[gun cocks] [gunshot] - A cursed mountain hiding $200 million in gold. 250 lives have been lost. But now five treasure hunters will defy the curse in search of America's deadliest treasure. - Let's rock and roll, baby. - On the northern edge
of the Superstition Mountains, Wayne Tuttle's 40-year search
for the legendary Lost Dutchman's gold mine is coming down
to one final clue.
The target? Black Cross Butte. A 2,000-foot peak
that is the center of the deadliest triangle
in the entire range. - More mysterious deaths have happened here than anywhere else
in the mountains. Just one more sign
that's pointing us to the truth. - The butte might be
the team's most promising lead, but could the Dutchman's gold
be hidden here? Follow the trail of evidence a lost map
that revealed a pattern of Heart Stones
apparently marked with Xs Goldfield and its
million dollar mines that may or may
not be tapped out. - There's stuff I'll talk to you
about and there's stuff I won't. - Cryptic black handprints. - I see a black handprint
on the wall. - Signs of the
Apache Black Legion or a warning to turn back? - This is not good. - A booby-trapped cave, ancient petroglyphs
and markings, symbols that could conceal
the origins of a mysterious
religious order, and a map of the Superstitions'
fallen victims. - Superstition Mountains
are a nexus of death, but within that,
there's an epicenter where most of these
deaths have occurred-- Black Cross Butte. Why were
so many men lost there? The pattern of death
in the air makes me think there's something
there worth dying for. And maybe it's
the Dutchman's gold. The south side
of Black Cross Butte
is a sheer cliff. So we're going to have to
go around on the Salt River
to the north side and try to get
ourselves a foothold. Check that out.
You see those two boulders,
Frank? - Yeah.
- Any day now
those things are gonna let loose
and come down that waterfall. - They're just wedged
right in there. - Wedged right
there at the top. - Wayne, how we gonna know when
we're at the right spot? - We'll know
it when we see it. - Heading through this canyon
there's sheer rock faces, there's wild
animals everywhere. - See that big rock?
See the little green up
in there? There's a Big Horn sheep. Yeah, he was walking up
that ridge going up towards that cactus
on the end. It's beautiful,
but, at the same time, you don't get caught up
in that beauty and think for minute
that it's not dangerous as hell. - Geologically,
we're in a really old place when we see petrified wood. - The deeper we travel
in Apache land, the more ghosts
I feel around us. This land
is soaked with blood. - Check it out, guys.
That there is the infamous
Skull Cave. - Why they call it
Skull Cave? - It's where the military
got a bunch of women
and children-- a bunch of Apaches-- sent them in the cave
and killed everybody.
Left the bodies. - Of all
the violent skirmishes that occurred between
the white settlers of Arizona and the local
Native American tribes, one of the bloodiest
and most devastating was the massacre
at Skull Cave. By December 1872, the U.S. military was determined
to remove the Apache who remained
in the Superstition Mountains. A force of 130 troops
surrounded a cave where a group
of Apache were hiding inside. When the soldiers opened fire, their bullets ricocheted off
the cave walls, slaughtering 76, including
women and children. After the massacre,
the bones of the dead were left undisturbed in the
cave for more than 50 years. - Jacob Waltz could've climbed
up anyone of these canyons and found that mine. - Another helicopter?
[helicopter whirring] - There's a black helicopter
in restricted airspace and it's following us
along the canyon. Some of the guys are concerned.
Somebody's screwing with us. They want us
out of that area. We're getting close
to something. - Hey, guys, look up there. Cross up on the canyon wall. - Look at that. - I would be shocked
if that was natural. - Every segment of the cross
was the exact same length. They were all at perfect
right angles to each other. To me, that means
it has to be manmade. - How the hell
would you get up there? - That might be
an area we want to check out. - In the 17th century, Jesuits sent from Spain arrived
in the New World on a mission to convert
Native Americans to Catholicism. Their work turned from religion
to mining gold from the mineral-rich
mountains. But when the king of Spain
discovered the Jesuits
had been stashing gold, they were expelled
from the Americas. Legend has it
they hid millions in gold and priceless church relics deep in
the Superstition Mountains. Whether the Jesuits
were specifically in the Superstitions
is a matter of some debate, but signs found
throughout the mountains have led people to believe
they were indeed here. Could this cross in the cliff
be a Jesuit carving? If so, what is it marking? - Why is there a cross
on the north side of this butte? This could be the clue
we've been chasing all along. This is the end of the line. Grab your gear.
We're going in. - Here she is. - Well, it's gonna be tight.
I can see that. - Kill the engine.
We can row from here. [engine stops] - I'm always keeping
my eyes open for any sign that matches up
with the Lost Dutchman riddles. When we turn into the inlet
at Black Cross Butte, I immediately think
of the riddle-- "No miner will find my mine." This riddle could match up
with exactly where we are, because the Lost Dutchman mine
could be up on that butte. And if that's the case,
no miner would ever find it. - Oh, you can still make it. You can still make it. - I've been all
over these mountains. Something's not right
about this area. As soon as we turn
into the inlet, it's like the sky
just disappeared. - Okay, we're on the rocks.
I think that's about as
far as we can go. - Okay, guys, we've got
to break up this canyon here. I'm going.
Who else is in? I don't need
to be taking four people. Three is more than enough. We only got
so limited supplies. - I'm definitely not getting
off this boat. - Well, Woody's not going. So Wood, Frank, you guys
are hanging back. That's just the way it is.
- You okay with that, Frank? - You guys find something,
I want my cut. - Absolutely, brother. - I'm taking Magnuson and Deal
up the canyon with me. Frank and Woody
need to stay back with the boat. There's no way
I'm getting stranded. - Woody,
I have enough water for us. We've got enough guns here to fight anything
off that would come up on us. - Hey, Frank,
you good on ammo? - I'm good on ammo
and I guarantee that nobody's
getting on this boat. - Head up into the canyon,
but if we're not back, you go
get the authorities. You guys don't split up.
Send someone looking
for us, all right? Got that straight?
- Got it. - All right. - I've got as much food
and water as I can carry, Wayne. - Guys, watch your step.
There's pockets in here. - Wait, slide up. - You guys be careful.
- It's pretty rough back here. - Look at all them
freakin' boulders up there, man. Anything could fall
at any given time. If it starts going-- - I know in my gut that
Black Cross Butte is an important piece
of this puzzle. That cross is trying
to tell us something. We're gonna find the secret
behind the Dutchman's gold or we're gonna die trying. - According to the map,
the top of the butte is somewhere directly
above our landing site. Instead of just a vertical
ascent, we're gonna be
working up a canyon that's pretty chock-full
of house sized boulders. And the weather's not gonna do
us any favors either, I think. Looks like
the rain's coming in. It's going to pour on us,
we want to get up out
of this canyon now. Hopefully it doesn't pour,
'cause then we're just gonna get washed out of the canyon
or have to look for
higher ground. You guys break
the path for me, okay? [grunting]
- Good job. [thunder rumbles] - I hope those guys
are okay back there. You know, that's scary
[bleep] in here. - I'll tell you
what they did. - Left me and my shotgun
and my pistol back here-- - Left you with me.
- I'll protect you.
You don't need to worry. [thunder rumbles] - Look at that. - Holy [bleep].
- Look, the beard
on the bottom. Horns up on top.
Two eyes, a nose, and a frown. - Woody and I are waiting
on the boat, and then I turn
my head to the right, and there's this huge
devil looking down at us.
I mean, it was unbelievable. And then you start thinking
about the Dutchman who said, "There's a face
in the rock looking
down at you." So are we in the spot? Are we in the spot
the Dutchman walked?
- That is freaky. - What the hell
does that mean, buddy? - We seen a face
on the mountain that looked
just like the devil. You know,
it's like he's smiling at us. Like he knows
something's gonna go wrong. Out of all the things
that's scared me so far, that's the worst. His face gives me
the freakin' creeps. I hate it. I can't believe you guys
talked me into even
coming out here. [thunder rumbles] - Don't be afraid. Just keep
your eyes open, we'll be fine. - Frank, I'm scared of anything
that I can't see. I don't care what it is. You think that this rumbling
is a coincidence. That's the Apache gods. And they're not happy
that we're here. - I better check on Wayne. [radio chirps] - Yeah.
- Frank to Wayne. Frank to Wayne.
- Hold on guys. [radio chirps]
- Frank, Woody. Is that you? - Are you guys
okay back there? - No, right now it's chock-full
of house sized boulders. - All right, just take it slow. - Will do. Roger. Out. - Why are people
being killed here? There's so much
death in this area. Is there someone
protecting something? The question is what is it they're trying
to protect out here? We need to find out. - You're almost clear.
You're clear. - Okay. - Hey, Magnuson.
- Yep? - Get a good--
get a good, solid grip. Pull me up from here. One, two, three. - You're good. You're good.
- Thank you. - Navigating through
the boulders trying to
make our way up to the cross. We really gotta keep
our eyes peeled and see if we can find
any other signs. I realize that we were
in a north trending canyon and one of the
Dutchman's riddles is
that the Lost Dutchman mine is located in a north
trending canyon. I think we're
on the right track.
- I think this way. - I like this one better, too.
- It's up to Wayne. [thunder rumbles]
- Here is comes, boys. - We've got rain. - Ugh!
- Oh [bleep]!
You all right? - You did? - You serious?
- How bad? - Wayne ended up
taking a really big spill. It looks like he jammed
his knee pretty hard. He says he can't even put
any weight on it. I hope he's ok to keep going because if we gotta
drag him out of here, it's definitely
not gonna be easy. - What part hurts?
Inside or outside? - Calf? - I don't care
that my knee hurts and I can't
put any weight on it. But I'm not sticking
down here in the wash, I'm going up the mountain. - All we need is him blowing
an ACL or something.
- Yeah. - I know you're
guns a'blazin', Wayne, but don't hesitate
to let us know if that knee starts killing
you too much. [thunder rumbles] - Ugh! It's slick, Magnuson.
You might need a hand. - If you do, I got it. - Whoa! - Holy [bleep], Magnuson.
Are you okay? - Yeah.
- Oh. - It's fine. - I thought
that whole thing was coming. - Yeah.
[groans] - I'm glad I stayed back. Oh, my God. - This hike's beating me up.
I am tired, I'm cold, I'm wet, but there's no way
I'm quitting. I mean, we're talking
about millions of dollars here. This is the closest I've ever
been to something like that. There's no way
I'm coming off this mountain 'til I get some answers.
[sighs] - What?
- Just be quiet. - I can't hear. [distant bang] - Hear that?
- No. - I heard a banging noise. [banging continues]
- Hear that? - Yes, I did. Wish we weren't here,
buddy. - Frank and I are sitting here
in this canyon and all of a sudden,
we hear this noise. We have no idea what it was. - Maybe I should fire
a warning shot. - There's no place to go,
no place to run. No place to hide. And that's scary as hell. You better call Wayne. See if he's okay. [radio chirps]
- Frank to Wayne. [radio clicks] [radio chirps]
Are you guys okay
back there, Wayne? [radio chirps] - Are you guys okay
back there, Wayne? [radio clicks] - Wayne, Frank calling,
can you hear me? We've lost radio contact.
So I'm very concerned. I don't know
what's going on up there. And we're just
sitting here waiting. We may want to back out a bit. I've got a hunch that these
high rock walls and this weather that we're experiencing is interfering with our radio
reception with Wayne. - We're hung up on
something, buddy. All right, we moving.
- All right. - I think we've got to move out
into the riverbed to try to
get reception with him. Because where we're at right now
is a really bad spot for that
and I'm getting worried. - Hold on. - Paddle. - I am.
Start paddling. There we go. We're out. [engine rumbles] - Don't you make
any sudden turns and throw me out of this freakin' boat. I swear to God
I'm gonna shoot you. [engine revs]
- Quit it! - This climb is treacherous.
We're a quarter way
to the top, there's no sign of anything
to do with that cross.
- Oh [bleep]! - You guys notice we went a lot
quicker without Frank and
Woody's [bleep]. - Ugh!
- Oh, as I say that,
you take a spill. - You taking that pack off?
- Yeah. - Here, I got it. - Just gonna pinch
myself walking. - There you go. - Guys, I'm stuck. Hold on. I'm stuck. - Frank to Wayne. - Something happened
to them guys. - We got these big canyons
between us. I don't have the radio signal
to get over that. - Well, I'm really worried
about them now. - Oh, they'll be all right. - You always take things
too damn lightly, guy. We've been trying to get Wayne
on the walkie-talkie. We haven't heard a word. [thunder rumbles] [radio chirps]
- Wayne, it's Frank.
Can you hear me? - [radio chirps]
- Frank to Wayne. - Still nothing, huh? - We have no other choice.
We're gonna paddle back up under the cross
and try to yell. See if we can get something. Maybe our sound will carry up
that canyon, because this radio signal
doesn't. Wayne! Wayne! - They're not answering, guy. Something wrong, bud. The hell are we doing in here? All the freakin' gold in China's
not worth being in here, guy. This is bull [bleep]. - Well, you wanted to go look
for the Lost Dutchman Mine. So here we are. In a [bleep] river--
in a canyon looking for Wayne. - Guys, I'm stuck.
Hold on. I'm stuck. [breathing heavily] - There ain't nothing to grab
onto here. - That'll work. - I got it. I got it. - You got it? - Good. Good to go. - All right, guys.
We got a long way to go. - What the hell is that thing? - What's that? - I don't know. - Grab my pickaxe. - Looks old.
- Let me see that. - Looks like old barbed wire
without the barb. - It does look like barbed wire. - What are you doing, Deal?
Hold it. Stop. Stop. - Are you crazy? - Hold it. Stop. Stop. - Are you crazy? You don't know
what that's attached to. We already ran into one mine
that was booby-trapped. I mean,
it might seem farfetched. But you know the Jesuits
booby-trapped some of
their [bleep]. It'd be our luck
that this would be one of them. - Until we can figure out
what this is, don't start yanking on it,
you don't need to be
screwing around. Admire it from a distance,
and let's move on. I say we don't tug on it.
You don't know what's up there. - I didn't really think
it's a booby-trap, but I see where
you're coming from. - It is old.
It almost looks oxidized. Tarnish, like it's been there
for a while. It ain't no climbing rope.
That's for sure. - Seems like kinda
where the cross is at. - I think the cross
is back further to the right, but I mean... we are in that direction.
So... - Guys, I don't know why
someone would've put
that there, but it seems sure obvious
that they would've put it there
for someone to pull on. I say we quit messing with it,
and we move on. - Yeah.
- Move up the canyon. - Frank to Wayne. - Think your battery's
gone dead? - No, there's nothing wrong
with it. - Okay, we're goin' in. - Wayne! - Can't get ahold of the team.
I'm worried about that. They went up a really rough
canyon in a dangerous area and I don't know
what's going on. So I have one choice here--
wait for my team to come back. This is bad.
This is really bad. - We're gonna radio the boys
before we move any further.
Check in with 'em. [radio chirps]
Frank, Woody, can you hear me? [radio chirps]
Frank, Woody, can you hear me? - We tried to radio
in to Frank and Woody to try to let 'em
know where we were at and we couldn't make
any communication with them. - Nothing?
- I think we're out of range. So better take it careful. Take it easy, all right? - Dude, dude, dude, dude. That's a huge cave. - Oh, yeah. - Can you see the ladder in it? - Look through the binos.
See, there's a ladder
dead center. - There's a ladder in there. - That's bigger
than anything we've seen. - Tell me honestly, Wayne,
you ever seen anything
like that? - Nah. I've never seen
that ladder before. - Wayne may have never seen
a ladder like this, but I have. When I was out with
Jack San Feliz up Willow Canyon, we saw that ladder petroglyph. And to me,
that could be a Jesuit symbol. - This is the ladder of life.
Ladder of life. - Look at that. - It can't be a coincidence,
you know? It just felt like we were
where we were supposed to be. - You know what. That ladder
doesn't look mean, man. It all looks wood.
- Old wooden ladder. - Wait a second.
That ladder is only 100 yards from that cross. - You're right. We followed the clues here and there's that cross
on the top of the cliff. And there's a giant ladder
here leading up into a cave. We got questions,
I want the answers,
we're going up the mountain. - The ladder looks like
it terminates 15 feet
above the ground. I don't know if we're going
to be able to get up to
that bottom rung. - We gotta get up there.
- This ladder goes up, essentially into the abyss. It's something I've never
seen before, and it definitely warrants
further investigation. The problem with that is
it seemed to be about a half mile
straight up a rock face. I don't know
if we can get up there, but we're gonna damn sure try. - Oh, man. - Getting close. - Hard work.
- Third of the way. - Just gotta keep
scissoring up. - Now we're truly
halfway there. - We're just all focused up
on that cave up in there. That ladder's intriguing. I mean, you can't get it
out of your hand. It's one of those things
you're just not gonna stop. - Ready?
- One, two, three. - Watch out, we got a lot
of loose boulders up here. - Hey, be real careful. - Almost there. - As we crested the top
and got closer, that ladder came
more and more into view. And you could tell that
the cave was much bigger
than I anticipated. Just couldn't even fathom
how big and enormous
this cave is. The real question is what was that ladder used for and what the hell's up there? - Oh, mother.
- Take a look at that. - So we finally got
to the cave. The climb was
far more treacherous than I could've
even imagined, but we're here.
We're gonna climb that ladder and we're gonna
get our answer. - Dude, this is just
full of [bleep]. - That's all this is. - You get up there. This overwhelming scent of, like, ammonia and urine
starts hitting us. It's a enough
to freakin' stun a yak. Nasty stuff. Holy shit! - Just three feet
deep of shit. - Screw gold.
We can become millionaires
with bat guano. - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, dude, you can hear 'em. - Oh, you can hear 'em
all right. [bats squeaking]
- We start seeing all
this bat guano on the ground. And the further we climb up,
the more we start to sink. Dude, there's dead bats
lying all along this base. What they hell
are they doing up here, man? It goes up.
I can't even see where it ends. - Somebody, like,
ripped off the bottom of this. It's 20 feet up before you
even get to the ladder. And it's all covered
with bat [bleep]. That ladder terminates even
higher than I thought it did. It was, like, a good 20 feet
at least up this rock face. - Does it look like
there was a lower structure to the ladder or did they
just cap the ladder off there? - There had
to be a lower section. - That's exactly
what they did. Or they hid the ladder.
They hid the bottom
section of it so that somebody
like us can't get up there. - There was no way
to get to it. It was kind
of a what next moment. I don't know, Wayne. There's no way
I can climb up there.
It's 20 feet straight up. - We're in absolutely
miserable conditions. The smell was so unbelievably
overwhelming. We're at a point
where we have to act fast. - Magnuson.
- What? - What is that right there,
that piece of metal? - See that? - I'll check it out.
- Take your time. - Watch it.
- Oh, I'm watching.
You be careful, dude. - Oh, [bleep]. - How heavy is it?
- Pretty freaking heavy. Dude, that's rusty.
I bet that's what they used. [spits]
Start gagging on that. - Oh, dude, [bleep] - Okay.
- [bleep]. [retches] - Almost there, Magnuson. - I've already slipped
in this bat guano more times than I can count. And now Deal's kicking it
up in my face. This stuff is just getting
nastier by the minute. Oh, God! - [bleep]. - Let's go.
- [panting] - This is not gonna be enough. - Get it in there. - [spits, gags] - Oh, it's bad. - [retches] Ah, [bleep]! [coughing, gagging] Son of a [bleep]. Ugh. I started to get sick. And as an E.M.T.
I've smelled a lot of nasty things
in my career, but I wasn't prepared for this,
and it kind of overwhelmed me and it was all I could do to try
to breathe through my mouth and just focus
on the task at hand. I think I'm over
my gag-fest, dude. That was [bleep].
That came up. - Dude, I need you to help me
keep this ladder in place so I can get up there
and see what's up there.
- Yeah. - I'm looking around.
Wayne's got a blown out knee.
He took a bad fall coming up. Magnuson's dry-heaving
all over the place, he can
barely stand. - If you can't do it,
I'll give it a shot. - Dude, I don't think you're
in any condition to do [bleep] right now. Essentially that leaves
one person to get this job done, and that's me.
What am I going to do, say no?
We've come this far. - Dude, if this thing
breaks loose, I'm going down. Stay the hell away
from the ladder. - Almost there, dude.
Almost there. - Dude, I'm there. - It's just long enough for us to be able to reach the bottom
of that ladder. - Be careful, Deal. - Holy [bleep]!
Listen to those bats. [screeching] The screeching's
unbelievable. - One step at a time. - The higher Deal's going up
this ladder, the more the bats start
swarming and flying around. I could see
that ladder swaying and pulling away
from the rock wall. At one point, he was
literally climbing backwards. I gotta give it to him,
he just keeps going. - Test every one of those rungs before you put
your full weight on it. - Dude, yeah. - You're good.
Just look forward, okay? - Oh, man.
[bats screeching] - I've gotten really
lightheaded. - You feel lightheaded? - [bleep]
I'm not digging it. - As Deal starts to climb that
ladder, he starts to lose it. He's 30 feet above the ground
at this point. He starts to shake. He says he's seeing spots. He's afraid he's gonna
black out. The smell's overwhelming him. I can tell
he's really getting nervous. - Take three steps at a time. Just listen to me, okay? Don't look down.
Listen to me. - Wayne just kind of--
in his most fatherly, calming voice--
got him to settle down and focus on just taking it
one rung at a time. And Deal worked his way up. - Hey, just try three more. Try three more for me.
Come on. - I feel like I can
probably die at any time. - Just do a few more.
See if you can get to that stake up there, okay? - Every step he took up
that rung, I was praying
that thing didn't break. That a nail didn't pop out, that it didn't pull away
from the wall. So at this point,
I can barely even watch. There's absolutely
no margin for error. There were a lot
of things that could happen and if any one of them do,
he's toast. Nice job, man. - There's about 1,000 bats. - Careful, Deal. Keep going,
but take it steady, all right? One step at a time. I'm trying to keep Deal calm
and work with him as he makes
his way up the ladder. Every time he looks down,
he gets more dangerous 'cause all he's thinking
about is falling. - You got it, dude. - I know he can do this. - You got it.
Just look straight forward. Try not to swing
left or right and put any sideways tension
on those boards. - Whoa. There's a ledge here. Ah. Whew. [coughs]
Oh, my God. It smells 100 times worse
up here. I can barely see anything. Oh, Jesus. I'm crawling over rocks. Oh, this is not
pleasant at all up here. Oh, man.
This is a dead end. It's a rock wall right
in front of me and it dead ends. What the hell? Oh, my God. - It looks like the cave
starts going right. I don't know. I don't see anything in there. It dead ends. Oh, man. Something in the wall.
What the hell? Oh, man.
I gotta get a shot of this. Definitely getting
some good footage of this just to show everybody. I find this cross embedded
in the wall of the cave. And I'm just blown away. I mean, I've never seen
anything like it. And whoever put it there,
didn't want me or anybody
else taking it out of there. It's definitely old,
and I still don't know
exactly what it means, but this could be
a huge discovery. It's definitely--
it's embedded in this rock. The only way to get that out
of there would be with tools. What the hell is this thing? - Magnuson?
- Yo? - You know
what time sunset is today? - No.
- We don't want to be anywhere near the mouth
of this cave at sunset. We only have a few minutes
before sundown, and these bats are gonna
come barreling out of that cave. We gotta get Deal
down out of there now. - All right. I don't think I see anything
else up here. The bats
are getting really crazy. I think my only choice
is to head on back down
out of here. [bats screeching]
- [bleep] Bats! I gotta head down. - Deal, be real careful,
all right? - What did you see? - I found a cross
in the cave wall.
- Holy [bleep], dude. Are you serious?
- A cross? - Yeah, there's a cross
stuck in the wall of the cave. I couldn't get it out, but I got a lot
of pictures of it. - You ok?
- Yeah. - All right. - Take it slow.
Come down. Come down. - Ah, [bleep. - I got you, man. - Bring your left foot
more left. - Where?
- Left. Okay. Now hold on. You're right
on the top of it there. - Okay, I got it.
- Right foot down. - Holy [bleep]. - Ah! - You all right?
- Yeah. - With dangerous weather
and approaching darkness, the team is forced out
of the mountains. In order to examine their
newly found discovery, they'll need to download
Deal's camera footage
onto a computer. - Where in the hell
were you?! - There we go. - Paddle hard left.
- You're good. - All right, you guys.
I got some crazy stuff on here. I cannot wait
for you guys to see this stuff. - Well, come on. Hurry up! - I knew there
would be something in that cave. - Let's see it. Come on. - This is a huge find. - Oh, my God!
- Holy [bleep], dude! - Yeah. - No way, dude.
You weren't [bleep]. Look at that. - I mean,
you guys see that cross?
- Holy crap! - This was all the way
at the very back of the cave, about four feet up on the wall. - How long did it look
like it had been there? - I mean, it's old. At least 100 years if not 150.
Maybe more. - What's that symbol on there? - I don't know,
could be Spanish, could be Jesuit.
I don't know. Something-- We gotta talk to an expert. This is the major
find right here. - This is major.
- Yeah. - No! I mean, I tried. It's not coming out of there. - What's it made out of?
Iron or something? - If I had
to guess I'd say iron. But this symbol, I mean-- We have to find out who knows
about that symbol. It could be Spanish.
It could be Jesuit.
I don't know. - This is extraordinary.
I've never heard of of or seen anything
quite like this. - This could mean
that there's something there in that cave or near it. This cross is
an incredible find, but you have to ask yourself, "Why would somebody
embed a cross in the wall
of a cave?" And especially
in such a hard to find place. And it really makes me wonder, is this the only one
or are there more? - There's something there, guys.
There's something there. - The fact that there's
a cross in that cave could mean that the Dutchman's
mine isn't a Peralta mine, that it's, in fact,
a Jesuit stash. And that could be worth more
than the Dutchman's mine. - You know what
we need to do, guys? We need to go see
Jack San Feliz. If there's anyone
who's gonna be able
to interpret this and know what this is,
and confirm it for us, it's going to be Jack. - Finally, we're gonna
get some answers. - Fantastic, guys.
Fantastic. - Nice job, Deal.
- Thank you. - Your best find yet. - There's, Jack. - Hey, Jack.
- Hey, fellas, how you doing? - How you been?
- Good to see you again. - Hey, good to see you guys. You're all excited.
What's going on? - I got something here
for you, Jack. I want your expert opinion. - Wow!
Man! I'll tell you what it is. This is one
of those Jesuit crosses. You find this
in the mountains? - Yeah.
Deleel found it up in a cave. - We've had so many false leads
and letdowns, it's hard to get your hopes up.
In the back of my mind, I'm thinking,
"It's another false lead." But when he said
this is definitely Jesuit. I mean,
it was one of those moments you'll never forget.
- Wow, what a cross. I'm telling you.
They left their mark and this was their mark
that there was a mine there or there was treasure there. These are not
very easy to find. Very difficult.
That's about 1750 maybe, 1740s to 1750s. - How do you know
it's from the 1700s? - The style of the cross. In looking
through the old manuscripts and in the old writings, the type of cross used
by the Jesuits was this particular type
of cross. This proves without a doubt
the Jesuits were here. - Would this be indicative
of something there or
in the vicinity? - Yeah, buried
treasure or a mine.
- But we're looking for-- what is this open
to interpretation of distance
where we would be looking next? - Well, you got the circle
and looks like the "V"
and could be a five. Five could be five bars,
which was a Spanish measurement. You could be within 25 yards
of the treasure. - I think you're there, guys.
You just have to find it. - We found something big, Jack. - You're right.
You did find something big. - Right on, Jack!
- Thanks, Jack. - Thank you very much, Jack.
- Let's go, guys. - Thousands of people
have searched for the
Lost Dutchman Mine. A lot of them haven't lived
to tell the story. Now that I'm a Dutch hunter, I know that you have
to be willing to risk your life
in order to find this mine or you're not
gonna find it. [rocks tumbling]
- Whoa! - We started out
looking for the Lost Dutchman, but this is bigger
than that. What we've stumbled upon
is way bigger than Jacob Waltz. It's way bigger
than the Apache. This is huge.
I cannot believe what we found. It's bigger than anything
I could ever imagine. - Right on.
We did it. We found a Jesuit cross
following the map. We've got the real deal
going here, and we're going
to find the treasure. - The cross is a new beginning. I think this cross is going
to take us someplace out
of this world. - This discovery changes
everything. For the first time,
we can have hard evidence that the Jesuits were here. There could be a treasure
in those mountains that's worth 10 times
the Dutchman. With this team, I know we're
the ones to find it.
