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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 Hoaglands.
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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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Other families go to
Hawaii or go on other trips.
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We don't do that. We
go searching for treasure.
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Dan Dillman, along with
his wife Gina and son Derrick,
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are continuing a
56-year family search
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for the lost Aztec gold.
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For as long as I can remember,
since I was five or six years old,
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you know, I was sitting
at the kitchen table
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of my uncles or my grandfather.
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It was all about treasure.
There were treasure magazines.
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There were maps.
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They just really
opened my imagination.
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Dan's grandfather
Raymond Dillman
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became obsessed
with lost Aztec gold
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after reading a 1964
magazine article
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that detailed treasure
discoveries in the Southwest.
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Over the next 20 years,
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he poured over hundreds of
ancient maps and documents
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searching for clues,
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recording his theories
on a series of tapes.
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Then in 1982, a discovery.
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Raymond unearthed
the burial site
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with Aztec pottery and tools
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encouraging him that
he was on the right track.
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When my grandfather
passed away in 1992,
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he passed all of his research
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on to my uncle Johnny
and my uncle Paul.
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And my uncle Paul
recently passed away,
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and of course it went on to me.
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That's how I got everything.
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That's why I'm the
keeper of the records now.
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Starting in 1428,
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the Aztec empire extended across
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what is now Central Mexico,
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accumulating immense
amounts of gold.
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The empire was
filled with treasure
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until Montezuma had it hidden
across the American Southwest.
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- Hold on, guys.
- For centuries, hundreds of treasure hunters
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have continued to
search for this lost gold.
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In 1981, an Aztec gold
bar worth nearly $140,000
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was discovered in Mexico City,
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giving Aztec
treasure hunters hope.
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But Raymond Dillman's
research indicates
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the bulk of the treasure is
located in southwestern Utah.
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Dan is following this research
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to a spring in Cave Lakes Canyon
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which may hide the entrance to
where the treasure has been buried.
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I'm convinced
this is the location
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that grandpa had left
for us to investigate.
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Seth, TJ.
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Today's a big day.
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I've got the divers
and my team here.
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Today might be the day that
we uncover something big.
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We got it all set up right now.
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It's close. We're
close to starting.
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This is the cave rover. Okay, this
is what the divers are gonna take in.
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So as you can see, we're gonna be able
to see whatever's happening in the water.
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Based on his
grandfather's research,
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Dan believes that the Aztecs
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may have dug a
tunnel deep in this cave
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to hide the treasure
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and then flooded it to
conceal the entrance.
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- I believe this is a water trap.
- Right.
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It has the features
of a water trap.
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So the Aztecs would
create these openings.
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They would dam up
these natural springs,
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these water sources.
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And as they would hide
their treasures and artifacts,
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they would then flood
these caves afterwards.
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Dan thinks that the
Aztecs would've created a way
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to either block or divert the water
from a spring to flood the cave,
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a spring that his grandfather
believed is in Shadow Cave.
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So I'm excited
about today's dive
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and what we may find.
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But I'm definitely a
little apprehensive
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because of our previous
experiences at Three Lakes.
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In 2003,
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the Dillman family,
along with Lon Child,
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explored another cave in this
canyon known as Three Lakes,
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but they stopped after their
expedition was plagued by setbacks.
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We've had equipment failure.
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Every hose here
is pissing water.
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We've had barges sink on us.
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We're sinking.
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We've had divers experience
their air being turned off underwater.
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I didn't order F-16 fuel tanks.
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Another day gone, man.
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Yes, sir.
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Now guided by
his grandfather's research...
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Dan needs to find evidence
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that the spring was
intentionally manipulated.
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Can you guys...
You know, make sure
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you're lifting the camera
up a little bit as well
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so we make sure that
we're getting full picture.
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We'd like to see the floor.
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Yes.
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Can you guys turn the
camera to the left please?
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Kind of pause
right where you are.
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You know, where are you
guys are at, as soon as you can,
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follow it straight down.
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If you look at this,
we are at, like, 48, 49.
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We're down to 42,
and it's dropping.
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Look at that.
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So when we see a
temperature drop like that,
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it could be the indicator that
we're getting close to the spring.
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And so the idea that
my grandfather said
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is we're gonna find an opening,
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possibly even where
the spring is fed,
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and that's where we would find
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treasure, artifacts, and riches.
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Look at that. Look at that.
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- Yeah, almost straight down.
- And what's that right there?
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- Look at that? Do you see that?
- Yeah.
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- That doesn't look natural.
- No.
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If that was natural, you'd see
those piles of rocks everywhere.
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Do those look
like individual slabs
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stacked on each other,
guys? Are you able to tell?
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- It's not a natural rock formation.
- No.
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So these three slabs, from
what I'm seeing on camera,
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they look to be engineered.
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And if that's true,
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they could've been
used to help dam off water
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while the Aztecs
built their water trap.
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And there's definitely
stuff pouring out of there.
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Do you see all the sediment
popping out of these rocks?
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This looks like a
spring to me, guys.
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Look at this.
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This could be the real deal.
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- You guys see that?
- Mm-hmm.
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What is that?
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Yeah, can you brush
that off some more?
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Look at that.
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What is that?
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Using research
left by their grandfather,
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the Dillman family
and their team
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have found something unusual
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in a flooded cavern
they call Shadow Cave.
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What is that?
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Proof that a human
presence, possibly Aztec,
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existed in this remote
canyon in southwestern Utah.
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- You guys see that?
- Mm-hmm.
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The location of the
spring was exactly
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where Dan's late grandfather
Raymond predicted.
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These stones get me excited.
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You have to think to
yourself, "This isn't natural."
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Is there any way we
can get that out of there?
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I don't think so.
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It was huge. It was,
like, part of the bedrock.
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Did that slab look manmade
that had those carvings in it?
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There's no way that
that could just be natural.
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It has to be manmade with those
steps and then that carving we found.
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Those slabs, at least on camera,
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that stuff looks
like it's been carved
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and been placed
there and cut out.
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Yeah, they
definitely look carved.
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If these pillars were
used to dam off the spring,
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it could support Dan's theory
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that the cave was
intentionally flooded
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to hide the treasure.
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So were you guys able
to tell which direction
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that those lines were going?
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- They were going about this way, right?
- I'd say about right there.
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- This way.
- Yeah.
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- So...
- Actually straight due north.
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- Straight up north.
- Yep.
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All right. So we've got a spring
and we've got some work to do.
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Let's regroup, let's
get you out of the water,
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and let's figure out
what our next steps are.
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- Roger.
- All right.
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I've got to look deeper
into my grandfather's research,
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and I need to see
what's going on.
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In northern New Mexico,
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treasure hunters Gabriel
Villescas and his father Ramon
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are also chasing
Montezuma's lost treasure.
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- It's a rough road.
- Yeah. I mean, we're out in the middle of nowhere.
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Though father and son have
built careers in construction,
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they've also sought
lost Aztec gold
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for more than two decades
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using a theory based on
their own family history.
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Our descendancy follows
this long, long, long line
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all the way to the late 1400s.
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Related to conquistadors,
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they've spent years researching
manuscripts and maps
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left by the Spanish invaders.
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And it was the old
way of writing, huh?
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In 2020, they found what
they think is a key document
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left by conquistadors chasing
Montezuma's warriors as they fled north.
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The document has led them to
their own theory about the treasure.
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My father and I
are not looking for Aztec gold.
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We believe the Spanish
conquistadors had already found it.
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We believe they looted
it, they melted it down,
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they made their bars
for transportation,
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and they were stored,
buried deep in the ground,
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throughout New
Mexico by the Spanish.
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That's what we're looking for.
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Gabriel's new map aligns
with clues found in other documents,
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ones they believe point to a
possible location in Cuba, New Mexico.
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Oh, this one right
here says Tierra Chamusca.
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Here's the Tierra
Chamusca on this one also.
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And also
right here. Look.
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Tierra Chamusca. Same thing.
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Tierra Chamusca
means "a burnt place."
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It could be red rock.
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Searching for the gold, I
think that's just something
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that just ignites a fire in me
that just keeps on burning
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that I can't even
control myself.
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Yeah, gold makes you do that.
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Yeah. They call it gold fever.
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I can't wait to hand
you the first gold bar.
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I'll take it.
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After speaking to locals
in Cuba, New Mexico,
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Gabriel and Ramon
have a new lead.
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They're meeting with
the relatives of a local man
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who allegedly found a bar
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of what could be
melted Spanish gold.
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Apparently a
man named Johnny Segura
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made have found some
Spanish gold here in Cuba.
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So we're meeting
with a cousin of his,
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and we're gonna try to
find out any information
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of where he might've
searched for the gold.
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We've heard some rumors, and we're very
interested in a man named Johnny Segura.
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- He's my cousin.
- Crazy cousin Johnny?
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Crazy Johnny? Is that
what you guys call him?
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Yeah, he was always telling all
these stories about finding treasure.
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He was always digging out there,
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blowing things up with
dynamite, looking for something.
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So I guess that's where the whole
Crazy Johnny thing came about,
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- you know what I mean?
- Yeah.
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Yeah, for years, people around here
have been saying that Johnny found gold.
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Is it true?
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Well, he showed me a
bar of the gold, you know?
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Just one single bar?
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That's what he showed me.
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So what did the
bar of gold look like?
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It wasn't like what you see
in the movies, you know?
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It was just real crudely
made, you know?
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Pockmarks on it, you
know, and a sort of indented.
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- Kinda thin.
- Yeah.
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It was common
practice in the 16th century
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for the Spanish to melt
down any looted gold
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to make it easier to transport.
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But their methods were crude,
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which left a characteristic
pocked mark appearance.
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The Spaniards never
buried just one bar of gold.
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So we believe that there's gonna be a
mass quantity of gold buried out here.
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Did Johnny say where
he had found the gold?
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He mentioned that it was a
real beautiful place, you know,
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especially when
sun was going down,
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and it looked like it
was on fire, you know?
283
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Mm-hmm. Did he ever name the
place or does it have a name to it?
284
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Ah, fire pits.
285
00:16:08,134 --> 00:16:11,204
You know, hearing Mr. Padilla
talk about Hoyos del Fuego
286
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and mentioning that, you know,
it looked like a flaming sunset,
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it's got me wondering,
you know, what's out there?
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To me there's a connection.
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We just gotta figure out
what that connection is.
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00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:23,015
Could the fire pits
where Johnny made his discovery
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be the same place
labeled Chamuscado,
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or "Scorched Red Earth,"
on the Villescas' maps?
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When I heard that he
had passed, you know,
294
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it was kind of a shock
because he was fine.
295
00:16:35,061 --> 00:16:37,563
He was a pretty stout,
healthy guy, you know?
296
00:16:37,697 --> 00:16:39,765
Well, for him to just
pass away, I don't know,
297
00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:41,934
it just kinda
doesn't make sense.
298
00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,874
You know, there's
always been a legend
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of Montezuma's
gold having a curse.
300
00:16:46,772 --> 00:16:49,675
I think we've experienced a
few of those curses ourselves,
301
00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:53,079
and we've triumphed over them.
302
00:16:53,212 --> 00:16:56,182
- Right.
- You know, but others haven't.
303
00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,284
He never got to enjoy it, huh?
304
00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:00,853
No, he never got to enjoy it.
305
00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:26,112
Back at his office in Utah,
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Dan Dillman found a spring
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where his grandfather predicted,
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00:17:29,382 --> 00:17:31,117
but the unexpected discoveries
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of stone pillars
and the pictograph
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provided more
questions than answers.
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What is that?
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Questions Dan hopes his
grandfather's research can answer.
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I've got to figure
out a way that we can
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speed up the process,
maybe look for key markers
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00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:49,302
that my grandfather
has left for us.
316
00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:52,305
But he had so much
research that it's not all,
317
00:17:52,438 --> 00:17:56,876
"Go exactly here," but it's giving
me the clues that will connect me
318
00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:59,478
to the location that he's
trying to direct me to.
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00:18:10,423 --> 00:18:12,425
I have to trust and believe
320
00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,193
that my grandfather
is guiding me.
321
00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:31,210
I believe that we found one
of the two springs already,
322
00:18:31,344 --> 00:18:33,746
and I'm convinced
that's Shadow Cave.
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00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:37,416
Three wavy lines... we discover
the petroglyph underneath the water.
324
00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:39,452
We see clearly manmade stones.
325
00:18:39,585 --> 00:18:43,856
Shadow Cave is
absolutely our starting point.
326
00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:45,358
I'm convinced of that.
327
00:18:45,491 --> 00:18:48,160
So there's gotta
be another spring
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00:18:48,294 --> 00:18:50,830
right in the same area.
329
00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:53,299
The trouble is,
there's 117 here.
330
00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:55,534
So we've gotta figure out a way
331
00:18:55,668 --> 00:18:57,903
to find out which
is the other spring.
332
00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:00,206
If we find the second spring,
333
00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:03,743
I'm convinced that we'll find
some type of tunnel system.
334
00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:06,178
And if we find the tunnel,
335
00:19:06,312 --> 00:19:08,214
we find the treasure.
336
00:19:18,658 --> 00:19:22,862
Do you really believe that
the Aztec were this far north?
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00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,263
I think so.
338
00:19:24,397 --> 00:19:26,065
If it's not ground zero,
339
00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:28,067
it's definitely a
large stepping stone
340
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,202
to what we're looking for.
341
00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:34,774
This area has a bunch
of mines and everything
342
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:36,242
of different minerals
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00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:37,710
that would've
attracted the Aztec.
344
00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:41,247
Everything that I've
found points to here.
345
00:19:43,149 --> 00:19:45,651
Meanwhile in
Mineral County, Nevada,
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00:19:45,785 --> 00:19:49,188
goldminers Kevin
Hoagland and Chris Hegg
347
00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:52,124
have a radically different
theory of their own.
348
00:19:52,258 --> 00:19:54,694
They believe that
Aztec warriors fled north
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00:19:54,827 --> 00:19:57,263
from what is now
known as Mexico City
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00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:59,398
along well-known trade routes
351
00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:02,902
and that they buried their
gold in mines along the way.
352
00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,940
I have started my search
down south, down in Caborca.
353
00:20:08,074 --> 00:20:10,042
We followed the trade
route up through Arizona
354
00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:11,510
and into Nevada.
355
00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:13,846
So we used these trade
routes as a jump off spot
356
00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:16,282
in all of our research.
357
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:18,818
Kevin and
Chris believe the Aztecs
358
00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,320
hid their gold in mines
along the trade route.
359
00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:26,325
A discovery Kevin made in a
mine in 2012 reinforces his belief.
360
00:20:26,459 --> 00:20:29,628
When I was working on an Eastern
trade route through southern Arizona,
361
00:20:29,762 --> 00:20:32,431
I came across an
incredible artifact.
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00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,667
This piece is tangible proof
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00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,969
that the Aztec were in
the American Southwest.
364
00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,076
I started my search not
necessarily looking for the treasures.
365
00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:45,411
I'm a miner.
366
00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:48,247
I'm looking for mines
as the origin story
367
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:50,983
because the mines are
where the gold came from.
368
00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:55,621
Like Kevin, Chris
has been obsessed for decades
369
00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:58,624
with the mystery
of lost Aztec gold.
370
00:20:58,758 --> 00:21:02,628
I've been researching here my
entire life for anything ancient.
371
00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:04,296
I grew up around
all the old miners,
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00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,098
so I have geologic background.
373
00:21:06,232 --> 00:21:09,201
I went into the military
and got into cryptology,
374
00:21:09,335 --> 00:21:13,572
and those skill sets allowed
me to break code for petroglyphs.
375
00:21:14,907 --> 00:21:16,776
So where are we headed?
376
00:21:16,909 --> 00:21:18,677
Where the mines
we're looking for are.
377
00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:20,279
Okay.
378
00:21:25,351 --> 00:21:27,486
So from down
here all the way up,
379
00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:28,730
these are the mines
that we've searched.
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00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:29,955
Grab the overlay.
381
00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:34,160
Kevin and Chris
have marked on an overlay
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00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,162
the mines of the
Western trade route
383
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,796
that they have yet to explore.
384
00:21:37,930 --> 00:21:40,766
Wow, look at that.
385
00:21:40,900 --> 00:21:43,235
Up on that ledge supposedly
386
00:21:43,369 --> 00:21:46,071
there's old, old
mines all along there.
387
00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:47,916
All these mines are
within the trade routes.
388
00:21:47,940 --> 00:21:49,909
Yeah, everything
we've worked on.
389
00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:52,244
The trade routes are significant
390
00:21:52,378 --> 00:21:54,246
because we know
the Aztec were there,
391
00:21:54,380 --> 00:21:56,849
and they would've taken
all of their gold and treasure
392
00:21:56,982 --> 00:21:59,151
back to someplace
that was familiar.
393
00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:02,388
What better place
then to hide your gold
394
00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:04,590
than in the mines that
you had already dug
395
00:22:04,723 --> 00:22:06,125
that only they knew about?
396
00:22:06,258 --> 00:22:09,862
Everything leads right there.
397
00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,965
That's the target.
Never been to them.
398
00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:14,633
They're up on a mountain.
399
00:22:14,767 --> 00:22:15,868
- Let's go.
- All right.
400
00:22:23,242 --> 00:22:24,810
What we're hoping to find here
401
00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:26,645
is some sort of sign
402
00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:27,980
of ancient mining.
403
00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,185
It's a little hairy.
404
00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:36,589
The road's getting steeper too.
405
00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:38,958
But it's like trying to find
a needle in a haystack.
406
00:22:42,061 --> 00:22:43,838
There's no road
left. We're spinning tires.
407
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:46,465
Yeah, from this
point, it's drones.
408
00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:52,247
Let's just start at the left
409
00:22:52,271 --> 00:22:54,440
because that's what
the Aztecs would've seen
410
00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:55,441
from the valley bottom.
411
00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:58,344
And start making passes on that.
412
00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:05,951
If these are old mines,
413
00:23:06,085 --> 00:23:07,620
a lot of them are
gonna be covered up,
414
00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,288
and we're going
to be just looking
415
00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,856
for signs on the ground.
416
00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:14,093
An open mine, a deep shadow,
417
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:16,996
something pushed in or
something brought out.
418
00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:23,636
- So far I'm not seeing any holes.
- Nothing.
419
00:23:30,843 --> 00:23:34,113
Whoa! Right, you see
that? See what I'm seeing?
420
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,749
- The shadow.
- I see it, I see it. There's a shadow.
421
00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:40,219
- Okay, I gotta go lower
- Put a GPS mark on it.
422
00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,321
It's really craggy.
423
00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:44,523
The mineralization,
everything is there.
424
00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:47,893
Ah, we gotta hike up there.
We gotta go check this out.
425
00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:03,888
Following their theory
426
00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:05,811
that the Spanish
found the Aztec gold
427
00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,413
and melted it down into bars,
428
00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,715
Gabriel and his father Ramon
429
00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:12,551
studied old Spanish
maps and manuscripts.
430
00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:15,754
We have two mentions
here of Tierra Chamusca.
431
00:24:15,888 --> 00:24:18,891
Tierra Chamusca means "a
burnt place." It could be red rock.
432
00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:23,128
- There's something scorched.
- And after meeting with Johnny Segura's cousin...
433
00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:25,297
It was a real beautiful
place according to him.
434
00:24:25,431 --> 00:24:26,999
The sun looked like it was fire.
435
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:30,269
Gabriel believes he
has a way to identify
436
00:24:30,402 --> 00:24:31,537
the gold's location.
437
00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:33,339
Let's take a look at this.
438
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,074
In the manuscripts we have,
439
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:38,844
there are several
mentions of Chamuscado.
440
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:42,514
The term means
"scorched" or "burnt."
441
00:24:42,648 --> 00:24:45,417
So it'd be scorched
or burnt earth.
442
00:24:45,551 --> 00:24:48,487
With his father and
Mr. Padilla's nephew Jerome,
443
00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,723
who has volunteered to help,
444
00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:53,392
Gabriel is using
satellite imagery
445
00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:56,929
to search for any area that
could fit the description provided.
446
00:24:57,062 --> 00:25:00,265
So this from the USGS's
geographical information system.
447
00:25:00,399 --> 00:25:03,869
- This type of imagery is used to find minerals.
- How's that gonna help us?
448
00:25:04,002 --> 00:25:06,171
It's gonna allow us to
strip away all the colors.
449
00:25:06,305 --> 00:25:08,807
There's only brown
out there, man.
450
00:25:08,941 --> 00:25:12,344
Johnny Segura described the
area that he found the gold bars
451
00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:15,647
as kind of a sunset,
fiery reds and oranges.
452
00:25:15,781 --> 00:25:18,026
I'm thinking we're gonna be
looking for something red out there
453
00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:21,787
in the middle of this
vast ocean of brown.
454
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,290
Let's say we strip away the
colors, just focus in on the red.
455
00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:28,961
So if there's red rock out there, what
you're telling me is we're gonna pinpoint it
456
00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:31,497
and then you wanna go out
there and explore and look for it?
457
00:25:31,630 --> 00:25:32,907
Right, so here's
Cabezon right here.
458
00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,299
- See it?
- Oh, yeah.
459
00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:36,869
That's the large landmark
that all the maps show.
460
00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:38,704
And from there we're
gonna go up north.
461
00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:40,839
Yeah, this is the
Rio Puerco in there.
462
00:25:40,973 --> 00:25:43,108
And then take a look at this.
463
00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:46,478
Now that is as
red as you can get.
464
00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:48,280
- Dude, look at that.
- Holy moly.
465
00:25:48,414 --> 00:25:50,549
It's not brown,
I'll tell you that.
466
00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:53,652
This could be
part of the whole story.
467
00:25:53,786 --> 00:25:55,654
We could tie everything
back to Johnny Segura
468
00:25:55,788 --> 00:25:57,456
and possibly find his dig site.
469
00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:58,800
Let's get the
coordinates for that, Dad,
470
00:25:58,824 --> 00:26:00,859
the lat and long right here.
471
00:26:00,993 --> 00:26:04,129
I mean, this could be
what we're looking for.
472
00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:13,205
Today's a big day.
473
00:26:13,338 --> 00:26:16,542
Dan and his family
are headed back to Shadow Cave
474
00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:19,678
where they found a
pictograph and stacked stone
475
00:26:19,812 --> 00:26:22,681
that his late grandfather
referred to in his recordings.
476
00:26:22,815 --> 00:26:25,117
Working from Ray
Dillman's research,
477
00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,453
this spring connects
with a second spring.
478
00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:29,354
Dan believes that connection
479
00:26:29,488 --> 00:26:32,591
could be the tunnel leading
to Montezuma's treasure.
480
00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:36,261
But there are 117
springs in this canyon.
481
00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,730
What's up, guys? Glad
you guys could make it.
482
00:26:38,864 --> 00:26:40,966
So Dan is gathering up his team
483
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,935
in an attempt to
find the one spring
484
00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:45,304
that connects to Shadow Cave.
485
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:49,108
My grandfather said that
there would be another spring
486
00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:51,977
possibly across from Shadow Cave
487
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:54,213
where this tunnel system exists.
488
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:55,906
And so that's what
we're hoping to find.
489
00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,686
Dan's plan is
to pump a non-toxic dye
490
00:27:00,819 --> 00:27:04,656
into Shadow Cave to
see whether a connection
491
00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:07,326
to another spring exists.
492
00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:11,964
Implementing this dye test are
divers TJ Cottam and Dan Burns,
493
00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:15,400
who are preparing to carry a
hose to the mysterious pillar
494
00:27:15,534 --> 00:27:18,871
that covers the spring
in Shadow Cave.
495
00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:20,672
If the dye turns up
in another spring,
496
00:27:20,806 --> 00:27:23,542
Dan may have evidence
of the tunnel system
497
00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:24,843
that he is looking for.
498
00:27:29,281 --> 00:27:30,749
All right, team, Gina, Derrick,
499
00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:33,852
why don't you pass out the
flares and the walkie-talkies?
500
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:36,021
You guys, hit me
on the walkie-talkie
501
00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:39,024
if you see any of the
green dye showing up.
502
00:27:39,158 --> 00:27:41,126
Hit the flare for me as well
503
00:27:41,260 --> 00:27:43,929
so that I can get your position
in the canyon of where you are.
504
00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:45,464
Dan is sending his team
505
00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:48,467
to springs in the immediate
vicinity of Shadow Cave
506
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,936
- to watch for the dye.
- Let's do it.
507
00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:53,350
Let's jump in the vehicles
and get to where we need to be.
508
00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:57,242
If this traceable dye
shows up in one of these caves,
509
00:27:57,376 --> 00:28:00,946
to me, that could be the proof
and evidence we've been looking for
510
00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:02,781
that there is a tunnel system
511
00:28:02,915 --> 00:28:04,850
connecting these
caves and caverns.
512
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:10,989
While the
team takes their places,
513
00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:16,662
Dan and his family have arrived at a key
vantage point overlooking Shadow Cave.
514
00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:20,465
As the divers make their
preparations to start pumping the dye,
515
00:28:20,599 --> 00:28:22,568
other team members
keep watch nearby
516
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:26,471
checking to see if green
dye travels to their location.
517
00:28:26,605 --> 00:28:29,017
Hey, Jaron, just checking on
you, man, making you're in position
518
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:31,643
and ready for that
tracing dye to show up.
519
00:28:31,777 --> 00:28:34,112
This is Jaron. I'm in position
at cave number three.
520
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,381
- Awesome.
- If the dye is seen,
521
00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:38,250
they will fire a flare gun
522
00:28:38,417 --> 00:28:40,118
indicating that it
has successfully
523
00:28:40,252 --> 00:28:42,354
traveled underground
to their position.
524
00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:44,790
TC, you out there?
525
00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:47,926
TC's here. You'll
see my flare when I see it.
526
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,295
All right, gotcha.
527
00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:53,065
Dan, Gina, and Derrick
stand by in the canyon
528
00:28:53,198 --> 00:28:55,167
for a bird's eye view
of the whole area.
529
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,535
Derrick, how you doing?
530
00:28:56,668 --> 00:28:58,837
I'm good. I'm just here
waiting. Fingers crossed.
531
00:28:58,971 --> 00:29:01,440
In the event of a
flare gun being fired,
532
00:29:01,573 --> 00:29:04,610
the Dillmans will see where
in proximity to Shadow Cave
533
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:05,944
the dye has traveled.
534
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,149
We have found a
spring at Shadow Cave,
535
00:29:11,283 --> 00:29:13,585
and we have found
several other caves
536
00:29:13,719 --> 00:29:15,320
and springs within the canyon.
537
00:29:15,454 --> 00:29:17,656
And my grandfather
specifically speaks
538
00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:19,992
about a connection between them,
539
00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:22,995
about two springs across
from each other connecting.
540
00:29:26,565 --> 00:29:30,035
The dye is being pumped
into the spring right now.
541
00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,871
- I'm excited, babe.
- Yes, me too.
542
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:34,248
We'll stay here
as long as it takes
543
00:29:34,272 --> 00:29:35,907
until somebody says something.
544
00:29:36,041 --> 00:29:39,745
It could take all night before that
could seep into the other springs.
545
00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:53,859
You know, just because the drone
found it doesn't mean we can get there.
546
00:29:53,992 --> 00:29:55,360
Yeah.
547
00:29:55,494 --> 00:29:57,529
After finding an ancient mine,
548
00:29:57,663 --> 00:30:01,199
Kevin and Chris are headed to
what they hope is an Aztec mining site.
549
00:30:01,333 --> 00:30:04,336
Their theory is that the
Aztecs brought the gold north
550
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:07,439
and hid it in the mines
along their trade routes.
551
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,710
Oh, whoa, whoa.
552
00:30:13,345 --> 00:30:14,579
That's a snake.
553
00:30:14,713 --> 00:30:17,949
Rattler too.
14 buttons, brother.
554
00:30:18,083 --> 00:30:20,485
Oh.
555
00:30:20,619 --> 00:30:23,455
That's pretty fresh. We're
gonna run into them here.
556
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:26,601
I got bit in the
arm a few years ago
557
00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:28,060
by a big black-tail.
558
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:30,028
My arm just dropped.
I couldn't lift it.
559
00:30:30,162 --> 00:30:32,330
It took a while for me to be
able to use my arm again.
560
00:30:32,464 --> 00:30:34,466
I don't really
want to relive that.
561
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:38,637
I am going to do everything
I can not to get bitten.
562
00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:41,640
This mountain is just
known for just being snake infested.
563
00:30:41,773 --> 00:30:44,142
I think the more we
get into the mountain,
564
00:30:44,276 --> 00:30:47,112
the deeper we go up,
it's just gonna be worse.
565
00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,025
- Look at that.
- Oh, man.
566
00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:01,960
Yes.
567
00:31:03,662 --> 00:31:07,032
This is old. This is really old.
568
00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:09,634
Look at this geology.
Look how that dike is there.
569
00:31:09,768 --> 00:31:12,003
When they came into this
area, all they would've done
570
00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:15,006
is gone right back to the
same gold burying spots
571
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:18,710
that looked the same as what
they were in Mexico, and that's it.
572
00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:22,948
If this turns out to be the
area that all of this started
573
00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:26,151
and the Aztecs came home,
574
00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:29,154
we are looking at all
of the Aztec treasure
575
00:31:29,287 --> 00:31:33,625
plus the goldmines where all
of the Aztec treasure started.
576
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:37,829
I can't even wrap my head
around the value of that
577
00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:39,164
in any way, shape, or form.
578
00:31:39,297 --> 00:31:41,333
Yeah, for the Aztecs, Kevin,
579
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:44,402
that would've been a
neon sign for "gold here."
580
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,882
Where are we at, Dad?
Keep heading north?
581
00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:58,483
Still continue north.
582
00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:01,620
In about a quarter of a
mile, you need to turn left.
583
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:02,753
Okay.
584
00:32:04,956 --> 00:32:08,193
Based on satellite
images and GPS coordinates,
585
00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:10,529
Gabriel and Ramon
are headed to a site
586
00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,964
deep in the desert outside
of Cuba, New Mexico,
587
00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:15,200
that they believe
could be an area
588
00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:17,169
where a Spanish
gold bar was found.
589
00:32:18,937 --> 00:32:22,374
Newest team member
Jerome follows close behind.
590
00:32:25,076 --> 00:32:28,113
Based on numerous mentions
of the name "Chamuscado"
591
00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:29,781
in old Spanish documents...
592
00:32:29,915 --> 00:32:32,918
We have two mentions
here of Tierra Chamuscado.
593
00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:36,288
Tierra Chamusca means "a
burnt place." It could be red rock.
594
00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:38,757
And information from
a relative of the man
595
00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:40,692
who found a Spanish gold bar...
596
00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:42,928
It was a real beautiful
place, you know?
597
00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:44,996
Especially when the
sun was going down,
598
00:32:45,130 --> 00:32:46,765
it looked like it was on fire.
599
00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,534
Gabriel searches
satellite images
600
00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:52,470
to find an area in the
desert that was red in color.
601
00:32:52,604 --> 00:32:54,139
Look at that.
602
00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:56,775
Now that is as
red as you can get.
603
00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:00,512
It's gonna get rough. Hold on.
604
00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:06,852
I'm looking for a super red area
605
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,387
where Johnny Segura
may have found some gold.
606
00:33:10,522 --> 00:33:12,224
Getting close.
607
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,626
That might be it right
there. Look at that.
608
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:17,496
- Look at that.
- That's an ocean of red right there.
609
00:33:17,629 --> 00:33:19,231
That's unusual.
610
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,344
Just like
Mr. Padilla had described,
611
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:26,438
we got a whole ocean
of brown out here,
612
00:33:26,571 --> 00:33:28,349
and all of a sudden
sitting in the middle of this
613
00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:30,442
is a red pile of rocks
614
00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:32,510
just standing out
like a sore thumb.
615
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:35,981
We have multiple references
616
00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:38,583
in our Spanish
documents from the 1500s
617
00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,652
that refer to "scorched earth"
618
00:33:40,785 --> 00:33:42,721
where these men
stashed their treasure,
619
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:44,322
and they would bury them deep.
620
00:33:44,456 --> 00:33:46,825
The legend is that
Johnny found one bar.
621
00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:49,227
The Spaniards never
buried just one bar of gold.
622
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:54,499
- Oh, man. This is it.
- Sure does look like it.
623
00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:57,669
I'm starting to
get really excited.
624
00:33:57,802 --> 00:33:59,522
You know, this is a
long time in the making.
625
00:34:03,108 --> 00:34:05,143
- This is everything they described.
- Yeah.
626
00:34:05,277 --> 00:34:06,344
- Yep.
- Red.
627
00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:08,980
And it's red.
628
00:34:09,114 --> 00:34:10,858
If this is the place where
Johnny found that gold bar,
629
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:13,385
we could actually be this close
630
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:15,353
to finding the
fabled Aztec gold.
631
00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:21,626
Oh, man.
632
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,895
My goodness. Look at this.
633
00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,470
Wow. We definitely
found the spot.
634
00:34:32,604 --> 00:34:34,606
They said Johnny was crazy, man.
635
00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:37,609
This looks crazy to
me. What do you think?
636
00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:42,314
If this is Johnny's site, he kept
this place secret for 40, 50 years.
637
00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,149
He must've known
something was here.
638
00:34:44,282 --> 00:34:45,650
I wanna metal detect down there.
639
00:34:45,784 --> 00:34:47,624
- Yeah.
- Let's check it out, man. Let's do it.
640
00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,971
Man, this thing goes down fast.
641
00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,907
Look at these sidewalls.
642
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,576
That's half mud
and half granite.
643
00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:15,580
- That's not gonna be stable.
- This is delicate.
644
00:35:15,714 --> 00:35:18,817
Discovering what
appears to be a hand dug mine,
645
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:22,554
Kevin and Chris prepare
to descend into the opening
646
00:35:22,687 --> 00:35:25,390
hoping to find to proof of
a possible Aztec presence.
647
00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:28,960
I can see where it opens
up down here a little bit.
648
00:35:29,094 --> 00:35:30,628
It looks like there's a turn.
649
00:35:30,762 --> 00:35:33,198
We're so close, Kevin, I
can feel it. I'm telling you.
650
00:35:33,331 --> 00:35:35,333
I can't wait
to get into this mine.
651
00:35:35,467 --> 00:35:36,868
Everything is
starting to line up.
652
00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:40,038
There's a possibility that
nobody's been in this mine
653
00:35:40,171 --> 00:35:41,439
for 400 years.
654
00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:43,975
- Chris.
- Yo.
655
00:35:44,109 --> 00:35:47,112
Grab my backpack and get down
here. This thing goes a long way.
656
00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:49,180
You got it. I'm coming.
657
00:35:49,314 --> 00:35:53,652
I love being underground,
but this mine right now
658
00:35:53,785 --> 00:35:55,253
has me a little worried.
659
00:35:56,421 --> 00:35:58,323
How's it look like over there?
660
00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:00,191
Yeah, look at this.
661
00:36:03,128 --> 00:36:05,030
I've been in so many
mines over the years,
662
00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:07,465
you get to where you
know what you're looking at.
663
00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:09,901
And this mine, square ceiling...
664
00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:12,155
One of the most unsafe
things that you could ever see.
665
00:36:12,237 --> 00:36:14,572
And the
tool marks that are in it
666
00:36:14,706 --> 00:36:16,508
are not steel tool marks.
667
00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:19,911
Now for Aztec, they were using
more, like, sharpened stones, right?
668
00:36:20,045 --> 00:36:24,082
- Yeah.
- They look more like wedges made out of rock.
669
00:36:24,215 --> 00:36:29,888
This goes back older than any mining
techniques you and I are familiar with.
670
00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:34,125
Yeah, I agree. I just wonder
how many died doing it, you know?
671
00:36:34,259 --> 00:36:37,996
All right, we're gonna go forward
one foot at a time. Check everything.
672
00:36:43,968 --> 00:36:46,938
- Getting narrow and shorter.
- Yeah.
673
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:48,940
The most exciting
part about all of this
674
00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:51,876
is we have no idea
what we're going to find.
675
00:36:57,215 --> 00:36:58,783
Oh, yeah, that's really bad.
676
00:36:58,950 --> 00:37:01,653
We just got inside,
and looking at this,
677
00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:05,990
doing an integrity test,
the roof's pretty bad.
678
00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:07,959
Look at this. Look at this.
679
00:37:08,093 --> 00:37:11,062
- Look at the vein.
- Aw, man.
680
00:37:11,196 --> 00:37:15,233
We've decided to go a
little deeper until we can't.
681
00:37:15,366 --> 00:37:18,236
We just gotta keep track
of what this rock's doing.
682
00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:21,973
If it gets any worse than
this, we're gonna have to bail.
683
00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:25,110
Ah, I can stand up a little.
684
00:37:25,243 --> 00:37:27,312
I've looked
down this shaft a little bit,
685
00:37:27,445 --> 00:37:30,081
and this thing is
ridiculously long.
686
00:37:30,215 --> 00:37:33,451
I don't know... I have no
idea how far back this goes,
687
00:37:33,585 --> 00:37:35,787
but given the age of
this mine and the fact
688
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,124
that it was not built with
any modernized tools,
689
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:42,627
it's all hand built, the
idea of finding a mine,
690
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:47,966
an old Aztec mine full of
treasure is very plausible.
691
00:37:51,336 --> 00:37:54,172
Hang on, hang on,
hang on. Don't move.
692
00:37:55,340 --> 00:37:57,142
- Feel it?
- Yeah.
693
00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:01,513
Really light air. Man,
we're about 100 feet in.
694
00:38:02,580 --> 00:38:03,580
Whoa.
695
00:38:05,416 --> 00:38:07,018
Check this out.
696
00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:11,890
That's a lot of air
moving in here.
697
00:38:13,792 --> 00:38:16,094
- There's an opening.
- Yeah, I did not expect
698
00:38:16,227 --> 00:38:17,987
to have to deal with
another opening in this.
699
00:38:18,029 --> 00:38:20,431
Since mines
typically have a single entrance,
700
00:38:20,565 --> 00:38:23,735
a second way in
suggests that this mine
701
00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:26,004
could be part of a
larger tunnel system.
702
00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,139
Wow. This
is all hand dug.
703
00:38:28,273 --> 00:38:30,775
There's not a single
tool mark in here?
704
00:38:30,909 --> 00:38:32,410
And there's a secondary opening?
705
00:38:32,544 --> 00:38:33,888
There's a second
opening. Maybe more.
706
00:38:33,912 --> 00:38:36,681
This has got to be
a complex system.
707
00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:39,584
- Yeah.
- All right, man. Let's keep going.
708
00:38:39,717 --> 00:38:41,452
Slow. Easy.
709
00:38:41,586 --> 00:38:44,066
It doesn't matter what's ahead
of us if we don't make it there.
710
00:38:44,189 --> 00:38:45,990
Yep, I'm with you.
711
00:38:47,692 --> 00:38:50,929
It's such a long way.
It's getting tighter.
712
00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:53,731
Someday this is just
gonna completely seal in.
713
00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,368
Oh.
714
00:38:57,502 --> 00:38:59,170
Whoa, boy. Stop.
715
00:38:59,304 --> 00:39:03,675
This is a huge cave-in. Oh, man.
716
00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:07,779
- Everything fell in?
- Yeah. This is beyond sketch.
717
00:39:19,757 --> 00:39:21,759
Nathan, we're not
seeing anything yet,
718
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:25,396
and I'm just thinking maybe we don't
have enough pressure pumping that dye.
719
00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:28,399
You think that you guys can
kick up the pressure on that pump?
720
00:39:28,533 --> 00:39:30,635
Yeah, you bet. We'll
try that right now.
721
00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:31,970
Back at the canyon,
722
00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:34,505
Dan, Gina, and Derrick Dillman
723
00:39:34,639 --> 00:39:36,107
have been waiting for hours.
724
00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:38,409
If you see the
dye starting to bubble up,
725
00:39:38,543 --> 00:39:40,345
I need you to shoot off a flare.
726
00:39:40,478 --> 00:39:44,349
They hope that the dye that is
being pumped into Shadow Cave
727
00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:46,684
will emerge in another
part of the canyon
728
00:39:46,818 --> 00:39:49,721
providing possible
evidence of a tunnel system,
729
00:39:49,854 --> 00:39:52,023
a tunnel Dan's
grandfather believes
730
00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:54,325
could lead to lost Aztec gold.
731
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,863
- TC, you out there?
- TC is here.
732
00:39:58,997 --> 00:40:00,498
Not seeing anything yet.
733
00:40:00,632 --> 00:40:01,766
Tom, how about you?
734
00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:03,301
Any updates? See anything?
735
00:40:03,434 --> 00:40:07,105
Negative, we've got
no green. No green yet.
736
00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:08,706
Not good news.
737
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,160
If the dye doesn't show up, it
means that I need to move on
738
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:13,611
to one of these other
caves and springs,
739
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:14,879
and we need to test there.
740
00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:16,748
This might be a major problem
741
00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:18,983
for the resources that
we planned for this trip.
742
00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:21,519
Derrick, hey, man,
how you feeling?
743
00:40:21,653 --> 00:40:25,290
Just keeping my eyes
peeled and hoping for the best.
744
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:27,101
Already, the things that we've
discovered inside of Shadow Cave...
745
00:40:27,125 --> 00:40:28,760
Oh, epic.
746
00:40:28,893 --> 00:40:31,253
- That alone right there would be enough for me.
- Enough.
747
00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:33,665
Holy.
748
00:40:33,798 --> 00:40:35,500
Guys, we've got a flare!
749
00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,403
Dan, I got color in cave five.
750
00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:42,974
Derrick, we have
got tracing dye.
751
00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:44,251
If I wasn't standing on an edge,
752
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,643
I'd be jumping
for joy right now.
753
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:48,079
We just had a
major breakthrough.
754
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:51,382
We've got evidence of
traceable dye in cave five.
755
00:40:51,516 --> 00:40:54,919
It makes complete
sense that Shadow Cave
756
00:40:55,053 --> 00:40:57,956
is directly across from
cave five where TC is.
757
00:40:59,324 --> 00:41:01,459
And so we know we've
got a tunnel system.
758
00:41:03,261 --> 00:41:07,165
This season on
"Lost Gold of the Aztecs"...
759
00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:08,766
Whoa, whoa!
760
00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:10,868
That's old as hell.
761
00:41:11,002 --> 00:41:13,571
That's it. That's one of the
symbols we're looking for.
762
00:41:13,705 --> 00:41:15,215
- You gotta be kidding me.
- All right.
763
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:20,678
Whoa-ho-ho-ho. Why
is it dead in that tunnel?
764
00:41:20,812 --> 00:41:24,115
Bam! I believe that this
treasure is still there for the taking.
765
00:41:24,248 --> 00:41:26,017
- What is that?
- Spanish death trap.
766
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:27,361
Ooh, yeah, you
got a little blood.
767
00:41:27,385 --> 00:41:29,253
Treasure hunting is
not for the faint of heart.
768
00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:30,464
We will figure it out.
769
00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:31,765
We will get in
that son of a bitch.
770
00:41:31,789 --> 00:41:33,029
Because it ain't gonna beat me.
771
00:41:35,193 --> 00:41:39,097
I knew that somewhere
close there was a treasure chamber.
772
00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:40,774
Hey, Dad, you want
to come check this out?
773
00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:42,876
Derrick, this might be where
grandpa was talking about.
774
00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:43,980
This just might be it, son.
775
00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:46,971
- Is that water coming out?
- Yeah.
776
00:41:47,105 --> 00:41:49,974
This has been a 55-year
journey for my family.
777
00:41:50,108 --> 00:41:52,543
We keep going and
we keep searching.
778
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:53,544
Look right there. You see it?
779
00:41:53,678 --> 00:41:55,279
And we never quit.
780
00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:57,281
All right,
let's make it happen, Captain.
781
00:41:57,415 --> 00:41:59,283
Because when we find
Montezuma's treasure...
782
00:41:59,417 --> 00:42:00,752
We found the mine.
783
00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:02,620
It's gonna rewrite history.
784
00:42:02,644 --> 00:42:04,644
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