1 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:05,537 Need to get in these caves before the winter sets in on us. 2 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:11,143 Because we found gold coming up from the cavern. 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:15,381 I want to find out what the hell's down there. 4 00:00:17,084 --> 00:00:18,350 That's bottom, boys. 5 00:00:18,386 --> 00:00:21,253 -We're in. -[all cheering] 6 00:00:21,288 --> 00:00:26,291 we've opened up that hole, it looks like chad's going to be able to get down in there. 7 00:00:26,327 --> 00:00:28,127 -Ready? -Yes. 8 00:00:28,796 --> 00:00:30,229 I want the guys to be safe. 9 00:00:32,666 --> 00:00:33,932 I won't take [bleep]! 10 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,703 Forty-five feet. 11 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:39,471 He's at the bottom, plus. 12 00:00:43,477 --> 00:00:45,711 There's a box there. Maybe something. 13 00:00:45,746 --> 00:00:48,113 -No [bleep]! -Yeah, we're on the spot. 14 00:00:48,149 --> 00:00:50,449 [all cheering] 15 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:58,157 there's some places on earth that just don't seem right. 16 00:00:59,226 --> 00:01:03,495 The land feels different, it acts different. 17 00:01:03,531 --> 00:01:05,731 And this here, is one of those places. 18 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:10,602 Some say the land is trying to hold on to something. 19 00:01:12,173 --> 00:01:14,440 -Aztec treasure. -Holly [bleep]! 20 00:01:14,475 --> 00:01:16,241 -Caverns of gold. -Look at this. 21 00:01:16,277 --> 00:01:17,509 [inaudible] 22 00:01:17,545 --> 00:01:19,178 there will be million dollars here. 23 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:21,280 Some even say, there's a buried space here. 24 00:01:21,682 --> 00:01:23,082 [man] yeah. 25 00:01:23,117 --> 00:01:27,186 Me? I never cared much about the stories. 26 00:01:27,221 --> 00:01:31,290 I just care about finding whatever the hell's in the ground. 27 00:01:31,325 --> 00:01:32,691 -Let's get out of here! -Ah! 28 00:01:42,970 --> 00:01:44,203 We got here. 29 00:01:48,976 --> 00:01:50,242 Ah, there it is. 30 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:52,945 -There he is. -Yeah, right. 31 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:54,680 That's no bigger than this. 32 00:01:54,715 --> 00:01:58,117 I could not have fit through there with a tank on. 33 00:01:58,152 --> 00:02:01,820 You had to go sideways so you could bend forward in. 34 00:02:01,856 --> 00:02:04,089 -Yeah, see that. -You could tear a hole. 35 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:06,391 All right there. And you hung up. 36 00:02:06,427 --> 00:02:07,426 Which happened. 37 00:02:07,461 --> 00:02:08,894 The hose got hung up in there. 38 00:02:08,929 --> 00:02:11,597 We had to go through some rough stuff to get there. 39 00:02:11,632 --> 00:02:14,199 I was getting tangled in those lines right there. 40 00:02:14,235 --> 00:02:16,468 [man] that you dive route to it. [chad] yeah. 41 00:02:16,504 --> 00:02:19,338 The lines that I had were tangling up around my legs 42 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:21,640 and they would get caught on these rocks, 43 00:02:21,675 --> 00:02:24,476 and I'd have to go back and get the line, and 44 00:02:24,512 --> 00:02:27,579 or they could have been cut, man. With that line, 45 00:02:27,615 --> 00:02:31,483 I mean, it could have been cut 50 feet away, and you wouldn't really know. 46 00:02:31,552 --> 00:02:34,319 You just feel lack of pressure water getting in there. 47 00:02:34,355 --> 00:02:37,756 I mean, realistically, if we went in there five more times, 48 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:39,992 someone probably wouldn't come out. 49 00:02:40,027 --> 00:02:41,460 It's that sketchy. 50 00:02:42,563 --> 00:02:45,497 Oh, wow. Well, that's getting a little too tighter. 51 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:47,666 -Yeah. -Not so confined space. 52 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:50,402 -Yeah. -Confined, son of a bitch. 53 00:02:50,437 --> 00:02:53,105 This takes confined to another league here. 54 00:02:55,743 --> 00:02:59,011 -It goes in a lot further than I thought. -Yeah, it does. 55 00:02:59,046 --> 00:03:00,946 -You're swimming there. -Wow. 56 00:03:03,951 --> 00:03:07,319 -What? What is that? -Is that, that's man made. 57 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:09,755 Yeah. You could see that. Logs right there. 58 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,156 That's the log structure. 59 00:03:11,192 --> 00:03:12,591 -Yeah. -That's the box. 60 00:03:12,626 --> 00:03:14,993 And see how it helped those ropes right there. 61 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:16,995 -Yeah. -How it's held together. 62 00:03:17,031 --> 00:03:19,298 What the hell is son of a bitch doing there? 63 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,232 No. 64 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:23,468 Wow. 65 00:03:23,504 --> 00:03:25,270 [all laughing] 66 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:28,540 I'll be excited too. Yeah, that is cool. 67 00:03:28,576 --> 00:03:31,476 Yeah, but you couldn't go through it, but you could see in there. 68 00:03:31,512 --> 00:03:33,946 There's just a bunch of rocks, so I could see. 69 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:37,249 Look at this deal. I mean, you're talking about old times stuff here. 70 00:03:37,284 --> 00:03:40,219 This has to be hundreds of years back. 71 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:41,420 Look at that. 72 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:43,155 You can't build something like that underwear. 73 00:03:43,190 --> 00:03:44,723 Underwear? No way. 74 00:03:44,758 --> 00:03:45,891 Yeah, that's that. 75 00:03:45,926 --> 00:03:48,827 That there was built, then this cave was flooded. 76 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:52,331 -There's no doubt about that. -That cavern at one time. 77 00:03:52,366 --> 00:03:57,069 [eric] it's known that the the aztecs have hidden things under caves by diverting water 78 00:03:57,104 --> 00:04:02,674 to flood them purposefully as a method to to hide something of great value. 79 00:04:02,710 --> 00:04:06,345 You know, the end of the day, we're going to have to find a better entrance. 80 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:11,049 What I've seen in this footage is very high risk stuff for chad and ryan. 81 00:04:11,085 --> 00:04:12,985 But what they found is huge. 82 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:16,321 It's huge, it's uh, it don't get no bigger than that. 83 00:04:16,357 --> 00:04:19,358 With two miles a cave system beneath us, 84 00:04:19,393 --> 00:04:22,861 there's got to be, got to be some kind of dry entrance. 85 00:04:22,896 --> 00:04:24,630 -Yeah. -There's another access. 86 00:04:24,665 --> 00:04:27,466 There's another access because, you know, damn good 87 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:30,435 and well, they didn't build that son of a bitch right there. 88 00:04:30,471 --> 00:04:32,104 I mean, if they built it, that they had, 89 00:04:32,139 --> 00:04:34,640 they had a huge access that we're not seeing, right? 90 00:04:34,675 --> 00:04:38,510 Yeah, we just need to get [bleep] in there and find the dry entrance. 91 00:04:38,545 --> 00:04:40,545 [imperceptible] 92 00:04:40,581 --> 00:04:41,613 -all right. -All right. 93 00:04:41,649 --> 00:04:42,748 -Set a plan. -Well, yeah. 94 00:04:49,757 --> 00:04:53,492 Even though we're not holding a box of treasure counter money yet. 95 00:04:53,527 --> 00:04:57,729 Way now know that someone put something in the cavern 30 foot down. 96 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:00,999 And we found both natural gold 97 00:05:01,035 --> 00:05:05,037 and processed gold when we found that coin. 98 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:08,407 So I'm thinking there could be a boatload gold right underneath out your feet. 99 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:09,541 So, here's the tricky part. 100 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:11,476 How do we get it from down there up here? 101 00:05:21,488 --> 00:05:24,056 [eric] I've got this really highly concentrated die. 102 00:05:24,091 --> 00:05:25,524 It's nontoxic. 103 00:05:25,559 --> 00:05:29,594 When it hits water, it turns fluorescent green color. 104 00:05:29,630 --> 00:05:34,333 These cave systems, the groundwater is flowing beneath the ground. 105 00:05:34,368 --> 00:05:39,237 The idea is we put it in that water and it'll spread out. 106 00:05:39,273 --> 00:05:40,772 First we see where it goes. 107 00:05:40,808 --> 00:05:42,074 See if it's finding a fracture. 108 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:44,409 See if there's any flow in there right now. 109 00:05:44,445 --> 00:05:49,414 Sometimes caverns, they flow really strongly, like an underground stream. 110 00:05:50,217 --> 00:05:51,750 So the whole idea behind this 111 00:05:51,785 --> 00:05:56,054 is if we could get it to follow fractures and get into that cavern system. 112 00:05:56,090 --> 00:05:59,324 We could maybe find another entrance where we might find another place to drill. 113 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:02,260 Based on how that by spreads out. 114 00:06:02,296 --> 00:06:04,096 If we see it another area. 115 00:06:04,131 --> 00:06:05,464 God, that'll help us out. 116 00:06:05,499 --> 00:06:07,466 Maybe we can go in dry instead of wet. 117 00:06:07,501 --> 00:06:10,669 -Yeah. -I'd rather walk in than swim in. 118 00:06:10,704 --> 00:06:16,174 [ryan] we have 9,600 feet of flooded caves that's a mile and three quarters. 119 00:06:16,210 --> 00:06:21,847 And if we can get above the water table to enter in certain other places, 120 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:25,183 we could have a dry walk in instead of uh, wet walk in. 121 00:06:29,556 --> 00:06:30,489 Here it comes. 122 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:34,659 She's going to bring the bucket over here. 123 00:06:34,695 --> 00:06:36,962 We're gonna jump in, so we can kind of get right in the center. 124 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:40,165 I'm ready. 125 00:06:48,942 --> 00:06:49,941 All right. 126 00:06:54,348 --> 00:06:58,517 You could find about six or eight feet above water level that's would be perfect. 127 00:06:58,552 --> 00:06:59,684 Back to work. 128 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:06,191 Wow. Look at that. 129 00:07:07,761 --> 00:07:09,428 It spread like crazy. 130 00:07:11,532 --> 00:07:14,032 I see us streaming over that way. 131 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:19,271 Looks like it's all moving towards the deeper water. 132 00:07:21,575 --> 00:07:24,409 Ok, duane, you can stir it up. 133 00:07:29,283 --> 00:07:30,916 [groaning] 134 00:07:31,351 --> 00:07:32,684 yeah. 135 00:07:34,121 --> 00:07:35,554 -Yeah. -Wow. 136 00:07:37,024 --> 00:07:38,557 The pull, man. 137 00:07:50,504 --> 00:07:55,140 Next step is, we go looking around, scanning the area. 138 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:57,142 If we can find seeps in different areas, 139 00:07:57,177 --> 00:08:00,312 we can map that, we could develop delineation, 140 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:03,715 we may be able to look further to the north to find a dry opening 141 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:05,116 to this cave system. 142 00:08:12,693 --> 00:08:14,426 Ah! 143 00:08:14,461 --> 00:08:16,962 -That'll mix it up. -Oh, that will. 144 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:19,965 [chad] duane that looks great, I think we're mixed up enough. 145 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:20,899 Thank you, sir. 146 00:08:25,272 --> 00:08:26,471 [eric] this dye we're using, 147 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:29,541 it's biodegradable, it's organic. 148 00:08:29,576 --> 00:08:32,911 Thing is it only gives you about two days before it dissipates. 149 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:38,416 So it's imperative that we introduce it and then explore a soon as possible. 150 00:08:58,238 --> 00:09:00,071 [eric] trying to get right down in the bottom here. 151 00:09:02,209 --> 00:09:05,010 The creek bed here, so this would be the obvious spot. 152 00:09:05,045 --> 00:09:06,678 We'd find the dye, but... 153 00:09:07,848 --> 00:09:10,448 Should we fly the drone? 154 00:09:10,484 --> 00:09:12,884 -Yeah, probably a good idea. -[ryan] why don't we do that? 155 00:09:12,953 --> 00:09:14,352 Yeah, let's fire it up. 156 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:17,022 [chad] it's pretty simple, really. 157 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:20,325 We have a cavern that showing signs of natural gold, 158 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:25,030 but also the spanish coin and whatever the hell that boxes. 159 00:09:25,065 --> 00:09:28,099 But we don't have a safe way in to see what's hiding in there. 160 00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:29,601 So we dump dye in the water. 161 00:09:29,636 --> 00:09:32,270 And that will spread anywhere where the water flows. 162 00:09:32,306 --> 00:09:34,372 If we find the dye seeping out from somewhere, 163 00:09:34,408 --> 00:09:37,275 hopefully we can go above that punch into the cavern 164 00:09:37,311 --> 00:09:39,044 and hopefully find a dry entrance. 165 00:09:40,147 --> 00:09:41,880 [beeping] 166 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:50,188 -okay, there is... -There's the dig site? Yeah. 167 00:09:50,557 --> 00:09:52,357 Yeah. 168 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:54,626 Ok, now we're going down the creek. 169 00:09:54,661 --> 00:09:56,294 -Okay. Okay. -Yeah, I'm pretty good view. 170 00:09:56,330 --> 00:09:57,629 [eric] got it. 171 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:59,864 There's a series of beaver ponds down there. 172 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:01,933 -Yeah, there is. -Trying to get it there. 173 00:10:01,969 --> 00:10:04,603 Yeah, there's the water, getting tight there. 174 00:10:04,638 --> 00:10:05,670 Yep. 175 00:10:05,706 --> 00:10:07,839 I'll just go right over it, and zoom down. 176 00:10:09,576 --> 00:10:12,310 We're just looking for a little seepage coming out the back. 177 00:10:12,346 --> 00:10:13,945 That's all it takes. 178 00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:16,681 -See any dye or anything? -I don't see it. 179 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,383 I don't see anything. 180 00:10:18,418 --> 00:10:21,453 Yeah, I think we would see it in the edge there 181 00:10:21,488 --> 00:10:23,154 if it diluted out. 182 00:10:24,758 --> 00:10:28,226 [eric] another thing we could do is walk when it gets dark. 183 00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,295 Just walk down there with uv light 184 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:32,597 and we'll just shine it right on the edge of the bank. 185 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:41,039 [chad] nice. 186 00:10:42,342 --> 00:10:44,442 We've got this pond full of groundwater. 187 00:10:44,478 --> 00:10:47,779 So if we can interpret what's going on with this water, 188 00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:51,616 the water will tell us where another entrance to this cave system is. 189 00:10:51,652 --> 00:10:53,885 If we find the entrance to the cave system, 190 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,388 we see what's in the cave system. 191 00:10:56,423 --> 00:10:57,822 And hopefully, it's a bunch of gold. 192 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:02,460 [chad] I mean, after hearing about this buried treasure for years 193 00:11:02,496 --> 00:11:04,462 and now we see a box down there, 194 00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:05,597 it's all I can think about it. 195 00:11:05,632 --> 00:11:06,798 We have to get back in there. 196 00:11:20,681 --> 00:11:22,113 [duane] we dyed the pond green 197 00:11:22,149 --> 00:11:26,051 so we could see if we could follow the water to find another entrance. 198 00:11:26,086 --> 00:11:28,053 So far, we haven't seen anything. 199 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:30,321 So we're gonna go out, look in the dark 200 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:33,124 because it will be easier to see the dye glowing. 201 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,027 But first, we're going to spread the dye around a little more. 202 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,296 Plunging this water 203 00:11:38,331 --> 00:11:41,132 is going to get that dye spread out throughout the cavities. 204 00:11:44,471 --> 00:11:46,838 Hopefully, it will stretch out all the way to 205 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:50,141 the ninety six hundred feet of scans that we have. 206 00:11:51,878 --> 00:11:55,013 These satellites can show us the disruption 207 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:56,614 of the density of the earth, 208 00:11:56,650 --> 00:11:58,216 so we know there's caverns. 209 00:11:58,251 --> 00:12:00,885 But the scans are not a treasure map. 210 00:12:00,921 --> 00:12:03,722 It's not an x marks the spot type of deal. 211 00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:05,890 The scans do not show entry points. 212 00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:08,293 That technology just doesn't exist, 213 00:12:08,328 --> 00:12:10,462 so it's up to us to figure the rest out. 214 00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:14,365 We worked the hell out of it. 215 00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:15,767 If that dye is not in there now... 216 00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:19,304 I mean, it's the end. 217 00:12:22,609 --> 00:12:25,276 Before we go out and look for where this dye might show up. 218 00:12:25,312 --> 00:12:27,946 I just want to give you an idea of what it might look like. 219 00:12:27,981 --> 00:12:31,449 This is what it will look like in the water, 220 00:12:31,485 --> 00:12:33,384 but we should also be looking on the banks. 221 00:12:35,122 --> 00:12:37,021 It'll look like that. See that? 222 00:12:37,057 --> 00:12:39,591 -It really stands out. -Sure does. 223 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:41,159 [chad] wow. 224 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:44,028 So even if that water has come up and then receded, 225 00:12:44,064 --> 00:12:46,898 we should still be able to see it right along the banks. 226 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:49,200 [chad] nice. 227 00:12:51,972 --> 00:12:54,172 I think this gives us the best chance to figure out 228 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:55,340 -where this water is going. -Yup. 229 00:12:55,375 --> 00:12:56,775 We figure out where the water is going, 230 00:12:56,810 --> 00:12:59,177 we can figure out where that cavern might be. 231 00:12:59,212 --> 00:13:01,746 -Definitely. -You figure out where the cavern might be. 232 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:02,981 Maybe we find the gold. 233 00:13:03,016 --> 00:13:03,882 There you go. 234 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,018 -Yeah, let's go down there. -Let's go for it. 235 00:13:07,053 --> 00:13:07,886 [chad] cool. 236 00:13:18,064 --> 00:13:19,297 We can't forget about 237 00:13:19,332 --> 00:13:21,432 what happened the other night with that mutilated deer. 238 00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:24,469 Hey, it's right over your... Look at this. 239 00:13:24,504 --> 00:13:26,304 What the [bleep]. 240 00:13:26,339 --> 00:13:29,174 It's [bleep] head has been chewed off. 241 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:36,014 -Right. -We gotta really be careful now. 242 00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:38,216 Watch every move we make. 243 00:13:40,554 --> 00:13:41,886 [eric] loose in here. 244 00:13:44,558 --> 00:13:45,957 [owl hooting] 245 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:50,028 all right, let's dim our lights. 246 00:13:50,063 --> 00:13:52,664 We'll put this uv on and we'll just start looking. 247 00:13:56,837 --> 00:13:58,970 Earlier today we came out 248 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,905 and we took a preliminary look for it. 249 00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:04,008 The idea is, earlier it wasn't dark enough. 250 00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:05,343 Things look different at night. 251 00:14:06,580 --> 00:14:07,879 We're coming out at night. 252 00:14:07,914 --> 00:14:09,447 We're in this creek bed 253 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:12,350 that's directly below the dig site. 254 00:14:12,385 --> 00:14:14,953 And we hope to find this bright green dye. 255 00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:16,888 I'm not seeing any green. 256 00:14:18,091 --> 00:14:20,758 [duane] bouncing by a mountain lion scab right back there, 257 00:14:20,794 --> 00:14:22,727 that looks fresh. Within 24 hours. 258 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:26,331 [eric] we should probably make ourselves a known here 259 00:14:26,366 --> 00:14:28,900 to any predators that are in the area. 260 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:34,906 [metal clanking] 261 00:14:34,941 --> 00:14:36,841 [duane] coming through. Coming through. 262 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,579 [owl hooting] 263 00:14:41,615 --> 00:14:43,882 [eric] this green dye should just pop when we see it. 264 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,253 I don't know where the hell we are, to be honest. 265 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:52,390 [duane whistling] 266 00:14:52,425 --> 00:14:53,725 [clapping] 267 00:14:56,796 --> 00:14:58,363 [eric] you sure we came through here, charlie? 268 00:14:59,099 --> 00:15:00,265 [crickets chirping] 269 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:05,403 [eric] wait a minute, are those tracks? 270 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:06,571 [chad] that's not human. 271 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:08,106 [duane] that's fresh. That was just made. 272 00:15:08,141 --> 00:15:09,707 [charlie] it's glowing white. 273 00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:12,410 [eric] it's almost like the animal secreted something. 274 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:15,880 [duane] yeah. [eric] I don't recognize the track at all. 275 00:15:15,916 --> 00:15:17,248 It's really strange. 276 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:19,484 [charlie] you kind of see the heal 277 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:21,552 and all the way up to the to the toes. 278 00:15:21,588 --> 00:15:23,287 [eric] yeah. [duane] is bigger than any cat 279 00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:24,422 or bear that I've seen. 280 00:15:25,158 --> 00:15:26,457 -[growls] -[duane] oh! 281 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:27,659 Do you hear that? 282 00:15:27,694 --> 00:15:29,227 -[growling] -[duane] do you hear a sound? 283 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:30,295 [all clamoring] 284 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:31,562 [eric] let's go. Let's go. 285 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:32,530 Ow! 286 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:34,365 [duane] hell outta here. 287 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:35,300 [chad] this way. 288 00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:36,567 -Everyone out. -[duane] get outta here. 289 00:15:37,337 --> 00:15:39,237 [indistinct chatter] 290 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:40,538 -[chad] let's get out of here. -[bleep] 291 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:42,140 [eric] let's go. We're headed out. 292 00:15:42,175 --> 00:15:43,608 [man] ah! [grunts] 293 00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:47,912 [chad speaking] 294 00:15:47,948 --> 00:15:49,180 -[eric] right up here. -[man grunts] 295 00:15:50,784 --> 00:15:52,150 [eric] there's a road here. 296 00:15:54,421 --> 00:15:55,720 [all panting] 297 00:15:55,755 --> 00:15:57,855 [chad] what the [bleep] was that? [man] I don't know. 298 00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:01,125 [eric] let's keep the lights, uh, surrounding us here. 299 00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:03,795 [breathing heavily] and just do a 360. 300 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:06,864 [man] man... [eric] that stay on the road. 301 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:08,099 [duane] what the hell would do that? 302 00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:09,267 [eric] it's an animal. 303 00:16:09,302 --> 00:16:10,969 [chad] yeah. [eric] that freaked me out though. 304 00:16:11,004 --> 00:16:14,205 [panting] that, uh, that print and that weird noise. 305 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,007 -[chad] what could that have been? -[eric exhales] 306 00:16:16,042 --> 00:16:18,109 -you got made, chad. -[exhales] 307 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:20,244 -[eric exhales] -[duane] damn, it's moving out, right there. 308 00:16:27,420 --> 00:16:29,153 [zoey] my mom says that you can't go out 309 00:16:29,189 --> 00:16:31,889 between, like, 11 to 1 am. 310 00:16:31,925 --> 00:16:34,192 Because the skin walker, it'll go out 311 00:16:34,227 --> 00:16:35,793 and it will snatch you right up. 312 00:16:35,829 --> 00:16:37,829 [interviewer] have you heard of that actually happening? 313 00:16:37,864 --> 00:16:39,230 -Like, people disappearing? -[zoey] yeah. 314 00:16:39,265 --> 00:16:40,832 One of my friends, 315 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,633 her sister got snatched up by it 316 00:16:42,669 --> 00:16:43,835 when she was really little. 317 00:16:45,038 --> 00:16:46,838 And does she live? Or did she just disappear? 318 00:16:48,208 --> 00:16:50,341 For all we know, she's dead. 319 00:16:50,377 --> 00:16:52,310 They haven't been able to find her 320 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:53,945 or her body or anything. 321 00:16:53,980 --> 00:16:55,880 They found, like, scraps of her dress 322 00:16:55,915 --> 00:16:56,948 that she was wearing. 323 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,983 But other than that, nothing. 324 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:05,690 You know, right now, given the fact of the noise 325 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:07,892 that we heard down there, I'd like to keep 326 00:17:07,927 --> 00:17:10,361 everybody out of that area, 'cause it's so dark. 327 00:17:10,397 --> 00:17:11,863 And it's so dense down there, 328 00:17:11,898 --> 00:17:13,398 you could just walk right up to it 329 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:14,599 and not even know it until you're in, 330 00:17:14,634 --> 00:17:15,967 you know, face to face with it. 331 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:18,102 [eric] let's work this bank here 332 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:19,570 and see if we can, with the uv 333 00:17:19,606 --> 00:17:21,005 and see if we can find a seep. 334 00:17:21,041 --> 00:17:23,041 [chad] yeah, okay. [eric] and let's get the hell out of here. 335 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:24,275 Yeah. 336 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:25,910 [duane] 'cause, whatever it is, it's still down there. 337 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:28,880 Yeah, let's keep an eye out on the dark side here. 338 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:30,381 [duane] and I'll walk over here. [eric] yeah. 339 00:17:31,718 --> 00:17:33,217 [duane] we can keep searching up here 340 00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:35,053 because we've got visual down in there 341 00:17:35,088 --> 00:17:36,287 and we could see up the mountain. 342 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:38,289 So, I think I think we're okay here. 343 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:39,357 But you still got to be 344 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,926 watching your six at all times. 345 00:17:41,961 --> 00:17:44,062 [charlie] no cow is gonna make that noise. [eric] no. 346 00:17:44,097 --> 00:17:46,464 [chad] and I didn't hear any, you know, leaves cracking 347 00:17:46,499 --> 00:17:48,399 or footsteps or anything like that. 348 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:50,268 [eric] no, whatever it was, 349 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:51,836 it was just standing there watching us. 350 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:52,770 [chad] I think so. 351 00:17:52,806 --> 00:17:54,138 I have had that feeling. 352 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:56,741 -[metal clanking] -[chad] oh, okay. 353 00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:59,110 [eric] here's that little creek we crossed. 354 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:00,211 Yeah, I think if we cross here. 355 00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:03,347 We can go back to the bank after this. 356 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:05,316 [chad] okay. [duane] this is wet. 357 00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:13,758 [eric] look at that. 358 00:18:13,793 --> 00:18:14,692 [chad] oh, wow. 359 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:16,527 [eric] that's, um, lichen, I think. 360 00:18:17,163 --> 00:18:18,129 Or moss. 361 00:18:18,164 --> 00:18:19,797 So far we haven't found it. 362 00:18:19,833 --> 00:18:21,933 We found lots of other interesting things. 363 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,836 We found red fluorescence orange fluorescence, 364 00:18:24,871 --> 00:18:27,271 but this green dye should just pop when we see it. 365 00:18:33,046 --> 00:18:35,746 So, we're getting up in elevation a little bit, 366 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:39,450 but we're still lower in elevation than the main dig site. 367 00:18:43,156 --> 00:18:44,689 Look, look at the cedar trees. 368 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:46,958 [charlie] oh, wow. 369 00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:48,459 [eric] I think we should head over there. 370 00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:52,797 [charlie] yeah, they take a lot of water, those cedars. 371 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:55,399 [eric] yeah, just a little cluster of 'em right in here. 372 00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:56,567 [chad] right, it's kind of random. 373 00:18:56,603 --> 00:18:58,102 [eric] yeah, it is. It is. 374 00:18:58,138 --> 00:19:00,438 [chad] all these dead trees around-- 375 00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:01,906 [eric] dead trees and nice healthy, 376 00:19:01,941 --> 00:19:03,441 -healthy cedar's right here. -[chad] right? 377 00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:12,283 Yup. 378 00:19:13,086 --> 00:19:14,852 [eric] oh, whoa, what's this? 379 00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:25,863 [panting] 380 00:19:25,899 --> 00:19:27,498 [eric] let's look right up in here. 381 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,303 [chad] all these dead trees around-- 382 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:33,971 [eric] yup, dead trees and nice healthy, 383 00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:35,506 -healthy cedar's right here. -[chad] right? 384 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:38,643 [eric] oh, whoa, what's this? 385 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:40,178 -Look, look. -[chad whistles] 386 00:19:40,213 --> 00:19:42,280 -[laughs] you can see it there. -[eric] that's it! That's it! 387 00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:44,182 [duane] yeah, brother. [chad] where's it coming from? 388 00:19:44,217 --> 00:19:46,350 [eric] that's it. Follow it up. [chad] where's it coming from? 389 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:47,351 [eric] keep shinning it. 390 00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:49,086 Look at that. Look at that trickle. 391 00:19:49,722 --> 00:19:50,688 [chad] you can see it. 392 00:19:50,723 --> 00:19:53,291 [eric] I think it's a little spring basically. 393 00:19:53,326 --> 00:19:54,325 [metal clanking] 394 00:19:56,062 --> 00:19:57,228 see where it's coming out. 395 00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:58,329 Yeah, it's coming out right here. 396 00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,664 -Right under this rock. -You see it? 397 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:01,465 -That's a natural spring. -[chad] yeah. 398 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:03,434 [eric] and it's the water from the dig. 399 00:20:03,469 --> 00:20:04,702 It starts right here. 400 00:20:04,737 --> 00:20:06,971 -And how far does it go down? -Goes down about 5 ft. 401 00:20:06,973 --> 00:20:08,206 So, she's barely seeping out. 402 00:20:08,241 --> 00:20:11,042 It probably just started not too long ago, maybe. 403 00:20:11,077 --> 00:20:12,643 [duane] it might be all that surging? 404 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:14,212 Yeah, well, all that surging opened it up. 405 00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:16,948 Is it right under the rocks there? Check? 406 00:20:16,983 --> 00:20:20,218 -Uh, yeah, yeah, sure. -So, we search just right under these rocks right her. 407 00:20:20,253 --> 00:20:21,719 [chad] that's it. 408 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,689 You put the light on it, and it just glowed. 409 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:26,224 Just like that same green. 410 00:20:26,259 --> 00:20:28,893 It has to be connected to the water over there. 411 00:20:28,928 --> 00:20:30,728 So, I'm going to take, uh, elevation here. 412 00:20:30,763 --> 00:20:32,163 -I'll take a gps. -[chad] yes. 413 00:20:32,198 --> 00:20:33,664 We'll go back. Put it on the map. 414 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,266 This would be one of the dig sites. 415 00:20:35,301 --> 00:20:37,702 Yeah, we'll draw a line between here and the dig. 416 00:20:37,737 --> 00:20:39,604 -[chad chuckles] -we'll drill it. Absolutely. 417 00:20:39,639 --> 00:20:41,872 -Yeah. -We've got a valid target here. 418 00:20:41,908 --> 00:20:43,374 -Yeah. -Awesome. 419 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:46,210 -Wait till your dad hears about this. -I know. 420 00:20:46,246 --> 00:20:48,379 [duane] this is exactly what we wanted to see. 421 00:20:48,414 --> 00:20:49,847 -This is awesome. -[duane] good job. 422 00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:51,015 [chad] thank you. 423 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:54,151 So, we found a way into the cave over by the pond. 424 00:20:54,187 --> 00:20:56,153 But, whoever put the box in there 425 00:20:56,189 --> 00:20:57,722 didn't go in that way. 426 00:20:57,757 --> 00:20:59,023 It's a death trap. 427 00:20:59,058 --> 00:21:01,225 But finding the die here means 428 00:21:01,261 --> 00:21:03,027 that there has to be a connection between 429 00:21:03,062 --> 00:21:04,428 these underground caves. 430 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:05,630 Because we're, you know, 431 00:21:05,665 --> 00:21:07,898 a quarter mile away, or something like that. 432 00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:10,001 So, if this is another entry point, 433 00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:11,435 that's... That's perfect. 434 00:21:11,471 --> 00:21:14,538 I mean, a dry entry point would be ideal. 435 00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:17,408 -Hell, yeah. -I can't wait the drill this. 436 00:21:30,757 --> 00:21:32,390 [eric] you see those cedar trees over there? 437 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:33,791 That's where we found the dye. 438 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:36,260 Yeah, let's go take a look. 439 00:21:37,163 --> 00:21:39,196 So, we're north and a little bit west 440 00:21:39,232 --> 00:21:40,731 of where your main dig site is. 441 00:21:42,702 --> 00:21:44,335 There was a burn that went through here. 442 00:21:44,370 --> 00:21:46,237 You having it, right? 443 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:47,672 [chad] yeah. 444 00:21:47,707 --> 00:21:49,940 [duane] it takes a lot of water for them little fellas to stay alive. 445 00:21:49,976 --> 00:21:50,875 [eric] yeah. 446 00:21:50,910 --> 00:21:53,511 Maybe a little more healthy than most. 447 00:21:53,546 --> 00:21:54,845 [eric] yeah, the ones that survived. 448 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:57,615 I'm thinking they may be tapped into that water source, 449 00:21:57,650 --> 00:22:00,284 and that's what enabled 'em to survive the fire. 450 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:01,552 So, I'm thinking, 451 00:22:01,621 --> 00:22:04,855 if possibly you get in a rig and put trail right up in here 452 00:22:04,891 --> 00:22:05,790 or something like that. 453 00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:08,592 Cut a little road up here, 454 00:22:08,628 --> 00:22:10,328 make a little platform for 'em. 455 00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:11,662 [duane] exactly. 456 00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:15,266 [duane] this information is very good. 457 00:22:15,301 --> 00:22:16,967 So, I'm gonna make a couple calls 458 00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:20,338 and try to get a rathole rig in for tomorrow. 459 00:22:20,373 --> 00:22:21,572 Rathole rigs are not very cheap, 460 00:22:21,607 --> 00:22:22,807 but I'm very interesting 461 00:22:22,842 --> 00:22:26,911 in getting into this area where eric thinks 462 00:22:26,946 --> 00:22:31,015 that there might be an entry point to these caverns 463 00:22:31,050 --> 00:22:32,717 I'm very interested. 464 00:22:42,729 --> 00:22:44,261 [chad] have you ever seen the guy at the beach 465 00:22:44,297 --> 00:22:48,099 with a metal detector with, like, sandals and socks on? 466 00:22:48,134 --> 00:22:50,601 That's charlie right there. 467 00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:53,471 So any chance charlie gets, he's out there 468 00:22:53,506 --> 00:22:55,773 with his metal detector looking for something. 469 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:57,742 So, he was up the butt crack of dawn 470 00:22:57,777 --> 00:23:00,611 and found an old metal bracelet. 471 00:23:00,646 --> 00:23:02,913 So, since we can't get the rathole rig 472 00:23:02,949 --> 00:23:04,515 up here for another day, 473 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:05,850 we're gonna go back up there 474 00:23:05,885 --> 00:23:07,585 and just see if we find something else. 475 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:10,421 'cause every single thing we find here 476 00:23:10,456 --> 00:23:12,656 is just another piece of the puzzle 477 00:23:12,692 --> 00:23:16,527 right around here is where I found the, um, bracelet. 478 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:18,729 [chad] yeah, yeah. [charlie] and, uh, there's a like a cave 479 00:23:18,765 --> 00:23:20,698 -that goes in, that's filled in. -[beeping] 480 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,700 and it was right around that is where I found it. 481 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,702 So, I want to go check that some more. 482 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:25,903 [beeping continues] 483 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:30,374 [beeping] 484 00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:34,879 [chad] my metal detector is going crazy already? 485 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:35,880 [charlie] yeah. 486 00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,248 [beeping intensifies] 487 00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:40,885 [charlie] that's a very strong single. 488 00:23:44,457 --> 00:23:45,389 Snail. 489 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:52,596 [chad] someone's been, you know, that. 490 00:23:52,632 --> 00:23:54,064 [beeping continues] 491 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,633 [charlie] I'm getting a good hit right here. 492 00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:56,967 [beeping intensifies] 493 00:23:57,003 --> 00:23:59,069 it's going like crazy, right by [bleep] surface. 494 00:23:59,105 --> 00:24:00,671 [charlie] about four inches. 495 00:24:00,706 --> 00:24:03,874 -[chad] four inches? -I mean, all I do is scratch the surface and it's there. 496 00:24:03,910 --> 00:24:05,242 [beeping] 497 00:24:11,184 --> 00:24:12,216 -[charlie] hey! -Yeah? 498 00:24:12,251 --> 00:24:13,350 [charlie] look at this. 499 00:24:14,754 --> 00:24:15,753 [chad] ha! 500 00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:19,690 There's a coin. 501 00:24:21,294 --> 00:24:22,193 [charlie] what's it say? 502 00:24:22,829 --> 00:24:26,130 Says to the lord holiness. 503 00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:30,434 $20, 1849. 504 00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:33,838 -[charlie] $20. -Ha! That's amazing, you know. 505 00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:36,173 [charlie] 1849. 506 00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:38,976 [beeping] 507 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:40,344 everywhere I look, it's going off. 508 00:24:42,949 --> 00:24:44,448 Something's right in here somewhere. 509 00:24:45,084 --> 00:24:47,785 Ha! Look at this. Found one. 510 00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:48,919 [charlie] really? 511 00:24:48,955 --> 00:24:51,088 1849. [laughs] 512 00:24:52,291 --> 00:24:53,924 wow! 513 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,659 The coin's from over a 170 years ago. 514 00:24:55,695 --> 00:24:57,595 Why are they here? I don't know. 515 00:24:58,264 --> 00:25:00,264 I've never seen one. 516 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:01,932 [chad] these coins are totally different 517 00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:04,168 than the spanish coin that we already found. 518 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:05,970 So, it just gets more and more strange. 519 00:25:20,253 --> 00:25:21,385 Hell, yeah. 520 00:25:24,857 --> 00:25:27,525 So, we just made the landing for the rathole rig. 521 00:25:29,061 --> 00:25:31,128 That thing has to set so flat, it's unreal. 522 00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:34,031 So, we had make 'em a little platform there. 523 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:37,201 [beeps] 524 00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:38,602 [charlie over walkie-talkie] hey, duane. 525 00:25:38,638 --> 00:25:40,104 [duane] yeah, go ahead, charlie. 526 00:25:40,139 --> 00:25:42,172 Whenever you can break free from that, 527 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:44,508 you're gonna wanna come over to the, uh, cabin, 528 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:47,511 and see what else we found. 529 00:25:47,547 --> 00:25:49,413 Copy that, charlie. Be over there in a minute. 530 00:25:53,586 --> 00:25:54,552 [grunts] 531 00:25:56,088 --> 00:25:57,521 [charlie] you ain't gon' believe this? 532 00:25:57,557 --> 00:25:58,489 [duane] what? 533 00:25:59,926 --> 00:26:01,158 [charlie] look at that? 534 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:03,093 What the [bleep] 535 00:26:03,129 --> 00:26:04,728 [exhales and laughs] 536 00:26:04,764 --> 00:26:07,031 -it's kind of crazy how that holes in there. -[charlie] yeah. 537 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:08,265 [duane] 1849. 538 00:26:08,334 --> 00:26:10,367 This might be a heck of a deal here. 539 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:13,337 Holy cow. 540 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:16,240 Look at this. Pure gold. It says on here, " pure gold." 541 00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:18,375 -[chad] yeah. -1849. 542 00:26:19,412 --> 00:26:20,277 Wow. 543 00:26:21,147 --> 00:26:22,947 We found stuff on the property before. 544 00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:25,583 But we've never found coins like this. 545 00:26:25,618 --> 00:26:27,518 Still had to figure out what the deal is. 546 00:26:27,553 --> 00:26:29,887 I'm sure they have a value to 'em. 547 00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:32,690 Uh, what it might be, I don't know. 548 00:26:32,725 --> 00:26:34,725 But I'm sure somebody wants to know about 'em. 549 00:26:35,561 --> 00:26:36,694 Here's the deal. 550 00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:38,729 We need to find an expert that knows 551 00:26:38,764 --> 00:26:40,064 about these things-- 552 00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,366 yeah, I'll start off some research on that. 553 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:44,335 I think this is very interesting. 554 00:26:44,370 --> 00:26:46,437 I just don't know why in the world 555 00:26:46,472 --> 00:26:48,572 they would be on this ranch. 556 00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:50,274 We'll come up with some answers. 557 00:27:02,521 --> 00:27:03,954 [duane] holy cow. 558 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:06,991 -Look at this. Pure goal. It says on here, "pure gold." -[chad] yeah. 559 00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:08,993 [duane] here's the deal. 560 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:11,895 We need to find an expert knows about these things-- 561 00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,131 yeah, we'll come up with some answers. 562 00:27:15,568 --> 00:27:17,568 I was a sheriff's deputy for 20 years, 563 00:27:17,603 --> 00:27:20,904 so, getting to the bottom of things is what I do. 564 00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,742 So, now, we have a spanish coin, 565 00:27:24,777 --> 00:27:27,711 a box of something in the cavern, 566 00:27:27,747 --> 00:27:30,547 a nd we've got these old coins from 1849. 567 00:27:30,583 --> 00:27:32,316 It's just a bunch of puzzled pieces 568 00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:34,952 that at this particular time aren't fitting together. 569 00:27:36,022 --> 00:27:38,756 I've got some coins we found out on our ranch. 570 00:27:38,791 --> 00:27:40,457 -[bob] all right. -I wanted to see maybe if you could 571 00:27:40,493 --> 00:27:42,126 kind of tell me a little bit about 'em. 572 00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:43,661 [bob] okay. 573 00:27:43,696 --> 00:27:49,466 The coins that I found here, they're all either it's like pure gold or pg. 574 00:27:49,502 --> 00:27:51,402 So did you actually dig these out of the ground? 575 00:27:51,437 --> 00:27:54,605 I was doing a little metal detecting in a particular area... 576 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,539 Mm-hm. 577 00:27:55,574 --> 00:27:57,641 ...And that's where I came up with 'em. 578 00:27:57,677 --> 00:27:59,543 Let's take them all out. 579 00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:01,178 Let's get a good look at everything. 580 00:28:02,682 --> 00:28:05,015 [bob] wow, these are all mormon gold pieces. 581 00:28:05,651 --> 00:28:07,317 Wow. Okay. 582 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,153 [bob] and they're all very valuable. 583 00:28:09,188 --> 00:28:10,688 If any of these are real... 584 00:28:10,723 --> 00:28:13,691 They'll be well over a million dollars here, 585 00:28:13,726 --> 00:28:16,827 you know, probably $1.4 million, $1.3 million. 586 00:28:17,263 --> 00:28:18,328 Wow. [chuckles] 587 00:28:19,498 --> 00:28:21,799 we normally do an analysis to make sure 588 00:28:21,834 --> 00:28:24,168 that the composition of the medals is correct. 589 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:25,669 -Okay. -Uh... 590 00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:28,939 With these, they would have been made with 90% gold. 591 00:28:28,974 --> 00:28:32,309 So let's go ahead and do that first and see what we've got. 592 00:28:32,344 --> 00:28:34,211 [charlie] I'm not a mathematician 593 00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:37,114 but at $1.4 million per coin 594 00:28:37,149 --> 00:28:40,684 with nine coins, that's a [bleep] load of money. 595 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:45,389 So that one there, um, it's actually a copper coin 596 00:28:45,424 --> 00:28:47,391 that's got a nickel coating on it. 597 00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:51,228 And then it's got a small amount of gold on the outside. 598 00:28:51,263 --> 00:28:53,297 [bob] somebody must have thought these were real 599 00:28:53,332 --> 00:28:54,965 because they have holes in them. 600 00:28:55,034 --> 00:28:58,335 Somebody's had a welder and actually melted the rod 601 00:28:58,370 --> 00:29:00,571 right through that plating to see what's in the core. 602 00:29:02,308 --> 00:29:04,541 I bet you thought these were from the lost rhoades mine. 603 00:29:06,145 --> 00:29:07,845 [charlie] I'm not a coin collector. 604 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:11,115 So everything I learnt is pretty much new. 605 00:29:11,150 --> 00:29:13,751 Your ranch is part of the most famous treasure hunt 606 00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:15,052 that's never been solved. 607 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:17,755 -Wow. -All of those gold pieces were actually 608 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:20,524 made from gold that, supposedly is in this area. 609 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:24,795 The story goes is that in about 1858 610 00:29:25,898 --> 00:29:28,065 a mormon leader by the name of brigham young, 611 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:30,734 sent thomas rhoades, to befriend the indians 612 00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:33,504 here in the southern slopes of the uintas. 613 00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:35,239 And about two and a half weeks later, 614 00:29:35,274 --> 00:29:38,208 the story goes that as he trotted along, 615 00:29:38,244 --> 00:29:40,878 gold nuggets were falling out of the saddle bags. 616 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:45,215 So, and this gold of thomas rhoades, 617 00:29:45,251 --> 00:29:47,217 it came from spanish conquistadors 618 00:29:47,253 --> 00:29:49,253 from now day mexico city. 619 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:52,122 They were set to enslave the indians. 620 00:29:52,158 --> 00:29:53,991 Eventually the indians rebelled. 621 00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:58,562 Killed their spanish captors and they took the goal and hidden it, 622 00:29:58,597 --> 00:30:01,565 and people have been looking for it ever since. 623 00:30:01,634 --> 00:30:03,901 And that's where the lost rhoades mine is. 624 00:30:03,936 --> 00:30:06,436 Someplace up in these mountains, 625 00:30:06,472 --> 00:30:08,205 and your ranch is in that area. 626 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,007 [charlie] you know, even though we didn't find 627 00:30:10,042 --> 00:30:12,843 millions of dollars' worth of mormon gold coins, 628 00:30:12,878 --> 00:30:16,747 they did give us an angle to pursue on this. 629 00:30:16,782 --> 00:30:19,449 This very well could leads us to something much bigger. 630 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:25,422 [duane] what's going on, charlieboy? 631 00:30:25,457 --> 00:30:27,090 Uh, just, you know, ran back in town. 632 00:30:27,126 --> 00:30:28,358 I went to see that coin dealer. 633 00:30:28,394 --> 00:30:30,127 He said they're counterfeit. So... 634 00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:32,029 So he tell you anything else? 635 00:30:32,064 --> 00:30:34,765 He told me about how they fled to utah 636 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:39,570 and brought all of their gold with him and got with the ute tribe. 637 00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:44,074 And then they put all of their gold in these caverns. 638 00:30:44,109 --> 00:30:45,242 What else do you have to say? 639 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:47,377 I mean, we kind of knew what we had there, 640 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:49,847 but one of the guys with the mormon church 641 00:30:49,882 --> 00:30:53,917 would come out and kind of befriended the utes. 642 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:56,553 And, ah, the indians saw that the mormons 643 00:30:56,589 --> 00:30:58,422 were very poor at that time, 644 00:30:58,457 --> 00:31:01,592 and the utes didn't use the gold. 645 00:31:01,627 --> 00:31:03,093 Didn't mean anything to 'em. 646 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:08,131 And this rhoades guy came out and they showed him where the gold was, 647 00:31:08,167 --> 00:31:09,766 and they let him take gold. 648 00:31:09,802 --> 00:31:13,437 Pounds of gold back into their settlement. 649 00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:15,873 Wow. Wow. 650 00:31:15,908 --> 00:31:20,577 So the estate gold and the mormon gold apparently are the same thing. 651 00:31:20,613 --> 00:31:22,946 -Starting to tie some stuff together then. -[charlie] yeah. 652 00:31:22,982 --> 00:31:27,084 But he did say that your ranch is right there in the middle of all that. 653 00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:30,821 -[duane] so that's, that's pretty big stuff right there. -Yeah, it is. 654 00:31:30,856 --> 00:31:34,658 Supposedly that rhoades guy was... 655 00:31:34,693 --> 00:31:39,129 Ended up taking about 60 pounds of gold back into their settlement. 656 00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:40,831 Sixty pounds. That's a lot of gold. 657 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:42,566 -That's a lot. -Yeah. 658 00:31:42,601 --> 00:31:44,735 What if that's what's in that box that we found? 659 00:31:44,770 --> 00:31:47,471 -Gold left there. -No telling what's left? 660 00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,506 Yeah, it could be hundreds of pounds in there. 661 00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:52,809 You know, they didn't come up with only 60 pounds of gold all the way from mexico. 662 00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:55,345 Well, if you barricade it with ten inch logs... 663 00:31:55,381 --> 00:31:56,980 -Yeah. -I mean, it must be something big. 664 00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:59,116 -In a cave. -In a cave. Yeah. 665 00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:01,318 And then they flood the case. 666 00:32:01,353 --> 00:32:03,921 Yeah, this just keeps adding up. 667 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:06,990 This just keeps adding up. 668 00:32:07,026 --> 00:32:10,093 -[charlie] yeah -it's getting... It's getting good. 669 00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:11,695 We just got to find the right way in. 670 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:18,535 [duane] we know that there's close to two miles of flooded caves underneath us, 671 00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:20,437 and we know that there's gold in 'em. 672 00:32:21,740 --> 00:32:23,240 We pulled a coin out of the pond 673 00:32:23,275 --> 00:32:26,076 and we also know there's a box down there. 674 00:32:26,111 --> 00:32:28,545 But since we can't get the treasure out that way, 675 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:30,213 we've got to find another way in. 676 00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:33,383 Thanks to eric and the trick with green dye, 677 00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:36,286 it looks like we might be sitting on another entry point. 678 00:32:37,790 --> 00:32:38,722 Come on, baby. 679 00:32:39,191 --> 00:32:40,857 Oh, yeah. 680 00:32:40,893 --> 00:32:44,094 [eric] we're drilling in hopes of locating a cavern entrance. 681 00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,729 [duane] eric, this is your pick. 682 00:32:46,398 --> 00:32:48,031 This is the spot right here. 683 00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:49,866 This target is really promising. 684 00:32:49,902 --> 00:32:51,668 You've got the fluorescent dye coming out 685 00:32:51,704 --> 00:32:55,539 right from the dye that we injected into the main dig water. 686 00:32:55,574 --> 00:32:58,875 And here we are, maybe a quarter mile downstream from it. 687 00:32:58,911 --> 00:33:01,311 And we found it coming out where these cedar trees are, 688 00:33:01,347 --> 00:33:03,246 which are known to tap into ground water. 689 00:33:03,282 --> 00:33:06,083 You can't not drill something like this. 690 00:33:06,118 --> 00:33:07,584 Charlie, what the hell are you doing? 691 00:33:07,619 --> 00:33:08,952 [charlie] supervising. 692 00:33:08,988 --> 00:33:09,853 [duane laughing] 693 00:33:10,522 --> 00:33:11,822 all right. Hit it. 694 00:33:14,026 --> 00:33:17,094 [duane] so we use these rathole rigs in the oil industry, 695 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,397 and we can get down to about 125ft to see what's down there. 696 00:33:20,432 --> 00:33:21,932 [whirring] 697 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:22,799 hey, grab a sample. 698 00:33:26,071 --> 00:33:26,903 Okay. 699 00:33:29,842 --> 00:33:31,108 [duane] so these things aren't cheap. 700 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:35,078 So, a 30ft hole is gonna cost us around $5,000. 701 00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:38,315 But we will do whatever it takes to keep moving forward 702 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:39,516 and find this gold. 703 00:33:46,258 --> 00:33:47,624 [eric] okay, keep going. 704 00:33:49,695 --> 00:33:51,595 So as the rathole rig drills, 705 00:33:51,663 --> 00:33:53,730 I'm taking samples every couple of feet, 706 00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:57,267 hoping to find the green dye that we injected in the pond 707 00:33:57,302 --> 00:34:00,937 in hopes that this is connected to the cavern system 708 00:34:00,973 --> 00:34:02,639 at the main excavation site. 709 00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:05,876 -[operator] twenty four. -[eric] okay. 710 00:34:05,911 --> 00:34:08,412 We'll go another six feet and see what's happening. 711 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:12,015 It's getting slightly more moist. 712 00:34:12,051 --> 00:34:15,052 But we're still ways off ground water, I think. 713 00:34:21,093 --> 00:34:22,826 I, uh... We're going home. 714 00:34:25,931 --> 00:34:27,431 Not seeing quite what we need. 715 00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:37,140 [eric] thirty one. 716 00:34:37,176 --> 00:34:38,875 Let's hope for something in four more feet or... 717 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:44,648 -It's drying, it's just... -[duane] yeah? [bleep] 718 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:49,686 what do you think, eric? 719 00:34:49,721 --> 00:34:52,289 Yeah, I think we could move on from this one. 720 00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:53,990 I think that's a good plan. 721 00:34:54,026 --> 00:34:56,126 [eric] I just have this feeling that this spot 722 00:34:56,161 --> 00:34:59,196 may not be the answer to where we'll find the cavern. 723 00:34:59,832 --> 00:35:00,964 We went to 35... 724 00:35:00,999 --> 00:35:04,267 If we hadn't seen a void at 35ft 725 00:35:04,303 --> 00:35:05,702 we're not going to see it here. 726 00:35:08,407 --> 00:35:10,073 I mean, I don't have all the answers 727 00:35:10,109 --> 00:35:12,008 for why we didn't see the green dye. 728 00:35:12,044 --> 00:35:14,878 Why there isn't a cavern entrance right here. 729 00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:16,546 I don't know. 730 00:35:16,582 --> 00:35:18,582 There's always that point where you have to sort of regroup, 731 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:21,218 and, uh, and we're just cutting our losses at this point. 732 00:35:22,421 --> 00:35:23,587 I don't know what's going on. 733 00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:24,754 It kind of defies logic. 734 00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:31,261 [mysterious music playing] 735 00:35:37,736 --> 00:35:39,836 [reporter] how would you characterize this area? 736 00:35:40,606 --> 00:35:42,272 [tonia] this area is a hot spot. 737 00:35:45,611 --> 00:35:47,511 And I believe that people need to respect 738 00:35:47,546 --> 00:35:48,678 what happens out here. 739 00:35:53,619 --> 00:35:55,519 [ray] I was driving down the road here 740 00:35:55,554 --> 00:36:00,023 and I seen this this huge thing move across the road. 741 00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:02,492 I don't know if it was a caterpillar 742 00:36:02,528 --> 00:36:05,262 or some kind of earth worm looking thing. 743 00:36:05,297 --> 00:36:10,267 It was probably about eight foot high and about five feet in diameter. 744 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:12,836 It dropped down and slithered off. 745 00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:17,707 I believe it was some type of being 746 00:36:17,743 --> 00:36:20,243 that was, uh, from an alternate universe. 747 00:36:20,279 --> 00:36:21,144 I believe so. 748 00:36:41,867 --> 00:36:42,766 What the hell. 749 00:36:45,404 --> 00:36:46,303 Wow. 750 00:36:48,106 --> 00:36:50,540 Never seen a worm like that. 751 00:36:50,576 --> 00:36:53,677 [charlie] I'd come down to the site to do some cleanup of our tools. 752 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:55,178 Get them out of the water. 753 00:36:55,214 --> 00:36:59,282 And I saw some worms moving in the water 754 00:36:59,318 --> 00:37:01,618 and I'd never seen anything like that. 755 00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:03,987 Wonder where these would've came from. 756 00:37:05,157 --> 00:37:06,556 Gonna get that here. 757 00:37:08,827 --> 00:37:11,061 Wow, these suckers are everywhere. 758 00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:15,432 You know, when we first drilled there 759 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:19,436 and the blind white frogs came up out of the drill hole. 760 00:37:19,471 --> 00:37:21,438 You can actually see right through it. 761 00:37:21,473 --> 00:37:25,508 And now we're seeing a translucent worm. 762 00:37:25,544 --> 00:37:27,477 Let's get you some water. 763 00:37:27,512 --> 00:37:30,447 You know more of these things that come up 764 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:33,850 gives us more ambition to actually get into the cavern 765 00:37:33,885 --> 00:37:36,152 and actually see what we can actually find down there. 766 00:37:37,656 --> 00:37:39,990 Take this back to see if anybody's ever seen one. 767 00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:46,863 [chad] down here, I think. 768 00:37:47,633 --> 00:37:51,101 We may see this guy show hopefully. 769 00:37:51,136 --> 00:37:53,003 Look at what I just found out at the pond? 770 00:37:54,673 --> 00:37:56,106 What the hell is that? 771 00:37:56,141 --> 00:37:57,641 I was at the pond, cleaning up. 772 00:37:57,676 --> 00:38:00,710 And those were all over. 773 00:38:00,746 --> 00:38:01,811 They came out of pond? 774 00:38:01,847 --> 00:38:03,413 They were in the pond swimming around. 775 00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:05,181 Yeah, right by the shore. 776 00:38:05,217 --> 00:38:06,750 [duane] what, what are those things? 777 00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:08,818 [charlie] I've never seen anything like that here. 778 00:38:08,854 --> 00:38:10,320 Look at how they move. 779 00:38:10,355 --> 00:38:14,257 Uh, wow. We found some, um, amazing creatures in the water. 780 00:38:14,293 --> 00:38:17,594 They're sort of translucent, very light colored with dark bands. 781 00:38:17,629 --> 00:38:18,862 This is really weird. 782 00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:20,697 Can see inside of it right there. 783 00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:23,333 It tells us that these things are probably 784 00:38:23,368 --> 00:38:26,569 living underground basically in the water. 785 00:38:26,605 --> 00:38:29,205 So those frogs were like, albino... 786 00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:30,373 No pigment on it. 787 00:38:30,409 --> 00:38:32,008 It's just like this. 788 00:38:32,044 --> 00:38:35,812 These air kind of see through. So it makes you think it's total pitch darkness. 789 00:38:35,847 --> 00:38:38,915 You wouldn't think something like that would live near the surface. 790 00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:40,417 No, it couldn't could. 791 00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:44,487 It's evolved to have translucent skin, I guess. Huh? 792 00:38:44,523 --> 00:38:47,157 So how did they get up there by the surface suddenly. 793 00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:49,693 [duane] you are working on that hole, right? 794 00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:50,627 You're plunging, right? 795 00:38:53,598 --> 00:38:57,200 I think what happened probably was that vacuum action you were doing 796 00:38:57,235 --> 00:39:00,236 that surging brought them up to the surface. 797 00:39:00,272 --> 00:39:03,239 Has to be. And I had to put the vacuum on there somehow. 798 00:39:03,275 --> 00:39:04,307 Had to. 799 00:39:05,610 --> 00:39:08,611 We know now that with that surge that we were doing 800 00:39:08,647 --> 00:39:10,947 we were also pulling out worms, 801 00:39:10,982 --> 00:39:13,249 probably from the same place where the frogs are. 802 00:39:13,285 --> 00:39:15,719 So if these things were living in the cell, 803 00:39:15,754 --> 00:39:19,389 they might be extracting whatever minerals are in the cell. 804 00:39:19,424 --> 00:39:21,191 Well, these might have gold in 'em. 805 00:39:22,127 --> 00:39:23,426 -We need to look at these. -Well... 806 00:39:23,462 --> 00:39:26,229 Our first step. We need to look at these under the microscope 807 00:39:26,264 --> 00:39:27,297 [duane] let's do it. 808 00:39:27,332 --> 00:39:28,565 With eric being here 809 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,601 and bringing in his knowledge of different things. 810 00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:33,103 It's huge on how 811 00:39:33,138 --> 00:39:36,639 he might be able to take that worm and check it out 812 00:39:36,675 --> 00:39:39,242 to see if there's particles of gold in there 813 00:39:39,277 --> 00:39:41,077 like they're itty-bitty miners in there 814 00:39:41,113 --> 00:39:43,513 because that's how they process their food. 815 00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:46,316 [eric] all right, here we go. 816 00:39:46,952 --> 00:39:48,184 [intense music playing] 817 00:39:56,194 --> 00:40:00,797 [eric chuckling] look at that. He's a glow worm. 818 00:40:00,832 --> 00:40:04,567 Put uv light on him and they glowed up ethereal light blue color. 819 00:40:06,071 --> 00:40:07,804 I don't see any gold in 'em, but, 820 00:40:07,839 --> 00:40:10,240 oh, it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen. 821 00:40:13,445 --> 00:40:15,879 I think that's pretty typical of what you would expect 822 00:40:15,914 --> 00:40:18,148 to see cave dwelling creature. 823 00:40:19,951 --> 00:40:22,619 So these things that might be living in a cavern. 824 00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:24,421 [eric] what do you see? 825 00:40:24,456 --> 00:40:27,056 One weird son of a bug. 826 00:40:27,092 --> 00:40:30,927 These animals didn't use a rathole rig to get down and camp. 827 00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:33,463 And whoever put that box down there, didn't either. 828 00:40:34,466 --> 00:40:36,166 So we know there's a better way in. 829 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:39,369 We find that entrance. 830 00:40:39,404 --> 00:40:41,604 And then we walk out with whatever's in there holy. 831 00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:44,274 [duane] holy [bleep] 832 00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:51,114 there is another entrance we haven't found yet. 833 00:40:51,149 --> 00:40:52,916 -[eric] that's a kill right there. -Right. 834 00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:54,984 -[chad] it's fresh. -[eric] yeah. 835 00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:57,287 [duane] we've never had this kind of problems before. 836 00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:58,721 Some buck was mutilated. 837 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:00,123 The same damn thing. 838 00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:01,724 You could just tell it's not right. 839 00:41:02,727 --> 00:41:04,561 -What the hell? -Holy [bleep]. 840 00:41:04,596 --> 00:41:08,832 All the local say that a skin-walker's natural form is a wolf. 841 00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:11,868 If something happens you're just gonna haul your ass out of there. 842 00:41:11,903 --> 00:41:14,103 -[chad] what just moved? -You all right? 843 00:41:14,139 --> 00:41:15,205 [chad] pull me out. 844 00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:18,208 -Come on, buddy. -[grunting] 845 00:41:18,243 --> 00:41:19,976 -look at that. -Oh, yeah. 846 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:21,010 Wow. 847 00:41:21,046 --> 00:41:23,513 Those petroglyphs could be the original source 848 00:41:23,548 --> 00:41:25,482 of this treasure came from. 849 00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:30,053 [chad] y'all need to come over south of the dig site. 850 00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:31,921 I found a huge cave over here.