1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,000 [Eric] All right, James, what do we got here? 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,400 [narrator] Previously on Blind Frog Ranch... 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:06,630 [James] So, we have a magnetometer. 4 00:00:06,630 --> 00:00:09,660 [narrator] In their quest to find the lost Aztec treasure, 5 00:00:09,660 --> 00:00:12,860 a magnetometer scan revealed a possible hidden tunnel 6 00:00:12,860 --> 00:00:14,400 in the South Cave. 7 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,260 There's something pretty large back there. 8 00:00:17,260 --> 00:00:20,860 [narrator] While attempting to reach the void with a jackhammer... 9 00:00:20,860 --> 00:00:22,160 [jackhammer drilling] 10 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,000 ...the mysterious rumbling returned and collapsed the cave. 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,500 [rumbling] 12 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:29,700 [Chad] There's no way we can go back in there. 13 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:32,160 No, we gotta find another entrance, dude. 14 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:34,860 [narrator] With the Bead Site now the team's only lead... 15 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:36,260 [Charlie] Huddle up, everybody. 16 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:38,660 [narrator] ...Charlie discovered a mysterious building material... 17 00:00:38,660 --> 00:00:40,200 [Charlie] I've never seen anything up here like this. 18 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,560 [narrator] ...which may be Aztecan cement... 19 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,600 The Aztec created massive structures using mortar and concrete. 20 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,460 [narrator] ...leading the team to marshal in some heavy duty gear 21 00:00:49,460 --> 00:00:52,560 to finally break through to the keyhole chamber. 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,230 Yeah! You're grinding now! 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,100 Hold! Hold! Hold! 24 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:58,360 What do you got, guys? 25 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,460 This is an altar piece. 26 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:02,530 -[Josh] This shouldn't be here. -[dramatic instrumental music] 27 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,360 [narrator] Legends of ancient treasures... 28 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,160 This has to be hundreds of years back. 29 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,000 -[narrator] ...and unexplained phenomena... -What the hell is that? 30 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,700 [narrator] ...meet at a 160-acre property in northeast Utah 31 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:18,160 -known as Blind Frog Ranch... -[frogs croaking] 32 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,100 ...where Duane Ollinger and his team are digging in search 33 00:01:21,100 --> 00:01:23,560 of long-lost Aztec gold. 34 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,460 [Chad] So, the Aztecs have discovered this? 35 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:26,760 [narrator] But the closer they get... 36 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:29,100 Finally get to hold [bleep] gold in my hand! 37 00:01:29,100 --> 00:01:30,800 [narrator] ...the more the land fights back. 38 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,060 -[man] Poison gas! -Go! [bleep] go! 39 00:01:33,060 --> 00:01:36,400 [narrator] Now, Duane will move heaven and earth... 40 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:37,730 -Fire in the hole. -[explosion] 41 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:40,700 [narrator] ...until he gets to the bottom of the mystery... 42 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:44,300 We started this whole deal, and we're sure as hell gonna finish it. 43 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:46,360 [narrator] ...and solves what's lurking below... 44 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:47,960 Holy [bleep] there's something in there! 45 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,830 -[rumbling] -[indistinct shouting] 46 00:01:50,460 --> 00:01:53,030 [narrator] ...at Blind Frog Ranch. 47 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:56,630 [dramatic instrumental music] 48 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,460 [James] What have we got here? 49 00:02:03,460 --> 00:02:06,160 [Josh] It looks like a metate. This come out of this hole? 50 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,500 It came from that hole, yeah. That all came out. 51 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,600 I mean, it's possible it's a metate. 52 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:18,260 But this is just a perfect piece of stone that I've seen 53 00:02:18,260 --> 00:02:22,600 many times used as some type of top side of the altar 54 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,300 for them to put all ceremonial goods on top of. 55 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:29,100 [Josh] So, what do you mean? Like, their offerings would've been on here? 56 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:34,260 But what's interesting, too, there's a lot of times we ended up finding 57 00:02:34,260 --> 00:02:36,760 stone boxes underneath them 58 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,360 that had permanent offerings to the Gods. 59 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,160 I'm thinking this is an altar piece. 60 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:44,560 I think there really is something 61 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:46,900 -to these smoke pipes. -[Charlie] Yeah. 62 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,160 Well, every time I work here, I seem to say, "This shouldn't be here." 63 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,000 We're already finding artifacts. I mean, we just got started. 64 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,400 This is incredible. 65 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,130 What you got, James? 66 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,200 I mean, it's possible that it's a metate, 67 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,260 but what I used to see around some of the pyramids in the temples was, 68 00:03:07,260 --> 00:03:12,760 they were finding altars that the poorer individuals, that couldn't actually access, 69 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,560 were putting on the edges as offerings and, then, putting their artifacts 70 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:18,530 on top. 71 00:03:18,530 --> 00:03:21,860 There's got to be other pieces to this, too. 72 00:03:21,860 --> 00:03:23,800 [narrator] In the Aztec capital, 73 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,200 offerings of the ruling class were made atop elaborate altars 74 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,360 at the apex of pyramids. 75 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:31,660 But for peasants and poorer folk, 76 00:03:31,660 --> 00:03:36,560 simpler altars were often placed at the foot of significant ceremonial sites. 77 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,560 And both Mary, a chief executive for the Timpanogos Nation... 78 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,760 This site meant something. 79 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,660 [narrator] ...and Dr. Blomquist... 80 00:03:44,660 --> 00:03:46,060 It could be an altar. 81 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:47,160 [narrator] ...think the Bead Site 82 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,400 was used as either a religious site for ceremonies, 83 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,360 or a burial site. 84 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,360 That actually could be something that they put offerings on. 85 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:59,400 We're right next to what was an important cultural site to the ancients. 86 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,000 This was brought in to this spot. 87 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,460 It's not from this cliff line here at all. 88 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:06,760 But we gotta go deeper in order to figure this out. 89 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,660 It's an incredible find. I mean, this is fantastic. 90 00:04:09,660 --> 00:04:12,200 So, if that's an altar, then there must be more to it. 91 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:14,000 There's gotta be more to it. 92 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,900 [tense instrumental music] 93 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:17,330 [message tone dings] 94 00:04:17,330 --> 00:04:20,460 [Josh] Chad wants to meet up at the hideout. 95 00:04:20,460 --> 00:04:22,700 All right, let's wrap for the day, fellas. 96 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,530 [tense instrumental music] 97 00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:34,460 What we do know right now is that entrance that we found, 98 00:04:34,460 --> 00:04:35,800 the South Cave, is done. 99 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,860 We have to find a safer entrance and more stable. 100 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:44,600 [narrator] Eric and Chad's efforts in the South Cave to reach the keyhole chamber 101 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,100 through the void nearly had deadly consequences. 102 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:49,600 -[rumbling] -[bleeping] 103 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,360 [man] Come out! Come out! 104 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:55,460 And, now, they need to try to find an alternate way in. 105 00:04:55,460 --> 00:04:57,300 We have to find another entrance, Duane. 106 00:04:57,300 --> 00:05:00,160 I mean, we just... There's no other option at this point. 107 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,660 We can't go back in there, work in that spot, that South Cave. 108 00:05:03,660 --> 00:05:06,860 Yeah, I agree. I agree on that one. 109 00:05:06,860 --> 00:05:08,660 [Chad] There has to be another entrance 110 00:05:08,660 --> 00:05:11,760 because it's too tight to get these big logs in there. 111 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,760 There's another way in there, and we have to find it. 112 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,800 Yeah, I saw a passage, another passage right there at the timbers. 113 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,200 -[Chad] Right. -So, that could lead right to the surface. 114 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:21,860 -Exactly. -[Josh] I mean, looking for any depression, any sinkhole. 115 00:05:21,860 --> 00:05:25,360 You see that, we start digging. Open that thing up. 116 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:29,000 Some of the world's largest caves follow fault systems. 117 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,660 That's a weakness zone in the earth. 118 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:33,100 So, I think I'll start by looking for faults. 119 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:36,360 I mean, the South Cave entrance has a fault that appears to extend 120 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,200 from the cave entrance up to the top of the cliff. 121 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,260 So, that'll probably be a good place to start. 122 00:05:41,260 --> 00:05:46,000 And, so, I'm looking at a technology called lidar. 123 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,100 What it does is it creates this really cool 3D image of the ground, basically. 124 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:53,360 And we're gonna fly it over the entire ranch. 125 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,600 We can look at trends, things like faults. 126 00:05:56,700 --> 00:06:00,260 So, we can follow that fault zone from the South Cave, 127 00:06:00,260 --> 00:06:03,100 and maybe we can find a larger entrance through that. 128 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,800 [Duane] That lidar deal, Eric, 129 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,800 -hell of an idea. Let's do it. -Yeah. 130 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:11,330 [tense instrumental music] 131 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,000 Eric, this is the lidar you've been talking about? 132 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:22,530 Yup, that's it. 133 00:06:22,530 --> 00:06:25,960 I'm getting ready to fly it. It's gonna give you some amazing images, Duane. 134 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,860 [narrator] With the South Cave too dangerous to explore, 135 00:06:28,860 --> 00:06:33,600 Eric is using lidar technology in an attempt to identify the fault line 136 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,000 that extends northward from the cave, 137 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,700 in the hopes that there might be another viable entrance 138 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,660 into the keyhole chamber. 139 00:06:40,660 --> 00:06:42,860 The lidar can see through vegetation, 140 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:45,000 hopefully revealing a larger entrance 141 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,760 that might explain how the hewn logs were brought into the South Cave. 142 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,160 [Eric] This technology has been used to explore in the jungles, 143 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,460 to find hidden pyramids, lost civilizations. 144 00:06:55,460 --> 00:06:58,600 It's a very powerful exploration tool. 145 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:00,600 [narrator] Using lidar technology, 146 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:07,160 researchers in 2009 discovered a forgotten Mayan city in the jungle of Guatemala. 147 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,200 Their findings revealed that the ancient city of Caracol 148 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:14,300 was one of the largest in the world in 700 CE. 149 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,160 They were also able to identify 150 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,660 ancient settlements near Calakmul, 151 00:07:18,660 --> 00:07:22,730 including a pyramidal construction plaza and canal. 152 00:07:24,260 --> 00:07:26,300 [Eric] All right, Duane, here we go. 153 00:07:28,660 --> 00:07:30,360 -Hell, yeah. -Yes! 154 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:31,860 -Yes! -[Duane] I'll be damned. 155 00:07:31,860 --> 00:07:32,900 [Eric] Yes! 156 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:36,830 Look at that somebody go! 157 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:41,360 [tense instrumental music] 158 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,260 This is pre-programmed. 159 00:07:43,260 --> 00:07:44,900 It's gonna fly a grid pattern. 160 00:07:48,660 --> 00:07:50,200 We're looking at it right there 161 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,230 start to get the pattern. 162 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:57,600 This is gonna give us a super-detailed 163 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,200 3D image of the topography of your ranch. 164 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,600 And that, I can put that next to a geologic map. 165 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,100 I can look at formations. I can look at possible fault lines, 166 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:08,460 fracture zones, drainage patterns. 167 00:08:08,460 --> 00:08:11,100 -This is some of that Star Trek [bleep] -[laughing] It is. 168 00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:13,100 I agree with you, Duane. 169 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,700 Here it is. 170 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,500 It looks like it's got its data. 171 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,000 It's gonna land. 172 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,360 [Duane] That's a handy somebody. 173 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:26,830 [Eric] Yeah, isn't that something? 174 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:30,800 [laughs] 175 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,260 [Duane] That is amazing. 176 00:08:32,260 --> 00:08:35,000 That was one quadrant. We have three more to do. 177 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,460 -Okay. -It'll take about 40 minutes per quadrant. 178 00:08:37,460 --> 00:08:40,130 -Hell, yeah. Sounds good. Good job. -All right, Duane. 179 00:08:45,260 --> 00:08:47,430 [wind blowing] 180 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:53,360 -We got the results of the lidar scan here. -[Chad] Good. 181 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:56,760 [Eric] With the lidar data complete, Chad and I are gonna go through the findings 182 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:01,160 and, hopefully, be able to detect another possible entrance to the cave. 183 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,100 -[Chad] Wow, nice. -[Eric] We can see features. 184 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,760 We can see different geologic structures. 185 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,860 We can see a fault zone going right through there. 186 00:09:07,860 --> 00:09:08,900 [Chad] Nice, look at that. 187 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:10,360 -Yeah! You see, right here? -Yeah. 188 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,100 That looks like a fault zone that goes right along 189 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:15,300 towards that entrance of the South Cave. 190 00:09:15,300 --> 00:09:17,000 So, the South Cave lines up with it. 191 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,400 -That's amazing. -[Eric] Yeah. 192 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,360 [narrator] A fault line is responsible for creating the South Cave. 193 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:25,560 The fault splits the entire rock formation that sits above the cave 194 00:09:25,560 --> 00:09:30,460 and continues north across the area above the keyhole chamber. 195 00:09:30,460 --> 00:09:33,460 Because caverns often form along fault lines, 196 00:09:33,460 --> 00:09:36,360 Eric believes that another entrance may exist 197 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:41,660 somewhere along this fault that may be big enough to bring in the hewn logs. 198 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:44,400 [Eric] I'm following this fault to the northwest, 199 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:48,200 and I'm seeing a little... something a little weird here. 200 00:09:50,900 --> 00:09:53,260 -You see that bare spot there? -[Chad] Yeah, I see it. 201 00:09:53,260 --> 00:09:55,360 -[Eric] There's no vegetation there. -[Chad] Right. 202 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,800 It looks like an open pit mine. 203 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,900 [narrator] Open pit mines are used to extract minerals 204 00:10:01,900 --> 00:10:04,560 that are relatively close to the surface. 205 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:07,660 As the overburden, or soil, is removed, 206 00:10:07,660 --> 00:10:09,860 more minerals are exposed. 207 00:10:09,860 --> 00:10:13,500 In time, the technique leaves behind an open pit. 208 00:10:14,460 --> 00:10:17,300 You can see the vegetation as you follow the fault zone. 209 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:21,960 And, then, all of a sudden, the vegetation dies out. There's a big bare spot there. 210 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:26,760 On the lidar scan, I'm seeing a bare patch of mountainside right over the fault line. 211 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,360 To my geologist's eyes, that looks like an open pit mine 212 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:30,460 right above the fault, 213 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:33,500 which means it could be a way into the cave system. 214 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:37,460 [narrator] Minerals like gold and underground caverns 215 00:10:37,460 --> 00:10:39,500 often have one thing in common, 216 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:43,260 they exist along fault lines. 217 00:10:43,260 --> 00:10:45,800 An open pit mine sitting on top of a fault, 218 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,600 like the one Eric has spotted, might indicate that miners looking for gold 219 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,860 broke through to a larger underground cave system, 220 00:10:53,860 --> 00:10:59,600 a system that could lead back to the keyhole cavern underneath Blind Frog Ranch. 221 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:03,800 If we were to find something like that with another entrance, 222 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,500 -we could walk right in. -[Eric] Hell, yeah. 223 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,000 -Yeah. -We just have to get up there. 224 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,130 -Exactly. -[dramatic instrumental music] 225 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,900 [bird screeching] 226 00:11:18,460 --> 00:11:21,360 [Chad] Here's Code Creek. You're saying there could be faults here? 227 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Whenever you see things in nature that are straight like that, 228 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:26,560 it could be an indication that there's a fault there. 229 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:28,460 And perhaps, if we find the fault, 230 00:11:28,460 --> 00:11:30,000 maybe we find the other entrance. 231 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,060 -We keep our eyes peeled for anything. -[Eric] Yup. 232 00:11:33,060 --> 00:11:35,100 [narrator] Using data from a lidar scan, 233 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:39,160 Chad and Eric are following a fault line north from the ranch 234 00:11:39,160 --> 00:11:41,800 toward a suspected pit mine. 235 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:46,200 Eric theorizes a cavern system may have developed along the fault 236 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,860 and could potentially lead all the way back 237 00:11:48,860 --> 00:11:51,660 to the keyhole chamber under the ranch. 238 00:11:51,660 --> 00:11:54,130 [tense instrumental music] 239 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,160 [Eric] Some tracks in here. 240 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:01,260 [Chad] Oh, right here, yeah. 241 00:12:01,260 --> 00:12:04,100 -[Eric] Looks like paws in there. -Cat, right here. 242 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:06,130 -See that? -[Eric] Yeah, yeah. 243 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:11,130 [Chad] Hey, look at this. 244 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,030 -[Eric] Oh, my. -Bone. 245 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:17,660 [Eric] There's still some meat on that bone. 246 00:12:17,660 --> 00:12:19,560 -Shin bone, not sure. -Yeah. 247 00:12:19,560 --> 00:12:21,560 It looks pretty recent, though. 248 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,300 -Look at the coloration of it. -[Chad] Uh-huh. 249 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,900 [tense instrumental music] 250 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,260 This is kind of weird. Look at this. 251 00:12:34,260 --> 00:12:37,260 They're broken, but it's almost like there's a little hut inside there, 252 00:12:37,260 --> 00:12:39,260 like a little shelter. 253 00:12:39,260 --> 00:12:43,700 What you'll always see is an entrance and a place to, like, hide. 254 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,530 [tense instrumental music] 255 00:12:57,260 --> 00:12:58,860 Here's another one. 256 00:12:58,860 --> 00:13:02,260 It's almost like it's, kind of, some kind of shelter. 257 00:13:02,260 --> 00:13:03,860 These are all bent over. 258 00:13:03,860 --> 00:13:05,300 There's broken trees. 259 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:08,060 -[Eric] Like the brush is cleared from the inside out. -[Chad] Exactly. 260 00:13:08,060 --> 00:13:10,460 We're in the middle of nowhere, 261 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:12,900 and people don't build things like this. 262 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:16,760 If I was to have a shelter, it wouldn't look anything like this. 263 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,160 -And this is like the third or fourth one. -Right. 264 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,600 -I don't know. -[Eric] It's very strange. 265 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:25,500 [Chad] Oh, look at this. 266 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:27,600 There's another one. 267 00:13:28,560 --> 00:13:30,860 [Eric] Jaw bone. Yeah. 268 00:13:30,860 --> 00:13:32,860 -It's a deer, huh? -[Eric] Probably a deer. 269 00:13:32,860 --> 00:13:35,360 -[Chad] So, there's a lot of deer. -Yeah, there's a lot of 270 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:36,800 predator-prey going on here. 271 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,560 I just hope we're not the prey. 272 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,760 Something large is feeding and possibly denning up here. 273 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:46,100 I don't know what it is, and I have no intention of finding out. 274 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:47,460 We just gotta be careful. 275 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,360 We've got a long trek ahead of us. 276 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,030 [Chad] What is this? 277 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:52,760 Eric, Look at this. 278 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:53,830 This, right here. 279 00:13:53,830 --> 00:13:56,500 All these branches are just, like, shoved in here. 280 00:13:56,500 --> 00:14:00,760 -Like, if a tree was to fall, you would see the root, right? -Right. 281 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,800 [Chad] And, like, this. This, right here. 282 00:14:04,060 --> 00:14:06,400 That is not from here. 283 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,560 And, like, this. 284 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,130 It's [bleep] shoved in here like this. 285 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:13,400 [Eric] Yeah, it does look a bit odd. 286 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,260 [Chad] Oh. Hey! Look at this [bleep] 287 00:14:16,260 --> 00:14:18,200 Look at this, right here. 288 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,260 -[Eric] Whoa! -[Chad] Watch out! Watch out! 289 00:14:21,260 --> 00:14:23,230 -[Eric] Whoa. -[Chad] What is that? 290 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:26,230 [Eric] It's a skull. 291 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,060 Hey, look at this! [bleep] look at this. 292 00:14:33,060 --> 00:14:35,660 [narrator] Eric and Chad are searching for an open pit mine 293 00:14:35,660 --> 00:14:38,100 and another way into the cave system. 294 00:14:38,100 --> 00:14:40,760 But they found something else unexpected. 295 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:42,660 [Chad] Watch out! Watch out! 296 00:14:42,660 --> 00:14:44,860 -[Eric] Whoa. -[Chad] What is that? 297 00:14:44,860 --> 00:14:46,460 [Eric] It's a skull. 298 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:47,800 That was sitting up in the tree. 299 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,800 That was up on that tree, man. 300 00:14:49,800 --> 00:14:51,160 [Eric] What do you think this is? 301 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,100 [Chad] Uh, maybe a deer, something like that? 302 00:14:53,100 --> 00:14:55,360 [Eric] Yeah. Doesn't have, like, fangs. 303 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,760 Hey, maybe it's the head to the jaw bones we found down below. 304 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,260 Could be. 305 00:15:00,260 --> 00:15:01,860 -But why was it in the tree? -Why was it in the tree? 306 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:03,500 -That's exactly right. -[Eric] Exactly. 307 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:05,860 You know, I did some exploration in Africa, 308 00:15:05,860 --> 00:15:07,360 and I know the only cat 309 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,300 that's known to store their kills in trees are leopards. 310 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,100 -Well, there's no leopards here. -[chuckling] No leopards here. 311 00:15:13,100 --> 00:15:14,860 So, something put it up there. 312 00:15:14,860 --> 00:15:17,260 All right, let's just see if it goes together. 313 00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:18,460 Look at that. 314 00:15:18,460 --> 00:15:20,060 -Look at that. -[Chad] Why was some of it left down there 315 00:15:20,060 --> 00:15:22,260 and some of the skull was up here? 316 00:15:22,260 --> 00:15:24,760 Yeah, I think maybe the kill was down there, 317 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:28,400 and somebody, or something, took the skull and put it up there, for some reason. 318 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,860 Why were they separate, though? I mean... 319 00:15:31,860 --> 00:15:34,260 For what reason, I don't know. 320 00:15:34,260 --> 00:15:36,000 Yeah, this is [bleep] creepy, you know? 321 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,660 -I'm not digging it. -I don't want to. 322 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:39,500 -No. -[laughing] Could be a bad omen. 323 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,460 Yeah. 324 00:15:40,460 --> 00:15:43,260 [tense instrumental music] 325 00:15:43,260 --> 00:15:44,230 [James] There they are. 326 00:15:44,230 --> 00:15:46,260 [Josh] Yeah, let's go have a chat with Duane. 327 00:15:46,260 --> 00:15:48,260 [Duane] You know, Charlie boy, that's a hell of a find. 328 00:15:48,260 --> 00:15:50,600 [Charlie] It was a damn good find. 329 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:54,260 [narrator] Earlier at the Bead Site, the team discovered a flat stone 330 00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:56,400 that might have been part of an Aztecan altar 331 00:15:56,400 --> 00:16:00,260 which was found 30 feet below the top of the rock formation. 332 00:16:00,260 --> 00:16:02,760 -Hey, guys, how's it going? -[Josh] Gentlemen. 333 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,360 -That was a pretty exciting find. -It damn sure was. 334 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,360 Now, that was a major deal. We need to find more of it, though. 335 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,660 -I mean, now that we're finding artifacts... -Yeah. 336 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:14,560 ...God only knows what's gonna come out of that hole. 337 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:17,260 -You need to go through that up there real good. -[Josh] Oh, yeah. 338 00:16:17,260 --> 00:16:21,560 You know, it was right there where that dirt was and where that tree was. 339 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,200 There's a lot of alcoves right up here, too. 340 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,900 It could have been up there and just, over time, 341 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:28,260 fallen and, then, buried in that ledge and hardened. 342 00:16:28,260 --> 00:16:29,530 [Josh] Well, I think we learned a lesson. 343 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:33,660 We just need to take it real slow now, really keep an eye out. 344 00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:35,360 James and I will go up there, 345 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,560 and let's really look that area over that you were digging. 346 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,560 And, then, once we clear it, you can come in and we'll go at it. 347 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,400 Thank God you spotted that yesterday, Duane. 348 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:44,800 -That worked out well. -Yeah. 349 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,300 But we just need to keep as many eyes on it as possible as we're going. 350 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:49,760 [Charlie] Yeah, absolutely. 351 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:54,160 If we find that chamber, you're gonna find tens of thousands of more things 352 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,030 than what we just found. 353 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,160 That's why we're here. 354 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,660 All right, we'll take a look, then we'll get going. 355 00:17:00,660 --> 00:17:03,160 -[James] See you all up there. -All right. 356 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,200 -Let's scour this whole area here. -[James] All right. 357 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:09,260 Now, let me get up in the hole and see what we've got up here. 358 00:17:09,260 --> 00:17:12,560 Josh, how about if you follow all these roots that are coming down 359 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:14,560 through the stone here, 360 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:18,560 see if they've attached to anything or something's got stuck in them. 361 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,200 'Cause roots are great at capturing artifacts. 362 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,300 [Josh] Well, I'm not seeing anything in here. 363 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:25,300 [Charlie] Is that a hole going back in there, 364 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:26,400 there in the corner? 365 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,500 [James] That keeps going down, huh? 366 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,000 -Oh, yeah. -[Josh] Oh, yeah. Look at this. 367 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:34,000 [Charlie] Looks like a hole to me. 368 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,860 Can you follow those thicker roots right there, where your hand is? 369 00:17:36,860 --> 00:17:38,260 Yeah, sure. 370 00:17:38,260 --> 00:17:40,300 -Hey, look at that. Look at that. -[James] Yeah. 371 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:42,600 -[Josh] Whoa! That's just coming right out. -[James] Yeah, it is. 372 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,000 And look at all the roots that are coming down out of it. 373 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,500 [Josh] Look at this. Look at that, James. 374 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:47,700 [James] That's still moist. 375 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:50,660 -Oh, this keeps going, James! -[James] Look at that thing. 376 00:17:50,660 --> 00:17:52,960 And that's going down underneath it, too. 377 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,160 [Josh] Look at this. Oh, my God! 378 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:56,530 This is soft. 379 00:17:56,530 --> 00:17:59,360 This hole keeps going back, and I can just dig this with my hand. 380 00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:01,760 There's gotta be a way to see if everything's connected. 381 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,060 Well, why don't we just smoke it? Let's see where it comes out. 382 00:18:04,060 --> 00:18:05,530 -Hell, yeah. -[Josh] That's a good idea. 383 00:18:05,530 --> 00:18:08,330 -[James] That's a great idea. -I'm at the end of my reach, and I can't... 384 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:10,230 It's still going. 385 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:13,460 When I ran that endoscope up above in the holes above us, 386 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:15,100 it looked like it opened up. 387 00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:17,860 And I think this thing could connect to that, as well. 388 00:18:17,860 --> 00:18:21,060 Well, let's do what Charles was saying. Let's smoke it, then, right now. 389 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:23,260 Yeah, let's get some smoke in it and see where it comes out. 390 00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:24,360 If this connects up to the chimney, 391 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:26,400 -we can start putting that together. -[James] Yeah. 392 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,500 -Hey, let's let Duane know. -Yeah, that's a good idea. 393 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:33,360 Hey, Duane, you got your ears on? 394 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:34,460 Go ahead. 395 00:18:34,460 --> 00:18:37,460 We got quite a hole going back underneath this rock. 396 00:18:37,460 --> 00:18:38,560 Copy that. 397 00:18:38,560 --> 00:18:40,860 Looks like we've exposed a vent pipe. 398 00:18:40,860 --> 00:18:43,100 We're gonna smoke it out and see if it connects. 399 00:18:43,100 --> 00:18:46,100 Copy that. Smoke don't lie. 400 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,100 [Josh] Well, we're gonna hook up the smoke machine, 401 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:51,260 take this hose and put it right in that hole we found earlier. 402 00:18:51,260 --> 00:18:52,960 -[Duane] All right. -And we'll see if it connects. 403 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,800 [narrator] Pumping smoke into the hole 404 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,000 will help the team to understand the structure of the vents 405 00:18:58,000 --> 00:18:59,600 hidden behind the rock, 406 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:04,460 and could provide clues to how the ancients were using this ceremonial site. 407 00:19:04,460 --> 00:19:05,860 [Josh] Well, let's get it set up. 408 00:19:05,860 --> 00:19:08,360 It'll work. It'll damn sure work. 409 00:19:08,360 --> 00:19:10,300 [dramatic instrumental music] 410 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:13,460 Well, let's fire it up, and we'll back up and see 411 00:19:13,460 --> 00:19:17,230 -if we see some smoke coming up top. -Yup. 412 00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:21,060 [Josh] Give us the gap there, Charlie. 413 00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,460 Yeah, back up towards me a little bit. There you go. Right there. 414 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:24,760 Now, we're getting a lot of smoke. 415 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:25,930 Perfect. 416 00:19:25,930 --> 00:19:28,660 You know, city workers pump smoke into the sewer lines 417 00:19:28,660 --> 00:19:29,630 to detect leaks. 418 00:19:29,630 --> 00:19:32,160 So, we're gonna use the same process here 419 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,260 to find connections in this rock. 420 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:36,660 -Well, we're ready. -Yeah, we got the easy job. 421 00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:40,260 We got the hose down. We're gonna pack a bunch of dirt behind it, 422 00:19:40,260 --> 00:19:41,500 seal it off, 423 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:46,100 'cause we want all that smoke going deeper into this rock. 424 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:49,100 Hopefully, that'll tell us where it's coming out. 425 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,660 It's sealed. 426 00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:52,160 Here we go, boys! 427 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,330 [smoke machine hissing] 428 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,500 -You guys seeing anything? -No. 429 00:20:08,660 --> 00:20:10,200 [Josh] Keep pumping, Charlie. 430 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:14,400 Hey, we're pumping a lot of smoke. 431 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:17,130 That's gotta be going somewhere. You're not seeing anything? 432 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,630 No. I'm even looking way up at the top. I'm not seeing anything yet. 433 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:25,900 Well, it's not coming back out of this hole. 434 00:20:28,500 --> 00:20:30,030 It's going somewhere, 435 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,600 -Still nothing? -Not yet. 436 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,760 [tense instrumental music] 437 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:39,900 Give me as much smoke as you got, Charlie. 438 00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,600 I still don't see anything, Duane. How about you? 439 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,300 It's gonna come out of the easiest point first. 440 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:50,160 Look, that smoke's not coming back out of this hole. 441 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:52,660 I mean, that could mean that we've got a larger void underneath there. 442 00:20:52,660 --> 00:20:54,700 It's just taking a long time to fill up. 443 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:57,530 [James] Yeah, I still don't see anything right now. 444 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:02,760 Wait. I see something right... No, I don't. 445 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,900 No, I think we don't... 446 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:07,430 we don't have nothing going on right now. 447 00:21:09,260 --> 00:21:11,900 -[James] No. -There's not a spit of smoke. 448 00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:15,700 I don't see nothing, James. I think it was a good idea, 449 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:17,760 but something ain't working. 450 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,900 [bleep] 451 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:21,560 Hold on, James! 452 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,400 [dramatic instrumental music] 453 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,560 Get your ass back over here. 454 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,060 Come back here, slick. 455 00:21:27,060 --> 00:21:29,660 -Look at that [bleep] right by Charlie's head. -[James] Oh! 456 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:32,500 -Oh, yeah. -[Duane] Keep it going, fellas. 457 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,000 -You got smoke? -[James] Oh, we got smoke. Look up! 458 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,160 -No kidding? -[James] Look up! 459 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,100 -Right there! Look up above you! -[Josh] Let's take a look. 460 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:42,560 [Charlie] I got a remote. I can do it from down here. 461 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,460 Keep it going. Look at it! 462 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:44,560 -Oh, right there! -Yup. 463 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,400 -[Josh] That is a beautiful sight. -[James] Oh, man. 464 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,860 That's two holes. Two holes, it's coming out of above it. 465 00:21:48,860 --> 00:21:51,100 -Two, right by that... See it? -[Josh] Oh, right here. 466 00:21:51,100 --> 00:21:52,330 -[James] Yup. -[Josh] Right there. 467 00:21:52,330 --> 00:21:54,800 -[Duane] Damn sure shows a connection, fellas. -[James] Yeah. 468 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:58,160 Charlie boy, use that remote and give it another blast. 469 00:21:58,160 --> 00:21:59,900 All right. 470 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,400 -[Duane] Hey! -[James] Hey, look, there. Look up there! 471 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,260 -Up at the top, Duane. -[Duane] Damn sure. 472 00:22:04,260 --> 00:22:05,330 -[James] Way up there. -[Josh] Oh, man! 473 00:22:05,330 --> 00:22:06,930 -[James] Three of 'em. -[Josh] That's three of 'em! 474 00:22:06,930 --> 00:22:10,360 -It's connected all the way up this friggin' huge rock face. -Hell, yes! 475 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:12,260 [Josh] That smoke is pouring out of there! 476 00:22:12,260 --> 00:22:14,060 Look right up there towards the dead tree. 477 00:22:14,060 --> 00:22:16,560 [James] Oh, we got another! We got a series going! Look at that! 478 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,000 [Josh] Yeah! 479 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,100 [James] Keep pumping it, Charles. Keep pumping it in there. 480 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:21,600 [Charlie] I'm giving it all it's got. 481 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:22,800 There's one more right above it. 482 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,260 [James] Look at the top! Look at that! 483 00:22:25,260 --> 00:22:26,660 Smoking all the way up. 484 00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:28,160 -Oh, yeah. You got a series. -Yeah. 485 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,000 One here. One there. 486 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,500 One at the very top. 487 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:35,460 The smoke's all going to the right of where the rock wheel was digging. 488 00:22:35,460 --> 00:22:37,960 So, we gotta... We need to move that rock wheel to the right. 489 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:42,560 We'll go right about here. Let's punch in right there with that rock wheel, Duane. 490 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,360 Probably that. That won't take much, either. 491 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:48,060 So, there's definitely a system of vents in the hard rock face. 492 00:22:48,060 --> 00:22:50,960 But how connected are they and what's inside them? 493 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,360 And do they lead down into the void? 494 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:56,960 We're gonna throw an endoscope down there and see if we can find out more. 495 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,700 But we might be one step closer to a discovery that's gonna change history. 496 00:23:00,700 --> 00:23:03,060 [Duane] That is as pretty as a picture right there in front of my eyes. 497 00:23:03,060 --> 00:23:05,360 [James] It sure is, Duane. It sure is. 498 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:07,600 [dramatic instrumental music] 499 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,930 [tense instrumental music] 500 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,160 -[Josh] This is fantastic. -[Duane] Yeah. 501 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,300 We gotta get up there and see what's in that vent hole right there. 502 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,660 That's where the smoke came out first. 503 00:23:25,660 --> 00:23:29,760 We pump smoke into the rock to see how these various holes are connected, 504 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:32,660 and smoke started pouring out everywhere. 505 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:35,000 It could mean that the hole Duane opened 506 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,900 could be connected to the void that we saw with the endoscope 507 00:23:37,900 --> 00:23:40,560 and possibly to the keyhole chamber below. 508 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,000 Somehow, we gotta get in there and take a look. 509 00:23:44,260 --> 00:23:47,300 We just need to endoscope that deal way deep down in there, 510 00:23:47,300 --> 00:23:50,860 find out if we can hit that chamber, and find out which way you're headed. 511 00:23:50,860 --> 00:23:52,360 That's gonna be good, too. 512 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:53,600 All right, great. 513 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,360 By taking an endoscope through other holes, 514 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:02,530 we might be able to find other hidden chambers that we can punch into. 515 00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:05,000 How are you gonna get up there? 516 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,660 I haven't quite figured that out, 517 00:24:06,660 --> 00:24:08,060 but we need to get up there somehow. 518 00:24:08,060 --> 00:24:11,000 Might be able to walk that ledge over there or something, I don't know. 519 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,960 [Josh] That doesn't look... You got any ideas, Duane? 520 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,230 We can throw a rope off and hang your ass. 521 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,500 [Josh] You got any better ideas, Duane? 522 00:24:18,500 --> 00:24:20,160 -[all laughing] -Yeah. 523 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,660 All right. I can give you a lift up there. 524 00:24:22,660 --> 00:24:24,900 I can give you a deck to stand on. 525 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:25,860 Think it'll be fine. 526 00:24:25,860 --> 00:24:28,500 All right. I've got that long-tailed endoscope. 527 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:31,100 Let's rig this thing up and I'll get up there and I'll see what we can find. 528 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:32,200 [Duane] All right, let's do it. 529 00:24:33,100 --> 00:24:36,700 [dramatic instrumental music] 530 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,000 [Josh] The excavator's grinder attachment is gonna help us reach the vent 531 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,000 where we saw the smoke come out of it. 532 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,660 Then, I'm gonna thread the endoscope through 533 00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:51,100 and see if there's another way into the rock. 534 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:53,500 Hold right there. 535 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,760 I'll go ahead and kill the machine. 536 00:24:56,760 --> 00:25:00,060 [Duane on radio] Take this spot, hold it right here, and climb up. 537 00:25:00,060 --> 00:25:01,560 [Josh on radio] All right, copy that, Duane. 538 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,830 Go ahead and kill it, and then I'll try it out. 539 00:25:04,860 --> 00:25:07,700 -Killed and operational. -[Josh] Copy that. 540 00:25:07,700 --> 00:25:09,060 I'm gonna start climbing. 541 00:25:09,060 --> 00:25:11,500 -[dramatic instrumental music] -[Josh grunting] 542 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:18,360 [Charlie] Do you want him to raise you up further? 543 00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:20,060 No, we're good right here, Charlie. 544 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:22,600 If he starts that machine, it's gonna make me jump. 545 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:27,600 -Perfect! -Hell, yeah. 546 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:32,600 [tense instrumental music] 547 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,000 Look at this, Chad. 548 00:25:36,460 --> 00:25:37,630 [Chad] Oh, yeah. 549 00:25:37,630 --> 00:25:39,760 [narrator] Eric and Chad are following the fault line 550 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,700 to the area where they believe an open pit mine is located. 551 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:49,100 Eric believes it's possible that miners digging out veins of ore above the fault line, 552 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:52,800 may have opened an entrance into the underground cavern system 553 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,460 that stretches back to Blind Frog. 554 00:25:55,460 --> 00:25:57,800 This is looking good. 555 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:02,060 So, Eric believes if we follow the fault line on the lidar scan, 556 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:06,800 that there could be possible cave entrances or even, like, mining sites. 557 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,560 And mines, to me, means that there could be a possible 558 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,100 entrance all the way to our underground cavern system. 559 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:14,300 What I'm seeing here, I really like. 560 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:17,560 This GPS is telling me we're right in that zone. 561 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,560 [Chad] So, the fault would be based in limestone? 562 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:22,560 -[Eric] Yeah, what we saw on the lidar... -[Chad] Yeah. 563 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,460 ...it looked like a linear feature. 564 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:26,000 Jeez, look at this. Look at this! 565 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,230 [dramatic instrumental music] 566 00:26:29,300 --> 00:26:32,600 This looks like right on the fault zone, too. 567 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,300 Well, it stretches way over there and it goes over there, doesn't it? 568 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:39,600 Yeah, it's a linear feature. Exactly what we saw on the lidar scan. 569 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:40,860 That's what we want. 570 00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:42,960 We have an uplifted side here. 571 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,000 This is the downthrown side. It's called a normal fault. 572 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,460 [Chad] So, you think this could be the fault line? 573 00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:49,360 This could be it. I'm quite sure it is. 574 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:50,860 So, the idea is it's a normal fault. 575 00:26:50,860 --> 00:26:53,160 -So, the earth's crust has broken. -Yeah. 576 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,960 It's gone like this. And, so, it's a zone of weakness. 577 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,900 [narrator] Faults are caused by stress between two blocks of rock. 578 00:26:59,900 --> 00:27:04,860 The earth cracks, pushing one side up and the other below it. 579 00:27:04,860 --> 00:27:09,300 When that happens, you can get these deep-seated hydrothermal waters 580 00:27:09,300 --> 00:27:12,560 that are rich in minerals. And they find the fault zone. 581 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:15,160 And that could be a rich deposit. 582 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,000 -You have a weakness zone in there. -[Chad] Nice. 583 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:21,160 And that's where all those mineralized fluids will come up, hopefully. 584 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,000 So, things we'll be looking for 585 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,800 could be right on that fault zone. 586 00:27:26,260 --> 00:27:28,160 And look at this. 587 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,060 What we have here, you see how it's sort of brecciated, 588 00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:32,000 -it's kind of broken up, fragmented. -Yeah. 589 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:34,160 -That's what's called fault breccia. -Nice. 590 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,360 So, that forms in the zone, the shear zone, 591 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,360 where you have that zone of weakness. All the rock gets crumbled up. 592 00:27:40,360 --> 00:27:42,360 And I'm seeing the red brown... 593 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:44,360 -[Chad] Uh-huh. -[Eric] ...which is hematite. 594 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:46,360 And green is malachite. 595 00:27:46,360 --> 00:27:51,260 So, these are indications that we may be on a good gold or silver deposit. 596 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:54,560 -So, look for rusty red, and look for green. -Right. 597 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:58,000 -We have a mine in Arizona where you find the green... -Yeah. 598 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,560 -...and you find the gold. -Is that right? 599 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:00,860 -Yes. -Wow! 600 00:28:00,860 --> 00:28:03,960 So, the old-time prospectors might have dug an open pit mine 601 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,460 if they found rocks like this. 602 00:28:06,460 --> 00:28:09,900 The lidar scan indicated a possible open pit mine. 603 00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:14,260 And, so, we're hoping that the old-time prospectors did our work for us. 604 00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:16,160 In their search for gold, they would have found 605 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:19,260 and dug open the kind of faults we're looking for. 606 00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:20,800 So, if there's a pit mine here as I suspect, 607 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:25,000 it could lead right into that underground cavern system. 608 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,400 Some of that hematite is so red that it stains your hand. 609 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,800 Hey, hey. Hey, look over here, too. 610 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,900 Look at this. 611 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:35,960 This is it. This is the spot from the lidar. 612 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:37,800 -There's a hole there. -[Eric] This is mining. 613 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,500 Look at the size of that hole. 614 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,460 This is it, man. This could be the start of the mother lode. 615 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:44,530 You think so? 616 00:28:45,860 --> 00:28:47,430 [Eric] Oh, look at this. 617 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:51,500 [laughing] Oh, my! 618 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:53,200 [Chad] Look at that. This is huge! 619 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,660 [Eric] Look at all the timbers. 620 00:28:54,660 --> 00:28:56,160 -Yeah. -Wow! 621 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,260 [dramatic instrumental music] 622 00:28:59,260 --> 00:29:01,000 Good find, brother. This is great. 623 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,300 This is what it's about. This is a treasure hunt. 624 00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:06,160 We're looking for entrances. We're looking for clues. 625 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,300 I mean, this could be something big. 626 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:10,200 -We used the lidar. We used technology. -Yeah. Nice. 627 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,060 We found it. It looked like a speck on the map, 628 00:29:13,060 --> 00:29:14,700 -[Chad] And it goes on and on. -[Eric] Look at how big it is. 629 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:18,100 We put boots on the ground, we busted our ass to get up here, 630 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:19,360 and we found it, brother! 631 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:20,860 We got it! 632 00:29:20,860 --> 00:29:23,100 [dramatic instrumental music] 633 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:27,800 [Eric] Look at this! 634 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,530 -[laughing] Oh, my! -[Chad] Nice. 635 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,260 Let's make our way down in there, Chad. 636 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:36,560 [narrator] After the collapse of the South Cave... 637 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,060 -[bleeping] -[rumbling] 638 00:29:40,060 --> 00:29:43,460 ...Chad and Eric used the results of a lidar survey 639 00:29:43,460 --> 00:29:46,560 to search for another entrance into the cavern system. 640 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,600 Following the fault line that runs from the South Cave, 641 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,560 they found an open pit mine 642 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,700 which they believe could be their way in. 643 00:29:56,060 --> 00:29:58,300 -[Chad] Look at all the timber. -[Eric] Ya, that's old stuff. 644 00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:00,200 [Chad] This is everywhere. Look at this. 645 00:30:00,860 --> 00:30:03,000 [Eric] This was all rough-hewn shore. 646 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,000 -[Chad] Yeah. -[Eric] So, they would use this. 647 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:10,360 This could be the 1930s. It could be the late 1800s. We don't know. 648 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:13,660 [Chad] I mean, this kind of looks like the timbers we found at the South Cave. 649 00:30:13,660 --> 00:30:14,530 [Eric] Yeah. 650 00:30:14,530 --> 00:30:17,160 Look at how much material they've moved. 651 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,260 Probably all by hand. 652 00:30:18,260 --> 00:30:20,600 -[Chad] Think so? -[Eric] Yeah. 653 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:21,800 [Chad] The timbers we're seeing here 654 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,800 looks exactly like the timbers we saw at the South Cave. 655 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:27,560 But we just couldn't figure out how those logs got all the way in there. 656 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:30,260 These definitely did not get in here through the way we just came. 657 00:30:30,260 --> 00:30:31,460 There's no way. 658 00:30:31,460 --> 00:30:32,960 -[Eric] These came in from somewhere else. -[Chad] Right. 659 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:34,760 So, if this is a cave entrance, 660 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,900 maybe all these logs were transported from here all the way to the South Cave. 661 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:40,460 [tense instrumental music] 662 00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:41,860 -[Eric] Look at this! -[Chad] Holy [bleep] 663 00:30:41,860 --> 00:30:43,130 Look at this. 664 00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:45,960 This goes in there a ways. 665 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,160 -Look at this, Eric. -[Eric] Yeah. 666 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:49,500 [Chad] Oh, you can see it ends right there. 667 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:50,660 -[Eric] Does it end right there? -[Chad] Yeah. 668 00:30:50,660 --> 00:30:52,460 [Eric] Interesting. 669 00:30:52,460 --> 00:30:54,300 [Chad] Why would they wanna dig right here, though? 670 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:57,260 -[Eric] Look at the green, up on top. -[Chad] Oh, up top? 671 00:30:57,260 --> 00:30:58,760 -Yeah. -[Eric] Okay? 672 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,500 -That's our malachite. -Oh, it goes right down in there, too. 673 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:01,660 [Eric] So, they followed that. 674 00:31:01,660 --> 00:31:04,360 That could be a little mineralized zone right in there. 675 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,100 They followed it down. And, then, they decided to go in horizontally. 676 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:10,460 -So, they really are following the green. -[Eric] Oh, yeah. 677 00:31:10,460 --> 00:31:13,460 [narrator] Malachite is an indicator of copper deposits, 678 00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:17,560 which can contain valuable minerals, including gold. 679 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,460 It is also revered as a powerful stone, 680 00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:23,700 with ancient cultures believing that malachite would protect them 681 00:31:23,700 --> 00:31:26,660 and keep evil spirits at bay. 682 00:31:26,660 --> 00:31:28,360 [Eric] I wanna get to the pit 683 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,200 and I'll see what's in the very bottom of that. 684 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,800 I say we get down there, carefully. 685 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:37,760 This is a successful mine here. 686 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,800 You know, people wouldn't dig this deep and pull out this amount of material 687 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:43,860 -if they weren't finding anything. -True, true. 688 00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:46,700 So, they found stuff in here. I know they did. 689 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:48,860 You see the malachite is all over the place. 690 00:31:48,860 --> 00:31:50,360 We're right in the zone where you need to be. 691 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,500 -We're finding the minerals. -[Chad] Yeah. 692 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,160 -It's everywhere. It's everywhere. -[Eric] Yeah. 693 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:59,860 So, now, we just need to see if this rich mineralization leads to any cave entrances. 694 00:31:59,860 --> 00:32:02,260 So, mineralization happens along fault lines, 695 00:32:02,260 --> 00:32:04,560 and that's also where caves form. 696 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,660 So, following this rich mineralization here 697 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:09,560 could lead us back to the fault line into the South Cave, 698 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,700 all the way back to the keyhole chamber. 699 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:17,700 I think it's possible these old miners here 700 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,300 followed a vein which opened into the cavern system. 701 00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:23,460 I just wanna poke around. 702 00:32:23,460 --> 00:32:26,760 Maybe they didn't pull all the rich stuff out. 703 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:27,900 Look at that piece. 704 00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:31,200 [grunts] That's a sexy chunk of rock right there, man. 705 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,100 -[Chad] That's definitely a geologist thing to say. -[Eric laughs] 706 00:32:35,100 --> 00:32:36,330 [Eric] So, I mean, we have shoring here. 707 00:32:36,330 --> 00:32:39,500 That, to me, indicates that there is probably a shaft here. 708 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,360 -It just has that feeling to it. -[Chad] Right. 709 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,960 [Eric] And this, you know, it ties back to this whole thing, the fault. 710 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,300 And with faults, not only do you have mineralization, 711 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,560 but there could be a significant cave system here. 712 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,160 -[Chad] True -[Eric] We could have another entrance into the cave system 713 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,500 -right here. -Yeah. Lead into our cave system. 714 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:59,200 -[Eric] Some of those cave systems are miles long. -Miles, exactly. 715 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,100 I think it's worth spending time tomorrow on this. 716 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,760 But, sun's going down. I say we set up camp 717 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,760 and we come back tomorrow and we search this whole thing. 718 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:08,860 Let's do it. 719 00:33:08,860 --> 00:33:10,560 [tense instrumental music] 720 00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,100 [Chad] This mine area is much bigger than we thought. 721 00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:15,260 We're gonna have to explore all these different mine shafts 722 00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:19,160 to see if they lead back to the cavern system under Blind Frog Ranch 723 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:20,460 and the South Cave. 724 00:33:20,460 --> 00:33:22,400 So, we're gonna get a good night's rest 725 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:24,060 and get at it tomorrow morning. 726 00:33:24,060 --> 00:33:26,230 [dramatic instrumental music] 727 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,400 -[Josh] I got the endoscope out. -[Charlie] Okay. 728 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,560 And I think we're running on my end. 729 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,000 Just check that image on your phone, Charlie. 730 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,400 [Duane] What do you got, Charlie Boy? 731 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:48,660 -That's clear as a bell. -Yeah. 732 00:33:48,660 --> 00:33:51,260 That looks good. 733 00:33:51,260 --> 00:33:54,760 [narrator] At the Bead Site, Duane, Charlie, James, and Josh 734 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,360 are using the endoscope to determine the position 735 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:00,160 of a chimney vent they found in the rock face 736 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,560 so that Duane can identify the right place to drill. 737 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:06,100 All right, then. We're in. We're going down right now. 738 00:34:06,100 --> 00:34:07,160 [Charlie] Okay. 739 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,400 [tense instrumental music] 740 00:34:11,700 --> 00:34:14,360 Our smoke test shows that several of these holes 741 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,300 are connected somewhere inside that rock. 742 00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:20,860 So, we're gonna send the endoscope down one of the other vent shafts 743 00:34:20,860 --> 00:34:22,860 and see if it leads a little bit more directly 744 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:25,600 down into that void that we're trying to punch into. 745 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,660 Yeah, I can see all sides of the vent hole. 746 00:34:28,660 --> 00:34:30,900 Is there any way you can go to the left more? 747 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:32,600 -[Josh] Left? -Yeah. 748 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,800 All right, we're moving left. 749 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:37,900 [Charlie] How deep are you? 750 00:34:38,860 --> 00:34:42,130 Well, we gotta be about 16 feet. 751 00:34:45,660 --> 00:34:47,000 Yeah, I think so. 752 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,930 I think you're getting past where we were putting the smoke in. 753 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,400 Yeah, we must be. 754 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,930 I mean, we're well over 20 feet right now. 755 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,360 Hold it right there for a moment 756 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:01,000 -and turn a little to the right. -Turning. 757 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:03,760 [James] Look. Look at that. 758 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:05,260 See all that? 759 00:35:05,260 --> 00:35:06,660 It seems like it's getting bigger. 760 00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,230 [Charlie] Yeah, sides seem to be opening up some. 761 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,960 Why don't you move it to the right a little bit? It got a little bit dark. 762 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:15,460 Move it to the right if you can. 763 00:35:15,460 --> 00:35:17,700 [tense instrumental music] 764 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:21,030 All right, I'm gonna come up just a little. 765 00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:26,360 [Charlie] Move it just a little bit back and forth. 766 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,660 [James] Oh, no, no, no! Right there, right there! Stop, don't move! Don't move! 767 00:35:28,660 --> 00:35:29,830 Hold on. Stop. 768 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,160 Pull it back just a little. Right there! 769 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,800 -[Josh] Endoscope's at 26 feet. -[James] Look, Charlie. 770 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,300 [Charlie] What the... 771 00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:40,200 -What is that? -What is that? 772 00:35:40,660 --> 00:35:41,900 What the [bleep] is that? 773 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,130 [dramatic instrumental music] 774 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,230 Oh [bleep] 775 00:35:49,100 --> 00:35:50,300 [James] Look. 776 00:35:50,300 --> 00:35:51,830 Look what that is, Charles. 777 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,130 It's a skull. 778 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,860 -[eerie instrumental music] -[Josh] You got a skull? 779 00:35:59,860 --> 00:36:00,900 It's a skull. 780 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,300 Like, a human skull? 781 00:36:05,460 --> 00:36:06,900 [Charlie] The hell? 782 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:10,500 [dramatic instrumental music] 783 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,260 [Eric] My thought is, most of it was processed by open pit. 784 00:36:22,260 --> 00:36:24,800 They found something really good. And, then, it was dangerous, 785 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:26,330 so they went in from the top. 786 00:36:26,330 --> 00:36:29,860 [narrator] The quarry that Eric and Chad have found is an open pit mine, 787 00:36:29,860 --> 00:36:32,360 the earliest form of mining. 788 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:36,260 This method was implemented in 1840 in Sutter's Mill, 789 00:36:36,260 --> 00:36:40,560 the first mine in the California Gold Rush to strike gold. 790 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,200 Adapted from the ancient Greeks and Romans, 791 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,260 these tiered, spiraling pits 792 00:36:45,260 --> 00:36:49,100 allow for heavy machinery to roll in and out of the mine, 793 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,600 a technique still used today. 794 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,400 Just a few hours outside of Blind Frog Ranch sits Bingham County Mine, 795 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,460 an operation that started in the mid-1800s by two Mormon pioneers. 796 00:37:01,460 --> 00:37:04,460 It is the largest open pit mine in the world, 797 00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:06,960 nearly three-quarters of a mile deep 798 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,160 and two and a half miles across from rim to rim. 799 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:14,660 The operation has yielded over 17 million tons of copper ore, 800 00:37:14,660 --> 00:37:17,730 more than any other mine in history. 801 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,100 [tense instrumental music] 802 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:23,200 Holy [bleep] 803 00:37:24,900 --> 00:37:26,800 [James] Look what that is, Charles. 804 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:32,560 A skull. 805 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,600 [narrator] While endoscoping a vent hole at the Bead Site, 806 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,400 Josh has made a discovery. 807 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:42,660 The vent leads to a small chamber approximately 20 feet below, 808 00:37:42,660 --> 00:37:44,600 and there's a skull inside. 809 00:37:45,260 --> 00:37:46,460 [Josh] You got a skull? 810 00:37:46,460 --> 00:37:47,930 Like, a human skull? 811 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,030 It looks... 812 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,430 [James] Pull it up a little bit. 813 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,800 [Charlie] It's not a human skull. It's an animal skull 814 00:37:57,800 --> 00:38:00,060 because it's got an elongated snout on it. 815 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,360 [James] Out of all the things that we could have found, 816 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,860 I was totally not expecting to find a skull. 817 00:38:07,860 --> 00:38:09,500 [Charlie] That's the size of a coyote or something. 818 00:38:09,500 --> 00:38:11,160 But what would that be doing in there? 819 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:14,000 [James] Your guess is as good as mine. [bleep] I don't know. 820 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,700 -I'll go with your guess. -I ain't got one. 821 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,360 [Charlie] And it's all burnt or charred or something. 822 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:22,400 And that's it. It's just a skull. 823 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,600 I mean, I don't see any... 824 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,500 -Can you move just slightly, slightly to the right? -Okay. 825 00:38:26,500 --> 00:38:27,830 There's something weird there. 826 00:38:27,830 --> 00:38:31,330 I don't know if it's a rock, or is it just a bunch of roots or... 827 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,300 [James] A little more. 828 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:34,960 -Right there! That's it! -[Josh] Okay. 829 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,700 -Good shot. That's a good shot. -Oh! 830 00:38:38,700 --> 00:38:40,460 Yeah? What do you got? 831 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:44,430 It's a much larger skull of an animal. 832 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,000 [Josh] So, there's two skulls. How did it get in there? 833 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,260 [Charlie] We're not seeing any other bones around it or anything, 834 00:38:51,260 --> 00:38:54,000 so I don't think an animal dragged it in there. 835 00:38:54,860 --> 00:38:57,660 [Duane speaking] 836 00:38:57,660 --> 00:39:01,400 Well, there has to be a larger opening then, somewhere. 837 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,500 There's no way these skulls fit down that chimney vent. 838 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:06,600 So, there must be a larger entrance. 839 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,300 And that entrance might be even deeper underground. 840 00:39:09,300 --> 00:39:12,560 There has to be. There's no way that could have got in there. 841 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:14,430 Somebody had to put it in there. 842 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,160 So what the hell, boys? Are we in somebody's fireplace or what? 843 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,600 [suspenseful music] 844 00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:25,130 I think it was used for something else. 845 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,560 There's, like, charred all around the other edges. 846 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,700 And, then, there's this skull right there. 847 00:39:30,700 --> 00:39:34,000 It just don't make no sense. 848 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,460 [James] So, we have a narrow rock chamber with two scorched animal skulls 849 00:39:39,460 --> 00:39:42,160 that look like they were placed there. 850 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,060 So, now, I'm thinking, 851 00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:46,960 "Could this have been some sort of oven?" 852 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,600 Well, there's a lot going on inside this rock. 853 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,760 Well, it's damn sure not in there naturally. 854 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:56,860 So... But it's not human remains or it's nothing like that. 855 00:39:56,860 --> 00:39:58,600 [James] No, it's not human at all. 856 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,760 [Duane] Well, the good thing about it, we're not in a human grave, 857 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:05,660 so we need to go in there and see what the hell it is. 858 00:40:05,660 --> 00:40:08,900 Duane, your property is one crazy [bleep] place! 859 00:40:08,900 --> 00:40:10,660 Welcome to the ranch, brother. 860 00:40:10,660 --> 00:40:14,000 [Josh] I vote we get an early start tomorrow and come back and start digging. 861 00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:18,400 Let's find out exactly how deep we gotta go. 862 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:23,860 I can pull the camera back out and we'll just use the cord as a measuring tape. 863 00:40:23,860 --> 00:40:27,100 If we grind away at that rock right where it meets the soil, 864 00:40:27,100 --> 00:40:29,000 I think we can open it up and figure out 865 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,060 how those skulls got down there. 866 00:40:31,060 --> 00:40:33,760 I think it's what we've been looking for for a long time. 867 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:36,030 Hell, yeah! Let's see what this thing is. 868 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,330 [Duane] Now, this is good. 869 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:45,000 [narrator] Next time on Mystery At Blind Frog Ranch... 870 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,630 You need to watch your ass. 871 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,460 [narrator] ...the team continues digging at the Bead Site... 872 00:40:50,460 --> 00:40:51,900 [Charlie] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold up! 873 00:40:51,900 --> 00:40:54,100 Hold up! You're hitting something hard up in there! 874 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:56,760 [narrator] ...and makes a shocking discovery. 875 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,300 Look at this. There's, like, a solid rock face right here. 876 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:01,660 Oh-ho-ho! 877 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:03,000 Look it back there. 878 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,360 There's an eye socket right there. 879 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:06,600 This just don't make no sense. 880 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,760 [narrator] Meanwhile, back at the open pit mine... 881 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:09,660 -[bleep] -[Chad] Look at this! 882 00:41:09,660 --> 00:41:11,500 -[Eric] It's a mine! -[Chad] Yeah, it is! 883 00:41:11,500 --> 00:41:14,300 [narrator] ...Chad and Eric become the prey. 884 00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:15,460 [Chad] Eric? 885 00:41:15,460 --> 00:41:16,960 There's [bleep] moving up here, man. 886 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,760 -Something's going on. -[Chad] Let's go. 887 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,700 [dramatic instrumental music] 888 00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:23,460 -[Eric] Down there, down there. -[Chad] Look at that! 889 00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:25,160 -Look at that right there! -[Eric] What the [bleep] is that? 890 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,830 [Chad] What is that? 891 00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:29,700 -Holy... -[dramatic instrumental music]