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( coyote howls ) ( coyote howls ) Narrator: The Superstition Mountains. 160,000 acres of deadly land... with a cursed history. Apache legend claims that an angry god... ( thunder rumbling ) ...and the mouth to hell lay hidden in these canyons. But so might $200 million worth of gold. A lost fortune at the center of a 500-year-old mystery... that links the conquistadors, a secretive religious order, an ancient warrior tribe, and a madman whose discovery launched a legend. Thousands have tried and failed to decode the cryptic clues, leaving a trail of bodies and blood for anyone who gets too close to the truth. But now, new evidence will dare a brave few to defy the curse in search of America's deadliest treasure. ( thunder rumbling ) ( groans ) 2, 3. There you are. We're almost there. Holy mother. Take a look at that. I've been searching for the Lost Dutchman Mine for over 40 years. I was introduced to the stories and the tales of the Superstitions when I was nine years old, and it just kind of definitely intrigued me as a kid. And about that time is when I'm starting to hear the stories. Superstition Mountains lie in a highly mineralized zone that has long been the target for fortune hunters. Around 1540, Spanish conquistador Francisco Coronado arrived in the Superstitions on a quest to find one of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. ( neighs ) But in the mountains, his men started to disappear. Some of the bodies were found decapitated. ( flies buzzing ) Coronado left Arizona with nothing more than tales of death. Some 300 years after Coronado, the Peraltas, a Mexican mining family were said to be getting rich pulling millions of gold and silver out of these hills. But like Coronado's men... ( men yelling ) nearly the entire Peralta family was massacred... ( screams ) and their mines were covered up. Some say the Apache were responsible, but no one knows for sure. But the most famous of all the stories in the Superstition Mountains is the legend of the Lost Dutchman Mine. The Dutchman was a German-born prospector named Jacob Waltz. The legend says that in the 1860s, he found a mine in the Superstitions worth $200 million. Many believed what the Dutchman discovered was a mine left behind by the murdered Peralta family. The Dutchman claimed he killed three men to find it and four more to keep it a secret. So, where is the Dutchman's lost gold? It's been my mission in life to find this gold. And I felt I've been close a couple of times, but somehow it's always eluded me. The curse, the legend... it hooks you. Sure, I want the gold, but I also want answers. I've spent my whole life and everything I could pump into this, searching for this mine. I generally would do this alone. It's just hard to trust people. But there's a couple of guys out there that have got a lead. Maybe it's time for me to change things up. Frank! Woody! - Frank! - Wayne's here. Frank Augustine is a former police detective and an experienced prospector. I was a cop for 33 years. I worked as a detective, police sergeant, crime scene investigator. Even when I was working, I was reading about the Lost Dutchman Mine. It's a cold case that I would like to solve. And you know what? If it's solvable, I'll do it. How you doing, bud? I'm doing good. Looks like you guys - have got some shade here. - Good to see you. Frank's partner is Woody Wampler, a seasoned prospector. I teach prospecting for a living when I'm not looking for the Lost Dutchman Mine. I'm good at finding gold. I can just about look at any rock and tell you if there's gold in it or not. Woody, did we get anything? Yeah. There are a couple more in here. Frank and Woody have been working this claim together for the past year, and they've been doing it in secret. Woody and I found a nice, rich placer gold area. We think the gold we're finding, think the source of it, is the Lost Dutchman Mine. Look. Look at this gold. That's some nice nuggets. Small flakes of gold found in the riverbeds and streams are known as placer gold. Originating from large underground ore deposits thousands of years ago, tiny gold flakes broke free, traveling down prehistoric rivers, coming to a rest downstream. Placer gold is evidence that there is a source mine nearby. If you're seeing gold like this... It's nice. In my opinion, the gold that Woody and I are finding is Jacob Waltz's placer gold, and we're on his trail. Why would you be thinking this is Dutchman gold, anything attributed to Waltz? Waltz was seen coming up through this area, into the mountains. I am convinced that he was following the gold, and that's how he discovered the mine. Could the deposit on Frank's claim be connected to the Lost Dutchman's mine? To find out, they'll need to trace the gold trail back to its source deep within the mountains. They'll need to compare any ore they find to gold known to have belonged to the Dutchman himself. Gotta have a little something more solid than saying, "I got some plac--" 'cause that's been a thousand times before, is placer. So all this is intriguing, 'cause no one's taken gold out of this area. So what I'm really interested in is to see how all this relates to the Lost Dutchman's clues. The Dutchman kept the location of his mine secret for years and even killed to protect it. But on his deathbed in 1891, he uttered a series of mysterious clues to the location of his mine. When he died, he was not able to give the full directions and instructions that were sufficient to get his friends to the mine. But the dying man's ramblings read more like riddles than directions. Frank: I've read the Dutchman clues, and I know that what we're finding here is lining up with them. We got a north-south canyon. And as you know you got in your pocket, we got placer gold coming up through this area. We're gonna go the same way Waltz went, and we're gonna find what he found. I really want to believe in these new leads, but I've been burned before, so I need to go to someone I can trust and get some advice before I follow it through. Let me get some thought into it. That's all I can say. Wayne is one of the few reliable Dutch hunters that I trust to get me out of there and in. He knows how the clues apply to the various areas. I need Wayne. Problem with Wayne is he's not convinced, so I'm gonna let him in on my biggest secret. We came to see this, Frank, stone maps, the Peralta stone maps. The four Peralta stone maps are the most controversial pieces of evidence in the Lost Dutchman lore. Discovered in 1940 on the side of a road near Apache Junction, many believe the Peralta stones to be intricate red herrings with no proof of origin. I don't believe in these things. Everyone has a different interpretation. Everyone's gonna decode them differently, because they're not relevant. They don't really lead anywhere. Kind of a waste of time. I agree with you. These were made later at some other time. But some seasoned Dutch hunters believe the stones are copies of original paper maps drawn by the Peralta mining family. In the 1840s, the Peraltas controlled the mining rights in the Superstition Mountains. To protect the secret locations of their gold and silver claims, the Peraltas drew maps in code using cryptic markings. Are the markings an accurate translation of the original Peralta maps? And what do the strange symbols mean? This map... the Peralta tesora mappa, is the mother to these babies. This is the original map these stones were based on. I firmly believe that the Peralta stones were made from my map. This map doesn't look like much, but it dates back to the 1800s, and I think this all relates to the Peralta mines, and it relates to the Lost Dutchman Mine. On the paper map, there are additions that you don't see on these stone tablets. On this map, we have extra trails, extra symbols. We have the omega sign. We've got double circles. With this paper map, we can solve this because we have information that no one else had. Dutch hunters who follow the Peralta stone maps, they've used trial and error trying to decode the pictograms on the maps. Now, these small-lined circles indicate an unexplored trail, and most believe the heart marks a mine. On my map, the original Peralta tesora map, there's a symbol that's not on the stones. We got an omega sign, and we've got a double circle. I know when we hit that area, we're gonna find some physical landmark that's going to resemble an omega sign, and that will lead us to this X. We find the X, we'll find the Dutchman. Studying the Peralta stones, hearts play a significant role. We're looking for a mine marked with hearts. I believe my gold claim is the base of this wash. If we figure out what this symbol means, we'll crack this whole thing wide open. You have the knowledge. You have the means. You know the people that can get us in here. I laid it all on the table. I showed him the map. I showed him the gold I found with the map. It's up to him. He's got to make a decision. ( thunder crashing ) Going out to visit Clay Worst. I've known Clay Worst for years, and as much as I'm going to trust anybody, I'm definitely going to want to search someone out like Clay. - Wayne, come in. - Hey, Clay. Thanks for having me over. Yes, it does rain in Arizona. Yes, it does. I've searched for the Dutchman over a period of 65 years. I got hooked on the Lost Dutchman Mine by my father. In 1936, I was seven years old, following my father on one of his day hikes. Clay Worst is an elder statesman in the Lost Dutchman community and Wayne Tuttle's mentor. You know Frank Augustine? Frank has some claims up at the southeastern area of the Superstitions. Let me show you what Frank's been pulling out of there. Let's see what your thoughts are here. Oh, it's beautiful. If you're trying to trace this placer back to a lode, that's great. So, this is more evidence than some of what we followed sometimes in the mountains. Let me tell you a little bit about gold. If you're interested in gold... I've got something I'd like to show you. This is a gold matchbox. This is made from gold that was taken from under the Dutchman's bed when he died at Julia's in October of 1891. Two people, Rhinehart Petrasch and Julia Thomas, tended to Jacob Waltz as he laid on his deathbed. You have a piece of tangible evidence that came from Jacob Waltz's mine. Practically 1/3 pure gold. This is something else, Clay. I negotiated for the loan of that matchbox to bring here to you today. Now, it's only been shown once before. I never thought that I would actually be able to sit here and handle this. Handle gold that came out of the Dutchman's Mine. Yeah. If we follow Frank's map, and it leads us to a gold ore source, we can take a sample of that ore, compare it to the matchbox. If that fingerprint matches, then we'll know the source of the Lost Dutchman Mine. I've heard of the matchbox, but I've also heard that no one knew exactly where it was. To actually hold this thing in my hand, it's more than just a piece of history. It's something that can prove out that we may have found the Lost Dutchman Mine. Not only did Clay say the gold was back there, but he gave me a way to finally prove it. After talking to Clay, it definitely-- it's no longer just an impulse. It's not a pipe dream. All I need now are a couple guys I can trust. ( line rings ) This is Eric. Hey, Magnuson, it's Wayne. Hey, man. How you doing? Hey, you still got all that high-tech metal-detecting gear? I do. Getting more every day. Get yourself ready. We're gonna go up into the mountains. I'll call you back later with details, all right? Sounds good. Talk to you then. ( metal scrapes dirt ) ( two gunshots ) ( gunshot ) ( gunshot ) You gotta get your snake gears on, guys. Wayne Tuttle has spent 40 years hunting for the Lost Dutchman's Mine. Now the revelation of a previously unknown secret map has created an unlikely alliance. Along with prospectors Frank Augustine and Woody Wampler, Wayne has assembled a trusted team for one last attempt to find the cursed gold. I agreed Wayne would be our leader, but it's my map. He's not gonna call the shots. I know what I'm looking for, and he's got to pay attention to that. I usually do my Dutch hunting alone, so this team thing is new to me. I can already tell that Frank gets carried away with any idea that's thrown out there. My job as leader is to make sure we stay on track and don't get swept up by too many dead leads. Gold can make people crazy. We have established that it's an equal split amongst us, but once gold comes into play, you never know. Ahead of the team is a trek over terrain too rough for vehicles. They'll travel two miles on foot to the claim where Frank and Woody discovered the placer gold. From there, they'll use Frank's lost Peralta map to navigate into uncharted territory. The challenge will be to decode the unexplained symbols on the map, using the terrain itself as a cipher key. If the images on the Peralta map correspond to features and landmarks along the way, they could be on the right track to finding the gold. Frank believes this looped line is the trail leading northeast to an unknown waypoint marked by two concentric circles. I've been studying this map. If you notice, on this map, there's a double circle. I feel that's gonna indicate water. We got mountains there. I think it's going to be a waterfall, and I believe this is going to lead us to an X that's gonna lead us to the Lost Dutchman Mine. Concentric circles, like the symbol on the Peralta tesora map, are known to signify water or a watering hole, but some archeologists conclude that double circles could also represent an astronomical phenomenon, like the orbits of the sun and moon. Combined with the unexplained saddle shape, the concentric circles on this section of the map could simply be a waterfall and a hill. Or a more complex reading of the symbols could relate some feature of the landscape to the position of the sun in the sky. Following Frank's map is going to be difficult through 20 miles of mountainous terrain. We have to be prepared for anything, including 115-degree days out in the desert. We're taking 40 gallons of water, and I put a limit on 50 pounds per guy, including food that they can carry in. That should keep us alive if we get stuck up in the mountains. I've rounded out the team with a couple of guys I can trust. Along with Frank and Woody, I brought in Eric Magnuson. He's bringing that technological aspect. Metal detecting, ground-penetrating sonar. He has an EMT background. My niche has developed into really utilizing technology, specifically metal detecting, but I bring a mindset and an ability to solve problems and do critical thinking that I don't think these guys realize. We have another Eric, Eric Deleel. We call him "The Real Deal" Deleel. I'm a rock hound. That's equal parts geology and sweat. I'll dig rocks out of the ground anytime, day or night. I'll get it done. I've been doing this for a long time, and I can't keep doing this forever. Hey, man. Take a look at that. This team is my last and my best chance to find the Lost Dutchman Mine before it drives me crazy. Look at that shade up there. - Yeah? - That's where we're going. - Is it? - Yeah. Hold up, guys! This is as far as Woody and I have gone before. Let's check our-- let me get my map out here. Woody and I have never been as far as this spot, but you can see where the X is, and we found gold exactly on that X. We reached my claim, where Woody and I have found good gold. Everything beyond that, it's new territory to us. Plan is to follow the trail. Landmarks line up, we know we're on the right path. Up over that ridge is the Lost Dutchman Mine, and we're going to find it. Okay. Let's move along. Let's go. Superstition Mountains is a nexus of death. People really don't realize the terror and the horror of what occurred back in those mountains. I mean, how many times do you find people back there with their heads cut off, one after the other after the other? People go in there... - ( metal slams ) - and they don't come out. ( coyote howls ) Whew. I don't know how them old-timers did it, bud. In the deadly Superstition Mountains, a newly revealed secret map could solve a 500-year-old mystery and bring a $200 million payday to Wayne Tuttle and his team of Dutch hunters. Come on, boys. Try to watch out for him. Come on. ( clicks tongue ) Wayne. Wayne, check it out. Look at that up there. Now, does that look like a dried-up waterfall to you? All you had to do was look at it. It's polished granite. It took millions of years of water running down that sucker. And it's dried up right now. We're in the middle of the summer. But I bet when it rains, that sucker's a beauty. We're looking for a waterfall. Here it is. We're right on. we're right on the map. We're doing great. This could be our first big breakthrough. If we've decoded the symbol on the map, and we now know it's the waterfall, then we could be on the right track. We need to get all our gear up this waterfall. We need to match this other symbol to a feature on the land. That should point us directly to the heart. For treasure hunters, that means jackpot. Hey, Wayne, come here. What you need, Sonny? I think this is gonna probably be the end of the road for these horses, man. I can't navigate the horses through that. - ( bleep ) - I don't want to break these horses' legs, you know. We want to make sure that they're safe. I'm trying to figure out a way that you guys could even navigate through here. I mean, there's no way the horses will, for sure. - It'll be rough. - Guys, I think definitely, at this point, we break the gear down, let Sonny get the horses back out of here safely. We'll just have to hump the gear up. Not looking forward to it, though. Got it. I hate to lose Sonny this early in the journey, but his horses have gotten as far as we can go. Now we're on foot, hauling the rest of our gear. Thanks, Sonny. We couldn't have gotten here without you. - Let's go. - Thanks a lot, horsie. The trail we just come in on... was here. Now you gotta admit we got to this point, and we're finding what's on the map. All right, guys. We're losing sunlight. We'll go together. We'll take it easy. We got all this gear to take. We don't need to be splitting off. Without a marked scale, it's difficult to know the distance between landscapes on the map. If Frank is right, and the double circles represent a waterfall, then there should also be a prominent feature nearby that points the way to the gold, the map's heart. From here, we can't see anything that looks like the saddle on Frank's map, so we're gonna have to climb up the waterfall and get a better view of the area. You go up first. - Grab up. - All right. All right. Careful. I've been around, and I know things happen, and I know things happen in this desert. They don't call it the Superstition Mountains for nothing. Call me paranoid, but I'm still alive. I've always wanted to go out and, you know, kind of be a modern-day Indiana Jones. I love finding out things that nobody else knows or solving problems or mysteries, but there's a lot of things at risk, too, and maybe I'll spend a couple months of my life, put out a bunch of money, and we got nothing coming back in; but you've just gotta judge that risk versus reward. That wasn't the way I took. Don't get your feet wet, or you'll be in trouble. Frank. Frank. Huh? Let's see. Kind of get over my left shoulder there. Sight through. You see that rock, that opening? Oh, yeah! Up on top up there. I saw something kind of flash down from there as soon as I sat down. If there's a flash, somebody's watching us, then. Frank. Saw something kind of flash down from there soon as I sat down, and it moved to the left into that brush, and I haven't taken my eyes off. Nothing's come up through that ravine, either. Think some kind of animal or human? I don't know. It was big enough that it showed, and it hid there. Well, if it's a flash, you think somebody's watching us, maybe? It's no joke out here. There's people that can and will follow you. You need to have eyes in the back of your head when you're hunting the Dutchman. There are people out there, who if they think you're onto something, might follow you back in the mountains, and if you do find the gold, they'll probably kill you. Keep your eyes peeled, guys. Prospectors have good reason to watch their backs in the Superstition Mountains, where murders and mysterious disappearances have been all too common for hundreds of years. ( blow strikes ) As recently as 2011, the skeletal remains of three Utah tourists trying their hand as Dutch hunters were found six months after their disappearance deep in the wilderness. Could they have been killed for what they found or because they got too close to what others were trying to protect? I think you guys are crazy. I don't see anything. Deer or something. - Let's get going. - Think somebody's watching us? That sunlight is going fast. Traveled many mile over these hills right here all day, and it was hard, very hard, probably one of the hardest trips I think I've ever taken. Most of 'em thought I was kind of a loony tune because I kept looking behind me. There's a reason for that. I know the Dutchman, when he come up through here, he had to watch every move he made, because people followed him. People will follow you to the ends of the earth to get that gold. Hey, guys, hold up. I need to take a break. - Tank getting on empty? - Pretty much. It's been a long day. We put in a lot of miles. Sun's gonna be down. We need to set camp. This is not ideal. If we do get clouds come in, if there's a sign of rain, we need to grab the gear. We need to go up this side here. It's much easier. I normally wouldn't camp down in a wash, but with Woody, we can't climb in the dark. He's gonna struggle a bit, and it's a dangerous thing, moving through the mountains at night. It's when the mountain lions are moving, the snakes are out, so we don't have a choice. It's gonna dump on us. We're gonna get up out of here. Anything we leave behind we're gonna lose. You understand that? So let's get this gear down. Let's get camp set. We're 10, 15 minutes from no light. All right. Does every ( bleep ) plant up here have thorns on it? - Yep. - Pretty much. If it don't have thorns, it probably will bite you. Watch for scorpions. Take a look around. See if anybody's looking at us. When you're sleeping out here, especially at night, it can be a little creepy at times. You never know who's watching you. Your mind can play tricks on you, and the fact of the matter is these mountains have a long history of killing people. Do you guys wonder why, you know, I'm behind? It's not just 'cause I'm slow, but I keep looking behind me to make sure nobody's following us. People will try to follow you wherever you go, especially if they know you're getting gold, and a lot of people know that me and Frank found good gold up in these mountains. I suggest somebody stays awake, and then maybe we can take turns, and that way, at least somebody's watching. Guys, I say you settle in, get comfortable as you possibly can, and let's call it a night. I would say give it a couple hours, hour and a half, two hours, and then, Eric, would you relieve him? - Yep. - Sounds good. Ah, don't worry about me. You guys get some sleep. Camping here ain't ideal. I mean, Woody's telling us we're being followed, and Wayne kind of made us camp in a flood zone. I'm not feeling very safe tonight. ( coyote howls ) - Look at that. - ( laughs ) I told you, Wayne. Huh? Ha ha ha! I told you. We survived our first night. As rough as everybody thought the first leg was, we're going into territory in an area that's going to be twice as hard. Now I've got to take the group and get up this waterfall without killing them. Boy, does that look hairy up there. According to Frank's secret tesora map, the dry waterfall before them rises to a peak above the valley. From the peak, the team is looking for a landmark that will match the next symbol on Frank's map and should point the way to the large heart symbol that most Dutch hunters believe is the sign for gold. Ah, hold up for everybody. You got a water bottle? Everybody check around, make sure all the gear's stowed up. - You good, Eric, almost? - Just about. We're gonna have a sharp-- it looks like it's going that way. We're gonna have a sharp bend to the west. - Then we get around there. - Yeah. That's the way it looks on the map. - All right. - We'll see. - We'll see when we get to it. - All right. According to Frank's map, we've come up on the waterfall that's there. We've been able to verify that. Now we move forward and see if everything else is playing out, as we continue up the slot canyon. For me, automatically it always comes back to Jacob Waltz, Waltz's clues and the directions, and if the clues aren't fitting and they're not coming into play, then we're not on the right trail. I could see it in his face. Wayne is not convinced that this map is the real deal. But as we go along, I just know he's going to be convinced, because he's gonna see it. I'll take the point on this. You kind of stay up behind me. Woody, get back behind Frank, okay? - Okay. - You'll keep pace there. All right? All right, guys. Not too far, not too close. Come up here. All right? You have any problems, you let me know. I tell you, I really hope going up this rest of this mountain up in those waterfalls, that we get something good. I hope it's worth it because I've given up a lot. I've given up a good gold claim with getting decent gold to start with. Hopefully, that we get up there at the top of that thing, we're going to find what we're looking for. How's Woody doing? Okay? I'm coming. Give me your hand over here. Okay, bud. You got the bottom of your feet wet. I'm okay. This is the easy part. Look at that up there. I don't know how we're gonna do it. Hey! Don't think about it and fail before you get up there. One step at a time. Hold on. Let me do the other-- There we go. I'm gonna grab ahold of that. Step right there. - I got you. I got you. - Okay, switch. - Nice job. - Make sure he's secure. Switch. Somebody make sure you're with Woody. Eric, stay there. Eric, grab Woody. - Wait. I got you. - Eric, you grab Woody when he comes up and pull him the rest of the way. You're gonna have to grip. I can't grip with that hand. - Ready? - Grab your wrist. - You get up? - He's-- Wait a minute. - Wait. Wait. - Wait. Wait. Looking at Frank and Woody, they're not any spring chickens, so I'm really worried about their ability to scale some of these rocks and balance. It's slick up here. It's dangerous. One slip, that's all it takes. You guys are serious about this, huh? We are serious about this, Woody. This trail has definitely been more intense than I was expecting. I knew from the get-go that this was gonna be tough. There's falls from cliffs you could take, 20-foot, 30-foot down. You're done. You're not getting out of there. And if somebody is hauling you out, it's probably gonna be in a body bag. I may need to toss you this pack, man. Got it? I got it. I got it. Frank, you're back too close. He slips and goes, you're going. I'll wait. Hug the wall, Woody. You guys know how narrow this is? It's narrow. Woody, look at me. Grab my arm, around my arm. Arm, arm, arm. Focus on one person at a time. Hold on. Hold on. Stop right there. Got it? Get yourself set. It was really steep. I didn't even want to turn around and look down, because it's really scary. ( chuckles ) We're a long ways from the bottom. - Thanks. - Good job, Woody. Good job. What do you think, Frank? Cut this way? Right up here. Skirt right through here. Yeah, that's too-- that's too bad. We can get up this. ( grunts, bleep ) - Thanks. - Okay. Sorry about that, Woody. This is definitely, definitely a tough hike. You can tell it's pushing everybody. As long as there's something at the top of it, it'll be worth it. Hold on. There you go. - Oh, my God. - Good job. There you go. Wow. - Okay. Thank you. - Look at that. I can't believe we made it up here, guys. - Yeah! ( laughs ) - Boom, baby. - Here you go, bud. - ( laughs ) Way to go. - Way. - You guys did nice. - Give me five, Frank. - Nice job. - Look at that. - Oh, wait, wait, wait. Wait. Who is ready to kiss my ( bleep )? Look at that. There's a butte! There is it, baby, clear as day. Where is it on the map? - Look at that. - ( chuckles ) I told you, Wayne. Huh? ( laughs ) I told you. Look at it. Okay, guys, there's the trail we just followed on the map, all the way up around that waterfall through this canyon, and there's the omega sign on the map right to the west, where it should be. This X on this map is our next target, and that target is in that direction, and we will find something up there. All I know is, at the end of my map, you will find a treasure at the end of the trail. So far, we've found everything that's on this map. We get up to where this X is, up in that direction, up over that hill, we're gonna find something, I guarantee you guys. I promise you. All right, you want to break that map out? - Yeah. - I have to admit, seeing that butte off there in the distance and seeing how it aligned up with the map, it's pretty exciting. Frank is saying we'll find it at the top, but I'm not really sure what we're looking for. It's an X on the map, but what is the X? Is it a mine? Is it another clue? Okay, I got our coordinates. All right. Eric Magnuson's our electronics expert. The plan is to have him plot the coordinates of the landmarks we've encountered, and with any luck he's gonna give us the distance to the X on Frank's map on an actual topographical map of this area. From here to here, as the crow flies, would be 1.1 miles. What we're looking at from here to this heart point is a half a mile, based on the tesora map. Let's see. This is where we're at right now. According to the map, we've come 4-1/2, five miles. Now that we've reached this point, we have a scale that translates the tesora map to our map. - See this peak here? - Right. This ridge? That's what you would be looking for. I know everybody's pretty burnt coming up here. Their legs are shot, but I think we need to gather ourselves 'cause we should be able to make the end point on the map before sunset. Let's get ready, and we'll start getting moving down the trail, all right? All right. Sounds good, man. - Thank you. - Yep. No problem. Ah, this guy Frank might be onto something, so gave me a little more energy and some hope that we're actually gonna find the Lost Dutchman. So let's get down over this hill and see where that X is. Everybody keep their eyes out, 'cause this is important now, okay? All right, guys. Let's get it going. I'm starting to buy into it a little bit more, but it's a step-by-step thing, and it's-- you know, that's on Frank's shoulders to prove that out. Jacob Waltz was a prospector, and all the way up, he followed the gold. The further he went, the bigger the gold got, and you could do that today. He's following the gold. He's looking for the source. The source is the X mark up over this hill, and we are going up to find it now. Wayne Tuttle and his handpicked team of Dutch hunters have been following a newly unearthed treasure map deep into the Superstition Mountains in search of the Lost Dutchman's gold and are closing in on the map's final clue. They're landmarks. We get onto those landmarks, and we are on the trail. We'll walk where they walk, Woody. There was a little bit of excitement kind of starting to run through me, 'cause the map's starting to line up. Frank, Woody, come on up. Holy ( bleep ). What the hell? You see something? What is it, Woody? Stone shaped like a heart. Let me see those glasses. Holy ( bleep ). Look at that. - Guys, we found it! - ( laughs ) Son of a bitch, look at that. - There's an X on it. - What are you talking about? - Wait, wait, wait. - Look at it. - Really? - Are you sure? Right in the center of it is a carved X. When I was scanning the ridge, and I come across this big heart stone, it just-- it jumped right at me. It just-- it's like, "Oh, my God. There it is." And so, you know, I almost-- I got goosebumps. I got worried. You know, it's like, "Frank, look at this." I couldn't believe it. We found a stone heart exactly where the X is on the map. It ain't over there. It ain't over there. We followed the waterfall. We saw the butte. We followed the trail. We walked till we got to an X. Guess what? It just so happened the X is on a huge, gigantic, beautiful stone heart. That's the difference. Frank's level of excitement is infectious. You can't ignore the patterns and the inferences he's making. It could lead to something. The Peraltas used hearts to mark mines. That's why hearts were all over those stone tablets. I knew something would be there. I knew it. There it is. Son of a bitch. You know what? These guys don't realize it, but the old Sarge knows what he's doing. For years, people have been doing this, and for years, they've been failing. We went someplace that nobody's gone before, and we found something that nobody had seen before. We need to get across this valley to that heart stone over there. We gotta get over there, and we gotta find out what's over there. That's one of our major targets, that stone. I know for a fact that we are going to find a mine, and there's a very good chance that that mine is the Lost Dutchman Mine. Wayne, we've got to get to that heart. Did Frank's map led them to the mother lode? Could this be the Lost Dutchman Mine? This season on "Legend of the Superstition Mountains"... Try to make out a heart stone. There it is, man. That makes five. I can take you to this spot. We have an authentic map from the Peralta family. Triple circle means treasure. Dude, Frank, look at this. That's a candleholder for an old mine. Stop, stop, stop. We got a booby trap set up here. You can't just leave me behind. I'm not a baby. This is my call. ( exhales ) Eh, dizzy a little bit. You got what? I got a mine up here, guys. We're going up there, right? - Whoa! - ( gunshot ) - Oh, my-- - Holy ( bleep ).

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Length: 43min 23sec (2603 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 23 2019