:05:45,262 --> 00:05:47,596 who operated on this mountain. 120 00:05:47,597 --> 00:05:49,306 ‐ Coriaso always thought 121 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:50,559 the treasure was under the waterfall. 122 00:05:52,143 --> 00:05:54,061 But he never had us dig there. 123 00:05:54,062 --> 00:05:59,191 I mean, he had us down over on the side of the hill, 124 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,318 quite a ways over to one side. 125 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:03,904 That's where he wanted to dig. 126 00:06:03,905 --> 00:06:07,575 ‐ Based on Rick's memory and the tapes, 127 00:06:07,576 --> 00:06:09,034 the tech team scanned the area 128 00:06:09,035 --> 00:06:11,078 and found a new place to dig. 129 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:13,080 ‐ Colin: There's some type of metal anomaly 130 00:06:13,081 --> 00:06:15,124 in in this area. 131 00:06:15,125 --> 00:06:16,835 I really want to see what's in the bottom here. 132 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:21,423 ‐ Determined to find a way into the waterfall... 133 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,551 John sends in the second excavator 134 00:06:25,552 --> 00:06:27,720 with Rob and Michele. 135 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,263 ‐ Michele: I didn't think we'd ever get here. 136 00:06:29,264 --> 00:06:30,931 I'm excited. 137 00:06:30,932 --> 00:06:33,809 ‐ After a tough journey through harsh terrain, 138 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:36,187 the team finally reaches their destination. 139 00:06:40,150 --> 00:06:41,567 ‐ Good. ‐ I'm stoked, man. 140 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:43,068 We're, like, 10 feet away. 141 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:45,154 Keep going till you can't. 142 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:47,406 I want to get down to this metal target. 143 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:49,116 It certainly could be a tunnel 144 00:06:49,117 --> 00:06:52,244 leading possibly right to the waterfall. 145 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,912 It's really speculation at this point 146 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:56,415 until we find what we're looking for. 147 00:06:56,416 --> 00:06:57,916 ‐ Go ahead and rotate till your boom is almost 148 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,210 about at that tree next to you. 149 00:07:02,464 --> 00:07:03,964 Hey, that's about as far as you're gonna go. 150 00:07:03,965 --> 00:07:06,258 We're here. That's it. That's all we need. 151 00:07:06,259 --> 00:07:08,636 ‐ Whoo. Whoo‐hoo! ‐ Way to go, Michele. 152 00:07:08,637 --> 00:07:10,429 ‐ We made it. 153 00:07:10,430 --> 00:07:13,265 It's just a huge gamble right now. 154 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,643 We don't know exactly what's down there. 155 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:17,811 I'm hoping that could be an entrance into the tunnel. 156 00:07:17,812 --> 00:07:18,647 We're just not sure. 157 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:26,362 ‐ While the team goes all in on John's theory, 158 00:07:26,363 --> 00:07:29,823 miners Levi and Geo continue exploring 159 00:07:29,824 --> 00:07:32,451 the mysterious tunnel the team discovered last year. 160 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:33,828 ‐ We got to rip some more timber sets out. 161 00:07:36,998 --> 00:07:39,541 We're just gonna keep getting in there farther and farther. 162 00:07:39,542 --> 00:07:41,043 Maybe into a compartment or something 163 00:07:41,044 --> 00:07:42,378 that might hold treasure. 164 00:07:42,379 --> 00:07:43,796 ‐ Though they believe 165 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:45,214 this tunnel was built by the Japanese 166 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:46,882 during World War II, 167 00:07:46,883 --> 00:07:48,592 the discovery of a knife 168 00:07:48,593 --> 00:07:51,136 manufactured well after that war 169 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:54,181 has them questioning who else has been here. 170 00:07:54,182 --> 00:07:56,684 ‐ It's easy to say this knife has been down here 171 00:07:56,685 --> 00:07:58,268 for 40 or 50 years, 172 00:07:58,269 --> 00:08:02,147 and that puts it 1970s, 1980s, maybe. 173 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:04,274 ‐ If it was '70s or '80s, the chances are 174 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,734 that there have been treasure hunters in here. 175 00:08:05,735 --> 00:08:07,778 Did they find something? 176 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:09,406 Did they beat us to the treasure? 177 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:15,578 ‐ In search of answers... 178 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:20,249 ‐ Those posts were in there pretty good. 179 00:08:20,250 --> 00:08:22,544 ‐ ...they make their way deeper into the tunnel. 180 00:08:25,296 --> 00:08:26,214 ‐ What the heck. 181 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:29,384 Hey, Levi, look at this. 182 00:08:30,885 --> 00:08:32,302 ‐ What do you got there? 183 00:08:32,303 --> 00:08:34,514 ‐ Looks like an old plate or something. 184 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:37,433 Looks ceramic, doesn't it? 185 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:38,685 ‐ I'm not sure. 186 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:43,606 Do you smell that? 187 00:08:46,568 --> 00:08:48,318 ‐ What is that? 188 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:50,237 ‐ I'm getting an idea what this is. 189 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:52,406 Being in the military and being in the mines, 190 00:08:52,407 --> 00:08:54,366 we do a lot of explosives. 191 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,118 A lot of different explosives that you use under ground 192 00:08:56,119 --> 00:08:57,578 have a distinct smell to them. 193 00:08:57,579 --> 00:09:00,080 As soon as I was able to get a whiff of this, 194 00:09:00,081 --> 00:09:02,708 I knew it could possibly be nitroglycerine. 195 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:05,252 What's scary about this whole thing, 196 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:07,212 whether it be a Japanese booby trap of some sort 197 00:09:07,213 --> 00:09:09,840 or whether it be dynamite 198 00:09:09,841 --> 00:09:11,341 that was left inside of this tunnel, 199 00:09:11,342 --> 00:09:13,552 the thing about that old dynamite like that, 200 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:15,471 it has nitroglycerine in it. ‐ Oh, yeah. 201 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:17,264 ‐ That nitro will start sweating, 202 00:09:17,265 --> 00:09:19,475 and it is highly, highly volatile. 203 00:09:19,476 --> 00:09:20,560 You drop a rock on it, it'll blow up. 204 00:09:22,103 --> 00:09:24,855 ‐ Created in 1847, 205 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:27,024 nitroglycerine was widely used in ordnance 206 00:09:27,025 --> 00:09:28,234 during World War II. 207 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:33,238 The primary ingredient is glycerol, 208 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:35,699 which is found in animal fats. 209 00:09:35,700 --> 00:09:37,284 During the war, 210 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:39,620 the American Fat Salvage Committee 211 00:09:39,621 --> 00:09:42,623 rallied housewives to donate their leftover cooking fats 212 00:09:42,624 --> 00:09:45,459 to be processed into nitroglycerine. 213 00:09:45,460 --> 00:09:46,794 According to the campaign, 214 00:09:46,795 --> 00:09:48,712 1 pound of fat was enough 215 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:51,215 to create a pound of explosives. 216 00:09:51,216 --> 00:09:54,551 Nitroglycerine is highly unstable 217 00:09:54,552 --> 00:09:56,429 and susceptible to accidental detonation. 218 00:09:59,766 --> 00:10:02,560 An obvious risk to anyone excavating the tunnel. 219 00:10:04,187 --> 00:10:06,146 ‐ You know, This is getting to be 220 00:10:06,147 --> 00:10:07,689 a pretty scary business we're in here. 221 00:10:07,690 --> 00:10:09,024 ‐ Well, that's just it. 222 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:10,442 We don't want more to worry about 223 00:10:10,443 --> 00:10:12,236 than just getting hit with rocks at this point. 224 00:10:12,237 --> 00:10:13,570 Until we know it's safe to go back to work, 225 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:14,489 no one's going in there. 226 00:10:15,990 --> 00:10:17,659 At this point, the tunnel is shut down. 227 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:27,167 ‐ After finding a suspicious substance 228 00:10:27,168 --> 00:10:28,961 in the tunnel, 229 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:31,421 the mining teams calls in an explosives expert. 230 00:10:31,422 --> 00:10:33,215 ‐ Levi. Nice to meet you. ‐ Nice to meet you. 231 00:10:33,216 --> 00:10:35,217 My name's Chad Higginbotham. 232 00:10:35,218 --> 00:10:37,303 I am a weapons and explosives expert. 233 00:10:38,888 --> 00:10:40,722 I was on this mountain last year 234 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:43,684 and defused some booby traps that we found. 235 00:10:43,685 --> 00:10:45,602 Hold, hold, hold. 236 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:47,938 Could have hurt somebody. Give me that. 237 00:10:47,939 --> 00:10:49,732 It's the top of a potato masher grenade. 238 00:10:51,442 --> 00:10:53,026 Every time that I come back here, 239 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:55,028 I'm always finding something new and exciting 240 00:10:55,029 --> 00:10:56,280 about this mountain, 241 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,657 like this tunnel that they found. 242 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:01,869 ‐ This is the first thing we found. 243 00:11:01,870 --> 00:11:04,538 Mm‐hmm. ‐ And then inside of this 244 00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:07,333 waswas a substance which we don't know what it is. 245 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:12,254 ‐ Yeah, it smells a lot like cordite. 246 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:15,591 ‐ Invented in 1889 by British chemists, 247 00:11:15,592 --> 00:11:17,634 cordite is an explosive 248 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:20,262 made from nitroglycerine and petroleum jelly. 249 00:11:20,263 --> 00:11:22,264 It was used in ballistics 250 00:11:22,265 --> 00:11:24,224 for rifles and anti‐aircraft guns 251 00:11:24,225 --> 00:11:26,185 during World War II 252 00:11:26,186 --> 00:11:28,228 and was even part of the detonation system 253 00:11:28,229 --> 00:11:29,855 for Little Boy, 254 00:11:29,856 --> 00:11:31,858 the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. 255 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:35,986 ‐ A lot of these components 256 00:11:35,987 --> 00:11:39,031 are 75 to 83 years old. 257 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:40,699 They're degraded, 258 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,327 and sometimes it's really hard to defuse them, 259 00:11:43,328 --> 00:11:45,287 and I don't know how long 260 00:11:45,288 --> 00:11:46,663 you guys have been working in here and that, 261 00:11:46,664 --> 00:11:48,457 but I'd like to take a look, 262 00:11:48,458 --> 00:11:49,750 look at the walls and things 263 00:11:49,751 --> 00:11:50,918 'cause this thing could be booby trapped 264 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:52,294 from the front to back 265 00:11:52,295 --> 00:11:53,587 and y'all have just been lucky so far. 266 00:11:53,588 --> 00:11:55,048 ‐ Yep. ‐ Who's going? 267 00:12:03,223 --> 00:12:04,681 ‐ Chad: Levi and I are gonna go in. 268 00:12:04,682 --> 00:12:06,725 He's gonna show me where they found the device. 269 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:08,769 I'm gonna take a look at it, see if it's safe, 270 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:10,604 if I need to back them off. 271 00:12:10,605 --> 00:12:12,689 As I start into the tunnel, 272 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:14,274 I'm looking for any other booby traps 273 00:12:14,275 --> 00:12:15,734 that may be around, 274 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,694 trip wires. 275 00:12:17,695 --> 00:12:20,239 ‐ To demoralize the Allied forces, 276 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,366 the Japanese military regularly deployed 277 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:24,952 explosive booby traps. 278 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:27,955 Roughly 30 tons of World War II explosives 279 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:29,706 are still found annually, 280 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:32,417 including throughout the Philippines, 281 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:36,255 so Chad and Levi must exercise extreme caution 282 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:38,090 as they approach. 283 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,968 ‐ Going into a tunnel like this with an unknown device, 284 00:12:40,969 --> 00:12:42,594 yeah, there's a little pucker factor there, 285 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,513 but to me, finding a device 286 00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:47,140 is like finding a bicycle on Christmas morning 287 00:12:47,141 --> 00:12:48,308 under the tree for a kid. 288 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,519 I love this stuff. 289 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:51,895 ‐ Okay, it's right there on the ground 290 00:12:51,896 --> 00:12:53,605 and straight across from that bar. 291 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:55,023 ‐ Yeah, if you'll step back a little bit, 292 00:12:55,024 --> 00:12:56,483 let me take a look at it 293 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:58,027 and see if there's anything else around. 294 00:13:00,405 --> 00:13:03,073 Uh, I'm gonna dig around a little bit. 295 00:13:03,074 --> 00:13:04,950 If I'm gonna remove a mine 296 00:13:04,951 --> 00:13:06,493 or anything from this time period, 297 00:13:06,494 --> 00:13:07,953 I take my time. 298 00:13:07,954 --> 00:13:09,871 I'm very careful with what I do, 299 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:11,373 my movements, 300 00:13:11,374 --> 00:13:13,250 how much pressure I put on the sides 301 00:13:13,251 --> 00:13:16,086 because it can be very unstable. 302 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:18,547 ‐ What do you see in there, man? 303 00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:21,717 ‐ I think it could be a Japanese mine, 304 00:13:21,718 --> 00:13:24,011 so I got a high‐tech piece of equipment here 305 00:13:24,012 --> 00:13:25,470 to test for that 306 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:27,223 two really sharp sticks. 307 00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:31,810 ‐ What are you gonna do with those? 308 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,228 ‐ Probe under it 309 00:13:33,229 --> 00:13:35,772 and see if I can feel another mine. 310 00:13:35,773 --> 00:13:37,482 There could be others in there. 311 00:13:37,483 --> 00:13:39,651 Most of the time, they wouldn't just set one. 312 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:41,529 This is like worm fishing. 313 00:13:43,239 --> 00:13:44,865 ‐ The big thing that's spooky is, 314 00:13:44,866 --> 00:13:46,283 you get into old explosives, 315 00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:48,243 it's not like the explosives we use nowadays 316 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:50,662 that are super stable. 317 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:52,247 Unless you have a really hard concussion, 318 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:53,415 it won't set them off. 319 00:13:53,416 --> 00:13:54,666 This kind of stuff here, 320 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:57,544 the most minute bit of impact 321 00:13:57,545 --> 00:13:59,171 can set this stuff off. 322 00:13:59,172 --> 00:14:00,840 That's the scary thing about the whole situation. 323 00:14:03,801 --> 00:14:05,802 ‐ Now, there's nothing under it. 324 00:14:05,803 --> 00:14:07,888 ‐ So you see a detonator or anything? 325 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:10,474 ‐ No. The plunger seems to be gone. 326 00:14:10,475 --> 00:14:12,143 All right, Levi, if you want to come on up. 327 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:17,064 You can see what I'm looking at here. 328 00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:19,733 I'm gonna pull the rest of this mine out of here. 329 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:21,026 We're gonna take it outside 330 00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:22,819 so I can look at it in thein the daylight. 331 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:23,654 ‐ Yeah. 332 00:14:34,332 --> 00:14:35,500 ‐ You brought it out, huh? 333 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:41,464 ‐ This is what you were finding pieces of. 334 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:47,052 ‐ Basically, with the pieces that I have, 335 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:49,304 you can get a pretty good idea of how big this thing was. 336 00:14:49,305 --> 00:14:50,430 ‐ Mm‐hmm. 337 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:52,015 ‐ This would be the top, 338 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:54,184 and the plunger would be right here in the center. 339 00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:57,979 I think it's a Japanese A3 land mine. 340 00:14:57,980 --> 00:14:59,856 It's made out of terra cotta. 341 00:14:59,857 --> 00:15:01,983 It's just like the terra cotta pavers 342 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,027 people use for their walkways 343 00:15:04,028 --> 00:15:06,363 and their patios and things like that. 344 00:15:06,364 --> 00:15:08,365 ‐ So why were they using terra cotta? 345 00:15:08,366 --> 00:15:10,659 ‐ They were building ships and tanks 346 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:13,036 and guns and everything else, 347 00:15:13,037 --> 00:15:14,996 and they were running out of metal, 348 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:16,415 so they came up with this. 349 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:21,169 ‐ As the Allies advanced in the Pacific theater, 350 00:15:21,170 --> 00:15:24,089 shipments of steel from mainland Japan 351 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:26,508 were either destroyed by U. S. forces 352 00:15:26,509 --> 00:15:28,927 or used to fortify coastal defenses 353 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,637 and command posts. 354 00:15:30,638 --> 00:15:32,389 Inland soldiers were forced 355 00:15:32,390 --> 00:15:33,849 to improvise with other materials, 356 00:15:33,850 --> 00:15:36,685 like the terra cotta. 357 00:15:36,686 --> 00:15:38,228 ‐ If this thing would have been live 358 00:15:38,229 --> 00:15:40,188 and you'd have reached down and stepped on it, 359 00:15:40,189 --> 00:15:41,815 pulled it up or anything, 360 00:15:41,816 --> 00:15:43,484 it could have been a really bad day for you guys. 361 00:15:44,819 --> 00:15:46,570 The kicker is, 362 00:15:46,571 --> 00:15:48,488 can't find it with a metal detector. 363 00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:50,365 And you can walk past it two or three times 364 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:52,200 and not realize what it is, 365 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:54,369 especially with the timbers and things that are in there. 366 00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:56,454 I'm calling in a K9 unit 367 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,749 to search this tunnel for any other devices. 368 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:01,460 If it's in there, they'll find them. 369 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:11,845 ‐ Meanwhile, at Breach 6, 370 00:16:11,846 --> 00:16:15,891 Brent and Farrell continue constructing their steel frame. 371 00:16:15,892 --> 00:16:18,310 ‐ This is hard work, man. 372 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:19,729 We better find something at the bottom of this hole. 373 00:16:23,691 --> 00:16:24,858 ‐ So this is a post. 374 00:16:24,859 --> 00:16:26,109 We're gonna use this 375 00:16:26,110 --> 00:16:27,819 to box in the whole top of this, 376 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:30,906 and that'll keep anybody from falling in the hole, 377 00:16:30,907 --> 00:16:32,782 and it'll also keep that up there 378 00:16:32,783 --> 00:16:35,035 from coming down on top of us. 379 00:16:35,036 --> 00:16:37,037 ‐ Once the site is secure, 380 00:16:37,038 --> 00:16:39,206 the team can keep digging their way 381 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:41,124 toward the metal deposits. 382 00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:42,918 ‐ This is the easy part, actually. 383 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:44,544 The digging's the hard part. 384 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:46,129 So the steel's nice, actually. 385 00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:47,797 It gives you a little break from digging. 386 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:50,133 ‐ Eager to see their progress, 387 00:16:50,134 --> 00:16:51,801 Rick stops by. 388 00:16:51,802 --> 00:16:53,720 ‐ Not half bad. 389 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:56,014 ‐ You, uh, ready to go? 390 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,099 If this is concrete, 391 00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,393 I'm hoping that we're real close to something. 392 00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:02,480 We don't know what, but we're close to something. 393 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:09,486 ‐ Want to tell Rick to pull that up? 394 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,363 ‐ Yep. 395 00:17:11,364 --> 00:17:13,281 ‐ We need to get things shored up good 396 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:15,700 so that we're not gonna have a cave‐in pin anybody in. 397 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:18,246 I am so excited to find out what we've got down there. 398 00:17:20,289 --> 00:17:22,208 ‐ Another one up. 399 00:17:23,501 --> 00:17:26,169 ‐ Yo, guys. 400 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:27,713 You guys might want to come look at this. 401 00:17:31,425 --> 00:17:32,759 ‐ What do you got there, dude? 402 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,470 ‐ It's some dark, dark stuff. 403 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:37,932 ‐ What the heck is that? 404 00:17:41,852 --> 00:17:43,354 ‐ That looks like a burnt piece of wood. 405 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:50,610 ‐ Oh, that's charcoal. 406 00:17:50,611 --> 00:17:52,320 You can see the wood grain in it and everything else. 407 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:53,905 That is charcoal. 408 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:55,615 ‐ It looks like there's a lot of it down here. 409 00:17:55,616 --> 00:17:57,200 ‐ Look at that. 410 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:58,660 ‐ It's a couple inches thick for sure. 411 00:17:58,661 --> 00:18:00,745 ‐ I wasn't expecting charcoal. 412 00:18:00,746 --> 00:18:03,665 ‐ I mean, it's a pretty distinct layer. 413 00:18:03,666 --> 00:18:05,792 It runs all the way across. 414 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,086 ‐ That isn't natural. 415 00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:10,797 That's got to be put in there by somebody. 416 00:18:10,798 --> 00:18:13,383 Well, we've gotten down below what we thought was concrete, 417 00:18:13,384 --> 00:18:15,510 and we've run into a layer of charcoal. 418 00:18:15,511 --> 00:18:17,887 It's large pieces of charcoal, 419 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:19,973 and you can actually see the wood grain in them. 420 00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:22,434 That's really unusual. 421 00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:23,978 ‐ Wow. There's a lot of it. 422 00:18:25,563 --> 00:18:28,064 ‐ That is definitely burnt wood. 423 00:18:28,065 --> 00:18:29,691 But it does make me more confident 424 00:18:29,692 --> 00:18:32,777 that the hard layer that we ran into a few feet up 425 00:18:32,778 --> 00:18:35,238 was probably placed there on purpose as well. 426 00:18:35,239 --> 00:18:36,906 Somebody put this here. 427 00:18:36,907 --> 00:18:38,950 Somebody put this here for a reason. 428 00:18:38,951 --> 00:18:40,577 I don't know what that reason is, 429 00:18:40,578 --> 00:18:42,537 but I think we can find out 430 00:18:42,538 --> 00:18:43,581 with a little more investigation. 431 00:18:48,044 --> 00:18:50,253 ‐ After finding a second layer 432 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,964 of unusual material in Breach 6, 433 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:54,924 Rick turns to the Robert Curtis tapes 434 00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:57,385 to see if they can shed any light 435 00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:59,054 on these bizarre discoveries. 436 00:18:59,055 --> 00:19:00,639 ‐ We need to take another look 437 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,390 at these tapes we've got from Bob Curtis. 438 00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:04,142 I mean, he talks about the layers 439 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:06,312 and all of this man‐made stuff. 440 00:19:14,570 --> 00:19:15,571 Six levels. 441 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:28,083 ‐ According to Curtis, 442 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:30,919 the Japanese placed specific layers of materials 443 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,796 above their buried vaults 444 00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:34,382 to mark the pathway to treasure. 445 00:19:46,268 --> 00:19:47,936 ‐ Charcoal at 10 feet. 446 00:19:47,937 --> 00:19:49,563 We got charcoal at 10 feet. 447 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:56,404 Marble. 448 00:20:03,828 --> 00:20:05,370 We don't have all of the same stuff, 449 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:07,872 but we found what we thought was a concrete layer, 450 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:10,959 and then we found that layer of charcoal 451 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,462 about 3 foot down under that. 452 00:20:14,463 --> 00:20:16,090 He had the same stuff. 453 00:20:29,520 --> 00:20:30,396 Ahh. 454 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,777 My gosh. 455 00:20:37,778 --> 00:20:39,571 I really don't want to get into digging up bones. 456 00:20:39,572 --> 00:20:42,323 I heard about this stuff 20 years ago. 457 00:20:42,324 --> 00:20:44,451 It just didn't seem real, 458 00:20:44,452 --> 00:20:46,411 and now we're here, and we're digging, 459 00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:49,664 and we're finding some of these indicators. 460 00:20:49,665 --> 00:20:51,667 We're probably gonna see the other ones as well. 461 00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:57,130 ‐ Thnext morning, 462 00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:58,923 John continues searching 463 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,967 for a tunnel entrance into the waterfall, 464 00:21:00,968 --> 00:21:03,094 but 30 feet down, 465 00:21:03,095 --> 00:21:05,306 Michele has uncovered nothing but dirt. 466 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,516 ‐ We should be hitting it pretty quick here, 467 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:10,894 but getting a little nervous. 468 00:21:10,895 --> 00:21:13,188 ‐ To safely excavate the area, 469 00:21:13,189 --> 00:21:16,316 Michele removes the dirt in a stairstep pattern, 470 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:18,444 reducing the possibility of collapse. 471 00:21:20,321 --> 00:21:21,946 ‐ I'm ready to go down there and have a 472 00:21:21,947 --> 00:21:22,990 have a look‐see. 473 00:21:36,337 --> 00:21:37,295 ‐ How's the signal? 474 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:40,132 ‐ It's pretty loud. 475 00:21:41,550 --> 00:21:42,926 It's definitely in there. 476 00:21:42,927 --> 00:21:44,344 You're gonna have to keep going deeper, 477 00:21:44,345 --> 00:21:45,887 which means we're gonna keep having to go wider, too. 478 00:21:45,888 --> 00:21:48,015 ‐ Deeper and wider it is. 479 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,768 Now I'm starting to get worried. 480 00:21:51,769 --> 00:21:53,354 We should have seen it by now. 481 00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:01,153 I don't know. She's scratching on something hard down there. 482 00:22:04,615 --> 00:22:05,658 ‐ Rob: What's happening, Michele? 483 00:22:07,451 --> 00:22:09,369 ‐ I've run into bedrock. 484 00:22:09,370 --> 00:22:10,913 I can't dig any deeper. 485 00:22:16,085 --> 00:22:18,211 ‐ If we're hitting bedrock already, 486 00:22:18,212 --> 00:22:19,547 there's no way we're gonna be able to get in this way. 487 00:22:23,425 --> 00:22:25,135 Bedrock's not something that I can just get through. 488 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,973 I was hoping there's a tunnel down there, 489 00:22:29,974 --> 00:22:31,851 but it's not promising it. 490 00:22:37,940 --> 00:22:39,691 ‐ Back at basecamp, 491 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:43,361 John gathers the team to discuss other options. 492 00:22:43,362 --> 00:22:44,612 ‐ I can't drill straight down 493 00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:46,239 right at the waterfall, 494 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,408 and that's because that waterfall feeds 495 00:22:48,409 --> 00:22:51,828 a water supply to the village down below. 496 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:53,454 I don't have many options there. 497 00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:54,748 I mean, I have no options. 498 00:22:56,292 --> 00:22:57,792 ‐ What if we made our own tunnel 499 00:22:57,793 --> 00:22:58,751 from the side of the mountain? 500 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:00,503 ‐ How far from the site is it 501 00:23:00,504 --> 00:23:01,838 to the void space? 502 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:03,464 ‐ 930 feet 503 00:23:03,465 --> 00:23:05,842 to the target under the waterfall. 504 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:07,552 ‐ Wow. 505 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,345 That's aThat's a long way. 506 00:23:09,346 --> 00:23:10,680 ‐ Mm‐hmm. 507 00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:13,391 ‐ 930 feet of digging a tunnel, 508 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,143 we would be here forever. 509 00:23:15,144 --> 00:23:17,854 ‐ I can't see just digging a tunnel 930 feet. 510 00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:19,856 There's got to be an easier way. 511 00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:21,774 There's lots of borehole cameras 512 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:24,068 that will make it 930 feet 513 00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:26,404 to see exactly what we've hit. 514 00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:29,532 ‐ Once you know it's 100% in there, 515 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:31,868 then digging a 930‐foot tunnel makes a whole lot more sense. 516 00:23:31,869 --> 00:23:33,369 ‐ What about a horizontal drill? 517 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:35,747 They're often used to run pipeline 518 00:23:35,748 --> 00:23:37,165 from one side of a mountain to another, 519 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,875 and I know they're well capable 520 00:23:38,876 --> 00:23:40,752 of drilling over a thousand feet. 521 00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:44,005 ‐ A horizontal drill will allow the team 522 00:23:44,006 --> 00:23:48,259 to run a borehole camera through 930 feet of hard rock 523 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:51,429 to see directly into the waterfall void. 524 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,514 ‐ You're still gonna have a lot of problems 525 00:23:53,515 --> 00:23:55,016 getting through there, 526 00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:56,768 but I think it's your best bet. 527 00:23:56,769 --> 00:23:58,770 ‐ It's the best bet we've got right now. 528 00:23:58,771 --> 00:24:00,314 It's the only thing we've got right now. 529 00:24:08,906 --> 00:24:10,406 ‐ In the U. S., 530 00:24:10,407 --> 00:24:12,367 head researcher Bingo Minerva 531 00:24:12,368 --> 00:24:15,453 is searching for Yamashita treasure maps. 532 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,664 Since the tapes Rick's been looking through 533 00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,792 suggest Robert Curtis had access to them... 534 00:24:22,378 --> 00:24:23,795 ...Bingo reaches out to a source 535 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:25,213 familiar with Curtis. 536 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:27,340 ‐ So right now I'm in Las Vegas 537 00:24:27,341 --> 00:24:29,217 on my way to meet Brian Greenspun, 538 00:24:29,218 --> 00:24:31,010 who's currently the editor‐in‐chief 539 00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:32,553 of the Las Vegas Sun, 540 00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:35,431 the Pulitzer Prize‐winning newspaper. 541 00:24:35,432 --> 00:24:37,475 Brian Greenspun had a lot of interactions 542 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,811 with Robert Curtis. 543 00:24:39,812 --> 00:24:42,188 I want to see if he remembers anything specifically, 544 00:24:42,189 --> 00:24:45,817 see if he gave him any maps, any details. 545 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:47,861 It would be really great to see one of these maps. 546 00:24:52,366 --> 00:24:53,533 Hey, Brian. 547 00:24:53,534 --> 00:24:54,701 ‐ Hey. Good morning. 548 00:24:54,702 --> 00:24:56,202 ‐ Bingo. ‐ How are you? 549 00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:57,286 ‐ Good to finally meet you, sir. ‐ Nice to see you. 550 00:24:57,287 --> 00:25:00,289 Welcome to the Las Vegas Sun. 551 00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:04,002 My parents started it in 1950, 552 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,295 so it's been in my life almost my entire lifetime, 553 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:07,505 you know, 554 00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,298 so I guess I'm the 555 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:11,342 I'm the keeper of the flame, let's say, right? 556 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:12,552 ‐ That'sThat's my story. 557 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:13,761 We've been around a long time, 558 00:25:13,762 --> 00:25:15,388 and we've had a lot of headlines, 559 00:25:15,389 --> 00:25:16,723 but since you mention... 560 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,808 ‐ Over its 70‐year history, 561 00:25:18,809 --> 00:25:22,270 the Las Vegas Sun has won numerous journalism awards, 562 00:25:22,271 --> 00:25:23,855 including a Pulitzer. 563 00:25:23,856 --> 00:25:26,065 Well known for their in‐depth reporting, 564 00:25:26,066 --> 00:25:28,234 they've covered the search for Yamashita's treasure 565 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:29,444 at length. 566 00:25:29,445 --> 00:25:31,571 ‐ So the reason I'm here today 567 00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:34,741 is that I currently have a team in the Philippines 568 00:25:34,742 --> 00:25:36,534 that's treasure hunting for gold. 569 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:38,494 We believe we're on a site 570 00:25:38,495 --> 00:25:39,996 that is a Yamashita treasure site. 571 00:25:39,997 --> 00:25:41,831 We've actually found evidence 572 00:25:41,832 --> 00:25:44,709 of Americans being on the property 573 00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:46,794 in what we believe is a Japanese tunnel. 574 00:25:46,795 --> 00:25:49,172 ‐ Okay. ‐ Now, through my research, 575 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:51,424 I found out that you wrote about Robert Curtis 576 00:25:51,425 --> 00:25:52,800 back in the '70s 577 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:55,553 and that spanned for about three decades. 578 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,638 So really the question I have is, 579 00:25:57,639 --> 00:25:59,515 how did you meet Robert Curtis? 580 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:01,934 What was it about his story that, you know, 581 00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:03,603 convinced you to even start writing this? 582 00:26:03,604 --> 00:26:05,021 ‐ That's a simple question, 583 00:26:05,022 --> 00:26:06,898 but it's a very complex answer. 584 00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:09,317 So here comes a guy who walks into the office 585 00:26:09,318 --> 00:26:11,861 noticeably frightened. 586 00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,571 He wanted to talk in the car. 587 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:15,740 This was a guy who didn't trust anybody. 588 00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,367 It felt to me like he was running for his life, 589 00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:20,953 and then he starts telling this story 590 00:26:20,954 --> 00:26:22,830 about that treasure 591 00:26:22,831 --> 00:26:25,041 somewhere, hidden deep somewhere. 592 00:26:25,042 --> 00:26:27,376 And so I had to figure out whether it was real, 593 00:26:27,377 --> 00:26:29,420 so I spent a lot of time with Bob. 594 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,672 Why is he so afraid? 595 00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:34,342 Remember, this is 1978. 596 00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:36,260 Marcos was at the height of his power. 597 00:26:36,261 --> 00:26:37,762 He was in control. 598 00:26:39,932 --> 00:26:42,934 ‐ President Ferdinand Marcos was reportedly brutal 599 00:26:42,935 --> 00:26:45,437 in his obsession to find Yamashita's treasure. 600 00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:49,273 After treasure hunter Roger Roxas claimed 601 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,776 he found a cache of Yamashita's gold, 602 00:26:51,777 --> 00:26:54,237 Marcos allegedly imprisoned Roxas 603 00:26:54,238 --> 00:26:56,322 and seized his treasure. 604 00:26:56,323 --> 00:26:59,826 Roxas later filed a suit against Marcos 605 00:26:59,827 --> 00:27:02,912 to try and recover his stolen goods. 606 00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:06,332 Roxas died under suspicious circumstances 607 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:09,001 the night before the trial began. 608 00:27:09,002 --> 00:27:10,169 ‐ And, of course, as it came out, 609 00:27:10,170 --> 00:27:11,587 Bob Curtis was afraid 610 00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:13,381 because he'd got out of the Philippines 611 00:27:13,382 --> 00:27:14,799 10 seconds ahead of being killed, 612 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:16,801 so he thought, 613 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:21,430 and he needed this story told in a most credible way, 614 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,683 believing that, once the story is out, 615 00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:25,810 there's no reason to kill him. 616 00:27:25,811 --> 00:27:28,187 ‐ Robert Curtis first went to the Philippines 617 00:27:28,188 --> 00:27:31,065 to assist in President Ferdinand Marcos' quest 618 00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:32,984 to find Yamashita's gold. 619 00:27:32,985 --> 00:27:35,236 After several months of working for him, 620 00:27:35,237 --> 00:27:36,737 Curtis reportedly learned 621 00:27:36,738 --> 00:27:38,781 that Marcos had grown suspicious of him 622 00:27:38,782 --> 00:27:40,950 and ordered his assassination. 623 00:27:40,951 --> 00:27:43,578 Curtis immediately fled the Philippines 624 00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:45,580 and came directly to the Las Vegas Sun 625 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,123 to share his story. 626 00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:50,209 ‐ You have to be skeptical about it. 627 00:27:50,210 --> 00:27:53,421 So even then, I mean, really, first impressions with you, 628 00:27:53,422 --> 00:27:55,089 you didn't really believe this story. 629 00:27:55,090 --> 00:27:56,257 ‐ How could you believe this story? 630 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,301 ‐ Yeah. ‐ Who's Bob Curtis? 631 00:27:58,302 --> 00:28:00,720 He was a mining engineer from northern Nevada. 632 00:28:00,721 --> 00:28:02,346 How did he get in the middle 633 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,932 of Ferdinand Marcos' hunt for a treasure? 634 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:07,685 But there's no doubt in my mind 635 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:09,645 that Bob Curtis knew 636 00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:11,188 that he had gotten himself 637 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,900 in the middle of something really huge 638 00:28:13,901 --> 00:28:16,110 and very dangerous, 639 00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:17,779 that someone could kill him. 640 00:28:19,823 --> 00:28:22,658 ‐ In a deposition made in 1993, 641 00:28:22,659 --> 00:28:24,869 during the Roger Roxas trial, 642 00:28:24,870 --> 00:28:27,371 Curtis claims he was recruited by Marcos 643 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:29,123 to process recovered gold, 644 00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:31,584 removing identifying marks 645 00:28:31,585 --> 00:28:34,837 that could tie it to countries looted by Japan. 646 00:28:34,838 --> 00:28:36,631 ‐ President Marcos wished to talk to me 647 00:28:36,632 --> 00:28:39,550 about the possibility of handling 648 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,594 the re‐melting of bars. 649 00:28:41,595 --> 00:28:43,179 ‐ Eventually, 650 00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:46,307 Curtis was given access to Marcos' maps, 651 00:28:46,308 --> 00:28:49,685 which supposedly led to Yamashita treasure sites. 652 00:28:49,686 --> 00:28:52,563 ‐ I was skeptical about his story, 653 00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,941 and my job was to find out if this guy was real 654 00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:56,067 and his story was real. 655 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,818 But... 656 00:28:57,819 --> 00:28:59,445 Bob had tapes, 657 00:28:59,446 --> 00:29:01,948 and Bob had memos, and Bob had maps. 658 00:29:01,949 --> 00:29:04,825 Well, we happened to have the ability at the time 659 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:06,535 to get it authenticated, 660 00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:08,412 and I did. ‐ So you're saying 661 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,040 he's brought you actual Yamashita treasure maps. 662 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:12,833 ‐ I'm saying I saw maps 663 00:29:12,834 --> 00:29:16,504 that he claimed were maps to where the treasures were. 664 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:18,382 And then he showed me pictures... 665 00:29:19,967 --> 00:29:21,842 deep in these caverns 666 00:29:21,843 --> 00:29:24,345 of things that purported to be boxes 667 00:29:24,346 --> 00:29:26,472 that he said gold was in. 668 00:29:26,473 --> 00:29:30,685 I don't doubt that the maps, whatever the documents were, 669 00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:32,938 the conversations that were taped were real. 670 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,483 We never would have printed it in our paper 671 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:39,319 if we didn't believe it was true. 672 00:29:41,071 --> 00:29:44,156 In his head, printing the story meant 673 00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:47,410 that he was no longer vulnerable to being killed 674 00:29:47,411 --> 00:29:48,869 because of what he knew 675 00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:50,538 'cause now everybody knew it. 676 00:29:50,539 --> 00:29:52,456 ‐ Did he think in his mind, by printing that story, 677 00:29:52,457 --> 00:29:54,208 it offered him a bit of a cloud of protection 678 00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:55,501 for himself? ‐ Yes. Oh, absolutely. 679 00:29:55,502 --> 00:29:57,461 That's why he came here. 680 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:59,339 He said, "Let's make it as public as possible." 681 00:30:18,692 --> 00:30:21,402 ‐ Bingo Minerva is meeting with a journalist 682 00:30:21,403 --> 00:30:23,155 who investigated Robert Curtis. 683 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:40,755 ‐ So these are the newspapers, the actual newspapers 684 00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:42,590 from Curtis and all the information 685 00:30:42,591 --> 00:30:43,841 and whoever else we talked to. 686 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:44,884 It's all in these stories. 687 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:46,720 This was our first story... 688 00:30:49,890 --> 00:30:51,265 ‐ This is the very first story you printed from... 689 00:30:51,266 --> 00:30:52,892 ‐ That's the very first story. Yes. 690 00:30:52,893 --> 00:30:56,228 Everything we learned that we believed was accurate 691 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:58,731 came from Bob Curtis. 692 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:00,816 ‐ There's actually something I would like to show you 693 00:31:00,817 --> 00:31:02,526 and get your thoughts on. ‐ Okay. 694 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,737 ‐ I have, uh, these tapes, 695 00:31:04,738 --> 00:31:07,156 and this is Bob Curtis' dying declaration. 696 00:31:07,157 --> 00:31:08,658 ‐ Wow. 697 00:31:26,843 --> 00:31:28,719 ‐ So is that Bob Curtis' voice? 698 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,721 ‐ I've got chills. 699 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:33,474 I mean, I have chills up and down my arms. 700 00:31:33,475 --> 00:31:34,850 Yeah, of course that's Bob Curtis. 701 00:31:34,851 --> 00:31:36,811 It's the same guy, and it's the same voice. 702 00:31:36,812 --> 00:31:39,772 I heard this fear in this man's voice. 703 00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:40,648 He was scared. 704 00:31:40,649 --> 00:31:42,233 This confirms 705 00:31:42,234 --> 00:31:44,193 everything that we believe 706 00:31:44,194 --> 00:31:46,445 at the time we first met Bob Curtis 707 00:31:46,446 --> 00:31:49,407 and what we proved to ourselves was true. 708 00:31:51,201 --> 00:31:54,411 ‐ On January 24th, 2004, 709 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:56,914 the Las Vegas Sun printed an obituary 710 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,958 announcing the death of Robert Curtis 711 00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:01,001 at 74 years old. 712 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:04,256 His exact cause of death was never publicly revealed. 713 00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,843 ‐ Are you aware of any other leads, 714 00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:10,302 any information that will lead me 715 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:11,846 to any Americans 716 00:32:11,847 --> 00:32:13,181 treasure hunting in the Philippines? 717 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:16,433 ‐ Well, in our stories, 718 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,769 we didwe did write about a fellow 719 00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:20,147 by the name of Chuck McDougald. 720 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:24,733 He's one of those experts 721 00:32:24,734 --> 00:32:26,528 on this whole Yamashita gold story. 722 00:32:28,363 --> 00:32:30,281 ‐ According to Greenspun, 723 00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:32,491 Chuck McDougald was close to Curtis 724 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:33,702 and knew his secrets. 725 00:32:35,078 --> 00:32:36,829 ‐ He could tell you firsthand 726 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:38,874 probably a lot of what Bob Curtis could tell you. 727 00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:41,667 ‐ Talking to Brian, 728 00:32:41,668 --> 00:32:43,878 and the fact that he believed Robert Curtis, 729 00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:45,629 I mean, that's further confirmation 730 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:48,090 that there is truth in Robert Curtis' story. 731 00:32:48,091 --> 00:32:50,176 So unfortunately, Curtis is not with us anymore. 732 00:32:50,177 --> 00:32:52,303 I really need to find somebody still alive 733 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,096 that knows more about this story, 734 00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:55,931 and hopefully that person's Chuck McDougald. 735 00:32:55,932 --> 00:32:57,558 If I can track down Chuck, 736 00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,226 maybe he has the information for us 737 00:32:59,227 --> 00:32:59,978 that can help us on our search. 738 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:08,402 ‐ Back in the Philippines, 739 00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:10,446 a K9 unit arrives 740 00:33:10,447 --> 00:33:12,698 to investigate the possibility 741 00:33:12,699 --> 00:33:15,910 the explosive booby traps are in the tunnel. 742 00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:17,995 ‐ There he is. 743 00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:20,331 ‐ Chad just called in Paul. He's a K9 handler. 744 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:22,458 His dog's been trained to smell for explosives. 745 00:33:22,459 --> 00:33:24,043 We need to get this tunnel cleared 746 00:33:24,044 --> 00:33:25,753 and get back to work. 747 00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:26,754 We got to get to the end of this tunnel. 748 00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:28,214 ‐ So is this some type of shepherd, 749 00:33:28,215 --> 00:33:29,006 or what kind of dog is this? 750 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,799 ‐ Belgian Malinois. 751 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,676 These dogs are used in special forces, 752 00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:33,719 special operations. 753 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,221 These are the top dogs 754 00:33:35,222 --> 00:33:38,599 of detection, of detention, 755 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,517 of personal protection, everything. 756 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:42,353 They can pick up drugs and explosives 757 00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:44,188 hidden in places you'd never think. 758 00:33:44,189 --> 00:33:46,106 If there's explosives in this tunnel, 759 00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:48,317 this dog will find them. 760 00:33:48,318 --> 00:33:50,945 The best way to explain the sense of smell of a dog 761 00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:52,613 is if you walk in a house 762 00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:54,657 and somebody's cooking chicken noodle soup, 763 00:33:54,658 --> 00:33:56,784 you smell chicken noodle soup. 764 00:33:56,785 --> 00:33:58,661 When a dog walks in the house, 765 00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:00,538 he smells every ingredient in that chicken noodle soup. 766 00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:04,124 ‐ While dogs were used in combat 767 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:07,086 as early as 600 B. C., 768 00:34:07,087 --> 00:34:09,421 they were not a major part of U. S. military operations 769 00:34:09,422 --> 00:34:11,340 until World War II. 770 00:34:11,341 --> 00:34:16,345 Over 10,000 dogs were donated to the war effort 771 00:34:16,346 --> 00:34:19,306 and specifically trained by American forces 772 00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:21,392 to patrol Pacific theater beaches, 773 00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:22,977 detect land mines, 774 00:34:22,978 --> 00:34:24,229 and deliver messages. 775 00:34:26,022 --> 00:34:27,439 ‐ Sit. 776 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,066 ‐ This is what we've found so far. 777 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,235 Um, I want to see if he'll hit on it. 778 00:34:31,236 --> 00:34:32,486 ‐ Okay. 779 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:33,405 780 00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:36,198 Sit. 781 00:34:36,199 --> 00:34:38,158 Okay. ‐ Good Drago. 782 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:40,160 ‐ Good boy. Good boy. Good boy. 783 00:34:40,161 --> 00:34:42,204 ‐ Yeah. He can smell it. 784 00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:43,372 ‐ So if there's more of those inside of the tunnel, 785 00:34:43,373 --> 00:34:44,790 he should be able to pick up on those. 786 00:34:44,791 --> 00:34:46,583 ‐ He'll find it. When he walks in that cave, 787 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:49,545 he's gonna search everywhere, and when his nose hits, 788 00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,088 he's either gonna sit like he did here, 789 00:34:51,089 --> 00:34:52,881 or he birddogs 790 00:34:52,882 --> 00:34:54,925 and his tail goes straight up and he stops, 791 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:56,510 and that'll tell us where it is. 792 00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:58,095 ‐ Okay. Well, let's get some gear, 793 00:34:58,096 --> 00:34:59,305 and we'll head down into the tunnel. 794 00:34:59,306 --> 00:35:00,472 ‐ All right. ‐ You ready? 795 00:35:00,473 --> 00:35:01,765 ‐ Yes, sir. ‐ Levi: Okay. 796 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,309 The Japanese, 797 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:05,019 them burying mines into the ground like this, 798 00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:06,270 they didn't want them to be found, 799 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:07,521 and they didn't want to hurt you. 800 00:35:07,522 --> 00:35:09,023 They wanted to kill you. 801 00:35:09,024 --> 00:35:10,024 That's what scared me the most. 802 00:35:10,025 --> 00:35:11,734 Here, put that on, Paul. 803 00:35:11,735 --> 00:35:13,277 This is a total different element 804 00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:14,612 than what we're used to dealing with. 805 00:35:14,613 --> 00:35:16,322 Usually when you go into these old tunnels, 806 00:35:16,323 --> 00:35:18,490 you know, we have the potential of getting smashed by rocks 807 00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:20,743 but not something where somebody put a bomb there 808 00:35:20,744 --> 00:35:23,245 intentionally trying to wipe you out. 809 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:24,831 This is a whole different world. 810 00:35:27,292 --> 00:35:28,918 This here, this is as far as I'm gonna go. 811 00:35:30,879 --> 00:35:31,962 Don't touch any of that old timber. 812 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,589 It's all rotted. 813 00:35:33,590 --> 00:35:35,924 ‐ Paul, the mound was found right here, 814 00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:38,887 uh, so we're gonna try to detect from here back. 815 00:35:45,935 --> 00:35:48,646 ‐ Levi: I hope they're real careful back there. 816 00:35:48,647 --> 00:35:50,105 I don't want something to happen 817 00:35:50,106 --> 00:35:51,191 and me have to dig them out of here. 818 00:36:02,243 --> 00:36:03,661 ‐ Levi: It's hard saying 819 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:05,120 where the Japanese can put these booby traps. 820 00:36:05,121 --> 00:36:06,413 There's so much different material 821 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:07,790 inside of this tunnel. 822 00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:09,291 They can put it in the floor. 823 00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:10,584 They can put it on top of the timbers. 824 00:36:10,585 --> 00:36:11,336 They can put it behind the timbers. 825 00:36:22,931 --> 00:36:23,722 ‐ Where's the bomb? Find the bomb. 826 00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:25,558 ‐ Clear? ‐ Not yet. 827 00:36:35,443 --> 00:36:37,653 ‐ The dog has cleared the area 828 00:36:37,654 --> 00:36:39,863 where the terra cotta mine was found. 829 00:36:39,864 --> 00:36:41,281 ‐ All right, Levi, we're going on ahead. 830 00:36:41,282 --> 00:36:42,574 Y'all wait here. 831 00:36:54,003 --> 00:36:55,796 ‐ Well, those guys just went out of sight. 832 00:36:55,797 --> 00:36:57,381 I hope the ground's okay back there. 833 00:36:57,382 --> 00:36:58,590 We haven't been this far in there. 834 00:36:58,591 --> 00:36:59,925 They took the dog in. 835 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:01,093 They're seeing if they can smell 836 00:37:01,094 --> 00:37:02,720 any other explosive devices. 837 00:37:02,721 --> 00:37:04,430 I told them, if it gets too dangerous back there, 838 00:37:04,431 --> 00:37:05,639 if it looks too shaky, 839 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,641 just to back out and get out of there. 840 00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:09,685 We can always bring them back later. 841 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:11,311 I hope they don't find anything, 842 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:13,313 but chances are, if they found one, 843 00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:15,065 there's probably a chance of them finding another one. 844 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:16,233 I certainly hope they don't, 845 00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,401 and I personally don't want 846 00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:18,736 to get my legs blown off in here. 847 00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:20,487 I'd much rather be pulling treasure out of here 848 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:21,364 than somebody gets hurt. 849 00:37:24,492 --> 00:37:27,369 ‐ While the K9 team checks the rest of the tunnel, 850 00:37:27,370 --> 00:37:28,830 Rick comes to check on the site. 851 00:37:31,666 --> 00:37:33,041 ‐ Well, what's the verdict? 852 00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:34,835 ‐ You got a clean bill of health in there. 853 00:37:34,836 --> 00:37:36,503 ‐ Well, that's great. ‐ That's good news. 854 00:37:36,504 --> 00:37:39,006 ‐ We cleared it as far as we could. 855 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:40,549 ‐ How far did we make it in there? 856 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:42,801 ‐ Couple of hundred yards past the mine 857 00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,219 wherethat we found. 858 00:37:44,220 --> 00:37:46,180 ‐ We checked the whole thing out, then, huh? 859 00:37:46,181 --> 00:37:47,598 ‐ Ground started getting shaky. 860 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:49,308 I didn't want them going way, way back in there, 861 00:37:49,309 --> 00:37:51,852 but at least we know we're clear up to a certain point. 862 00:37:51,853 --> 00:37:54,480 If we have to, we'll bring somebody back. 863 00:37:54,481 --> 00:37:57,357 ‐ Rick: So now we've got a Japanese land mine 864 00:37:57,358 --> 00:37:59,026 in a Japanese tunnel. 865 00:37:59,027 --> 00:38:01,236 Something needed to be guarded. 866 00:38:01,237 --> 00:38:02,864 What were they trying to protect? 867 00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:06,116 I don't think we're gonna know 868 00:38:06,117 --> 00:38:08,076 until we find where this tunnel goes. 869 00:38:08,077 --> 00:38:10,662 ‐ Thanks again, man. ‐ Absolutely. 870 00:38:10,663 --> 00:38:11,997 ‐ Thank you, man. 871 00:38:11,998 --> 00:38:12,874 Appreciate it. ‐ Yeah. 872 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,385 ‐ The next morning, 873 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:27,805 Bingo calls to update the team. 874 00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:30,641 So, guys, I met with Brian Greenspun. 875 00:38:30,642 --> 00:38:32,810 He's one of the editors at the Las Vegas Sun. 876 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,937 Now, he published a number of articles 877 00:38:34,938 --> 00:38:37,856 on Bob Curtis and Yamashita's treasure 878 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:39,483 over the span of about three decades. 879 00:38:39,484 --> 00:38:42,361 Bob Curtis, he provided a lot of evidence 880 00:38:42,362 --> 00:38:44,321 to the Las Vegas Sun and Brian over there, 881 00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:46,156 and unfortunately they don't have any more 882 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,408 of that archival evidence or documents left over. 883 00:38:48,409 --> 00:38:51,787 What Brian did reveal was potentially a huge clue 884 00:38:51,788 --> 00:38:53,330 with the name Chuck McDougald. 885 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:56,166 Chuck McDougald, I did some digging on him, 886 00:38:56,167 --> 00:38:57,709 and I found out he was actually working 887 00:38:57,710 --> 00:38:59,086 with Bob Curtis. 888 00:38:59,087 --> 00:39:01,421 He was working with him on a site 889 00:39:01,422 --> 00:39:03,298 called Fort Santiago, 890 00:39:03,299 --> 00:39:05,300 and I found some archival news footage of him, 891 00:39:05,301 --> 00:39:07,010 and I want you guys to check it out 892 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,303 and see what you think. I've already sent it to you. 893 00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:08,972 ‐ Okay. 894 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,664 ‐ Wow. That was pretty interesting. 895 00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:38,417 ‐ He talked about maps. 896 00:39:38,418 --> 00:39:40,627 It makes me wonder if he actually has those maps still. 897 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,796 ‐ If he has those maps still, then maybe 898 00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:44,590 maybe he has a map of our mountain. 899 00:39:44,591 --> 00:39:45,924 Is there any way that we can get 900 00:39:45,925 --> 00:39:47,509 to talk to Charles McDougald? 901 00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:48,594 ‐ Well, I tracked this guy down. 902 00:39:48,595 --> 00:39:50,178 He's still alive. 903 00:39:50,179 --> 00:39:51,597 He's living in the Bay Area currently. 904 00:39:51,598 --> 00:39:53,348 Uh, he's my next meeting. 905 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:55,100 If I can get any information at all, 906 00:39:55,101 --> 00:39:56,185 I'll let you guys know. I'll see what I can find out. 907 00:40:00,064 --> 00:40:02,441 The key that will lead us to finding this treasure 908 00:40:02,442 --> 00:40:04,068 could be just one person. 909 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:07,906 Hopefully that person is Chuck McDougald. 910 00:40:10,658 --> 00:40:12,117 On the next "Lost Gold of World War II"... 911 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:14,328 This horizontal drill may be our best bet 912 00:40:14,329 --> 00:40:16,246 to see inside this mountain. 913 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:17,415 It's not looking too good. 914 00:40:20,627 --> 00:40:23,003 ‐ Geo: Hey, Levi, what is that? 915 00:40:23,004 --> 00:40:23,880 ‐ Is that a tooth? 916 00:40:25,590 --> 00:40:26,799 You think it could possibly be a human? 917 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,802 ‐ I had two original maps of the treasure 918 00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:32,846 found in Marcos' office. 919 00:40:32,847 --> 00:40:34,765 ‐ Do you still have the maps? 920 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:36,391 ‐ Yes, I do. 921 00:40:36,392 --> 00:40:38,185 ‐ Wow. 922 00:40:38,186 --> 00:40:40,313 I've never seen anything like this. 923 00:40:42,857 --> 00:40:45,193 Subtitled by Diego Moraes www.oakisland.tk