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Previ ously on "blind frog ranch."
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Wild!
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Woo!
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The team discovered a
flooded cavern system...
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Ok, we're way back there,
all the way towards the ranch.
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Leading to the keyhole chamber,
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where they believe
the aztec gold is hidden.
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But with the passageway blocked,
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Chad and Josh begin
searching for another entrance
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into the flooded caverns below.
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Limestone.
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We absolutely could've
an entrance to a cave here.
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Uncovering a series
of ancient trail markers,
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pointing them towards the treasure.
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That looks exactly like a turtle.
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It really does.
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Is this not a bear guarding the cave?
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And a mysterious stone monument.
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Look how that's stacked up.
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I don't see how it's lasted this long.
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Surrounded by signs of aztec weaponry.
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There's another one
right here. Look at this.
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That's an arrowhead for sure.
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Meanwhile... That's the
borehole we want to offset.
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Eric's plan to drill around the meteorite
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covering the keyhole chamber
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hit s a deadly problem.
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Shut it down!
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- Shut it down?
- Shut down that rig!
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This whole place is radioactive.
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Denzel, shut it down!
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Legends of ancient treasures...
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This has to be hundreds of years back.
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And unexplained phenomena.
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What the hell is that?
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Meet at a 160 acre
property in northeast Utah,
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known as blind frog ranch,
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where Duane ollinger and his team are
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digging in search of long lost aztec gold
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the aztecs have discovered this?
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But the closer they get
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I finally get to hold gold in my hand.
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The more the land fights back.
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Go! Go!
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Now, Duane will move
heaven... There you go!
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And earth... Fire in the hole.
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Until he gets to the
bottom of this mystery...
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We've started this whole deal,
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and we're sure as hell gonna finish it.
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And solves what's lurking below...
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Holy there's something in there!
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Guys!
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At blind frog ranch.
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This should be it, right up here.
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That's where we found those artifacts.
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Yeah, that's where that
big rock structure thing is,
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right there.
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Chad and Josh are heading back
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to the stone monument they discovered,
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tracing the path of the turtle's gaze
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a large rock formation that is surrounded
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with arrowheads from
an ancient civilization.
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That's an arrowhead for sure.
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- Look at here.
- Another one?
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Another arrowhead. That's three.
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The profusion of worked
arrowheads leads them
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to believe aztecs and their descendants
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were using this area to make weapons.
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This site was important.
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It's not just a lone
arrowhead that got lost.
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It could be, like, an armory.
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There is stuff all through here.
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I think we just need
to keep looking around.
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I mean, there could be a cave.
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Could be a sign of there being
an entrance underground here
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or something like that.
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It's just kind of a... it's like a
big stone monument, right?
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And it looks like it's been manipulated.
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And there was a lot of
rock here at one time.
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You could tell it was there,
and yet, not all, it's gone.
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But it's actually, totally gone.
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There's no rock here below it.
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So where did all the rock fall go?
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Where's the rubble at?
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We're looking for an entrance
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into this underground cave system
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that leads back to our ranch.
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Right here, there's
another one, right here.
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- You got something?
- There's another one.
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Look at that.
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Yep, that's one for
sure. Wow, look at that.
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- I think it's obsidian.
- Really?
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- Holy - that's wild, man.
- Absolutely.
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I mean, obsidian's not
found here in the uintas,
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so I have no idea where it came from.
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Hey, right there.
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That's definitely an arrowhead.
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It's not a finished piece, but it's
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it's part of an arrowhead for sure.
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It's like somebody was
making it and then it broke.
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- It broke.
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They trash it, exactly.
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Or unless they brought them here.
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But I wouldn't think it'd
be, like, the best hunting.
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Right, like... this hilltop
isn't any good for hunting.
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There's no food. There's no water.
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What if they were guarding something?
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Guarding, yeah. And
what do they guard?
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- That's the thing, too.
- Exactly.
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Yeah. What are they guarding?
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Why here?
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I think this was a defensive position.
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It's up high. It has weapons all over.
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I mean, they were guarding
something here, for sure.
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Well, we can get these
dated to see how long ago
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- they were here.
- Yes.
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And then figure out why they're here.
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The wind's kicking up, man.
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This is, like, any time
we get close to anything,
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weather happens.
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Let's keep looking around
and see if we can find them.
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Absolutely.
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So I spent some time
last week reviewing
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all the core samples that
we took from the energy zone.
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There's some good news, and bad news.
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The bad news is we pulled the core,
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and it had this distinct
yellowish sort of stain to it.
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So I got out my geiger
counter and checked it,
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and sure enough, it was uranium,
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and it's emitting radioactivity.
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While Chad and Josh were
scouring for an entrance
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into the underground,
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Eric has been trying to breach
the keyhole chamber from above.
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- What do we got, guys?
- 195 to 200 plus.
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All right, good.
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Attempting to size up the meteorite
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and drill into the chamber,
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Eric extracted a core sample
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containing a distinctive yellow material
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that proved to be highly
radioactive uranium.
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- Shut it down!
- Shut it down?
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Shut down that rig.
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After investigating the core sample,
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Eric has assembled the
team to review his findings.
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So this is really dangerous.
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Going in through that uranium,
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I mean, it's gonna kick up uranium dust.
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You're gonna inhale it.
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The good news is,
with some really serious
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mitigative efforts and testing, ventilation
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ventilation shafts, things like that,
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we can make a plan to
safely drill through that.
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Uranium is a naturally
occurring radioactive metal
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that is used to generate nuclear energy
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and power atomic weapons.
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The element was used
to create the little boy,
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the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
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Prolonged exposure to
uranium can cause sickness
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and even death.
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I think this uranium may
very well be the reason
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for the aztec being attracted
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to the energy zone to begin with.
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Did they carve this keyhole
cavern because of the energy
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that was being emitted?
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It almost seems like it was the reason
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that they came there.
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Yeah, I mean, what I see here
is you guys have discovered
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two resources that are
very rare in any culture.
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Meteorite and uranium,
ancient culture sees those.
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They're gonna look unique,
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and they're gonna be attracted to them.
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I mean, uranium is yellow.
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Just that alone, they're
gonna go, "what is this?"
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This doesn't look like everything else.
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And meteorites, I mean, that's iron,
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and that's the only way, really, in nature
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that the ancient people
were able to obtain actual iron.
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They didn't know
how to smelt back then.
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So, I mean, it just makes sense
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that of course, people
were attracted to this place.
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Absolutely.
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Many of the great ancient civilizations,
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such as the Egyptian
empire and the shang dynasty,
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were built around impacted meteorites.
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Meteorites also marked
central sites of worship
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for the Roman and Greek empires,
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most notably being the omphalo stone
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at the temple of Apollo in delphi, Greece.
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But what were they doing with it,
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and what did it mean to
them, that I don't know.
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Well, throughout history,
the most important artifacts
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have been made from meteorites.
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I mean, it's the most prized
possession of any culture
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or civilization that we know of.
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King tut's knife was made of a meteorite.
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Meteorites have high iron
content and were one of the few
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sources of iron available
to ancient cultures,
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making them highly prized
and vital in the creation
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of ancient deadly weapons.
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The sword of tutankhamun,
discovered in king tut's tomb,
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was carved from meteoritic iron
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and decorated with a gold handle.
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While in China, hammers
were crafted from meteorites
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during the invention of
kung fu over 4,000 years ago.
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And ancient Indonesians
fashioned crisp daggers
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from meteorites,
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which they believed
possessed magical properties.
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So why was the uranium
with the meteorite?
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The yellow is mineral called carnotite,
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which is uranium bearing ore.
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So wherever that
meteor created fractures,
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water washed in and left
the uranium deposit behind.
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I wouldn't think everything
under blind frog ranch
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is gonna have this big
concentrated zone of uranium.
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That spot happened to.
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Yeah, I mean, I haven't seen
that distinctive yellow color
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anywhere on the ranch before.
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I think it would be smart to just go back
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and look at our
samples that we've taken,
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at the ranch over the years
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just to see if there's
any uranium in them.
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For all we know, there
could be radioactive material
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all over the ranch.
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Yeah.
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Still good information,
though. I mean, it really is.
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Everything is.
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I've worked on long term projects,
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and if you hit a roadblock,
you don't get to quit.
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If you do, you don't have a job anymore.
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And so you just figure it
out and keep moving forward.
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So hitting that uranium
is a blessing to me.
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It's a good thing. It's all information.
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You can use it for your benefit
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or you can ball about it and go home.
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I have never in my life seen
a thing that looks like it's bad
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that didn't turn into
an opportunity for me.
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It might kick your ass a little bit,
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but I guarantee the
blessings are so much bigger.
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We did get boned at the energy zone
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when we were drilling with the radiation,
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but we can't forget about
the armory site right here.
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So this is where we
found all of the arrowheads
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and the spearheads right here.
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And there could be another entrance,
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or something that they were protecting.
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I agree, man. That
armory is a huge deal.
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We go there, we found
not just several arrowheads,
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but an obsidian arrowhead.
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So we've gotta get an expert
in here to check this out.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I mean, I know Chris bartell's
an expert on projectile points,
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and he can give you guys
some really good information.
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So I would definitely like to go dig deeper
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- into that location.
- Yeah, we ought to look at that.
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It's very critical that we look
forward on every lead we can.
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So now Chad's gonna find a
way into those underwater tunnels,
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what they call an armory.
259
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And Eric is gonna start
running tests on our samples
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and see if there is uranium.
261
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There's no stopping here, fellas.
262
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We're nowhere close to stopping.
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- Good, deal.
- I like it.
264
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2 yeah, grab you a seat, Chris.
265
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All right.
266
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Wow.
267
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So today we have Chris
bartel coming out to the ranch.
268
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We've been finding a lot of arrowheads,
269
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and he has a lot of experience
270
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on different arrowheads
that he's found here
271
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and all over the world.
272
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Wow, that is an incredible piece.
273
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Yeah.
274
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Chris bartel is a high
ranking private contractor
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who oversaw security
at skin walker ranch.
276
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He is also an expert in
ancient artifacts and weaponry.
277
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The team is seeking his insight
on identifying the arrowhead
278
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they recovered from
the suspected armory.
279
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That is beautiful. This is obsidian.
280
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Obsidian is a volcanic
glass that has been shaped
281
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into tools and weapons
for thousands of years.
282
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Its unique molecular properties
allow it to be honed down
283
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to an edge 500 times
sharper than a steel blade,
284
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making it a deadly weapon in battle
285
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for ancient civilizations.
286
00:12:55,330 --> 00:12:57,500
This is a museum quality piece.
287
00:12:57,670 --> 00:13:00,770
That tells me that something's
trying to tell a story here.
288
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Obsidian comes from volcanic activity.
289
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This is not from around here.
290
00:13:05,630 --> 00:13:07,846
This area right here doesn't
have that volcanic rock.
291
00:13:07,870 --> 00:13:10,846
I have not seen obsidian out here at all.
292
00:13:10,870 --> 00:13:13,000
Yeah, I haven't either, actually.
293
00:13:13,170 --> 00:13:15,570
But the aztecs definitely
used obsidian, for sure.
294
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So this either... this either
295
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you know, may have
been traded back in the day
296
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or brought in by somebody
else, but you're right,
297
00:13:22,130 --> 00:13:23,846
I haven't found any
raw obsidian out here.
298
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Obsidian comes from volcanic activity,
299
00:13:26,070 --> 00:13:28,570
and there's hardly any
volcanoes here in Utah.
300
00:13:28,730 --> 00:13:31,360
So that means that someone
had to bring this material here.
301
00:13:31,530 --> 00:13:34,800
But what we do know is the
aztecs extensively used obsidian
302
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in their weapons.
303
00:13:36,570 --> 00:13:38,246
And this was, like, you
know, deadly weapons.
304
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It cuts like glass.
305
00:13:39,630 --> 00:13:42,200
The richest deposits
of obsidian in the world
306
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happen to be in Mexico,
307
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where the aztecs built their empire.
308
00:13:46,770 --> 00:13:49,800
Would obsidian been held in
a higher regard as a material,
309
00:13:49,970 --> 00:13:51,806
so that would have been
more for ceremonial purposes?
310
00:13:51,830 --> 00:13:52,830
Correct.
311
00:13:52,970 --> 00:13:55,500
I've seen large obsidian blades
312
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that were specifically used
for ceremonial purposes.
313
00:13:59,370 --> 00:14:02,976
Obsidi an held immense
significance in aztec culture,
314
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not only serving as a
sharp and durable material
315
00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:08,346
for tools and weapons,
316
00:14:08,370 --> 00:14:10,700
but it was also crafted into mirrors
317
00:14:10,870 --> 00:14:14,870
and used by sorcerers to
seek visions of the future.
318
00:14:16,070 --> 00:14:18,870
From what I understand, you
did the arrowhead based on
319
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- the bottom half of it.
- Right.
320
00:14:21,170 --> 00:14:23,000
So how old do you think this is?
321
00:14:23,970 --> 00:14:26,640
This is probably the archaic period.
322
00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:31,570
So this is a couple thousand
years old, most likely.
323
00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:36,546
Spanning from 8,000 to 1,000 bc,
324
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the archaic period in North America
325
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was characterized by a
shift toward a wider range
326
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of food sources and adVanced
tool technologies used
327
00:14:46,330 --> 00:14:48,860
by the Indigenous cultures.
328
00:14:49,030 --> 00:14:51,976
It was people here on
this ranch 3,000 years ago.
329
00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,500
- Yep.
- It's amazing.
330
00:14:53,670 --> 00:14:57,300
We're talking early hunter
gatherers that were out here.
331
00:14:57,470 --> 00:14:59,600
You know, I mean,
it's an incredible history.
332
00:14:59,770 --> 00:15:01,646
And this is, like, you
know, this is the truth.
333
00:15:01,670 --> 00:15:02,670
This is undeniable.
334
00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:05,400
You can't just make this stuff up.
335
00:15:05,570 --> 00:15:08,076
I mean, to find them like
they were made yesterday
336
00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:10,300
out here means that
there's way more stuff
337
00:15:10,470 --> 00:15:12,540
to be discovered out here.
338
00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,100
- Take a look at this.
- Wow.
339
00:15:17,270 --> 00:15:19,976
It's a northern side notch bird point.
340
00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,900
Nice! Look at this thing.
341
00:15:22,070 --> 00:15:24,200
Bird points, like this, were used typically
342
00:15:24,370 --> 00:15:27,746
to hunt small game,
like birds or even rabbits.
343
00:15:27,770 --> 00:15:29,570
They're razor sharp.
344
00:15:29,730 --> 00:15:32,060
Actually, let me see that
obsidian point you found.
345
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,900
Ain't that something?
346
00:15:36,070 --> 00:15:38,076
- That almost matches...
- look at that.
347
00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:39,620
Yeah, that is something. Look at that.
348
00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:41,270
I wonder if it's the same maker.
349
00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,800
Although the arrowheads
are made of different materials,
350
00:15:45,970 --> 00:15:47,670
their identical design indicates
351
00:15:47,830 --> 00:15:49,460
a similar time period,
352
00:15:49,630 --> 00:15:53,446
likely 3,000 to 7,000 years ago.
353
00:15:53,470 --> 00:15:56,346
Amazing that you found that out here.
354
00:15:56,370 --> 00:15:58,546
The other interesting
thing about this arrowhead
355
00:15:58,570 --> 00:16:01,300
is that the style of it matches
an arrowhead made out
356
00:16:01,470 --> 00:16:02,990
of a different material, but the shape
357
00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:04,546
is exactly the same.
358
00:16:04,570 --> 00:16:06,976
It makes me wonder if both
of these points were made
359
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,970
by the ancestors of the aztecs
that lived in these caverns.
360
00:16:11,130 --> 00:16:14,400
So it's almost like some of this area,
361
00:16:14,570 --> 00:16:16,746
- they're protecting it.
- It could very well be.
362
00:16:16,770 --> 00:16:19,346
I mean, these lands are
protected for a reason,
363
00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,870
maybe for the cultural reasons,
364
00:16:22,030 --> 00:16:25,100
but maybe there's also
hidden gold caches out here.
365
00:16:25,270 --> 00:16:27,146
It's evidence of occupation, so
366
00:16:27,170 --> 00:16:28,976
I'm interested to see
what else you find there,
367
00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,800
especially if you get inside the caves.
368
00:16:30,970 --> 00:16:32,870
Chris, man, thank you
for coming out, brother.
369
00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:34,700
Thanks. Thanks, man.
370
00:16:34,870 --> 00:16:36,500
Thank you. Thank you, absolutely.
371
00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:48,570
This was where most of the arrowheads
372
00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:50,000
were coming out of, right here.
373
00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:53,046
It'll probably be good
for you to go through
374
00:16:53,070 --> 00:16:55,400
with the metal detectors first.
375
00:16:55,570 --> 00:16:58,000
See if there's anything
out of the ordinary here.
376
00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,770
Let me go ahead and
set this up for you first.
377
00:17:08,930 --> 00:17:10,260
Yeah, let's hammer it out.
378
00:17:14,970 --> 00:17:16,970
This site we're calling the armory,
379
00:17:17,130 --> 00:17:18,960
there could be an
entrance to a cave here,
380
00:17:19,130 --> 00:17:20,860
but we're finding all these artifacts,
381
00:17:21,030 --> 00:17:22,560
so we're gonna do this by the book.
382
00:17:23,670 --> 00:17:25,346
So James is gonna set up a search grid,
383
00:17:25,370 --> 00:17:26,806
and we're gonna go through this area
384
00:17:26,830 --> 00:17:27,976
with a fine tooth comb.
385
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:29,100
All right.
386
00:17:29,270 --> 00:17:30,870
- Ok, that's the last one?
- Yep.
387
00:17:31,030 --> 00:17:33,960
We know that this underwater
cavern system is running
388
00:17:34,130 --> 00:17:35,646
right below the armory.
389
00:17:35,670 --> 00:17:38,470
There has to be an
entrance very close by
390
00:17:38,630 --> 00:17:39,900
to the armory here.
391
00:17:40,070 --> 00:17:42,300
All these artifacts, all
these projectile points,
392
00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:45,146
may lead us to that entrance.
393
00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:47,400
All right, so I'm gonna grab my detector,
394
00:17:47,570 --> 00:17:49,700
and I'm gonna get that thing fired up.
395
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,200
All right, so we'll set up
the provenience screen.
396
00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:57,846
While Josh scans the
area with his metal detector,
397
00:17:57,870 --> 00:18:00,846
James will start
excavating the area by hand,
398
00:18:00,870 --> 00:18:03,976
using a wire grid called
a provenience screen
399
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,670
to chart the discoveries.
400
00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:07,500
Yeah, I wanna work this hillside.
401
00:18:15,100 --> 00:18:16,670
This detector will cover some ground,
402
00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:18,746
- which is really nice.
- Good.
403
00:18:18,770 --> 00:18:20,870
We'll sniff it out.
404
00:18:29,870 --> 00:18:31,770
Boy, nothing.
405
00:18:31,930 --> 00:18:33,800
This area is clean right here.
406
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,270
No metal.
407
00:18:42,370 --> 00:18:44,170
Nothing there.
408
00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,770
There we go.
409
00:18:48,930 --> 00:18:50,260
There's a signal.
410
00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,746
Let's see if I can get that to repeat.
411
00:18:51,770 --> 00:18:53,970
Yeah, yeah.
412
00:18:54,130 --> 00:18:56,000
That's a target right there.
413
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,070
Here we go.
414
00:19:10,270 --> 00:19:11,700
What the hell is that?
415
00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,076
I got something in the
hole right here, James.
416
00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:16,300
Really?
417
00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:19,000
Holy crap!
418
00:19:19,170 --> 00:19:20,570
I think we got something.
419
00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,200
2 come take a look at this, James.
420
00:19:33,470 --> 00:19:35,170
This looks like lead.
421
00:19:35,330 --> 00:19:38,760
At the armory, the team has
been successful uncovering
422
00:19:38,930 --> 00:19:40,976
numerous projectile points.
423
00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,770
But Josh has just unearthed
a mysterious piece of metal.
424
00:19:46,870 --> 00:19:48,346
What do you think? It does look like a
425
00:19:48,370 --> 00:19:50,970
- that looks, it's lead, right?
- Yeah, I've seen these before.
426
00:19:51,130 --> 00:19:52,346
Yeah.
427
00:19:52,370 --> 00:19:54,670
This looks like it could be a fired round.
428
00:19:54,830 --> 00:19:55,846
That's interesting.
429
00:19:55,870 --> 00:19:57,670
Yeah, it obviously hit something, too.
430
00:19:58,870 --> 00:20:00,646
If we're talking a musket ball, Josh,
431
00:20:00,670 --> 00:20:03,670
we're talking the earliest settlers here.
432
00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:08,970
Muskets were commonly
used on battlefields
433
00:20:09,130 --> 00:20:10,500
in the 16th century.
434
00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:16,160
Crafted from soft lead,
435
00:20:16,330 --> 00:20:18,300
the musket balls would often deform
436
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:21,870
as they collided with their
target's flesh and bone.
437
00:20:24,270 --> 00:20:25,446
Look at that, I mean, it
438
00:20:25,470 --> 00:20:27,646
it was fired up here at something.
439
00:20:27,670 --> 00:20:31,470
I mean, it probably just hit
the dirt or a rock or whatever.
440
00:20:31,630 --> 00:20:33,000
That's amazing.
441
00:20:39,970 --> 00:20:42,070
Hey, fellas. Any luck?
442
00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:45,960
- Check this out. Projectile - another one?
- Yeah.
443
00:20:47,270 --> 00:20:49,000
You gotta go check out what Josh found.
444
00:20:50,570 --> 00:20:51,670
Check this out.
445
00:20:52,870 --> 00:20:54,230
Is this metal, or what'd you find?
446
00:20:54,270 --> 00:20:55,247
That's lead.
447
00:20:55,271 --> 00:20:57,111
Found that with the
detector, just right here.
448
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:03,200
- It's half of a sphere.
- Yeah, a musket ball.
449
00:21:03,370 --> 00:21:05,746
- Like old school?
- Yeah, it is.
450
00:21:05,770 --> 00:21:07,000
You see that?
451
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,470
- Hell, yeah!
- Yeah!
452
00:21:09,630 --> 00:21:11,860
It sure is, isn't it?
453
00:21:12,030 --> 00:21:13,700
How old do you think it is?
454
00:21:13,870 --> 00:21:16,470
I mean, it has to be
pre-civil war, but it can be
455
00:21:16,630 --> 00:21:19,346
it can go back from there,
I mean, hundreds of years.
456
00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:21,270
You know, I think what's most important,
457
00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:23,460
everything we found
here is native American,
458
00:21:23,630 --> 00:21:25,760
but this musket ball is European.
459
00:21:26,970 --> 00:21:29,770
I'm just wondering if
somebody fired that at this site
460
00:21:29,930 --> 00:21:31,200
or at someone.
461
00:21:31,370 --> 00:21:33,346
Exactly. It definitely hit something.
462
00:21:33,370 --> 00:21:36,670
Look at that it's definitely a musket ball.
463
00:21:36,830 --> 00:21:38,646
Yeah, could've been a battle.
464
00:21:38,670 --> 00:21:40,800
Yeah, some kind of battle.
465
00:21:40,970 --> 00:21:42,700
That means there's
something of value here.
466
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:45,070
I mean, something worth protecting.
467
00:21:45,230 --> 00:21:48,860
- Something worth dying over.
- Definitely.
468
00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:53,170
Hey, I'm getting a signal here, guys.
469
00:21:53,330 --> 00:21:54,406
Really?
470
00:21:54,430 --> 00:21:57,446
Yeah, it's the same
signature as the last one.
471
00:21:57,470 --> 00:22:00,846
Let me just... let me just
kind of, narrow it down.
472
00:22:00,870 --> 00:22:03,170
See where the signal's strongest.
473
00:22:05,570 --> 00:22:06,600
Right there?
474
00:22:06,770 --> 00:22:08,206
You see that line I drew in the sand?
475
00:22:08,230 --> 00:22:09,246
- Yeah, yeah.
- That's our midpoint.
476
00:22:09,270 --> 00:22:10,346
I'm getting the best signal,
477
00:22:10,370 --> 00:22:12,270
and I'm getting another
one going this way.
478
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,146
- Anything?
- Nothing.
479
00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,770
Let's keep going.
480
00:22:18,930 --> 00:22:20,770
Let me see if it's still
in the hole, hang on.
481
00:22:22,470 --> 00:22:23,600
Yeah, it's still there.
482
00:22:23,770 --> 00:22:25,100
- It's still in the hole.
- Yeah.
483
00:22:26,670 --> 00:22:28,246
Hey, wait, wait, wait.
484
00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:29,840
Right there, right there.
485
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:34,770
- Yeah, look at this.
- Look, it's intact.
486
00:22:34,930 --> 00:22:38,000
- Wow! - Look at that - look at that.
- Amazing.
487
00:22:38,170 --> 00:22:39,246
Look at that.
488
00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:41,746
Josh has uncovered another musket ball,
489
00:22:41,770 --> 00:22:45,070
but surprisingly, this one is unfired.
490
00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:46,460
That's identical.
491
00:22:46,630 --> 00:22:50,260
If you fired this and it hit
somebody or something,
492
00:22:50,430 --> 00:22:51,670
it's gonna look just like that.
493
00:22:52,670 --> 00:22:53,900
- Wow.
- Look at that.
494
00:22:54,070 --> 00:22:55,340
Nice find, man.
495
00:22:56,270 --> 00:22:58,700
I just wonder what they were
defending right here, you know?
496
00:22:58,870 --> 00:23:00,400
That's a good question.
497
00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:05,470
So we're seeing these projectile points,
498
00:23:05,630 --> 00:23:07,860
and we're seeing these musket balls.
499
00:23:08,030 --> 00:23:10,660
One of the musket balls
crushed on one side,
500
00:23:10,830 --> 00:23:12,546
that tells us that this thing was fired
501
00:23:12,570 --> 00:23:14,670
and came into contact with something,
502
00:23:14,830 --> 00:23:16,646
and it's all telling a story.
503
00:23:16,670 --> 00:23:19,500
I think there very well
could've been a battle here,
504
00:23:19,670 --> 00:23:21,300
but what were they fighting over?
505
00:23:21,470 --> 00:23:23,076
The bigger the battle,
the bigger the treasure.
506
00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:24,270
Exactly right.
507
00:23:24,430 --> 00:23:25,806
All right, fellas, let's keep going.
508
00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:28,260
This is great news. Let's find some more.
509
00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:46,700
I'm gonna get some
gloves to crush that rock.
510
00:23:46,870 --> 00:23:50,100
Eric is inspecting dozens of
samples he's been collecting
511
00:23:50,270 --> 00:23:53,546
from across blind frog
ranch, attempting to determine
512
00:23:53,570 --> 00:23:56,600
the extent of the
uranium deposit's reach,
513
00:23:56,770 --> 00:24:00,100
fearing they may extend
beyond the energy zone.
514
00:24:00,270 --> 00:24:02,270
I took a bunch of samples
from all over the ranch.
515
00:24:09,670 --> 00:24:12,270
And I want to crush it and
look at it under the microscope
516
00:24:12,430 --> 00:24:14,546
and see if there's any uranium in it.
517
00:24:14,570 --> 00:24:15,970
I'll check the sample for radiation
518
00:24:16,130 --> 00:24:17,246
with the geiger counter,
519
00:24:17,270 --> 00:24:19,640
but I'll need to do a
visual inspection first.
520
00:24:30,170 --> 00:24:31,600
This isn't exactly high tech,
521
00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:33,090
but when you're out in the field,
522
00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:34,600
you have to be ready to improvise.
523
00:24:34,770 --> 00:24:37,270
So I've fabricated a rock crusher here.
524
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:44,600
And so I'm crushing it down.
525
00:24:44,770 --> 00:24:46,446
As much as possible, to try to liberate
526
00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:47,870
anything that's in there.
527
00:24:48,030 --> 00:24:49,246
I'll look at it under the microscope
528
00:24:49,270 --> 00:24:50,600
and see what we've got.
529
00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:52,600
So we'll see.
530
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,970
This is a sample from the south cave.
531
00:25:06,570 --> 00:25:09,270
I'm seeing some
hematite, malachite in there.
532
00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:14,970
There's nothing there. So far.
533
00:25:15,130 --> 00:25:16,446
Well, I haven't seen anything in it.
534
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:19,470
Well, let me take a
look at the next one here.
535
00:25:19,630 --> 00:25:22,446
I'm seeing small flakes of gold.
536
00:25:22,470 --> 00:25:25,246
There's one, two, three, four, five.
537
00:25:25,270 --> 00:25:27,970
I mean, too many to count.
538
00:25:28,130 --> 00:25:29,300
It's a decent looking sample,
539
00:25:29,470 --> 00:25:32,000
but so far I'm not seeing any uranium.
540
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:36,800
This is sample number
one from the open pit.
541
00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:49,500
What the hell is this?
542
00:25:57,470 --> 00:25:59,600
I'm seeing a couple small fragments.
543
00:25:59,770 --> 00:26:01,570
It's really hard to mistake that color.
544
00:26:06,470 --> 00:26:07,570
Yeah.
545
00:26:09,070 --> 00:26:11,070
It's uranium.
546
00:26:11,230 --> 00:26:12,646
Or at least that's what I think it is.
547
00:26:12,670 --> 00:26:13,976
But I'm gonna go ahead and check it
548
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,370
with the geiger counter.
549
00:26:21,230 --> 00:26:23,346
Yeah, it's uranium.
550
00:26:23,370 --> 00:26:25,770
You got uranium at the energy zone?
551
00:26:25,930 --> 00:26:28,500
You got uranium at the open pit?
552
00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:30,070
What the hell's going on here?
553
00:26:38,370 --> 00:26:40,600
2 boy. I think we've got our match.
554
00:26:40,770 --> 00:26:41,976
It's uranium.
555
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,146
Eric is inspecting dozens of
samples he's been collecting
556
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:47,500
from across blind frog ranch.
557
00:26:47,670 --> 00:26:50,470
Within the samples, Eric
has uncovered uranium
558
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:54,060
in an unexpected
location, the open pit mine,
559
00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:56,300
a series of large mine entrances
560
00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:59,000
which lied north of the keyhole chamber.
561
00:26:59,170 --> 00:27:01,300
We've got uranium at the energy zone.
562
00:27:01,470 --> 00:27:03,870
We've got uranium at the open pit.
563
00:27:04,030 --> 00:27:06,446
So it's connected somehow.
564
00:27:06,470 --> 00:27:08,370
I gotta think it's connected.
565
00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:10,800
The uranium could've
been naturally deposited
566
00:27:10,970 --> 00:27:12,846
in two different places,
567
00:27:12,870 --> 00:27:15,700
but I've got a hypothesis I'd like to test.
568
00:27:15,870 --> 00:27:18,500
What if the uranium
settled in both places
569
00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:21,200
because they both
had meteorite impacts?
570
00:27:24,870 --> 00:27:27,870
We have a meteor impact
site here at the energy zone.
571
00:27:28,030 --> 00:27:30,246
We have found uranium here.
572
00:27:30,270 --> 00:27:31,646
We have a fault here,
573
00:27:31,670 --> 00:27:34,270
and we have uranium
at the open pit mine, too.
574
00:27:34,430 --> 00:27:35,746
So there's a connection there.
575
00:27:35,770 --> 00:27:39,746
We know that meteor impacts
can create faults, actually.
576
00:27:39,770 --> 00:27:41,370
They can create zones of weakness.
577
00:27:41,530 --> 00:27:44,346
So, did this uranium collect in the fault
578
00:27:44,370 --> 00:27:46,400
created by the meteorite?
579
00:27:46,570 --> 00:27:49,300
Is it possible that multiple
fragments of this meteorite
580
00:27:49,470 --> 00:27:51,470
hit along that flight path?
581
00:27:57,100 --> 00:27:59,070
Each impact could've created faults
582
00:27:59,230 --> 00:28:00,976
that later developed into caverns.
583
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,146
So that would increase the
odds of us finding an entrance
584
00:28:04,170 --> 00:28:06,400
that could lead us back
to the keyhole cavern.
585
00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:13,146
With u Ranium detected
at both the energy zone
586
00:28:13,170 --> 00:28:14,900
and th E open pit mine,
587
00:28:15,070 --> 00:28:17,900
Eric b Elieves several
large fragments broke off
588
00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:19,470
the incoming meteorite,
589
00:28:19,630 --> 00:28:21,800
creating fault lines upon impact,
590
00:28:21,970 --> 00:28:24,770
stretching between the two locations.
591
00:28:31,370 --> 00:28:33,076
Over millions of years,
592
00:28:33,100 --> 00:28:36,346
water seeping down through
these fissures in the earth,
593
00:28:36,370 --> 00:28:38,470
could've carved massive caves,
594
00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:41,160
leading all the way to
the keyhole chamber.
595
00:28:43,170 --> 00:28:45,100
I mean, finding this
both here on the ranch
596
00:28:45,270 --> 00:28:46,870
and at the open pit mine means
597
00:28:47,030 --> 00:28:48,760
there's continuity between the two.
598
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,076
What I'd like to do is
go back to that fault line
599
00:28:52,100 --> 00:28:54,000
that runs through blind frog ranch
600
00:28:54,170 --> 00:28:56,070
north towards that open pit mine
601
00:28:56,230 --> 00:28:58,000
and take a look around
for any other signs
602
00:28:58,170 --> 00:28:59,746
of meteorite impact.
603
00:28:59,770 --> 00:29:01,600
It's really cool.
604
00:29:01,770 --> 00:29:03,000
So I'm digging it, man.
605
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:22,300
What are we looking
for down here, though?
606
00:29:22,470 --> 00:29:25,146
Well, what I'm looking for
here is fragments of meteorites
607
00:29:25,170 --> 00:29:27,070
made out of iron and nickel.
608
00:29:27,230 --> 00:29:28,760
To validate his theory,
609
00:29:28,930 --> 00:29:31,560
that meteorite fragments
created openings
610
00:29:31,730 --> 00:29:33,446
into the keyhole chamber,
611
00:29:33,470 --> 00:29:36,246
Eric has asked Chad to help him search
612
00:29:36,270 --> 00:29:38,200
for evidence of the impacts.
613
00:29:43,570 --> 00:29:46,846
See how the creek
bed, it's kinda deep there,
614
00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:48,970
- and then it shallows out here?
- Right.
615
00:29:49,130 --> 00:29:50,546
As the soil erodes,
616
00:29:50,570 --> 00:29:53,746
any heavy material is gonna get
washed down into that creek bed,
617
00:29:53,770 --> 00:29:54,900
just like a funnel.
618
00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:02,800
There's, like, nothing here.
619
00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:05,370
Let's look over here by this outcrop.
620
00:30:05,530 --> 00:30:07,160
The reason Chad and
I are exploring down
621
00:30:07,330 --> 00:30:08,976
in this creek bottom is
622
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,346
everything that's in the rock, around it,
623
00:30:11,370 --> 00:30:14,400
eventually makes its way
down into that creek bottom.
624
00:30:25,900 --> 00:30:27,770
I'm just picking up, like, noise here.
625
00:30:27,930 --> 00:30:29,460
- Yeah.
- Nothing here.
626
00:30:37,870 --> 00:30:39,400
That's some?
627
00:30:39,570 --> 00:30:41,090
Yeah, there's something right in here.
628
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:42,846
- Hear that?
- I heard it go off.
629
00:30:42,870 --> 00:30:44,370
- Hear that?
- Yeah, yeah.
630
00:30:44,530 --> 00:30:47,100
The signal on here is telling me it's iron.
631
00:30:50,670 --> 00:30:52,200
Let's take a scoop.
632
00:30:52,370 --> 00:30:57,076
I start shallow and then
get deeper and deeper.
633
00:30:57,100 --> 00:30:59,470
And then I'll run the
scoop over the detector.
634
00:31:01,670 --> 00:31:03,800
Yeah, there's nothing in that one.
635
00:31:08,970 --> 00:31:10,976
Nothing there.
636
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,400
Maybe a little deeper.
637
00:31:14,930 --> 00:31:15,976
- There it is.
- There it is.
638
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,406
Yeah, yeah. This is dark right here.
639
00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:19,060
- Yeah, yeah.
- See that?
640
00:31:19,230 --> 00:31:20,230
Yeah.
641
00:31:20,330 --> 00:31:22,200
- That's it.
- Yeah.
642
00:31:22,370 --> 00:31:23,970
Yeah. Run it over it again.
643
00:31:24,130 --> 00:31:26,360
Does it show what metal it is?
644
00:31:26,530 --> 00:31:28,160
It's iron.
645
00:31:28,330 --> 00:31:29,446
- Iron? So this could be...
- yeah.
646
00:31:29,470 --> 00:31:31,570
- This could be a fragment?
- Yeah, it could be.
647
00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:33,846
Right off the bat, it has kind of a look
648
00:31:33,870 --> 00:31:35,200
of a meteorite fragment.
649
00:31:35,370 --> 00:31:37,970
See how it's kind of shiny, like that?
650
00:31:38,130 --> 00:31:40,760
And it doesn't really look
like anything else around here.
651
00:31:40,930 --> 00:31:43,106
- It's showing iron, so that's...
- it's showing iron, yeah.
652
00:31:43,130 --> 00:31:44,446
Probably that's some kind of meteorite?
653
00:31:44,470 --> 00:31:47,076
Yeah, and we can do a
final test with an xrf gun.
654
00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:48,546
- Ok.
- If it shows nickel,
655
00:31:48,570 --> 00:31:50,670
then we know definitively that it is.
656
00:31:50,830 --> 00:31:53,146
That means that a... a
meteorite could've came in here
657
00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:54,300
and it just split up.
658
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:56,976
Small fragments of it
should be, you know,
659
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,846
placed here and there, basically.
660
00:31:58,870 --> 00:32:01,040
This is a good sign.
661
00:32:03,500 --> 00:32:06,846
Everything down in the bottom
of the swash has been eroded
662
00:32:06,870 --> 00:32:08,800
- from the slopes here, basically.
- Right.
663
00:32:08,970 --> 00:32:10,700
So this represents
thousands and thousands
664
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:13,140
of years of material.
665
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,400
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
Chad, I got something here.
666
00:32:19,570 --> 00:32:21,646
- Holy!
- What is it?
667
00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:23,300
Look at this!
668
00:32:23,470 --> 00:32:25,846
It looks like a shatter cone.
669
00:32:25,870 --> 00:32:27,270
You see how it's sort of,
670
00:32:27,430 --> 00:32:29,960
it's small here and it's
like a cone-shaped thing?
671
00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:32,700
This is the result of a meteorite
672
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:34,670
impacting this bedrock.
673
00:32:34,830 --> 00:32:38,160
The shock waves go through
it and it just forms these cones.
674
00:32:38,330 --> 00:32:40,746
And that's the same as the energy zone?
675
00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:42,470
Yeah. It's like we have a meteor.
676
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:47,076
We found this shatter cone,
and that definitely tells us
677
00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,470
that there was some
type of big explosion here.
678
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:54,200
Most likely from a meteor
that impacted the energy zone.
679
00:32:55,170 --> 00:32:57,070
The presence of a shatter cone,
680
00:32:57,230 --> 00:32:59,200
half a mile north of the energy zone
681
00:32:59,370 --> 00:33:03,070
is startling proof that Eric is correct.
682
00:33:03,230 --> 00:33:06,246
There are now signs of
multiple cavern entrances
683
00:33:06,270 --> 00:33:08,976
that exist along the meteorite fault line,
684
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,800
leading to the keyhole chamber
they've been trying to access.
685
00:33:16,270 --> 00:33:18,100
We don't have time to hike it today,
686
00:33:18,270 --> 00:33:20,200
but we've gotta go
back to that open pit line.
687
00:33:20,370 --> 00:33:21,870
Each one of these impacts
688
00:33:22,030 --> 00:33:24,460
could be a way into that cavern system.
689
00:33:31,170 --> 00:33:33,076
2 this is a great
defensive site right here.
690
00:33:33,100 --> 00:33:35,770
There was a skirmish taking
place here for good reason.
691
00:33:35,930 --> 00:33:37,860
This area was being heavily defended.
692
00:33:38,030 --> 00:33:39,246
Throughout human history,
693
00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:41,400
every culture has sought advantages
694
00:33:41,570 --> 00:33:42,900
against their enemies.
695
00:33:43,070 --> 00:33:45,900
Defending the high
ground is a strategic tactic
696
00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:48,400
that forces intruders to fight uphill
697
00:33:48,570 --> 00:33:51,800
and provides an advantage
when firing projectiles.
698
00:33:51,970 --> 00:33:55,406
While excavating the
underground city of derinkuyu,
699
00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:59,200
archaeologists uncovered
innovative defense mechanisms,
700
00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:01,270
such as rolling stone doors
701
00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:03,900
used to seal the entrances and exits,
702
00:34:04,070 --> 00:34:06,546
as well as small, hatch-like openings
703
00:34:06,570 --> 00:34:10,700
used to ambush intruders from below.
704
00:34:10,870 --> 00:34:13,900
The aztecs themselves were
famous for using the waters
705
00:34:14,070 --> 00:34:17,600
of lake texcoco as one of
the world's most massive
706
00:34:17,770 --> 00:34:19,076
defense systems.
707
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,570
So, if this was a defensive position,
708
00:34:21,730 --> 00:34:24,400
there's gotta be an opening to
the underground treasure chamber
709
00:34:24,570 --> 00:34:28,570
where soldiers or warriors could
come up to fight off invaders.
710
00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:34,976
- 2 - Roger, how are you, sir?
- Good, how are you doing?
711
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,670
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
712
00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:39,500
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
713
00:34:39,670 --> 00:34:42,400
With t He discovery of the
musket balls at the armory,
714
00:34:42,570 --> 00:34:47,200
Chad h As invited historian
Roger blomquist to the ranch.
715
00:34:47,370 --> 00:34:48,512
Check this out.
716
00:34:48,536 --> 00:34:51,860
He's hoping Roger can
determine their origin to decipher
717
00:34:52,030 --> 00:34:53,860
what took place at the armory.
718
00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:55,560
How old do you think it is?
719
00:34:55,730 --> 00:34:58,160
I mean, it has to be
pre-civil war, but it can be
720
00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:01,446
it can go back from there,
I mean, hundreds of years.
721
00:35:01,470 --> 00:35:02,976
So, what have we got today?
722
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,570
Yeah, Roger, why we
had you come out is
723
00:35:04,730 --> 00:35:06,900
to check out some of these weapons
724
00:35:07,070 --> 00:35:09,170
that we found at our armory.
725
00:35:09,330 --> 00:35:11,346
And we call it an armory
'cause we found a lot
726
00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:13,670
of arrowheads, plus musket balls.
727
00:35:13,830 --> 00:35:15,900
We think there could've
been some kind of war,
728
00:35:16,070 --> 00:35:18,800
or maybe they were protecting
something in that area,
729
00:35:18,970 --> 00:35:21,076
something worth a lot of value.
730
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:23,346
Ok, now, an armory, is
that a hole in the ground?
731
00:35:23,370 --> 00:35:24,800
Or is that a cave, or...?
732
00:35:24,970 --> 00:35:27,900
So, they have a flat rock platform
733
00:35:28,070 --> 00:35:30,500
that they actually looked
like they were tooling at,
734
00:35:30,670 --> 00:35:33,570
and then we found this
ordinance along with it.
735
00:35:33,730 --> 00:35:37,100
What's interesting is
the lead that you found.
736
00:35:37,270 --> 00:35:38,476
This hasn't been fired.
737
00:35:38,500 --> 00:35:41,870
You still have the sprue Mark
in it, from when it was cast.
738
00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:45,560
Sprue marks are small
protrusions left behind
739
00:35:45,730 --> 00:35:47,760
after the casting process.
740
00:35:47,930 --> 00:35:49,860
In order to improve accuracy,
741
00:35:50,030 --> 00:35:53,100
sprue marks were removed before firing.
742
00:35:55,270 --> 00:35:57,846
The fact that it was
dropped and not fired,
743
00:35:57,870 --> 00:36:00,046
it speaks to urgency.
744
00:36:00,070 --> 00:36:02,846
If you're in a battle,
there's more of a chance
745
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:04,770
that you drop it and not retrieve it,
746
00:36:04,930 --> 00:36:06,146
- than if you were hunting.
- Gotcha.
747
00:36:06,170 --> 00:36:07,976
If you were hunting,
you'd have more time to go,
748
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,800
"I dropped a ball, and
they're so hard to get
749
00:36:10,970 --> 00:36:12,770
that I'm gonna stop and pick it up
750
00:36:12,930 --> 00:36:13,976
and take it with me."
751
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,646
They appear to be the same caliber,
752
00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:18,746
so it could've been the
same hunter or soldier.
753
00:36:18,770 --> 00:36:22,646
What I'm looking for here
is rifling marks to decide
754
00:36:22,670 --> 00:36:25,100
whether it came out of
a musket or out of a rifle.
755
00:36:25,270 --> 00:36:27,746
Rifles, as we know, are more accurate
756
00:36:27,770 --> 00:36:29,446
because it spins the ball,
757
00:36:29,470 --> 00:36:32,846
- it's like John elway with the football.
- Ok.
758
00:36:32,870 --> 00:36:35,976
As opposed to a musket,
that it just lobs it out there.
759
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,100
So the fact that I can't
see riflings on here,
760
00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:43,200
it could predate rifling and
be from a smoothbore musket.
761
00:36:43,370 --> 00:36:47,270
Muskets were muzzle loaded
guns used by infantry troops
762
00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:50,060
from the 16th to 19th centuries.
763
00:36:50,230 --> 00:36:53,500
Muskets were so inaccurate
that the guns were equipped
764
00:36:53,670 --> 00:36:55,670
with bayonets to allow soldiers
765
00:36:55,830 --> 00:36:57,860
to engage in close quarter combat.
766
00:36:59,370 --> 00:37:01,700
Eventually, they were
replaced by the rifle,
767
00:37:01,870 --> 00:37:04,470
which had deep grooves
cut into the barrel,
768
00:37:04,630 --> 00:37:07,976
which created spin and
increased the accuracy
769
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000
of the bullet.
770
00:37:10,170 --> 00:37:14,500
So early Spanish coming over
would've had smoothbore barrels.
771
00:37:14,670 --> 00:37:16,976
But then again, so did some of
the mormon battalion members
772
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,400
in the mid 1800s,
773
00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:21,070
because the mormons were
looking to take over Utah.
774
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:22,660
In 1857,
775
00:37:22,830 --> 00:37:25,800
as the mormons expanded
their presence in Utah,
776
00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:30,100
president James Buchanan
launched the Utah expedition,
777
00:37:30,270 --> 00:37:32,446
ordering us troops into the territory
778
00:37:32,470 --> 00:37:36,470
to police mormon activities
and enforce federal law.
779
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:38,076
Fearing persecution,
780
00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:40,470
the mormons, led by brigham young,
781
00:37:40,630 --> 00:37:42,560
started to stockpile muskets
782
00:37:42,730 --> 00:37:46,000
to fend off the advancing us soldiers.
783
00:37:46,170 --> 00:37:49,470
Before 1800s, it
would've been pure lead,
784
00:37:49,630 --> 00:37:51,200
and then after the 1800s,
785
00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:53,100
they started putting in other things,
786
00:37:53,270 --> 00:37:56,200
tins and things like
that to... to strengthen it.
787
00:37:56,370 --> 00:37:57,370
But by the feel of it,
788
00:37:57,530 --> 00:37:59,460
this musket ball feels like it's pure lead.
789
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,446
Because of the difficulty procuring lead,
790
00:38:03,470 --> 00:38:07,170
this was almost as
valuable up here as gold was.
791
00:38:07,330 --> 00:38:09,346
But just like with modern warfare,
792
00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:10,846
that if you're leaving a battlefield,
793
00:38:10,870 --> 00:38:12,546
you don't wanna leave
your ammunition behind
794
00:38:12,570 --> 00:38:14,170
because you need to cover your retreat.
795
00:38:14,330 --> 00:38:17,100
So it's not likely that they
would've left this behind
796
00:38:17,270 --> 00:38:18,970
if they could've helped it.
797
00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,346
So the fact that you're finding this up by
798
00:38:21,370 --> 00:38:23,370
where there could've been a settlement
799
00:38:23,530 --> 00:38:26,000
is very likely a sign of a hasty retreat.
800
00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:27,846
- Interesting.
- Ok.
801
00:38:27,870 --> 00:38:30,746
So that'd been like the
first wave of the Spanish
802
00:38:30,770 --> 00:38:32,546
coming in following the aztecs?
803
00:38:32,570 --> 00:38:34,976
So you know exactly
what I'm talking about.
804
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,446
The aztecs brought
the gold back up to Utah.
805
00:38:37,470 --> 00:38:39,976
There's no reason why the
Spanish wouldn't follow 'em,
806
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,370
and they wouldn't mount
multiple expeditions
807
00:38:42,530 --> 00:38:44,060
to come up and get that gold.
808
00:38:45,170 --> 00:38:48,800
Earlier this year, James's
visit to Mexico City
809
00:38:48,970 --> 00:38:52,646
yielded several maps outlining
the Spanish conquistadors'
810
00:38:52,670 --> 00:38:55,970
pursuit of the aztec gold from Mexico...
811
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,646
To Utah.
812
00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:02,370
This Spanish musket ball
is evidence they made it
813
00:39:02,530 --> 00:39:04,076
to blind frog ranch,
814
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:07,646
and possibly, fire upon the armory.
815
00:39:07,670 --> 00:39:09,500
I wonder if the Spanish were chased off
816
00:39:09,670 --> 00:39:11,546
by whatever native Americans were here,
817
00:39:11,570 --> 00:39:13,500
protecting whatever gold was brought up
818
00:39:13,670 --> 00:39:15,100
by their aztec brothers.
819
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,270
With all of the conflicts
820
00:39:18,430 --> 00:39:20,300
between the native
Americans and the Spanish,
821
00:39:20,470 --> 00:39:22,070
the native Americans did what they could
822
00:39:22,170 --> 00:39:25,076
to sabotage the Spanish efforts.
823
00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:28,700
So between killing them,
collapsing mine, hiding caches,
824
00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:31,446
burying the gold under
the surface of the earth
825
00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:33,470
where the native Americans could find it,
826
00:39:33,630 --> 00:39:34,660
but the Spanish couldn't.
827
00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,300
That happened all over the place.
828
00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:38,970
Do you think the Spanish
found the aztec gold?
829
00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:41,200
A treasure that big would not have gone
830
00:39:41,370 --> 00:39:43,146
unnoticed or unrecorded.
831
00:39:43,170 --> 00:39:45,400
It would've been worldwide news.
832
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,900
So, do you think they
could've been protecting
833
00:39:49,070 --> 00:39:50,770
the entrance to the
keyhole chamber here?
834
00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,660
Well, that's the question now, isn't it?
835
00:39:52,830 --> 00:39:55,460
It's entirely possible that
that's what they were there for,
836
00:39:55,630 --> 00:39:57,060
was to guard that entrance.
837
00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,846
So Roger's confirming
what we suspected.
838
00:40:00,870 --> 00:40:02,270
There was a battle here.
839
00:40:02,430 --> 00:40:05,760
Our best guess is that the
native Americans fought off
840
00:40:05,930 --> 00:40:08,846
the Spaniards that were
looking for montezuma's gold.
841
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:12,100
The fact that people may
have died to protect this area,
842
00:40:12,270 --> 00:40:14,346
it makes me think
there has to be a tunnel
843
00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:17,500
that connects the armory to
the aztec keyhole chamber.
844
00:40:17,670 --> 00:40:20,000
These warriors would've
rushed to this point
845
00:40:20,170 --> 00:40:21,470
to protect their gold,
846
00:40:21,630 --> 00:40:24,460
so there has to be an
entrance around this monument.
847
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:26,700
We are close to finding that gold.
848
00:40:26,870 --> 00:40:30,146
The armory may be the
most important discovery yet.
849
00:40:30,170 --> 00:40:34,470
There is something worth
defending and dying over, here.
850
00:40:34,630 --> 00:40:37,360
Well, that tells us one thing for sure.
851
00:40:37,530 --> 00:40:38,700
That gold is still here.
852
00:40:43,370 --> 00:40:45,976
Next t Ime on blind frog ranch.
853
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,870
Holy an old friend...
854
00:40:50,330 --> 00:40:51,646
This is another entrance, right here.
855
00:40:51,670 --> 00:40:53,006
This is another entrance, brother.
856
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:55,660
Shows them a path
into the underground...
857
00:40:55,830 --> 00:40:57,346
Hey, whoa, whoa!
858
00:40:57,370 --> 00:41:00,270
With explosive results...
Shut it, shut it, shut it!
859
00:41:00,430 --> 00:41:02,360
What the - whoa, whoa, whoa!
860
00:41:03,870 --> 00:41:06,770
And The stakes rise...
If we drain the pond,
861
00:41:06,930 --> 00:41:09,160
we'll be able to get
an entrance into there.
862
00:41:09,330 --> 00:41:14,346
As Duane starts the biggest,
most daring project ever
863
00:41:14,370 --> 00:41:16,370
at bli Nd frog ranch.
864
00:41:16,530 --> 00:41:18,900
We'll put that dam right
across there to the other, boy.
865
00:41:19,070 --> 00:41:21,846
Hoping They can access
a tunnel to the treasure.
866
00:41:21,870 --> 00:41:23,700
You're right on the
edge over here, buddy.
867
00:41:23,870 --> 00:41:25,346
Duane, the boat's coming down!
868
00:41:25,370 --> 00:41:27,300
- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- Stop!
868
00:41:28,305 --> 00:42:28,230
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