1 00:00:12,500 --> 00:00:14,900 [narrator] For more than 500 years, 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,260 treasure hunters have scoured the American West... 3 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:23,300 for a $3 billion fortune... 4 00:00:24,860 --> 00:00:26,400 of Aztec gold. 5 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,360 Now... 6 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:33,100 the most unlikely person... 7 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,760 may have found it. 8 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:38,660 Bring it on. 9 00:00:42,460 --> 00:00:46,360 [narrator] Duane Ollinger made his money on the Texas oil fields. 10 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,000 [Duane] Here's the bad boy right here. 11 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,460 I just wanna make sure that [bleep] works. [chuckles] 12 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:57,460 [narrator] Sixteen years ago, he purchased a 160-acre ranch, 13 00:00:57,460 --> 00:01:01,360 believing it to be where the Aztecs hid their treasure, 14 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:05,260 but the property is riddled with unexplained phenomenon. 15 00:01:05,260 --> 00:01:07,400 -[man1] What the [bleep] is that? [bleep] -[man 2] What is that? 16 00:01:09,700 --> 00:01:12,300 [narrator] Undeterred, Duane and his son, Chad, 17 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:15,360 are determined to find the cache of gold. 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:16,660 [Chad] Here we go. This is it. 19 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:18,700 We're gonna find that [bleep] cavern today, boys. 20 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:23,430 [narrator] Located in an underground cavern called the Keyhole Chamber... 21 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:29,400 If we dig down, I think we'll find the tunnel. 22 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:33,100 [narrator] ...Chad and Duane have made attempts to enter the cavern from above... 23 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:36,760 So we're about at 80 foot right now, and hopefully we'll drop 24 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,760 into that underground cavern soon. 25 00:01:41,060 --> 00:01:42,200 [narrator] ...and below. 26 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,000 -[Chad] It's tight, yeah? -Yeah. 27 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,360 [narrator] But the land... 28 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,300 keeps fighting back. 29 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:49,560 -[low rumbling] -Now, Chad. 30 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:50,660 [rocks crashing] 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,960 Every time you dig out here, something happens. 32 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,160 What the hell is going on? 33 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:01,400 Every time. 34 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,560 [woman] We've always believed that gold is cursed. 35 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,860 And everybody that's gotten around it 36 00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:14,560 has got sick or died. 37 00:02:17,060 --> 00:02:19,200 It's not meant to be... 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:20,900 found. 39 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:27,900 It's coming towards you. It's in the hole. 40 00:02:29,460 --> 00:02:31,000 [narrator] Despite the dangers, 41 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,400 [indistinct] 42 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:36,260 [narrator] ...Chad and Duane refuse to surrender. 43 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:39,200 [man] There's actually flowing water underneath us in a cave system. 44 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,000 [Duane] We're gonna figure out where it's going. 45 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,160 Let's go. 46 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,060 [narrator] Now, after months of searching... 47 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:51,900 Chad is exploring their most-promising lead yet, 48 00:02:51,900 --> 00:02:55,000 an underwater cavern that he believes is a pathway 49 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,260 leading into the Keyhole Chamber. 50 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:03,360 All he has to do now... 51 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:06,700 is get inside. 52 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,560 [man] They've been down there a while. 53 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,460 They have been down there a while. 54 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,260 It's been 30 minutes since Chad and Wendell have been 55 00:03:39,260 --> 00:03:41,560 down inside this underwater cavern. 56 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,860 It's nerve racking. 57 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:46,700 If something happens, there's nothing we can do about it. 58 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:49,100 [heavy breathing] 59 00:03:55,260 --> 00:03:58,460 I scuba dive. But cave diving, I draw the line. 60 00:03:58,460 --> 00:04:00,100 It's... that ain't for me. 61 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:04,400 It's one of the most dangerous things that you can possibly do. 62 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:07,360 You get turned around, you could die ten foot from the entrance. 63 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,660 That's how much Chad wants to find this gold. 64 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:12,860 He's willing to risk his life to do it. 65 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:48,700 [exhaling strenuously] 66 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:51,700 [bleep] Wow. 67 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:00,600 [bleep] yeah. 68 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,360 [both laughing] 69 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:03,900 [Chad] Holy [bleep]! 70 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:05,600 This is the cave. 71 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:13,660 That could house a whole civilization. 72 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,500 [Wendell] This has to lead back at the ranch. 73 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,100 Oh, my God! 74 00:05:22,100 --> 00:05:23,800 [bleep] wild! 75 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,260 -[both chuckle] -Whoo! 76 00:07:02,660 --> 00:07:04,060 [Josh] There they go. There they go. 77 00:07:08,860 --> 00:07:10,660 -We [bleep] found it, man. -[Josh] What? 78 00:07:10,660 --> 00:07:12,800 We found it, the [bleep] cave, 79 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,460 way back there, all the way towards the ranch. 80 00:07:14,460 --> 00:07:17,000 -It opens up, like, huge. -[Josh] Wow. 81 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,660 There was a couple of spots that were super tight, 82 00:07:18,660 --> 00:07:20,860 and then it opened up into this, like, big cavern. 83 00:07:20,860 --> 00:07:23,060 -Big, big cave system? -[Chad] [bleep] yeah. 84 00:07:23,060 --> 00:07:24,860 It goes way back in there. 85 00:07:24,860 --> 00:07:26,160 That's frigging amazing. 86 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,600 Look at this. 87 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:29,960 [Josh] Holy crap! 88 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:33,260 -You found this in the cave? -[chuckling] Yeah. 89 00:07:33,260 --> 00:07:35,560 [Josh] Oh, my God. Look at that arrowhead. 90 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,160 Chad, I can't believe this. 91 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:39,060 [chuckles] [bleep] wild, man. 92 00:07:39,060 --> 00:07:42,700 We believed, for years, that underneath the ranch is a tunnel system 93 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:44,900 that leads to a cache of treasure. 94 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:47,000 And to finally see evidence with my own eyes 95 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,560 that people were living in this these... these underground tunnels, 96 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,800 I mean, this is [bleep] huge. 97 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,800 I mean, it kind of takes your breath away. 98 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,360 This opening, it's, like, wild. 99 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:57,760 It's amazing, man. 100 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,560 I mean, this is so powerful. 101 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,260 We are so close to finding that Aztec gold now. 102 00:08:04,260 --> 00:08:06,360 This could be it. I really think this is it. 103 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:30,600 -[Duane] Eric? How're you doing? -[Chad] Hey, how's it going? 104 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,560 -[Eric] Good. Good. -[Chad] Eric's back. 105 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:35,160 [narrator] A few days after diving into the cavern, 106 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:36,860 Chad is back on the ranch 107 00:08:36,860 --> 00:08:39,460 updating the team on his findings. 108 00:08:39,460 --> 00:08:41,260 Chad, what did you find down in there? 109 00:08:41,260 --> 00:08:44,500 So, I dove into this small entrance, and then it... 110 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:46,460 kind of opened up into a bigger cavern. 111 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:47,700 Wow. 112 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:50,560 [Chad] I got a video of it right here. Look at this. 113 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,000 -[Charlie] Man, look at you right here. -[Chad] Yeah. 114 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,600 [Charlie] How are you fitting through that? 115 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,600 Some of them are so tight that I could just barely fit my body through. 116 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,260 It's like a series of caverns one after another. 117 00:09:04,260 --> 00:09:07,100 It'd get really tight for a while, and then it opened up. 118 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:09,460 So you follow it all the way up... 119 00:09:09,460 --> 00:09:11,100 and then you see this surface water. 120 00:09:12,500 --> 00:09:14,030 We reached... 121 00:09:16,100 --> 00:09:19,800 And it was, like, this big old cavern, like... like, Goonies style. 122 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,100 -Yeah, it's huge. -Yeah. 123 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:23,360 You could drive a semi-truck through them. 124 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,260 [narrator] The chamber Chad uncovered stretches 20-feet wide 125 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:30,360 with a vaulted ceiling over 15-feet tall, 126 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,060 proving that this part of the cavern system 127 00:09:33,060 --> 00:09:36,760 was large enough for people to live inside of. 128 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:39,600 It also proves that similar large chambers 129 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,900 could exist throughout the sprawling cavern system 130 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:45,260 leading to the Keyhole Chamber. 131 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,260 [Chad chuckling] That's [bleep] wild. 132 00:09:49,260 --> 00:09:51,600 And then into the back of the cavern, 133 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,900 I started seeing these little shards. 134 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:56,600 [Wendell] Oh, look at that. 135 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,700 [Chad] Wow. 136 00:09:58,360 --> 00:09:59,760 See, it has the lines on it. 137 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:03,000 [James] That's all pottery shards, Chad. 138 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,360 That's interesting by the distribution of those pottery shards 139 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,100 that you can see on your camera right there. 140 00:10:09,100 --> 00:10:11,460 There's no way that all these different shards 141 00:10:11,460 --> 00:10:13,200 -would have washed right into that location. -[Chad] Right. 142 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:16,900 It would have been spread over a much greater distance, 143 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:19,060 you know, something like you see on the shore 144 00:10:19,060 --> 00:10:21,000 or beaches, you know? 145 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,760 I think those shards were dropped there. 146 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,160 Really? 147 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:28,300 And that's not the only stuff I found. 148 00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:29,800 Take a look at this. 149 00:10:32,260 --> 00:10:36,460 Wow, that's an amazing projectile point. 150 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:41,560 The good thing is, we have the neck so we can even date it. 151 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:42,760 -[Chad] Really? -[James] Yeah. 152 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,660 Based on the corner notches and the size of this, 153 00:10:45,660 --> 00:10:47,860 my guess is this is anywhere 154 00:10:47,860 --> 00:10:50,360 between 500 and... 155 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:52,900 maybe 1,000 years old. 156 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,100 And look at this. So, it was incorrectly cut. 157 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,000 It was broken. 158 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,060 What happens? Can't use it. What do you do? 159 00:11:01,060 --> 00:11:03,060 -Throw it away. Right. -[James] Throw it away. 160 00:11:03,060 --> 00:11:04,360 So this is telling me what? 161 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,700 It's telling me that it was worked down there. 162 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:10,660 So, you know what that means. 163 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:12,600 That means, at one point in time, that... 164 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,160 that... that cavern was dry. 165 00:11:14,860 --> 00:11:15,760 [James] Exactly. 166 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,660 Wow. 167 00:11:18,660 --> 00:11:20,060 [narrator] If James is correct, 168 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:22,260 and the cavern system was once dry, 169 00:11:22,260 --> 00:11:24,360 it is evidence that humans were living 170 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,900 and traversing throughout the underground. 171 00:11:28,860 --> 00:11:30,900 This matches what we'd expect to find, 172 00:11:30,900 --> 00:11:32,860 if this was the ancient Aztec homeland. 173 00:11:33,860 --> 00:11:35,660 The cave would have provided shelter, 174 00:11:35,660 --> 00:11:37,960 and at some point, the people left 175 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,800 and the cave was inundated with water. 176 00:11:41,560 --> 00:11:44,260 -Maybe to hide their treasure. -Wow. 177 00:11:44,860 --> 00:11:47,060 So these artifacts are proof 178 00:11:47,060 --> 00:11:48,400 that there was a civilization 179 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,400 living down in this cavern. 180 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:51,800 That's absolutely amazing. 181 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:55,100 I think we may very well have found the entrance to the Keyhole Chamber 182 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:57,460 -that we've been looking for. -Hell, yeah. 183 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,400 This is the link we're looking for. 184 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,360 [Duane] This is the link we're looking for. 185 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,700 Was all that pottery right down below you? 186 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:16,760 Yeah, it was in with, like, a three-foot radius, all in that area. 187 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,460 [narrator] After diving the underwater cave, 188 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,900 Chad and the team have uncovered evidence 189 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:23,700 suggesting people were inhabiting 190 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:25,500 an underground tunnel system 191 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:27,100 below the ranch. 192 00:12:27,100 --> 00:12:29,360 So these artifacts are proof 193 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,400 that there was a civilization living here. 194 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,700 [narrator] They now have proof of human activity 195 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:35,360 in two crucial locations, 196 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,000 at the entrance to the flooded cavern, 197 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:39,860 and at the Bead Site, 198 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:41,360 which sits on the other end 199 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,400 of the two-mile long cavern system 200 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,260 at the tail end of the Keyhole Chamber. 201 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:48,360 So we have found artifacts at the Bead Site, 202 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,900 and that's where this underwater cavern system starts. 203 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:53,930 And now, we found them at the other end as well. 204 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:57,900 So human beings could have been living 205 00:12:57,900 --> 00:12:59,560 throughout this entire cave system. 206 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:03,000 There is 100-percent chance that humans used this 207 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,660 as a path down into the Keyhole Chamber. 208 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:06,900 [James] This is exciting. 209 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:10,200 It matches what we would find in the ancient Aztec homeland. 210 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,300 I agree. 211 00:13:11,300 --> 00:13:14,260 I think we found one of the entrances to Chicomoztoc. 212 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:17,660 Damn right it is. 213 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:20,160 This tunnel could also be the Aztec homeland, 214 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,760 Chicomoztoc, that James has been telling us about. 215 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,100 [narrator] According to legend, 216 00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:28,600 Chicomoztoc is the ancient homeland of the Aztec civilization, 217 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,400 comprised of a network of seven caves. 218 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,000 The Aztec illustrations of Chicomoztoc 219 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,800 bear a striking similarity to the Keyhole Cavern. 220 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,160 This may very well be it. I think you may have found it. 221 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,200 Wow. 222 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,260 [narrator] The implications of the discoveries are enormous. 223 00:13:45,260 --> 00:13:48,760 The team has now identified one of the likely paths 224 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,460 the Aztecs used to enter Chicomoztoc 225 00:13:51,460 --> 00:13:53,860 and access the treasure chamber. 226 00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:58,000 I think this is prove that Chicomoztoc theory is true. 227 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:00,060 You know, for years people thought 228 00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:02,460 I was flat ass crazy on this whole deal, 229 00:14:02,460 --> 00:14:05,460 and that there's no Aztec treasure chamber, 230 00:14:05,460 --> 00:14:08,360 no gold on Blind Frog Ranch. 231 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,960 But this discovery is confirming everything 232 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:13,600 we believed all along. 233 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,860 People say there's nothing like that 234 00:14:30,900 --> 00:14:33,000 Chad, you think there's another way in down there? 235 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,660 I didn't see one. 236 00:14:34,660 --> 00:14:36,800 And I was trying to keep on going towards the current, 237 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,460 but it looked like there was some kind of collapse. 238 00:14:38,460 --> 00:14:39,860 Like, all these big rocks... 239 00:14:39,860 --> 00:14:41,400 So you could feel the flow. 240 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:43,300 Yeah. It had a current pushing against you 241 00:14:43,300 --> 00:14:44,300 when you were trying to go in there. 242 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:47,900 It's all rubble filled, isn't it? 243 00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:49,160 [Chad] Uh-huh. Yeah. 244 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,000 It got so narrow, I couldn't go any further. 245 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,360 [narrator] With the cavern flooded and the way blocked by rubble, 246 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:58,100 accessing the entrance any further isn't viable. 247 00:14:58,100 --> 00:15:00,500 So Chad will need to find another entrance 248 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,960 somewhere along the path of the cavern. 249 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,960 You know, this may be blocked, 250 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:08,000 -but we have to find another way in. -Yeah. 251 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,160 I think we need to regroup and come up with a new plan to get in there. 252 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,200 We just have to find another way to drop into that tunnel system. 253 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:16,100 -Let's go for it then. -Let's do it. 254 00:15:16,100 --> 00:15:19,360 I mean, this could be the biggest discovery we've ever had. 255 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:20,960 We know there's a way in. 256 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,160 That tunnel is right below our feet. 257 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:26,660 Now, we just need a plan. 258 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,660 Eric, what have you got? 259 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:31,660 So I went to a place in southern Ohio 260 00:15:31,660 --> 00:15:34,000 called the Serpent Mound Disturbance. 261 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,000 It's a verified meteor impact site. 262 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,000 [narrator] For six months, the team has been pursuing 263 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,600 a two-pronged plan 264 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,760 to access the Keyhole Cavern. 265 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,160 The first, is trying to enter 266 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,000 the tail of the Keyhole Cavern 267 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,260 through the Bead Site, 268 00:15:49,260 --> 00:15:52,160 which led to the discovery of the flooded tunnel. 269 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,360 The second prong has been focused 270 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,860 on accessing the Keyhole from above, 271 00:15:56,860 --> 00:16:00,260 drilling into the area known as the Energy Zone. 272 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:03,260 However, last year, 273 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:06,000 they struck an impenetrable object 274 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,360 200 feet below the surface. 275 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:09,600 [man] It's stuck! 276 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:13,060 There is something huge going on on your property. 277 00:16:13,860 --> 00:16:15,260 Congratulations, boys. 278 00:16:15,260 --> 00:16:19,330 Looks like y'all got a meteor at Blind Frog Range. 279 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,260 I met with a colleague of mine who is an expert 280 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:26,500 in meteor impact sites. 281 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:28,800 [narrator] Searching for a way past the meteorite 282 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:30,900 sitting on top of the Keyhole Chamber, 283 00:16:30,900 --> 00:16:33,500 Eric traveled to another meteorite site 284 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:34,860 in the Ohio Valley... 285 00:16:34,860 --> 00:16:36,860 -Mark Baranoski. -Eric, good to meet you. 286 00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:39,460 [narrator] ...called the Serpent Mount Disturbance. 287 00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:43,000 It's very large... approximately five miles in diameter. 288 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,160 It's huge. 289 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,460 [narrator] In addition to the meteorite, 290 00:16:46,460 --> 00:16:50,300 Eric encountered another striking feature in Ohio. 291 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,460 Over 2,000 years ago, 292 00:16:52,460 --> 00:16:54,360 the prehistoric Adena culture 293 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,400 constructed a large ceremonial effigy 294 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,060 in the shape of a snake 295 00:16:59,060 --> 00:17:01,660 directly on top of the meteorite. 296 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:07,600 So the Adena people built a sacred site and burial mounds, 297 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,560 specifically because of the meteor impact. 298 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:13,700 I mean, I'm wondering if ancient people did the same thing 299 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,200 at Blind Frog Ranch. 300 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,460 Is it related to the impact site? 301 00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:20,100 Did they carve out the circular Keyhole Chamber 302 00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:21,860 because the meteorite was there? 303 00:17:21,860 --> 00:17:23,860 I mean, it could be the same thing here. I don't know. 304 00:17:23,860 --> 00:17:26,560 The reason I went there was to see how they determined 305 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,760 the size and location of this meteorite. 306 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:33,460 So, at the Serpent Mound, scientists used a special drill rig 307 00:17:33,460 --> 00:17:35,100 with a core bit on it 308 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:37,160 to be able to pull up continuous core, 309 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,900 to map out the size and position of that meteorite underground. 310 00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:43,860 So my plan is to use the same technique 311 00:17:43,860 --> 00:17:46,060 to obtain multiple core samples, 312 00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,700 and I'll compare that data 313 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:50,160 and see if we're still in that impact site. 314 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,100 Once we find the edge of that meteorite, 315 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:53,600 we're gonna drill down past it 316 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,260 into the Keyhole Chamber. 317 00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:58,900 [narrator] If Eric can find the edge of the Blind Frog meteorite, 318 00:17:58,900 --> 00:18:00,900 he believes he can drill around it, 319 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:03,000 creating a borehole wide enough 320 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,360 to drop straight down into the Keyhole Chamber 321 00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:09,960 where the team believes the Aztec gold is cached. 322 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,560 All right, fellas, that's a good idea. 323 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,960 Let's get out there and keep moving forward. 324 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,100 You know, when you're hunting for a treasure like this, um, 325 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,460 time is never really your friend. 326 00:18:22,460 --> 00:18:24,160 I'm not getting any younger, 327 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,160 and I'd like to see that treasure before it's all over. 328 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,600 So we need to attack this from every angle, 329 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,300 above and below. 330 00:18:31,300 --> 00:18:34,800 So now, Chad's gonna find a way into those underwater tunnels, 331 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:38,200 and Eric is gonna drill down past that meteorite 332 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,100 into that Keyhole Chamber. 333 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:41,660 Sounds like a plan. Let's do it. 334 00:18:41,660 --> 00:18:43,500 -Good. Let's do it. -Sounds like a plan. 335 00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:07,460 [Duane] Hey, Denzel. 336 00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:09,460 How's it going, bud? 337 00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:12,100 -[Eric] That's the borehole we want to offset. -[Denzel] Okay. 338 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:13,800 So, maybe some more over in here? 339 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,130 -We'll have a look? -[Denzel] All right. Yeah. 340 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,000 [narrator] Using the borehole from last year as the center point, 341 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,700 Eric will drill pilot holes in 20-foot increments, 342 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:28,800 checking the iron content of each core sample. 343 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,100 The less iron in the sample indicates they are reaching 344 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:34,500 the fragmented edge of the meteorite, 345 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:37,500 where the drill can easily pass. 346 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,200 "X" marks the spot. 347 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:40,700 [Eric] There we go. 348 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:42,860 So, Duane hired me five years ago 349 00:19:42,860 --> 00:19:44,760 to help him get in and find that gold. 350 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,000 Now is my chance to show him 351 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,660 that his investment is worth it. 352 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:55,500 But it's not like this kind of project has been done many times before. 353 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,000 That's pretty good. 354 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,560 So, while I think this plan is gonna work... 355 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,660 I'm a little nervous about this, too. 356 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:06,200 Well, let's get it going now. 357 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,460 Put that thing on high idle. 358 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:11,500 You know, in total, it's gonna cost about 70 grand 359 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,460 to drill past this meteorite. 360 00:20:14,860 --> 00:20:18,000 That's the price we gotta pay to make history. 361 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:26,200 it'll be well worth the blood, sweat and pain. 362 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,460 -Let's see it. -All right, let's get it. 363 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:31,360 [engine roaring] 364 00:20:44,460 --> 00:20:48,100 [narrator] While Eric is attempting to drill into the keyhole chamber, 365 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:50,760 Chad and Josh have come up with a new plan 366 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,560 to gain entrance into the underground cavern 367 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,260 by tracking its path from above. 368 00:20:56,260 --> 00:20:58,500 Just be looking for anything that's unusual. 369 00:20:58,500 --> 00:21:00,060 That just looks out of place. 370 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:02,000 Gotcha. All right, let's head that way, brother. 371 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:05,460 [narrator] Last season, the team tracked the path 372 00:21:05,460 --> 00:21:08,260 of the flooded tunnel using an acoustic beacon. 373 00:21:08,260 --> 00:21:10,000 All right, it's in the hole. 374 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,260 [narrator] Now they'll use the data to trace 375 00:21:12,260 --> 00:21:14,260 the flooded pathway from the surface, 376 00:21:14,260 --> 00:21:17,860 looking for any openings to the underground cavern system. 377 00:21:17,860 --> 00:21:21,500 -[Chad] Let's check that beacon path real quick. -[Josh] Yeah, good idea. 378 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:23,700 [Chad] I mean, it looks like it goes underneath those rocks. 379 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,000 [Josh] Yeah, and it's limestone. 380 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,900 Now there's... that's where caves are found, is in limestone. 381 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,460 We absolutely could have an entrance to a cave here. 382 00:21:33,460 --> 00:21:34,800 Let's see where that leads us. 383 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:35,860 [Josh] Let's hoof it up there. 384 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,200 People were living down in this cave system, 385 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:43,660 so we know they had to have other entrances to the surface. 386 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,900 This is just physics. When you're down in the cave system, 387 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:50,660 you can only go as deep as the ventilation will allow you to. 388 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:54,600 Once you get to a certain depth, you have to dig an air shaft 389 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,760 or you have to have natural ventilation 390 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:59,300 from a cave entrance to pipe air down. 391 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:02,200 There has to be a way to allow that cave to breathe. 392 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:05,660 It's always uphill, isn't it, Chad? 393 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:08,160 -[Chad chuckles] Both ways, yeah? -[Josh chuckles] 394 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,500 [Chad] When I was down in that underwater cavern system, 395 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:13,560 I was so close to the gold, I could feel it. 396 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,160 Knowing what's underneath us here is motivating me to keep searching 397 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,760 until we find another way into that cavern. 398 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,660 I feel like we are closer than ever to finding this gold. 399 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,460 -[Josh] We're at the top, huh? -[Chad] Yeah. 400 00:22:28,460 --> 00:22:30,260 [Josh] We need to scour this rock. 401 00:22:31,860 --> 00:22:33,200 Just look at everything. 402 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,000 Let's see if there's any fissures or caves or anything like that. 403 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,300 Any hole, any crack, a cave, any opening at all 404 00:22:40,300 --> 00:22:42,860 that we see on top of this limestone hill 405 00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:45,560 could be a way down into that cavern system. 406 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,560 So we got to look this whole thing over very carefully. 407 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,860 [Chad] There's unlimited spots. 408 00:22:50,860 --> 00:22:53,200 [Josh] Take the full 360 around this place. 409 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,060 Man, I don't see any openings at all, let alone a cave entrance. 410 00:23:06,460 --> 00:23:08,760 -[Chad] Josh, come look at this. -[Josh] What do you got? 411 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:11,860 [Chad] This right here. 412 00:23:11,860 --> 00:23:13,800 Someone carved this out almost like an arrow. 413 00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:20,400 -[Josh] Look at that. -[Chad] What is that? 414 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,900 [Josh] That is really something, Chad. 415 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,860 [Chad] [bleep] crazy. 416 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,700 Holy [bleep]. 417 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,000 -[Chad] Josh, come look at this. -[Josh] What do you got? 418 00:23:32,460 --> 00:23:34,660 [Chad] Someone carved this out almost like an arrow. 419 00:23:34,660 --> 00:23:36,600 [Josh] Look at that. 420 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,000 -That is really something Chad. -[Chad] I know, right? 421 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,560 [Josh] Obviously, someone did that. That's not natural. 422 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,230 [Chad] I mean, it looks like a rock cairn. 423 00:23:44,860 --> 00:23:48,560 [narrator] Josh and Chad are tracing the path of the flooded tunnel system 424 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:52,000 and have come across what appears to be a cairn, 425 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:57,860 a collection of stacked rocks used by indigenous cultures to mark significant landmarks 426 00:23:57,860 --> 00:24:01,500 such as water sources, trails or burial mounds. 427 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,060 -It does look like this has been knocked off here... -[Chad] Yeah. 428 00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:07,600 ...to make it a sharper edge. 429 00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:12,660 [Chad] Pointed right over there. 430 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:16,400 All right. We got any binoculars? 431 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:20,660 [Josh] Uh, you know... Here. I've got... I got some stuff in my bag here. 432 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,260 See what you can see with that. 433 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:31,360 It looks like it's pointing east. 434 00:24:33,460 --> 00:24:34,900 [Chad chuckles] 435 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:37,360 You're not gonna [bleep] believe this. 436 00:24:37,360 --> 00:24:39,700 So you see those bunch of trees right there? 437 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,700 Right below that there's a round object. 438 00:24:43,260 --> 00:24:45,000 [Josh] That white rock. 439 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,060 -[Chad] You see what I'm talking about right there? -[Josh] I do. 440 00:24:47,060 --> 00:24:49,800 [Chad] Maybe I'm wrong, but that looks exactly like a turtle. 441 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:55,000 [Josh] Holy [bleep], it really does. 442 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,360 [Chad] That looks like a marker to me. 443 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,160 [Josh] Let's find out. 444 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,500 This is what I'm talking about. 445 00:24:59,500 --> 00:25:01,660 We're out here and we're finding these markers 446 00:25:01,660 --> 00:25:03,860 all over the path of this underwater cavern, 447 00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:07,160 and these have been untouched for hundreds of years. 448 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,860 Somebody worked these. They had purpose. 449 00:25:09,860 --> 00:25:12,600 Now we've got to figure out what these people are trying to tell us. 450 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,000 Man, we're on the right [bleep] track. 451 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,560 -Let's get it, buddy. -We're living it right now. Hell, yeah. 452 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,460 It's almost like you get a feeling when you know you're on the right track. 453 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:22,400 I mean, it's kind of hard to describe, 454 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,460 but it's no coincidence that these markers 455 00:25:24,460 --> 00:25:26,460 are right above the underwater cavern. 456 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,860 We are onto something big here. 457 00:25:53,860 --> 00:25:56,000 [narrator] Duane and the team are drilling holes 458 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,160 searching for the edge of the meteorite 459 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,500 blocking their access to the keyhole chamber below. 460 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:04,900 A cavern they believe is housing the Aztec gold. 461 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:10,260 Eric is drilling the first pilot hole 25 feet from the center of the energy zone. 462 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,860 In the oil fields, we always finished every project we were on. 463 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:24,100 I have built a reputation on getting jobs done no matter what. 464 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,400 But this job, finding that gold is not done. 465 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,860 And that bothers the hell out of me. 466 00:26:31,860 --> 00:26:36,760 So we'll do whatever it takes to get into that chamber and find that gold. 467 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,760 Run a metal detector over this. See if there's any fragments in there. 468 00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:48,400 [narrator] Using a metal detector, 469 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,660 Eric is searching for small pieces of meteoric iron in each core sample. 470 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:57,560 [Eric] So most meteorites are composed of iron and nickel. 471 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,100 A lot of iron in that core sample 472 00:26:59,100 --> 00:27:01,760 means we're close to the main body of the meteorite. 473 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,160 So we'll step out and drill a new hole 474 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,700 until we're not hitting any more iron. 475 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,460 [machine beeping] 476 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,700 [Charlie] You're getting a hit there. 477 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:17,360 Yeah, there's something in there. Hey, Duane! Duane! 478 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,260 Duane, we got something metallic in here. 479 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,200 In my hand. 480 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,260 There it is. 481 00:27:36,260 --> 00:27:37,700 [machine beeps] 482 00:27:41,100 --> 00:27:42,900 -There it is. -[Duane] There it is. 483 00:27:42,900 --> 00:27:44,360 -[Eric] Look at that. -[Duane] Oh, yeah. 484 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:47,660 [Charlie] Is that part of the meteor? 485 00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:50,760 It very well could be. It appears to be iron. 486 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,460 I'll look at it under the scope to verify that. 487 00:27:53,460 --> 00:27:54,660 Duane, that could be a good sign. 488 00:27:54,660 --> 00:27:55,560 All right. Good. 489 00:27:56,360 --> 00:27:57,560 [Eric] I'll have a quick look. 490 00:28:03,060 --> 00:28:05,460 Yeah, it looks like high iron content. 491 00:28:05,460 --> 00:28:08,560 And that's consistent with what a meteorite fragment would be. 492 00:28:10,300 --> 00:28:12,530 -Let's see if we got any more in there, Duane. -[Duane] Okay. 493 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,660 [machine beeping] 494 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:18,400 -We got another one. -[Charlie] Wow. 495 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,300 We may have another one, Duane. 496 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:25,360 Did you hear this? 497 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,060 [machine beeps] 498 00:28:29,260 --> 00:28:32,000 So far true, right in this zone right here. 499 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,800 So let's move over and see if we can get outside of it. 500 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,460 -We'll compare the two. -We need to. Yeah, let's do it. 501 00:28:37,460 --> 00:28:40,360 -We find out how big and round it is. -[Eric] Yeah. 502 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:43,560 Yu know, there's no such thing as bad information. 503 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,660 Every bit of it adds up. It's like a puzzle. 504 00:28:46,660 --> 00:28:51,860 So everything we're pulling up out of the ground is giving us a more clear picture. 505 00:28:51,860 --> 00:28:57,400 Each clue gets us closer to the gold and help us solve the puzzle. 506 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,100 [Eric] So we're finding all these meteorite fragments in this borehole, 507 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:02,060 and so, this is good information. 508 00:29:02,060 --> 00:29:05,660 But what we need to do now is step out maybe 20, 25 feet, 509 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:09,400 do another core and then compare that to the original bore. 510 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:13,660 The idea is, the less fragments we find, the closer we are to the edge. 511 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:30,160 Thank you. 512 00:29:35,860 --> 00:29:37,800 -[machine beeping] -[Eric] Yeah, maybe, yeah. 513 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,060 I'm looking for more of the big ones. 514 00:29:45,060 --> 00:29:48,900 So there's less... less iron in this sample and there's no big pieces, 515 00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:51,160 so it looks like we're getting to the edge of the meteorite. 516 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:54,160 -Move 'em over. -All right, let's do it. 517 00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:56,500 Denzel! 518 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,660 I mean, this next borehole might punch right down into the keyhole chamber. 519 00:30:02,660 --> 00:30:03,860 This is good stuff, man. 520 00:30:15,060 --> 00:30:17,560 -[Chad] You see what I'm talking about right there? -[Josh] I do. 521 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,200 [Chad] Maybe I'm wrong, but that looks exactly like a turtle. 522 00:30:22,660 --> 00:30:24,760 [Josh] Holy [bleep], it really does. 523 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:27,360 [Chad] That looks like a marker to me. 524 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,130 [Josh] Yeah, definitely. 525 00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:33,560 [narrator] Chad and Josh are tracing the path of the flooded cavern system 526 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:39,600 and have come across a cairn which is pointing directly to another large rock formation. 527 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,560 [Chad] Holy [bleep]. 528 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,460 [Josh] When we see stuff like this, turtles... 529 00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,460 that's intriguing, man. 530 00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:48,060 Turtles were important to the Aztec, 531 00:30:48,060 --> 00:30:51,760 and they could've been used as symbols to hide some sort of treasure. 532 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,500 All this imagery out here, these rock cairns, that turtle, 533 00:30:55,500 --> 00:30:57,160 they line up with the underwater cavern, 534 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:00,660 so we'll see how they connect to one another, 535 00:31:00,660 --> 00:31:02,360 and if they actually lead us somewhere. 536 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:04,160 And we've got to get over that turtle right now. 537 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,900 All right, let's do it, man. 538 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,160 So what did the turtles mean to the Aztecs? 539 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:17,500 So for the Aztec, the turtles were a symbol of resilience and survival. 540 00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:22,600 And, I mean, survival would have definitely been on the Aztecs' mind. 541 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,660 They lost their entire empire. 542 00:31:24,660 --> 00:31:28,360 Chad's got me on a treasure hunt, and I love treasure hunts. 543 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:32,300 The thing about it is, though, is treasure hunting is not about following a map. 544 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:35,200 It's about following the people who left the treasure, 545 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,660 who they were and what their motives were. 546 00:31:36,660 --> 00:31:38,900 So, that's really what I'm trying to learn. 547 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,160 [Chad] Yeah, that's the turtle right there. 548 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,700 You see the curve of the shell here? 549 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:48,300 -[Josh] There... the back of the turtle? -[Chad] Yep. 550 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:50,160 [Josh] Yeah, I see it. 551 00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:52,160 [Chad] That's the, uh... 552 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:55,260 Huh. Look at this. Look. [chuckles] 553 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,130 That's the head right there. 554 00:31:57,130 --> 00:32:00,660 [Josh] Holy crap, does that look like a turtle. Wow! [chuckles] 555 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,500 That's perfect. Look at that thing. 556 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,860 [Chad] The head points straight on this line right here. 557 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,860 Well, what if I took a bearing on this and then we'll just... 558 00:32:12,860 --> 00:32:15,100 we'll follow exactly where this turtle is pointing. 559 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:17,460 -Yeah, good idea. Perfect. -[Josh] Yeah, let me do that real quick. 560 00:32:18,660 --> 00:32:21,360 [narrator] Indigenous cultures such as the Aztecs, 561 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,760 have used stone turtle markers for centuries. 562 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:29,560 Records claim that the head of the turtle marker points the way to treasure, 563 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:34,460 with etched markings on the shell indicating the distance to its location. 564 00:32:34,460 --> 00:32:39,100 However, when the treasure is gone, the turtle's head is removed. 565 00:32:39,100 --> 00:32:42,200 The fact that this turtle marker still has its head 566 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:47,000 is a positive indication that the treasure is still on Blind Frog Ranch. 567 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,360 So we're actually at about 75 degrees east. 568 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:55,300 Yeah, right about there. 569 00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,860 And Chad, that bearing is lining up with the beacon path 570 00:32:59,860 --> 00:33:01,160 right here in front of us. 571 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,000 Right. Yep. 572 00:33:06,460 --> 00:33:09,160 The sun's going down quick. I say we come back tomorrow 573 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,560 -and we can search all day tomorrow too. -[Josh] Yeah. 574 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,900 [Chad] This is turning into a little bigger trek than we expected. 575 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:19,700 So we're gonna get some sleep tonight and, uh, be ready tomorrow to explore. 576 00:33:27,260 --> 00:33:29,800 [Duane] You know, that's the greatest damn machine I've ever seen in my life. 577 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,500 [narrator] At the Energy Zone, Eric is trying to determine the edge of the meteorite 578 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:44,000 so that he can drill around it and penetrate directly into the keyhole chamber below, 579 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,700 where they believe the Aztecs' lost treasure of gold bars 580 00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:51,000 has been hidden for more than 500 years. 581 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,360 So our first hole revealed a lot of iron fragments. 582 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,100 -Got another one. -[Charlie] Wow. 583 00:33:58,100 --> 00:33:59,560 The second sample had almost none, 584 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:02,000 implying that we're closer to the edge. 585 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,860 So now we're drilling a third hole 586 00:34:03,860 --> 00:34:07,100 another 20 feet away from the center of the Energy Zone, 587 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:10,100 to see if our soil sample reveals the edge of that meteorite. 588 00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:17,660 It's taken a long time to get to where we are and, 589 00:34:17,660 --> 00:34:21,100 but we're doing it right, though. We're being very careful. 590 00:34:21,100 --> 00:34:25,260 I can be patient, but, uh, I can't wait forever. 591 00:34:25,260 --> 00:34:29,460 I want to look back and say, "This was the day we found that gold." 592 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:31,560 [Eric] All right. What do we got, guys? 593 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,860 Uh, 195 to 200 foot. 594 00:34:33,860 --> 00:34:36,100 All right, good. Good, good. Thank you. 595 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:41,360 [Duane] Picking up anything, Charlie boy? 596 00:34:46,900 --> 00:34:49,800 [Eric] So in all the soil samples of the strata, 597 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:55,100 we're not finding any meteorite fragments here. This is very good news. 598 00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:58,630 So this means we might finally be at the edge of the meteorite. 599 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:02,660 [Charlie] Not getting anything in here. 600 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,360 [Eric] [bleep]. 601 00:35:10,660 --> 00:35:12,160 What's up, Eric? 602 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,860 [Eric] I got something going on here. Hold on. 603 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:18,100 Might... Might just want to hang there for a minute. 604 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:21,660 I'm seeing something here that I don't like. 605 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:29,160 [machine crackles] 606 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:35,160 [Eric] This is not good. 607 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:37,960 [Charlie] What is it? 608 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,460 [machine continues crackling] 609 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,360 It's highly radioactive uranium. 610 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,000 [Charlie] What are you talking about? 611 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,360 Uh, we gotta shut the drillers down, number one. 612 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,900 And we gotta just abandon that hole. 613 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,200 [Duane] Let's get the [bleep] out of here. 614 00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,500 -[Eric] John! Hey, John! -[John] Yeah? 615 00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:58,160 -[Eric] Shut it down! -[John] Shut it down? 616 00:35:58,160 --> 00:35:59,800 -[Eric] Shut down that rig! -[John] Denzel! 617 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,260 You know I said before, this land does fight back. 618 00:36:05,260 --> 00:36:07,960 It's gonna throw a right punch at you. 619 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,560 And about the time you've got that swing taken care of, 620 00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,860 it'll hit you with a fricking left and you won't see it coming. 621 00:36:15,860 --> 00:36:18,260 -[Eric] This whole place could be radioactive. -[Duane] Oh, [bleep]. 622 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,360 [John] Denzel, shut it down! 623 00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:27,300 [machine beeping and crackling] 624 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,800 [bleep]. I'd stay back. 625 00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:37,360 We're at, uh, 200 feet and we hit a layer of... of, uh, uranium. 626 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,200 [narrator] Uranium is a radioactive metal 627 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,160 used to create highly concentrated energy, 628 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,760 including powering nuclear weapons. 629 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:53,460 The element was used in the atomic bomb deployed on Hiroshima. 630 00:36:54,660 --> 00:36:57,460 In addition to its destructive power, 631 00:36:57,460 --> 00:36:59,560 prolonged exposure to uranium 632 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:04,260 can cause radiation poisoning, cancer and even death. 633 00:37:04,260 --> 00:37:07,360 While meteorites contain the radioactive element, 634 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,300 most uranium mined on Earth is around decayed vegetation systems, 635 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,600 that trap the radioactive mineral. 636 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:20,760 The state of Utah contains some of the largest deposits of uranium in America. 637 00:37:47,330 --> 00:37:49,560 [phone ringing] 638 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,830 [operator speaking] 639 00:37:51,830 --> 00:37:54,930 [Charlie] Yeah, yeah, this is Charles Snider with the Blind Frog Ranch, 640 00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:57,600 and, uh, I've got an intruder out on our property. 641 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,060 [operator speaking] 642 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:03,860 [Charlie] Yeah, he's cut the locks on our gate, and he's on the ranch now. 643 00:38:03,860 --> 00:38:08,600 So, uh, can you send a deputy out there that's familiar with our ranch? 644 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,000 [operator speaking] 645 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,960 [Charlie] No, but I'm headed out that direction right now. 646 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,860 Security cameras and motion detectors alerted me. 647 00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:20,260 And if you can get a... a deputy out there to back me up, please. 648 00:38:20,260 --> 00:38:21,830 [operator speaking] 649 00:38:21,830 --> 00:38:23,960 -[Charlie] All right. Thank you. -[phone beeps] 650 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,460 This is the last thing I want to deal with in the middle of the night. 651 00:38:27,230 --> 00:38:28,400 Now I'm pissed off. 652 00:38:38,660 --> 00:38:41,930 [Charlie] Well, I've got an intruder on the, uh, on the property. 653 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,660 He's cut the... the chain at the gate. 654 00:38:46,660 --> 00:38:50,130 He just crossed Mosby Creek. He's headed up the mountain. 655 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,360 -[Duane] Call Jacko. -[Charlie] Yeah, I'm gonna call him. 656 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:55,760 [phone ringing] 657 00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,000 [Chad] Hey, I'm on my way. 658 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,500 [Charlie] Yeah. Get out here as quick as you can. 659 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:03,360 I called the sheriff. They're on their way. 660 00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:04,730 [Chad] Is he still on the property? 661 00:39:04,730 --> 00:39:06,160 [Charlie] He's still out there. 662 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:08,160 He's... I'm watching him on the cameras now. 663 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,560 [Chad] [bleep]. Okay, I'll be there in 30 minutes. 664 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:12,400 [Charlie] Okay. Make some headway. 665 00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,530 [Duane] Where's he at, Charlie boy? 666 00:39:19,530 --> 00:39:22,030 [Charlie] He's pulling up right by the miner shack now, 667 00:39:22,030 --> 00:39:24,160 so I don't know what the hell he's doing. 668 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:27,160 He's [bleep]... 669 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,160 He's getting something out of the back door. 670 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:31,830 It's a damn shovel. 671 00:39:36,260 --> 00:39:37,860 I'm gonna turn the speaker on. 672 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,160 Hey, you're trespassing. 673 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,600 I got the Sheriff's department coming. 674 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:46,660 Get the [bleep] off our property now. 675 00:39:48,660 --> 00:39:51,260 Well, [bleep], now he knows we're coming. 676 00:39:51,260 --> 00:39:53,400 [Charlie] He's ignoring me, Duane. 677 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,100 He don't give a [bleep] about anything. 678 00:40:01,230 --> 00:40:02,930 What's he doing now, Charlie? 679 00:40:04,130 --> 00:40:05,330 [Charlie] He's up on the hill. 680 00:40:06,130 --> 00:40:07,660 He's got a shovel in his hands. 681 00:40:09,860 --> 00:40:14,930 This [bleep] got on a bulletproof vest. His face is covered. 682 00:40:14,930 --> 00:40:19,460 He is literally digging something up right across from the damn tent. 683 00:40:19,460 --> 00:40:20,660 [Duane] What the hell? 684 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:29,860 [Charlie] Holy [bleep]. 685 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,560 What the [bleep]? 686 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,260 [narrator] This season... 687 00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:37,830 -[Chad] Holy [bleep]. -[Josh] Man! 688 00:40:37,830 --> 00:40:39,760 [narrator] ...on Blind Frog Ranch... 689 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,500 -[man 1] It's pumping a lot. -[Duane] Hell yeah. 690 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:46,400 [Josh] Is this not a bear guarding the cave? Look at that. 691 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,600 [narrator] ...new discoveries... 692 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,560 [Chad] These look like the ingots that we found last year. 693 00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,460 [narrator] ...bring them closer to the vast fortunes. 694 00:40:51,460 --> 00:40:54,130 There's something of value here. Something worth dying over. 695 00:40:54,130 --> 00:40:55,560 -Fire! -Oh, [bleep]. 696 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,730 [narrator] But the land pushes back even harder... 697 00:40:58,730 --> 00:41:00,500 People were drug in there. Killed. 698 00:41:00,500 --> 00:41:01,760 [man 2] This is definitely death. 699 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:04,560 [narrator] ...Intruders emerge from the shadows... 700 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,260 [Duane] They're monitoring something. 701 00:41:06,260 --> 00:41:08,760 There's some very weird stuff going on in this ranch. 702 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:09,860 [Charlie] That's a black wolf. 703 00:41:10,460 --> 00:41:11,860 [gunshot] 704 00:41:11,860 --> 00:41:13,960 [narrator] ...driving the team deeper... 705 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,460 There was something above it that perturbed the magnetic field, 706 00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:18,660 maybe like a UAP. 707 00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:20,960 [narrator] ...into the Mystery... 708 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,960 If I was gonna bury a treasure, this would be it. 709 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,160 [whispers] There's someone in here. 710 00:41:27,460 --> 00:41:29,660 [narrator] ...at Blind Frog Ranch.