1 00:00:03,100 --> 00:00:06,467 [mysterious music plays] 2 00:00:23,267 --> 00:00:24,501 [thunder rumbling] 3 00:01:03,767 --> 00:01:04,801 ♪♪ 4 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:07,767 [Josh] I was born to be a treasure hunter. 5 00:01:09,167 --> 00:01:10,167 I've seen every map. 6 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,367 Heard every mystery. 7 00:01:13,534 --> 00:01:16,067 I've seen almost every treasure story there is. 8 00:01:17,567 --> 00:01:19,167 But nothing compares to Montezuma's 9 00:01:19,334 --> 00:01:22,367 $3 billion lost treasure. 10 00:01:22,534 --> 00:01:26,434 And I know it's somewhere on Blind Frog Ranch. 11 00:01:28,901 --> 00:01:31,868 Duane locked the gates to Blind Frog Ranch last year, 12 00:01:32,033 --> 00:01:33,868 but I have to keep going. 13 00:01:34,033 --> 00:01:35,501 So with Duane's blessing, 14 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:38,200 I'm reopening the ranch and taking over. 15 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,100 So I'm bringing in someone with a long history of success 16 00:01:43,267 --> 00:01:45,300 in hunts like this, my father. 17 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:48,667 [Ron] My name's Ron Feldman. 18 00:01:48,834 --> 00:01:49,801 For most of my life, 19 00:01:49,801 --> 00:01:51,367 my profession has been treasure hunting. 20 00:01:53,501 --> 00:01:55,467 [narrator] Over the past 50 years, 21 00:01:55,634 --> 00:01:58,100 Ron Feldman has led treasure expeditions 22 00:01:58,267 --> 00:02:02,467 at 24 sites across four countries. 23 00:02:02,634 --> 00:02:06,767 In the 1990s, Ron's discovery of the Lost Dutchman Mine 24 00:02:06,934 --> 00:02:10,767 cemented him as the greatest living treasure hunter. 25 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,400 There's my dad. 26 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:16,567 Dad! 27 00:02:16,734 --> 00:02:17,901 Hey! I made it! 28 00:02:18,067 --> 00:02:19,100 How you been? 29 00:02:19,267 --> 00:02:20,167 Good. It's good to see you. 30 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:21,767 Good to see you. 31 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:24,667 [Josh] My dad taught me everything I know about treasure hunting. 32 00:02:24,834 --> 00:02:27,667 He's the perfect guy to bring in and help me lead this hunt. 33 00:02:27,834 --> 00:02:29,667 -Ron? James Keenan. -Yep, James. 34 00:02:29,834 --> 00:02:32,901 [Josh] We have been looking for treasure for five years, 35 00:02:33,067 --> 00:02:36,100 and now we're about to find it. 36 00:02:36,267 --> 00:02:38,501 Legends of ancient treasures... 37 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:40,667 It could go thousands of years back. 38 00:02:40,834 --> 00:02:42,601 ...and unexplained phenomena... 39 00:02:42,767 --> 00:02:43,801 -[grunting] -Oh [bleep] this. 40 00:02:43,968 --> 00:02:45,200 I'm not messing with that. 41 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,300 ...meet at a 160-acre property in northeast Utah, 42 00:02:49,467 --> 00:02:52,467 known as Blind Frog Ranch. -[croaking] 43 00:02:52,634 --> 00:02:55,367 For decades, teams have searched the land 44 00:02:55,534 --> 00:02:57,868 for long lost Aztec gold. 45 00:02:58,033 --> 00:02:59,300 But the closer they get... 46 00:02:59,467 --> 00:03:00,467 -[James] That's it. -[Eric] Look at that. 47 00:03:00,634 --> 00:03:01,601 -That's gold! -[James] Yeah. 48 00:03:01,767 --> 00:03:03,801 ...the harder the land fights back. 49 00:03:03,968 --> 00:03:06,501 [Josh] Oh! The hell is going on? 50 00:03:06,667 --> 00:03:08,467 Now, a prolific miner... 51 00:03:08,634 --> 00:03:10,200 We're standing on a pile of gold. 52 00:03:10,367 --> 00:03:12,367 ...and a legendary treasure hunter... 53 00:03:12,534 --> 00:03:14,467 There must be another tunnel entrance, something. 54 00:03:14,634 --> 00:03:16,267 ...armed with new evidence... 55 00:03:16,434 --> 00:03:17,767 -[Chili] Look at this. -[Eric] What did you find? 56 00:03:17,934 --> 00:03:19,467 ...and a fabled artifact... 57 00:03:19,634 --> 00:03:21,467 [Ron] There's a date on that, 1912. 58 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:24,567 ...will take on a 500-year-old curse. 59 00:03:24,734 --> 00:03:26,501 Fire in the hole! 60 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:28,901 A land littered with traps... 61 00:03:29,067 --> 00:03:30,400 -Go, go, go! -Whoa, whoa, whoa! 62 00:03:30,567 --> 00:03:33,467 ...to find a $3 billion treasure. 63 00:03:33,634 --> 00:03:35,167 [all] Whoa! 64 00:03:35,334 --> 00:03:38,000 They won't stop until they uncover the mystery 65 00:03:38,167 --> 00:03:40,067 of what lurks below... 66 00:03:40,234 --> 00:03:41,567 [Eric] Guys, it's caving! 67 00:03:41,734 --> 00:03:42,868 Oh [bleep]! Run! 68 00:03:43,901 --> 00:03:46,000 ...at Blind Frog Ranch. 69 00:03:52,467 --> 00:03:53,601 -[Josh] All right, Dad. -[Ron] Yeah. 70 00:03:53,767 --> 00:03:55,701 [Josh] Let's take you for a tour. 71 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,868 I wanna show you around the whole ranch here. 72 00:03:58,868 --> 00:03:59,868 I'm telling ya, there's just -- 73 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,567 there's more there than you'd think. 74 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:04,300 Getting inside the Keyhole Chamber 75 00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:07,100 has been the main focus for us the past few years. 76 00:04:08,167 --> 00:04:10,400 We believe there's a keyhole-shaped chamber 77 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:14,801 300 feet below Blind Frog Ranch. 78 00:04:14,968 --> 00:04:17,300 And inside is where the Aztecs hid 79 00:04:17,467 --> 00:04:20,367 over a billion dollars worth of treasure. 80 00:04:20,534 --> 00:04:22,868 This treasure is my white whale. 81 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:25,000 It would be a life-changing discovery. 82 00:04:26,501 --> 00:04:29,467 Maybe I'll have enough input by the time I 83 00:04:29,634 --> 00:04:31,100 get some of this stuff under my belt. 84 00:04:31,267 --> 00:04:32,467 Well, that's why I brought you in. 85 00:04:32,634 --> 00:04:33,801 -[Ron] Right. -I figure there's -- 86 00:04:33,968 --> 00:04:35,901 uh, you know, in my world, there's nobody better. 87 00:04:38,167 --> 00:04:41,100 [Ron] Treasure hunting is something we used to do as a family. 88 00:04:41,267 --> 00:04:44,367 Working with my son on one of these treasure hunts, 89 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:46,267 that was the plus. 90 00:04:46,434 --> 00:04:48,067 Even when Josh was a baby, 91 00:04:48,234 --> 00:04:50,200 when we used to go traipsing off in the High Sierras, 92 00:04:50,367 --> 00:04:53,100 looking for gold, I carried him as an infant 93 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,767 in a knapsack on my chest. 94 00:04:55,934 --> 00:04:59,167 This would be the biggest discovery of my career. 95 00:04:59,334 --> 00:05:03,300 If I can help my son find one of the richest lost treasures 96 00:05:03,467 --> 00:05:06,100 in history, what more can a dad ask for? 97 00:05:06,267 --> 00:05:08,767 And what I can lean on is my 60 years 98 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:10,767 of treasure-hunting experience. 99 00:05:12,167 --> 00:05:15,467 My method is researching stories first. 100 00:05:15,634 --> 00:05:17,567 I like following other people's footsteps 101 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:20,601 that have gone before me, looking for these lost places. 102 00:05:22,367 --> 00:05:23,701 [Josh] This is the Keyhole Chamber, Dad. 103 00:05:23,868 --> 00:05:24,801 [Ron] OK. 104 00:05:24,968 --> 00:05:27,067 Duane has believed in this site, 105 00:05:27,234 --> 00:05:28,801 I think, ever since he's had the ranch. 106 00:05:28,968 --> 00:05:31,000 They did some sort of quantum mapping. 107 00:05:31,167 --> 00:05:34,300 The results were that there was a big chamber right here, 108 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:35,634 right where Duane thought there was. 109 00:05:36,868 --> 00:05:39,200 They've drilled this. They can't quite get through. 110 00:05:39,367 --> 00:05:40,767 They keep having problems with drilling -- 111 00:05:40,934 --> 00:05:42,801 all kinds of different issues. 112 00:05:42,968 --> 00:05:45,067 [loud clang] 113 00:05:45,234 --> 00:05:47,200 [James] It just hit something hard. 114 00:05:47,367 --> 00:05:48,868 [Charlie] Looked like a chunk of metal. 115 00:05:50,167 --> 00:05:52,367 There's a -- a fault that we've been following 116 00:05:52,534 --> 00:05:54,467 that runs right through there that Eric identified. 117 00:05:54,634 --> 00:05:56,067 -Right. -And that's where you have 118 00:05:56,234 --> 00:05:58,467 these cave openings. 119 00:05:58,634 --> 00:06:01,901 Just over those hills there, near the open-pit mine, 120 00:06:02,067 --> 00:06:04,801 I found an entrance I thought could lead all the way back 121 00:06:04,968 --> 00:06:06,200 to the Keyhole Chamber. 122 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:11,667 The cave Josh discovered descended 250 feet underground, 123 00:06:11,834 --> 00:06:15,300 but was filled with collapses and dead ends. 124 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:17,868 And before exiting the cave, 125 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:20,067 he found mysterious symbols 126 00:06:20,234 --> 00:06:21,701 etched on the walls. 127 00:06:21,868 --> 00:06:23,467 Look at this. 128 00:06:23,634 --> 00:06:24,667 [panting] It looks like a marking. 129 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:28,501 The biggest thing I wanted you to see, Dad, 130 00:06:28,667 --> 00:06:30,167 were those symbols. 131 00:06:30,334 --> 00:06:32,868 -That, obviously, is not an Indian petroglyph. -No. 132 00:06:33,033 --> 00:06:34,567 It doesn't look anything that would be Spanish 133 00:06:34,734 --> 00:06:35,667 or anything like that. 134 00:06:36,801 --> 00:06:38,868 It would have to be the Mormons. 135 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:41,567 They were the ones that were here. 136 00:06:45,167 --> 00:06:47,968 The big question is -- what were they doing in there? 137 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:52,567 Studying the Mormon history, the Mormons are tightly 138 00:06:52,734 --> 00:06:54,868 involved in this story. 139 00:06:55,033 --> 00:07:00,100 In 1845, Mormons migrated westward and settled in Utah. 140 00:07:00,267 --> 00:07:02,567 They developed their own writing system 141 00:07:02,734 --> 00:07:04,801 called the Deseret alphabet. 142 00:07:04,968 --> 00:07:08,300 The symbols Josh discovered near the Keyhole Chamber 143 00:07:08,467 --> 00:07:11,200 appear to be Deseret characters. 144 00:07:11,367 --> 00:07:14,200 Were they actually looking for the Aztec gold? 145 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,601 That's what we need to find out. 146 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,300 The Mormons were known treasure hunters. 147 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,267 So if they found the Mormon symbol 148 00:07:22,434 --> 00:07:24,100 that close to the Keyhole Chamber, 149 00:07:24,267 --> 00:07:27,400 this, to me, can only mean one thing -- 150 00:07:27,567 --> 00:07:30,267 I believe that what they were actually looking for 151 00:07:30,434 --> 00:07:33,000 was Aztec treasure in the Keyhole Chamber. 152 00:07:36,267 --> 00:07:37,868 They were looking for something 153 00:07:38,033 --> 00:07:39,801 that they heard of that was there. 154 00:07:39,968 --> 00:07:41,868 And they would have known about Montezuma's treasure 155 00:07:42,033 --> 00:07:43,400 there's no question of that. -[Ron] Well, 100%. 156 00:07:45,367 --> 00:07:46,667 You know, I'm just coming in here new. 157 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:50,501 I'm excited just getting on this Mormon thing, 158 00:07:50,667 --> 00:07:52,467 because I think this has a lot to do 159 00:07:52,634 --> 00:07:55,667 with everything you guys have been looking for. 160 00:07:55,834 --> 00:07:58,000 [Josh] My dad is on to something here. 161 00:07:58,167 --> 00:07:59,501 Duane followed the Aztec legends, 162 00:07:59,667 --> 00:08:01,100 because that's all he had to go on. 163 00:08:02,567 --> 00:08:05,000 But if the Mormons were looking for the Keyhole Chamber, 164 00:08:05,167 --> 00:08:06,601 they would have kept detailed records. 165 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:09,701 If we're able to track down their documents 166 00:08:09,868 --> 00:08:11,968 and combine that with our skill set, 167 00:08:12,133 --> 00:08:14,567 I think that gives us a great chance of finding the gold. 168 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,667 [Ron] All we gotta do is get our eyes on the ground 169 00:08:17,834 --> 00:08:18,968 and see what we can find, 170 00:08:19,133 --> 00:08:21,667 and that'll help us drive the hunt. 171 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:22,801 -Let's do it. -All right. 172 00:08:22,968 --> 00:08:24,167 Sounds like a plan. 173 00:08:30,567 --> 00:08:31,567 ♪♪ 174 00:08:37,868 --> 00:08:40,200 [Ron] I reached out to a fellow named Greg Lowe. 175 00:08:40,367 --> 00:08:41,767 He is a treasure hunter, 176 00:08:41,934 --> 00:08:44,167 knows more about Mormon treasure than anybody. 177 00:08:44,334 --> 00:08:45,868 He's been out there for over 50 years. 178 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,701 And he's got 70 claims in the Uintas. 179 00:08:49,868 --> 00:08:52,467 And if anyone has Mormon documents 180 00:08:52,634 --> 00:08:55,000 that maybe we could get, it would be him. 181 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:56,968 Yeah. 182 00:08:57,133 --> 00:08:59,000 [Ron] We're heading out to town to meet with Greg. 183 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:02,667 He's been prospecting all over the world since the 1970s. 184 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:06,267 I know he's got a lot of information about the Mormons. 185 00:09:06,434 --> 00:09:09,667 I'm hoping he can help get us into the Keyhole Chamber 186 00:09:09,834 --> 00:09:11,200 under Blind Frog. 187 00:09:11,367 --> 00:09:12,567 But treasure hunters, 188 00:09:12,734 --> 00:09:14,567 they're not forthcoming all the time. 189 00:09:14,734 --> 00:09:17,167 They hold their information tight to their chest. 190 00:09:17,334 --> 00:09:19,367 They're not going to share it normally. 191 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,367 But, you know, we'll just go try. 192 00:09:22,534 --> 00:09:24,868 We'll see what he will talk to us about. 193 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:26,701 Maybe he's done searching for it. 194 00:09:26,868 --> 00:09:28,000 He wants to pass it on. 195 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,467 There's a lot of passing on in treasure hunting. 196 00:09:33,801 --> 00:09:34,868 ♪♪ 197 00:09:37,767 --> 00:09:38,767 This is it. 198 00:09:45,567 --> 00:09:47,868 [Josh] OK, well, hopefully he's got some good stuff for us. 199 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:49,400 [Ron] Well, we'll find out, I guess, huh? 200 00:09:51,367 --> 00:09:53,501 Where are we supposed to meet him, did he say? 201 00:09:53,667 --> 00:09:54,767 -[Ron] I think in there. -Here? 202 00:09:54,934 --> 00:09:56,367 [Ron] Yeah. He's in the garage. 203 00:09:56,534 --> 00:09:57,601 All right. 204 00:09:57,767 --> 00:09:58,701 [Ron] Greg? 205 00:10:03,067 --> 00:10:04,067 Greg? 206 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:06,167 [Greg] Yeah. 207 00:10:11,367 --> 00:10:13,868 -Greg Lowe, I presume. -I think I am. 208 00:10:14,033 --> 00:10:15,100 -Ron. -Ron. 209 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:16,367 -Pleased to meet you. -Nice to meet you, too. 210 00:10:16,534 --> 00:10:17,901 -Yes, thanks for doing this for us. -I bet you we've 211 00:10:18,067 --> 00:10:19,100 actually crossed some paths. 212 00:10:19,267 --> 00:10:21,100 -Might have, might have. -Great. 213 00:10:21,267 --> 00:10:22,367 If you've been down around Arizona, 214 00:10:22,534 --> 00:10:23,400 we probably did. 215 00:10:23,567 --> 00:10:25,367 -I have. -OK, there. 216 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:27,567 I heard you guys own the Mammoth Mine. 217 00:10:27,734 --> 00:10:28,868 -We do, yeah, we do. -[Josh] Yeah. 218 00:10:29,033 --> 00:10:29,968 Excellent. 219 00:10:30,133 --> 00:10:31,667 I actually did some samples from that. 220 00:10:31,834 --> 00:10:33,300 -Oh, did you? OK. -Assay samples, yeah. 221 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:34,300 -Come on in. -OK. 222 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,100 Thank you. 223 00:10:36,267 --> 00:10:38,367 I never met Greg, but I've heard of him 224 00:10:38,534 --> 00:10:41,300 because in treasure hunting circles, it's small. 225 00:10:41,467 --> 00:10:43,968 It's well known he has extensive knowledge 226 00:10:44,133 --> 00:10:46,567 of treasure hunts in the Utah area 227 00:10:46,734 --> 00:10:49,067 and has worked closely with a descendant 228 00:10:49,234 --> 00:10:52,868 of the famous Mormon family, Gale Rhoades. 229 00:10:53,033 --> 00:10:55,467 [Josh] How long have you been searching for gold out here? 230 00:10:55,634 --> 00:10:59,200 I was first introduced to it, uh, in 1972. 231 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:02,767 And then later on, Gale Rhoades called me out of the blue, 232 00:11:02,934 --> 00:11:04,400 and he said, "Greg, I've seen, uh -- 233 00:11:04,567 --> 00:11:06,267 "seen your name on a couple of claims here. 234 00:11:06,434 --> 00:11:07,467 I'd like to talk to you." 235 00:11:07,634 --> 00:11:09,267 We worked together on a number of projects 236 00:11:09,434 --> 00:11:11,067 up until his death. 237 00:11:12,367 --> 00:11:15,100 Gale Rhoades was a direct descendant 238 00:11:15,267 --> 00:11:19,267 of a legendary Mormon gold prospector -- Thomas Rhoades. 239 00:11:19,434 --> 00:11:21,701 For centuries, his descendants hunted 240 00:11:21,868 --> 00:11:24,000 for lost treasure in Utah. 241 00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:29,167 Gale and Greg spent 30 years scouring the family's documents 242 00:11:29,334 --> 00:11:32,267 for clues that lead to gold. 243 00:11:32,434 --> 00:11:36,501 Now Greg has possession of all the family's research. 244 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:40,267 So you have basically all of Gale Rhoades' hunt on paper, 245 00:11:40,434 --> 00:11:42,367 all of his information? -Yes. 246 00:11:48,567 --> 00:11:51,667 So this is all handwritten, 247 00:11:51,834 --> 00:11:54,701 and by Gale Rhoades. -[Ron] Gale Rhoades, yeah. 248 00:11:54,868 --> 00:11:56,367 -1978. -1978. 249 00:11:56,534 --> 00:11:58,667 He updated that throughout his life, 250 00:11:58,834 --> 00:12:02,100 assembling all the family entries and journals. 251 00:12:02,267 --> 00:12:05,167 Now we come over. This is Blind Frog. 252 00:12:06,501 --> 00:12:08,801 -Down in here. -[Josh] This is where Blind Frog is. 253 00:12:08,968 --> 00:12:10,200 Yes. 254 00:12:10,367 --> 00:12:13,767 And these were the old mine tunnels here. 255 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,968 I can let you look at it temporarily here. 256 00:12:17,167 --> 00:12:20,167 [Josh] "This map and description shows another source of gold, 257 00:12:20,334 --> 00:12:21,667 "known to Caleb Rhoades. 258 00:12:21,834 --> 00:12:25,367 Start at the slope and head east until you come to a fault." 259 00:12:28,767 --> 00:12:30,400 [exhales sharply] I mean, if this is legit, 260 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:33,167 then we should be able to find the location of this mine. 261 00:12:33,334 --> 00:12:34,467 It's legit. 262 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,067 [Josh] Greg has a compilation of maps and passages 263 00:12:39,234 --> 00:12:41,267 about the Rhoades family treasure hunts, 264 00:12:41,434 --> 00:12:43,801 including some on Blind Frog Ranch. 265 00:12:43,968 --> 00:12:46,567 If the Mormons were looking for Aztec treasure, 266 00:12:46,734 --> 00:12:49,567 I think it's possible, there could be information in here 267 00:12:49,734 --> 00:12:52,100 that could lead us to the Keyhole Chamber. 268 00:12:52,267 --> 00:12:54,200 So whatever they wrote, we need to read. 269 00:12:54,367 --> 00:12:56,601 It's extremely important. 270 00:12:56,767 --> 00:12:58,567 And Greg knows a lot of things, 271 00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,501 but I'll bet you there's a few things that maybe we know 272 00:13:00,667 --> 00:13:02,267 that he doesn't. 273 00:13:02,434 --> 00:13:04,701 Now, we gotta strike a deal with him 274 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:07,501 and see what he'll let us walk out of here with. 275 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:08,868 Greg, we found something recently 276 00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:10,567 that put us on this trail. 277 00:13:10,734 --> 00:13:12,567 This information here would be vital to us. 278 00:13:12,734 --> 00:13:14,067 It's in this binder. 279 00:13:14,234 --> 00:13:15,868 If we agree to share information together 280 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:18,367 and also share any treasure we may find -- 281 00:13:18,534 --> 00:13:21,267 any way that we can take some of that information with us? 282 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:22,601 I mean, how do we move forward? 283 00:13:24,567 --> 00:13:27,367 Well, this binder is a copy. 284 00:13:27,534 --> 00:13:31,400 I may have something I can, uh, provide you with. 285 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:34,367 There is a handwritten journal -- 286 00:13:35,601 --> 00:13:37,300 and I happen to have it right over here. 287 00:13:42,601 --> 00:13:43,667 Original maps 288 00:13:43,834 --> 00:13:46,968 and all the family entries and journals. 289 00:13:47,133 --> 00:13:48,133 [Josh] Ooh. 290 00:13:49,167 --> 00:13:51,968 It may help you find what you're looking for. 291 00:13:53,501 --> 00:13:55,868 [Josh] According to Greg, this journal contains 292 00:13:56,033 --> 00:13:59,267 original notes and maps written by the Rhoades family 293 00:13:59,434 --> 00:14:01,868 on the hunt for Aztec gold. 294 00:14:02,033 --> 00:14:03,300 We'd rather have the binder 295 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:05,467 that has all of Greg and Gale's research, 296 00:14:05,634 --> 00:14:08,167 but the journal is the second best option. 297 00:14:08,334 --> 00:14:10,767 If this journal is legit, this thing is exactly 298 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:12,467 what we need to push us forward. 299 00:14:12,634 --> 00:14:14,868 I mean, it is the -- it is our key into this. 300 00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:16,968 Thank you for all of this. Appreciate this. 301 00:14:17,133 --> 00:14:18,667 -[Ron] We'll be in touch. -[Greg] Great. 302 00:14:18,834 --> 00:14:20,567 -OK. -Thank you. 303 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:21,968 The fact that these could have possibly come 304 00:14:22,133 --> 00:14:25,667 from the original source... these are very valid. 305 00:14:25,834 --> 00:14:27,300 And this is something that we need to follow. 306 00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:37,067 2 [Ron] Let's get that thing open. 307 00:14:37,234 --> 00:14:39,267 [Josh] Let's see what we got. 308 00:14:39,434 --> 00:14:40,601 Look at this, Dad. 309 00:14:40,767 --> 00:14:43,100 "Gold as far as the eye could see." 310 00:14:44,267 --> 00:14:45,467 [Ron] It sounds like treasure to me. 311 00:14:46,801 --> 00:14:51,167 After acquiring a copy of a Rhoades family journal, 312 00:14:51,334 --> 00:14:56,367 Josh and Ron eagerly decipher its cryptic contents. 313 00:14:56,534 --> 00:14:58,000 [Josh] See, this is different handwriting 314 00:14:58,167 --> 00:14:59,400 than some of this other. -Oh, this -- that -- 315 00:14:59,567 --> 00:15:01,501 this has to have been done by multiple people. 316 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:04,067 The journal contains maps and research 317 00:15:04,234 --> 00:15:05,701 from the Rhoades family, 318 00:15:05,868 --> 00:15:08,000 legendary Mormon treasure hunters 319 00:15:08,167 --> 00:15:09,200 in the Uinta Valley. 320 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:13,067 So, this book has been in the Rhoades family 321 00:15:13,234 --> 00:15:14,467 for generations? -[Ron] Yes. 322 00:15:14,634 --> 00:15:15,667 Well, yeah. 323 00:15:15,834 --> 00:15:17,167 -[Josh] Maybe. -And multiple people 324 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:19,200 in the family have written and logged, 325 00:15:19,367 --> 00:15:21,000 and probably searched for this thing. 326 00:15:21,167 --> 00:15:23,100 You know what -- what's really cool 327 00:15:23,267 --> 00:15:25,567 is it -- this is only, maybe the Rhoades family 328 00:15:25,734 --> 00:15:29,000 and Greg Lowe that have ever seen this. 329 00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:33,701 We're the first removed people from that line 330 00:15:33,868 --> 00:15:35,868 that has probably had our eyes on this journal. 331 00:15:37,167 --> 00:15:39,567 This is interesting. Somebody doodled out a mine. 332 00:15:39,734 --> 00:15:42,968 It says, "The entrance is described as four-foot-tall --" 333 00:15:43,133 --> 00:15:44,067 [Ron] Now, wait a minute. this it -- 334 00:15:44,234 --> 00:15:45,868 There's a date on that -- 1912. 335 00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:48,667 It looks like this is all mining stuff. 336 00:15:48,834 --> 00:15:50,567 Lots of written stuff. 337 00:15:51,868 --> 00:15:55,467 This journal that Greg Lowe gave to us is not an exact map. 338 00:15:55,634 --> 00:15:59,100 It's a compilation, I believe, of Rhoades' relatives 339 00:15:59,267 --> 00:16:01,701 that maybe searched for the Aztec gold. 340 00:16:04,167 --> 00:16:05,367 [Josh] Here's another list... 341 00:16:05,534 --> 00:16:06,901 -Yeah. -[Josh]...of equipment. 342 00:16:06,901 --> 00:16:10,000 -Look at this. This talks about a powder horn. -Mm-hmm, yeah. 343 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:13,667 -A powder horn hasn't been used for 150 years. -I know, right. 344 00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:15,467 We're gonna have to decipher a lot in it. 345 00:16:15,634 --> 00:16:16,901 We're gonna have to study it. 346 00:16:16,901 --> 00:16:20,267 But it's -- it's an artifact that could absolutely help us 347 00:16:20,434 --> 00:16:21,667 locate what we're looking for. 348 00:16:22,701 --> 00:16:23,868 [Josh] They have all these little notes 349 00:16:24,033 --> 00:16:25,367 that are, like, in here. 350 00:16:25,534 --> 00:16:27,367 -See, people were working out of this. -Yeah, right. 351 00:16:27,534 --> 00:16:28,968 -This was a working journal. -Right, right. 352 00:16:31,868 --> 00:16:33,367 Look at here. 353 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:34,567 Whiterocks Creek. 354 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:40,868 Wait a sec. I know Whiterocks. 355 00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:44,167 There's a Whiterocks Canyon not too far from Blind Frog. 356 00:16:44,334 --> 00:16:46,868 -It's down the Uintas, a bit further from us. -Right, right, right. 357 00:16:47,033 --> 00:16:50,467 [Josh] This note here says -- directions. 358 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,200 So it's saying -- it's saying that these are directions. 359 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:53,834 -This note is saying... -Yeah, that's what I'm reading here. 360 00:16:53,834 --> 00:16:55,367 ...that these are -- these are directions -That's what I'm reading. 361 00:16:55,534 --> 00:16:57,467 That's what we should be reading right there. Go ahead, keep going. 362 00:16:58,801 --> 00:17:03,200 "Take the first branch right canyon, and climb to the top 363 00:17:03,367 --> 00:17:04,901 of a flat mountain." 364 00:17:05,067 --> 00:17:08,501 It says, "Travel in a straight line across the canyon." 365 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:13,000 What does this say? Can you make that out? 366 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:18,200 [Ron] "Travel in a straight line through the canyon, 367 00:17:18,367 --> 00:17:20,200 "using tree markings to guide, 368 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,467 then at the end of it, the shaft." 369 00:17:24,634 --> 00:17:25,767 "The shaft"? 370 00:17:27,267 --> 00:17:29,100 Do you think shaft could mean an entrance 371 00:17:29,267 --> 00:17:30,801 to the Keyhole Chamber? 372 00:17:30,968 --> 00:17:32,667 You know -- I don't know. 373 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,701 [Josh] A shaft could be a cave, a tunnel, 374 00:17:35,868 --> 00:17:37,367 even a hole in the ground. 375 00:17:37,534 --> 00:17:39,868 And this passage sounds like it's referencing an area 376 00:17:40,033 --> 00:17:41,267 near Blind Frog. 377 00:17:41,434 --> 00:17:43,801 I think that could mean that this shaft is an entrance 378 00:17:43,968 --> 00:17:45,701 to the Keyhole Chamber. 379 00:17:45,868 --> 00:17:47,167 People have been hunting these things. 380 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:49,467 They've written down what they've done, 381 00:17:49,634 --> 00:17:52,067 but they didn't know Blind Frog like we do. 382 00:17:52,234 --> 00:17:53,868 So, we can take information in this journal, 383 00:17:54,033 --> 00:17:56,234 places they never could. 384 00:17:58,701 --> 00:18:01,200 Listen, there's so much in here to digest. 385 00:18:01,367 --> 00:18:03,400 I think when we get back, we'll get a topo 386 00:18:03,567 --> 00:18:05,567 and sit down with James and -- and Eric. 387 00:18:05,734 --> 00:18:07,300 I think we need to go to Whiterocks 388 00:18:07,467 --> 00:18:10,601 and follow those instructions, and see where it leads us. 389 00:18:10,767 --> 00:18:12,100 [Josh] All right. 390 00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:21,901 Gentlemen, 391 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,868 we got some big news for you. -[Eric grunts] 392 00:18:25,033 --> 00:18:26,400 [Josh] This journal right here, 393 00:18:26,567 --> 00:18:28,100 the journal that Greg gave us. -[Eric] OK. 394 00:18:28,267 --> 00:18:31,267 There is information in there from the Rhoades family. 395 00:18:31,434 --> 00:18:33,100 So we're talking firsthand account. 396 00:18:33,267 --> 00:18:35,067 -[James] Really? -[Josh] Yeah, their writings. 397 00:18:35,234 --> 00:18:36,534 And what do you think? 398 00:18:36,534 --> 00:18:39,767 There is information in here that I have not heard of before. 399 00:18:40,801 --> 00:18:43,167 Have any of the sites that we know about, 400 00:18:43,334 --> 00:18:44,601 show up in there? 401 00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:47,801 There's stuff in here that's familiar to me, 402 00:18:47,968 --> 00:18:49,567 that's right here on Blind Frog Ranch. 403 00:18:51,367 --> 00:18:52,567 Let me get the topo map. Let's -- 404 00:18:52,734 --> 00:18:54,267 [Josh] Yeah, yeah. 405 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:56,200 [Ron] This passage that refers to Whiterocks 406 00:18:56,367 --> 00:18:59,567 seems like it put you right here on Blind Frog Ranch. 407 00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:03,567 The passage says, marked trees lead us to the shaft. 408 00:19:03,734 --> 00:19:06,767 We think that could mean some kind of an entrance. 409 00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:09,067 And if we're right, I think this could be leading us 410 00:19:09,234 --> 00:19:11,601 to the chamber that we've been calling the Keyhole Chamber. 411 00:19:14,067 --> 00:19:15,300 [Josh] Up Whiterocks Creek. 412 00:19:16,567 --> 00:19:18,767 OK, so where's the mouth of Whiterocks Creek? 413 00:19:18,934 --> 00:19:20,000 It's gonna be to the west 414 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,067 of Blind Frog, right? -[James] West, correct. 415 00:19:21,234 --> 00:19:22,467 It's the next canyon over, isn't it? 416 00:19:22,634 --> 00:19:23,767 -[James] Yes. -There's mountain -- 417 00:19:23,767 --> 00:19:25,067 [James] Yeah, so it's gonna be below Chalk Cliffs. 418 00:19:25,234 --> 00:19:26,167 It'll be down here. 419 00:19:26,334 --> 00:19:28,868 -It's Whiterocks Canyon. -[James] Right. 420 00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:33,567 [Josh] And then it says, "Take the first right canyon 421 00:19:33,734 --> 00:19:36,868 and climb to the top of a flat mountain." 422 00:19:37,033 --> 00:19:39,868 It seems that that could be here somewhere. 423 00:19:40,033 --> 00:19:43,901 "Travel in a straight line across the canyon. 424 00:19:44,067 --> 00:19:45,968 using the tree markings to guide." 425 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:48,367 That passage says tree markings will lead us 426 00:19:48,534 --> 00:19:49,868 to some kind of a shaft, 427 00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:52,968 but it's hard to tell which direction a flat mountain is 428 00:19:53,133 --> 00:19:54,467 from this map. 429 00:19:54,634 --> 00:19:57,267 I think if we get up to this peak right here, 430 00:19:57,434 --> 00:20:00,067 we'll be able to figure out which direction we have to go. 431 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:04,000 That passage right there takes us 432 00:20:04,167 --> 00:20:07,167 to just above Blind Frog Ranch. 433 00:20:07,334 --> 00:20:09,767 We need to get boots on the ground. 434 00:20:09,934 --> 00:20:12,400 If there's a possible entrance that's right there, 435 00:20:12,567 --> 00:20:13,501 we need to uncover it. 436 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:16,667 This journal gives us a starting point, 437 00:20:16,834 --> 00:20:20,167 but from there, we'll have to figure out where to go next. 438 00:20:20,334 --> 00:20:22,667 We're looking for a bank of marked trees. 439 00:20:22,834 --> 00:20:25,000 I don't know what it's leading us to, 440 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:28,300 but I'm hoping it's an entrance to the Keyhole Chamber. 441 00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:29,267 -[Josh] OK. -[James] Let's get to it. 442 00:20:29,434 --> 00:20:30,367 -Let's do it. -All right. 443 00:20:36,667 --> 00:20:38,601 ♪♪ 444 00:20:41,067 --> 00:20:43,367 [Josh] I wanna get an overview of the whole area, 445 00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:47,200 so we'll be able to see all the canyons, 446 00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:48,901 the mountaintops, everything. 447 00:20:50,467 --> 00:20:54,000 To locate the entrance scribed in the Rhoades' journal, 448 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:58,501 the team travels four miles north into the Uinta Mountains. 449 00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:01,367 Sitting 10,000 feet in elevation, 450 00:21:01,534 --> 00:21:03,901 the mountain range provides a clear view 451 00:21:04,067 --> 00:21:05,801 of Whiterocks Canyon, 452 00:21:05,968 --> 00:21:08,167 a location described as a starting point 453 00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:12,267 in the passage that could lead to the Keyhole Chamber. 454 00:21:12,434 --> 00:21:14,200 Well, we're getting up in elevation here. 455 00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:15,501 [James] Yeah, we are. 456 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:17,100 I just -- my ears are popping. 457 00:21:17,267 --> 00:21:18,267 -[Eric] I can feel it. -[Josh] Yeah. 458 00:21:19,467 --> 00:21:21,167 Deciphering anything is hard. 459 00:21:21,334 --> 00:21:23,901 You don't know what the author of that meant. 460 00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:25,801 It may have been obvious to them, 461 00:21:25,968 --> 00:21:28,367 but it's probably not gonna be obvious to us. 462 00:21:28,534 --> 00:21:30,801 These passages mention canyons, slopes, 463 00:21:30,968 --> 00:21:34,000 and flat ground, so getting up high in elevation 464 00:21:34,167 --> 00:21:37,033 will give us a great vantage point of the entire area. 465 00:21:39,501 --> 00:21:40,701 I think we're here. 466 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,868 Wow! Look at that view. 467 00:21:45,033 --> 00:21:46,000 Sumbitch. 468 00:21:53,767 --> 00:21:55,367 Whoo! You get a little vertigo. 469 00:21:57,567 --> 00:22:00,367 So this is Whiterocks Canyon all through here. 470 00:22:00,534 --> 00:22:02,167 [Eric] OK. 471 00:22:02,334 --> 00:22:05,367 Whiterocks Canyon is a remote landscape 472 00:22:05,534 --> 00:22:08,467 stretching across more than 9,000 acres 473 00:22:08,634 --> 00:22:10,467 of unforgiving terrain. 474 00:22:10,634 --> 00:22:14,100 For thousands of years, Whiterocks' harsh expanse 475 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:17,667 was occupied by the Fremont and Ute peoples, 476 00:22:17,834 --> 00:22:20,300 and later used by Mormon pioneers 477 00:22:20,467 --> 00:22:22,367 as a natural refuge. 478 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:27,100 [Josh] The journal entry says, 479 00:22:27,267 --> 00:22:29,767 "you will need to go up the first branch of Whiterocks -- 480 00:22:30,868 --> 00:22:34,267 "and take the first right canyon and climb to the top 481 00:22:34,434 --> 00:22:35,667 of a flat mountain." 482 00:22:35,834 --> 00:22:38,100 This is Whiterocks here. 483 00:22:38,267 --> 00:22:39,767 So that's right down there. 484 00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:43,868 -[James] OK, so it's right over here. -Yes. 485 00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:47,200 If we stay to the right and follow along that canyon, 486 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,601 we're supposed to see a flat area. 487 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,501 And if you look out here, see that? 488 00:22:56,968 --> 00:22:58,601 And that's a flat area right there, and there's a big grove 489 00:22:58,767 --> 00:23:00,367 of trees in there, too. 490 00:23:00,534 --> 00:23:02,901 And then that's where they're supposed to be 491 00:23:03,067 --> 00:23:06,000 the markings in the trees is in that stand. 492 00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:08,767 From their vantage point, the team believes 493 00:23:08,934 --> 00:23:11,000 the journal passage points east 494 00:23:11,167 --> 00:23:13,567 from the first branch of Whiterocks Canyon 495 00:23:13,734 --> 00:23:15,467 toward a flat stretch of land 496 00:23:15,634 --> 00:23:19,067 just a mile and a half north of Blind Frog. 497 00:23:20,167 --> 00:23:21,300 And that's where there's supposed to be 498 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,400 all these markings that you can follow 499 00:23:23,567 --> 00:23:25,300 in a straight line. 500 00:23:25,467 --> 00:23:29,067 [James] Then Blind Frog would just be southeast of that, right? 501 00:23:29,234 --> 00:23:30,801 -[Eric] Yes. -[Josh] Yeah, down here. 502 00:23:30,968 --> 00:23:33,367 [James] So let's head that way right now. 503 00:23:33,534 --> 00:23:35,400 [Josh] Yeah. 504 00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:37,801 I mean, I think that we need to go search that whole site 505 00:23:37,968 --> 00:23:39,167 right there. 506 00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:41,167 -[James] Let's do it. -[Eric] All right, let's do it. 507 00:23:41,334 --> 00:23:43,167 [Josh] When you're following history like we are, 508 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:45,701 each one of these discoveries puts us closer 509 00:23:45,868 --> 00:23:46,834 to finding the gold. 510 00:23:49,267 --> 00:23:51,000 We can see a grove of trees south of us, 511 00:23:51,167 --> 00:23:52,100 so we're headed that way to see 512 00:23:52,267 --> 00:23:54,267 if any of them have any markings. 513 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:57,868 Every marker we find out here could put us one step closer 514 00:23:58,033 --> 00:23:59,667 to finding the Keyhole Chamber. 515 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,834 2 [Josh] If you look out here, see that? 516 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,267 -[Eric] Yeah. -[Josh] That canyon does come up, 517 00:24:09,434 --> 00:24:10,534 and that's a flat area right there, 518 00:24:10,534 --> 00:24:12,167 and there's a big grove of trees in there, too. 519 00:24:12,334 --> 00:24:13,467 And that's where there's supposed to be 520 00:24:13,634 --> 00:24:14,868 all these marked trees 521 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:18,567 you could follow in a straight line. 522 00:24:18,734 --> 00:24:22,100 After decoding an entry in the Rhoades family journal, 523 00:24:22,267 --> 00:24:24,968 the team has identified a grove of trees 524 00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:28,367 that could contain markings that lead to an entrance 525 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:30,868 to the Keyhole Chamber. 526 00:24:31,033 --> 00:24:32,100 OK, so then we're headed 527 00:24:33,501 --> 00:24:35,300 this way, right here? -Yeah. 528 00:24:35,467 --> 00:24:36,567 All right, let's do it. 529 00:24:42,734 --> 00:24:44,300 ♪♪ 530 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,667 [James] We just gotta stay away from these younger, 531 00:24:54,834 --> 00:24:56,400 thinner aspen. 532 00:24:56,567 --> 00:24:59,033 Gotta be these older coniferous trees. 533 00:25:04,367 --> 00:25:05,400 ♪♪ 534 00:25:09,267 --> 00:25:10,567 [Josh] I see lots of marks on trees, 535 00:25:10,734 --> 00:25:12,467 but there -- those are all definitely natural. 536 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:18,601 What's that right there, straight ahead? 537 00:25:21,067 --> 00:25:22,868 We got a marked tree over here, James. 538 00:25:24,834 --> 00:25:26,033 Look at this. 539 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,467 -[Eric] Ahh! -[Josh] Look how that's cut. 540 00:25:27,634 --> 00:25:29,033 That's not -- that's not natural. 541 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,167 And that's a definite direction it's pointing. 542 00:25:31,334 --> 00:25:33,267 And this is an old tree, too. Look at the size of it. 543 00:25:34,601 --> 00:25:35,601 [Josh] This marking looks just like 544 00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:36,868 the one described in the journal. 545 00:25:37,934 --> 00:25:39,968 This is a directional arrow marking. 546 00:25:40,133 --> 00:25:41,834 If I can figure out what that is 547 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,667 and what this artist was actually trying to tell us, 548 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:48,200 we can maybe get to exactly where we wanna go. 549 00:25:48,367 --> 00:25:51,934 Tree markings have been used as a form of communication 550 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:53,367 for centuries. 551 00:25:53,534 --> 00:25:56,667 Native tribes carved them to mark boundaries, 552 00:25:56,834 --> 00:25:59,367 but early explorers and treasure hunters 553 00:25:59,534 --> 00:26:04,868 often used them to relay information and directions. 554 00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:07,601 [Josh] The journal entry says, "Stand of trees 555 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,167 with markings on them, 556 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:12,067 follow the ones that are in a straight line." 557 00:26:12,234 --> 00:26:13,400 We'll head this way. So we'll head this -- 558 00:26:13,567 --> 00:26:14,400 whatever this bearing is... -[Eric] Right. 559 00:26:14,567 --> 00:26:15,467 ...we'll stay on that bearing 560 00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:16,934 and see if we find any other markers. 561 00:26:18,267 --> 00:26:19,167 So we're thinking right in -- 562 00:26:19,334 --> 00:26:21,000 right in this direction here. -Yeah. 563 00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:24,167 [Eric] I'm gonna stand on the opposite side of the tree 564 00:26:24,334 --> 00:26:26,868 and get an exact bearing. 565 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:29,501 Seem about right, Josh, where I'm pointed? 566 00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:31,067 -Yeah, yeah. -Directly opposite? 567 00:26:31,234 --> 00:26:34,367 Yeah, you're directly opposite of the arrow on the tree. 568 00:26:35,367 --> 00:26:39,934 [Eric] This is pointing 130 degrees bearing Southeast. 569 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,834 -[Josh] OK. -[Eric] So this way, I'll keep the compass out. 570 00:26:50,267 --> 00:26:51,968 [Josh panting] 571 00:26:52,968 --> 00:26:53,968 [blows sharply] 572 00:27:00,367 --> 00:27:01,901 [James] There's a little something here. 573 00:27:04,367 --> 00:27:05,868 [Josh] That's like a perfect arrowhead. 574 00:27:06,033 --> 00:27:08,767 And that's old. That tree's grown in on itself. 575 00:27:08,934 --> 00:27:10,601 Pointing in this direction? 576 00:27:10,767 --> 00:27:11,834 [James] Take a bearing, Eric. 577 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,734 What's that bearing? 578 00:27:14,901 --> 00:27:15,834 [Eric chuckles] 579 00:27:16,834 --> 00:27:17,968 130. 580 00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:20,601 -It's 130? -It's 130, man. 581 00:27:20,767 --> 00:27:22,934 So this is pointing towards Blind Frog Ranch. 582 00:27:24,767 --> 00:27:25,767 [Eric] Let's go. 583 00:27:27,267 --> 00:27:29,567 -[James] Straight down? -[Eric] Straight down. 584 00:27:29,734 --> 00:27:31,968 [Josh] Somebody put a lot of effort to create these. 585 00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:34,100 Now, on its own, it doesn't mean much. 586 00:27:34,267 --> 00:27:35,501 But when we put that together 587 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,000 in conjunction with everything else 588 00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:39,167 that we found on this trail, 589 00:27:39,334 --> 00:27:42,501 in a straight line, headed towards the ranch. 590 00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:44,267 Where the Keyhole Chamber is. 591 00:27:44,434 --> 00:27:46,601 This means something. 592 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:47,934 [James] Check this out up here. 593 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,567 [Josh] You got something? 594 00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:50,601 Oh, look at that. 595 00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:52,000 [James] I mean, that's deep carve. 596 00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:53,667 [Josh] And that's pretty complex, 597 00:27:53,834 --> 00:27:54,934 like, petals. 598 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,934 Those two arrows 599 00:27:58,100 --> 00:27:59,367 brought us right to this. 600 00:27:59,534 --> 00:28:01,100 -[Eric] Yeah. -Well, let's stick to that 130. 601 00:28:01,267 --> 00:28:02,367 [Eric] Let's go. 602 00:28:03,734 --> 00:28:05,467 [Josh] When I go out there and I can prove this, 603 00:28:05,634 --> 00:28:07,267 and then that next thing proves the next thing, 604 00:28:07,434 --> 00:28:09,000 and that next thing proves the next thing, 605 00:28:09,167 --> 00:28:11,767 that's how you get to the end of the trail. 606 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:14,267 That's how you're successful in treasure hunting. 607 00:28:16,734 --> 00:28:18,367 [Eric] I think it opens up more over there. 608 00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:27,601 [James] What is that over there? 609 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:31,167 [Josh] Oh, yeah, I see that, James. 610 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,567 [Eric] A primitive shelter or something? 611 00:28:32,734 --> 00:28:33,934 [James] Yeah, but it's dark from here. 612 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,667 That's a lot of dark black. 613 00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:38,934 [Josh] Yeah, look at this. 614 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,868 That black goes right here from the bottom 615 00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,567 all the way up this way. -[James] Oh, yeah. 616 00:28:42,734 --> 00:28:44,000 Right up the side of the cliff line. 617 00:28:44,167 --> 00:28:45,367 [Eric] Yeah. 618 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:49,467 It doesn't look natural, I mean, as far as mineral goes. 619 00:28:49,634 --> 00:28:51,267 No, that's not like manganese or anything. 620 00:28:51,434 --> 00:28:52,767 No, no, it's too black for that. 621 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:55,868 [Josh] Well, look down here. 622 00:28:57,868 --> 00:28:59,567 -Charcoal. -[Eric] It's charcoal. 623 00:28:59,734 --> 00:29:00,868 -[Josh] It's charcoal, yeah. -[Eric] Yeah. 624 00:29:02,033 --> 00:29:03,601 [Josh] Yeah, look, this is all charred up here. 625 00:29:03,767 --> 00:29:05,734 This is all burnt. That was white-hot. 626 00:29:07,567 --> 00:29:09,167 I think that's a piece of clay. 627 00:29:09,334 --> 00:29:10,767 -You see that? -[Eric] Let me see that. 628 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:14,400 [Josh] Here's some more of it right here. 629 00:29:14,567 --> 00:29:16,267 Give it the clay test. 630 00:29:16,434 --> 00:29:17,767 [spits] 631 00:29:17,934 --> 00:29:19,400 -Yeah, it smears. -Yeah? 632 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:20,567 It's clay, yep. 633 00:29:23,067 --> 00:29:24,300 So what are you thinking? 634 00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:27,501 [Josh] All this charcoal, all the charcoal on the ground, 635 00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:29,667 this was a white-hot fire, we're finding -- 636 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:31,934 we're finding pieces of clay. 637 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:33,667 I think somebody built the furnace back here. 638 00:29:35,467 --> 00:29:36,934 That's what all this is from. 639 00:29:38,467 --> 00:29:40,834 Clay furnaces, or smelters, 640 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,167 have been used to refine ore for centuries. 641 00:29:44,334 --> 00:29:46,734 Clay structures can withstand temperatures 642 00:29:46,901 --> 00:29:49,567 above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 643 00:29:49,734 --> 00:29:52,868 making them ideal for melting metals. 644 00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:57,067 Smelters are typically the last step in ore processing 645 00:29:57,234 --> 00:30:00,968 and the farthest from the entrance to the mine. 646 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,367 [Josh] Guys, we're looking for an entrance 647 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,868 to the Keyhole Chamber, somewhere near here. 648 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:09,200 If they're building a furnace, they had to be smelting ore. 649 00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:11,167 Which means there's a mine close by. 650 00:30:11,334 --> 00:30:13,367 We need to look around this entire area because 651 00:30:13,534 --> 00:30:16,267 what if that mine is our entrance? 652 00:30:17,601 --> 00:30:20,067 The journal says, we're looking for a shaft. 653 00:30:20,234 --> 00:30:23,300 I didn't know exactly what that meant until now. 654 00:30:23,467 --> 00:30:26,100 I mean, the journal got us here. 655 00:30:26,267 --> 00:30:30,100 We -- we followed that thing and it brought us right here. 656 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,767 And now we found evidence of mining. 657 00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:38,067 I think that means what we're looking for is a mine entrance 658 00:30:38,234 --> 00:30:39,934 into the Keyhole Chamber. 659 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,734 The Keyhole Chamber could be just at our reach. 660 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:51,934 2 [Josh] I think somebody built a furnace back here. 661 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:53,367 If they're building a furnace, 662 00:30:53,534 --> 00:30:55,167 they might have been smelting ore. 663 00:30:56,234 --> 00:30:58,167 The team is following a journal entry 664 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,167 across the Uinta Valley. 665 00:31:00,334 --> 00:31:03,067 After finding a smelter, they now believe 666 00:31:03,234 --> 00:31:05,767 they're searching for a mine entrance that will lead 667 00:31:05,934 --> 00:31:08,367 to the Keyhole Chamber. 668 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:11,467 The mine we're looking for should be somewhere near here. 669 00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:15,667 Finding this furnace means that we're on the right track. 670 00:31:15,834 --> 00:31:18,267 It means that the information in the journal 671 00:31:18,434 --> 00:31:20,467 is proving itself out. 672 00:31:20,634 --> 00:31:22,567 At this point, we've gone as far 673 00:31:22,734 --> 00:31:24,734 as the journal passage can take us. 674 00:31:24,901 --> 00:31:27,868 If what we're looking for is actually a mine entrance, 675 00:31:28,033 --> 00:31:31,467 we can find useful clues by looking around the area. 676 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:33,634 -Let's have a look, guys. -[James] Yeah. 677 00:31:33,801 --> 00:31:34,968 [whispering] Yeah. 678 00:31:34,968 --> 00:31:38,267 [James] Get out here and start canvassing this area. 679 00:31:38,434 --> 00:31:39,467 I'll go up higher. 680 00:31:42,868 --> 00:31:43,901 ♪♪ 681 00:31:46,033 --> 00:31:48,734 James, be looking for quartz, any kind of ore. 682 00:31:48,901 --> 00:31:50,133 -OK. -[Eric] Yeah. 683 00:31:50,133 --> 00:31:51,834 [Josh] They would have mined it and then brought it over 684 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,634 to this area where it's more protected. 685 00:31:54,801 --> 00:31:56,667 to then actually process it. 686 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,734 [Eric grunts] 687 00:32:06,567 --> 00:32:09,000 [Josh] We're searching an area where they processed ore, 688 00:32:09,167 --> 00:32:10,868 and we're looking for mineralization, 689 00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:12,267 depressions in the ground, 690 00:32:12,434 --> 00:32:14,367 where there might be an entrance. 691 00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:15,834 At the same time, we're looking 692 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,267 for any evidence of mining, rotted timbers, old tools, 693 00:32:19,434 --> 00:32:21,133 any proof that people were here and working. 694 00:32:26,868 --> 00:32:27,868 ♪♪ 695 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:37,767 [Eric] Hey, guys! 696 00:32:37,934 --> 00:32:40,100 Look at this. I got something. 697 00:32:42,567 --> 00:32:44,567 It doesn't look natural. It doesn't look like the, uh -- 698 00:32:44,734 --> 00:32:46,734 -That ain't natural, no. -It's not like an iron nodule 699 00:32:46,901 --> 00:32:49,267 we've seen around here. 700 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:52,100 [Josh] I mean, this is a rusted-out piece of iron, is what it is. 701 00:32:52,267 --> 00:32:53,934 -It was sitting here? -Sitting right here. 702 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:55,767 -[Josh] Underneath that limb? -[Eric] Yep. 703 00:32:55,934 --> 00:32:57,667 If it was washed down, that's a good place 704 00:32:57,834 --> 00:32:59,133 it would catch. 705 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:00,934 [Eric] Where could it have washed down from? 706 00:33:03,267 --> 00:33:05,000 When we're looking at arid climates, 707 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:06,868 there's a term called "the wash." 708 00:33:07,033 --> 00:33:09,834 It's almost like a -- a dry stream bed, basically. 709 00:33:11,033 --> 00:33:13,267 The idea is during heavy rains, 710 00:33:13,434 --> 00:33:16,067 water would wash heavier materials down, 711 00:33:16,234 --> 00:33:17,868 and they might be trapped by roots 712 00:33:18,033 --> 00:33:19,667 or behind rocks or things like that. 713 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:22,167 So those are the areas we'd like to focus on. 714 00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:25,267 [Josh] These trees are covering stuff. 715 00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:33,467 [Eric] What's this -- this rock here? 716 00:33:35,267 --> 00:33:37,367 It looks a lot different from the surrounding bedrock. 717 00:33:37,534 --> 00:33:38,934 [Josh] Yeah, it does. 718 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,334 [grunting] It's got a big old flat bottom on it, doesn't it? 719 00:33:41,501 --> 00:33:43,267 -[Eric whispering] Yeah. -[Josh grunting] This sucker's heavy. 720 00:33:43,434 --> 00:33:44,534 -That's -- -[Eric] And this is hard. 721 00:33:44,701 --> 00:33:46,634 -[hammering] -[Eric] This is a lot harder 722 00:33:46,801 --> 00:33:48,467 than the surrounding sandstone. 723 00:33:48,634 --> 00:33:49,767 [Josh] This has been brought in here. 724 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,033 It's not from these cliffs, is it? 725 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,167 Look at this. 726 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,567 [James] Is that a hole? 727 00:33:57,734 --> 00:33:58,868 [Josh] I don't think that's a natural hole. 728 00:33:58,868 --> 00:34:01,133 [Eric] That's not -- that's definitely not natural. 729 00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:02,334 Why would they have put a hole there? 730 00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:06,234 [Josh] Well, if you're processing ore... 731 00:34:07,334 --> 00:34:09,667 You know, this could be a dragstone. 732 00:34:09,834 --> 00:34:13,200 -[James] What's a dragstone? -For milling ore. 733 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,100 If that's the case, then there has to be an arrastra somewhere 734 00:34:18,267 --> 00:34:20,868 around here, and an arrastra was a way to crush ore. 735 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:27,467 An arrastra is a rudimentary mill often used by gold miners 736 00:34:27,634 --> 00:34:30,367 in the 1800s to crush their ore. 737 00:34:30,534 --> 00:34:33,667 It consisted of a large circular stone base 738 00:34:33,834 --> 00:34:37,234 with a dragstone tied to a long wooden pole. 739 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,667 The pole arm was then attached to a mule. 740 00:34:40,834 --> 00:34:43,334 As the mule walked around the arrastra, 741 00:34:43,501 --> 00:34:45,868 the dragstone would crush the ore, 742 00:34:46,033 --> 00:34:47,567 readying it for smelting. 743 00:34:48,767 --> 00:34:52,567 The presence of an arrastra could indicate a mine entrance 744 00:34:52,734 --> 00:34:54,334 is nearby. 745 00:34:54,501 --> 00:34:55,767 There's got to be more to this. 746 00:34:55,934 --> 00:34:56,868 There's -- like the rest of this arrastra 747 00:34:57,033 --> 00:34:58,100 has to be near here. 748 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:01,067 Then we're talking about somewhat flat surface. 749 00:35:01,234 --> 00:35:03,067 And rocks that don't look like they're from here, 750 00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:04,367 because this isn't the type of stone, 751 00:35:04,534 --> 00:35:05,667 it's not hard enough... -[Eric] Yeah. 752 00:35:05,834 --> 00:35:07,000 ...to use for an arrastra. 753 00:35:09,133 --> 00:35:12,534 [panting] 754 00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:18,067 Guys, there's something flat. 755 00:35:18,234 --> 00:35:19,868 I'm standing on something flat right here. 756 00:35:22,234 --> 00:35:23,667 -Yes, there is. -[Josh] Oh, yeah. 757 00:35:23,834 --> 00:35:24,667 [Eric] Look at this. 758 00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:25,868 [Josh] Oh, that's perfectly flat. 759 00:35:26,033 --> 00:35:27,567 That's been ground down. 760 00:35:27,734 --> 00:35:29,167 [Eric] Look at that. 761 00:35:29,334 --> 00:35:30,267 -[Josh] Yeah. -[Eric] This is -- 762 00:35:30,434 --> 00:35:31,434 this is the base of the arrastra? 763 00:35:31,601 --> 00:35:33,000 [Josh] Yeah. 764 00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:36,133 Right about here, you'd had a center post. 765 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,400 -OK. -In the center of it, 766 00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:39,434 there'd be a post that would go up with an arm. 767 00:35:39,601 --> 00:35:42,234 -[Eric] OK. -[Josh] And then that's what would drag 768 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,667 that dragstone right there. 769 00:35:43,834 --> 00:35:45,634 Walk around a circle and just keep dragging that rock 770 00:35:45,801 --> 00:35:48,367 and just keep adding ore into here. 771 00:35:48,534 --> 00:35:51,634 This smelter was the first clue we were a lot closer to a mine. 772 00:35:51,801 --> 00:35:54,100 But this arrastra gives us a lot more to go on. 773 00:35:55,434 --> 00:35:56,767 After you pull ore from a mine, 774 00:35:56,934 --> 00:35:59,067 the first place you go is to your arrastra. 775 00:35:59,234 --> 00:36:00,367 And if you do that enough, 776 00:36:00,534 --> 00:36:02,167 you're gonna leave a lot of clues behind. 777 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:05,367 Foot traffic or wagon wheels 778 00:36:05,534 --> 00:36:07,868 can leave a lasting impression in the earth, 779 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:10,100 and ore fragments can fall off along the way. 780 00:36:11,367 --> 00:36:13,367 If we find anything like that, it could lead us directly 781 00:36:13,534 --> 00:36:15,067 to the mine entrance. 782 00:36:15,234 --> 00:36:18,033 I think we should metal detect this entire arrastra. 783 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,100 I agree. 784 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:30,734 2 [Eric] Hey, Reaves, thanks for bringing this rig up. 785 00:36:31,767 --> 00:36:34,133 On the outskirts of Blind Frog Ranch, 786 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:36,767 Josh, James, and Eric have discovered 787 00:36:36,934 --> 00:36:41,133 the ruins of a 19th century gold processing operation. 788 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:44,868 They believe they've unearthed the remains of an arrastra, 789 00:36:45,033 --> 00:36:47,968 a crude ore crushing mill that was widely used 790 00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:50,834 during the American Gold Rush. 791 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,567 [Josh] We stumble across this arrastra, 792 00:36:52,734 --> 00:36:54,434 and this is absolute proof 793 00:36:54,601 --> 00:36:56,934 that people were out here working ore. 794 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,934 There has to be a mine site somewhere nearby. 795 00:37:00,167 --> 00:37:02,667 But the journal doesn't tell us where to go next. 796 00:37:02,834 --> 00:37:05,267 If we investigate, we should be able to find 797 00:37:05,434 --> 00:37:07,667 the path of where the ore was coming from. 798 00:37:08,968 --> 00:37:11,067 Right here is the outer wall. 799 00:37:11,234 --> 00:37:14,334 Just clear out this right here. 800 00:37:14,501 --> 00:37:16,067 -Copy that. -[engine starts] 801 00:37:17,834 --> 00:37:20,467 [Eric] I'm not only looking for gold at the arrastra, 802 00:37:20,634 --> 00:37:23,367 but maybe artifacts left behind that can tell us 803 00:37:23,534 --> 00:37:26,434 from which direction this ore came in from. 804 00:37:28,067 --> 00:37:29,167 The ultimate goal here 805 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,467 is to get us into that Keyhole Chamber. 806 00:37:34,934 --> 00:37:35,934 Yeah! 807 00:37:40,634 --> 00:37:42,467 [James] Look it, see? There's more of it coming up. 808 00:37:42,634 --> 00:37:44,267 -See what I'm saying? -Yeah, where the edge stone is. 809 00:37:45,534 --> 00:37:47,167 That's awesome. You just exposed 810 00:37:47,334 --> 00:37:48,734 some more of the outer wall. 811 00:37:48,901 --> 00:37:50,200 -Perfect. -[Reaves] Oh. 812 00:37:51,434 --> 00:37:55,267 [James] A grid system is really important in an excavation, 813 00:37:55,434 --> 00:37:57,834 so that I know where it came out of the ground. 814 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,667 I'm gonna start on the inner portion of the grid, 815 00:38:01,834 --> 00:38:04,033 expanding outwards from the arrastra. 816 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,868 That way we keep good records of where an artifact came out 817 00:38:08,033 --> 00:38:09,367 of the ground. 818 00:38:09,534 --> 00:38:13,267 That way I can label what square it's coming out of. 819 00:38:13,434 --> 00:38:16,133 We're using string to help create these search grids 820 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,334 and then running the metal detector through each one. 821 00:38:18,501 --> 00:38:20,434 [beeping] 822 00:38:20,601 --> 00:38:22,467 -[long beep] -[Eric] Now that's a signal right there. 823 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:24,634 Section two. 824 00:38:26,267 --> 00:38:28,267 If we get a hit, we'll collect that pile 825 00:38:28,434 --> 00:38:29,467 and run it through my sifter. 826 00:38:32,934 --> 00:38:34,234 Accretions? 827 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,767 -Yeah, all the same thing. -Accretions, yeah. 828 00:38:36,934 --> 00:38:38,467 -A lot -- look at that. -Yeah. 829 00:38:40,834 --> 00:38:42,767 So I have my first two sections. 830 00:38:42,934 --> 00:38:44,634 There was nothing in those other two sections, 831 00:38:44,801 --> 00:38:46,567 so I'm gonna pull the grid for now. 832 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:57,234 [Eric] There are definite hits there, so I'm gonna just shovel. 833 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,868 This will be section -- 834 00:38:59,033 --> 00:39:02,100 one, two, three. It's section three, 835 00:39:02,267 --> 00:39:04,033 square one. 836 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,667 [Eric] What I'd like to do is just concentrate right here. 837 00:39:07,767 --> 00:39:11,267 This is -- this is just like a crevice in a natural rock. 838 00:39:11,434 --> 00:39:14,667 And so if they were crushing gold, it's very possible 839 00:39:14,834 --> 00:39:17,567 that it could find its way down into that crack. 840 00:39:17,734 --> 00:39:19,467 I'm just gonna run this pinpointer over it 841 00:39:19,634 --> 00:39:22,334 to see if it can pick up anything metallic, basically. 842 00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,834 -Do you need me to do anything? -[Eric] No, not at this point. 843 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,367 I'm gonna pinpoint it to see if here -- 844 00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:28,667 maybe there's something in there. -[James] No way. 845 00:39:28,834 --> 00:39:30,167 [beeping] 846 00:39:30,334 --> 00:39:31,667 -I'm getting a hit. -[James] All right. 847 00:39:32,968 --> 00:39:35,000 -It could just be iron. -[Eric] It could just be iron. 848 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:37,467 But there's definitely something right there. 849 00:39:37,634 --> 00:39:38,968 I'm gonna dig it a little bit. 850 00:39:41,334 --> 00:39:43,167 -It's right in here. -[James] Right. 851 00:39:43,334 --> 00:39:44,968 I'm seeing a little something there. 852 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,167 -I'm seeing something. -Eric, that looks like -- 853 00:39:46,167 --> 00:39:47,634 -[Eric] Oh, it's unmistakable. -[James] Oh -- 854 00:39:47,801 --> 00:39:48,734 Oh, my god! 855 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:49,767 -You've got it! -It's gold! It's gold! 856 00:39:49,934 --> 00:39:50,868 [James] It's gold! 857 00:39:52,567 --> 00:39:53,868 -That's it! -[Eric] Look at that! 858 00:39:54,033 --> 00:39:55,000 -That's gold! -[James] Look at that. 859 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:57,868 -We've got gold! -[James laughs] 860 00:39:58,033 --> 00:39:59,267 -[Josh] Whoa! -[Eric] Look at this! 861 00:40:03,767 --> 00:40:06,033 -[James] Look at that! -[laughing] 862 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,934 [Josh] Holy [bleep]! That's gold! 863 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,367 [Eric] Damn right it's gold. 864 00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:12,267 Everything's coming together here, man. 865 00:40:12,434 --> 00:40:13,667 Everything. 866 00:40:13,834 --> 00:40:15,234 All right, yeah, let's get this thing bottled up. 867 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,367 [James] Yep. 868 00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,100 -Got it. -Beautiful. 869 00:40:21,267 --> 00:40:22,767 That's a tiny one, but it's gold. 870 00:40:22,934 --> 00:40:23,934 Look at that. 871 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,267 Hey, it's what it represents, you know? 872 00:40:25,434 --> 00:40:26,534 [Josh] Yeah. 873 00:40:26,701 --> 00:40:28,367 That means the journal is right. 874 00:40:28,534 --> 00:40:31,100 There's a gold mine somewhere near Blind Frog Ranch. 875 00:40:31,267 --> 00:40:32,234 [James] Oh, hell yeah! 876 00:40:33,868 --> 00:40:35,667 [Josh] The journal led us to this arrastra, 877 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:37,567 and we found a piece of gold. 878 00:40:37,734 --> 00:40:40,133 This discovery could change everything. 879 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,167 It gives me confidence in the journal 880 00:40:42,334 --> 00:40:44,567 that the information is correct. 881 00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:47,467 The journal is leading us towards gold. 882 00:40:47,634 --> 00:40:49,868 Now we're about to find it. 883 00:40:55,267 --> 00:40:56,567 [Eric and James] Oh! 884 00:40:56,734 --> 00:40:59,100 Next time on Blind Frog Ranch. 885 00:40:59,267 --> 00:41:00,634 -Oh -- look at that. -What's that -- right? 886 00:41:00,801 --> 00:41:03,734 The team unearths artifacts pointing the way 887 00:41:03,901 --> 00:41:05,367 to the Keyhole Chamber. 888 00:41:05,534 --> 00:41:07,234 I think we're at the entrance of a mine. 889 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,467 While Ron uncovers a game-changing lead. 890 00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:13,167 You do feel there are other locations? 891 00:41:13,334 --> 00:41:15,434 Oh, I'm sure there's gold. 892 00:41:15,601 --> 00:41:17,100 -But the path to gold... -Oh! 893 00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:19,467 ...may mean risking it all. 894 00:41:19,634 --> 00:41:20,634 [Eric] I'm gonna go in. 895 00:41:20,801 --> 00:41:21,901 [grunting] 896 00:41:24,367 --> 00:41:25,367 Guys, it's caving! 897 00:41:25,534 --> 00:41:26,667 [Josh] Oh, [bleep]! 898 00:41:26,834 --> 00:41:28,167 It's moving! Pull out, pull out!