1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:02,836 Previously on "Blind Frog Ranch." 2 00:00:02,961 --> 00:00:04,753 Wild! 3 00:00:04,754 --> 00:00:07,089 Woo! 4 00:00:07,090 --> 00:00:09,967 The team discovered a flooded cavern system... 5 00:00:09,968 --> 00:00:12,512 OK, we're way back there, all the way towards the ranch. 6 00:00:12,637 --> 00:00:14,596 ...leading to the Keyhole Chamber, 7 00:00:14,597 --> 00:00:17,267 where they believe the Aztec gold is hidden. 8 00:00:19,102 --> 00:00:22,021 But with the passageway blocked, 9 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:25,190 Chad and Josh begin searching for another entrance 10 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:27,151 into the flooded caverns below. 11 00:00:27,152 --> 00:00:28,318 Limestone. 12 00:00:28,319 --> 00:00:30,112 We absolutely could've an entrance to a cave here. 13 00:00:30,113 --> 00:00:32,990 Uncovering a series of ancient trail markers, 14 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:34,867 pointing them towards the treasure. 15 00:00:34,868 --> 00:00:36,452 That looks exactly like a turtle. 16 00:00:36,453 --> 00:00:37,494 It really does. 17 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,706 Is this not a bear guarding the cave? 18 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:41,790 And a mysterious stone monument. 19 00:00:41,791 --> 00:00:43,042 Look how that's stacked up. 20 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,793 I don't see how it's lasted this long. 21 00:00:44,794 --> 00:00:47,796 Surrounded by signs of Aztec weaponry. 22 00:00:47,797 --> 00:00:49,716 There's another one right here. Look at this. 23 00:00:49,841 --> 00:00:51,133 That's an arrowhead for sure. 24 00:00:51,134 --> 00:00:52,218 Meanwhile... 25 00:00:52,343 --> 00:00:54,178 That's the borehole we want to offset. 26 00:00:54,179 --> 00:00:56,805 Eric's plan to drill around the meteorite 27 00:00:56,806 --> 00:00:58,391 covering the keyhole chamber... 28 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:03,312 ...hits a deadly problem. 29 00:01:03,313 --> 00:01:04,521 Shut it down! 30 00:01:04,522 --> 00:01:06,232 - Shut it down? - Shut down that rig! 31 00:01:06,357 --> 00:01:07,734 This whole place is radioactive. 32 00:01:07,859 --> 00:01:08,817 Oh 33 00:01:08,818 --> 00:01:10,236 Denzel, shut it down! 34 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:16,408 Legends of ancient treasures... 35 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:18,994 This has to be hundreds of years back. 36 00:01:18,995 --> 00:01:21,205 ...and unexplained phenomena. 37 00:01:21,206 --> 00:01:22,372 What the hell is that? 38 00:01:22,373 --> 00:01:26,502 Meet at a 160 acre property in Northeast Utah, 39 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:29,046 known as Blind Frog Ranch, 40 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:31,256 where Duane Ollinger and his team are 41 00:01:31,257 --> 00:01:34,343 digging in search of long lost Aztec gold 42 00:01:34,344 --> 00:01:36,262 The Aztecs have discovered this? 43 00:01:36,387 --> 00:01:37,513 But the closer they get... 44 00:01:37,514 --> 00:01:39,932 I finally get to hold gold in my hand. 45 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,850 ...the more the land fights back. 46 00:01:41,851 --> 00:01:44,061 Go! [bleep] Go! 47 00:01:44,062 --> 00:01:45,771 Now, Duane will move heaven... 48 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:46,897 There you go! 49 00:01:46,898 --> 00:01:47,898 ...and earth... 50 00:01:47,899 --> 00:01:49,442 Fire in the hole. 51 00:01:49,567 --> 00:01:52,027 ...until he gets to the bottom of this mystery... 52 00:01:52,028 --> 00:01:53,613 We've started this whole deal, 53 00:01:53,738 --> 00:01:55,364 and we're sure as hell gonna finish it. 54 00:01:55,365 --> 00:01:57,574 ...and solves what's lurking below... 55 00:01:57,575 --> 00:01:58,951 Holy There's something in there! 56 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:01,578 Guys! 57 00:02:01,579 --> 00:02:03,414 ...at Blind Frog Ranch. 58 00:02:10,463 --> 00:02:11,588 This should be it, right up here. 59 00:02:11,589 --> 00:02:12,966 That's where we found those artifacts. 60 00:02:13,091 --> 00:02:15,384 Yeah, that's where that big rock structure thing is, 61 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:16,593 right there. 62 00:02:16,594 --> 00:02:18,220 Chad and Josh are heading back 63 00:02:18,221 --> 00:02:20,222 to the Stone Monument they discovered, 64 00:02:20,223 --> 00:02:22,891 tracing the path of the turtle's gaze-- 65 00:02:22,892 --> 00:02:25,477 a large rock formation that is surrounded 66 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:28,272 with arrowheads from an ancient civilization. 67 00:02:28,273 --> 00:02:29,898 That's an arrowhead for sure. 68 00:02:29,899 --> 00:02:31,733 - Oh, look at here. - Another one? 69 00:02:31,734 --> 00:02:33,569 Another arrowhead. That's three. 70 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:36,405 The profusion of worked arrowheads leads them 71 00:02:36,406 --> 00:02:39,074 to believe Aztecs and their descendants 72 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:41,994 were using this area to make weapons. 73 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,453 This site was important. 74 00:02:43,454 --> 00:02:46,332 It's not just a lone arrowhead that got lost. 75 00:02:46,457 --> 00:02:47,709 It could be, like, an armory. 76 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,420 There is stuff all through here. 77 00:02:51,421 --> 00:02:53,297 I think we just need to keep looking around. 78 00:02:53,298 --> 00:02:54,923 I mean, there could be a cave. 79 00:02:54,924 --> 00:02:57,510 Could be a sign of there being an entrance underground here 80 00:02:57,635 --> 00:02:59,136 or something like that. 81 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:02,348 It's just kind of a-- it's like a big stone monument, right? 82 00:03:02,473 --> 00:03:04,933 And it looks like it's been manipulated. 83 00:03:04,934 --> 00:03:08,103 And there was a lot of rock here at one time. 84 00:03:08,104 --> 00:03:11,940 You could tell it was there, and yet, not all, it's gone. 85 00:03:11,941 --> 00:03:13,817 But it's actually, totally gone. 86 00:03:13,818 --> 00:03:15,695 There's no rock here below it. 87 00:03:15,820 --> 00:03:17,030 So where did all the rock fall go? 88 00:03:17,155 --> 00:03:18,280 Where's the rubble at? 89 00:03:18,281 --> 00:03:19,615 We're looking for an entrance 90 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:21,868 into this underground cave system 91 00:03:21,993 --> 00:03:23,244 that leads back to our ranch. 92 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,181 Right here, there's another one, right here. 93 00:03:44,182 --> 00:03:45,767 - You got something? - There's another one. 94 00:03:47,936 --> 00:03:48,977 Look at that. 95 00:03:48,978 --> 00:03:52,648 Yep, that's one for sure. Wow, look at that. 96 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:54,816 - I think it's obsidian. - Really? 97 00:03:54,817 --> 00:03:56,568 Holy 98 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:59,821 - That's wild, man. - Absolutely. 99 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:02,491 I mean, obsidian's not found here in the Uintas, 100 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:04,744 so I have no idea where it came from. 101 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:12,669 Hey, right there. 102 00:04:13,962 --> 00:04:15,337 That's definitely an arrowhead. 103 00:04:15,338 --> 00:04:17,339 It's not a finished piece, but it's-- 104 00:04:17,340 --> 00:04:18,840 it's part of an arrowhead for sure. 105 00:04:18,841 --> 00:04:20,509 It's like somebody was making it and then it broke. 106 00:04:20,510 --> 00:04:22,052 - Oh, it broke. - So then they just throw it. 107 00:04:22,053 --> 00:04:23,720 They trash it, exactly. 108 00:04:23,721 --> 00:04:25,013 Or unless they brought them here. 109 00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:26,932 But I wouldn't think it'd be, like, the best hunting. 110 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,100 Right, like-- 111 00:04:28,101 --> 00:04:30,270 This hilltop isn't any good for hunting. 112 00:04:30,395 --> 00:04:32,188 There's no food. There's no water. 113 00:04:34,190 --> 00:04:35,190 What if they were guarding something? 114 00:04:35,191 --> 00:04:37,025 Guarding, yeah. And what do they guard? 115 00:04:37,026 --> 00:04:38,235 - That's the thing, too. - Exactly. 116 00:04:38,236 --> 00:04:39,904 Yeah. What are they guarding? 117 00:04:40,905 --> 00:04:41,906 Why here? 118 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:47,202 I think this was a defensive position. 119 00:04:47,203 --> 00:04:49,622 It's up high. It has weapons all over. 120 00:04:49,747 --> 00:04:52,541 I mean, they were guarding something here, for sure. 121 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:54,710 Well, we can get these dated to see how long ago 122 00:04:54,711 --> 00:04:55,919 they were here. - Yes. 123 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,672 And then figure out why they're here. 124 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:00,924 The wind's kicking up, man. 125 00:05:00,925 --> 00:05:03,802 This is, like, any time we get close to anything, 126 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:05,304 weather happens. 127 00:05:05,305 --> 00:05:06,972 Let's keep looking around and see if we can find them. 128 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:08,224 Oh, absolutely. 129 00:05:24,824 --> 00:05:27,284 So I spent some time last week reviewing 130 00:05:27,285 --> 00:05:30,662 all the core samples that we took from the Energy Zone. 131 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:32,498 There's some good news, and bad news. 132 00:05:32,623 --> 00:05:34,833 The bad news is we pulled the core, 133 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:38,337 and it had this distinct yellowish sort of stain to it. 134 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:40,797 So I got out my Geiger counter and checked it, 135 00:05:40,798 --> 00:05:42,342 and sure enough, it was uranium, 136 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:44,469 and it's emitting radioactivity. 137 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:48,513 While Chad and Josh were scouring for an entrance 138 00:05:48,514 --> 00:05:49,931 into the underground, 139 00:05:49,932 --> 00:05:54,019 Eric has been trying to breach the Keyhole Chamber from above. 140 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:56,356 - What do we got, guys? - 195 to 200 plus. 141 00:05:56,481 --> 00:05:57,857 All right, good. 142 00:05:57,982 --> 00:06:00,192 Attempting to size up the meteorite 143 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:02,152 and drill into the chamber, 144 00:06:02,153 --> 00:06:04,154 Eric extracted a core sample 145 00:06:04,155 --> 00:06:06,990 containing a distinctive yellow material 146 00:06:06,991 --> 00:06:10,370 that proved to be highly radioactive uranium. 147 00:06:10,495 --> 00:06:11,871 - Shut it down! - Shut it down? 148 00:06:11,996 --> 00:06:13,206 Shut down that rig. 149 00:06:18,169 --> 00:06:20,545 After investigating the core sample, 150 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:24,299 Eric has assembled the team to review his findings. 151 00:06:24,300 --> 00:06:26,218 So this is really dangerous. 152 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:27,844 Going in through that uranium, 153 00:06:27,845 --> 00:06:29,679 I mean, it's gonna kick up uranium dust. 154 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,223 You're gonna inhale it. 155 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:33,809 The good news is, with some really serious 156 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:37,563 mitigative efforts and testing, uh, ventilation-- 157 00:06:37,688 --> 00:06:39,523 ventilation shafts, things like that, 158 00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:42,235 we can make a plan to safely drill through that. 159 00:06:43,361 --> 00:06:46,655 Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive metal 160 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:49,074 that is used to generate nuclear energy 161 00:06:49,075 --> 00:06:51,034 and power atomic weapons. 162 00:06:51,035 --> 00:06:54,079 The element was used to create the Little Boy, 163 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,040 the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. 164 00:06:57,041 --> 00:07:00,377 Prolonged exposure to uranium can cause sickness 165 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:01,754 and even death. 166 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:05,590 I think this uranium may very well be the reason 167 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:08,218 for the Aztec being attracted 168 00:07:08,219 --> 00:07:10,387 to the Energy Zone to begin with. 169 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:15,434 Did they carve this keyhole cavern because of the energy 170 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:16,935 that was being emitted? 171 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,855 It almost seems like it was the reason 172 00:07:19,856 --> 00:07:21,356 that they came there. 173 00:07:21,357 --> 00:07:24,110 Yeah, I mean, what I see here is you guys have discovered 174 00:07:24,235 --> 00:07:27,362 two resources that are very rare in any culture. 175 00:07:27,363 --> 00:07:31,117 Meteorite and uranium, ancient culture sees those. 176 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:32,452 They're gonna look unique, 177 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:33,953 and they're gonna be attracted to them. 178 00:07:34,078 --> 00:07:35,787 I mean, uranium is yellow. 179 00:07:35,788 --> 00:07:36,955 Just that alone, 180 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:38,540 they're gonna go, "What is this?" 181 00:07:38,541 --> 00:07:41,335 This doesn't look like everything else. 182 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:44,463 And meteorites, I mean, that's iron, 183 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,715 and that's the only way, really, in nature 184 00:07:46,716 --> 00:07:50,469 that the ancient people were able to obtain actual iron. 185 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,305 They didn't know how to smelt back then. 186 00:07:52,430 --> 00:07:54,931 So, I mean, it just makes sense 187 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:57,392 that of course, people were attracted to this place. 188 00:07:57,393 --> 00:07:59,060 Absolutely. 189 00:07:59,061 --> 00:08:01,396 Many of the great ancient civilizations, 190 00:08:01,397 --> 00:08:04,984 such as the Egyptian Empire and the Shang Dynasty, 191 00:08:05,109 --> 00:08:07,570 were built around impacted meteorites. 192 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:12,824 Meteorites also marked central sites of worship 193 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:15,243 for the Roman and Greek empires, 194 00:08:15,244 --> 00:08:18,164 most notably being the Omphalo stone 195 00:08:18,289 --> 00:08:21,334 at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. 196 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:23,002 But what were they doing with it, 197 00:08:23,127 --> 00:08:25,921 and what did it mean to them, that I don't know. 198 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:28,924 Well, throughout history, the most important artifacts 199 00:08:28,925 --> 00:08:30,467 have been made from meteorites. 200 00:08:30,468 --> 00:08:33,845 I mean, it's the most prized possession of any culture 201 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:35,764 or civilization that we know of. 202 00:08:35,765 --> 00:08:38,017 King Tut's knife was made of a meteorite. 203 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:43,356 Meteorites have high iron content and were one of the few 204 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:46,274 sources of iron available to ancient cultures, 205 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:49,778 making them highly prized and vital in the creation 206 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:51,781 of ancient deadly weapons. 207 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:58,371 The sword of Tutankhamun, discovered in King Tut's tomb, 208 00:08:58,496 --> 00:09:00,873 was carved from meteoritic iron 209 00:09:00,998 --> 00:09:03,792 and decorated with a gold handle. 210 00:09:03,793 --> 00:09:07,128 While in China, hammers were crafted from meteorites 211 00:09:07,129 --> 00:09:09,130 during the invention of Kung Fu 212 00:09:09,131 --> 00:09:11,466 over 4,000 years ago. 213 00:09:11,467 --> 00:09:14,720 And ancient Indonesians fashioned crisp daggers 214 00:09:14,845 --> 00:09:16,055 from meteorites, 215 00:09:16,180 --> 00:09:19,307 which they believed possessed magical properties. 216 00:09:19,308 --> 00:09:23,645 So why was the uranium with the meteorite? 217 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:26,232 The yellow is mineral called Carnotite, 218 00:09:26,357 --> 00:09:28,984 which is uranium bearing ore. 219 00:09:28,985 --> 00:09:32,238 So wherever that meteor created fractures, 220 00:09:32,363 --> 00:09:35,533 water washed in and left the uranium deposit behind. 221 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,536 I wouldn't think everything under Blind frog Ranch 222 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:41,746 is gonna have this big concentrated zone of uranium. 223 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:43,164 That spot happened to. 224 00:09:43,165 --> 00:09:46,543 Yeah, I mean, I haven't seen that distinctive yellow color 225 00:09:46,544 --> 00:09:48,254 anywhere on the ranch before. 226 00:09:49,297 --> 00:09:51,006 I think it would be smart to just go back 227 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:53,759 and look at our samples that we've taken, um, 228 00:09:53,884 --> 00:09:55,260 at the ranch over the years 229 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,846 just to see if there's any uranium in them. 230 00:09:57,847 --> 00:10:00,265 For all we know, there could be radioactive material 231 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:01,767 all over the ranch. 232 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,770 Yeah. 233 00:10:04,895 --> 00:10:07,897 Still good information, though. I mean, it really is. 234 00:10:07,898 --> 00:10:09,232 Everything is. 235 00:10:09,233 --> 00:10:11,526 I've worked on long term projects, 236 00:10:11,527 --> 00:10:14,946 and if you hit a roadblock, you don't get to quit. 237 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:17,574 If you do, you don't have a job anymore. 238 00:10:17,575 --> 00:10:20,410 And so you just figure it out and keep moving forward. 239 00:10:20,411 --> 00:10:23,872 So hitting that uranium is a blessing to me. 240 00:10:23,873 --> 00:10:26,791 It's a good thing. It's all information. 241 00:10:26,792 --> 00:10:28,461 You can use it for your benefit 242 00:10:28,586 --> 00:10:30,463 or you can ball about it and go home. 243 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:35,717 I have never in my life seen a thing that looks like it's bad 244 00:10:35,718 --> 00:10:38,595 that didn't turn into an opportunity for me. 245 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:40,889 It might kick your ass a little bit, 246 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:43,643 but I guarantee the blessings are so much bigger. 247 00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:46,269 We did get boned at the Energy Zone 248 00:10:46,270 --> 00:10:47,896 when we were drilling with the radiation, 249 00:10:47,897 --> 00:10:50,650 but we can't forget about the armory site right here. 250 00:10:50,775 --> 00:10:53,109 So this is where we found all of the arrowheads 251 00:10:53,110 --> 00:10:54,569 and the spearheads right here. 252 00:10:54,570 --> 00:10:55,904 And there could be another entrance, 253 00:10:55,905 --> 00:10:57,657 or something that they were protecting. 254 00:10:57,782 --> 00:11:00,825 I agree, man. That armory is a huge deal. 255 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:03,828 We go there, we found not just several arrowheads, 256 00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:05,664 but an obsidian arrowhead. 257 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:08,291 So we've gotta get an expert in here to check this out. 258 00:11:08,292 --> 00:11:09,626 Yeah, absolutely. 259 00:11:09,627 --> 00:11:12,504 I mean, I know Chris Bartell's an expert on projectile points, 260 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:15,507 and he can give you guys some really good information. 261 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:17,843 So I would definitely like to go dig deeper 262 00:11:17,968 --> 00:11:20,804 into that location. - Yeah, we ought to look at that. 263 00:11:20,805 --> 00:11:25,183 It's very critical that we look forward on every lead we can. 264 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:28,854 So now Chad's gonna find a way into those underwater tunnels, 265 00:11:28,979 --> 00:11:30,605 what they call an armory. 266 00:11:30,606 --> 00:11:33,692 And Eric is gonna start running tests on our samples 267 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,736 and see if there is uranium. 268 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,200 There's no stopping here, fellas. 269 00:11:42,201 --> 00:11:44,327 We're nowhere close to stopping. 270 00:11:44,328 --> 00:11:46,122 - Good, deal. - I like it. 271 00:11:55,673 --> 00:11:56,799 Yeah, grab you a seat, Chris. 272 00:11:56,924 --> 00:11:58,092 All right. 273 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:04,264 Wow. 274 00:12:04,265 --> 00:12:06,891 So today we have Chris Bartel coming out to the ranch. 275 00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:08,601 We've been finding a lot of arrowheads, 276 00:12:08,602 --> 00:12:10,228 and he has a lot of experience 277 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:11,896 on different arrowheads that he's found here 278 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:13,231 and all over the world. 279 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:14,733 Wow, that is an incredible piece. 280 00:12:14,734 --> 00:12:15,942 Yeah. 281 00:12:15,943 --> 00:12:19,320 Chris Bartel is a high ranking private contractor 282 00:12:19,321 --> 00:12:22,449 who oversaw security at Skinwalker Ranch. 283 00:12:22,450 --> 00:12:26,619 He is also an expert in ancient artifacts and weaponry. 284 00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:30,331 The team is seeking his insight on identifying the arrowhead 285 00:12:30,332 --> 00:12:33,169 they recovered from the suspected armory. 286 00:12:33,294 --> 00:12:35,671 That is beautiful. This is obsidian. 287 00:12:36,881 --> 00:12:40,176 Obsidian is a volcanic glass that has been shaped 288 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:43,678 into tools and weapons for thousands of years. 289 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:47,599 Its unique molecular properties allow it to be honed down 290 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,811 to an edge 500 times sharper than a steel blade, 291 00:12:51,812 --> 00:12:54,105 making it a deadly weapon in battle 292 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:56,483 for ancient civilizations. 293 00:12:56,484 --> 00:12:58,861 This is a museum quality piece. 294 00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:02,113 That tells me that something's trying to tell a story here. 295 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:05,367 Obsidian comes from volcanic activity. 296 00:13:05,493 --> 00:13:06,826 This is not from around here. 297 00:13:06,827 --> 00:13:09,205 This area right here doesn't have that volcanic rock. 298 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:12,207 I have not seen obsidian out here at all. 299 00:13:12,208 --> 00:13:14,376 Yeah, I haven't either, actually. 300 00:13:14,502 --> 00:13:16,961 But the Aztecs definitely used obsidian, for sure. 301 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:18,713 So this either-- this either-- 302 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:21,216 you know, may have been traded back in the day 303 00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:23,343 or brought in by somebody else, but you're right, 304 00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:25,220 I haven't found any raw obsidian out here. 305 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,305 Obsidian comes from volcanic activity, 306 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:29,974 and there's hardly any volcanoes here in Utah. 307 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:32,728 So that means that someone had to bring this material here. 308 00:13:32,853 --> 00:13:36,189 But what we do know is the Aztecs extensively used obsidian 309 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:37,816 in their weapons. 310 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:39,484 And this was, like, you know, deadly weapons. 311 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:40,902 It cuts like glass. 312 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:43,572 The richest deposits of obsidian in the world 313 00:13:43,697 --> 00:13:45,323 happen to be in Mexico, 314 00:13:45,324 --> 00:13:48,159 where the Aztecs built their empire. 315 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,204 Would obsidian been held in a higher regard as a material, 316 00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:53,039 so that would have been more for ceremonial purposes? 317 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:54,165 Correct. 318 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:56,835 I've seen large obsidian blades 319 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:59,755 that were specifically used for ceremonial purposes. 320 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,384 Obsidian held immense significance in Aztec culture, 321 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:07,596 not only serving as a sharp and durable material 322 00:14:07,721 --> 00:14:09,722 for tools and weapons, 323 00:14:09,723 --> 00:14:12,100 but it was also crafted into mirrors 324 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:16,188 and used by sorcerers to seek visions of the future. 325 00:14:17,481 --> 00:14:20,233 From what I understand, you did the arrowhead based on 326 00:14:20,234 --> 00:14:22,360 the bottom half of it. - Right. 327 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:24,321 So how old do you think this is? 328 00:14:25,406 --> 00:14:27,032 This is probably the Archaic period. 329 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,872 So this is a couple thousand years old, most likely. 330 00:14:34,415 --> 00:14:37,959 Spanning from 8,000 to 1,000 BC, 331 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,378 the Archaic period in North America 332 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:43,299 was characterized by a shift toward a wider range 333 00:14:43,424 --> 00:14:44,632 of food sources 334 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:47,552 and advanced tool technologies used 335 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:50,305 by the indigenous cultures. 336 00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:53,391 It was people here on this ranch 3,000 years ago. 337 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:54,934 - Yep. - It's amazing. 338 00:14:54,935 --> 00:14:58,647 We're talking early hunter gatherers that were out here. 339 00:14:58,772 --> 00:15:00,982 You know, I mean, it's an incredible history. 340 00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:02,818 And this is, like, you know, this is the truth. 341 00:15:02,943 --> 00:15:03,943 This is undeniable. 342 00:15:03,944 --> 00:15:06,738 You can't just make this stuff up. 343 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:09,449 I mean, to find them like they were made yesterday 344 00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,659 out here means that there's way more stuff 345 00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:13,495 to be discovered out here. 346 00:15:16,457 --> 00:15:18,499 - Take a look at this. - Oh, wow. 347 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:21,337 It's a northern side notch bird point. 348 00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:23,254 Nice! Look at this thing. 349 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:25,590 Bird points, like this, were used typically 350 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:29,093 to hunt small game, like birds or even rabbits. 351 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:30,970 They're razor sharp. 352 00:15:30,971 --> 00:15:33,349 Actually, let me see that obsidian point you found. 353 00:15:35,017 --> 00:15:37,268 Ain't that something? 354 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:39,437 - That almost matches-- - Oh, look at that. 355 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:40,939 Yeah, that is something. Look at that. 356 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,566 I wonder if it's the same maker. 357 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:47,196 Although the arrowheads are made of different materials, 358 00:15:47,321 --> 00:15:49,031 their identical design indicates 359 00:15:49,156 --> 00:15:50,866 a similar time period, 360 00:15:50,991 --> 00:15:54,827 likely 3,000 to 7,000 years ago. 361 00:15:54,828 --> 00:15:57,705 Amazing that you found that out here. 362 00:15:57,706 --> 00:15:59,874 The other interesting thing about this arrowhead 363 00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:02,627 is that the style of it matches an arrowhead made out 364 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,212 of a different material, but the shape 365 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,881 is exactly the same. 366 00:16:06,006 --> 00:16:08,341 It makes me wonder if both of these points were made 367 00:16:08,342 --> 00:16:12,303 by the ancestors of the Aztecs that lived in these caverns. 368 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:15,724 So it's almost like some of this area, 369 00:16:15,849 --> 00:16:18,059 they're protecting it. - It could very well be. 370 00:16:18,060 --> 00:16:20,645 I mean, these lands are protected for a reason, 371 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:23,232 maybe for the cultural reasons, 372 00:16:23,357 --> 00:16:26,402 but maybe there's also hidden gold caches out here. 373 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:28,528 It's evidence of occupation, so 374 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:30,363 I'm interested to see what else you find there, 375 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:32,156 especially if you get inside the caves. 376 00:16:32,157 --> 00:16:34,242 Chris, man, thank you for coming out, brother. 377 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:36,078 Thanks. Thanks, man. 378 00:16:36,203 --> 00:16:37,830 Thank you. Thank you, absolutely. 379 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:49,924 This was where most of the arrowheads 380 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:51,301 were coming out of, right here. 381 00:16:52,803 --> 00:16:54,262 It'll probably be good for you to go through 382 00:16:54,263 --> 00:16:56,723 with the metal detectors first. 383 00:16:56,724 --> 00:16:59,268 See if there's anything out of the ordinary here. 384 00:17:08,235 --> 00:17:10,112 Let me go ahead and set this up for you first. 385 00:17:10,237 --> 00:17:11,530 Yeah, let's hammer it out. 386 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:18,287 This site we're calling the armory, 387 00:17:18,412 --> 00:17:20,289 there could be an entrance to a cave here, 388 00:17:20,414 --> 00:17:22,248 but we're finding all these artifacts, 389 00:17:22,249 --> 00:17:23,876 so we're gonna do this by the book. 390 00:17:25,085 --> 00:17:26,711 So James is gonna set up a search grid, 391 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:27,963 and we're gonna go through this area 392 00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:29,298 with a fine tooth comb. 393 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:30,466 All right. 394 00:17:30,591 --> 00:17:32,216 - OK, that's the last one? - Yep. 395 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:35,261 We know that this underwater cavern system is running 396 00:17:35,262 --> 00:17:36,972 right below the armory. 397 00:17:37,097 --> 00:17:39,808 There has to be an entrance very close by 398 00:17:39,933 --> 00:17:41,309 to the armory here. 399 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:43,645 All these artifacts, all these projectile points, 400 00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:46,482 may lead us to that entrance. 401 00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:48,816 All right, so I'm gonna grab my detector, 402 00:17:48,817 --> 00:17:51,028 and I'm gonna get that thing fired up. 403 00:17:52,071 --> 00:17:54,531 All right, so we'll set up the provenience screen. 404 00:17:55,824 --> 00:17:59,161 While Josh scans the area with his metal detector, 405 00:17:59,286 --> 00:18:02,164 James will start excavating the area by hand, 406 00:18:02,289 --> 00:18:05,291 using a wire grid called a provenience screen 407 00:18:05,292 --> 00:18:07,002 to chart the discoveries. 408 00:18:07,127 --> 00:18:08,796 Yeah, I wanna work this hillside. 409 00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:18,013 Oh, this detector will cover some ground, 410 00:18:18,138 --> 00:18:20,098 which is really nice. - Good. 411 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,184 We'll sniff it out. 412 00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:33,111 Boy, nothing. 413 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:35,114 This area is clean right here. 414 00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:37,615 No metal. 415 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:45,499 Nothing there. 416 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:50,128 Oh, there we go. 417 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:51,629 There's a signal. 418 00:18:51,630 --> 00:18:52,964 Let's see if I can get that to repeat. 419 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:55,299 Yeah, yeah. 420 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:57,261 That's a target right there. 421 00:19:08,772 --> 00:19:10,315 Here we go. 422 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:12,985 What the hell is that? 423 00:19:14,486 --> 00:19:16,362 I got something in the hole right here, James. 424 00:19:16,363 --> 00:19:17,573 Really? 425 00:19:18,782 --> 00:19:20,324 Holy crap! 426 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:21,869 I think we got something. 427 00:19:33,505 --> 00:19:34,840 Come take a look at this, James. 428 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:37,843 This looks like lead. 429 00:19:37,968 --> 00:19:41,429 At the armory, the team has been successful uncovering 430 00:19:41,430 --> 00:19:43,681 numerous projectile points. 431 00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:47,352 But Josh has just unearthed a mysterious piece of metal. 432 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,023 What do you think? It does look like a-- 433 00:19:51,148 --> 00:19:53,608 that looks, it's lead, right? - Yeah, I've seen these before. 434 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:55,026 Yeah. 435 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,361 This looks like it could be a fired round. 436 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,530 That's interesting. 437 00:19:58,655 --> 00:20:00,324 Yeah, it obviously hit something, too. 438 00:20:01,617 --> 00:20:03,367 If we're talking a musket ball, Josh, 439 00:20:03,368 --> 00:20:06,079 we're talking the earliest settlers here. 440 00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:11,626 Muskets were commonly used on battlefields 441 00:20:11,627 --> 00:20:13,170 in the 16th century. 442 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:18,884 Crafted from soft lead, 443 00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:21,052 the musket balls would often deform 444 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:24,514 as they collided with their target's flesh and bone. 445 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,184 Look at that, I mean, it-- 446 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:30,353 it was fired up here at something. 447 00:20:30,354 --> 00:20:34,148 I mean, it probably just hit the dirt or a rock or whatever. 448 00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:35,651 That's amazing. 449 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:44,743 Hey, fellas. Any luck? 450 00:20:44,868 --> 00:20:46,912 Check this out. Projectile 451 00:20:47,037 --> 00:20:48,622 - Another one? - Yeah. 452 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,708 You gotta go check out what Josh found. 453 00:20:53,293 --> 00:20:54,294 Check this out. 454 00:20:55,629 --> 00:20:56,755 Is this metal, or what'd you find? 455 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:57,798 That's lead. 456 00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:59,591 Found that with the detector, just right here. 457 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:05,930 - It's half of a sphere. - Yeah, a musket ball. 458 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:08,432 - Like old school? - Yeah, it is. 459 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:09,643 You see that? 460 00:21:10,894 --> 00:21:12,186 - Hell, yeah! - Yeah! 461 00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:14,563 It sure is, isn't it? 462 00:21:14,564 --> 00:21:16,399 How old do you think it is? 463 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,193 I mean, it has to be Pre-Civil War, but it can be-- 464 00:21:19,194 --> 00:21:22,071 it can go back from there, I mean, hundreds of years. 465 00:21:22,072 --> 00:21:23,949 You know, I think what's most important, 466 00:21:24,074 --> 00:21:26,200 everything we found here is Native American, 467 00:21:26,201 --> 00:21:28,453 but this musket ball is European. 468 00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:32,457 I'm just wondering if somebody fired that at this site 469 00:21:32,582 --> 00:21:33,916 or at someone. 470 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:36,043 Exactly. It definitely hit something. 471 00:21:36,044 --> 00:21:37,796 Look at that 472 00:21:37,921 --> 00:21:39,380 It's definitely a musket ball. 473 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,382 Yeah, could've been a battle. 474 00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:43,551 Yeah, some kind of battle. 475 00:21:43,552 --> 00:21:45,469 That means there's something of value here. 476 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:47,805 I mean, something worth protecting. 477 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:51,559 - Something worth dying over. - Definitely. 478 00:21:53,770 --> 00:21:55,813 Hey, I'm getting a signal here, guys. 479 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,064 Really? 480 00:21:57,065 --> 00:22:00,109 Yeah, it's the same signature as the last one. 481 00:22:00,110 --> 00:22:03,488 Let me just-- let me just kind of, narrow it down. 482 00:22:03,613 --> 00:22:05,824 See where the signal's strongest. 483 00:22:08,118 --> 00:22:09,327 Right there? 484 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,745 You see that line I drew in the sand? 485 00:22:10,746 --> 00:22:11,912 - Yeah, yeah. - That's our midpoint. 486 00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:12,998 I'm getting the best signal, 487 00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:14,916 and I'm getting another one going this way. 488 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:19,838 - Anything? - Nothing. 489 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:21,464 Let's keep going. 490 00:22:21,465 --> 00:22:23,175 Let me see if it's still in the hole, hang on. 491 00:22:25,177 --> 00:22:26,302 Oh, yeah, it's still there. 492 00:22:26,303 --> 00:22:27,721 - It's still in the hole. - Yeah. 493 00:22:29,473 --> 00:22:30,931 Hey, wait, wait, wait. 494 00:22:30,932 --> 00:22:32,351 Right there, right there. 495 00:22:35,103 --> 00:22:37,521 - Yeah, look at this. - Look, it's intact. 496 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,315 - Oh, wow! - Look at that 497 00:22:39,316 --> 00:22:40,692 - Look at that. - Amazing. 498 00:22:40,817 --> 00:22:41,984 Look at that. 499 00:22:41,985 --> 00:22:44,487 Josh has uncovered another musket ball, 500 00:22:44,488 --> 00:22:47,699 but surprisingly, this one is unfired. 501 00:22:47,824 --> 00:22:49,201 That's identical. 502 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:52,871 If you fired this and it hit somebody or something, 503 00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:54,289 it's gonna look just like that. 504 00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:56,541 - Wow. - Look at that. 505 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:57,834 Nice find, man. 506 00:22:59,002 --> 00:23:01,379 I just wonder what they were defending right here, you know? 507 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:02,547 That's a good question. 508 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:08,135 So we're seeing these projectile points, 509 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:10,554 and we're seeing these musket balls. 510 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:13,391 One of the musket balls crushed on one side, 511 00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:15,226 that tells us that this thing was fired 512 00:23:15,227 --> 00:23:17,353 and came into contact with something, 513 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,313 and it's all telling a story. 514 00:23:19,314 --> 00:23:22,233 I think there very well could've been a battle here, 515 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,984 but what were they fighting over? 516 00:23:23,985 --> 00:23:25,737 The bigger the battle, the bigger the treasure. 517 00:23:25,862 --> 00:23:26,987 Exactly right. 518 00:23:26,988 --> 00:23:28,406 All right, fellas, let's keep going. 519 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:30,909 This is great news. Let's find some more 520 00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:49,427 I'm gonna get some gloves to crush that rock. 521 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:52,847 Eric is inspecting dozens of samples he's been collecting 522 00:23:52,848 --> 00:23:56,225 from across Blind Frog Ranch, attempting to determine 523 00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:59,271 the extent of the uranium deposit's reach, 524 00:23:59,396 --> 00:24:02,773 fearing they may extend beyond the Energy Zone. 525 00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:04,818 I took a bunch of samples from all over the ranch. 526 00:24:12,409 --> 00:24:14,953 And I want to crush it and look at it under the microscope 527 00:24:15,078 --> 00:24:17,246 and see if there's any uranium in it. 528 00:24:17,247 --> 00:24:18,581 I'll check the sample for radiation 529 00:24:18,582 --> 00:24:19,957 with the Geiger Counter, 530 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:22,085 but I'll need to do a visual inspection first. 531 00:24:32,888 --> 00:24:34,306 This isn't exactly high tech, 532 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:35,723 but when you're out in the field, 533 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:37,309 you have to be ready to improvise. 534 00:24:37,434 --> 00:24:39,935 So I've fabricated a rock crusher here. 535 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,319 And so I'm crushing it down. 536 00:24:47,444 --> 00:24:49,153 As much as possible, to try to liberate 537 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:50,613 anything that's in there. 538 00:24:50,614 --> 00:24:51,906 I'll look at it under the microscope 539 00:24:51,907 --> 00:24:53,200 and see what we've got. 540 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:55,202 So we'll see. 541 00:24:58,955 --> 00:25:00,540 This is a sample from the South Cave. 542 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:11,843 I'm seeing some hematite, malachite in there. 543 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:17,598 There's nothing there. So far, eh. 544 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,099 Well, I haven't seen anything in it. 545 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,102 Well, let me take a look at the next one here. 546 00:25:22,103 --> 00:25:25,105 I'm seeing small flakes of gold. 547 00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:27,942 There's one, two, three, four, five. 548 00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:30,611 I mean, too many to count. 549 00:25:30,612 --> 00:25:32,029 It's a decent looking sample, 550 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:34,407 but so far I'm not seeing any uranium. 551 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:39,454 This is sample number one from the open pit. 552 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:52,175 What the hell is this? 553 00:26:00,141 --> 00:26:02,227 I'm seeing a couple small fragments. 554 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:04,145 It's really hard to mistake that color. 555 00:26:09,192 --> 00:26:10,193 Oh, yeah. 556 00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:13,737 It's uranium. 557 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:15,322 Or at least that's what I think it is. 558 00:26:15,323 --> 00:26:16,575 But I'm gonna go ahead and check it 559 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:17,951 with the Geiger counter. 560 00:26:23,707 --> 00:26:26,000 Yeah, it's uranium. 561 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:28,419 You got uranium at the Energy Zone? 562 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:31,171 You got uranium at the open pit? 563 00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:32,674 What the hell's going on here? 564 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,602 Oh, boy. I think we've got our match. 565 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:45,854 It's uranium. 566 00:26:45,979 --> 00:26:49,148 Eric is inspecting dozens of samples he's been collecting 567 00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:51,483 from across Blind Frog Ranch. 568 00:26:51,484 --> 00:26:54,445 Within the samples, Eric has uncovered uranium 569 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:58,032 in an unexpected location, the open pit mine, 570 00:26:58,033 --> 00:27:00,284 a series of large mine entrances 571 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:02,995 which lied north of the Keyhole Chamber. 572 00:27:02,996 --> 00:27:05,289 We've got uranium at the Energy Zone. 573 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,833 We've got uranium at the open pit. 574 00:27:07,834 --> 00:27:10,378 So it's connected somehow. 575 00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:12,379 I gotta think it's connected. 576 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:14,716 The uranium could've been naturally deposited 577 00:27:14,841 --> 00:27:16,842 in two different places, 578 00:27:16,843 --> 00:27:19,720 but I've got a hypothesis I'd like to test. 579 00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:22,514 What if the uranium settled in both places 580 00:27:22,515 --> 00:27:25,184 because they both had meteorite impacts? 581 00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:31,857 We have a meteor impact site here at the Energy Zone. 582 00:27:31,858 --> 00:27:34,234 We have found uranium here. 583 00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:35,653 We have a fault here, 584 00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:38,239 and we have uranium at the open pit mine, too. 585 00:27:38,365 --> 00:27:39,741 So there's a connection there. 586 00:27:39,866 --> 00:27:43,745 We know that meteor impacts can create faults, actually. 587 00:27:43,870 --> 00:27:45,412 They can create zones of weakness. 588 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:48,332 So, did this uranium collect in the fault 589 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,376 created by the meteorite? 590 00:27:50,377 --> 00:27:53,253 Is it possible that multiple fragments of this meteorite 591 00:27:53,254 --> 00:27:55,340 hit along that flight path? 592 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:03,013 Each impact could've created faults 593 00:28:03,014 --> 00:28:04,932 that later developed into caverns. 594 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:08,102 So that would increase the odds of us finding an entrance 595 00:28:08,103 --> 00:28:10,313 that could lead us back to the Keyhole cavern. 596 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:17,111 With uranium detected at both the Energy Zone 597 00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,904 and the open pit mine, 598 00:28:18,905 --> 00:28:21,865 Eric believes several large fragments broke off 599 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:23,451 the incoming meteorite, 600 00:28:23,576 --> 00:28:25,787 creating fault lines upon impact, 601 00:28:25,912 --> 00:28:28,665 stretching between the two locations. 602 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:37,089 Over millions of years, 603 00:28:37,090 --> 00:28:40,301 water seeping down through these fissures in the earth, 604 00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:42,470 could've carved massive caves, 605 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:45,140 leading all the way to the Keyhole Chamber. 606 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:49,101 I mean, finding this both here on the ranch 607 00:28:49,102 --> 00:28:50,811 and at the open pit mine means 608 00:28:50,812 --> 00:28:52,647 there's continuity between the two. 609 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:55,984 What I'd like to do is go back to that fault line 610 00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:57,985 that runs through Blind Frog Ranch 611 00:28:57,986 --> 00:28:59,988 north towards that open pit mine 612 00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:01,947 and take a look around for any other signs 613 00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:03,658 of meteorite impact. 614 00:29:03,783 --> 00:29:05,493 It's really cool. 615 00:29:05,618 --> 00:29:06,911 So I'm digging it, man. 616 00:29:24,345 --> 00:29:26,263 What are we looking for down here, though? 617 00:29:26,264 --> 00:29:29,099 Well, what I'm looking for here is fragments of meteorites 618 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:31,018 made out of iron and nickel. 619 00:29:31,019 --> 00:29:32,770 To validate his theory, 620 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:35,523 that meteorite fragments created openings 621 00:29:35,648 --> 00:29:37,441 into the Keyhole Chamber, 622 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:40,195 Eric has asked Chad to help him search 623 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,155 for evidence of the impacts. 624 00:29:47,660 --> 00:29:50,829 See how the creek bed, it's kinda deep there, 625 00:29:50,830 --> 00:29:52,956 and then it shallows out here? - Right. 626 00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:54,500 As the soil erodes, 627 00:29:54,501 --> 00:29:57,712 any heavy material is gonna get washed down into that creek bed, 628 00:29:57,837 --> 00:29:58,880 just like a funnel. 629 00:30:04,677 --> 00:30:06,804 There's, like, nothing here. 630 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,348 Let's look over here by this outcrop. 631 00:30:09,349 --> 00:30:11,183 The reason Chad and I are exploring down 632 00:30:11,184 --> 00:30:13,018 in this creek bottom is-- 633 00:30:13,019 --> 00:30:15,354 everything that's in the rock, around it, 634 00:30:15,355 --> 00:30:18,399 eventually makes its way down into that creek bottom. 635 00:30:30,036 --> 00:30:31,829 I'm just picking up, like, noise here. 636 00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:33,497 - Yeah. - Nothing here. 637 00:30:41,881 --> 00:30:43,424 That's some, huh? 638 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:45,093 Yeah, there's something right in here. 639 00:30:45,218 --> 00:30:46,927 - Hear that? - I heard it go off. 640 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:48,429 - Hear that? - Yeah, yeah. 641 00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:51,098 The signal on here is telling me it's iron. 642 00:30:54,727 --> 00:30:56,228 Let's take a scoop. 643 00:30:56,229 --> 00:31:01,108 I start shallow and then get deeper and deeper. 644 00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:03,403 And then I'll run the scoop over the detector. 645 00:31:05,738 --> 00:31:07,782 Yeah, there's nothing in that one. 646 00:31:12,996 --> 00:31:14,956 Oh, nothing there. 647 00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:17,416 Maybe a little deeper. 648 00:31:18,918 --> 00:31:19,961 - There it is. - Oh, there it is. 649 00:31:20,086 --> 00:31:21,296 Yeah, yeah. This is dark right here. 650 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:23,046 - Yeah, yeah. - See that? 651 00:31:23,047 --> 00:31:24,214 Yeah. 652 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:26,258 - That's it. - Oh, yeah. 653 00:31:26,259 --> 00:31:27,968 Yeah. Run it over it again. 654 00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:30,387 Does it show what metal it is? 655 00:31:30,388 --> 00:31:32,222 It's iron. 656 00:31:32,223 --> 00:31:33,474 - Iron? So this could be-- - Yeah. 657 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,642 - This could be a fragment? - Yeah, it could be. 658 00:31:35,643 --> 00:31:37,812 Right off the bat, it has kind of a look 659 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,271 of a meteorite fragment. 660 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:41,982 See how it's kind of shiny, like that? 661 00:31:41,983 --> 00:31:44,818 And it doesn't really look like anything else around here. 662 00:31:44,819 --> 00:31:46,945 - It's showing iron, so that's-- - It's showing iron, yeah. 663 00:31:46,946 --> 00:31:48,489 probably that's some kind of meteorite? 664 00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:51,074 Yeah, and we can do a final test with an XRF gun. 665 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:52,493 - OK. - If it shows nickel, 666 00:31:52,619 --> 00:31:54,661 then we know definitively that it is. 667 00:31:54,662 --> 00:31:57,122 That means that a-- a meteorite could've came in here 668 00:31:57,123 --> 00:31:58,332 and it just split up. 669 00:31:58,333 --> 00:32:01,001 Small fragments of it should be, you know, 670 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:02,794 placed here and there, basically. 671 00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:04,297 Oh, this is a good sign. 672 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:10,802 Everything down in the bottom of the swash has been eroded 673 00:32:10,803 --> 00:32:12,804 from the slopes here, basically. - Right. 674 00:32:12,805 --> 00:32:14,682 So this represents thousands and thousands 675 00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:16,392 of years of material. 676 00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:23,440 Wait a minute, wait a minute. Chad, I got something here. 677 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:25,651 - Holy! - What is it? 678 00:32:25,652 --> 00:32:27,319 Look at this! 679 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:29,863 It looks like a shatter cone. 680 00:32:29,864 --> 00:32:31,323 You see how it's sort of, 681 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,992 it's small here and it's like a cone-shaped thing? 682 00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,703 This is the result of a meteorite 683 00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:38,706 impacting this bedrock. 684 00:32:38,831 --> 00:32:42,210 The shock waves go through it and it just forms these cones. 685 00:32:42,335 --> 00:32:44,795 And that's the same as the Energy Zone? 686 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:46,546 Yeah. It's like we have a meteor. 687 00:32:46,547 --> 00:32:51,051 We found this shatter cone, and that definitely tells us 688 00:32:51,052 --> 00:32:53,388 that there was some type of big explosion here. 689 00:32:54,514 --> 00:32:58,142 Most likely from a meteor that impacted the Energy Zone. 690 00:32:59,185 --> 00:33:01,061 The presence of a shatter cone, 691 00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:03,230 half a mile north of the Energy Zone 692 00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:07,025 is startling proof that Eric is correct. 693 00:33:07,026 --> 00:33:10,238 There are now signs of multiple cavern entrances 694 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:12,990 that exist along the meteorite fault line, 695 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:17,036 leading to the keyhole chamber they've been trying to access. 696 00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:22,083 We don't have time to hike it today, 697 00:33:22,208 --> 00:33:24,209 but we've gotta go back to that open pit line. 698 00:33:24,210 --> 00:33:25,919 Each one of these impacts 699 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,423 could be a way into that cavern system. 700 00:33:36,597 --> 00:33:38,432 This is a great defensive site right here. 701 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:41,143 There was a skirmish taking place here for good reason. 702 00:33:41,144 --> 00:33:43,187 This area was being heavily defended. 703 00:33:43,312 --> 00:33:44,604 Throughout human history, 704 00:33:44,605 --> 00:33:46,690 every culture has sought advantages 705 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:48,192 against their enemies. 706 00:33:48,317 --> 00:33:51,195 Defending the high ground is a strategic tactic 707 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,698 that forces intruders to fight uphill 708 00:33:53,823 --> 00:33:57,117 and provides an advantage when firing projectiles. 709 00:33:57,118 --> 00:33:59,370 While excavating the underground city 710 00:33:59,495 --> 00:34:00,704 of Derinkuyu, 711 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:04,499 archaeologists uncovered innovative defense mechanisms, 712 00:34:04,500 --> 00:34:06,586 such as rolling stone doors 713 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:09,213 used to seal the entrances and exits, 714 00:34:09,338 --> 00:34:11,882 as well as small, hatch-like openings 715 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:16,053 used to ambush intruders from below. 716 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:19,223 The Aztecs themselves were famous for using the waters 717 00:34:19,348 --> 00:34:22,894 of Lake Texcoco as one of the world's most massive 718 00:34:23,019 --> 00:34:24,395 defense systems. 719 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:26,897 So, if this was a defensive position, 720 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:29,733 there's gotta be an opening to the underground treasure chamber 721 00:34:29,734 --> 00:34:33,821 where soldiers or warriors could come up to fight off invaders. 722 00:34:39,786 --> 00:34:41,661 - Roger, how are you, sir? - Good, how are you doing? 723 00:34:41,662 --> 00:34:43,164 - Welcome. - Thank you. 724 00:34:44,373 --> 00:34:46,083 - Good to see you. - Good to see you. 725 00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:49,003 With the discovery of the musket balls at the armory, 726 00:34:49,128 --> 00:34:53,799 Chad has invited historian Roger Blomquist to the ranch. 727 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,092 Check this out. 728 00:34:55,093 --> 00:34:58,470 He's hoping Roger can determine their origin to decipher 729 00:34:58,471 --> 00:35:00,514 what took place at the armory. 730 00:35:00,515 --> 00:35:02,182 How old do you think it is? 731 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:04,810 I mean, it has to be Pre-Civil War, but it can be-- 732 00:35:04,811 --> 00:35:08,022 it can go back from there, I mean, hundreds of years. 733 00:35:08,147 --> 00:35:09,606 So, what have we got today? 734 00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:11,191 Yeah, Roger, why we had you come out is 735 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:13,527 to check out some of these weapons 736 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:15,779 that we found at our armory. 737 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:17,989 And we call it an armory 'cause we found a lot 738 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:20,325 of arrowheads, plus musket balls. 739 00:35:20,326 --> 00:35:22,536 We think there could've been some kind of war, 740 00:35:22,537 --> 00:35:25,373 or maybe they were protecting something in that area, 741 00:35:25,498 --> 00:35:27,708 something worth a lot of value. 742 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:29,960 OK, now, an armory, is that a hole in the ground? 743 00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:31,461 Or is that a cave, or...? 744 00:35:31,462 --> 00:35:34,549 So, they have a flat rock platform 745 00:35:34,674 --> 00:35:37,175 that they actually looked like they were tooling at, 746 00:35:37,176 --> 00:35:40,220 and then we found this ordinance along with it. 747 00:35:40,221 --> 00:35:43,640 What's interesting is the lead that you found. 748 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:44,934 This hasn't been fired. 749 00:35:45,059 --> 00:35:48,478 You still have the sprue mark in it, from when it was cast. 750 00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:52,149 Sprue marks are small protrusions left behind 751 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,359 after the casting process. 752 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,486 In order to improve accuracy, 753 00:35:56,487 --> 00:35:59,615 sprue marks were removed before firing. 754 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:04,412 The fact that it was dropped and not fired, 755 00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:06,580 it speaks to urgency. 756 00:36:06,581 --> 00:36:09,417 If you're in a battle, there's more of a chance 757 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,376 that you drop it and not retrieve it, 758 00:36:11,377 --> 00:36:12,753 than if you were hunting. - Gotcha. 759 00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,589 If you were hunting, you'd have more time to go, 760 00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:17,425 "Oh, I dropped a ball, and they're so hard to get 761 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,384 that I'm gonna stop and pick it up 762 00:36:19,385 --> 00:36:20,595 and take it with me." 763 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,263 They appear to be the same caliber, 764 00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:25,348 so it could've been the same hunter or soldier. 765 00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:29,269 What I'm looking for here is rifling marks to decide 766 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:31,771 whether it came out of a musket or out of a rifle. 767 00:36:31,772 --> 00:36:34,357 Rifles, as we know, are more accurate 768 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:36,110 because it spins the ball, 769 00:36:36,235 --> 00:36:39,446 it's like John Elway with the football. - OK. 770 00:36:39,447 --> 00:36:42,574 As opposed to a musket, that it just lobs it out there. 771 00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:45,620 So the fact that I can't see riflings on here, 772 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:49,789 it could predate rifling and be from a smoothbore musket. 773 00:36:49,790 --> 00:36:53,877 Muskets were muzzle loaded guns used by infantry troops 774 00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:56,631 from the 16th to 19th centuries. 775 00:36:56,756 --> 00:37:00,050 Muskets were so inaccurate that the guns were equipped 776 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:02,302 with bayonets to allow soldiers 777 00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:04,471 to engage in close quarter combat. 778 00:37:05,932 --> 00:37:08,309 Eventually, they were replaced by the rifle, 779 00:37:08,434 --> 00:37:11,102 which had deep grooves cut into the barrel, 780 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:14,564 which created spin and increased the accuracy 781 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:16,608 of the bullet. 782 00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:21,154 So early Spanish coming over would've had smoothbore barrels. 783 00:37:21,155 --> 00:37:23,573 But then again, so did some of the Mormon battalion members 784 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:24,992 in the mid 1800s, 785 00:37:25,117 --> 00:37:27,661 because the Mormons were looking to take over Utah. 786 00:37:27,662 --> 00:37:29,329 In 1857, 787 00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:32,457 as the Mormons expanded their presence in Utah, 788 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:36,753 President James Buchanan launched the Utah Expedition, 789 00:37:36,754 --> 00:37:39,089 Ordering US Troops into the territory 790 00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:43,010 to police Mormon activities and enforce federal law. 791 00:37:43,135 --> 00:37:44,678 Fearing persecution, 792 00:37:44,679 --> 00:37:47,014 the Mormons, led by Brigham Young, 793 00:37:47,139 --> 00:37:49,182 started to stockpile muskets 794 00:37:49,183 --> 00:37:52,602 to fend off the advancing US Soldiers. 795 00:37:52,603 --> 00:37:56,023 Before 1800s, it would've been pure lead, 796 00:37:56,148 --> 00:37:57,774 and then after the 1800s, 797 00:37:57,775 --> 00:37:59,693 they started putting in other things, 798 00:37:59,694 --> 00:38:02,779 tins and things like that to-- to strengthen it. 799 00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:03,989 But by the feel of it, 800 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,033 this musket ball feels like it's pure lead. 801 00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:10,037 Because of the difficulty procuring lead, 802 00:38:10,162 --> 00:38:13,790 this was almost as valuable up here as gold was. 803 00:38:13,791 --> 00:38:15,959 But just like with modern warfare, 804 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,335 that if you're leaving a battlefield, 805 00:38:17,336 --> 00:38:19,004 you don't wanna leave your ammunition behind 806 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:20,797 because you need to cover your retreat. 807 00:38:20,798 --> 00:38:23,718 So it's not likely that they would've left this behind 808 00:38:23,843 --> 00:38:25,552 if they could've helped it. - Ah... 809 00:38:25,553 --> 00:38:27,971 So the fact that you're finding this up by 810 00:38:27,972 --> 00:38:30,015 where there could've been a settlement 811 00:38:30,016 --> 00:38:32,642 is very likely a sign of a hasty retreat. 812 00:38:32,643 --> 00:38:34,477 - Interesting. - OK. 813 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:37,314 So that'd been like the first wave of the Spanish 814 00:38:37,315 --> 00:38:39,149 coming in following the Aztecs? 815 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,569 So you know exactly what I'm talking about. 816 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:43,987 The Aztecs brought the gold back up to Utah. 817 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:46,531 There's no reason why the Spanish wouldn't follow 'em, 818 00:38:46,532 --> 00:38:48,909 and they wouldn't mount multiple expeditions 819 00:38:49,035 --> 00:38:50,578 to come up and get that gold. 820 00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:55,415 Earlier this year, James's visit to Mexico City 821 00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:59,252 yielded several maps outlining the Spanish conquistadors' 822 00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:02,465 pursuit of the Aztec gold from Mexico... 823 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:05,258 to Utah. 824 00:39:05,259 --> 00:39:08,929 This Spanish musket ball is evidence they made it 825 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:10,680 to Blind Frog Ranch, 826 00:39:10,681 --> 00:39:14,267 and possibly, fire upon the Armory. 827 00:39:14,268 --> 00:39:16,103 I wonder if the Spanish were chased off 828 00:39:16,228 --> 00:39:18,105 by whatever Native Americans were here, 829 00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:20,065 protecting whatever gold was brought up 830 00:39:20,066 --> 00:39:21,650 by their Aztec brothers. 831 00:39:23,652 --> 00:39:24,861 With all of the conflicts 832 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:26,863 between the Native Americans and the Spanish, 833 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:28,573 the Native Americans did what they could 834 00:39:28,574 --> 00:39:31,619 to sabotage the Spanish efforts. 835 00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:35,289 So between killing them, collapsing mine, hiding caches, 836 00:39:35,414 --> 00:39:38,083 burying the gold under the surface of the earth 837 00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:40,085 where the Native Americans could find it, 838 00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:41,295 but the Spanish couldn't. 839 00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:42,921 That happened all over the place. 840 00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:45,590 Do you think the Spanish found the Aztec gold? 841 00:39:45,591 --> 00:39:47,801 A treasure that big would not have gone 842 00:39:47,802 --> 00:39:49,719 unnoticed or unrecorded. 843 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:51,972 It would've been worldwide news. 844 00:39:53,432 --> 00:39:55,558 So, do you think they could've been protecting 845 00:39:55,559 --> 00:39:57,435 the entrance to the keyhole chamber here? 846 00:39:57,436 --> 00:39:59,312 Well, that's the question now, isn't it? 847 00:39:59,313 --> 00:40:02,107 It's entirely possible that that's what they were there for, 848 00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:03,651 was to guard that entrance. 849 00:40:05,236 --> 00:40:07,445 So Roger's confirming what we suspected. 850 00:40:07,446 --> 00:40:08,905 There was a battle here. 851 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:12,409 Our best guess is that the Native Americans fought off 852 00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:15,496 the Spaniards that were looking for Montezuma's gold. 853 00:40:15,621 --> 00:40:18,748 The fact that people may have died to protect this area, 854 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,000 it makes me think there has to be a tunnel 855 00:40:21,001 --> 00:40:24,170 that connects the armory to the Aztec Keyhole Chamber. 856 00:40:24,171 --> 00:40:26,673 These warriors would've rushed to this point 857 00:40:26,674 --> 00:40:28,174 to protect their gold, 858 00:40:28,175 --> 00:40:31,177 so there has to be an entrance around this monument. 859 00:40:31,178 --> 00:40:33,347 We are close to finding that gold. 860 00:40:33,472 --> 00:40:36,766 The armory may be the most important discovery yet. 861 00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:41,187 There is something worth defending and dying over, here. 862 00:40:41,188 --> 00:40:43,940 Well, that tells us one thing for sure. 863 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,276 That gold is still here. 864 00:40:49,822 --> 00:40:52,615 Next time on Blind Frog Ranch. 865 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,325 Holy 866 00:40:54,326 --> 00:40:55,535 An old friend... 867 00:40:56,787 --> 00:40:58,163 This is another entrance, right here. 868 00:40:58,164 --> 00:40:59,539 This is another entrance, brother. 869 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:02,292 ...shows them a path into the underground... 870 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,960 Hey, whoa, whoa! 871 00:41:03,961 --> 00:41:05,546 ...with explosive results... 872 00:41:05,671 --> 00:41:06,881 Shut it, shut it, shut it! 873 00:41:07,006 --> 00:41:08,965 - What the - Whoa, whoa, whoa! 874 00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:11,885 ...and the stakes rise... 875 00:41:11,886 --> 00:41:13,387 If we drain the pond, 876 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:15,805 we'll be able to get an entrance into there. 877 00:41:15,806 --> 00:41:20,977 ...as Duane starts the biggest, most daring project ever 878 00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:22,979 at Blind Frog Ranch. 879 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,566 We'll put that dam right across there to the other, boy. 880 00:41:25,691 --> 00:41:28,485 Hoping they can access a tunnel to the treasure. 881 00:41:28,486 --> 00:41:30,403 You're right on the edge over here, buddy. 882 00:41:30,404 --> 00:41:32,030 Duane, the boat's coming down! 883 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:33,908 - Whoa, whoa, whoa! - Stop!