1 00:00:01,468 --> 00:00:04,503 [narrator] Previously on Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch. 2 00:00:04,505 --> 00:00:08,040 We're right on top of the box, so, we're there. 3 00:00:08,042 --> 00:00:10,242 - It's time for you to do your magic now. - Yeah. 4 00:00:10,244 --> 00:00:12,277 So, how you gonna do it? 5 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:15,280 Chad's gonna wrap the chain around the box 6 00:00:15,282 --> 00:00:17,950 and then use a tether line to come out. 7 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:23,522 There's not a whole lot of out, so it's gnarly for sure. 8 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:25,257 If you're going to drag that box out. 9 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:27,793 I think we're going to need to bust those rocks up first. 10 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:31,630 We get this out. 11 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:36,201 That's where the gold is. 12 00:00:36,669 --> 00:00:38,370 This could be it. 13 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:39,705 This is why we're here. 14 00:00:44,778 --> 00:00:46,478 [Duane] There's some places on Earth 15 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:48,914 that just don't seem... 16 00:00:48,916 --> 00:00:50,249 right. 17 00:00:50,251 --> 00:00:51,950 The land feels different. 18 00:00:52,285 --> 00:00:53,619 It acts different. 19 00:00:54,521 --> 00:00:57,022 And this here is one of those places. 20 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:02,094 Some say the land is trying to hold on to something. 21 00:01:03,329 --> 00:01:05,631 - Aztec treasure. - Holy [bleep]. 22 00:01:05,633 --> 00:01:07,666 - Caverns of gold. - Look at this. 23 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:08,600 Mormon riches. 24 00:01:08,602 --> 00:01:10,369 There will be a million dollars here. 25 00:01:10,371 --> 00:01:12,805 Some even say there's a buried spaceship. 26 00:01:12,807 --> 00:01:14,206 Hell yeah. 27 00:01:14,208 --> 00:01:17,042 Me? I've never cared much about the stories. 28 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:20,546 I just care about finding whatever the hell's 29 00:01:20,548 --> 00:01:21,647 in the ground. 30 00:01:22,482 --> 00:01:24,083 What's the matter? 31 00:01:35,428 --> 00:01:37,029 - This is it. - This is it, boy. 32 00:01:37,031 --> 00:01:38,464 Big day today. 33 00:01:39,899 --> 00:01:42,568 Well, today's the day we find out what's in the box. 34 00:01:42,570 --> 00:01:45,938 And I have to say it wasn't easy to get in here. 35 00:01:45,940 --> 00:01:49,408 We spent the last several days jackhammering rocks in the cave 36 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,410 trying to clear out a path. 37 00:01:51,412 --> 00:01:54,546 It was hard work. And it took a lot longer than we thought. 38 00:01:54,548 --> 00:01:56,181 But we got the job done. 39 00:01:56,183 --> 00:01:57,583 - Got it. - You got it? 40 00:01:57,585 --> 00:01:59,585 - Yeah. - Nice. 41 00:01:59,587 --> 00:02:02,521 After two years' worth of work, we're finally going to see 42 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,056 what's in these caverns. 43 00:02:04,058 --> 00:02:06,558 All signs are pointing to Montezuma's gold 44 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,494 that could mean billions, fellas. 45 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:14,299 When Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes first met 46 00:02:14,301 --> 00:02:18,770 with the Aztec King Montezuma in 1519, 47 00:02:18,772 --> 00:02:21,907 he described seeing entire rooms full of gold, 48 00:02:21,909 --> 00:02:24,042 jewels, and Jade idols. 49 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:26,778 Cortez then spent a year raising an army 50 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:28,947 then came back to take the city. 51 00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:31,483 But when he did, the gold was gone, 52 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:34,153 and has never been found since. 53 00:02:34,155 --> 00:02:38,023 Historians and treasure hunters believe it may have been taken to Utah 54 00:02:38,025 --> 00:02:40,092 and buried for safekeeping. 55 00:02:40,094 --> 00:02:44,429 Based on Cortez's descriptions, it is estimated that the gold alone 56 00:02:44,431 --> 00:02:48,200 may be worth over $3 billion in present day. 57 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:50,235 Let's pull her fellas. 58 00:02:50,237 --> 00:02:52,804 These are the kind of moments that could define your life 59 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:54,506 and that's no bull [bleep]. 60 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:56,308 All right, let's do it. 61 00:03:04,851 --> 00:03:06,285 All right, here we go. 62 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:11,156 Back up a little bit. That chain's gonna get tight. 63 00:03:11,158 --> 00:03:14,059 Yeah, that's gonna be a lot of weight pulling out of there. 64 00:03:14,061 --> 00:03:16,595 I'm nervous. [laughs] I'm just... 65 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:20,766 Should be a lot of gold in that box and gold isn't light. 66 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,503 Plus, there's a ton of rocks, that's fallen in on that box 67 00:03:24,505 --> 00:03:26,772 in past 500 years. 68 00:03:26,774 --> 00:03:29,808 So, there's no telling how much weight we'll be dragging. 69 00:03:29,810 --> 00:03:31,410 But, I think we can do it. 70 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:33,345 Come on, baby. 71 00:03:33,347 --> 00:03:34,813 It's gonna be so cool. 72 00:03:38,151 --> 00:03:40,085 That's what we've been working on 73 00:03:40,087 --> 00:03:42,955 for a year and a [bleep] half, man. 74 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:44,990 Come on, baby. 75 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:50,329 You know, there's no playbook for dragging a 500 year old box 76 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:51,863 out of a cavern. 77 00:03:51,865 --> 00:03:54,032 There's some small twists and turns in there, 78 00:03:54,034 --> 00:03:56,034 but, mostly, it's a straight shot. 79 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:58,136 So, as long as we're pulling in that direction, 80 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,671 it should come in that direction. 81 00:04:10,383 --> 00:04:13,352 - [vehicle rattling] - [bleep] 82 00:04:13,354 --> 00:04:15,520 What was that? 83 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:17,789 - Stuck? - Something's caught. 84 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:19,458 - What was that? - Caught. 85 00:04:19,460 --> 00:04:21,627 I think it's caught on something in the rock, sir. 86 00:04:21,629 --> 00:04:24,563 Oh, my. I feel like it's caught, Duane. 87 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:26,999 Something's hanging up, fellas. 88 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:28,166 Yeah. 89 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:31,670 Duane we got no choice. We got to pull it out. 90 00:04:31,672 --> 00:04:34,640 Copy that, you got to get back, that chain's gonna get tight. 91 00:04:34,642 --> 00:04:36,808 It breaks, we got problems. 92 00:04:42,015 --> 00:04:43,315 Pretty tight. 93 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:48,420 - Chain's tight. Watch out. - Watch out. 94 00:04:50,623 --> 00:04:52,090 - There it is. - Oh, my. 95 00:04:52,092 --> 00:04:54,326 There it is. Holy [bleep] 96 00:04:55,261 --> 00:04:56,595 Guys! 97 00:04:56,597 --> 00:04:57,796 - Stop! - Stop, Duane. 98 00:04:57,798 --> 00:04:59,164 It's [bleep] broken. 99 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:04,336 [bleep] 100 00:05:04,338 --> 00:05:05,904 What the [bleep]. 101 00:05:05,906 --> 00:05:07,639 [screams] 102 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:10,108 The whole [bleep] box is supposed to come out. 103 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:11,143 Damn it. 104 00:05:15,448 --> 00:05:17,816 Duane, come on down, we just caught a log here. 105 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:19,985 - [bleep] - Copy that. 106 00:05:22,488 --> 00:05:23,689 [bleep] 107 00:05:28,861 --> 00:05:31,096 Look at the forces behind that, it just snapped it. 108 00:05:31,098 --> 00:05:33,632 - Snapped it like it was a toothpick. - Yeah. 109 00:05:33,634 --> 00:05:36,635 - I thought we cleared enough path though. - I know. I know. 110 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:38,403 [bleep] 111 00:05:38,405 --> 00:05:40,339 It [bleep] broke, the whole thing broke off. 112 00:05:40,341 --> 00:05:42,074 It's still in the hole. 113 00:05:42,076 --> 00:05:44,042 Most of it. [bleep] 114 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:47,079 That's just about as disappointing as you can get right there. 115 00:05:48,247 --> 00:05:50,549 [sighs] 116 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:52,951 Yeah, I guess when we're pulling it, it, it... 117 00:05:52,953 --> 00:05:55,053 [bleep] there's too much weight 118 00:05:55,055 --> 00:05:56,655 and going through that tunnel system. 119 00:05:56,657 --> 00:05:59,424 It just came apart. 120 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:02,160 The box is probably in pieces in there somewhere. 121 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:04,096 I don't even know what we do now. 122 00:06:04,098 --> 00:06:06,264 I don't know, man. [bleep]. 123 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:08,400 Son of a bitch. 124 00:06:08,402 --> 00:06:09,901 [bleep] 125 00:06:09,903 --> 00:06:12,938 So, you think it hung up in the, in the, in the vault? 126 00:06:12,940 --> 00:06:15,574 We cleared that whole [bleep] path, the whole time, 127 00:06:15,576 --> 00:06:17,943 we spent days cleaning all the [bleep] rock out of the way 128 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:19,644 and it's still snagged on something. 129 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:22,914 [bleep] fellas. 130 00:06:22,916 --> 00:06:25,150 [bleep] Oh, wow, man. 131 00:06:25,152 --> 00:06:27,285 Or, maybe the log I tied on to 132 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:28,720 just wasn't strong enough. 133 00:06:29,655 --> 00:06:32,657 We got to get and piece it out one at a time. 134 00:06:32,659 --> 00:06:33,992 That's gonna take forever. 135 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:39,197 How in the [bleep] did you just tie the one log? 136 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:40,565 That's all I could tie it to. 137 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:42,167 We didn't know that, huh? 138 00:06:42,169 --> 00:06:43,835 - We didn't know that. - That's all I... 139 00:06:43,837 --> 00:06:46,304 I had space to tie around, it was just this one. 140 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:49,207 It was boxed in by the roof and the cables. 141 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:50,509 I couldn't go from top to bottom. 142 00:06:50,511 --> 00:06:52,644 I thought you was gonna [bleep] tie around the whole box. 143 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:54,913 No, no, no. I [bleep] got around this one 144 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,148 because it wouldn't go all the way around. 145 00:06:56,150 --> 00:06:58,450 It's... [bleeping] 146 00:06:58,452 --> 00:07:00,986 - Guys. - No, [bleep] 147 00:07:00,988 --> 00:07:03,622 - Hey. - There's no [bleep] way I can go over 148 00:07:03,624 --> 00:07:06,525 - the whole [bleep] box. - That bull [bleep]. 149 00:07:07,126 --> 00:07:08,560 Felt good. 150 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:12,130 You know, Chad's my son, I love him dearly. 151 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:13,765 He's a smart kid. 152 00:07:13,767 --> 00:07:15,734 But, this is damn sure the most [bleep] up deal 153 00:07:15,736 --> 00:07:17,702 he's ever done for me. 154 00:07:17,704 --> 00:07:20,939 The whole [bleep] box might be just scattered through the caves. 155 00:07:22,675 --> 00:07:24,643 You know, this is just a [bleep] up deal? 156 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,545 [screams] 157 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:31,249 There's a lot of weight in that thing 158 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:33,385 and we went for the whole nine yards. 159 00:07:33,387 --> 00:07:36,054 The guys put so much work into this and it's just, 160 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:38,056 uh, it's a big disappointment. 161 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,491 Didn't work out so good for us. 162 00:07:39,493 --> 00:07:43,428 And, so, tempers flared and it got a little heated, 163 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:46,231 but we're not ready to give up yet. 164 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:47,766 We need to come up with a new plan. 165 00:07:47,768 --> 00:07:49,668 That's the bottom line. 166 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:51,470 Everybody's got to get back to work. 167 00:07:51,472 --> 00:07:53,538 My part of that is the geology. 168 00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:06,351 So, right now, we got, we got a problem. 169 00:08:06,353 --> 00:08:08,153 We got just one log out. 170 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:10,956 And we don't know what our position is. 171 00:08:10,958 --> 00:08:12,624 We're going to have to move forward 172 00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:15,026 and maybe piece this deal out one log at a time 173 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:16,461 or get more people coming in. 174 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:18,063 We just don't know and... 175 00:08:18,631 --> 00:08:20,599 - um... - Hey. 176 00:08:20,601 --> 00:08:22,501 Eric needs to show us something real quick. 177 00:08:22,503 --> 00:08:24,202 This is pretty important. 178 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:25,971 Um... all right. 179 00:08:25,973 --> 00:08:27,205 Yeah. 180 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:32,444 Tell them what you're telling us earlier. 181 00:08:32,446 --> 00:08:34,913 - Guys. - What's the deal, Eric? 182 00:08:34,915 --> 00:08:36,948 I think I may have missed something here. 183 00:08:36,950 --> 00:08:40,051 These are images from the box. 184 00:08:40,053 --> 00:08:44,256 The rocks inside the box are completely different 185 00:08:44,258 --> 00:08:46,558 than any other rocks around here. 186 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,594 The structure's different, the color's different. 187 00:08:49,596 --> 00:08:52,230 I mean, they look to be igneous rocks 188 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:54,299 where everything around here is sedimentary. 189 00:08:57,336 --> 00:08:59,104 And so, uh... 190 00:08:59,106 --> 00:09:03,375 it's definitely not rocks from the surrounding hillslope 191 00:09:03,377 --> 00:09:05,510 that fell into the water and fell into the box. 192 00:09:05,512 --> 00:09:07,679 These rocks look like they've been put there. 193 00:09:12,418 --> 00:09:13,885 Someone brought 'em in? 194 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:16,221 - That's what you're saying? - It's what it looks like to me. 195 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:20,292 So, what's that mean? 196 00:09:20,294 --> 00:09:22,427 I mean, they could be the treasure in themselves 197 00:09:22,429 --> 00:09:25,497 that could be rich ore brought in and hidden for some reason. 198 00:09:25,499 --> 00:09:28,466 But, you know, I don't know. 199 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:30,368 Up until now, we thought that that box 200 00:09:30,370 --> 00:09:33,338 was full of Aztec gold and that the rocks on top 201 00:09:33,340 --> 00:09:35,774 were just fallen in from the cave ceiling or walls. 202 00:09:36,642 --> 00:09:39,077 But, after taking a really close look, 203 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:42,480 they're not the same as what the cave's made out of. 204 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:45,350 In other words, these rocks are not from here. 205 00:09:45,352 --> 00:09:48,920 I mean, you don't go through all that trouble to hide something worthless. 206 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:51,656 So, maybe the rocks themselves are rich gold bearing ore 207 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,892 or something else really valuable. 208 00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:55,360 What do we need to do? 209 00:09:55,362 --> 00:09:57,762 We need to get in there and get some of those rocks. 210 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:02,467 [sighs] 211 00:10:02,469 --> 00:10:04,736 I mean, [bleep] it's not that easy to just... 212 00:10:04,738 --> 00:10:06,538 - I know. - getting some rocks out of there. 213 00:10:06,540 --> 00:10:09,007 - I'm sorry about that, man. - Getting back in there, it's just... 214 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:10,141 It's a bitch, I know. 215 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:12,510 Yeah, we got equipment to pull all that out. 216 00:10:12,512 --> 00:10:14,212 But, maybe we don't have to. 217 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:17,882 - Yeah. - Maybe, there's a window of opportunity right here 218 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:20,218 that we just get a sample and figure it out from there. 219 00:10:20,220 --> 00:10:21,753 How many rocks do you think we need? 220 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:23,421 Um, two bags? 221 00:10:23,423 --> 00:10:27,058 - How much they gonna weigh? - Maybe 30 pounds apiece. 222 00:10:27,060 --> 00:10:29,527 How do we get the bags out, though? 223 00:10:29,529 --> 00:10:31,196 We can tether 'em out. 224 00:10:31,198 --> 00:10:32,731 Can you get them out of there? 225 00:10:32,733 --> 00:10:35,533 So, you just fill them up and leave them there, then we pull them out? 226 00:10:35,535 --> 00:10:36,768 Yeah. 227 00:10:36,770 --> 00:10:38,003 It's like we did the log. 228 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:39,604 If you can get back in there. 229 00:10:39,606 --> 00:10:41,573 Just put, put as much as you can in there. 230 00:10:41,575 --> 00:10:43,875 You know, maybe 30 pounds, half a bag each. 231 00:10:43,877 --> 00:10:46,911 Tie them up. Drag them out. 232 00:10:46,913 --> 00:10:49,180 I hate like hell to send you back down in there. 233 00:10:49,182 --> 00:10:51,249 I know how dangerous it is, but, um, 234 00:10:52,084 --> 00:10:55,286 those rocks could be the treasure. 235 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,226 - Oh, [bleep]. - Oh. 236 00:11:02,294 --> 00:11:04,062 What do you think, we got, uh, 237 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:05,797 we got 45 minutes, it's about to rain. 238 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:08,233 If we can beat this rain, we can [bleep] just get in there. 239 00:11:08,235 --> 00:11:10,502 Knock it out, then we don't have worry about it anymore. 240 00:11:10,504 --> 00:11:12,070 You got your equipment out here? 241 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:15,040 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I got it all ready to go. 242 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:16,675 - You went for that? - Yeah, let's do it. 243 00:11:16,677 --> 00:11:17,909 We're ready to go. 244 00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:20,345 - Good deal, boys. Thank you. - Here we go. 245 00:11:20,347 --> 00:11:21,780 One more time. 246 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:30,655 Hey, Chad. 247 00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:32,490 Here's a couple sample bags for you. 248 00:11:32,958 --> 00:11:34,092 Do what you can. 249 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:35,960 - Samples aren't worth your life. - Yeah. 250 00:11:35,962 --> 00:11:37,595 I mean I'll see what I can get. 251 00:11:37,597 --> 00:11:40,031 - There you go. - I'll stick 'em right in here. 252 00:11:40,033 --> 00:11:41,399 Perfect. 253 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:44,335 Chad, you know I got your back on this deal so... 254 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:47,505 if I tell you to stop. Stop, if you get lost. 255 00:11:47,507 --> 00:11:49,808 - Yeah. - I still got a tether. 256 00:11:49,810 --> 00:11:52,277 [bleep], it's crazy you still have the same signals? 257 00:11:52,279 --> 00:11:54,979 Yep, same signal. Same thing. Charlie and I'll be over here. 258 00:11:54,981 --> 00:11:57,582 Okay. I think that's it. 259 00:11:58,217 --> 00:12:00,051 Pressure's good. 260 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,957 All right, bag's here. 261 00:12:05,959 --> 00:12:07,859 - Charlie, you good? - We're good. 262 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:10,795 Whenever you get to the box, Chad, tug on Charlie. 263 00:12:10,797 --> 00:12:13,164 Then he's got to give you a tight rope to come back. 264 00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:15,033 - That's right. - Did you hear that, Charlie? 265 00:12:15,035 --> 00:12:17,035 I got it. You can't have a loose tether, Charlie. 266 00:12:17,037 --> 00:12:18,269 Got it. 267 00:12:18,271 --> 00:12:20,405 - Everything look good? - Looks good. 268 00:12:28,347 --> 00:12:30,148 There he goes. 269 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:35,620 This cavern's holding on to a secret and it's holding on tight. 270 00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:39,524 But, look, if, if that rock is gold ore, it could be worth millions. 271 00:12:39,526 --> 00:12:42,427 Make this whole deal worthwhile in an instant. 272 00:12:49,935 --> 00:12:51,169 Okay, Chad. 273 00:12:52,505 --> 00:12:54,539 It's straight away right in front of you, son. 274 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:56,307 Keep coming. 275 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,613 Okay, Chad, you're headed straight. 276 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:03,948 Straight in front of you about five yards. 277 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:07,452 Keep coming. Keep coming. 278 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:10,188 You got a little bit of a right turn, Chad. 279 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:11,556 Watch that wall. 280 00:13:15,528 --> 00:13:17,495 There you go, there you go. 281 00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:23,234 Okay, Chadro, you're at the box. 282 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:25,470 You're at the box, get your samples. 283 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:39,350 Do not, do not tie those rocks to you. 284 00:13:39,952 --> 00:13:41,386 We'll drag them out. 285 00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:44,989 Okay, Chad, we're coming out. 286 00:13:44,991 --> 00:13:46,057 Coming out. 287 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,626 Tighten your tether Charlie. 288 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:55,033 Follow him out. 289 00:13:56,936 --> 00:14:00,205 Slowly, slowly. 290 00:14:00,207 --> 00:14:03,675 All right. Here you are. You're in the opening son, come on up. 291 00:14:07,379 --> 00:14:08,580 - There he is. - There he is. 292 00:14:08,582 --> 00:14:10,248 Well, let's get this stuff out of here. Let's go, boys. 293 00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,917 - Yup. - There we go. Here we go. 294 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:15,520 Let him catch his feet, Charlie. Don't pull on him too much. 295 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,823 Hell, yeah. Here we go. 296 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:20,625 [Chad] So, I was really nervous going back in the cave 297 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:22,827 because I thought when we pulled it apart the box, 298 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:24,128 would be all broken up. 299 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:26,431 It'd be scattered, [bleep] it would be everywhere, 300 00:14:26,433 --> 00:14:30,168 but, luckily, just one log ripped and the rest was intact. 301 00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:31,569 So, we're still in business. 302 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:35,473 - [laughs] - Did you get some samples? 303 00:14:35,475 --> 00:14:37,175 - Whoo! - You got it? 304 00:14:37,177 --> 00:14:38,643 - I got it. - [laughs] 305 00:14:38,645 --> 00:14:40,612 - Yeah. - Both bags? Good deal. 306 00:14:40,614 --> 00:14:43,114 I hope it just stays on the road now, huh? 307 00:14:43,116 --> 00:14:44,816 Look out, we gonna back this sumbitch out. 308 00:14:44,818 --> 00:14:46,618 Watch the rope now, don't get tangled up in it. 309 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,153 Hopefully, they'll come out. 310 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:04,469 Coming up. 311 00:15:05,471 --> 00:15:06,905 - There we go. - There they are. 312 00:15:06,907 --> 00:15:09,107 - There we go. - Yeah. 313 00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:11,209 - Good. - [exclaims] 314 00:15:11,211 --> 00:15:12,310 Here, I'll carry one. 315 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:14,145 Let's bring these up to the cabin. 316 00:15:14,147 --> 00:15:16,180 -Just spread them out. Let's see what we got. -Okay. 317 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,951 Two years' worth of work and a lot of my money 318 00:15:19,953 --> 00:15:22,020 is riding on what's in those bags. 319 00:15:22,022 --> 00:15:24,188 Now we're gonna see if Eric's right. 320 00:15:24,190 --> 00:15:26,491 Maybe those rocks are the real treasure. 321 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:28,026 It's time to find out. 322 00:15:47,913 --> 00:15:50,315 All right, boys, let's see what we got here. 323 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:53,718 Yes. 324 00:15:55,187 --> 00:15:57,255 Okay. Fellas, let's just take a second before we dump 325 00:15:57,257 --> 00:15:58,890 those bags out. 326 00:15:58,892 --> 00:15:59,991 No bull [bleep]. 327 00:15:59,993 --> 00:16:02,293 This is years of work that's gone into this moment. 328 00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:10,668 My heart's pounding. 329 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,770 So, let's just see what the hell we got here. 330 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:14,739 [man] All right. 331 00:16:21,613 --> 00:16:23,681 Based on the videos, Eric thinks these rocks 332 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:25,383 might be part of the treasure. 333 00:16:26,885 --> 00:16:29,253 Possibly gold or something else? 334 00:16:29,255 --> 00:16:31,622 [bleep], it can be diamond bearing ore we don't know. 335 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,292 Let's hope he's right. 336 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:40,365 [exclaims] Oh, boy. 337 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,134 Talk about mineralization. 338 00:16:43,136 --> 00:16:44,669 - Wow. - You can see something already? 339 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,406 You see on this one? 340 00:16:49,708 --> 00:16:52,377 The reddish and the yellow, that means iron. 341 00:16:52,878 --> 00:16:55,146 And that means minerals. 342 00:16:55,148 --> 00:16:57,248 It looks really good, so far. 343 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:04,322 In prospecting, there's a saying that gold rides an iron horse 344 00:17:04,324 --> 00:17:07,058 and what that means is gold is typically found 345 00:17:07,060 --> 00:17:08,693 alongside iron. 346 00:17:08,695 --> 00:17:11,829 So, seeing a really high iron content in these rocks 347 00:17:11,831 --> 00:17:13,064 is a great start. 348 00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:15,633 I mean, if that box is full of gold bearing ore, 349 00:17:15,635 --> 00:17:19,270 it could be worth millions, perhaps even tens of millions. 350 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:23,541 The second thing I see is it looks totally different 351 00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:25,309 from anything we've seen around here. 352 00:17:27,946 --> 00:17:29,414 - See the black on there? - Yeah. 353 00:17:29,416 --> 00:17:33,785 That is hydrothermal alteration from an igneous source. 354 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:36,254 There isn't an igneous source here 355 00:17:36,256 --> 00:17:38,556 for at least 60 miles radius. 356 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:45,596 That to me says it came from somewhere else. 357 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:47,365 Just like we suspected. 358 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:51,469 These we found inside the box. 359 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:55,373 So, I can only say that these were put there by humans. 360 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,141 They don't belong there naturally. 361 00:17:58,610 --> 00:18:02,346 Does transporting a box that big of heavy rocks 362 00:18:02,348 --> 00:18:03,948 sound that easy? 363 00:18:03,950 --> 00:18:06,918 Now, that takes a lot of time and energy. 364 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,053 So, my thought is this has to be gold ore. 365 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:14,025 The rocks in that box look promising, 366 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:17,562 but the real moment of truth when you have ore 367 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:19,997 is when you break that thing open. 368 00:18:19,999 --> 00:18:22,166 Then you actually see what's in the rock. 369 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:33,711 Here, the chunk came off. 370 00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:35,613 Huh. 371 00:18:36,548 --> 00:18:38,116 What is this? 372 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:42,687 - What is this? - What is that? 373 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:44,188 Look at that. Look at that. 374 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:46,624 - What is that? - That's metal. 375 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,159 - Yeah. - What kind of metal? 376 00:18:48,161 --> 00:18:51,429 I don't know. This is very strange. 377 00:18:51,431 --> 00:18:53,364 It seems to be a cylinder in there. 378 00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,199 This is very odd. 379 00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:59,137 Oh, my, look at this. 380 00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:01,005 - Yeah, yeah. - What's that all about? 381 00:19:01,007 --> 00:19:03,074 Look it, it's a cylinder. 382 00:19:03,076 --> 00:19:06,144 That is not naturally occurring. 383 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,081 - You sayin' someone put it there? - Somebody put it there. 384 00:19:10,582 --> 00:19:12,216 No way. 385 00:19:13,018 --> 00:19:14,252 This is weird. 386 00:19:14,254 --> 00:19:18,456 You just don't see a cylinder in a rock like that. 387 00:19:18,458 --> 00:19:21,492 Come on, man. Look at that. Somebody drilled a hole in that rock. 388 00:19:23,495 --> 00:19:25,730 It looks like it. 389 00:19:25,732 --> 00:19:28,032 So when I crack open this first rock, you know, 390 00:19:28,034 --> 00:19:30,568 I might expect to see some fine gold or silver in it. 391 00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:34,405 But, instead, there's this, this core, this cylinder 392 00:19:34,407 --> 00:19:36,207 full of shiny metal in there. 393 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:41,412 I mean, I've seen lots of crazy stuff, 394 00:19:41,414 --> 00:19:43,514 but, this you just can't make this [bleep] up. 395 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:44,949 This is really strange. 396 00:19:44,951 --> 00:19:46,551 Well, why the hell would it be in there? 397 00:19:46,553 --> 00:19:49,387 Oh, Aztec silver. No one's ever said that. 398 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:51,522 - It's Aztec gold. - Aztec gold. 399 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:55,426 But, I'll do a quick silver test right here, right now. 400 00:19:56,295 --> 00:19:58,796 Silver is malleable just like gold is, 401 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:01,065 so when I hit it with a hammer, it should flatten out. 402 00:20:07,573 --> 00:20:10,007 - Nope, it's brittle. - You smashed... 403 00:20:10,009 --> 00:20:11,976 - Super brittle, right? - It's brittle, It's not silver. 404 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:13,578 Oh, wow. 405 00:20:13,580 --> 00:20:15,213 What the hell could it be? 406 00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:17,215 Definitely not silver. 407 00:20:17,217 --> 00:20:20,985 I want to break into these other rocks just to see 408 00:20:20,987 --> 00:20:22,920 if they had the same thing in 'em. 409 00:20:22,922 --> 00:20:25,389 Well, this is a big left turn. 410 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:27,892 You know, you could've gave me 1000 guesses to see 411 00:20:27,894 --> 00:20:31,162 what was inside that box and a rock with the hole in it 412 00:20:31,164 --> 00:20:34,632 with processed mystery metal was damn sure not gonna be on the list. 413 00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:40,905 - Whoa, whoa. - Lookie there. 414 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:43,174 Look at, there's another plug of that. 415 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:46,777 There we go. Perfect. 416 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:49,113 Whoa, you can see it again. 417 00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:52,416 So, three of three rocks that, that you picked up. 418 00:20:52,418 --> 00:20:56,153 - Have it in there. - You can see that hole right there. 419 00:20:56,155 --> 00:20:59,523 So, this is definitely not random or just one off. 420 00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:01,792 All the rocks that Chad has pulled out so far 421 00:21:01,860 --> 00:21:03,361 have this mystery metal in 'em. 422 00:21:03,363 --> 00:21:05,896 And I'm willing to bet that that whole box 423 00:21:05,898 --> 00:21:07,665 is filled with that same thing. 424 00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:13,237 Oh, my Gosh. What the hell? 425 00:21:13,239 --> 00:21:16,540 - Hey, Eric. Eric, come here, come here, man. - What's going on with that? 426 00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,776 What you got there? 427 00:21:18,910 --> 00:21:21,345 - This is just... - What the [bleep] going on there? 428 00:21:21,347 --> 00:21:23,247 This is just wild. 429 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:25,216 This is, like it's melting. 430 00:21:25,218 --> 00:21:27,318 What the hell is this? 431 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:30,855 - The metal is melting. - The metal is melting. 432 00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:32,623 In his hand. 433 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,425 - You were just holding on to that? - Yeah, yeah. 434 00:21:34,427 --> 00:21:36,460 - Look at that deal. - You can see it moving. 435 00:21:36,462 --> 00:21:38,963 - Right there. [bleep]. - Is that turning into liquid? 436 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,264 This is crazy. 437 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:42,400 - It's not mercury, is it? - It's not Mercury. 438 00:21:42,402 --> 00:21:44,902 Mercury is a liquid at room temperature 439 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:47,638 and it doesn't solidify until about 40 degrees 440 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,040 below zero. 441 00:21:49,042 --> 00:21:50,708 - The hell? - Look at that. 442 00:21:51,677 --> 00:21:54,011 Guys, we got something really weird here. 443 00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:56,447 His body heat apparently melted this metal. 444 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,484 I mean, this just keeps getting weirder and weirder. 445 00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:03,888 Duane's hand is somewhere right around 90 degrees. 446 00:22:03,890 --> 00:22:06,190 Very few metals melt at this temperature. 447 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,061 So, guys, this is, uh, this is real strange. 448 00:22:10,063 --> 00:22:12,963 Um, I need to get into this, I need to do a little bit of research 449 00:22:12,965 --> 00:22:16,000 and some field analysis and I really need to dig in. 450 00:22:16,002 --> 00:22:19,103 Let me set some things up, run through these processes 451 00:22:19,105 --> 00:22:21,138 to come up with a positive ID 452 00:22:21,140 --> 00:22:23,507 and then I'll let you know what we find. 453 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:25,076 Just got to give me some time. 454 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:27,578 - Good enough. - Good deal. 455 00:22:27,580 --> 00:22:29,380 Hell yeah. 456 00:22:29,382 --> 00:22:31,782 You know, we were hoping that box would have been full of treasure 457 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,517 and it just might be. 458 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:36,187 I mean there may be just a huge value to this, 459 00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:39,056 but, first, I have to figure out what the stuff is. 460 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:00,144 So, I've just got it in hot water right here. 461 00:23:00,146 --> 00:23:02,446 That's all it takes to melt it. 462 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:05,015 I ran tests on those metal plugs we pulled out of the rocks 463 00:23:05,017 --> 00:23:07,885 all night, trying to figure out what kind of metal that is. 464 00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:11,255 I've been able to, you know, eliminate several possibilities, 465 00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:14,592 but I still don't have a definitive answer for Duane and the guys. 466 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:19,029 Here it comes. 467 00:23:19,031 --> 00:23:21,499 What I want to do here is a few little experiments with it 468 00:23:21,501 --> 00:23:24,168 to see, you know, some of the properties of it. 469 00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:26,604 I'd like to see if it forms crystals. 470 00:23:26,606 --> 00:23:29,340 If it does, the shape of the crystals could help me identify 471 00:23:29,342 --> 00:23:31,442 what type of metal this is. 472 00:23:31,444 --> 00:23:34,412 What I would hope to see is little points, hexagonal points 473 00:23:34,414 --> 00:23:37,114 or, you know, octahedral, things like that. 474 00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:40,251 That you would see in other types of metals. 475 00:23:40,253 --> 00:23:42,253 Basically, the way the bonds are put together 476 00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,088 when a liquid turns to a solid, 477 00:23:44,090 --> 00:23:46,624 it can tell you a clue of what that metal is. 478 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:48,959 Assuming that is, that it's a known metal. 479 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,397 Oh, there we go. There's a crystal, you see that? 480 00:23:53,399 --> 00:23:54,965 Right on the edge. 481 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:57,168 Wow. 482 00:23:57,170 --> 00:23:59,003 This is very interesting. 483 00:24:04,342 --> 00:24:06,410 And one, oh, there's another one. 484 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:09,413 That looks cubic to me. 485 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,317 Wow. 486 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:16,020 Ooh, I think I see another one popping up there. 487 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:19,256 Look at the crystal growth there. 488 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:22,626 Six sided crystal which is hexagonal. 489 00:24:22,628 --> 00:24:26,897 That's the same type of crystal you'd expect to see in a ruby. 490 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:29,867 But, obviously, this is a lot different than a ruby. 491 00:24:29,869 --> 00:24:32,036 Typically, when a metal solidifies, 492 00:24:32,038 --> 00:24:34,572 it'll have a distinct crystal form. 493 00:24:34,574 --> 00:24:37,408 But, this metal is showing multiple crystal forms. 494 00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:39,877 I mean, I'll be honest with you, 495 00:24:39,879 --> 00:24:42,580 I'm a geologist, but I'm not really sure what's going on here. 496 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:01,465 You got some cameras around here? 497 00:25:01,467 --> 00:25:05,236 Yeah, I've got several along the creek here. 498 00:25:05,238 --> 00:25:07,304 Those rock samples showed that we could be sitting 499 00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,273 on something very valuable here. 500 00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:13,577 So, security on the ranch is a top priority at this time 501 00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:17,448 especially since we know now that somebody has been watching us. 502 00:25:17,450 --> 00:25:19,383 I think it walked right across here 503 00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:22,486 and just walked right on top of the pond over there. 504 00:25:22,488 --> 00:25:24,622 - Yeah. - And would never even see 'em. 505 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,858 I got Jamie out here with me today 506 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:30,094 checking on some of my trail cameras 507 00:25:30,096 --> 00:25:31,695 to make sure that we don't have any more 508 00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:33,731 unwelcome visitors on the ranch. 509 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:39,336 What the [bleep]? 510 00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:44,008 - What's the... - What the hell is going on, that was a... 511 00:25:44,010 --> 00:25:47,344 Yesterday, there was a huge dead cow there. 512 00:25:47,346 --> 00:25:49,380 That cow had to weigh eight, 900 pounds. 513 00:25:49,382 --> 00:25:51,282 It was just there yesterday. 514 00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:55,619 What the [bleep] going on here? That's weird. 515 00:25:59,257 --> 00:26:00,524 God darn. 516 00:26:01,693 --> 00:26:03,127 [bleep] 517 00:26:04,896 --> 00:26:06,330 Deader than a hammer. 518 00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:10,334 You would have had to had a tractor 519 00:26:10,336 --> 00:26:12,603 with a front end loader to, to get that 520 00:26:12,605 --> 00:26:16,240 and I don't see any indication that there was anything 521 00:26:16,242 --> 00:26:18,242 in here of that size. 522 00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:22,413 Hey, Duane, you copy? 523 00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:24,448 That looks burnt. 524 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,317 - Go ahead, Charlie. - That definitely looks burnt. 525 00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:28,385 Hey, come over here where, uh, where I'm at, 526 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:29,987 where that cow was. 527 00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:32,256 Because the cow is actually gone now, 528 00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,024 and there's a burnt spot here. 529 00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:36,493 Oh, [bleep]. 10-4. Heading your way. 530 00:26:36,495 --> 00:26:38,529 It's almost in like a circle here. 531 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:44,234 I mean, it's like, it just disappeared right into the sky 532 00:26:44,236 --> 00:26:45,502 or something. 533 00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:47,972 So, if that cow was, was laying here... 534 00:26:47,974 --> 00:26:49,506 - Right, right. - That grass ought to be laid down. 535 00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:50,908 - Right. - But it's not... 536 00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:51,942 It's sticking straight up. 537 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:53,377 - It is. - [bleep] 538 00:26:53,379 --> 00:26:54,578 It was right there. 539 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,382 It's gone? 540 00:27:02,554 --> 00:27:05,990 There was nothing to indicate anybody was here. 541 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:08,359 [Chad] Wild animal, you know, say a bear. 542 00:27:08,361 --> 00:27:09,627 They wouldn't take the whole thing, 543 00:27:09,629 --> 00:27:11,195 they don't eat the bones and all that, 544 00:27:11,197 --> 00:27:13,998 but they would just drag some of it, different places. 545 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,033 This whole thing is gone 546 00:27:16,035 --> 00:27:17,968 and I don't know how the hell it happened. 547 00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:20,771 You think someone's [bleep] with us? 548 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:22,740 Uh... 549 00:27:24,075 --> 00:27:25,542 How did it just disappear like this? 550 00:27:25,544 --> 00:27:27,044 I don't know, but... 551 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,315 there's no drag marks on the way out of here. 552 00:27:31,317 --> 00:27:34,351 Even with a dead truck, they'd have to drag it 553 00:27:34,353 --> 00:27:36,687 to the road and pull it and get it out of here. 554 00:27:36,689 --> 00:27:38,956 - That's true. - Yeah. 555 00:27:38,958 --> 00:27:41,025 We got a game camera set up though, right? 556 00:27:41,027 --> 00:27:42,493 - Yeah. - Yeah? 557 00:27:42,495 --> 00:27:44,328 It won't reach this far though. 558 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:47,331 - [bleep]. - It'll only reach the route right around the creek, so... 559 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:50,534 - So, we didn't have a game camera on this? [bleep] - No. 560 00:27:50,536 --> 00:27:52,770 Hell, we could have caught it all, whatever it was. 561 00:27:52,937 --> 00:27:54,772 Somebody or something's jacking with us. 562 00:27:58,276 --> 00:27:59,910 Hell, man, let's go look at this other one, 563 00:27:59,912 --> 00:28:01,278 see if it has any of this. 564 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,780 - Type of stuff going on. - If that was still there, 565 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:05,349 I've got a game cam, I could put on it today. 566 00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,583 - Let's check it out. - That's weird. 567 00:28:06,585 --> 00:28:08,218 That's just flat ass weird. 568 00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:12,322 Right up here. 569 00:28:17,595 --> 00:28:19,530 This one looks completely untouched. 570 00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:22,366 I don't know. 571 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,501 How often you guys see this kind of stuff? 572 00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:26,570 First time we ever seen dead cows. 573 00:28:30,241 --> 00:28:32,209 Charlie, where can we put the game camera at? 574 00:28:32,211 --> 00:28:35,412 I'll need to bring something back over and stake it. 575 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:37,781 You could just T-post something down right over there. 576 00:28:37,916 --> 00:28:39,616 Right there by that sage. 577 00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:40,884 Hell, that'd work. 578 00:28:40,886 --> 00:28:42,219 Yeah. 579 00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:46,323 There's no marks of how the cow that died 580 00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:50,794 at the bottom of this ravine was drug out to the road. 581 00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:52,563 Hey, man, you know, you think, well, 582 00:28:52,565 --> 00:28:54,965 did somebody come out there and are they jacking with us 583 00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:57,501 or some of these people that's been doing all this silly stuff 584 00:28:57,503 --> 00:29:01,138 about putting illegal cameras on us. 585 00:29:01,140 --> 00:29:03,440 Could this just be another way that they're messing with us? 586 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,076 You know, I don't know. 587 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:09,713 But I do know we're making progress. 588 00:29:09,715 --> 00:29:12,316 And we can't let whoever's doing this distract us 589 00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:13,851 from our objective. 590 00:29:13,853 --> 00:29:16,053 Right now, that's figuring out what the metal is. 591 00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:35,139 - Hey, Duane. - Hey, Eric, what's going on here? 592 00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:36,606 Hey, Chad. 593 00:29:36,641 --> 00:29:39,877 - What did we figure out? - Well, we've been able to eliminate a few things, 594 00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:41,578 but still no definitive answers. 595 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:44,014 I made a list of some of the other metals 596 00:29:44,016 --> 00:29:46,049 it could be, basically... 597 00:29:46,051 --> 00:29:48,252 We know it's not mercury or silver. 598 00:29:48,254 --> 00:29:50,320 Another thing that came to mind is platinum, 599 00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:52,222 but we can rule that out 600 00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:55,793 because the melting point of platinum is 4000 degrees Fahrenheit. 601 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:57,661 This stuff melted in your hand. 602 00:29:57,663 --> 00:29:59,096 - Yeah. No doubt. - So... 603 00:29:59,098 --> 00:30:01,565 the other item that comes to mind is gallium. 604 00:30:01,567 --> 00:30:05,335 But, gallium wasn't discovered till 1875. 605 00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:07,271 So, we can rule out gallium. 606 00:30:07,273 --> 00:30:11,875 So, what I'd like to do in this phase is just do a few more tests, 607 00:30:11,877 --> 00:30:13,777 subjecting it to certain reagents 608 00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:16,880 and I don't want the vapors to be inside. 609 00:30:16,882 --> 00:30:18,182 So... 610 00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:20,184 I suggest we take this outside, 611 00:30:20,186 --> 00:30:24,121 hit it with some acid and we'll see what happens. 612 00:30:24,123 --> 00:30:26,256 Certain metals will react to different chemicals 613 00:30:26,258 --> 00:30:28,258 in different ways. 614 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:31,395 So, I'm hoping these tests can finally helped me identify 615 00:30:31,397 --> 00:30:33,063 what this mystery metal is. 616 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:37,434 All right, so, I have sulfuric acid here. 617 00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:40,437 Then we'll use just enough to cover. 618 00:30:40,439 --> 00:30:42,906 This is some Mr. Wizard [bleep] right here. 619 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:45,342 Yeah. This is good stuff. 620 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:48,011 And, so this first experiment is going to demonstrate 621 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:50,547 how strong the surface tension is. 622 00:30:54,552 --> 00:30:57,221 I'm just going to slowly roll that in. 623 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:02,826 There we go. 624 00:31:02,828 --> 00:31:04,228 - Look at that deal. - Look at it. 625 00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:06,930 Look at it. It's kind of moving by itself a little bit. 626 00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:08,599 Let's warm it up a little bit. 627 00:31:20,345 --> 00:31:23,447 - Did you see that? - Look at that deal. 628 00:31:23,449 --> 00:31:26,250 - What in the hell? - It wants to come back together. Yeah. 629 00:31:26,252 --> 00:31:28,418 Oh, yeah. Just shoves right back together. 630 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,289 - Okay. - What in the hell? 631 00:31:32,291 --> 00:31:34,491 That's wild as a hammer. 632 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:37,261 - You picked the whole deal out. - Look at that. Look at that. 633 00:31:37,263 --> 00:31:39,162 Now watch it. It'll come together. 634 00:31:39,164 --> 00:31:41,732 What the [bleep], it has its own memory system. 635 00:31:44,969 --> 00:31:48,171 This is crazy. I've never seen anything like this before. 636 00:31:48,173 --> 00:31:52,309 I mean, it really looks like it's something out of, like, a Terminator movie. 637 00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:54,878 It's like what the hell did we find down there? 638 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,381 All right, the next step is to use 639 00:31:57,383 --> 00:31:59,950 this potassium dichromate. 640 00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:01,385 This stuff is pretty nasty. 641 00:32:01,387 --> 00:32:04,121 They also call this evil crystals. 642 00:32:04,123 --> 00:32:07,124 - Really, why is that? - Because it'll eat right through your skin. 643 00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:09,927 Oh, jeez. 644 00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:12,562 Potassium dichromate is a common reagent used 645 00:32:12,564 --> 00:32:15,265 to identify different elements. 646 00:32:15,267 --> 00:32:18,602 Adding it to liquid metals may cause the metal 647 00:32:18,604 --> 00:32:22,372 to change shape or color in different ways. 648 00:32:22,374 --> 00:32:26,576 Seeing how this mystery metal reacts to it may help me identify what it is. 649 00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:29,279 You do not want to get this on your skin. 650 00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:31,682 And, so, I'm going to very carefully... 651 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:35,585 pick up just a few of these crystals. 652 00:32:35,587 --> 00:32:37,187 And I'm going to put them on top 653 00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:38,622 and we'll see what happens. 654 00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,126 - Look at that. - Look at that. There she goes. 655 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:45,262 - It's moving like crazy. - Look at that. 656 00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:48,932 - Jeez. - Like, it's a live... 657 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:51,268 - Look at it. - It's like it has a mind of its own. 658 00:32:51,270 --> 00:32:53,470 Oh, my goodness. 659 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:56,540 It is fighting with these crystals. 660 00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:59,109 And it's changing its surface tension. 661 00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:01,611 - I'll do it a little bit more. - It's like it's rejecting it almost. 662 00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:03,647 Yeah. 663 00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:08,185 It's actually fighting with the potassium dichromate. 664 00:33:08,187 --> 00:33:10,420 Wow, wow, wow. 665 00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:13,390 - Oh, it is moving. - It just jumped. 666 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:15,425 - Wow. - Damn. 667 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:19,563 Look at it. It's, like, oh, like, a heartbeat look at that. 668 00:33:19,565 --> 00:33:20,931 It's moving... 669 00:33:20,933 --> 00:33:23,033 Look at how it's morphing into different shapes 670 00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:24,434 as we look at it. 671 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:27,404 What the hell? 672 00:33:27,406 --> 00:33:30,340 So, we'll let this run for a little bit more, but at this point, 673 00:33:30,342 --> 00:33:33,410 I've got to say that I just don't have an answer for you yet. 674 00:33:33,412 --> 00:33:35,278 I just don't know what the hell this is. 675 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,681 And, so, what we're gonna do is... 676 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,083 we'll do a few more experiments with some acids 677 00:33:40,085 --> 00:33:40,984 and things... 678 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:45,489 and we'll try to come up with some answers. 679 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,259 Seeing Eric stumped like this, I don't know 680 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,995 if I should be excited or nervous. 681 00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:54,564 You know, you can't make this [bleep] up. 682 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:56,600 Why did someone put this in my cavern, 683 00:33:56,602 --> 00:33:58,268 then what the hell is it? 684 00:33:58,270 --> 00:34:00,504 You know, this land, this project, 685 00:34:00,506 --> 00:34:03,740 there's something going on here that's very, very strange. 686 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:06,209 Well, well, well. 687 00:34:19,857 --> 00:34:21,591 How many paces do you think? 688 00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:25,562 - Five? Yeah. - Three, four, five. 689 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:32,269 We've had a tough couple days on the ranch, 690 00:34:32,271 --> 00:34:36,139 we've been working long hours and it's been taking a toll on the guys. 691 00:34:36,141 --> 00:34:39,242 So, tonight, I felt like we take a little break. 692 00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:40,577 Drink a couple of beers. 693 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,113 And have a friendly hatchet throwing competition. 694 00:34:45,450 --> 00:34:46,983 You guys ready yet? 695 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:48,552 - Set now. - Yep, that's perfect. 696 00:34:48,554 --> 00:34:49,920 What's the bet? 697 00:34:49,922 --> 00:34:52,689 - Uh, 100 bucks? - Hell yeah. 698 00:34:52,691 --> 00:34:54,558 Charlie's up first. 699 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:56,927 You got to call your log though. 700 00:34:56,929 --> 00:34:58,462 There's no slop involved here. 701 00:34:58,464 --> 00:35:00,530 No, no, no, no. Charlie. 702 00:35:00,532 --> 00:35:01,698 Turn around. 703 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,266 - Oh, in here. - In you go. 704 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:04,968 This is Charlie boy. 705 00:35:04,970 --> 00:35:07,637 Yeah, form. That's nice form man. 706 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:09,172 My hair got in my eyes. 707 00:35:10,141 --> 00:35:12,342 - Let's get the geologist up here. - Yeah. 708 00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:15,312 - You got stance, I like that. - Oh, Lord. 709 00:35:15,314 --> 00:35:17,147 [laughs] 710 00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:18,815 So, he's gonna race? 711 00:35:20,418 --> 00:35:21,785 Oh. 712 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:25,088 [all] Oh. 713 00:35:28,659 --> 00:35:31,328 [laughs] All right, here we go. 714 00:35:31,330 --> 00:35:32,963 This is for the gold. 715 00:35:35,399 --> 00:35:37,033 - Oh. - Ooh. 716 00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:39,870 - Well, I think we all need practice. - Yeah. 717 00:35:39,872 --> 00:35:42,105 And I have a feeling by the time it's all over with, 718 00:35:42,107 --> 00:35:43,607 there's gonna be some professionals here. 719 00:35:43,609 --> 00:35:45,075 Oh yeah. 720 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:04,794 [exhales] This is really confusing. 721 00:36:04,796 --> 00:36:07,430 I mean, I just, I can't remember the last time 722 00:36:07,432 --> 00:36:10,000 it was this hard to identify a metal. 723 00:36:10,002 --> 00:36:13,670 I mean, I'm confident I made a positive identification, 724 00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:16,540 but this is just crazy. It doesn't make any sense. 725 00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:20,510 Eric to Duane, do you copy? 726 00:36:21,445 --> 00:36:23,346 Yeah, go ahead. 727 00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,448 Yeah, Duane, I'm over here in the cabin. 728 00:36:25,450 --> 00:36:27,717 Can you get over here? I need to talk to you about something. 729 00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:30,654 Copy that. Headed over. 730 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:33,857 So, I spent the last few days trying to identify this mystery metal 731 00:36:33,859 --> 00:36:36,059 that we pulled out of the box. 732 00:36:36,061 --> 00:36:38,428 But, what I've come up with just doesn't make any sense. 733 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:44,467 What's going on, Eric? 734 00:36:44,469 --> 00:36:47,037 Hey, Duane. Hey, Chad. 735 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:50,640 Well, I feel confident I've identified the metal. 736 00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:59,549 I did about 12 field tests and I can definitively say 737 00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:01,618 that this material is gallium. 738 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,455 - Gallium? - Yeah, gallium. 739 00:37:05,457 --> 00:37:08,792 Yeah, but I ruled that out initially for a reason. 740 00:37:08,794 --> 00:37:12,295 Gallium isn't a naturally occurring element. 741 00:37:12,297 --> 00:37:14,564 It occurs as a result of smelting 742 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:18,568 and it was only discovered as recently as 1875. 743 00:37:20,938 --> 00:37:24,574 You know, we know for a fact that this box was over 500 years old. 744 00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:27,344 Gallium technically didn't even exist then. 745 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:30,914 No [bleep]. 746 00:37:30,916 --> 00:37:32,549 What the hell? 747 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:34,985 You know, this project just keeps getting weirder. 748 00:37:34,987 --> 00:37:36,119 - Yeah. - This whole deal. 749 00:37:36,121 --> 00:37:37,988 That's wild man. 750 00:37:37,990 --> 00:37:40,790 In nature, gallium is never found 751 00:37:40,792 --> 00:37:43,093 as a free element and cannot be found 752 00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:45,495 in a substantial amount in any minerals. 753 00:37:45,497 --> 00:37:48,898 It is typically created as a by-product of aluminum 754 00:37:48,900 --> 00:37:50,300 and zinc production. 755 00:37:50,302 --> 00:37:53,803 And the element wasn't identified until 300 years 756 00:37:53,805 --> 00:37:56,172 after the fall of the Aztec empire. 757 00:37:57,975 --> 00:37:59,209 Wow. 758 00:38:00,978 --> 00:38:04,281 They wanted to find a box full of Aztec treasure or gold. 759 00:38:04,283 --> 00:38:06,650 And, um, this definitely isn't that. 760 00:38:06,652 --> 00:38:09,519 But, it's something that could be very, very significant. 761 00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:11,755 I mean, this could be a historic discovery, 762 00:38:11,757 --> 00:38:13,390 right up there with some of the best. 763 00:38:13,392 --> 00:38:17,527 I mean, we just don't know. We need to explore this further. 764 00:38:17,529 --> 00:38:19,996 So, how valuable is this stuff? 765 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:22,299 Depends on what you're using it for. 766 00:38:22,301 --> 00:38:24,267 So, what is it used for? 767 00:38:24,269 --> 00:38:27,470 That's the thing that I just can't wrap my head around. 768 00:38:27,472 --> 00:38:29,606 It has some really, really good uses, 769 00:38:29,608 --> 00:38:32,142 but they're all modern day uses. 770 00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:35,645 Um, things like high efficiency solar panels. 771 00:38:35,647 --> 00:38:38,214 Uh, it's a very good conductor, 772 00:38:38,216 --> 00:38:41,051 something used in high tech circuitry. 773 00:38:41,053 --> 00:38:44,087 When you think of what a metal is typically used 774 00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:45,622 for 500 years ago. 775 00:38:45,624 --> 00:38:47,524 They're using it for, for, you know, 776 00:38:47,526 --> 00:38:51,161 maybe coins, maybe jewelry, things like that. 777 00:38:51,163 --> 00:38:52,796 But, what good would this do? 778 00:38:52,798 --> 00:38:54,931 - Got melted... Right. - It's gonna melt right off your... 779 00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:56,032 - finger. - Yeah. 780 00:38:56,034 --> 00:39:01,371 So, man, it just, um, it baffles me. 781 00:39:01,373 --> 00:39:03,206 So, does this rule out the Aztecs? 782 00:39:03,208 --> 00:39:05,008 No, hell no, it couldn't. 783 00:39:05,010 --> 00:39:06,976 The Aztecs knew what the hell they were doing 784 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,578 and they were clearly advanced, 785 00:39:08,580 --> 00:39:11,948 and they might've discovered the metal 300 years 786 00:39:11,950 --> 00:39:14,851 before nobody else even knew about it. 787 00:39:14,853 --> 00:39:18,054 Well, yeah, I tend to agree. I mean, we know that the Aztecs 788 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:20,924 were really efficient metal workers. 789 00:39:20,926 --> 00:39:23,159 But, what the hell did they use it for? 790 00:39:23,161 --> 00:39:26,329 [exhales] It's a mystery for sure. 791 00:39:26,331 --> 00:39:28,365 Well, here's what we know. 792 00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:33,370 Someone that knew advanced mining 500 years ago, 793 00:39:33,372 --> 00:39:34,771 plus or minus... 794 00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:37,607 created a new metal. 795 00:39:39,610 --> 00:39:44,180 They valued it so highly that they cored out rocks, 796 00:39:44,182 --> 00:39:48,818 and poured in there and use cold groundwater to keep it 797 00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:51,788 - Yeah. - and they hid it deep inside that damn cavern. 798 00:39:52,490 --> 00:39:54,224 And guess what? 799 00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:56,359 We have two miles of these caves 800 00:39:56,361 --> 00:40:00,563 and we haven't seen 1% of what the hell is in these caves systems. 801 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,167 Could be full of all kinds of [bleep]. 802 00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:07,537 What else is there though? 803 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,941 You know, there's only one thing left for us to do. 804 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:14,544 Yeah. 805 00:40:14,546 --> 00:40:16,079 Let's just go find out. 806 00:40:16,081 --> 00:40:18,615 - Yeah. - Deal, let's do it. 807 00:40:18,617 --> 00:40:22,185 [Duane] I don't know why the metal is hidden in that box. 808 00:40:22,187 --> 00:40:25,355 And I don't know what the hell else is buried up under this ranch. 809 00:40:25,357 --> 00:40:27,924 But I do know this is one hell of a mystery 810 00:40:27,926 --> 00:40:30,393 and the answers we're looking for is not up here. 811 00:40:31,028 --> 00:40:32,695 It's down in the caves, 812 00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:36,800 but we've only seen less than 1% of the cave. 813 00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:40,203 You know, it's, it's time to drill a new entrance 814 00:40:40,205 --> 00:40:42,505 and see what else is hidden down there. 815 00:40:42,507 --> 00:40:45,508 You can bet your ass there's not just one box. 816 00:40:45,510 --> 00:40:47,410 There's got to be a whole bunch. 817 00:40:48,979 --> 00:40:52,182 Next time on Mystery of Blind Frog Ranch. 818 00:40:52,184 --> 00:40:54,117 We got to find that dry entrance. Let's go. 819 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:56,152 I haven't seen anything like this around here. 820 00:40:56,154 --> 00:40:57,954 That's definitely radioactivity. 821 00:40:57,956 --> 00:40:59,355 This could be huge for us. 822 00:40:59,357 --> 00:41:02,826 I'm thinking of putting together an unmanned aerial vehicle 823 00:41:02,828 --> 00:41:04,761 with a radioactive detector on it. 824 00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:07,397 Sounds like hell of a plan. 825 00:41:07,399 --> 00:41:11,367 You find the radioactivity, you can find the dry entrance to the cave. 826 00:41:11,369 --> 00:41:12,936 - [device beeps] - Wait a minute, there's a hit. 827 00:41:12,938 --> 00:41:14,604 I think we need to go check it out. 828 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,407 - Look at that. - Here. 829 00:41:17,409 --> 00:41:19,909 There it is, this is a hole right there. 830 00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:21,377 We're gonna have a lot of people showing up 831 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:22,812 that want a piece of the action. 832 00:41:22,814 --> 00:41:25,615 You mother [bleep]. Come on. Pull your gun. 833 00:41:25,617 --> 00:41:27,383 Helicopters I've ever seen before. 834 00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:28,818 That's military. 835 00:41:28,820 --> 00:41:29,986 What the [bleep] is going on?