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Tonight, on the season finale
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of "Lost Gold of the Aztecs"...
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Fire in the hole!
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It looks like a vertical shaft
back here.
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I’ve never seen anything
like this.
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I’ve gotta see it, man.
I’ve gotta see this.
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We’re gonna be stepping
into a time machine.
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What’s in there?
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That’s a treasure
in itself right there,
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just to be able to locate
something like this.
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All right, I’m going in.
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We’ve got a camera that’s
designed to go into pipes,
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and we’re gonna find out
if that opening is a tunnel.
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All right, you got it.
Keep on going.
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I feel that we are right
at the cusp
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of finding where
the treasure is.
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You see that? What is that?
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500 years ago,
the Aztecs possessed
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one of the greatest treasures
the world has ever seen.
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Word of this treasure
attracted the attention
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of the Spanish conquistadors,
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but when they came for the gold,
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it was already gone,
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hidden by Emperor Montezuma
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in locations throughout what
is now the American Southwest.
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Now,
three treasure hunting teams,
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all with different approaches
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are closing in
on what they believe
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is the location
of the lost Aztec gold.
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This right here is
definitely manmade activity.
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The Dillmans
are following a trail
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blazed by the research
of their grandfather.
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I believe it’s my destiny
to find it for the family.
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The Villescas
are treasure seekers
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descended from
Spanish conquistadors.
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They believe the Spanish
found the gold...
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- All right. Here we go.
- And melted it into bars
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hidden throughout
the American Southwest.
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If anybody’s gonna
find it, it’s gonna be us.
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And finally,
the Hoagland and Hegg.
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Fire in the hole!
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They believe the treasure
is hidden inside mines
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along well-known
Aztec trade routes.
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If anything happens,
be ready to go.
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Decades of searching.
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That’s old as hell.
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Three different theories.
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That’s what I do.
I go find stuff.
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Which one of these teams
will be proven right
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and be the first to find
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the lost gold of the Aztecs?
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A little bit more.
It’s coming off.
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A little more.
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Yeah, real slow.
Real slow.
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The Villescas team
is lifting a large stone
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that they discovered
in Fire Pit one.
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The shape of the stone...
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It’s almost square.
Almost perfectly square.
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And how it sounds
when it’s struck...
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You hear that?
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Has the team excited
at what may lie beneath.
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A little more!
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We’re in a pit of nothing
but small rocks.
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We’ve got this large
rectangular rock
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that’s about six,
eight inches thick,
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probably 300 or 400 pounds,
you know?
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This was definitely
placed there.
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We don’t know if there’s
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something underneath
there or not.
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- A little more.
- Come on.
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- That’s coming off, Gabe.
- Oh, ho, ho!
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Hey, take a look at this.
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There is a hole down there.
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- Let’s see.
- A hole.
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Let’s get it out of there.
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Yeah! All right, all right.
Let’s take it up.
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We’re on the verge
of finding something big here.
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I just gotta keep
the nerves down a little bit.
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It’s kind of scary
to move big machines
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around that close to people.
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Easy, easy.
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Look at that.
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Put it over there, Jerome.
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That is something special
right there.
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What’s in there?
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Oh, look at that.
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Look at how
it’s constructed though.
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They’re all laid. Laid.
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Very well-sealed.
Huh, look at that.
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Even molded into the rock.
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Yeah, laid like bricks.
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Is there dirt
down there? Or what’s...
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Yeah, I don’t feel
anything in there.
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Is that a start of a shaft?
Or why does it just stop?
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Maybe there’s a false floor?
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No, that’s a vault, isn’t it?
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Maybe. It just sucks
that it’s empty.
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I’m just kind of disappointed.
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I thought we were gonna
lift this rock,
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boom, be rich, retire, gold.
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And then nothing.
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I’m just bummed out.
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Oh, no, this is the proof
we’re looking for right here.
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I mean, look at the way
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the rocks are individually
stacked in there.
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This square nature?
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Somebody did this
hundreds of years ago.
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Look at this, Jerome.
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The width of it right there
is about the size of a doré bar,
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and that’s perfect
to fit in there.
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The doré bar is, you know,
kind of a crude bar
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that they would wet the soil
to make a mold,
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and then they would pour
their gold in there.
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They were about the width
of two fingers
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and very thin like that
and long.
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I mean, that would fit
probably 50 of them.
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This vault
that we just came across,
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the intention was
to put the gold in there.
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There wasn’t banks out here,
and the Spanish,
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they would
construct these vaults
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deep in the ground
where nobody could find them.
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So we know we’re in
the right spot.
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That’s a treasure in itself
right there
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just being able to locate
something like this.
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The Spanish, they went
through elaborate methods
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to reassure that only
they could return to the spot
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and dig up their gold
that they had stashed.
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Probably an individual’s vault,
you know?
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’Cause they spread up the gold
amongst themselves
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and each person
was in charge of, you know,
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stashing their own stuff.
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We may have to
go through this pit
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a little bit more careful
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- ’cause there could be more.
- Yeah.
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This is the way
they would have done it,
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the method they would’ve used.
This is perfect.
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I’m really getting excited here.
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There could be vaults
in every one of these holes,
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and we have
a lot of ground to cover.
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Miners Kevin Hoagland
and Chris Hegg
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are returning to the mine
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that they believe dates back
to the time of the Aztecs
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to check the progress
of their ventilation system.
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The system has been
pumping in fresh air
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to dilute a pocket
of carbon dioxide gas...
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Hey, I got bad gas in here.
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That they encountered
in the pit.
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Back again.
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That’s a precision built
instrument right there.
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We got the blower going.
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We’re hoping
the mine’s cleared out.
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We gotta take readings
all the way down.
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If it’s all good,
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we’re gonna load the holes up
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and blow that wall down.
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Make sure to keep an eye
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on that meter.
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You’re gonna be on tether,
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so you keep your ears
open for me.
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All right,
I got the gas meter on.
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- Let’s go do it.
- Let’s go blow it up.
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Chris and I have been
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in a lot of mines
over the years.
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Meter’s good?
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Yep.
Meter’s just beeping.
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All right, brother.
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But not know what
we’re going to find
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to me is one
of the most anticipated
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parts of all of this.
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- All right, wish me luck.
- Make it happen.
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Looking at this wall
that we know has a void on it,
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I think it’s the first time
that we’ve actually felt
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like we were truly
in the right place
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at the right time.
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Today is the day.
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Okay, I’m on the bottom.
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Give me some slack.
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Hey, Chris, give me a status.
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Let me take a reading.
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It still looks good.
That thing’s doing its job.
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Copy that.
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Need some water.
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I’m organizing my gear,
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getting ready to set this up
to blast.
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I put these holes
in a strategic pattern
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so the blast should allow,
maybe in one shot,
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entry into the cavity
that’s two feet back.
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Kevin and Chris
will place blast rods
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into the holes.
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The small charges
are coordinated
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to shatter the rock face,
causing less shock
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to the surrounding tunnel
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than a traditional explosive
would do.
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I have to clean these holes out
because if those blasters
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aren’t completely
touching each other
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and there’s any of that dust
that falls in between,
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it will detonate all
of my blasters that are inside.
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I’m gonna stack them
on top of each other
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to get the most effect I can
at once.
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These are the things
that go bang right here.
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Copy that.
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Okay, I’m putting
the blasters on right now,
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getting ready to load the hole.
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All right, man,
just keep me informed.
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Let me know when you’re done.
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This mine’s way too shaky
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to use high explosives,
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so the Sierra Blaster,
it’s low impact.
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They’re really useful in mining
and construction
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because you can use them
literally right next to a house.
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Okay, Kev, I got one
locked and loaded.
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I got three more to go.
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But it will actually crack
a very large boulder.
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Okay, Kevin,
I loaded the second.
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- Going for the third.
- Copy that.
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We’re gonna fill them,
load them with blasters,
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and put the heads in there,
connect them up.
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Okay, I got all four hooked up,
so you can pull me up.
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And we’re gonna detonate it
from the outside.
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Hopefully it’ll take
that wall down.
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Yeah, go ahead
and get plugged in first.
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All right, take a seat.
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Let’s do it.
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- You ready?
- Let’s go for it.
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Let’s make big rocks
little rocks.
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Here goes nothing!
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Fire in the hole!
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Listen to that echo.
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Yes! Ha!
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Now we gotta let it clear.
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Let’s get to work.
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All right, let’s light them up.
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Perfect.
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The Dillman team
is setting up a camera system
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to inspect an opening
deep in the canyon wall.
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While boring a hole
in the back of the chamber,
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the drill hit an empty pocket,
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a pocket that Dan believes
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could be part
of a tunnel system.
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All right, here’s the camera.
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Without knowing where
the original entrance is,
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his only option
is to send a camera
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into the bore hole
to inspect the opening.
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You got a visual?
Can you see me?
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I’ve got a visual.
We got you, man.
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So what we’re gonna do next
is we’ve got a camera
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that’s designed
to go into pipes,
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and we’re gonna find out
if that opening
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is just some empty space
or if it’s a tunnel.
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All right, I’m going in.
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If they come out
the other end of the bore hole
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and see any openings,
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they’ll know there’s more
to investigate.
254
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But if they hit a wall,
255
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they may be looking
at another dead end.
256
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A little bit slower.
There you go.
257
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I’m pretty deep already.
258
00:11:42,502 --> 00:11:43,712
It looks like
you’re getting to the end
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of this bore hole.
260
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Hold up. Hold up.
261
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I’m seeing something.
262
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You see that?
263
00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:02,863
- It looks like an opening.
- It looks like a tunnel.
264
00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:05,768
Keep on pushing that camera.
Keep on pushing.
265
00:12:05,792 --> 00:12:06,692
Yeah, try to keep
pushing through.
266
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Keep pushing, man.
267
00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:14,503
What is that?
268
00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:18,440
Look at this.
269
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You see that?
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Adjust the camera
just a little bit.
271
00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:26,853
I see what looks like
a collapsed tunnel.
272
00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:30,346
We’ve got boulders stacked up
and we’ve got an opening.
273
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Look at this.
274
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- This is unbelievable.
- It’s crazy.
275
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We’ve got a tunnel.
How are we gonna get in there?
276
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Hey, Lon. So glad you were
able to make it, man.
277
00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:59,405
So, Lon Child has been friends
of my family for decades.
278
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We’ve done research
and investigations together
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on his property,
280
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and we’ve done
even investigations
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at other locations.
282
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This is the west end of
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our property, this fence.
284
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Lon Child’s family
285
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once owned
the neighboring property
286
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known as Three Lakes.
287
00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,827
Dan and Lon searched
for Aztec gold
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on that property in 2003...
289
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And this is indicating
that there’s a void.
290
00:13:20,933 --> 00:13:25,503
Here they located a chamber
and what could be tunnels.
291
00:13:25,605 --> 00:13:28,275
But they were too difficult
to access through the lake.
292
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That’s right where
the entrance is.
293
00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:33,613
Dan has brought in Lon
to get his opinion
294
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on whether or not
they could have found
295
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a new way
into the same tunnel system
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as the one they discovered
in 2003.
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Derrick.
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All right, check this out.
299
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Okay.
300
00:13:48,561 --> 00:13:49,841
So here we are in the bore hole.
301
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Right, okay.
302
00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:54,797
What the geophysicist said
is that from the data,
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we needed to get about,
you know,
304
00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:59,969
80 to 95 feet to where
this cavity was.
305
00:14:00,073 --> 00:14:02,583
So that’s what the drillers did.
Here we go.
306
00:14:08,381 --> 00:14:11,321
- Wow.
- Now it went through.
307
00:14:11,417 --> 00:14:13,447
So here we are,
we see this area.
308
00:14:15,088 --> 00:14:17,788
Watch once this clears up
a little bit.
309
00:14:17,890 --> 00:14:19,570
You can almost see
the top of the entrance.
310
00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:22,595
Yeah, kind of looks like
it’s been sealed up.
311
00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:25,095
Right, it looks like
there’s even some kind of draft
312
00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:27,828
or something blowing
in front of the camera.
313
00:14:27,934 --> 00:14:31,444
If you look at the walls
of the cave,
314
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it looks like it was manmade.
315
00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:37,737
You’ve got all this sediment,
the tillings...
316
00:14:37,844 --> 00:14:39,144
Mm-hmm.
317
00:14:39,245 --> 00:14:42,975
From what they would’ve
excavated out of the cave.
318
00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:46,792
And so it definitely looks
like a manmade tunnel system.
319
00:14:49,989 --> 00:14:54,229
So let me ask you,
what direction is this heading?
320
00:14:54,327 --> 00:14:57,297
Yeah, so we’re driving
this camera into a void
321
00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,797
that was to the east of
the chamber that we uncovered.
322
00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:00,799
- Okay.
- Northeast, actually.
323
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,370
Northeast, actually, yeah.
324
00:15:02,468 --> 00:15:03,968
So it’s heading northeast?
325
00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,170
- Yeah.
- Okay.
326
00:15:05,271 --> 00:15:07,811
So that makes sense
because Three Lakes
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00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,637
is northeast of this area.
328
00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:13,483
- Yeah.
- So this is 95 feet
329
00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:15,049
through dirt and rock.
330
00:15:15,148 --> 00:15:18,218
That’s gonna be a challenge
to get through.
331
00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:21,487
I mean, we have
the technology to do it,
332
00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:25,057
but it’s gonna be a challenge
and expensive.
333
00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:41,608
Here they come.
334
00:15:41,707 --> 00:15:44,437
The Villescas team
have hired Jan Fancke,
335
00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:47,954
an expert in the field
of ground penetrating radar
336
00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:50,947
to help them with their search
for Spanish gold.
337
00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:52,720
- Jan?
- I’m Jan.
338
00:15:52,819 --> 00:15:54,196
Yeah, well, thank you,
guys, for coming out here
339
00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:55,297
to the middle of the desert.
340
00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,331
We’ve got some stuff we wanted
341
00:15:56,355 --> 00:15:57,533
- to show you out here...
- Great.
342
00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:58,700
And see if you guys can help us
343
00:15:58,724 --> 00:15:59,634
with our little problem
we have here.
344
00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:00,985
Okay.
345
00:16:01,093 --> 00:16:03,303
After discovering what
he thinks is a Spanish vault
346
00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:05,826
that may have been designed
to hold gold bars,
347
00:16:05,932 --> 00:16:09,002
Gabe hopes that Jan’s team
can help them determine
348
00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:12,041
if there are any other vaults
in the Fire Pits.
349
00:16:12,138 --> 00:16:13,882
- We found this vault.
- Right.
350
00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:14,983
It happened to be empty.
351
00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:16,737
Yeah, that’s definitely
manmade isn’t it?
352
00:16:16,843 --> 00:16:19,143
We believe that this is
just one of many.
353
00:16:19,245 --> 00:16:21,415
Can your equipment detect
something this small?
354
00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:24,654
Looking at the size of this area
and how rough it is,
355
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:26,161
we’re thinking about
ground penetrating radar.
356
00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,815
That seems to be
probably the best.
357
00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,190
- How deep will that go?
- Well, it depends.
358
00:16:30,289 --> 00:16:32,519
I think here
we’d get about 15 to 20 feet.
359
00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,595
- Deep? Oh, that’d be plenty.
- Yep.
360
00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:37,054
The GPR will allow us
to look deep inside the earth
361
00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:39,429
and see if there’s
any more of these vaults
362
00:16:39,532 --> 00:16:40,632
that might be hidden here.
363
00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:42,177
So we wanna make sure
that we’re directly
364
00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:43,441
on top of the target, right?
365
00:16:43,536 --> 00:16:45,414
The radar doesn’t look
really to the side as much.
366
00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:47,182
We’re gonna mount that
on a drone and go back and forth
367
00:16:47,206 --> 00:16:48,666
in a very tight grid
368
00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:51,884
and scan exactly
what’s under the ground.
369
00:16:51,978 --> 00:16:53,622
Then what we’ll do
is we’ll take that data,
370
00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:55,106
and anything
that’s really different
371
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:57,224
like a void space like that
372
00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:58,816
will turn up as a red dot.
373
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:00,729
Man, I can’t wait to see
what you come up with.
374
00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:01,953
Great.
375
00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:03,564
Just go on ahead
and drop it on here.
376
00:17:04,590 --> 00:17:05,960
We got that one?
377
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:09,026
- Let’s fire it up.
- All righty.
378
00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,300
This is by far the smallest
379
00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:18,602
GPR system in the world
right now.
380
00:17:18,704 --> 00:17:19,744
It’s the only one we have,
381
00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:21,216
so we gotta be
a little careful with it.
382
00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:22,317
Really, that’s a one of a kind?
383
00:17:22,341 --> 00:17:23,441
It’s one of a kind.
384
00:17:23,543 --> 00:17:24,743
We actually made it for this,
385
00:17:24,844 --> 00:17:27,214
but it’s the same system
that will hopefully get up
386
00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:29,723
to the moon on a lunar rover
pretty soon.
387
00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:32,645
If there is another void
like the one you just showed me,
388
00:17:32,752 --> 00:17:34,522
this one
will definitely find it.
389
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,573
All the way back.
390
00:17:49,669 --> 00:17:51,999
Kevin and Chris
are headed back into the pit
391
00:17:52,104 --> 00:17:55,144
to see if their controlled
explosion opened up a hole
392
00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:58,341
into what they hope
is another mineshaft.
393
00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:00,584
All right, man.
394
00:18:02,982 --> 00:18:04,852
- You good?
- Good.
395
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,560
Getting Chris into
the bottom of this decline,
396
00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:11,685
I’m, like,
pins and needles right now.
397
00:18:11,791 --> 00:18:14,091
This could be a treasure room.
It could be.
398
00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:16,603
But it could be nothing more
than just a geologic fault
399
00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:18,756
that’s just collapsed
on top of itself.
400
00:18:18,864 --> 00:18:20,434
Happens all the time
in these mountains.
401
00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:24,574
Okay, I’m at the bottom.
402
00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:30,043
Oh, man.
The Sierras worked.
403
00:18:30,142 --> 00:18:31,382
Took this whole wall down.
404
00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:34,547
It’s like a chute in here
of rock.
405
00:18:34,647 --> 00:18:36,817
What do you mean a chute?
406
00:18:36,916 --> 00:18:40,086
This rock’s so soft,
it just all came down.
407
00:18:40,186 --> 00:18:42,446
Can you see behind
the blast area?
408
00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:44,395
Uh, I’m working my way
there right now.
409
00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:45,610
I’m just checking this roof.
410
00:18:45,658 --> 00:18:46,888
’Cause, wow.
411
00:18:46,993 --> 00:18:49,503
Yeah, it opened it.
412
00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:57,344
From what Chris is describing,
413
00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:59,066
not only did the wall drop,
414
00:18:59,171 --> 00:19:01,071
but there was
a lot material behind that
415
00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:03,143
as well that dropped.
416
00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:05,742
Makes it one of the deadliest
places that you can be.
417
00:19:17,390 --> 00:19:19,930
Okay, Kevin, I’m just
really doing it slow here
418
00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:21,470
trying to move some
of this rock out of the way.
419
00:19:21,494 --> 00:19:22,694
I think I have a little hole.
420
00:19:22,795 --> 00:19:25,105
I’m gonna look in here
before I move anything else.
421
00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:27,067
Copy that.
As long as your safe.
422
00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,266
All right, stand by.
423
00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:33,471
Okay, I’m looking back here.
424
00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:34,916
It did go all the way through
into that void.
425
00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:37,110
It looks like
a vertical shaft back here.
426
00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:39,979
Just keep talking to me.
427
00:19:42,648 --> 00:19:45,348
Hold on a second, Kevin.
What is that?
428
00:19:45,451 --> 00:19:48,891
Hey, I see something
on the floor here
429
00:19:48,988 --> 00:19:50,118
with this rock.
430
00:19:50,222 --> 00:19:51,362
Hold on a second.
431
00:19:51,457 --> 00:19:53,257
What the hell is that?
432
00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,070
What?
433
00:20:07,006 --> 00:20:08,006
What?
434
00:20:15,081 --> 00:20:17,151
Hey, I found something.
435
00:20:17,249 --> 00:20:20,489
I’m gonna bag it up
and bring it up to you.
436
00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:24,416
- What’d you find?
- Uh, I’m not sure.
437
00:20:31,464 --> 00:20:32,534
I got a little hole here.
438
00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:34,471
I’m gonna open this up
just a little bit more.
439
00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:46,040
What the...
440
00:20:52,384 --> 00:20:53,854
This stuff
had to come from above.
441
00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:55,153
It didn’t come from this side.
442
00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:56,791
It was completely sealed.
443
00:20:56,889 --> 00:21:00,189
Which means
there’s got to be a tunnel.
444
00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:05,732
Yeah, I’ve got two bags
for you to look at.
445
00:21:05,831 --> 00:21:07,831
There’s an actual
vertical shaft there
446
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,333
above our heads.
447
00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:11,145
But there’s enough rock
that can come down
448
00:21:11,237 --> 00:21:13,667
to really do some damage,
so we can’t enter.
449
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,050
We’re just gonna
have to step back
450
00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:16,834
and figure out what
we’re gonna do with that.
451
00:21:16,876 --> 00:21:18,976
But until then,
I wanna figure out
452
00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,348
what this stuff is
we found on the ground.
453
00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:35,425
Dan is bringing
heavy equipment operator
454
00:21:35,528 --> 00:21:37,928
Bert Clegg back to the chamber
455
00:21:38,030 --> 00:21:39,670
in order to cut the path
into the opening
456
00:21:39,765 --> 00:21:42,925
recently revealed
by their bore hole camera.
457
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:45,465
We’ve had the drillers
dig this bore hole,
458
00:21:45,571 --> 00:21:47,941
and we’ve clearly punctured
into what I believe
459
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,210
is a tunnel system.
460
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:52,278
Now if we can excavate
as close as we can,
461
00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:54,808
as deep as we can
into this tunnel system,
462
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:58,054
if we can get there
with the big equipment,
463
00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,710
then that just gets us
that much closer.
464
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:06,958
If we can get Bert to dig
far enough and deep enough,
465
00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,629
my hope is
we could just walk right in
466
00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:10,627
to the entrance
of a tunnel system.
467
00:22:27,746 --> 00:22:30,576
This soil, it’s almost wet.
468
00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:35,989
As Bert’s going in
and out of this chamber,
469
00:22:36,088 --> 00:22:37,728
the scoops are coming
more and more dense.
470
00:22:37,756 --> 00:22:40,156
It looks like the ground
is getting more moist
471
00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:41,459
from what he’s pulling out.
472
00:22:43,128 --> 00:22:45,198
- It’s pretty wet.
- I know.
473
00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:52,004
Yeah, it’s all, like,
just running off the side.
474
00:22:54,340 --> 00:22:55,717
It’s definitely
making it more difficult
475
00:22:55,741 --> 00:22:56,821
for us to get through here.
476
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,285
Hey, Bert! Hold, hold!
Hold, hold, hold!
477
00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:09,022
Hey, we’re starting to hit
a lot of water here, Bert.
478
00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:13,464
Yeah, it’s unusual to me.
479
00:23:13,559 --> 00:23:14,789
I haven’t hit this much water
480
00:23:14,894 --> 00:23:16,664
in digging in the sand
and stuff.
481
00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:18,962
Yeah, the more we dig now,
482
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:20,064
the more water we’ve got.
483
00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,502
We got springs in the area.
484
00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:22,870
Sure, it could be wet,
485
00:23:22,968 --> 00:23:25,638
but somehow, some way,
we’ve triggered something.
486
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:27,015
All right, let’s keep it moving.
487
00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:28,139
All right.
488
00:23:44,924 --> 00:23:47,124
Thank you, guys,
for coming on such short notice.
489
00:23:47,192 --> 00:23:48,436
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Absolutely.
490
00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:51,930
- Happy to try to help out.
- Well, we hope so.
491
00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:54,531
Kevin and Chris
have called in archeologists
492
00:23:54,633 --> 00:23:56,473
Loren and Jessica Huddleston
493
00:23:56,568 --> 00:23:58,638
to shed light on what
their recent discovery
494
00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:01,707
could mean about
the rest of their mineshaft.
495
00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:04,307
With over 40 years
of field experience
496
00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:07,380
researching artifacts in mines,
497
00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:09,279
the Huddlestons could provide
valuable insight
498
00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,855
into their discovery.
499
00:24:11,984 --> 00:24:15,094
So we’re 400 feet underground.
500
00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:18,757
We blasted through
a solid rock wall,
501
00:24:18,857 --> 00:24:20,257
and it was an open cavity.
502
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:21,889
There’s rubble above us,
503
00:24:21,994 --> 00:24:23,338
so we’re unsure
what’s up there yet,
504
00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:26,632
but what we found below
is why we called you.
505
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:32,270
We have three samples
of some material that we found.
506
00:24:32,371 --> 00:24:35,771
And we don’t know how new,
how old.
507
00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:37,154
Of course, they’re really dusty.
508
00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:40,309
They’ve sitting on the bottom
of a mineshaft
509
00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,012
for we have no idea how long.
510
00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,119
It’s incredibly intriguing.
511
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:47,347
I will say that
in the Great Basin,
512
00:24:47,453 --> 00:24:50,393
most preservation environments
occur in caves,
513
00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,659
and that’s where
you would have cordage
514
00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:54,958
that might actually
stay preserved this long.
515
00:24:55,060 --> 00:24:56,760
Well, this mine is sealed.
516
00:24:56,862 --> 00:25:02,372
Our biggest goal right now
is to get idea of a timeline.
517
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,269
These are kind of real similar
to things that have been found
518
00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:10,213
that are rabbit snares
or larger animal snares.
519
00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:14,909
They’ve had specimens
up to 12,700 years old.
520
00:25:15,014 --> 00:25:17,954
So there’s some antiquity
to cordage in the Great Basin.
521
00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:23,425
Could we eliminate Spanish
around the 1500s?
522
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:34,604
- I would think so, yeah.
- Yeah.
523
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,030
- Absolutely.
- Great.
524
00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:39,805
You would expect
a larger diameter gauge.
525
00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,945
It definitely looks more like
indigenous technology.
526
00:25:42,041 --> 00:25:43,741
Yeah.
527
00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:47,782
You would generally not think
of bringing down a wall
528
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:48,880
as opening a door.
529
00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:51,277
Where are we going in time?
530
00:25:51,383 --> 00:25:52,823
It predates the Spanish.
531
00:25:52,918 --> 00:25:55,188
The twine is absolutely older
532
00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,257
than anything else
that we’ve found at this point.
533
00:25:57,356 --> 00:26:00,026
I think you guys have got
a really intriguing find.
534
00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:01,355
Absolutely.
535
00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:04,360
Right now we’ve got two truths
that we’re facing.
536
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:08,073
One is this is the biggest find
that we’ve had.
537
00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,737
And number two,
that rubble pile,
538
00:26:10,836 --> 00:26:13,306
that’s the biggest obstacle
we’ve faced so far.
539
00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:15,565
I agree.
540
00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:17,314
It’s above our head.
It’s dangerous.
541
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,079
I wanna get in there
with the snake camera
542
00:26:20,179 --> 00:26:21,322
and see if I can
get through that rubble
543
00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:22,606
and see what’s in there.
544
00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:24,354
Oh, that’s a brilliant idea.
545
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,720
I cannot wait. There is more.
There is more down there.
546
00:26:38,197 --> 00:26:39,967
Bringing the big guns in.
547
00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:43,095
The Dillman team
is bringing in bigger machinery
548
00:26:43,202 --> 00:26:45,872
so they can keep digging
in the heavier wet dirt
549
00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,471
as they make their way
550
00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:50,183
toward what they hope
is a tunnel system.
551
00:26:59,451 --> 00:27:02,091
Right now we’ve got
the mini excavator here
552
00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:05,417
because the little skid-steerer
just couldn’t get any further.
553
00:27:05,524 --> 00:27:08,764
The main area that Bert dug out
554
00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:11,561
is starting to fill
with some water.
555
00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,823
But he’s not ready to quit
and we’re not ready to quit,
556
00:27:13,899 --> 00:27:16,299
and he’s got that claw
right near the opening.
557
00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:18,271
He’s going pretty deep in there.
558
00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:20,740
I’m hoping that this bore hole
559
00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:22,209
that we’ve already created
560
00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:24,577
enables us
to a little more easily
561
00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:27,106
break into a tunnel system.
562
00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:31,024
- Getting in there.
- Yeah.
563
00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:34,821
This water’s really piling up
right here.
564
00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:38,415
Yeah, this is, uh...
565
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,429
- What do you see?
- There’s a lot of water,
566
00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,648
and it’s almost like it’s
bubbling up from the ground.
567
00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:47,598
I’m convinced that this is how
568
00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:49,729
we’re gonna get
into this tunnel.
569
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:52,345
That’s why we’re working
so hard to get there,
570
00:27:52,437 --> 00:27:54,537
but we keep running
into these little problems.
571
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,140
Right towards where
the opening is
572
00:27:56,241 --> 00:27:57,986
it looks like where that water
is funneling from.
573
00:27:58,010 --> 00:27:59,487
Nothing left to do
but keep digging
574
00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:01,611
as long as
you think it’s cool, Bert.
575
00:28:01,713 --> 00:28:02,883
We’ll keep trying.
576
00:28:02,981 --> 00:28:05,551
I say you keep going
until you can’t go anymore.
577
00:28:05,651 --> 00:28:06,721
- All right.
- All right.
578
00:28:10,422 --> 00:28:12,022
Let’s keep it coming, Bert.
579
00:28:24,703 --> 00:28:28,213
Hey, we got a lot of water
coming out now.
580
00:28:28,307 --> 00:28:30,277
Look at that.
581
00:28:31,910 --> 00:28:33,321
- Are you seeing that right now?
- Yeah.
582
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:34,715
It’s gushing through there.
583
00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:36,383
That water is gushing.
584
00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:38,121
Yeah, hold on
for a second, Bert.
585
00:28:38,150 --> 00:28:41,020
- Yeah, it’s flowing.
- It’s flowing.
586
00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:47,890
We’ve got water just rushing
into this chamber.
587
00:28:47,993 --> 00:28:49,693
And if water’s rushing
into the chamber,
588
00:28:49,795 --> 00:28:51,765
man, I’m worried it’s rushing
into our bore hole
589
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,163
and into our tunnel system.
590
00:28:53,265 --> 00:28:55,605
- That’s crazy.
- Something ain’t right.
591
00:28:55,701 --> 00:28:59,071
I’m not sure exactly what
has caused this problem.
592
00:28:59,171 --> 00:29:00,941
I don’t know
if it was the digging.
593
00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:02,439
I don’t know
if it’s the vibration
594
00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:04,081
from the excavator.
595
00:29:04,176 --> 00:29:06,946
I’ve got all reasons of why
that could be happening
596
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,875
and none of them are good.
597
00:29:08,981 --> 00:29:11,281
The Aztecs were masters
598
00:29:11,383 --> 00:29:14,453
at using the landscape
to their advantage.
599
00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,453
They would’ve known
that the water table
600
00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:18,295
would serve as a natural barrier
601
00:29:18,390 --> 00:29:22,160
against anybody that tried
to enter the tunnel from above.
602
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:25,161
We can’t get ten feet in
and we gotta go 95.
603
00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:26,934
Someone explain that to me.
604
00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,172
I need to get the camera
back down the bore hole,
605
00:29:29,268 --> 00:29:31,668
and I need to see
what the conditions are now.
606
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:33,870
There’s a reason
this is happening.
607
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:35,412
This ain’t happening
on accident.
608
00:29:35,507 --> 00:29:38,137
If we just did
what I think we did,
609
00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,013
we’ve got a major problem.
610
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,337
I think we’ll just put it here
on the back of the tailgate
611
00:29:56,361 --> 00:29:57,761
- if you don’t mind.
- Sure.
612
00:29:57,863 --> 00:29:59,763
The Villescas team
is meeting up again
613
00:29:59,865 --> 00:30:03,545
with ground penetrating radar
expert Jan Francke
614
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:06,035
to go over the results
of their GPR survey
615
00:30:06,138 --> 00:30:08,208
of the Fire Pits.
616
00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:09,207
We’ve been waiting
for a long time
617
00:30:09,308 --> 00:30:10,538
for the results from the GPR.
618
00:30:10,642 --> 00:30:11,919
So today we’re gonna
meet with Jan
619
00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:14,183
and see if he’s got
any good news for us.
620
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:16,579
So let’s take a look
at what we did here.
621
00:30:16,682 --> 00:30:19,222
This is Fire Pit number three.
622
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:20,962
Here we’re just looking
at background noise.
623
00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:23,416
It just looks like
normal geology.
624
00:30:23,522 --> 00:30:25,099
So we’re not seeing anything
really pop out at us
625
00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:26,893
as an anomaly itself.
626
00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:28,732
We couldn’t see anything
with the radar
627
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,597
to depth that
we were looking at.
628
00:30:30,696 --> 00:30:32,456
- Oh.
- Now let’s look at
629
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:34,074
Fire Pit number one there.
630
00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:36,696
That’s the first site
that we worked on.
631
00:30:36,802 --> 00:30:39,242
Let’s take a look
at one of these sections now
632
00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:40,738
in vertical profile.
633
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,739
So it’s where
we’re kind of cutting ground
634
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:44,081
- and slicing it, right?
- Okay.
635
00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:46,112
And this is
the cross section that we see.
636
00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:50,081
What I want you to notice,
do you see that right there?
637
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:53,122
We got a hyperbolic shape
that’s really, really bright.
638
00:30:53,218 --> 00:30:58,118
That’s indicative
of either an air space
639
00:30:58,223 --> 00:31:00,463
or potentially metal.
640
00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:02,589
You’re saying
that could be another vault?
641
00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:04,334
I’m saying
that’s not local geology.
642
00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:06,029
That’s something different
for sure,
643
00:31:06,131 --> 00:31:07,971
and that’s either air or metal.
644
00:31:09,568 --> 00:31:10,698
This is excellent.
645
00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:11,813
I mean, this is
what we’re looking for.
646
00:31:11,837 --> 00:31:13,267
This is what
we’re all doing here.
647
00:31:13,372 --> 00:31:15,972
We’re gonna turn it
vertically, okay?
648
00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:17,214
Okay.
649
00:31:17,309 --> 00:31:19,069
And let’s slice down
through the ground.
650
00:31:19,144 --> 00:31:22,184
And what we’re going to see
is not just one,
651
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,520
but as I slice down,
see that one?
652
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:28,386
- There’s more?
- But look over there! Exactly.
653
00:31:28,487 --> 00:31:32,717
That might be an additional
two sites in your Fire Pit one.
654
00:31:32,824 --> 00:31:35,564
So with this little survey,
just in Fire Pit one
655
00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:38,400
we’re seeing at least
three new targets
656
00:31:38,497 --> 00:31:40,267
that look very much like
657
00:31:40,365 --> 00:31:43,295
either an air filled void
or metal in the ground.
658
00:31:43,402 --> 00:31:44,842
Seeing the results
659
00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:47,406
from the GPR survey
really got me going.
660
00:31:47,506 --> 00:31:49,736
Now we have targets
we can aim for.
661
00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:51,911
We know there’s something
under the ground there.
662
00:31:52,010 --> 00:31:54,510
This is the evidence
that we need to dig up
663
00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:55,513
and see what’s there.
664
00:31:55,614 --> 00:31:56,924
Now let’s take a look
665
00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:59,745
at Fire Pit number two.
666
00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:02,821
Look at this.
Again, we’ve got two
667
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,121
very bright
red spots there, right?
668
00:32:05,223 --> 00:32:07,633
We’ve got the two
really bright targets there.
669
00:32:07,726 --> 00:32:10,956
But if you compare that to...
You see these ones right here,
670
00:32:11,062 --> 00:32:12,832
they’re a little bit
less obvious.
671
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,442
- Mm-hmm.
- If I was to guess,
672
00:32:14,466 --> 00:32:16,196
I would say these
are full of air,
673
00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:17,541
so might be empty,
674
00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:20,366
and those would be
metallic potentially, right?
675
00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:22,742
And here’s another one
up in this corner here.
676
00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:25,041
So there’s at least
another five targets
677
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:27,713
over in Fire Pit two there.
678
00:32:27,813 --> 00:32:29,624
Well, the news
just keeps getting better.
679
00:32:29,648 --> 00:32:31,048
We have, you know,
680
00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:32,849
more anomalies
in Fire Pit number two
681
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,429
spread out throughout
the whole thing.
682
00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:35,353
This has really
683
00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:36,454
got me intrigued.
684
00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:37,388
The next step is to dig
685
00:32:37,489 --> 00:32:38,389
this thing up.
686
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:39,390
I just can’t wait
687
00:32:39,491 --> 00:32:40,561
to get some equipment
688
00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:42,329
on this thing
and see where this leads us.
689
00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:48,770
All right, let’s get
the camera stacked and set.
690
00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:51,337
The Dillman team
has returned to the chamber
691
00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:53,736
to determine the source
of the water flow
692
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:57,439
and to assess the extent of the
flooding near the bore hole.
693
00:32:57,542 --> 00:32:59,912
Yeah, we’re setting up
our camera system.
694
00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:03,921
We are hoping to find
the bore hole again,
695
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:05,827
get the camera down there,
and see what we’re dealing with.
696
00:33:05,851 --> 00:33:09,191
All right,
let’s see if we got juice.
697
00:33:09,287 --> 00:33:11,857
All right, we are in action.
698
00:33:11,957 --> 00:33:13,434
Derrick, let’s get you
to get that camera
699
00:33:13,458 --> 00:33:15,188
and see if you can’t find
that bore hole.
700
00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:17,703
- All right.
- All right.
701
00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:19,696
- Let’s see what we find, guys.
- Right.
702
00:33:19,798 --> 00:33:22,568
I’ma go in.
703
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,640
All right.
704
00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:30,641
Try to get your hand
in there, man,
705
00:33:30,742 --> 00:33:32,712
and feel where that hole is.
706
00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:35,051
You should be able to push
that camera right into it.
707
00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:36,546
Yep.
708
00:33:39,117 --> 00:33:41,217
- Anything yet?
- Nothing yet.
709
00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:42,797
Give me a little bit
more on the cable.
710
00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:44,161
I’m gonna try to go deeper.
711
00:33:45,824 --> 00:33:47,564
Move the camera a little bit
712
00:33:47,659 --> 00:33:49,159
to your right really quick.
713
00:33:50,328 --> 00:33:53,228
There we go.
Can you push forward?
714
00:33:53,331 --> 00:33:55,171
Yep. Let me try.
715
00:33:56,835 --> 00:33:59,805
There we go.
I’m starting to see something.
716
00:33:59,905 --> 00:34:01,445
A little to the right.
717
00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:04,938
And go straight ahead.
718
00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:06,843
Oh, hey, hold up.
You got it. You’re in.
719
00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,655
- Just push forward.
- Yeah?
720
00:34:08,747 --> 00:34:10,847
All right, hold on.
721
00:34:10,949 --> 00:34:12,649
Yeah, you’re in, buddy.
722
00:34:12,751 --> 00:34:14,321
What are you seeing
right now, Dad?
723
00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:22,693
I’m seeing water, man.
It is full of water.
724
00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:23,934
It is totally flooded.
725
00:34:28,333 --> 00:34:30,073
All we got is water, man.
726
00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:34,268
- I see... damn.
- We’ve triggered something,
727
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:35,872
and the water definitely appears
728
00:34:35,974 --> 00:34:37,314
to have found its level.
729
00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:39,539
So I can dig out
this entire chamber
730
00:34:39,644 --> 00:34:41,184
and I’m gonna have water.
731
00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:46,121
That’s 95 feet of water
in that bore hole.
732
00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:47,947
It ain’t like it’s five feet.
733
00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:49,223
Yeah.
734
00:34:49,321 --> 00:34:50,631
- If this was our way in...
- Yeah.
735
00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:52,485
It’s flooded for sure.
736
00:34:52,591 --> 00:34:54,391
It’s definitely flooded.
737
00:34:54,492 --> 00:34:55,632
We got a problem.
738
00:34:55,727 --> 00:34:57,305
It doesn’t mean
it’s an end of our search,
739
00:34:57,329 --> 00:34:59,099
but it might be an end
740
00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:00,741
to try and get in there
from right here.
741
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:03,795
At that point, we have to start
thinking about another entrance.
742
00:35:03,902 --> 00:35:05,802
Maybe we get up
to the very top of this canyon
743
00:35:05,904 --> 00:35:08,174
and we drill straight down.
744
00:35:08,273 --> 00:35:10,583
It doesn’t get easier
to unearth the treasure.
745
00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:11,835
We’re gonna have to regroup,
746
00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:14,583
and we’re gonna have to
approach this
747
00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:16,609
maybe a little differently.
748
00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:18,185
Man.
749
00:35:32,263 --> 00:35:34,103
Okay, give me
a little bit more slack.
750
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,011
Chris and Kevin have returned
751
00:35:37,035 --> 00:35:38,645
to the pit in the mine.
752
00:35:38,737 --> 00:35:40,767
Okay, I’m at the bottom.
753
00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:43,612
They have a plan to get
a better look inside the hole
754
00:35:43,708 --> 00:35:45,908
that they blasted into the wall.
755
00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:48,189
That handmade twine,
that’s hundreds of years old.
756
00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:52,783
It’s everything that
I think our research points at.
757
00:35:52,884 --> 00:35:54,528
I don’t know what’s gonna be
past that rock,
758
00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:56,922
but I think we’re getting
older and older
759
00:35:57,022 --> 00:35:58,522
as we go deeper in the mine.
760
00:35:58,623 --> 00:36:01,093
Okay, I’m here.
761
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:02,192
Copy that.
762
00:36:03,228 --> 00:36:05,328
All right.
763
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:07,130
Okay.
764
00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:09,302
This is a snake cam.
765
00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:11,601
I can reach up
into very tight areas
766
00:36:11,703 --> 00:36:14,143
like periscope through the rock
767
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:15,969
and just see
how much rock is there
768
00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:17,184
and then how big this tunnel is
769
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:19,438
and see if we can get into it.
770
00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:21,854
Okay, here we go.
771
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:32,659
I’m seeing just a bunch of rock
stacked on top of each other,
772
00:36:32,757 --> 00:36:36,257
but there’s some holes
in between.
773
00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:38,531
If I get the camera running,
I can go around.
774
00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:39,700
Come on.
775
00:36:40,865 --> 00:36:42,865
Oh, man. There we go.
There we go.
776
00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:44,867
There. That’s it.
777
00:36:44,969 --> 00:36:47,609
It’s impossible almost
to get through.
778
00:36:47,706 --> 00:36:50,136
I just... I’m just pulling it
back and forth,
779
00:36:50,241 --> 00:36:52,781
turning it,
trying to look for one path.
780
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:53,777
It just dead ends.
781
00:36:53,878 --> 00:36:55,948
Go to another path.
782
00:36:57,415 --> 00:36:59,775
Oh, come on.
783
00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:03,254
I’m seeing
some black space up here.
784
00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:05,794
I made through the rock.
785
00:37:05,890 --> 00:37:08,790
I don’t know how much...
This is about eight feet.
786
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:10,963
Let me rotate left here.
787
00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:13,662
That’s about nine feet of rock
over my head.
788
00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:20,669
Hold on. I don’t know
which way it’s pointing.
789
00:37:20,772 --> 00:37:22,442
Let me rotate.
Let me rotate.
790
00:37:25,643 --> 00:37:28,413
I don’t know if I’m looking up
or sideways.
791
00:37:28,513 --> 00:37:30,483
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
792
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,382
There’s another tunnel.
793
00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:37,755
Wait, this is a...
There’s a three way intersection
794
00:37:37,856 --> 00:37:39,956
right above this rock.
795
00:37:40,058 --> 00:37:41,658
There’s three tunnels.
796
00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,564
Repeat that last part again.
797
00:37:45,663 --> 00:37:48,673
There’s a three way intersection
right above this rock.
798
00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:50,197
What are you talking about?
799
00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:52,241
There’s a tunnel system
up there.
800
00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:54,267
I’m gonna pull this camera
and head up.
801
00:37:54,372 --> 00:37:55,812
You gotta see this.
802
00:37:55,907 --> 00:37:58,907
- Pull up the slack.
- Copy that.
803
00:38:01,045 --> 00:38:02,445
Poking through this wall
804
00:38:02,547 --> 00:38:04,291
is literally just like
a whole new adventure for us.
805
00:38:04,315 --> 00:38:06,775
I mean, this is
a whole new chapter
806
00:38:06,885 --> 00:38:07,995
in our research.
807
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:18,261
Holy hell.
808
00:38:18,363 --> 00:38:20,733
It’s a three way intersection
right there above the rock.
809
00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,166
Oh, my God.
810
00:38:39,884 --> 00:38:44,764
And once you build up this wall,
then start back-filling it.
811
00:38:44,856 --> 00:38:47,786
Unable to continue
digging because of flooding,
812
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:51,362
Dan is sealing up the chamber
before a storm hits the canyon.
813
00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:57,166
We’re about to have
a massive snowstorm come in.
814
00:38:57,268 --> 00:38:59,338
The marsh is frozen over.
815
00:38:59,437 --> 00:39:01,507
We can’t do any more digging.
816
00:39:01,606 --> 00:39:02,966
We’re just at a dead end
right now.
817
00:39:05,777 --> 00:39:07,347
It needs to be sealed back up
818
00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:08,756
so that no one
stumbles across it.
819
00:39:08,780 --> 00:39:10,920
I can’t have anyone
contaminating
820
00:39:11,015 --> 00:39:14,015
or messing with our progress.
821
00:39:14,118 --> 00:39:15,618
I truly believe
822
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:17,690
that we’ve got some form
of tunnel system here.
823
00:39:17,789 --> 00:39:20,189
Is Montezuma’s treasure
at the end of that tunnel?
824
00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:21,331
That I don’t know.
825
00:39:21,426 --> 00:39:23,356
But I do know this,
826
00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:24,605
I’m gonna make sure
that we’ve got
827
00:39:24,629 --> 00:39:26,529
all the resources that we need
828
00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:31,701
to get into this tunnel system
to find this entrance.
829
00:39:31,803 --> 00:39:35,573
My family’s been searching for
this treasure for over 55 years.
830
00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:37,813
Another year
is not gonna kill us.
831
00:39:37,909 --> 00:39:41,279
We’re patient
and we’re diligent.
832
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:43,379
We’re never gonna stop
searching for this treasure.
833
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:48,194
For more than 500 years,
834
00:39:48,286 --> 00:39:49,816
men have searched the Southwest
835
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:52,421
looking for the lost gold
of the Aztecs.
836
00:39:52,523 --> 00:39:55,633
But now three teams
are on the cusp
837
00:39:55,727 --> 00:39:58,627
of breaking this centuries old
mystery wide open.
838
00:40:00,131 --> 00:40:01,571
In New Mexico,
839
00:40:01,666 --> 00:40:02,776
the Villescas team have followed
840
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,900
their conquistador ancestors
841
00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:06,643
to the secluded Fire Pits.
842
00:40:06,738 --> 00:40:08,508
We’ve definitely found the spot.
843
00:40:08,606 --> 00:40:11,176
And now after the discovery
of a potential vault...
844
00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:13,576
My goodness.
Look at this.
845
00:40:13,678 --> 00:40:16,348
Will they be the first
846
00:40:16,447 --> 00:40:18,147
to find what the conquistadors
847
00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:20,119
have been hiding for centuries?
848
00:40:20,218 --> 00:40:22,718
In central Nevada,
849
00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:25,190
miners Kevin Hoagland
and Chris Hegg
850
00:40:25,290 --> 00:40:26,860
have followed Aztec trade routes
851
00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:29,458
to an ancient underground mine.
852
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,530
Seeing that shaft
that’s above us
853
00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:32,907
and going in three
different directions,
854
00:40:32,931 --> 00:40:35,701
it’s opened up
a whole new world for us.
855
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:37,970
Is the opening
of this hidden mineshaft
856
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:41,739
the breakthrough they have
been searching for for decades?
857
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:42,969
Once we remove that rubble,
858
00:40:43,074 --> 00:40:45,084
we’re going to be stepping
into a time machine.
859
00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:48,985
All right,
let’s make it happen, cap’n.
860
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,480
And finally, the Dillmans,
861
00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:54,192
who have chased
their 56 year family quest
862
00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:56,045
to a remote canyon in Utah.
863
00:40:56,154 --> 00:40:58,064
What is that?
864
00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:01,694
Following the clues
of Dan’s grandfather
865
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:04,833
may have led them
to within 90 feet
866
00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:07,499
of the tunnel system
Raymond Dillman searched for
867
00:41:07,598 --> 00:41:08,598
his whole life.
868
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:10,700
How are we gonna get in there?
869
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,802
But will they be able
to find a way
870
00:41:12,904 --> 00:41:15,214
into this mysterious tunnel?
871
00:41:17,008 --> 00:41:20,008
And will a voice from the grave
be able to lead them
872
00:41:20,111 --> 00:41:22,111
to achieve
their family’s destiny?65998
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