1 00:01:06,367 --> 00:01:07,767 I was born to be a treasure hunter. 2 00:01:09,167 --> 00:01:10,167 I've seen every map. 3 00:01:11,300 --> 00:01:13,367 Heard every mystery. 4 00:01:13,534 --> 00:01:16,067 I've seen almost every treasure story there is. 5 00:01:17,567 --> 00:01:19,167 But nothing compares to Montezuma's 6 00:01:19,334 --> 00:01:22,367 $3 billion lost treasure. 7 00:01:22,534 --> 00:01:26,434 And I know it's somewhere on Blind Frog Ranch. 8 00:01:28,901 --> 00:01:31,868 Duane locked the gates to Blind Frog Ranch last year, 9 00:01:32,033 --> 00:01:33,868 but I have to keep going. 10 00:01:34,033 --> 00:01:35,501 So with Duane's blessing, 11 00:01:35,667 --> 00:01:38,200 I'm reopening the ranch and taking over. 12 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,100 So I'm bringing in someone with a long history of success 13 00:01:43,267 --> 00:01:45,300 in hunts like this, my father. 14 00:01:47,667 --> 00:01:48,667 My name's Ron Feldman. 15 00:01:48,834 --> 00:01:49,800 For most of my life, 16 00:01:49,801 --> 00:01:51,367 my profession has been treasure hunting. 17 00:01:53,501 --> 00:01:55,467 Over the past 50 years, 18 00:01:55,634 --> 00:01:58,100 Ron Feldman has led treasure expeditions 19 00:01:58,267 --> 00:02:02,467 at 24 sites across four countries. 20 00:02:02,634 --> 00:02:06,767 In the 1990s, Ron's discovery of the Lost Dutchman Mine 21 00:02:06,934 --> 00:02:10,767 cemented him as the greatest living treasure hunter. 22 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,400 There's my dad. 23 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:16,567 Dad! 24 00:02:16,734 --> 00:02:17,901 Hey! I made it! 25 00:02:18,067 --> 00:02:19,100 How you been? 26 00:02:19,267 --> 00:02:20,167 Good. It's good to see you. 27 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:21,767 Good to see you. 28 00:02:21,934 --> 00:02:24,667 My dad taught me everything I know about treasure hunting. 29 00:02:24,834 --> 00:02:27,667 He's the perfect guy to bring in and help me lead this hunt. 30 00:02:27,834 --> 00:02:29,667 - Ron? James Keenan. - Yep, James. 31 00:02:29,834 --> 00:02:32,901 We have been looking for treasure for five years, 32 00:02:33,067 --> 00:02:36,100 and now we're about to find it. 33 00:02:36,267 --> 00:02:38,501 Legends of ancient treasures... 34 00:02:38,667 --> 00:02:40,667 It could go thousands of years back. 35 00:02:40,834 --> 00:02:42,601 ...and unexplained phenomena... 36 00:02:42,767 --> 00:02:43,801 Oh [bleep] this. 37 00:02:43,968 --> 00:02:45,199 I'm not messing with that. 38 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,300 ...meet at a 160-acre property in northeast Utah, 39 00:02:49,467 --> 00:02:52,467 known as Blind Frog Ranch. 40 00:02:52,634 --> 00:02:55,367 For decades, teams have searched the land 41 00:02:55,534 --> 00:02:57,868 for long lost Aztec gold. 42 00:02:58,033 --> 00:02:59,300 But the closer they get... 43 00:02:59,467 --> 00:03:00,467 - That's it. - Look at that. 44 00:03:00,634 --> 00:03:01,601 - That's gold! - Yeah. 45 00:03:01,767 --> 00:03:03,801 ...the harder the land fights back. 46 00:03:03,968 --> 00:03:06,501 Oh! The hell is going on? 47 00:03:06,667 --> 00:03:08,467 Now, a prolific miner... 48 00:03:08,634 --> 00:03:10,200 We're standing on a pile of gold. 49 00:03:10,367 --> 00:03:12,367 ...and a legendary treasure hunter... 50 00:03:12,534 --> 00:03:14,467 There must be another tunnel entrance, something. 51 00:03:14,634 --> 00:03:16,267 ...armed with new evidence... 52 00:03:16,434 --> 00:03:17,767 - Look at this. - What did you find? 53 00:03:17,934 --> 00:03:19,467 ...and a fabled artifact... 54 00:03:19,634 --> 00:03:21,467 There's a date on that, 1912. 55 00:03:21,634 --> 00:03:24,567 ...will take on a 500-year-old curse. 56 00:03:24,734 --> 00:03:26,501 Fire in the hole! 57 00:03:26,667 --> 00:03:28,901 A land littered with traps... 58 00:03:29,067 --> 00:03:30,400 - Go, go, go! - Whoa, whoa, whoa! 59 00:03:30,567 --> 00:03:33,467 ...to find a $3 billion treasure. 60 00:03:33,634 --> 00:03:35,167 Whoa! 61 00:03:35,334 --> 00:03:38,000 They won't stop until they uncover the mystery 62 00:03:38,167 --> 00:03:40,067 of what lurks below... 63 00:03:40,234 --> 00:03:41,567 Guys, it's caving! 64 00:03:41,734 --> 00:03:42,868 Oh [bleep]! Run! 65 00:03:43,901 --> 00:03:46,000 ...at Blind Frog Ranch. 66 00:03:52,467 --> 00:03:53,601 - All right, Dad. - Yeah. 67 00:03:53,767 --> 00:03:55,701 Let's take you for a tour. 68 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,868 I wanna show you around the whole ranch here. 69 00:03:58,868 --> 00:03:59,868 I'm telling ya, there's just-- 70 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:01,567 there's more there than you'd think. 71 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:04,300 Getting inside the Keyhole Chamber 72 00:04:04,467 --> 00:04:07,100 has been the main focus for us the past few years. 73 00:04:08,167 --> 00:04:10,400 We believe there's a keyhole-shaped chamber 74 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:14,801 300 feet below Blind Frog Ranch. 75 00:04:14,968 --> 00:04:17,300 And inside is where the Aztecs hid 76 00:04:17,467 --> 00:04:20,367 over a billion dollars worth of treasure. 77 00:04:20,534 --> 00:04:22,868 This treasure is my white whale. 78 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:25,000 It would be a life-changing discovery. 79 00:04:26,501 --> 00:04:29,467 Maybe I'll have enough input by the time I 80 00:04:29,634 --> 00:04:31,100 get some of this stuff under my belt. 81 00:04:31,267 --> 00:04:32,467 Well, that's why I brought you in. 82 00:04:32,634 --> 00:04:33,801 - Right. - I figure there's-- 83 00:04:33,968 --> 00:04:35,901 uh, you know, in my world, there's nobody better. 84 00:04:38,167 --> 00:04:41,100 Treasure hunting is something we used to do as a family. 85 00:04:41,267 --> 00:04:44,367 Working with my son on one of these treasure hunts, 86 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:46,267 that was the plus. 87 00:04:46,434 --> 00:04:48,067 Even when Josh was a baby, 88 00:04:48,234 --> 00:04:50,200 when we used to go traipsing off in the High Sierras, 89 00:04:50,367 --> 00:04:53,100 looking for gold, I carried him as an infant 90 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,767 in a knapsack on my chest. 91 00:04:55,934 --> 00:04:59,167 This would be the biggest discovery of my career. 92 00:04:59,334 --> 00:05:03,300 If I can help my son find one of the richest lost treasures 93 00:05:03,467 --> 00:05:06,100 in history, what more can a dad ask for? 94 00:05:06,267 --> 00:05:08,767 And what I can lean on is my 60 years 95 00:05:08,934 --> 00:05:10,767 of treasure-hunting experience. 96 00:05:12,167 --> 00:05:15,467 My method is researching stories first. 97 00:05:15,634 --> 00:05:17,567 I like following other people's footsteps 98 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:20,601 that have gone before me, looking for these lost places. 99 00:05:22,367 --> 00:05:23,701 This is the Keyhole Chamber, Dad. 100 00:05:23,868 --> 00:05:24,801 OK. 101 00:05:24,968 --> 00:05:27,067 Duane has believed in this site, 102 00:05:27,234 --> 00:05:28,801 I think, ever since he's had the ranch. 103 00:05:28,968 --> 00:05:31,000 They did some sort of quantum mapping. 104 00:05:31,167 --> 00:05:34,300 The results were that there was a big chamber right here, 105 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:35,634 right where Duane thought there was. 106 00:05:36,868 --> 00:05:39,200 They've drilled this. They can't quite get through. 107 00:05:39,367 --> 00:05:40,767 They keep having problems with drilling-- 108 00:05:40,934 --> 00:05:42,801 all kinds of different issues. 109 00:05:45,234 --> 00:05:47,200 It just hit something hard. 110 00:05:47,367 --> 00:05:48,868 Looked like a chunk of metal. 111 00:05:50,167 --> 00:05:52,367 There's a-- a fault that we've been following 112 00:05:52,534 --> 00:05:54,467 that runs right through there that Eric identified. 113 00:05:54,634 --> 00:05:56,067 - Right. - And that's where you have 114 00:05:56,234 --> 00:05:58,467 these cave openings. 115 00:05:58,634 --> 00:06:01,901 Just over those hills there, near the open-pit mine, 116 00:06:02,067 --> 00:06:04,801 I found an entrance I thought could lead all the way back 117 00:06:04,968 --> 00:06:06,200 to the Keyhole Chamber. 118 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:11,667 The cave Josh discovered descended 250 feet underground, 119 00:06:11,834 --> 00:06:15,300 but was filled with collapses and dead ends. 120 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:17,868 And before exiting the cave, 121 00:06:18,033 --> 00:06:20,067 he found mysterious symbols 122 00:06:20,234 --> 00:06:21,701 etched on the walls. 123 00:06:21,868 --> 00:06:23,467 Look at this. 124 00:06:23,634 --> 00:06:24,667 It looks like a marking. 125 00:06:26,667 --> 00:06:28,501 The biggest thing I wanted you to see, Dad, 126 00:06:28,667 --> 00:06:30,167 were those symbols. 127 00:06:30,334 --> 00:06:32,868 - That, obviously, is not an Indian petroglyph. - No. 128 00:06:33,033 --> 00:06:34,567 It doesn't look anything that would be Spanish 129 00:06:34,734 --> 00:06:35,667 or anything like that. 130 00:06:36,801 --> 00:06:38,868 It would have to be the Mormons. 131 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:41,567 They were the ones that were here. 132 00:06:45,167 --> 00:06:47,968 The big question is-- what were they doing in there? 133 00:06:49,100 --> 00:06:52,567 Studying the Mormon history, the Mormons are tightly 134 00:06:52,734 --> 00:06:54,868 involved in this story. 135 00:06:55,033 --> 00:07:00,100 In 1845, Mormons migrated westward and settled in Utah. 136 00:07:00,267 --> 00:07:02,567 They developed their own writing system 137 00:07:02,734 --> 00:07:04,801 called the Deseret alphabet. 138 00:07:04,968 --> 00:07:08,300 The symbols Josh discovered near the Keyhole Chamber 139 00:07:08,467 --> 00:07:11,200 appear to be Deseret characters. 140 00:07:11,367 --> 00:07:14,200 Were they actually looking for the Aztec gold? 141 00:07:15,300 --> 00:07:16,601 That's what we need to find out. 142 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,300 The Mormons were known treasure hunters. 143 00:07:20,467 --> 00:07:22,267 So if they found the Mormon symbol 144 00:07:22,434 --> 00:07:24,100 that close to the Keyhole Chamber, 145 00:07:24,267 --> 00:07:27,400 this, to me, can only mean one thing-- 146 00:07:27,567 --> 00:07:30,267 I believe that what they were actually looking for 147 00:07:30,434 --> 00:07:33,000 was Aztec treasure in the Keyhole Chamber. 148 00:07:36,267 --> 00:07:37,868 They were looking for something 149 00:07:38,033 --> 00:07:39,801 that they heard of that was there. 150 00:07:39,968 --> 00:07:41,868 And they would have known about Montezuma's treasure 151 00:07:42,033 --> 00:07:43,400 there's no question of that. - Well, 100%. 152 00:07:45,367 --> 00:07:46,667 You know, I'm just coming in here new. 153 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:50,501 I'm excited just getting on this Mormon thing, 154 00:07:50,667 --> 00:07:52,467 because I think this has a lot to do 155 00:07:52,634 --> 00:07:55,667 with everything you guys have been looking for. 156 00:07:55,834 --> 00:07:58,000 My dad is on to something here. 157 00:07:58,167 --> 00:07:59,501 Duane followed the Aztec legends, 158 00:07:59,667 --> 00:08:01,100 because that's all he had to go on. 159 00:08:02,567 --> 00:08:05,000 But if the Mormons were looking for the Keyhole Chamber, 160 00:08:05,167 --> 00:08:06,601 they would have kept detailed records. 161 00:08:07,767 --> 00:08:09,701 If we're able to track down their documents 162 00:08:09,868 --> 00:08:11,968 and combine that with our skill set, 163 00:08:12,133 --> 00:08:14,567 I think that gives us a great chance of finding the gold. 164 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,667 All we gotta do is get our eyes on the ground 165 00:08:17,834 --> 00:08:18,968 and see what we can find, 166 00:08:19,133 --> 00:08:21,667 and that'll help us drive the hunt. 167 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:22,801 - Let's do it. - All right. 168 00:08:22,968 --> 00:08:24,167 Sounds like a plan. 169 00:08:37,868 --> 00:08:40,200 I reached out to a fellow named Greg Lowe. 170 00:08:40,367 --> 00:08:41,767 He is a treasure hunter, 171 00:08:41,934 --> 00:08:44,167 knows more about Mormon treasure than anybody. 172 00:08:44,334 --> 00:08:45,868 He's been out there for over 50 years. 173 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,701 And he's got 70 claims in the Uintas. 174 00:08:49,868 --> 00:08:52,467 And if anyone has Mormon documents 175 00:08:52,634 --> 00:08:55,000 that maybe we could get, it would be him. 176 00:08:55,167 --> 00:08:56,968 Yeah. 177 00:08:57,133 --> 00:08:59,000 We're heading out to town to meet with Greg. 178 00:08:59,167 --> 00:09:02,667 He's been prospecting all over the world since the 1970s. 179 00:09:02,834 --> 00:09:06,267 I know he's got a lot of information about the Mormons. 180 00:09:06,434 --> 00:09:09,667 I'm hoping he can help get us into the Keyhole Chamber 181 00:09:09,834 --> 00:09:11,200 under Blind Frog. 182 00:09:11,367 --> 00:09:12,567 But treasure hunters, 183 00:09:12,734 --> 00:09:14,567 they're not forthcoming all the time. 184 00:09:14,734 --> 00:09:17,167 They hold their information tight to their chest. 185 00:09:17,334 --> 00:09:19,367 They're not going to share it normally. 186 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,367 But, you know, we'll just go try. 187 00:09:22,534 --> 00:09:24,868 We'll see what he will talk to us about. 188 00:09:25,033 --> 00:09:26,701 Maybe he's done searching for it. 189 00:09:26,868 --> 00:09:28,000 He wants to pass it on. 190 00:09:28,167 --> 00:09:30,467 There's a lot of passing on in treasure hunting. 191 00:09:37,767 --> 00:09:38,767 This is it. 192 00:09:45,567 --> 00:09:47,868 OK, well, hopefully he's got some good stuff for us. 193 00:09:48,033 --> 00:09:49,400 Well, we'll find out, I guess, huh? 194 00:09:51,367 --> 00:09:53,501 Where are we supposed to meet him, did he say? 195 00:09:53,667 --> 00:09:54,767 - I think in there. - Here? 196 00:09:54,934 --> 00:09:56,367 Yeah. He's in the garage. 197 00:09:56,534 --> 00:09:57,601 All right. 198 00:09:57,767 --> 00:09:58,701 Greg? 199 00:10:03,067 --> 00:10:04,067 Greg? 200 00:10:05,167 --> 00:10:06,167 Yeah. 201 00:10:11,367 --> 00:10:13,868 - Greg Lowe, I presume. - I think I am. 202 00:10:14,033 --> 00:10:15,099 - Ron. - Ron. 203 00:10:15,100 --> 00:10:16,367 - Pleased to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too. 204 00:10:16,534 --> 00:10:17,901 - Yes, thanks for doing this for us. - I bet you we've 205 00:10:18,067 --> 00:10:19,100 actually crossed some paths. 206 00:10:19,267 --> 00:10:21,100 - Might have, might have. - Great. 207 00:10:21,267 --> 00:10:22,367 If you've been down around Arizona, 208 00:10:22,534 --> 00:10:23,400 we probably did. 209 00:10:23,567 --> 00:10:25,367 - I have. - OK, there. 210 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:27,567 I heard you guys own the Mammoth Mine. 211 00:10:27,734 --> 00:10:28,868 - We do, yeah, we do. - Yeah. 212 00:10:29,033 --> 00:10:29,968 Excellent. 213 00:10:30,133 --> 00:10:31,667 I actually did some samples from that. 214 00:10:31,834 --> 00:10:33,300 - Oh, did you? OK. - Assay samples, yeah. 215 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:34,300 - Come on in. - OK. 216 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,100 Thank you. 217 00:10:36,267 --> 00:10:38,367 I never met Greg, but I've heard of him 218 00:10:38,534 --> 00:10:41,300 because in treasure hunting circles, it's small. 219 00:10:41,467 --> 00:10:43,968 It's well known he has extensive knowledge 220 00:10:44,133 --> 00:10:46,567 of treasure hunts in the Utah area 221 00:10:46,734 --> 00:10:49,067 and has worked closely with a descendant 222 00:10:49,234 --> 00:10:52,868 of the famous Mormon family, Gale Rhoades. 223 00:10:53,033 --> 00:10:55,467 How long have you been searching for gold out here? 224 00:10:55,634 --> 00:10:59,200 I was first introduced to it, uh, in 1972. 225 00:10:59,367 --> 00:11:02,767 And then later on, Gale Rhoades called me out of the blue, 226 00:11:02,934 --> 00:11:04,400 and he said, "Greg, I've seen, uh-- 227 00:11:04,567 --> 00:11:06,267 "seen your name on a couple of claims here. 228 00:11:06,434 --> 00:11:07,467 I'd like to talk to you." 229 00:11:07,634 --> 00:11:09,267 We worked together on a number of projects 230 00:11:09,434 --> 00:11:11,067 up until his death. 231 00:11:12,367 --> 00:11:15,100 Gale Rhoades was a direct descendant 232 00:11:15,267 --> 00:11:19,267 of a legendary Mormon gold prospector-- Thomas Rhoades. 233 00:11:19,434 --> 00:11:21,701 For centuries, his descendants hunted 234 00:11:21,868 --> 00:11:24,000 for lost treasure in Utah. 235 00:11:24,167 --> 00:11:29,167 Gale and Greg spent 30 years scouring the family's documents 236 00:11:29,334 --> 00:11:32,267 for clues that lead to gold. 237 00:11:32,434 --> 00:11:36,501 Now Greg has possession of all the family's research. 238 00:11:36,667 --> 00:11:40,267 So you have basically all of Gale Rhoades' hunt on paper, 239 00:11:40,434 --> 00:11:42,367 all of his information? - Yes. 240 00:11:48,567 --> 00:11:51,667 So this is all handwritten, 241 00:11:51,834 --> 00:11:54,701 and by Gale Rhoades. - Gale Rhoades, yeah. 242 00:11:54,868 --> 00:11:56,367 - 1978. - 1978. 243 00:11:56,534 --> 00:11:58,667 He updated that throughout his life, 244 00:11:58,834 --> 00:12:02,100 assembling all the family entries and journals. 245 00:12:02,267 --> 00:12:05,167 Now we come over. This is Blind Frog. 246 00:12:06,501 --> 00:12:08,801 - Down in here. - This is where Blind Frog is. 247 00:12:08,968 --> 00:12:10,200 Yes. 248 00:12:10,367 --> 00:12:13,767 And these were the old mine tunnels here. 249 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:15,968 I can let you look at it temporarily here. 250 00:12:17,167 --> 00:12:20,167 "This map and description shows another source of gold, 251 00:12:20,334 --> 00:12:21,667 "known to Caleb Rhoades. 252 00:12:21,834 --> 00:12:25,367 Start at the slope and head east until you come to a fault." 253 00:12:28,767 --> 00:12:30,400 I mean, if this is legit, 254 00:12:30,567 --> 00:12:33,167 then we should be able to find the location of this mine. 255 00:12:33,334 --> 00:12:34,467 It's legit. 256 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,067 Greg has a compilation of maps and passages 257 00:12:39,234 --> 00:12:41,267 about the Rhoades family treasure hunts, 258 00:12:41,434 --> 00:12:43,801 including some on Blind Frog Ranch. 259 00:12:43,968 --> 00:12:46,567 If the Mormons were looking for Aztec treasure, 260 00:12:46,734 --> 00:12:49,567 I think it's possible, there could be information in here 261 00:12:49,734 --> 00:12:52,100 that could lead us to the Keyhole Chamber. 262 00:12:52,267 --> 00:12:54,200 So whatever they wrote, we need to read. 263 00:12:54,367 --> 00:12:56,601 It's extremely important. 264 00:12:56,767 --> 00:12:58,567 And Greg knows a lot of things, 265 00:12:58,734 --> 00:13:00,501 but I'll bet you there's a few things that maybe we know 266 00:13:00,667 --> 00:13:02,267 that he doesn't. 267 00:13:02,434 --> 00:13:04,701 Now, we gotta strike a deal with him 268 00:13:04,868 --> 00:13:07,501 and see what he'll let us walk out of here with. 269 00:13:07,667 --> 00:13:08,868 Greg, we found something recently 270 00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:10,567 that put us on this trail. 271 00:13:10,734 --> 00:13:12,567 This information here would be vital to us. 272 00:13:12,734 --> 00:13:14,067 It's in this binder. 273 00:13:14,234 --> 00:13:15,868 If we agree to share information together 274 00:13:16,033 --> 00:13:18,367 and also share any treasure we may find-- 275 00:13:18,534 --> 00:13:21,267 any way that we can take some of that information with us? 276 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:22,601 I mean, how do we move forward? 277 00:13:24,567 --> 00:13:27,367 Well, this binder is a copy. 278 00:13:27,534 --> 00:13:31,400 I may have something I can, uh, provide you with. 279 00:13:31,567 --> 00:13:34,367 There is a handwritten journal-- 280 00:13:35,601 --> 00:13:37,300 and I happen to have it right over here. 281 00:13:42,601 --> 00:13:43,667 Original maps 282 00:13:43,834 --> 00:13:46,968 and all the family entries and journals. 283 00:13:47,133 --> 00:13:48,133 Ooh. 284 00:13:49,167 --> 00:13:51,968 It may help you find what you're looking for. 285 00:13:53,501 --> 00:13:55,868 According to Greg, this journal contains 286 00:13:56,033 --> 00:13:59,267 original notes and maps written by the Rhoades family 287 00:13:59,434 --> 00:14:01,868 on the hunt for Aztec gold. 288 00:14:02,033 --> 00:14:03,300 We'd rather have the binder 289 00:14:03,467 --> 00:14:05,467 that has all of Greg and Gale's research, 290 00:14:05,634 --> 00:14:08,167 but the journal is the second best option. 291 00:14:08,334 --> 00:14:10,767 If this journal is legit, this thing is exactly 292 00:14:10,934 --> 00:14:12,467 what we need to push us forward. 293 00:14:12,634 --> 00:14:14,868 I mean, it is the-- it is our key into this. 294 00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:16,968 Thank you for all of this. Appreciate this. 295 00:14:17,133 --> 00:14:18,667 - We'll be in touch. - Great. 296 00:14:18,834 --> 00:14:20,567 - OK. - Thank you. 297 00:14:20,734 --> 00:14:21,968 The fact that these could have possibly come 298 00:14:22,133 --> 00:14:25,667 from the original source... these are very valid. 299 00:14:25,834 --> 00:14:27,300 And this is something that we need to follow. 300 00:14:35,767 --> 00:14:37,067 2 Let's get that thing open. 301 00:14:37,234 --> 00:14:39,267 Let's see what we got. 302 00:14:39,434 --> 00:14:40,601 Look at this, Dad. 303 00:14:40,767 --> 00:14:43,100 "Gold as far as the eye could see." 304 00:14:44,267 --> 00:14:45,467 It sounds like treasure to me. 305 00:14:46,801 --> 00:14:51,167 After acquiring a copy of a Rhoades family journal, 306 00:14:51,334 --> 00:14:56,367 Josh and Ron eagerly decipher its cryptic contents. 307 00:14:56,534 --> 00:14:58,000 See, this is different handwriting 308 00:14:58,167 --> 00:14:59,400 than some of this other. - Oh, this-- that-- 309 00:14:59,567 --> 00:15:01,501 this has to have been done by multiple people. 310 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:04,067 The journal contains maps and research 311 00:15:04,234 --> 00:15:05,701 from the Rhoades family, 312 00:15:05,868 --> 00:15:08,000 legendary Mormon treasure hunters 313 00:15:08,167 --> 00:15:09,200 in the Uinta Valley. 314 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:13,067 So, this book has been in the Rhoades family 315 00:15:13,234 --> 00:15:14,467 for generations? - Yes. 316 00:15:14,634 --> 00:15:15,667 Well, yeah. 317 00:15:15,834 --> 00:15:17,167 - Maybe. - And multiple people 318 00:15:17,334 --> 00:15:19,200 in the family have written and logged, 319 00:15:19,367 --> 00:15:21,000 and probably searched for this thing. 320 00:15:21,167 --> 00:15:23,100 You know what-- what's really cool 321 00:15:23,267 --> 00:15:25,567 is it-- this is only, maybe the Rhoades family 322 00:15:25,734 --> 00:15:29,000 and Greg Lowe that have ever seen this. 323 00:15:29,167 --> 00:15:33,701 We're the first removed people from that line 324 00:15:33,868 --> 00:15:35,868 that has probably had our eyes on this journal. 325 00:15:37,167 --> 00:15:39,567 This is interesting. Somebody doodled out a mine. 326 00:15:39,734 --> 00:15:42,968 It says, "The entrance is described as four-foot-tall--" 327 00:15:43,133 --> 00:15:44,067 Now, wait a minute. this it-- 328 00:15:44,234 --> 00:15:45,868 There's a date on that-- 1912. 329 00:15:46,033 --> 00:15:48,667 It looks like this is all mining stuff. 330 00:15:48,834 --> 00:15:50,567 Lots of written stuff. 331 00:15:51,868 --> 00:15:55,467 This journal that Greg Lowe gave to us is not an exact map. 332 00:15:55,634 --> 00:15:59,100 It's a compilation, I believe, of Rhoades' relatives 333 00:15:59,267 --> 00:16:01,701 that maybe searched for the Aztec gold. 334 00:16:04,167 --> 00:16:05,367 Here's another list... 335 00:16:05,534 --> 00:16:06,900 - Yeah. - ...of equipment. 336 00:16:06,901 --> 00:16:10,000 - Look at this. This talks about a powder horn. - Mm-hmm, yeah. 337 00:16:10,167 --> 00:16:13,667 - A powder horn hasn't been used for 150 years. - I know, right. 338 00:16:13,834 --> 00:16:15,467 We're gonna have to decipher a lot in it. 339 00:16:15,634 --> 00:16:16,900 We're gonna have to study it. 340 00:16:16,901 --> 00:16:20,267 But it's-- it's an artifact that could absolutely help us 341 00:16:20,434 --> 00:16:21,667 locate what we're looking for. 342 00:16:22,701 --> 00:16:23,868 They have all these little notes 343 00:16:24,033 --> 00:16:25,367 that are, like, in here. 344 00:16:25,534 --> 00:16:27,367 - See, people were working out of this. - Yeah, right. 345 00:16:27,534 --> 00:16:28,968 - This was a working journal. - Right, right. 346 00:16:31,868 --> 00:16:33,367 Look at here. 347 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:34,567 Whiterocks Creek. 348 00:16:38,667 --> 00:16:40,868 Wait a sec. I know Whiterocks. 349 00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:44,167 There's a Whiterocks Canyon not too far from Blind Frog. 350 00:16:44,334 --> 00:16:46,868 - It's down the Uintas, a bit further from us. - Right, right, right. 351 00:16:47,033 --> 00:16:50,467 This note here says-- directions. 352 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:52,200 So it's saying-- it's saying that these are directions. 353 00:16:52,367 --> 00:16:53,833 - This note is saying... - Yeah, that's what I'm reading here. 354 00:16:53,834 --> 00:16:55,367 ...that these are-- these are directions - That's what I'm reading. 355 00:16:55,534 --> 00:16:57,467 That's what we should be reading right there. Go ahead, keep going. 356 00:16:58,801 --> 00:17:03,200 "Take the first branch right canyon, and climb to the top 357 00:17:03,367 --> 00:17:04,901 of a flat mountain." 358 00:17:05,067 --> 00:17:08,501 It says, "Travel in a straight line across the canyon." 359 00:17:10,667 --> 00:17:13,000 What does this say? Can you make that out? 360 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:18,200 "Travel in a straight line through the canyon, 361 00:17:18,367 --> 00:17:20,200 "using tree markings to guide, 362 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,467 then at the end of it, the shaft." 363 00:17:24,634 --> 00:17:25,767 "The shaft"? 364 00:17:27,267 --> 00:17:29,100 Do you think shaft could mean an entrance 365 00:17:29,267 --> 00:17:30,801 to the Keyhole Chamber? 366 00:17:30,968 --> 00:17:32,667 You know-- I don't know. 367 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,701 A shaft could be a cave, a tunnel, 368 00:17:35,868 --> 00:17:37,367 even a hole in the ground. 369 00:17:37,534 --> 00:17:39,868 And this passage sounds like it's referencing an area 370 00:17:40,033 --> 00:17:41,267 near Blind Frog. 371 00:17:41,434 --> 00:17:43,801 I think that could mean that this shaft is an entrance 372 00:17:43,968 --> 00:17:45,701 to the Keyhole Chamber. 373 00:17:45,868 --> 00:17:47,167 People have been hunting these things. 374 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:49,467 They've written down what they've done, 375 00:17:49,634 --> 00:17:52,067 but they didn't know Blind Frog like we do. 376 00:17:52,234 --> 00:17:53,868 So, we can take information in this journal, 377 00:17:54,033 --> 00:17:56,234 places they never could. 378 00:17:58,701 --> 00:18:01,200 Listen, there's so much in here to digest. 379 00:18:01,367 --> 00:18:03,400 I think when we get back, we'll get a topo 380 00:18:03,567 --> 00:18:05,567 and sit down with James and-- and Eric. 381 00:18:05,734 --> 00:18:07,300 I think we need to go to Whiterocks 382 00:18:07,467 --> 00:18:10,601 and follow those instructions, and see where it leads us. 383 00:18:10,767 --> 00:18:12,100 All right. 384 00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:21,901 Gentlemen, 385 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,868 we got some big news for you. 386 00:18:25,033 --> 00:18:26,400 This journal right here, 387 00:18:26,567 --> 00:18:28,100 the journal that Greg gave us. - OK. 388 00:18:28,267 --> 00:18:31,267 There is information in there from the Rhoades family. 389 00:18:31,434 --> 00:18:33,100 So we're talking firsthand account. 390 00:18:33,267 --> 00:18:35,067 - Really? - Yeah, their writings. 391 00:18:35,234 --> 00:18:36,533 And what do you think? 392 00:18:36,534 --> 00:18:39,767 There is information in here that I have not heard of before. 393 00:18:40,801 --> 00:18:43,167 Have any of the sites that we know about, 394 00:18:43,334 --> 00:18:44,601 show up in there? 395 00:18:44,767 --> 00:18:47,801 There's stuff in here that's familiar to me, 396 00:18:47,968 --> 00:18:49,567 that's right here on Blind Frog Ranch. 397 00:18:51,367 --> 00:18:52,567 Let me get the topo map. Let's-- 398 00:18:52,734 --> 00:18:54,267 Yeah, yeah. 399 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:56,200 This passage that refers to Whiterocks 400 00:18:56,367 --> 00:18:59,567 seems like it put you right here on Blind Frog Ranch. 401 00:18:59,734 --> 00:19:03,567 The passage says, marked trees lead us to the shaft. 402 00:19:03,734 --> 00:19:06,767 We think that could mean some kind of an entrance. 403 00:19:06,934 --> 00:19:09,067 And if we're right, I think this could be leading us 404 00:19:09,234 --> 00:19:11,601 to the chamber that we've been calling the Keyhole Chamber. 405 00:19:14,067 --> 00:19:15,300 Up Whiterocks Creek. 406 00:19:16,567 --> 00:19:18,767 OK, so where's the mouth of Whiterocks Creek? 407 00:19:18,934 --> 00:19:19,999 It's gonna be to the west 408 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,067 of Blind Frog, right? - West, correct. 409 00:19:21,234 --> 00:19:22,467 It's the next canyon over, isn't it? 410 00:19:22,634 --> 00:19:23,766 - Yes. - There's mountain-- 411 00:19:23,767 --> 00:19:25,067 Yeah, so it's gonna be below Chalk Cliffs. 412 00:19:25,234 --> 00:19:26,167 It'll be down here. 413 00:19:26,334 --> 00:19:28,868 - It's Whiterocks Canyon. - Right. 414 00:19:29,033 --> 00:19:33,567 And then it says, "Take the first right canyon 415 00:19:33,734 --> 00:19:36,868 and climb to the top of a flat mountain." 416 00:19:37,033 --> 00:19:39,868 It seems that that could be here somewhere. 417 00:19:40,033 --> 00:19:43,901 "Travel in a straight line across the canyon. 418 00:19:44,067 --> 00:19:45,968 using the tree markings to guide." 419 00:19:46,133 --> 00:19:48,367 That passage says tree markings will lead us 420 00:19:48,534 --> 00:19:49,868 to some kind of a shaft, 421 00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:52,968 but it's hard to tell which direction a flat mountain is 422 00:19:53,133 --> 00:19:54,467 from this map. 423 00:19:54,634 --> 00:19:57,267 I think if we get up to this peak right here, 424 00:19:57,434 --> 00:20:00,067 we'll be able to figure out which direction we have to go. 425 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:04,000 That passage right there takes us 426 00:20:04,167 --> 00:20:07,167 to just above Blind Frog Ranch. 427 00:20:07,334 --> 00:20:09,767 We need to get boots on the ground. 428 00:20:09,934 --> 00:20:12,400 If there's a possible entrance that's right there, 429 00:20:12,567 --> 00:20:13,501 we need to uncover it. 430 00:20:14,667 --> 00:20:16,667 This journal gives us a starting point, 431 00:20:16,834 --> 00:20:20,167 but from there, we'll have to figure out where to go next. 432 00:20:20,334 --> 00:20:22,667 We're looking for a bank of marked trees. 433 00:20:22,834 --> 00:20:25,000 I don't know what it's leading us to, 434 00:20:25,167 --> 00:20:28,300 but I'm hoping it's an entrance to the Keyhole Chamber. 435 00:20:28,467 --> 00:20:29,267 - OK. - Let's get to it. 436 00:20:29,434 --> 00:20:30,367 - Let's do it. - All right. 437 00:20:41,067 --> 00:20:43,367 I wanna get an overview of the whole area, 438 00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:47,200 so we'll be able to see all the canyons, 439 00:20:47,367 --> 00:20:48,901 the mountaintops, everything. 440 00:20:50,467 --> 00:20:54,000 To locate the entrance scribed in the Rhoades' journal, 441 00:20:54,167 --> 00:20:58,501 the team travels four miles north into the Uinta Mountains. 442 00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:01,367 Sitting 10,000 feet in elevation, 443 00:21:01,534 --> 00:21:03,901 the mountain range provides a clear view 444 00:21:04,067 --> 00:21:05,801 of Whiterocks Canyon, 445 00:21:05,968 --> 00:21:08,167 a location described as a starting point 446 00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:12,267 in the passage that could lead to the Keyhole Chamber. 447 00:21:12,434 --> 00:21:14,200 Well, we're getting up in elevation here. 448 00:21:14,367 --> 00:21:15,501 Yeah, we are. 449 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:17,100 I just-- my ears are popping. 450 00:21:17,267 --> 00:21:18,267 - I can feel it. - Yeah. 451 00:21:19,467 --> 00:21:21,167 Deciphering anything is hard. 452 00:21:21,334 --> 00:21:23,901 You don't know what the author of that meant. 453 00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:25,801 It may have been obvious to them, 454 00:21:25,968 --> 00:21:28,367 but it's probably not gonna be obvious to us. 455 00:21:28,534 --> 00:21:30,801 These passages mention canyons, slopes, 456 00:21:30,968 --> 00:21:34,000 and flat ground, so getting up high in elevation 457 00:21:34,167 --> 00:21:37,033 will give us a great vantage point of the entire area. 458 00:21:39,501 --> 00:21:40,701 I think we're here. 459 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,868 Wow! Look at that view. 460 00:21:45,033 --> 00:21:46,000 Sumbitch. 461 00:21:53,767 --> 00:21:55,367 Whoo! You get a little vertigo. 462 00:21:57,567 --> 00:22:00,367 So this is Whiterocks Canyon all through here. 463 00:22:00,534 --> 00:22:02,167 OK. 464 00:22:02,334 --> 00:22:05,367 Whiterocks Canyon is a remote landscape 465 00:22:05,534 --> 00:22:08,467 stretching across more than 9,000 acres 466 00:22:08,634 --> 00:22:10,467 of unforgiving terrain. 467 00:22:10,634 --> 00:22:14,100 For thousands of years, Whiterocks' harsh expanse 468 00:22:14,267 --> 00:22:17,667 was occupied by the Fremont and Ute peoples, 469 00:22:17,834 --> 00:22:20,300 and later used by Mormon pioneers 470 00:22:20,467 --> 00:22:22,367 as a natural refuge. 471 00:22:24,667 --> 00:22:27,100 The journal entry says, 472 00:22:27,267 --> 00:22:29,767 "you will need to go up the first branch of Whiterocks-- 473 00:22:30,868 --> 00:22:34,267 "and take the first right canyon and climb to the top 474 00:22:34,434 --> 00:22:35,667 of a flat mountain." 475 00:22:35,834 --> 00:22:38,100 This is Whiterocks here. 476 00:22:38,267 --> 00:22:39,767 So that's right down there. 477 00:22:41,667 --> 00:22:43,868 - OK, so it's right over here. - Yes. 478 00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:47,200 If we stay to the right and follow along that canyon, 479 00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:49,601 we're supposed to see a flat area. 480 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,501 And if you look out here, see that? 481 00:22:56,968 --> 00:22:58,601 And that's a flat area right there, and there's a big grove 482 00:22:58,767 --> 00:23:00,367 of trees in there, too. 483 00:23:00,534 --> 00:23:02,901 And then that's where they're supposed to be 484 00:23:03,067 --> 00:23:06,000 the markings in the trees is in that stand. 485 00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:08,767 From their vantage point, the team believes 486 00:23:08,934 --> 00:23:11,000 the journal passage points east 487 00:23:11,167 --> 00:23:13,567 from the first branch of Whiterocks Canyon 488 00:23:13,734 --> 00:23:15,467 toward a flat stretch of land 489 00:23:15,634 --> 00:23:19,067 just a mile and a half north of Blind Frog. 490 00:23:20,167 --> 00:23:21,300 And that's where there's supposed to be 491 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:23,400 all these markings that you can follow 492 00:23:23,567 --> 00:23:25,300 in a straight line. 493 00:23:25,467 --> 00:23:29,067 Then Blind Frog would just be southeast of that, right? 494 00:23:29,234 --> 00:23:30,801 - Yes. - Yeah, down here. 495 00:23:30,968 --> 00:23:33,367 So let's head that way right now. 496 00:23:33,534 --> 00:23:35,400 Yeah. 497 00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:37,801 I mean, I think that we need to go search that whole site 498 00:23:37,968 --> 00:23:39,166 right there. 499 00:23:39,167 --> 00:23:41,167 - Let's do it. - All right, let's do it. 500 00:23:41,334 --> 00:23:43,167 When you're following history like we are, 501 00:23:43,334 --> 00:23:45,701 each one of these discoveries puts us closer 502 00:23:45,868 --> 00:23:46,834 to finding the gold. 503 00:23:49,267 --> 00:23:51,000 We can see a grove of trees south of us, 504 00:23:51,167 --> 00:23:52,100 so we're headed that way to see 505 00:23:52,267 --> 00:23:54,267 if any of them have any markings. 506 00:23:54,434 --> 00:23:57,868 Every marker we find out here could put us one step closer 507 00:23:58,033 --> 00:23:59,667 to finding the Keyhole Chamber. 508 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,834 2 If you look out here, see that? 509 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,267 - Yeah. - That canyon does come up, 510 00:24:09,434 --> 00:24:10,533 and that's a flat area right there, 511 00:24:10,534 --> 00:24:12,167 and there's a big grove of trees in there, too. 512 00:24:12,334 --> 00:24:13,467 And that's where there's supposed to be 513 00:24:13,634 --> 00:24:14,868 all these marked trees 514 00:24:15,033 --> 00:24:18,567 you could follow in a straight line. 515 00:24:18,734 --> 00:24:22,100 After decoding an entry in the Rhoades family journal, 516 00:24:22,267 --> 00:24:24,968 the team has identified a grove of trees 517 00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:28,367 that could contain markings that lead to an entrance 518 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:30,868 to the Keyhole Chamber. 519 00:24:31,033 --> 00:24:32,100 OK, so then we're headed 520 00:24:33,501 --> 00:24:35,300 this way, right here? - Yeah. 521 00:24:35,467 --> 00:24:36,567 All right, let's do it. 522 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:54,667 We just gotta stay away from these younger, 523 00:24:54,834 --> 00:24:56,400 thinner aspen. 524 00:24:56,567 --> 00:24:59,033 Gotta be these older coniferous trees. 525 00:25:09,267 --> 00:25:10,567 I see lots of marks on trees, 526 00:25:10,734 --> 00:25:12,467 but there-- those are all definitely natural. 527 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:18,601 What's that right there, straight ahead? 528 00:25:21,067 --> 00:25:22,868 We got a marked tree over here, James. 529 00:25:24,834 --> 00:25:26,033 Look at this. 530 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,467 - Ahh! - Look how that's cut. 531 00:25:27,634 --> 00:25:29,033 That's not-- that's not natural. 532 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,167 And that's a definite direction it's pointing. 533 00:25:31,334 --> 00:25:33,267 And this is an old tree, too. Look at the size of it. 534 00:25:34,601 --> 00:25:35,601 This marking looks just like 535 00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:36,868 the one described in the journal. 536 00:25:37,934 --> 00:25:39,968 This is a directional arrow marking. 537 00:25:40,133 --> 00:25:41,834 If I can figure out what that is 538 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,667 and what this artist was actually trying to tell us, 539 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:48,200 we can maybe get to exactly where we wanna go. 540 00:25:48,367 --> 00:25:51,934 Tree markings have been used as a form of communication 541 00:25:52,100 --> 00:25:53,367 for centuries. 542 00:25:53,534 --> 00:25:56,667 Native tribes carved them to mark boundaries, 543 00:25:56,834 --> 00:25:59,367 but early explorers and treasure hunters 544 00:25:59,534 --> 00:26:04,868 often used them to relay information and directions. 545 00:26:05,033 --> 00:26:07,601 The journal entry says, "Stand of trees 546 00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,167 with markings on them, 547 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:12,067 follow the ones that are in a straight line." 548 00:26:12,234 --> 00:26:13,400 We'll head this way. So we'll head this-- 549 00:26:13,567 --> 00:26:14,400 whatever this bearing is... - Right. 550 00:26:14,567 --> 00:26:15,466 ...we'll stay on that bearing 551 00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:16,934 and see if we find any other markers. 552 00:26:18,267 --> 00:26:19,167 So we're thinking right in-- 553 00:26:19,334 --> 00:26:21,000 right in this direction here. - Yeah. 554 00:26:21,167 --> 00:26:24,167 I'm gonna stand on the opposite side of the tree 555 00:26:24,334 --> 00:26:26,868 and get an exact bearing. 556 00:26:27,033 --> 00:26:29,501 Seem about right, Josh, where I'm pointed? 557 00:26:29,667 --> 00:26:31,067 - Yeah, yeah. - Directly opposite? 558 00:26:31,234 --> 00:26:34,367 Yeah, you're directly opposite of the arrow on the tree. 559 00:26:35,367 --> 00:26:39,934 This is pointing 130 degrees bearing Southeast. 560 00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,834 - OK. - So this way, I'll keep the compass out. 561 00:27:00,367 --> 00:27:01,901 There's a little something here. 562 00:27:04,367 --> 00:27:05,868 That's like a perfect arrowhead. 563 00:27:06,033 --> 00:27:08,767 And that's old. That tree's grown in on itself. 564 00:27:08,934 --> 00:27:10,601 Pointing in this direction? 565 00:27:10,767 --> 00:27:11,834 Take a bearing, Eric. 566 00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:14,734 What's that bearing? 567 00:27:16,834 --> 00:27:17,968 130. 568 00:27:18,133 --> 00:27:20,601 - It's 130? - It's 130, man. 569 00:27:20,767 --> 00:27:22,934 So this is pointing towards Blind Frog Ranch. 570 00:27:24,767 --> 00:27:25,767 Let's go. 571 00:27:27,267 --> 00:27:29,567 - Straight down? - Straight down. 572 00:27:29,734 --> 00:27:31,968 Somebody put a lot of effort to create these. 573 00:27:32,133 --> 00:27:34,100 Now, on its own, it doesn't mean much. 574 00:27:34,267 --> 00:27:35,501 But when we put that together 575 00:27:35,667 --> 00:27:37,000 in conjunction with everything else 576 00:27:37,167 --> 00:27:39,167 that we found on this trail, 577 00:27:39,334 --> 00:27:42,501 in a straight line, headed towards the ranch. 578 00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:44,267 Where the Keyhole Chamber is. 579 00:27:44,434 --> 00:27:46,601 This means something. 580 00:27:46,767 --> 00:27:47,934 Check this out up here. 581 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,567 You got something? 582 00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:50,601 Oh, look at that. 583 00:27:50,767 --> 00:27:52,000 I mean, that's deep carve. 584 00:27:52,167 --> 00:27:53,667 And that's pretty complex, 585 00:27:53,834 --> 00:27:54,934 like, petals. 586 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,934 Those two arrows 587 00:27:58,100 --> 00:27:59,367 brought us right to this. 588 00:27:59,534 --> 00:28:01,100 - Yeah. - Well, let's stick to that 130. 589 00:28:01,267 --> 00:28:02,367 Let's go. 590 00:28:03,734 --> 00:28:05,467 When I go out there and I can prove this, 591 00:28:05,634 --> 00:28:07,267 and then that next thing proves the next thing, 592 00:28:07,434 --> 00:28:09,000 and that next thing proves the next thing, 593 00:28:09,167 --> 00:28:11,767 that's how you get to the end of the trail. 594 00:28:11,934 --> 00:28:14,267 That's how you're successful in treasure hunting. 595 00:28:16,734 --> 00:28:18,367 I think it opens up more over there. 596 00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:27,601 What is that over there? 597 00:28:29,467 --> 00:28:31,167 Oh, yeah, I see that, James. 598 00:28:31,334 --> 00:28:32,567 A primitive shelter or something? 599 00:28:32,734 --> 00:28:33,934 Yeah, but it's dark from here. 600 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,667 That's a lot of dark black. 601 00:28:37,767 --> 00:28:38,934 Yeah, look at this. 602 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:40,868 That black goes right here from the bottom 603 00:28:41,033 --> 00:28:42,567 all the way up this way. - Oh, yeah. 604 00:28:42,734 --> 00:28:44,000 Right up the side of the cliff line. 605 00:28:44,167 --> 00:28:45,367 Yeah. 606 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:49,467 It doesn't look natural, I mean, as far as mineral goes. 607 00:28:49,634 --> 00:28:51,267 No, that's not like manganese or anything. 608 00:28:51,434 --> 00:28:52,767 No, no, it's too black for that. 609 00:28:54,868 --> 00:28:55,868 Well, look down here. 610 00:28:57,868 --> 00:28:59,567 - Charcoal. - It's charcoal. 611 00:28:59,734 --> 00:29:00,868 - It's charcoal, yeah. - Yeah. 612 00:29:02,033 --> 00:29:03,601 Yeah, look, this is all charred up here. 613 00:29:03,767 --> 00:29:05,734 This is all burnt. That was white-hot. 614 00:29:07,567 --> 00:29:09,167 I think that's a piece of clay. 615 00:29:09,334 --> 00:29:10,767 - You see that? - Let me see that. 616 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:14,400 Here's some more of it right here. 617 00:29:14,567 --> 00:29:16,267 Give it the clay test. 618 00:29:17,934 --> 00:29:19,400 - Yeah, it smears. - Yeah? 619 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:20,567 It's clay, yep. 620 00:29:23,067 --> 00:29:24,300 So what are you thinking? 621 00:29:25,167 --> 00:29:27,501 All this charcoal, all the charcoal on the ground, 622 00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:29,667 this was a white-hot fire, we're finding-- 623 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:31,934 we're finding pieces of clay. 624 00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:33,667 I think somebody built the furnace back here. 625 00:29:35,467 --> 00:29:36,934 That's what all this is from. 626 00:29:38,467 --> 00:29:40,834 Clay furnaces, or smelters, 627 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,167 have been used to refine ore for centuries. 628 00:29:44,334 --> 00:29:46,734 Clay structures can withstand temperatures 629 00:29:46,901 --> 00:29:49,567 above 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, 630 00:29:49,734 --> 00:29:52,868 making them ideal for melting metals. 631 00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:57,067 Smelters are typically the last step in ore processing 632 00:29:57,234 --> 00:30:00,968 and the farthest from the entrance to the mine. 633 00:30:01,133 --> 00:30:02,367 Guys, we're looking for an entrance 634 00:30:02,534 --> 00:30:04,868 to the Keyhole Chamber, somewhere near here. 635 00:30:06,300 --> 00:30:09,200 If they're building a furnace, they had to be smelting ore. 636 00:30:09,367 --> 00:30:11,167 Which means there's a mine close by. 637 00:30:11,334 --> 00:30:13,367 We need to look around this entire area because 638 00:30:13,534 --> 00:30:16,267 what if that mine is our entrance? 639 00:30:17,601 --> 00:30:20,067 The journal says, we're looking for a shaft. 640 00:30:20,234 --> 00:30:23,300 I didn't know exactly what that meant until now. 641 00:30:23,467 --> 00:30:26,100 I mean, the journal got us here. 642 00:30:26,267 --> 00:30:30,100 We-- we followed that thing and it brought us right here. 643 00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,767 And now we found evidence of mining. 644 00:30:34,868 --> 00:30:38,067 I think that means what we're looking for is a mine entrance 645 00:30:38,234 --> 00:30:39,934 into the Keyhole Chamber. 646 00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:42,734 The Keyhole Chamber could be just at our reach. 647 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:51,934 2 I think somebody built a furnace back here. 648 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:53,367 If they're building a furnace, 649 00:30:53,534 --> 00:30:55,167 they might have been smelting ore. 650 00:30:56,234 --> 00:30:58,167 The team is following a journal entry 651 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:00,167 across the Uinta Valley. 652 00:31:00,334 --> 00:31:03,067 After finding a smelter, they now believe 653 00:31:03,234 --> 00:31:05,767 they're searching for a mine entrance that will lead 654 00:31:05,934 --> 00:31:08,367 to the Keyhole Chamber. 655 00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:11,467 The mine we're looking for should be somewhere near here. 656 00:31:12,868 --> 00:31:15,667 Finding this furnace means that we're on the right track. 657 00:31:15,834 --> 00:31:18,267 It means that the information in the journal 658 00:31:18,434 --> 00:31:20,467 is proving itself out. 659 00:31:20,634 --> 00:31:22,567 At this point, we've gone as far 660 00:31:22,734 --> 00:31:24,734 as the journal passage can take us. 661 00:31:24,901 --> 00:31:27,868 If what we're looking for is actually a mine entrance, 662 00:31:28,033 --> 00:31:31,467 we can find useful clues by looking around the area. 663 00:31:32,567 --> 00:31:33,634 - Let's have a look, guys. - Yeah. 664 00:31:33,801 --> 00:31:34,967 Yeah. 665 00:31:34,968 --> 00:31:38,267 Get out here and start canvassing this area. 666 00:31:38,434 --> 00:31:39,467 I'll go up higher. 667 00:31:46,033 --> 00:31:48,734 James, be looking for quartz, any kind of ore. 668 00:31:48,901 --> 00:31:50,132 - OK. - Yeah. 669 00:31:50,133 --> 00:31:51,834 They would have mined it and then brought it over 670 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,634 to this area where it's more protected. 671 00:31:54,801 --> 00:31:56,667 to then actually process it. 672 00:32:06,567 --> 00:32:09,000 We're searching an area where they processed ore, 673 00:32:09,167 --> 00:32:10,868 and we're looking for mineralization, 674 00:32:11,033 --> 00:32:12,267 depressions in the ground, 675 00:32:12,434 --> 00:32:14,367 where there might be an entrance. 676 00:32:14,534 --> 00:32:15,834 At the same time, we're looking 677 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,267 for any evidence of mining, rotted timbers, old tools, 678 00:32:19,434 --> 00:32:21,133 any proof that people were here and working. 679 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:37,767 Hey, guys! 680 00:32:37,934 --> 00:32:40,100 Look at this. I got something. 681 00:32:42,567 --> 00:32:44,567 It doesn't look natural. It doesn't look like the, uh-- 682 00:32:44,734 --> 00:32:46,734 - That ain't natural, no. - It's not like an iron nodule 683 00:32:46,901 --> 00:32:49,267 we've seen around here. 684 00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:52,100 I mean, this is a rusted-out piece of iron, is what it is. 685 00:32:52,267 --> 00:32:53,934 - It was sitting here? - Sitting right here. 686 00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:55,767 - Underneath that limb? - Yep. 687 00:32:55,934 --> 00:32:57,667 If it was washed down, that's a good place 688 00:32:57,834 --> 00:32:59,133 it would catch. 689 00:32:59,300 --> 00:33:00,934 Where could it have washed down from? 690 00:33:03,267 --> 00:33:05,000 When we're looking at arid climates, 691 00:33:05,167 --> 00:33:06,868 there's a term called "the wash." 692 00:33:07,033 --> 00:33:09,834 It's almost like a-- a dry stream bed, basically. 693 00:33:11,033 --> 00:33:13,267 The idea is during heavy rains, 694 00:33:13,434 --> 00:33:16,067 water would wash heavier materials down, 695 00:33:16,234 --> 00:33:17,868 and they might be trapped by roots 696 00:33:18,033 --> 00:33:19,667 or behind rocks or things like that. 697 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:22,167 So those are the areas we'd like to focus on. 698 00:33:23,734 --> 00:33:25,267 These trees are covering stuff. 699 00:33:31,667 --> 00:33:33,467 What's this-- this rock here? 700 00:33:35,267 --> 00:33:37,367 It looks a lot different from the surrounding bedrock. 701 00:33:37,534 --> 00:33:38,934 Yeah, it does. 702 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,334 It's got a big old flat bottom on it, doesn't it? 703 00:33:41,501 --> 00:33:43,267 Yeah. This sucker's heavy. 704 00:33:43,434 --> 00:33:44,534 - That's-- - And this is hard. 705 00:33:44,701 --> 00:33:46,634 This is a lot harder 706 00:33:46,801 --> 00:33:48,467 than the surrounding sandstone. 707 00:33:48,634 --> 00:33:49,767 This has been brought in here. 708 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,033 It's not from these cliffs, is it? 709 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,167 Look at this. 710 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,567 Is that a hole? 711 00:33:57,734 --> 00:33:58,867 I don't think that's a natural hole. 712 00:33:58,868 --> 00:34:01,133 That's not-- that's definitely not natural. 713 00:34:01,300 --> 00:34:02,334 Why would they have put a hole there? 714 00:34:04,567 --> 00:34:06,234 Well, if you're processing ore... 715 00:34:07,334 --> 00:34:09,667 You know, this could be a dragstone. 716 00:34:09,834 --> 00:34:13,200 - What's a dragstone? - For milling ore. 717 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,100 If that's the case, then there has to be an arrastra somewhere 718 00:34:18,267 --> 00:34:20,868 around here, and an arrastra was a way to crush ore. 719 00:34:23,100 --> 00:34:27,467 An arrastra is a rudimentary mill often used by gold miners 720 00:34:27,634 --> 00:34:30,367 in the 1800s to crush their ore. 721 00:34:30,534 --> 00:34:33,667 It consisted of a large circular stone base 722 00:34:33,834 --> 00:34:37,234 with a dragstone tied to a long wooden pole. 723 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,667 The pole arm was then attached to a mule. 724 00:34:40,834 --> 00:34:43,334 As the mule walked around the arrastra, 725 00:34:43,501 --> 00:34:45,868 the dragstone would crush the ore, 726 00:34:46,033 --> 00:34:47,567 readying it for smelting. 727 00:34:48,767 --> 00:34:52,567 The presence of an arrastra could indicate a mine entrance 728 00:34:52,734 --> 00:34:54,334 is nearby. 729 00:34:54,501 --> 00:34:55,767 There's got to be more to this. 730 00:34:55,934 --> 00:34:56,868 There's-- like the rest of this arrastra 731 00:34:57,033 --> 00:34:58,099 has to be near here. 732 00:34:58,100 --> 00:35:01,067 Then we're talking about somewhat flat surface. 733 00:35:01,234 --> 00:35:03,067 And rocks that don't look like they're from here, 734 00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:04,367 because this isn't the type of stone, 735 00:35:04,534 --> 00:35:05,667 it's not hard enough... - Yeah. 736 00:35:05,834 --> 00:35:07,000 ...to use for an arrastra. 737 00:35:16,767 --> 00:35:18,067 Guys, there's something flat. 738 00:35:18,234 --> 00:35:19,868 I'm standing on something flat right here. 739 00:35:22,234 --> 00:35:23,667 - Yes, there is. - Oh, yeah. 740 00:35:23,834 --> 00:35:24,667 Look at this. 741 00:35:24,834 --> 00:35:25,868 Oh, that's perfectly flat. 742 00:35:26,033 --> 00:35:27,567 That's been ground down. 743 00:35:27,734 --> 00:35:29,167 Look at that. 744 00:35:29,334 --> 00:35:30,267 - Yeah. - This is-- 745 00:35:30,434 --> 00:35:31,434 this is the base of the arrastra? 746 00:35:31,601 --> 00:35:33,000 Yeah. 747 00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:36,133 Right about here, you'd had a center post. 748 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:37,400 - OK. - In the center of it, 749 00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:39,434 there'd be a post that would go up with an arm. 750 00:35:39,601 --> 00:35:42,234 - OK. - And then that's what would drag 751 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,667 that dragstone right there. 752 00:35:43,834 --> 00:35:45,634 Walk around a circle and just keep dragging that rock 753 00:35:45,801 --> 00:35:48,367 and just keep adding ore into here. 754 00:35:48,534 --> 00:35:51,634 This smelter was the first clue we were a lot closer to a mine. 755 00:35:51,801 --> 00:35:54,100 But this arrastra gives us a lot more to go on. 756 00:35:55,434 --> 00:35:56,767 After you pull ore from a mine, 757 00:35:56,934 --> 00:35:59,067 the first place you go is to your arrastra. 758 00:35:59,234 --> 00:36:00,367 And if you do that enough, 759 00:36:00,534 --> 00:36:02,167 you're gonna leave a lot of clues behind. 760 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:05,367 Foot traffic or wagon wheels 761 00:36:05,534 --> 00:36:07,868 can leave a lasting impression in the earth, 762 00:36:08,033 --> 00:36:10,100 and ore fragments can fall off along the way. 763 00:36:11,367 --> 00:36:13,367 If we find anything like that, it could lead us directly 764 00:36:13,534 --> 00:36:15,067 to the mine entrance. 765 00:36:15,234 --> 00:36:18,033 I think we should metal detect this entire arrastra. 766 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,100 I agree. 767 00:36:28,734 --> 00:36:30,734 2 Hey, Reaves, thanks for bringing this rig up. 768 00:36:31,767 --> 00:36:34,133 On the outskirts of Blind Frog Ranch, 769 00:36:34,300 --> 00:36:36,767 Josh, James, and Eric have discovered 770 00:36:36,934 --> 00:36:41,133 the ruins of a 19th century gold processing operation. 771 00:36:41,300 --> 00:36:44,868 They believe they've unearthed the remains of an arrastra, 772 00:36:45,033 --> 00:36:47,968 a crude ore crushing mill that was widely used 773 00:36:48,133 --> 00:36:50,834 during the American Gold Rush. 774 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,567 We stumble across this arrastra, 775 00:36:52,734 --> 00:36:54,434 and this is absolute proof 776 00:36:54,601 --> 00:36:56,934 that people were out here working ore. 777 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,934 There has to be a mine site somewhere nearby. 778 00:37:00,167 --> 00:37:02,667 But the journal doesn't tell us where to go next. 779 00:37:02,834 --> 00:37:05,267 If we investigate, we should be able to find 780 00:37:05,434 --> 00:37:07,667 the path of where the ore was coming from. 781 00:37:08,968 --> 00:37:11,067 Right here is the outer wall. 782 00:37:11,234 --> 00:37:14,334 Just clear out this right here. 783 00:37:14,501 --> 00:37:16,067 Copy that. 784 00:37:17,834 --> 00:37:20,467 I'm not only looking for gold at the arrastra, 785 00:37:20,634 --> 00:37:23,367 but maybe artifacts left behind that can tell us 786 00:37:23,534 --> 00:37:26,434 from which direction this ore came in from. 787 00:37:28,067 --> 00:37:29,167 The ultimate goal here 788 00:37:29,334 --> 00:37:31,467 is to get us into that Keyhole Chamber. 789 00:37:34,934 --> 00:37:35,934 Yeah! 790 00:37:40,634 --> 00:37:42,467 Look it, see? There's more of it coming up. 791 00:37:42,634 --> 00:37:44,267 - See what I'm saying? - Yeah, where the edge stone is. 792 00:37:45,534 --> 00:37:47,167 That's awesome. You just exposed 793 00:37:47,334 --> 00:37:48,734 some more of the outer wall. 794 00:37:48,901 --> 00:37:50,200 - Perfect. - Oh. 795 00:37:51,434 --> 00:37:55,267 A grid system is really important in an excavation, 796 00:37:55,434 --> 00:37:57,834 so that I know where it came out of the ground. 797 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,667 I'm gonna start on the inner portion of the grid, 798 00:38:01,834 --> 00:38:04,033 expanding outwards from the arrastra. 799 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,868 That way we keep good records of where an artifact came out 800 00:38:08,033 --> 00:38:09,367 of the ground. 801 00:38:09,534 --> 00:38:13,267 That way I can label what square it's coming out of. 802 00:38:13,434 --> 00:38:16,133 We're using string to help create these search grids 803 00:38:16,300 --> 00:38:18,334 and then running the metal detector through each one. 804 00:38:20,601 --> 00:38:22,467 Now that's a signal right there. 805 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:24,634 Section two. 806 00:38:26,267 --> 00:38:28,267 If we get a hit, we'll collect that pile 807 00:38:28,434 --> 00:38:29,467 and run it through my sifter. 808 00:38:32,934 --> 00:38:34,234 Accretions? 809 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,767 - Yeah, all the same thing. - Accretions, yeah. 810 00:38:36,934 --> 00:38:38,467 - A lot-- look at that. - Yeah. 811 00:38:40,834 --> 00:38:42,767 So I have my first two sections. 812 00:38:42,934 --> 00:38:44,634 There was nothing in those other two sections, 813 00:38:44,801 --> 00:38:46,567 so I'm gonna pull the grid for now. 814 00:38:54,100 --> 00:38:57,234 There are definite hits there, so I'm gonna just shovel. 815 00:38:57,400 --> 00:38:58,868 This will be section-- 816 00:38:59,033 --> 00:39:02,100 one, two, three. It's section three, 817 00:39:02,267 --> 00:39:04,033 square one. 818 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,667 What I'd like to do is just concentrate right here. 819 00:39:07,767 --> 00:39:11,267 This is-- this is just like a crevice in a natural rock. 820 00:39:11,434 --> 00:39:14,667 And so if they were crushing gold, it's very possible 821 00:39:14,834 --> 00:39:17,567 that it could find its way down into that crack. 822 00:39:17,734 --> 00:39:19,467 I'm just gonna run this pinpointer over it 823 00:39:19,634 --> 00:39:22,334 to see if it can pick up anything metallic, basically. 824 00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,834 - Do you need me to do anything? - No, not at this point. 825 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,367 I'm gonna pinpoint it to see if here-- 826 00:39:27,534 --> 00:39:28,667 maybe there's something in there. - No way. 827 00:39:30,334 --> 00:39:31,667 - I'm getting a hit. - All right. 828 00:39:32,968 --> 00:39:35,000 - It could just be iron. - It could just be iron. 829 00:39:35,167 --> 00:39:37,467 But there's definitely something right there. 830 00:39:37,634 --> 00:39:38,968 I'm gonna dig it a little bit. 831 00:39:41,334 --> 00:39:43,167 - It's right in here. - Right. 832 00:39:43,334 --> 00:39:44,968 I'm seeing a little something there. 833 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,166 - I'm seeing something. - Eric, that looks like-- 834 00:39:46,167 --> 00:39:47,634 - Oh, it's unmistakable. - Oh-- 835 00:39:47,801 --> 00:39:48,733 Oh, my god! 836 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:49,767 - You've got it! - It's gold! It's gold! 837 00:39:49,934 --> 00:39:50,868 It's gold! 838 00:39:52,567 --> 00:39:53,868 - That's it! - Look at that! 839 00:39:54,033 --> 00:39:55,000 - That's gold! - Look at that. 840 00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:57,868 We've got gold! 841 00:39:58,033 --> 00:39:59,267 - Whoa! - Look at this! 842 00:40:03,767 --> 00:40:06,033 Look at that! 843 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,934 Holy [bleep]! That's gold! 844 00:40:08,100 --> 00:40:09,367 Damn right it's gold. 845 00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:12,267 Everything's coming together here, man. 846 00:40:12,434 --> 00:40:13,667 Everything. 847 00:40:13,834 --> 00:40:15,234 All right, yeah, let's get this thing bottled up. 848 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:16,367 Yep. 849 00:40:18,834 --> 00:40:20,100 - Got it. - Beautiful. 850 00:40:21,267 --> 00:40:22,767 That's a tiny one, but it's gold. 851 00:40:22,934 --> 00:40:23,934 Look at that. 852 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:25,267 Hey, it's what it represents, you know? 853 00:40:25,434 --> 00:40:26,534 Yeah. 854 00:40:26,701 --> 00:40:28,367 That means the journal is right. 855 00:40:28,534 --> 00:40:31,100 There's a gold mine somewhere near Blind Frog Ranch. 856 00:40:31,267 --> 00:40:32,234 Oh, hell yeah! 857 00:40:33,868 --> 00:40:35,667 The journal led us to this arrastra, 858 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:37,567 and we found a piece of gold. 859 00:40:37,734 --> 00:40:40,133 This discovery could change everything. 860 00:40:40,300 --> 00:40:42,167 It gives me confidence in the journal 861 00:40:42,334 --> 00:40:44,567 that the information is correct. 862 00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:47,467 The journal is leading us towards gold. 863 00:40:47,634 --> 00:40:49,868 Now we're about to find it. 864 00:40:55,267 --> 00:40:56,567 Oh! 865 00:40:56,734 --> 00:40:59,100 Next time on Blind Frog Ranch. 866 00:40:59,267 --> 00:41:00,634 - Oh-- look at that. - What's that-- right? 867 00:41:00,801 --> 00:41:03,734 The team unearths artifacts pointing the way 868 00:41:03,901 --> 00:41:05,367 to the Keyhole Chamber. 869 00:41:05,534 --> 00:41:07,234 I think we're at the entrance of a mine. 870 00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:10,467 While Ron uncovers a game-changing lead. 871 00:41:10,634 --> 00:41:13,167 You do feel there are other locations? 872 00:41:13,334 --> 00:41:15,434 Oh, I'm sure there's gold. 873 00:41:15,601 --> 00:41:17,100 - But the path to gold... - Oh! 874 00:41:17,267 --> 00:41:19,467 ...may mean risking it all. 875 00:41:19,634 --> 00:41:20,634 I'm gonna go in. 876 00:41:24,367 --> 00:41:25,367 Guys, it's caving! 877 00:41:25,534 --> 00:41:26,667 Oh, [bleep]! 878 00:41:26,834 --> 00:41:28,167 It's moving! Pull out, pull out!