( screaming ) <i>- A cursed mountain...</i> <i>hiding $200 million in gold.</i> <i>250 lives have been lost.</i> <i>But now
five treasure hunters...</i> <i>will defy the curse...</i> <i>in search of...</i> <i>America's
deadliest treasure.</i> - What the hell's that? Oh, yeah, look at that, man. I don't know. I can't see
whether it's caved in. It might be a prospect.
- Yeah. - Got to be very careful
in there, that thing come down on your head. - Hold it.
Stop, stop, stop, stop. Slowly back up, guys. You guys clear?
- Both: Yeah. - We got a booby trap
set up here. This is a deliberate death trap. And the question is,
who set it and why? <i>- In the Western Superstitions,</i> <i>Wayne Tuttle and his team</i> <i>of Dutch hunters are following
a deadly trail</i> <i>straight into the dark heart
of the mountains.</i> - This is the Gonzales map. <i>- Where a newly revealed
pair of maps</i> <i>dating back to the Peralta
and Gonzales families,</i> <i>who once mined for gold here,
have uncovered</i> <i>a series of clues
that point to the lost</i> <i>$200 million fortune.</i> - I got a mine up here, guys. - You got what?
- I got a vein. <i>- A crude vein of quartz,
mining equipment.</i> - Dude, that's a candle holder
for an old mine. <i>- The mysterious mark
of the Apache Black Legion.</i> - I see a black handprint
on the wall. - They're trying to tell us
not to be around here. <i>- That could be
a warning to turn back.</i> <i>And this cave guarded
by a lethal booby trap.</i> <i>Is there something hidden here
that's worth killing for?</i> - Wait. So, you're saying
there's a booby trap in there that's been set off? - This is a booby trap. That was a covered pitfall. Someone stepped through there,
hit that wire, end of story right there. <i>- The booby trap found
at the cave entrance</i> <i>is designed to cause death
by decapitation.</i> <i>A thin wire firmly anchored
to opposing sides of the cave</i> <i>is stretched tightly
from wall to wall</i> <i>about five feet off the ground.</i> <i>As the visitor approaches,
soft ground covering a pit</i> <i>gives way, causing the victim
to fall forward.</i> <i>The thin wire,
acting like a razor,</i> <i>neatly slices the victim's head
from his body.</i> - Yeah, we want
to kind of be cautious here. - It's set off?
- Well, definitely you can tell it's been set off,
but you don't know if that's the only trap.
- Uh-huh. You're looking
at the broken branches, the wire's busted. Someone's been back in there
and set that thing off. I can tell by the disturbance
of the rocks and everything. It's just to kind of set you up,
take you out, or hurt you bad. - Wayne, if this was meant
to cut somebody's head off, then where's the body? - That's a good question.
I don't see any bones. I don't see any sign
of anyone's here still. Might have just
buried them up in a bank in the sandy wash
here somewhere. You need to always be cautious
coming in these areas, looking for footprints
and any other type of disturbance. - As twisted as it is,
we got led to a death trap. It also make sense. It means there must be
something big out there. <i>- When gold was discovered
in the Superstition Mountains,</i> <i>it became a common practice
to protect mines with elaborate</i> <i>booby traps to discourage
or even kill</i> <i>unwelcome visitors to the area.</i> <i>Protective prospectors
were known to let</i> <i>venomous rattlesnakes in mines
to bite trespassers</i> <i>or to line the entrance
of a mine with toxic</i> <i>arsenic dust, fatal to anyone
who inhaled it.</i> <i>Others used
primitive engineering</i> <i>to set trip wires
or plant boards</i> <i>with rusty nails
to impale would-be thieves.</i> <i>No one knows how many
death traps still reside</i> <i>within the Superstitions.</i> <i>Present-day prospectors
must always be on guard</i> <i>so gold fever
doesn't lead to death.</i> - I just don't like this. I don't know what else
they could've done here. This thing could
come down on us, so I don't even
know if we want to even attempt
to get in there. - The Jesuits loved
this kind of stuff, these traps. That's their mark. - A lot of people
like these kind of traps. I don't necessarily think
this has anything to do with the Jesuits. But who knows?
- I know. It looks kind of old. - Remember, there's even
those who believe Jacob Waltz said he set his up that way. I'd say this warrants
we definitely investigate the area. <i>- Jesuits came
to Southwest America from Spain</i> <i>in the 1600s as part of a drive
to colonize the continent</i> <i>and convert natives
to Christianity.</i> <i>Many believe the Jesuits
discovered gold</i> <i>in the Superstitions.</i> <i>After mining a fortune
of the precious metal,</i> <i>they came up with ingenious
and deadly ways</i> <i>to protect their rich claims.</i> - We need to document this.
Get photographs, get the GPS coordinates,
grab some samples. See, it looks,
be careful, though. Watch your edges. - Oh, it's got a smell
in here, too. - Oh, here's a good sample.
Got it. - Let me see one. The cave isn't deep enough
to be a pit mine, but we're going to get some
samples to test it anyways. This could be a lead
or a very elaborate decoy. The science will tell us whether
it's worth coming back here, but I'm not risking setting off
another booby trap until we know for sure. Guys, let's grab up all the gear
and head back to camp. - One of my good friends
is a great geologist. He specializes in rocks,
minerals, structural geology, so we're going
to take the samples and the pictures we took
from that cave, send them to him
and see if this might be the site of the Lost Dutchman. That's crazy. - I've never seen
anything like that. ( screeching ) ( chatting, indistinct ) - I'm the youngest
out of the five of us. But between avoiding
booby traps, dodging bullets... ( gunshot )
Oh-- And getting spied on
by helicopters all day... See it?
- That's an Apache. - Yeah, that's military. - It's really starting
to wear on me. What the hell is this, Magnuson? Didn't leave
a pile of rocks here. - Deal, you sure those rocks
weren't there? - I'm 100 percent sure those
were not here when we left. - Did you guys do that?
- That wasn't there before. - I don't know. - Oh, man. - This is not good. - This is not good. This is the second time
we've seen a black hand on this trip. And this time
it was clearly meant for us. This stuff really spooks me. It's a sign telling us
to get out of here. Like I was telling
the guys last night. I heard some stories
about American Indians. They got a name
called the Black Legion. They give you a sign of a
big black hand on something, and supposedly that's a warning
to get the hell out of there, wherever you're at. - Somebody's been
in the freaking camp, right? - Yeah, this is a warning. We got to be
really careful here. - What does this mean?
Is somebody screwing with us? The Apache warning us? Is there somebody
up on that ridge with a rifle pointed at us? That's my fear.
I think Wayne's right. We got to get the hell
out of here. - Nothing. - I don't feel good
about camping here. - I'm with you. - I don't feel good about
being anywhere out here. - Gold makes people
do crazy things, so it's entirely possible
that someone's been tailing us this entire time trying
to get us off our game, hijack our leads
or get inside of our heads. - I'm freaking scared.
- I know. - Well, you see this,
pay attention. - Probably the same people
from last night. - Whoever's doing this
is pushing the right buttons because it definitely
has Woody and even Deal, to an extent, freaked out. - What do you want to do
about this, Wayne? - What we're going to do,
abandon camp, okay? Okay. This place
is no good to us now. I know you guys are tired. We need to get out of here,
all right? - Like, out right away?
What kind of stuff do you want to take?
- We grab what we can. Let's go. Now.
- All right. Till we have
a better understanding of what's happening to us,
it's best that we leave the area immediately. We'll rest up, regroup,
and then plan our next move. ( thunder ) - I'm heading out
from Quarter Circle U. Going to have a video chat
with my geology buddy, Brian. Brian's a good friend
and a good contact of mine, and I ended up
sending him some photos and some rock samples
that we had taken from that cave so he could take a look at them
and give me his professional opinion. Hey, man. - Yo, how you doing?
Good to hear from you. - Yeah, doing well. Doing well. - Interesting-looking rocks
you have. Had a chance to look over them,
go over them a little bit. - So, based on the samples
and the pictures I sent you, is there any evidence
that we should be looking in that cave
or that the Lost Dutchman's potentially there?
- The sample you sent me from that cave and from
the pictures in that cave, it does not appear
to be mineralized at all. I really think you need
to move your search elsewhere. - All right. Thanks so much
for your time, man. I appreciate it. - All right. Take care.
- Bye. Based on the results
that Brian gave me, now I can take this
back to the team and hopefully
put this issue to rest. Maybe the booby trap
was protecting something a long time ago,
but it's not the Lost Dutchman. <i>- With the team back in town
and facing the prospect that</i> <i>somebody's been following them
through the Superstitions,</i> <i>Wayne has decided
to seek advice</i> <i>from some trusted advisors.</i> <i>Along with Frank and Eric,
Wayne will tap</i> <i>the collective experience
of three of Arizona's</i> <i>most veteran Dutch hunters,</i> <i>a trio with more than 150 years
combined experience</i> <i>searching for the Dutchman.</i> - Hey, guys. Wayne.
- Hey, Jack. How's it going? - How you doing?
Come in. - Jack's a noted author
and historian of the mountains. George, of course,
at the museum, has a good overview and a number
of resources to pull off of. And with Clay, it's 60 years
or more of experience in the mountains and that's
where I'm looking to draw the most from because he lived
in those mountains enough that he'll be able
to tell these guys, you know, that's just not the way it is. - We were hoping to show you
some pictures, actually, guys. And see what you make of it,
see if you recognize anything. Here's some of the--
Pass these around. What we really need to know
is if they have any connection at all with the Dutchman or even
date back to his time period in the 1870s. The medicine wheel
mean anything? - Oh, bad-ass, dude.
Look at that. - This one looks to me like
it's pretty modern construction, if you'll pardon the expression. Something like the walls I built
around my house with the rocks from the desert. - Looks like
it was built yesterday. - Okay.
- Because there is no dirt blown in around
any of these rocks. These rocks are fresh rocks
sitting there with no dirt
blown in around them. So I think it's--
I think it's strictly modern. - We're getting exactly the kind
of feedback I hoped for. If George and Clay
think the medicine wheel is relatively new, then I guess
it's off the table. - What about
these black handprints? - This is not in this,
carved in the stone. It's a pictograph.
- Right. - That handprint was placed
at our campsite. It wasn't there before.
Somebody painted it there. - And we also found it
inside of a cave. - What you got? - I see a black handprint
on the wall. - There's a few more members
of our team that are taking this stuff
a lot more seriously as paranormal,
and it's starting to affect what we're doing, you know. If we lose one guy, that really hurts us.
- Well, when people start talking
about paranormal things, it kind of leaves me
on the outside looking in. - Absolutely.
- Now, the Black Legion, I didn't think much of it. Now, that's a theory. I don't know
that's ever been proved. - How many black hands
have you come on in your camp? - The only ones I've seen
were not black. They were red.
- The only hands I've ever seen are at other places.
and I must say they have always been red. I think there's something
to do with that color that they use for that. This is a relatively
easy one to get. - George's insight
about the Native Americans, it really makes a lot of sense. The colors in the pigments
and paints they would've used at the time would've been
found in the earth around them. Like red, which is
all around this desert. There's no way that
the black hand symbols we've seen date back
to the 1800s. They're definitely all modern.
All of which means we can hopefully put all those
Indian legends to bed and tell Woody
he can stop worrying about the Black Legion. The thing that concerns me
the most about all this is we've been
really, really discreet about going back up in there. And, you know,
so somebody's obviously trying to mess with us,
but I don't know how they know we're there,
and I can't wrap my head around that one, you know.
- When you leave your tracks, okay, if it's a good hunter,
and I started going with my dad when I was five, and so
I learned the hunter's secrets. People out in the desert a lot,
they can read your signs. And whatever you're doing,
if they think you're onto something,
they may follow you. What is the greatest treasure
in the Superstition Mountains? The Lost Dutchman Mine. It attracts people like flies. Therefore,
if they see you out there and think you're looking
for something, maybe you're in their area. That eventually
could lead to something if you're not prepared. - Hadn't had this problem until
we hit this one particular area. And like you mentioned,
maybe we stumbled upon somebody else's area,
and they want to chase us out. I think something
like that's going on. I mean, does that sound
logical to you? - It sounds very logical. - I suspected from the start
that somebody's screwing with us. The black hand doesn't
look genuine, wrong color. The medicine wheel looks new. Somebody placed it there
to scare us. - I want to thank all of you
for meeting with us here today. You answered a lot of
questions for us, and you've given us
a lot to think about. On the one hand,
I'm disappointed to find a number of the things
we came across aren't relics from the past. But on the other hand,
finding out they're modern, means there's people out there
right now trying to actively mislead people
in the Superstitions. That tells me that there's
definitely something out here they're trying to keep hidden.
Clay, thank you so much. - George.
- Jack, always a pleasure. - You're welcome.
- Thank you for your advice. - George, thanks again.
- We'll see you later, Captain. - Okay.
- So now we have two big questions to answer. Where's the gold
and who's protecting it? <i>- Coming up...</i> - This is great,
but there's one more thing I want to show you. You're going to get a kick
out of this one. Take a look at this.
- Holy crap, man. - After meeting
with Jack, George, and Clay, I gathered the boys up,
decided it's time to loosen up. So I'm going to take them
down to the bar. And while we're there,
I'm going to fill them in on what the Dutch-hunting
experts had to say. - Thank you. - Ooh, almost scratched.
- Woody's up. - Woody's stripes.
- Finish it up, Woody. - We went over and talked
with Jack San Felice and Clay Worst, George Johnson.
- Uh-huh. - Asked them all about
that Black Legion stuff, the black handprints.
- Yeah. - And one of the things,
Eric will back me up on this, they said a true Apache would
only leave a red handprint. Would never leave
black handprints. - What do you think? I mean...
- But all three of them shot it down, man,
without even hesitating, so... - Okay, so, Woody's theory
regarding Black Legion is shot. It's done, right?
Can we rule that out? - They felt it was
kind of a fairy tale. Clay, he's had 60 years
in the mountains, said he didn't have
anything from it. - These are experts.
You trust these guys. They know what
they're talking about. - Not one of them really had
a story involving any of this, seen any type of activity,
anything involving as far as that storyline. Now, there's seriously
someone out there. - Well, to be honest, I'm kind
of glad that's it not, you know, has nothing to do
with the Black Legion. I'm pretty glad about that. - Think about this.
We weren't getting bothered like this when
we first started. You know, one way
to look at it is the closer
we get to something good, the more likely it is that crap
like this is going to happen. - I think the problem
is we're too close to something and somebody's trying
to scare us off. - It still pisses me off that
somebody would go to that level to try to intimidate us. I mean, where do
we go from here? Did you get any new leads?
Our leads have kind of not panned out, you know.
- And that's kind of where we're at now is I'm really
interested in the area, but we didn't really come up
with anything too sharp. - We need another lead.
We need another resource. We're pounding the same doors. We need a new name,
something fresh. - The medicine wheel
and that black hand sure in the hell wasn't left
by the Apache Black Legion. But you know what? Somebody wanted us to think
it was the Apache Black Legion. So at this point,
one thing we got to do is find somebody
that's an expert on Indian lore. Any of you guys know
a Native American that's familiar with the history
of superstitions and the Dutchman lore
that can help us? - I know a Pima Indian
that might help us. He knows the Superstition
Mountains very well. He knows a lot
about Indian stuff. I've talked to him a lot.
- That's a good idea. - You know, he's not going
to tell us everything he knows, but he can surely help us. - Can you make that call?
Make it happen, okay? - I will, bud. - Good shot, Wayne. - Yes! - You'll never beat me
in a thousand years, and I want my 50 bucks back.
- ( laughing ) - Ooh.
- I told you. ( thunder ) <i>- After discovering
the Indian artifacts</i> <i>don't date back
to the time of the Dutchman,</i> <i>Wayne, Frank, and Woody
are going to meet</i> <i>with Leonard Dan, an expert
on Native American tribes</i> <i>in the Superstition Mountains.</i> <i>Native Americans have inhabited
what is now Arizona</i> <i>for thousands of years.</i> <i>The name Arizona is actually
an old Indian word</i> <i>that means "little spring,"
a reference to a river</i> <i>near the Mexican border.</i> <i>Of the 21 indigenous
tribal nations</i> <i>inhabiting the area,
two of the largest</i> <i>are Apache and Navaho,
which were often rivals</i> <i>as they clashed
over food, land,</i> <i>different lifestyles,
and gold.</i> - Wayne, this is Leonard Dan.
- Nice to meet you. - The best way to get
information from Leonard is to fill him in on our journey
and tell him what's been happening. - So, what are you guys up to?
- Well, we're on the trail of the Lost Dutchman Mine,
and obviously that connects to some of the Peralta stories
of a number of different mines. So let me kind of show you
the particular area we were working in.
Now, we were definitely up in this area,
the Fish Creek, and we worked all across
on this ridge here is where we set camp.
- Now, what would you do, Leonard, if somebody
was following you? Would you head back
and try to see who it was? - Sit and wait and see what's,
you know, who's... who shows up.
- Yeah, we had a-- - We know somebody's screwing
with us. That's the fact. - Our last night up there,
we set up a camp up on a cliff area
overlooking the canyon. We just settled in and someone
fired off a couple shots. ( gunshots )
- Oh, my... - Somebody really trying
to scare us off, like I said. We don't know who. - That's how the Apaches
got blamed for a lot of things that the settlers
or the prospectors did. So we got the blame
for a lot of things like that. - Apaches got blamed for a lot
of stuff that the white man did. - That's the, you know,
that's the age-old thing. - So you think definitely,
as far as a lot of the mysterious deaths,
the beheadings, a lot of this people did
to try to set up the Apaches, to put some blame
somewhere else. Not only to get themselves
away from it, but to make people fearful
to come into the area? - Absolutely. At the time, the law was more
on the settlers' side, and the Indians, they got blamed
for a lot of killings and murders and stuff, so... They got away with it. - My understanding
of what Leonard was telling us was that the Apache got blamed
for a lot of things over the years they had nothing
whatsoever to do with. - So, Leonard, I want
to thank you so very much. It was very nice meeting you.
- Sure, yeah. Call me anytime. - Thank you
for speaking with us. - After talking to Leonard,
I'm convinced our problem is not
the Apache following us. Our problem is we have
somebody following us, we don't know who it is. <i>- Coming up...</i> - I don't know that
that's an X, man. That looks more like
a cross to me. And that's not even
a possibility I've heard Wayne talk about. - Ever since we found
the heart stone based on Frank's Peralta map, there's just been something
that's been nagging at me. So I called Deal over to the QCU
so I could have a chat with him. See if Wayne left us
all the photos. See what we got. - So you go the same pictures
I have right here. - Yeah. Yeah, between you and me, I don't know
if that's an X, man. That looks more like
a cross for me. I mean, it depends on
what angle you look at it. - Yeah.
- But I think the angle that it's facing, if somebody
had made that there, I think the angle
you'd normally look at, it would be a cross, not an X. I think we were kind of approaching it from
a weird angle. - Well, I mean, there is also
the potential. If you covered this
with your finger, that's a perfect X. Now, is there a possibility that
whoever carved that, you know, kind of set in--
- Elongated it? - Set and processed
some actual weathering that came down the stone.
That's a possibility. - Say it's not
an elongated fracture. Say it actually is a cross.
- Yeah. - When that would've been made
150 years ago, what was the symbolism
of the cross? - What if that was the Jesuits
that put it there? 'Cause we know they were
in this area. - Mm-hmm. - And they did
a lot of mining, and they used symbolism
in the marked pass. They were also known
to booby trap their mines. And that's not even
a possibility I've heard Wayne talk about. - The Jesuits loved
this kind of stuff, these traps. That's their mark. - A lot of people like
these kind of traps. I don't necessarily think
this has anything to do with the Jesuits. - When I started to put
the evidence together that we've collected
up to this point, the Jesuit connection
really jumped out at me. The fact of the matter is,
the Jesuits use symbols of the cross to mark
their way to mines. They keep talking about
the Peraltas and this and that. But if it is a cross,
and that cave was a decoy, and it is manmade,
we got to at least look into is it the Jesuits? And if it is,
what does that mean? - So what do the Jesuits
have to do with gold mining and leaving symbols
in the mountains? - So basically, the Jesuits were
a Catholic order of monks. They come over here
to the New World, which Spain controls,
and they go out, initially, starting to do missionary work.
In the process, they find out that the area has
a ton of gold in it. So then they eventually
get into mining. And they even took slaves
to, like, work the mines and stuff like that. So, at some point,
the king of Spain finds out that they're finding
all this gold and not giving him his fair share,
so he essentially issues an order for them
to get out of Dodge. Orders them all out
of the New World. In the process,
all this gold they found, a lot of it they just ended up,
like, burying in place. So they hide it
up in the mountains, and they create these maps
and mark symbols everywhere so that if this stuff
gets cleared up someday, they can come back
and retrieve it. - So this cross
could potentially mean that they hid a cache
of gold bars or gold ore within this area somewhere. - I mean, if they made it, then
they put it there for a reason. That takes a lot of work.
- Yeah. Oh, I think it warrants
further investigation. - The fact that we found that
right where he said it would be, and it looks like a cross to me,
we should dive into it before we just, you know,
walk away so that we can make sure it's not just
a coincidence. If that's a cross, it's worth a little bit more
work to find out. - All right. - Wayne doesn't believe
the Jesuits could've been this far north.
You know, and I respect that. But Jack San Felice isn't just
a Dutch-hunting expert, He's a well-known authority
on the history of the Jesuits, especially in the southwest. And that's why I contacted him. I wanted to see if he thought
there was any evidence the Jesuits could've been
farther north than conventional wisdom suggests. Hey, Jack, I want to thank you
again for taking the time to meet with me. - Hey, that's great. - So, Jack, you know
what we're trying to do. And the further we get into it,
the more it seems we're getting pulled in a lot
of different directions. A lot of the guys,
especially Wayne, don't buy into any sort
of Jesuit connection. So that's kind of what
I'm hoping to pick your brain about a little bit. - Once you understand
what the role of the Jesuits
were in old Spain, then you have
a better understanding. The Jesuits were,
without a doubt, here. If the military was here,
the Jesuits were here. No doubt. The priests' job was
to look for gold and silver. The Jesuits were supposed to
keep accurate records of mining. - Right. - When the Jesuits
were going to be expelled, they knew about it in time. They had informants
in the court of the king. They boxed up all
of their treasure and the gold that they had
to maintain the power of the Church. You go in these mountains here
and you'll see these crosses. They're almost
kind of like sign posts. They left their marks.
What I'm going to show you is this old Spanish cross
up here. - And when did you find this,
the nineties? - In the nineties.
Found it in the nineties. Within sight of the cross
right now. You see it? - Yeah, look at that.
That's awesome, man. - Yeah, it's an old
Spanish cross, probably Jesuit. - Look at that. Oh, that's amazing, Jack. - Think it's probably
the only one like this I've seen in the Superstitions, this part
of the Superstitions anyhow. - So, what's that mean?
You think it's just marking the entrance to the canyon--
- I think it's marking the entrance to the canyon
and this is the way to go. You stay to the right, okay? If you look at this section
right here, it's pointing down canyon
that direction. That means there are other
things to see down there and perhaps mines.
- That's awesome. Can we go check out
the other ones? - Let's go. You see it?
- Where's it at? - Right there, you see it?
- Holy moly. - Right under the ledge. Must be a dragon. And the ancients,
around 1400, drew their elks
like stick figures and their horses
like stick figures. I love stick figures. - That's crazy. Wayne and Frank have told us
that treasure hunters will often disguise
their directional markers in already existing
ancient petroglyphs. - These could be
original petroglyphs or could be something added
next to some petroglyphs so that they're not
as noticeable. - So maybe that's
what's happening here. - This is great,
but there's one more thing I want to show you
down this way. You'll be amazed.
- Okay. - Watch your step, Eric. It's a little rough
through here. You're going to get
a kick out of this one. Take a look at this.
- Holy crap, man. Look at that. - This is the ladder
of life, man. The ladder of life. You see? - Look at that. You know what the significance
of the ladder is? - Ancient Indians believed
that at the end of their life they would climb the ladder
of life into the afterworld. And the ones on the left,
though, they look newer, and they could be an indication
that the early miners that went through here
put in one, two, three, four, five mines
because those were-- it looked like
they were inserted later because then X means
this is the way that you go. - Wow, Jack. Coming out here today with Jack,
he showed me three great petroglyphs. Two of those three
are probably European. Definitely the cross,
and I've got an inkling that the dragon is, too. The ladder, I'm not quite sure
what to make of that. He says it's Native American, but with the potential
mine symbols nearby, I'm even more convinced
that there's something to this, and we need
to look into it deeper. - Well, we know one thing.
- What? - We're going to need
more water next time. - Definitely that. - Ah, here he comes. What the hell is it with you? You're always late
for everything. - Hold on. Okay, hold on. You're going to love me
in a second. So I think we could've been
looking at this all wrong. We know we've been
being followed. This whole time, we've thought
it had an Indian connection because of the black hands
and stuff. I think it actually could be
a Jesuit connection. I went and I talked
to Jack San Felice because I know
he's the Jesuit expert. So he took me out to this place
called Willow Canyon, and he showed me
a bunch of petroglyphs. Meeting with Jack San Felice
was a real turning point for me. After he showed me all
the petroglyphs in the canyon, I decided to go ahead
and do some research on my own. And what I found was that
every single petroglyph he showed me could very well
be a Jesuit symbol. I think this whole thing could
be a complete game-changer. First, there's this one. Some people could think
it's a X. Looks like a cross. Definitely a Jesuit symbol. Check this out. - It's a ladder.
- Wow. - Jack said that's called
"The Ladder of Life." The Indians did use it,
but that's a common symbol across a bunch of religions,
including the Jesuits. Okay, guys,
then we got this one. Dagger, we figured that was
some sort of directional thing, maybe pointing to a mine
or to a treasure. My research told me
that was used by the Jesuits in initiation ceremonies. This petroglyph... - Is that a dragon?
- That's a dragon. More than likely
that's a Jesuit symbol for, like, the devil,
stuff like that. - Okay. <i>- It's rumored that
during the Jesuit expulsion,</i> <i>they hid clues to secret caches
of gold in the Superstitions</i> <i>for their eventual return.</i> <i>Some believe these clues
are hidden inside</i> <i>ancient Native American
petroglyphs.</i> <i>Eric's discovery
of the cross and dragon,</i> <i>two European symbols,
are signs they could be</i> <i>on a trail to a rich
Jesuit stash of gold.</i> - Everybody knows the Jesuits
were in this area, mining and things like that. So maybe if we start digging
into that a little bit more, we'll find better leads
rather than pursuing the Indian angle. - I think it's something
we need to seriously look at. - Wayne, I know
you're not real big on this, but you have to consider that
at least it's a possibility. - You know, I get it. I've seen
these type of things before. I still say we have a Peralta-Gonzales connection
to the area, and now we're starting
to kind of pull away and say, "Oh, there's something
completely different here." And that's where I find in Dutch hunting
where people go wrong. They start bringing everything
and the kitchen sink in. They drop it in there,
and you're distracted. - You got to open your mind up. You got to open your mind
so when we're in a spot, we look for other things
because who the hell knows what we might find? - And, Wayne, this doesn't
have to be an either/or thing. You know, it can still have
the Peralta connection, but what if the Peraltas
had a Jesuit connection? So it's not like I'm right,
you're wrong. I'm just saying, maybe we should
look at this, man. - So what you're talking about
is finding a hidden treasure that's possibly bigger
than the Dutchman. If it's hidden Jesuit treasure--
- Absolutely. Maybe, I mean, they refined it
when they got kicked out. Everybody knows they started
burying their crap. Maybe we can find
the Lost Dutchman and a bunch of Jesuit treasure. There's stories out there
that the Jesuits buried treasure all over these mountains. So if this is true,
what we could be looking at is way bigger
than the Lost Dutchman. Not just one mine, one cache,
it could be multiple. 250 people have been killed
out there or died. But people don't die and lose
their head in an accident. You know, it's not the desert
that's taking everybody. So maybe we should
look into that. There's a lot of people
over the last 150 years that have died looking
for the Lost Dutchman. And it seems like
the closer people get, the more bad stuff
starts to happen. And so I think we need
to look for a link between all these deaths
and the Lost Dutchman. Maybe there's a connection there
that can help us figure out what's going on. - If this is all centering
on one location, this could be really big. - Maybe we can find
some sort of connection between all the mysterious
deaths that happen in a specific location. - Well, it worked when you
triangulated the heart stones, so maybe you can do something
similar with this. - Yeah, it's worth a shot.
It wouldn't take that long. - Let's do it then.
Let's get over there and get it done, all right? - All right. Fantastic. <i>- Following up
on Eric's research,</i> <i>the team will triangulate
the deaths and disappearances</i> <i>in the Superstitions.</i> <i>By pinpointing these locations
on the map,</i> <i>they hope to find a new lead.</i> - All right, guys,
here's what we're looking at. Mysterious deaths.
We have the Peralta massacre. That occurred in here. There was the skeletal remains
of the kid here found a number of years ago.
You guys got anymore to throw in here?
- Well, what about the rotted skull that was found
in Fish Creek right before it went into the lake?
- That was right about here. - Wasn't there a guy who got
in a head-on collision on his way to a mine?
- That was John Kocherick along this route here. And we had Skull Cave.
Everyone's familiar with that. 30, 40, 50 people
massacred in there. And that dude, you know, that
was up in here in this draw. Eight miners were killed
up in the Four Peaks wilderness area.
- All in the same spot? - No, there was the guy,
Randy Wright, remember, quite a few years ago,
right along here. And then there was a rowboat,
and he was actually right up here on the river. - That's the Salt River? - That was right up
off the Salt River. - Yeah.
- Let's see if we can find a pattern emanating
from all this. - You want me to move here?
Let me move. You sit here. - Yeah, that'd be good, man.
- That way you can... - We've combined on our map
all the deaths that occurred in the Superstition Mountains. So now what I need to do
is try to triangulate those and see if there's a pattern, see what it says and hopefully
where it might lead. - Wow, guys, look at that. - Take a look at this.
They're all kind of clustered in this general area,
but it seems like the central node of it all
is right around the Black Cross Butte area. - It is interesting,
because unlike the last time, you were looking
for a pattern, which was a pattern pointing
in a specific target. It seems
the specific target's the one place
the lines aren't crossing. More interesting
than anything else, guys, you got the high ground here
overlooking everything. - Okay, we got our target.
Get everything packed up. You wanto fold
these maps up, Frank? - You got it.
- Leave no trace. - I really thought Eric
might be onto something when he speculated that the X
on the heart stone might actually be a cross. When Eric turned that photo
on its side, what he really did was turn
this whole journey on its head. Black Cross Butte,
here we come. - You can never be too prepared
for what you encounter in these mountains. I know how to handle a knife,
and I can use it if I have to. - Sometimes you get a hunch,
and it leads to great results. I can't say for sure that
this is where The Dutchman is, but I'm really excited. There's something big
in the Black Cross Butte area that's left a lot of bodies
on the ground. Something worth dying for. - Deal, hand me those maps.
I'll pack those up. All right. - Hey, guys.
- Yeah. - Make sure we got
everything together. Don't leave anything behind.
We're not coming back, okay? We got our target, a new lead.
Be ready to go, all right? - We are closer to finding
the Lost Dutchman Mine than we've ever been before. I know we're going
into a very bad area. We better be prepared. - Eric's suggestion that
we triangulate the deaths in the Superstitions has led us
to our new destination, Black Cross Butte. I've been searching
for the Lost Dutchman Mine for over 40 years,
and this is one of the most promising leads
I've ever encountered. Break out the glass. Black Cross Butte. You guys see anything out there? Let me know what's up
on that ridge there. - You know, it looks like
there's a band running across the top above the cliff
and below the ridgeline, like a horizontal band.
You want to take a look? - Yeah, that looks like
old Spanish mule trail. ( horse whinnies ) - You know, according
to the analysis I made on those deaths,
the center of that cluster is actually on the back side
of that butte. - Well, I hate to tell you this,
Wayne, but I don't think we're going to get there
from here. - Well, that's why
we're going to approach it from the north side
from off the Salt River. - Wayne, what do you think's
on the other side? - That's something
we're going to find out. <i>- Next time on "Legend of
the Superstition Mountains..."</i> - Guys, look up there. - How the hell
would we get up there? - Oh!
- You okay? - Dude, dude, dude. - That is a huge cave. - Look at that. - Oh, man.
What the hell is this thing?
