Rebel Gold (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Confederate Fortune - full transcript

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THIS TRAIL WE'RE ON,
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS.

Narrator:
DEEP IN THE HEART OF DIXIE,

ONE OF THE GREATEST MYSTERIES
IN AMERICAN HISTORY...

REMAINS UNSOLVED.

THERE IS NO BIGGER TREASURE
TO LOOK FOR OR FIND.

Narrator: FOR OVER 150 YEARS,

TREASURE HUNTERS
HAVE SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW...

TRACKIN' THIS TREASURE DOWN IS

JUST LIKE
PUTTIN' A PUZZLE TOGETHER.

Narrator:
...FOR AN ESTIMATED $20 MILLION

IN LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD.



IT'S ONE OF THE MOST
COMPELLING TREASURE STORIES

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Narrator: SOMEWHERE ALONG THIS
500-MILE TRAIL OF TRAIN TRACK,

THE REBEL ARMY'S FORTUNE
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR

AS THE CIVIL WAR CAME
TO A QUICK, BLOODY END.

WASHINGTON, GEORGIA...

THE FINAL STOP FOR THE PRESIDENT
OF THE CONFEDERACY,

JEFFERSON DAVIS,
AND HIS MONEY TRAIN,

THE LAST PLACE MILLIONS
IN REBEL GOLD WAS SEEN.

WE CANNOT LEAVE THIS AREA

TILL WE CAN SOLVE THIS
150-YEAR-OLD RIDDLE.

Narrator: IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT
TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY,

LARRY, PETE, AND DAN
HEAD DEEPER INTO THE SOUTH

TO DREDGE UP EVIDENCE OF
THE FLEEING



CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT
AND HIS LOST RICHES.

Larry: WE GOTTA PUSH HARDER THAN
WE'VE PUSHED YET.

I MEAN,
NOBODY'S GOTTEN THIS FAR.

Narrator:
WHILE ANOTHER TEAM OF HUNTERS...

BRANT, MIKE, TRACY, AND EARL...

INVESTIGATE A 150-YEAR-OLD
CRIME SCENE

THAT COULD LEAD TO
THOUSANDS OF GOLD COINS

WORTH OVER $13 MILLION.

YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH
JUST ANY GOLD COIN.

IF ONE COIN WOULD BRING $3,000

AND YOU DIG 30 COINS FROM THAT
ONE SPOT, THAT'S A MOTHER LODE.

Narrator: TWO TEAMS
WITH TWO STRONG LEADERS...

SEEMS TO ME LIKE
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRAIL.

YEAH.

WHOO!

THERE COULD BE $20 MILLION
IN GOLD LAYIN' OUT THERE.

HOW YOU GONNA GET IT
IF YOU DON'T GET IN THE WATER?

WE IN BUSINESS!

CRANK HER UP, BABY.

Narrator:
...HUNT OFF THE BEATEN PATH...

ALL THE BLOOD, ALL THE SWEAT,

ALL THE TEARS PINNED DOWN TO
THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

Narrator: ...CHASING DOWN CLUES
THAT JUST MIGHT FINALLY LEAD TO

THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

STAY WITH ME.

I'LL LEAD YOU
TO THE PROMISED LAND.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator:
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

TWO ACCOMPLISHED
TREASURE HUNTERS

BELIEVE THEY'RE ABOUT TO SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF A LIFETIME.

LARRY CISSNA, A NATIVE TEXAN,
HAS BEEN HUNTING

THE LOST REBEL GOLD
FOR 32 YEARS.

HE'S DETERMINED TO GO DOWN
IN HISTORY

AS THE MAN WHO FINALLY
UNEARTHED IT.

IN MY WORLD, THE RUNNER-UP IS
THE FIRST LOSER.

IF YOU'RE INCAPABLE OF
FINDIN' THE CLUES,

YOU'RE GONNA BE
THE FIRST RUNNER-UP.

Narrator: WITH THE CIVIL WAR
COMING TO AN ABRUPT END,

LARRY BELIEVES JEFFERSON DAVIS
LEFT A PORTION OF THE TREASURE

WITH PEOPLE HE TRUSTED
BETWEEN WASHINGTON

AND HIS CAPTURE SITE
IN IRWINVILLE.

THIS TRAIL WE'RE ON,
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS.

I HAVE READ ON THIS
AND READ ON THIS.

AND I CUT OUT ALL THE BULL CRAP.

AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL FOLLOW.

Narrator:
TENNESSEE-BORN BRANT ARNOLD

HAS TAKEN A DIFFERENT PATH.

HAVING BEEN OBSESSED WITH
THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD

FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES,

HIS THEORY HAS LED HIM TO
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

WHERE A PORTION OF THE
CONFEDERATE TREASURE DISAPPEARED

IN A MYSTERIOUS TURN OF EVENTS.

FEEL LIKE
WE'RE GETTIN' DAMN CLOSE.

WE JUST GOTTA GET OUR FEET
ON THE RIGHT PROPERTY.

Narrator: MAY 5, 1865...
JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS CABINET

ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

THE LAST STOP FOR
THE CONFEDERATE MONEY TRAIN.

DESPERATE TO STAY AHEAD OF THE
UNION ARMY HOT ON THEIR TRAIL,

THEY LEAVE A HALF
A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH

OF CONFEDERATE GOLD AT
THE LOCAL BANK AND FLEE TOWN.

WITHIN DAYS, THE UNION ARMY
CONFISCATES THE FUNDS,

LOADS IN ONTO WAGONS,

AND SENDS IT BACK TO
RICHMOND UNDER ARMED GUARD.

BUT THE GOLD NEVER MADE IT
OUT OF GEORGIA.

BEFORE IT EVEN GOT OUT OF
WASHINGTON,

A GROUP OF UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS
ATTACK THE WAGONS

AND MAKE OFF WITH MORE THAN
TWO-THIRDS OF

THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE,

A BOUNTY THAT IS TODAY
WORTH $13 MILLION

AND IS STILL MISSING.

THE CULPRITS BEHIND THE RAID
HAVE NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BUT BRANT BELIEVES THE MEN
WHO STOLE THE MONEY

WERE ACTUALLY
20 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

FROM THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY
INTENT ON TAKING BACK

WHAT WAS THEIRS.

LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THAT MAPS.

Narrator: TO PROVE HIS THEORY
AND FIND THE 13 MILLION IN GOLD,

BRANT AND HIS TEAM, TRACY SHORT,
EARL MESSIMER, AND MIKE SCOTT

ARE ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT

WHERE THE HISTORIC ROBBERY
TOOK PLACE.

THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS
THAT CAN BE ANSWERED

JUST BY FINDIN'
THAT EXACT LOCATION.

WHICH WAY THE TREASURE WENT,
HOW THE TREASURE WENT,

WHO TOOK THE TREASURE.

Narrator: FOR 150 YEARS,

HISTORY PLACED THE SCENE OF
THE CRIME

AT THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION.

BUT NEW RESEARCH POINTS
BRANT AND TEAM

TO THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE.

WHILE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THIS
HOUSE HAS BEEN LOST TO HISTORY,

RECORDS SUGGEST IT WAS SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN TWO OLD HOMESITES,

THE JOHN MOSS PLANTATION

AND WHAT WAS KNOWN AS
THE LEESTON HOUSE.

TODAY, THE LEESTON HOUSE
NO LONGER EXISTS.

BUT BRANT KNOWS IT WAS SOMEWHERE
IN THIS VICINITY.

YEAH, WE'LL BE CLOSE TO
THE LEESTON PROPERTY.

Narrator:
TO FIND THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE,

BRANT AND HIS TEAM MUST FIRST
FIND THE LEESTON HOUSE.

FIND THAT HOUSE, WE KNOW
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

THAT'S IT. LET'S ROLL WITH IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

Narrator: THE TEAM HUNTS FOR
ANY EVIDENCE OF THE 1860s HOME.

HEY, TRACY. YEAH?

I-I SEE SOME LARGE LIVE OAKS.

AND THAT IS A SIGN OF
A HOUSE SITE.

I AGREE TOTALLY.

WE NEED TO GET
ALL THE GUYS TOGETHER.

BRANT, MIKE, COME ON OVER HERE.

THIS ROW OF OAK TREES APPEARS
OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE STOOD

DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND
COULD'VE LINED THE PRIVATE ROAD.

IT TELLS THE EXPERIENCED
TREASURE HUNTERS

TO LOOK FOR A HOMESITE
WHERE THE LINE OF OLD TREES END.

THERE'S A WELL.

YOU GUYS WANNA LIFT THIS OFF
AND LOOK AT IT?

YEAH, SURE, WHY NOT?

COULD BE FULL OF GOLD COINS.

DON'T FALL IN THERE, BOYS.

[BLEEP] HAVE TROUBLE
GETTIN' YOU BACK OUT.

WELL, IT'S NOT BRICK-LINED.
IS IT BRICK?

NO, IT'S JUST HAND-DUG WELL.

WE CAN'T REALLY TELL
THE AGE OF IT

BECAUSE IT'S NOT ROCK
OR BRICK-LINED.

BUT WE DO KNOW
IT'S A HAND-DUG WELL.

AND, UH, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW,
PUTS... KNOWS...

LET US KNOW WE'RE IN THE AREA.

Narrator: WHERE THERE'S A WELL,
THERE'S USUALLY A HOMESITE.

THE TEAM SETS OUT
FOR MORE CLUES.

I THINK RIGHT THERE IS
AN OLD CHIMNEY IN THERE.

Narrator: THE DISCOVERY COULD BE
THE REMAINS OF THE LEESTON HOME.

ROCK HERE, ANOTHER ROCK THERE,
ANOTHER ROCK THERE.

Narrator:
IF THE TREASURE HUNTERS CAN FIND

ANY SCRAPS OF METAL TO DATE
THE HOUSE BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR,

THEY'RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO
FINDING THE GOLD.

WE'RE HOPING
THIS IS THE LEESTON HOUSE.

'CAUSE IF
IT'S THE LEESTON HOUSE,

WE CAN FIND THE MOSS HOUSE WHERE
THE ROBBERY ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

THIS IS VERY, VERY VIABLE

TO FIND
WHERE THE TREASURE COME FROM.

WE CANNOT LEAVE THIS AREA

TILL WE SOLVE THIS
150-YEAR-OLD RIDDLE.

Narrator: MEANWHILE,
DEEP IN THE HEART OF GEORGIA,

LARRY, PETE, AND DAN ARE HEADING
TO THE NEXT SPOT

ON JEFFERSON DAVIS' TRAIL...
DUBLIN, GEORGIA,

WHERE DAVIS AND HIS MEN CROSSED
THE OCONEE RIVER JUST 3 DAYS

BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED
IN IRWINVILLE.

WE GOTTA PUSH HARDER THAN
WE'VE PUSHED YET.

THIS ALL COMES TO A HEAD
WHERE HE GOT CAUGHT.

Narrator: ON MAY 7, 1865,

THE DAY THAT DAVIS
CROSSED THE OCONEE,

THERE WAS NO BRIDGE.

SOME TRAVELERS SWAM ACROSS
THE SWIFT MOVING RIVER

OR CROSSED ON HORSEBACK.

OTHERS PAID UP TO 50 CENTS
TO TAKE A FERRY,

A SIMPLE FLOATING PLATFORM
THAT FERRYMEN USED

TO CROSS THE TREACHEROUS RIVER
WITH ONLY ROPES AND PULLEYS.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

THE OCONEE FERRY WAS A CRITICAL
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

BUT TODAY, IT'S LONG GONE.

I TALKED TO SOME LOCALS.

AND THEY TOLD US ABOUT WHERE
THEY BELIEVE THIS CROSSING WAS.

Narrator: LARRY BELIEVES DAVIS
KNEW HIS CAPTURE WAS IMMINENT

AND MAY HAVE CHOSEN TO UNLOAD
SOME OF HIS TREASURE

AT THE FERRY CROSSING TO KEEP IT
FROM FALLING INTO ENEMY HANDS.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A ROADBED
RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

WELL, LET'S...
LET'S HUNT, MAN. I WANNA HUNT.

[ BEEPING ]

Narrator:
THE TEAM BEGINS ITS SEARCH FOR

ANY EVIDENCE THAT DAVIS AND HIS
TROOPS WERE IN THE AREA.

I HEAR IRON IN HERE.

I GOT SOMETHIN' RIGHT HERE THAT
SOUNDS LIKE IRON.

OH, [BLEEP]. LARRY. HEY.

COME HERE AND LOOK AT THIS.

OH, I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

THAT'S PART OF A BRIDLE BIT.

WELL, THAT'S A GOOD CLUE.

Narrator:
THIS PIECE OF HORSE BRIDLE

FROM THE 1800s TELLS THE TEAM
THEY'VE MOST LIKELY HIT UPON

THE WAGON TRAIL
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.

WE'RE IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
IT'S JUST ONE.

WE NEED TO FIND
A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.

PETE'S THE KINDA GUY THAT COULD
GO TO A SUPERMARKET PARKIN' LOT

AND FIND A CONFEDERATE BUTTON.

SOME HORSE TACK, WAGON PARTS,
THINGS LIKE THAT,

THOSE ARE GREAT SIGNS
THAT THEY WERE IN THE VICINITY.

THERE'S ANOTHER SIGNAL
RIGHT THERE.

THAT AIN'T IRON, MO.

ROOTS IN HERE, BOY.

[ BEEPING ]

GOT IT NOW, WHATEVER IT IS.

THAT'S A... I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

THAT'S A... THAT'S A... THAT'S
A GUIDE TO THE REINS ON A WAGON.

EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. REAL FANCY.

Narrator: HARDWARE FROM AN OLD
WAGON IS ANOTHER GOOD SIGN.

THE FACT THAT IT'S ORNATE
SUGGESTS A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL

ONCE TRAVELED THIS VERY ROAD.

[ BEEPING ]

GOT ANOTHER IRON HIT.

OH, HELL, I KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

WHAT? IT WENT ON A BOX.

LEMME SEE THAT.

THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF
RIGHT HERE, GUYS.

Narrator: THIS HANDLE IS
THE MOST PROMISING SIGN SO FAR.

IT COULD BE FROM A BOX THAT HELD
MILLIONS IN GOLD COINS.

HERE'S OUR FORENSIC EVIDENCE
RIGHT HERE.

HORSE TACK, WE GOT WAGON TACK
AND WE GOT A BOX TACK, RIGHT?

I PROMISE YOU, BRANT AND THEM,
THEY AIN'T INTO THIS.

HELL, NO.

THEY CHASIN' SOME DADGUM
FICTIONAL STORY OVER THERE,

AIN'T GONNA LEAD 'EM TO NOTHIN'.

NOW, LOOK, IT DON'T GET
NO BETTER THAN THIS.

NO, NOT...

THIS RIGHT HERE ACTUALLY
SENT CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE.

Narrator: COMING UP,
LARRY AND HIS TEAM

TAKE ON A SNAKE
AND GATOR-INFESTED SWAMP.

THERE COULD BE $20 MILLION
IN GOLD LAYIN' OUT THERE.

WHOO! WE IN BUSINESS!
WOW, LOOK AT THIS!

[ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]

Narrator: WHILE BIG FINDS...

GOT A PIECE OFF A HORSE BIT.

I GOT AN OLD HORSESHOE HERE.

I FOUND THE ORIGINAL ROADBED.

Narrator:
...LEAD BRANT AND HIS TEAM

CLOSER TO A 150-YEAR-OLD
CRIME SCENE.

ONCE WE FIND THIS PLACE,

WE'LL HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF
WHERE THIS ROBBERY

REALLY TOOK PLACE.

**

**

Narrator:
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

TREASURE HUNTERS BRANT ARNOLD,
MIKE SCOTT, TRACY SHORT,

AND EARL MESSIMER
ARE ON THE SEARCH

FOR THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE,

WHERE A HIGH-STAKES ROBBERY
TOOK PLACE OVER 150 YEARS AGO

IN THE FINAL HOURS OF
THE CIVIL WAR.

IF THEY FIND IT,
IT COULD LEAD THEM TO MILLIONS

IN MISSING CONFEDERATE GOLD.

WHILE NO ONE KNOWS
THE EXACT LOCATION OF

THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE,

RECENTLY UNCOVERED RESEARCH

PLACES THE SITE OF
THE INFAMOUS ROBBERY OF

$13 MILLION IN GOLD
BETWEEN TWO COORDINATES...

THE JOHN MOSS PLANTATION,
STILL STANDING TODAY,

AND THE LEESTON HOME,

THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN LOST TO
HISTORY UNTIL NOW.

THE TEAM HAS JUST DISCOVERED
WHAT THEY BELIEVE

ARE THE REMAINS OF
THE LEESTON HOUSE.

TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN,

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR RELICS
DATING BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR

TO ENSURE THE TIME PERIOD IS
A MATCH.

THERE'S A BUNCH OF IRON IN HERE.

FINDING A LOT OF IRON
TELLS US THAT

THERE'S HUMAN OCCUPATION THERE.

AND THEN YOU CAN DIG
THE IRON UP, TELL HOW OLD IT IS.

SQUARE NAIL, PERIOD.

Narrator: FOR THE TEAM,

FINDING NAILS DATING BACK
TO THE CIVIL WAR

ALONG WITH A WELL AND CHIMNEY
IN THE SUSPECTED LOCALE OF

THE LEESTON HOME ARE CLUES
THAT ADD UP TO VICTORY.

SO I'D HAVE TO SAY

WE'RE AT THE LOCATION
WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR.

WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY

THE LEESTON FAMILY.

AND I BELIEVE
WE'RE ON A HOT TRAIL.

PRETTY COCKY ON IT RIGHT NOW.

Narrator:
WITH THE LOCATION OF BOTH

CIVIL WAR-ERA HOMES CONFIRMED,

THE TEAM CAN NOW FOCUS ON
THE LAND IN BETWEEN.

THEIR TARGET...
THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE,

THE SITE OF
THE CIVIL WAR ROBBERY,

SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS PERIMETER.

OH, GUYS,
I FOUND THE ORIGINAL ROADBED.

OKAY.

IT'S 10, 15 FEET DEEP IN PLACES.

OH, HELL. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD ONE.

Narrator: 150 YEARS AGO,
HOUSES WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.

BUT USUALLY,
THEY SHARED ONE ROAD.

THIS OLD DIRT TRAIL COULD BE
A DIRECT PATH

TO THE MISSING TREASURE.

AND THE MOSS HOUSE COULD BE
ON UP THE ROAD.

'CAUSE YOU GOTTA THINK, WE GOT
STARTED AT THE LEESTON HOUSE

TO FIND THE MOSS HOUSE. YEAH.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS BOILS DOWN
TO LARRY CISSNA IS

RUNNIN' AROUND PLAYIN'
PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY,

GOIN' FROM SITE TO SITE TO SITE,
TRYIN' TO LOCATE STUFF.

WHY RUN AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN
WITH YOUR HEAD CUT OFF

WHEN YOU CAN COME TO WHERE
THE STUFF'S SUPPOSED TO BE?

Narrator: BACK DOWN SOUTH
IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA,

LARRY, PETE, AND DAN

CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL
OF JEFFERSON DAVIS.

THEY'RE HUNTING AN OLD WAGON
TRAIL WHERE THEY BELIEVE DAVIS

MAY HAVE STASHED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS WORTH OF TREASURE

AFTER CROSSING THE OCONEE RIVER.

THEY'VE ALREADY FOUND EVIDENCE

THAT CONFEDERATE TROOPS
WERE IN THE AREA.

NOW A STEADY LINE OF IRON HITS

LEAD THE GUYS STRAIGHT TO
THE EDGE OF THE SWAMP.

BUT EVEN UNDER WATER,
THE DISCOVERIES CONTINUE.

RIGHT THERE, DAN.
SEE WHAT IT IS.

OH, HELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?

WHAT?
THAT'S A DAMN POWDER'S FLASK.

DAMN SURE IS. LOOK AT THAT.

Narrator: SOLDIERS USED THIS
CIVIL WAR-ERA POWDER FLASK

TO CARRY GUNPOWDER
FOR THEIR PISTOLS.

IT IS YET MORE PROOF THAT
SOLDIERS ONCE TRAVELED

ON THIS VERY GROUND.

I MEAN,
ANYBODY CARRIED A POWDER FLASK.

IT COULD'VE BEEN
JEFF DAVIS HIMSELF.

THE REST OF THAT IS OUT THERE.

Narrator: THE OLD WAGON TRAIL
CONTINUES BENEATH THE SWAMP.

WHEN YOU RUN INTO A OBSTACLE
LIKE THIS, YOU NEED A DREDGE.

Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO
FINDING TREASURE UNDERWATER,

A DREDGE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO.

ONCE A TARGET IS
LOCATED UNDERWATER,

A HIGH-POWER PUMP SUCKS UP
THE OBJECT ALONG WITH WATER,

SILT, AND ROCKS,
SENDING IT THROUGH A HOSE

AND SPITTING IT
INTO A SLUICE BOX,

WHERE IT IS
THEN SORTED AND IDENTIFIED.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING DOWN THERE,

THIS...
THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HERE

IS SURELY GONNA BRING IT UP.

THERE'S ALLIGATORS OUT HERE.

UM, THERE'S...
THERE'S WATER MOCCASINS.

THERE'S RATTLESNAKES.

THERE MAY EVEN BE
LEECHES IN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THERE COULD BE $20 MILLION
IN GOLD LAYIN' OUT THERE.

HOW YOU GONNA GET IT
IF YOU DON'T GET IN THE WATER?

WHOO, SON.

OH, CR...

OH, MY... OH. WHOO.

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ] OH, OH, OH,
THERE'S SENSITIVE PARTS.

Narrator: THE TEAM IS HOPING TO
STRIKE GOLD UNDERWATER

OR AT LEAST UNCOVER MORE CLUES
TO HELP THEM PINPOINT

DAVIS' EXACT ROUTE.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

I TURN MY HAT BACKWARDS.

WE'RE GETTIN' SERIOUS BUSINESS
RIGHT THERE NOW.

[ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]

LOOK AT THAT [BLEEP]
RIGHT THERE, BOYS.

WHOO! WE IN BUSINESS!

CRANK HER UP, BABY! ALL RIGHT.

WHOO! YEAH!

Narrator: WHILE PETE LISTENS
FOR SIGNS OF METAL

WITH THE DETECTOR,
LARRY GUIDES THE SUCTION HOSE.

DAN HELMS THE SLUICE BOX,

KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR GOLD
OR ANYTHING THE CONFEDERATES

MAY HAVE DROPPED
ON THEIR WAY SOUTH.

THIS IS WHERE THREE PEOPLE,

THEY'RE ALL GOOD IN
CERTAIN AREAS,

IT COMES TOGETHER,
IT'S CALLED THE "A" TEAM.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS THING?

THIS THING OUGHT TO BE
PUMPIN' WATER, BO.

Narrator: JUST A FEW MINUTES
INTO THEIR SWAMP SEARCH,

THE EQUIPMENT THE TEAM IS
RELYING ON

TO COMPLETE THEIR MISSION
BEGINS TO FAIL.

WE GOT NOTHIN'.

WE DON'T GOT NO SUCKIN'.

WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS GOIN' ON?
Y'ALL GOT THIS RIGHT?

THERE'S NO SUCKING GOING ON
WITH OUR DREDGE.

AND WHEN WE HAVE NO SUCKING,
WE ARE GONNA FIND NO GOLD.

Narrator: COMING UP,
MECHANICAL FAILURE THREATENS TO

SHUT DOWN LARRY'S DESPERATE HUNT
FOR THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

WE REALLY HAVE
A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE.

I WANNA FIND ME GOLD.

YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO NEED TO STOP NOW.

I MEAN,
NOBODY'S GOTTEN THIS FAR.

Narrator:
WHILE BRANT AND HIS TEAM

CLOSE IN ON
THE INFAMOUS ROBBERY SITE.

BRANT, I TH... I THINK THIS
COULD BE THE PLACE, MAN.

Narrator:
UNEXPECTED FINDS THREATEN TO

TEAR HIS THEORY APART.

PRETTY WEIRD WE'RE FINDING
EAGLE BUTTONS IN HERE

INSTEAD OF CONFEDERATE BUTTONS.

ALL THE HEARTBREAK,
ALL THE BLOOD, ALL THE SWEAT,

ALL THE TEARS PINNED DOWN TO
THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

**

**

Narrator: 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

BRANT AND HIS FELLOW
TREASURE HUNTERS

CONTINUE TO TRACK AN OLD ROADBED

TO FIND THE LONG LOST
DAVID MOSS HOUSE.

HERE IT IS SAID THAT
A GROUP OF UNKNOWN BANDITS

HELD UP A UNION ARMY CARAVAN
FULL OF TREASURE,

MAKING OFF WITH THOUSANDS OF
CONFEDERATE GOLD COINS

THAT WOULD BE WORTH UP TO
$13 MILLION TODAY.

WE FINALLY GOT ON THIS TRAIL.

WE COME OUT HERE AND WALKED OUT
IN THE WOODS.

AND I KNOW IT'S OUT HERE.

I'VE JUST GOTTA GET ON IT.

Narrator: TO FIND ANY TREASURE,

BRANT AND HIS TEAM FIRST HAVE TO
FIND THE LOCATION

WHERE THE CRIME TOOK PLACE...

A HOMESTEAD THAT HAS
SEEMINGLY VANISHED.

WELL, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO SEE WHERE IT IS

'CAUSE THIS AREA'S
ALL BEEN LOGGED.

OH, IT'S BEEN LOGGED.

BOYS, I DON'T SEE
NO ROAD OVER HERE.

Narrator: WHEN THE 200-YEAR-OLD
ROADBED VANISHES,

THE TREASURE HUNTERS
LOSE THE TRAIL

THEY HOPED WOULD LEAD THEM TO
THE MISSING DAVID MOSS HOUSE.

THEY'VE ERASED WHAT WE COULD SEE
OF THE ROADBED

FROM OVER THERE TO OVER HERE.

SO ALL WE CAN DO IS KEEP
FOLLOWING THE ANGLE OF THAT

ROADBED AND SEE IF WE CAN RUN
INTO ANOTHER ONE OR A HOMESITE

UP THIS WAY.

Narrator: AS THE TEAM HITS
YET ANOTHER DEAD END,

BRANT'S LEADERSHIP IS
CALLED INTO QUESTION.

I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IT,
SPIRAL OUT.

NO. JUST START SPIRALIN' OUT.

ALL OF US.

I'M GOIN' THIS WAY.

ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

NO. NO.

MIKE'S BEEN TRYIN' TO SECOND
GUESS EVERY SINGLE THING.

I'LL DOZE CLEAN OVER HIM
AND PUSH FORWARD

WITH HIM OR WITHOUT HIM.

SO TWO OF US'LL GO AROUND

THIS SIDE OF THE SPARSE SIDE,
WRAP AROUND.

TWO GO THIS WAY.

I'M GOIN' THIS WAY.

WHICH WAY YOU GOIN', TRACY?
I'M GOIN' WITH YOU, MIKE.

ALL RIGHT. MIKEY.

LET'S GO GET IT, BUD.

BRANT'S HARDHEADED.

SOMETIMES I JUST GET
FED UP WITH IT.

IT... IT...
YOU TELL HIM ONE THING.

AND IF HE'S GOT IT IN HIS HEAD
IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY,

BRANT AIN'T GOIN' TO
LISTEN TO YOU.

HE'S UNASSESSED, HONESTLY.

THINKS HE'S TOO GOOD
FOR THE REST OF US.

WE... WE BEEN CALLIN' HIM,
"JUNIOR."

[ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: THEY SPLIT UP
TO COVER MORE GROUND,

EACH LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE THAT
THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE

ONCE STOOD IN THESE WOODS.

IF WE DON'T FIND
THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE SOON,

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
BACK UP AND REGROUP BIG TIME.

Narrator: AT THE OCONEE RIVER
IN DUBLIN, GEORGIA,

LARRY CISSNA AND HIS TEAM
ARE HUNTING DOWN TREASURE

THAT JEFFERSON DAVIS COULD'VE
HIDDEN 150 YEARS AGO

BEFORE FLEEING SOUTH
TO IRWINVILLE.

SO FAR, A TRAIL OF CLUES
HAVE LED THEM TO A SWAMP.

BUT THE DREDGE
THEY'RE RELYING ON

TO SEARCH FOR THE GOLD
HAS FAILED.

WE REALLY HAVE
A SERIOUS PROBLEM HERE.

WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN' ON, DAN?

I WANNA FIND ME GOLD.

AND I CAN'T BECAUSE
THIS THING'S NOT WORKIN'.

Narrator:
DAN YARRUSSO HAS HUNTED IN WATER

FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

HE'S COME UP WITH A PLAN
TO PRIME THE PUMP MANUALLY.

LARRY WILL HAVE TO SUCK WATER UP
INTO THE PRESSURE HOSE

TO CREATE THE VACUUM NEEDED TO
GET THE DREDGE RESTARTED.

WE GOT WATER. WE GOT WATER.
TURN IT ON.

THERE IT GOES. NO PROBLEM.

OH!

THERE WE GO! WHOO!

Narrator:
WITH THE DREDGE RUNNING AGAIN,

THE TEAM MUST
GET TO WORK QUICKLY

BEFORE THEY LOSE DAYLIGHT.

WHAT THE HECK?

OH, MAN!

IT'S A BULLET! WOO-HOO!

IT'S A CIVIL WAR BULLET,
CONFEDERATE.

MAN.

Narrator: THE TEAM HAS PULLED UP
AN ENFIELD BULLET,

THE FIRST SIGN OF A CIVIL WAR
MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE AREA.

THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE HERE.

WITH NIGHT RAPIDLY APPROACHING,

WATER TEMPERATURES DROPPING,
AND NO SIGNS OF THE GOLD...

SHUT IT DOWN?

Narrator:
THE TEAM CALLS IT A DAY.

ALL SIGNS INDICATE,
EVERYTHING WE DUG,

WHAT... POWDER FLASK HERE,
THE STUFF UP ON THE FLAT,

BULLETS IN THE WATER,

THAT'S A... THAT'S A TRAIN
LEAVIN' OUT OF HERE.

LET'S PACK UP OUR GEAR.
AND LET'S GET BACK ON ITS HEELS.

WE'RE GONNA FIND IT.
WE'RE... WE'RE ON IT.

YOU KNOW,
THERE'S NO NEED TO STOP NOW.

I MEAN,
NOBODY'S GOTTEN THIS FAR.

WE HAVE.
AND WE KNOW WHERE IT IS.

IT'S WITH JEFF DAVIS.
AND WHEREVER HE GOES, WE GO.

Narrator: A HUNDRED MILES AWAY,

BRANT AND HIS TEAM HAVE HIT
ANOTHER DEAD END.

THEY'VE LOST
THE 200-YEAR-OLD ROAD

TO THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE, SITE OF
THE 1865 TREASURE ROBBERY.

THE TEAM SPLIT UP TO FIND ANY
SIGN OF THE LONG LOST PROPERTY.

BRANT BELIEVES A SMALL BAND OF
CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

ONCE STOLE $13 MILLION IN GOLD

BACK FROM UNION TROOPS ON
THIS SITE AT THE END OF THE WAR.

IF HE CAN'T FIND IT, HE'LL HAVE
TO RETHINK HIS ENTIRE THEORY.

[ BEEPING ]

STARTIN' TO HEAR A LITTLE IRON.

I'M STARTIN' TO HEAR A LOT NOW.

THERE'S SOMETHIN' IN HERE.

PIECE OF IRON COOKPOT,
EARLY SIGN OF LIFE.

Narrator:
THEN, ACROSS THIS WOODED FIELD,

BRANT DISCOVERS PROMISING SIGNS
OF CIVIL WAR-ERA DEVELOPMENT.

I'M SEEIN' ROCK TOPS RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT NOW.

Narrator: THE ROCK TOPS ARE
SIGNS OF AN OLD FOUNDATION,

DEFINITIVE PROOF
THAT A HOME WAS ONCE HERE.

YOU CAN TELL BY HOW BIG THIS
LAYOUT IS THIS WAS A BIG HOME.

Narrator: NOW THE QUESTION IS

WHETHER THIS OLD HOME WAS HERE
DURING THE RIGHT TIME FRAME...

1865 OR EARLIER.

I FOUND AN OLD BRICK. PERIOD.

LOOK HOW SOFT,
HOW SOFT THAT BRICK IS.

IT'S GOOD.

Narrator: THE BRICK CRUMBLES
WITH LITTLE PRESSURE

AND HAS A CHALKY SUBSTANCE
THAT IS THE SIGNATURE OF A BRICK

MADE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.

BRENT, I THINK... I THINK THIS
COULD BE THE PLACE, MAN.

I THINK IT IS, TOO.

Narrator: 150 YEARS AGO,
HOMES WERE SPACED MILES APART.

FINDING THE REMAINS OF AN 1860s
HOMESTEAD WITHIN THEIR TARGET

PERIMETER MEANS
IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY

THIS IS THE SITE
THEY'VE BEEN HUNTING DOWN...

THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE.

NOW THE TEAM CAN CONCENTRATE
THEIR EFFORTS ON FINDING GOLD

OR SIGNS OF THE INFAMOUS HEIST.

YOU'RE NOT DEALING WITH
JUST ANY GOLD COIN.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH A GOLD COIN
THAT WAS TOOK IN A HEIST THAT

WAS COMPLETELY TIED
TO JEFF DAVIS.

SO IF ONE COIN
WOULD BRING $3,000

AND YOU DIG 30 COINS FROM
THAT ONE SPOT,

THAT'S A MOTHER LODE.

Narrator: COMING UP,
AS THE COMPETITION TO

FIND THE GOLD HEATS UP...

I KNOW LARRY'S OVER THERE
HITTIN' A DEAD END.

AND WE'RE IN THE SPOT.

Narrator: BRANT AND HIS TEAM
MAKE A HUGE DISCOVERY.

THAT'S PART OF A DAMN
WRISTBREAKER, SON.

Narrator:
A CLUE THAT JUST MAY SOLVE

ONE OF THE GREATEST
AMERICAN MYSTERIES.

SEEMS TO ME
LIKE WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRAIL.

YEAH. WHOO!

Narrator: MEANWHILE...

CLOCK'S TICKIN' TODAY.

Narrator:
FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS LARRY

AND HIS TEAM WORK OVERTIME
TO FIND THE GOLD.

HE AIN'T EVEN LOOKIN' IN
THE RIGHT PLACE.

WANT ME TO PUSH IT A WHILE?
LET ME PUSH IT A WHILE.

Narrator: CAUSING SOME
TO HIT THEIR BREAKING POINT.

I'M NOT HERE TO HAVE SOMEBODY
BE JUMPIN' ON ME.

AND I DON'T PUT UP
WITH THAT KINDA CRAP.

**

**

YOU KNOW, LARRY AIN'T BEEN
TELLIN' US MUCH.

I DON'T THINK HE'S BEEN SHARING
MUCH INFORMATION WITH US.

YOU GOT THAT [BLEEP] RIGHT.

WE AIN'T HEARD NOTHIN' FROM THAT
LITTLE WEASEL IN SEVERAL DAYS.

WE'VE BEEN SHARIN'
OUR INFORMATION.

AND THEY AIN'T... AIN'T BEEN
TELLIN' US MUCH OF NOTHIN'.

ALL WE BEEN HEARIN' IS,
"WE AIN'T FINDIN' NOTHIN'."

YEAH.

AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF
I BELIEVE THAT OR NOT.

I DON'T EITHER.

I THINK HE'S HIDIN' SOMETHIN'.

EVEN OUR BUDDY DANO
HAS BEEN KINDA QUIET.

YEAH.

I THINK HE'S BEEN TRYIN' TO GIVE
US HINTS BUT DOESN'T WANNA...

JEOPARDIZE HIS POSITION. NO.

I DID HEAR HIM SAY THAT
HE WAS WILLING TO JUMP SHIP.

YEAH.

WE'VE HEARD HIM TALKIN' 'BOUT HE
AIN'T TO HAPPY

WHERE HE'S HUNTIN' AT. NO.

I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD
TO HAVE HIM OVER HERE WITH US.

YOU RIGHT.

THAT'D GIVE US A BIG ADVANTAGE,
HAVE FIVE PEOPLE.

**

Narrator:
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

TREASURE HUNTERS BRANT, MIKE,
TRACY, AND EARL

ARE ON THE BRINK OF SOLVING
A 150-YEAR-OLD CRIME.

THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO PINPOINT
THE SITE OF THE 1865 ROBBERY.

NOW, BRANT IS MOMENTS AWAY
FROM PROVING HIS THEORY OF

WHO STOLE THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

IT DON'T GET NO BETTER
THAN RIGHT HERE

WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW LARRY'S OVER THERE
HITTIN' A DEAD END.

AND WE'RE IN THE SPOT.

Narrator: ON MAY 24, 1865,

TWO WEEKS AFTER JEFFERSON DAVIS
WAS CAPTURED,

$450,000 OF THE CONFEDERATE
TREASURY WAS CONFISCATED BY

UNION TROOPS IN WASHINGTON,
GEORGIA,

AND SENT ON
A SECRET ROUTE NORTH.

WHEN UNION ARMY ESCORTS STOPPED
TO CAMP AT THE DAVID MOSS HOME,

$250,000 WAS STOLEN
AND NEVER RECOVERED.

TODAY IT IS WORTH OVER
$13 MILLION.

SOME SUSPECT LOCALS.

BUT BRANT BELIEVES THAT
THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY,

A CONFEDERATE UNIT,

DEVISED THE PLAN TO GET
THEIR GOLD BACK FROM THE UNION.

I GOT AN OLD HORSESHOE HERE.

THAT'S PART OF AN...
OFF OF AN OLD WAGON.

I GOT A PIECE OFF A HORSE BIT.

PIECE OFF A HORSE BIT?

Narrator:
THE TEAM HAS FOUND A HOT SPOT.

HORSE AND WAGON PARTS THAT COULD
BE FROM THE VIOLENT ROBBERY.

IF THEY CAN FIND CLUES THAT
REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF

THE BANDITS, IT JUST MIGHT LEAD
THEM RIGHT TO THE GOLD.

A PIECE OF SCRAP IRON?

BOYS, I DON'T KNOW.

THIS COULD BE PART OF
A BROKE SWORD BLADE.

LOOK AT THE CURVE ON IT.
IT'S GOT A EDGE.

THAT'S PART OF A DAMN
WRISTBREAKER, SON.

Narrator:
THE WRISTBREAKER, ALSO KNOWN AS

THE MODEL 1840 CAVALRY SABER,

WAS ISSUED TO UNION TROOPS
THROUGHOUT THE CIVIL WAR.

IT WAS ADOPTED BY
THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY

AND OFTEN MODIFIED TO MAKE THEM
MORE EFFICIENT KILLING MACHINES.

HEY, BRANT! YO!

I FOUND A SWORD BLADE.

YOU TELL ME THAT
AIN'T A WRISTBREAKER, SON.

THAT'S DEFINITELY WHAT IT IS.

YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY
WHAT IT IS.

THERE. THERE'S A BLOOD VEIN
ON THAT SIDE.

AND RIGHT IN HERE IS
THE BLOOD VEIN ON THIS SIDE.

Narrator: THE BLOOD VEIN,

A THIN GROOVE THAT RUNS DOWN
THE THICK EDGE OF A SWORD

MAKING IT LIGHTER AND STIFFER,

A SIGNATURE DESIGN
FOUND ONLY ON MODEL 1840 SABERS

USED BY THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY.

HEY, THIS CONFIRMS
WHAT WE'VE BEEN THINKIN'.

THE SIMPLE FACT IS TRACY
FOUND A SWORD BLADE

THAT CONNECTS TO THE CAVALRY.

Narrator: IF BRANT CAN PROVE
THAT THIS SWORD DID INDEED

BELONG TO THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY,

HE'LL SOLVE THIS 150-YEAR-OLD
MYSTERY AND MAYBE UNEARTH

$13 MILLION IN LOST REBEL GOLD.

THEY COULD'VE HIDDEN IT.
THEY COULD'VE ROLLED ON WITH IT.

IT COULD'VE SPILLED OUT.
I'M CONVINCED OF IT.

Narrator: THE TEAM IS SEARCHING
A 333-SQUARE-FOOT AREA

AROUND THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE,

THE SITE WHERE THE ROBBERY
TOOK PLACE IN 1865.

BRANT UNEARTHS AN EAGLE BUTTON,

WORN ON THE UNIFORMS OF
THE UNION ARMY'S INFANTRY.

BUT IT'S WELL DOCUMENTED THAT
THE UNION CAVALRY WAS ESCORTING

THE CONFISCATED CONFEDERATE
TREASURE BACK UP NORTH,

NOT THE INFANTRY.

NOW WE'RE FINDING ALL KINDS OF
CAVALRY STUFF AROUND HERE.

THERE'S NO TRACES OF INFANTRY
EVER BEIN' THROUGH HERE.

HEY, GUYS I GOT A BUTTON.

IT'S EAGLE BUTTON.

THAT'S DEFINITELY
A YANKEE-ISSUED BUTTON.

IT'S PRETTY WEIRD
WE'RE FINDING EAGLE BUTTONS

IN HERE
INSTEAD OF CONFEDERATE BUTTONS.

WELL, YOU KNOW,
THIS BRINGS ME TO A THOUGHT.

Narrator: AFTER FINDING YET
ANOTHER UNION INFANTRY BUTTON,

BRANT CALLS THE TEAM TOGETHER

TO DISCUSS
THE PUZZLING DISCOVERIES.

YOU FOUND THAT CAVALRY SWORD
AND THAT TELLS ME...

YEAH.
IT WAS CAVALRY THROUGH HERE.

YEAH.

YANKEE INFANTRY
DIDN'T CARRY SWORDS.

THEY DID NOT CARRY
CAVALRY SWORDS.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO MAKE A RAID
THAN BE IN ENEMY UNIFORM.

Narrator: DURING BRANT'S
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH

TO FIND
THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE,

HE CAME ACROSS STORIES
OF CAPTAIN IRWIN,

A TENNESSEE CAVALRYMAN KNOWN
FOR HIS DECEPTIVE BATTLE TACTICS

LIKE WEARING UNION JACKETS
TO SNEAK BEHIND ENEMY LINES

AND SPY ON THE NORTH.

THE CLUES POINT TO IRWIN'S
CAVALRY UNIT

BEING AT THE ROBBERY SITE.

BUT ACCORDING TO RECORDS,
THEY WERE DISMISSED WEEKS AGO

AND HEADING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.

BASED ON EVERYTHING HE'S FOUND,

BRANT BELIEVES HE KNOWS
WHY IRWIN AND HIS CAVALRY UNIT

WERE IN WASHINGTON.

THEY FOLLOWED THE GOLD HERE
BECAUSE THEM BOYS HAD DONE MADE

A PLAN TO STEAL IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, AFTER ALL THE DEAD
ENDS WE'VE WENT THROUGH

AND ALL THE HEADS HUNG LOW
WITH THE TAILS

TUCKED BETWEEN OUR LEGS, WE HAVE
SOLVED THE 150-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY.

Narrator: AFTER FINDING
CONFEDERATE RELICS

NEAR THE OCONEE RIVER
BUT NO GOLD,

LARRY AND HIS TEAM ARE CONVINCED

JEFFERSON DAVIS
MUST HAVE STASHED THE TREASURE

SOMEWHERE ELSE
ALONG HIS SOUTHERN ROUTE.

WITH THE UNION ARMY CLOSING IN,
LARRY BELIEVES THAT DAVIS

WOULD'VE HAD ONLY ONE CHOICE...

LEAVE THE TREASURE WITH PEOPLE
HE COULD TRUST.

THIS CIVIL WAR-ERA HOME
WAS ONE OF THE LAST PLANTATIONS

ON DAVIS' TRAIL
BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED.

THE TEAM HAS TO CONFIRM THAT
DAVIS WAS HERE,

AND IF SO, WHETHER THIS IS
THE FINAL RESTING PLACE

FOR THE MILLIONS IN REBEL GOLD
LARRY BELIEVES HE HAD WITH HIM.

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO.

YOU GET THAT G.P.R. UNIT,
AND WE'LL GO START LOOKIN'

FOR THE DEPRESSIONS, OKAY?
ALL RIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKIN' FOR IS
A HIDIN' SPOT

WHERE THEY WOULD'VE
HID SOME OF THIS GOLD.

MAYBE PRIVY,
MAYBE THE TRASH PIT,

SOMETHING THAT WHERE
NOBODY ELSE WOULD LOOK.

LOOK, THAT LITTLE DIP RIGHT
THERE'S HOLDIN' WATER.

SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT IT'S
A LOW SPOT RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.

WHERE'S DANO AT?
HE NEEDS TO COME ON WITH IT.

I'M GONNA GET THE G.P.R. SET UP

AND I'M GONNA HIT IT
RUNNIN', MAN.

Narrator: GROUND PENETRATING
RADAR, OR G.P.R.,

BLASTS RADIO WAVES HUNDREDS
OF FEET BELOW THE SURFACE

AND MEASURES HOW THE SIGNAL
BOUNCES BACK.

UNDISTURBED EARTH
RETURNS A UNIFORM SIGNAL.

ANY ANOMALIES IN THE SOIL
AND THE RADIO WAVES BOUNCE

IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.

THE G.P.R. DISPLAY SHOWS
AN EXPERIENCED TREASURE HUNTER

ANY AREAS OF DISTURBED GROUND
THAT COULD BE BIG ENOUGH

TO HOLD BURIED TREASURE.

Dan: BETTER GO OVER IT AGAIN.

SEE WHERE HE'S WALKIN'? YEAH.

GO RIGHT OVER TO THAT SPOT
RIGHT THERE.

WE GOT TO GET ON
SOMETHIN' FAST, BROTHER.

I WANNA WORK OUT TOWARDS
THE BACK OF THIS HOUSE.

UH, PROBABLY AROUND THESE...
THIS TREE AREA HERE.

THINK HE'S TOO FAR OFF.

I MEAN, HE NEEDS TO BE
UP IN HERE.

WE GOT DAN IN CHARGE
OF THE G.P.R.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOIN'.

KINDA LIKE A BLIND SQUIRREL
TRYIN' TO FIND A NUT.

I MEAN, CLOCK'S TICKIN' TODAY.
BURNIN' DAYLIGHT.

WENT TOO FAR BACK, I THINK,

FOR THAT PRIVY TO BE
WAY BACK HERE.

HE AIN'T EVEN LOOKIN'
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

WE DON'T... WE DON'T HAVE, LIKE,
A MONTH TO DO THIS.

WE'RE JUST WASTING
OUR DAMN TIME.

GO OFF TO THE LEFT A LITTLE BIT.

DAN. OVER THIS WAY, BUDDY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU SEE...
HEY, COME RIGHT AT ME.

I WANT IT RIGHT HERE.
YOU WANT ME TO PUSH IT A WHILE?

IT'S GOTTA BE OFF AROUND HERE.
WANT ME TO PUSH IT A WHILE?

YEAH, GO AHEAD.
LET ME PUSH IT A WHILE.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO HERE.

Dan: I'M NOT HERE TO HAVE
SOMEBODY BE JUMPIN' ON ME.

I'M DOIN' THE BEST I CAN.

I JUST... I DON'T PUT UP
WITH THAT KINDA CRAP.

YOU GOT A HICCUP RIGHT THERE.
MORE HICCUPS.

IT'S RIGHT HERE.

GO GET A METAL DETECTOR,
LET'S SEE IF WE GET

ANY IRON AROUND HERE.

THESE TRASH PITS AND EVEN
WHERE THE OUTHOUSE WAS,

THERE'D BE NAILS
AND IRON AND JUNK.

AND THAT... THAT RIGHT THERE
WILL GIVE US A SECOND

INDICATION THAT WE PROBABLY
NEED TO GET THE BACKHOE

AND OPEN IT UP,
AND SEE WHAT'S IN IT.

OH, MY GOODNESS. WHOO.

HEY, I JUST DUG A WHITWORTH.

THIS IS A CONFEDERATE
SHARPSHOOTER BULLET.

WHITWORTH. A VERY RARE BULLET.

Narrator: IN 1854, BRITISH
ENGINEER JOSEPH WHITWORTH

DESIGNED AND PATENTED A RIFLE
WITH A HEXAGONAL BARREL

INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL
ROUND BARREL.

THE TWISTED DESIGN AND LONGER,
THINNER BULLETS MEANT SOLDIERS

COULD FIRE WITH MORE STABILITY,

GREATER ACCURACY,
AND LONGER DISTANCE.

FOR CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTERS,
THE WHITWORTH RIFLE BECAME

THE GUN OF CHOICE.

THERE HAVE BEEN KNOWN CASES
WHERE A CONFEDERATE SHARPSHOOTER

KILLED A GENERAL
WITH ONE OF THESE RIFLES

FROM ALMOST A MILE AWAY.

EVERY ONE OF 'EM HAD BLACK EYES
FROM THE RECOIL.

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SHARPSHOOTERS
IN THIS AREA

THIS LATE IN THE WAR UNLESS
THERE WAS SOMETHIN' AROUND HERE

THEY WERE GUARDIN'.

Narrator: THIS ONE FIND JUST
MIGHT PROVE LARRY RIGHT.

JEFFERSON DAVIS COULD'VE DUMPED
REBEL GOLD

AT THIS PLANTATION HOME
RIGHT BEFORE HIS ARREST.

HEY, STAY WITH ME. STAY WITH ME.

I'LL LEAD YOU
TO THE PROMISED LAND.

**

Narrator:
OUTSIDE IRWINVILLE, GEORGIA,

BRANT AND TRACY ARE ON THEIR WAY

TO THE PLANTATION
LARRY IS EXCAVATING.

ALL THE CLUES ON HIS HUNT HAVE
LED HIM TO THE CONCLUSION

THAT CAPTAIN IRWIN
AND THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY

STOLE THE GOLD.

NOW HE WANTS TO COMPARE NOTES
AND SEE HOW FAR LARRY HAS GOTTEN

WITH HIS THEORY.

I'VE SORT OF CAUGHT WIND THAT
LARRY'S GOT A BIG DIG GOIN' ON.

I'M 100 PERCENT POSITIVE
HE'S NOT HOLDING

A GOOD A DECK OF
CARDS AS WE ARE.

Narrator: AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE
JOURNEY FULL OF UPS AND DOWNS,

THE PRESSURE'S ON LARRY
AND HIS TEAM TO FIND

THE LOST REBEL GOLD THAT
HE BELIEVES IS BURIED

AT THIS ANTEBELLUM HOME,

THE LAST SAFE PLACE
JEFFERSON DAVIS COULD'VE LEFT IT

BEFORE HIS CAPTURE.

THEY WERE TRYIN' TO GET
THIS GOLD TO TEXAS.

AND THEY WERE CAUGHT
RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD.

THAT GOLD WAS BURIED,
AND WE'RE GONNA FIND IT.

Narrator:
BEHIND THE PLANTATION HOUSE,

LARRY'S TEAM CAME UPON
A RARE WHITWORTH BULLET

USED BY SNIPERS
GUARDING THE TREASURE.

LARRY'S CHANCE TO PROVE
HIS THEORY THAT DAVIS,

THE PRESIDENT
OF THE CONFEDERACY,

BURIED THE GOLD JUST
BEFORE HIS ARREST,

COMES DOWN TO THIS LAST DIG.

GONNA SCRAPE, UH,
THE TOP OFF OF IT.

HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA BE EITHER
THE WELL, THE PRIVY,

OR THE TRASH PIT.

LET'S KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED,
MAN.

WE REALLY NEED TO SCORE
RIGHT HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DIGGIN'
OVER HERE?

WE DECIDED WE WAS GONNA
COME VISIT ON YOUR SIDE

SINCE WE AIN'T HEARD NOTHIN'
FROM Y'ALL.

Larry: THEY DON'T TRUST US.

THEY, UH, PRYIN' US
FOR INFORMATION,

A LITTLE SHOW-AND-TELL MAYBE.

BUT WE WON'T SHOW 'EM
EVERYTHING.

AND WE WON'T TELL 'EM
EVERYTHING.

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT, MAN?

THERE'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHIN' DOWN THERE.

Y'ALL JUST IN TIME.
GET A SHOVEL.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT, MAN?

WHAT?

Narrator: WHAT LARRY HAS
UNCOVERED ISN'T BURIED TREASURE.

IT'S AN OIL TANK
USED TO HEAT OLD HOMES.

LET ME SEE THAT.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A BIG, OLD STORAGE TANK.

WHAT AN EMBARRASSIN'-ASS MOMENT.

THE OTHER TEAM WALKS UP ON YOU

AND YOU'VE DUG A OIL TANK
IN THE GROUND?

BRAVO, LARRY, BRAVO.

Narrator: LARRY'S FINAL HOPE
FOR FINDING TREASURE

ALONG JEFFERSON DAVIS'
ESCAPE ROUTE IS A BUST.

CANNOT BELIEVE 700 MILES OF
TRAVELIN' AFTER JEFFERSON DAVIS,

THE GOLD, AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE DOWN HERE

WHERE HE GETS CAPTURED,
AND NOTHIN'.

WE GOT NOTHIN'.

Narrator:
AS THE TWO TEAM LEADERS,

LARRY AND BRANT MUST NOW AGREE
ON THEIR NEXT MOVE.

MY BELIEF IS THAT JEFF DAVIS
TOOK THE GOLD WITH HIM,

AND HE WAS TRYIN' TO GET TO
TEXAS TO CONTINUE THE WAR.

WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED... MM-HMM.

HE HAD TWO TEXANS WITH HIM...

JOHN REAGAN AND FRANCIS LUBBOCK.

THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE.

THEY WERE TRYIN' TO GET HIM
AND THE GOLD TO TEXAS.

I'M GOIN' TO TEXAS. WELL, YEAH.

BUT THE SIMPLE FACT
IS THEY CAUGHT HIM

AND ALL THE TROOPS WITH HIM.

HE DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE COIN.

Narrator: LARRY NOW BELIEVES
THAT DAVIS

DIDN'T BURY THE TREASURE.

HE GAVE IT TO HIS MEN
TO TAKE TO TEXAS

IN THE HOPES THAT THEY COULD
REKINDLE THE WAR.

HERE'S THE FACTS.

THE UNION ARMY CONFISCATED
THE TREASURE.

THEY WAS HEADED BACK
TO RICHMOND WITH IT.

THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY COME IN
THERE, RAIDED 'EM, STOLE IT,

AND HEADED TO TENNESSEE WITH IT.

NO, NO, NO.

THE STORY IS A FAIRY TALE.
IT'S FICTION.

TO ME, THAT IS JUST SOMETHING
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

FACT IS, JEFF DAVIS,
HE HAD TO HAVE IT.

HE HAD TO HAVE IT TO SURVIVE.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT EVIDENCE
THAT THAT TREASURE WAS STOLEN.

I'VE DONE FOUND THE LOCATION
WHERE IT WAS STOLEN FROM.

MAN, I'M GOIN' TO TENNESSEE.

IN MY OPINION, I... I DON'T
BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CHANCE

AT ALL OF FINDING GOLD.

GOLD WASN'T HEADED TO TENNESSEE.
IT WAS HEADED TO TEXAS.

I THINK HE'S BARKIN' UP
THE WRONG TREE.

LARRY'S THEORY AND MY THEORY
ARE TWO WORLDS APART.

AND LARRY'S THEORY IS HEADIN'
HIM STRAIGHT INTO A BLOCK WALL.

HE CAN'T GO NO FURTHER.

AND MY... MY THEORY...

THERE'S NOTHIN' BUT AIR
AND OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN US.

WE CAN SIT HERE AND ARGUE
TILL WE'RE BLUE IN THE FACE.

WE CAN ARGUE TILL THE SUN FALLS
OVER AND THE MOON COMES OUT...

WELL, THAT'S RIGHT,
THAT'S RIGHT.

...AND THE SUN COMES BACK UP.
THAT'S RIGHT.

LET'S JUST AGREE TO DISAGREE.

THE WAY I'M SEEIN' THIS,
LOOKS LIKE THE TWO GROUPS

IS GONNA BREAK FAST.

WHICHEVER GROUP FINDS IT...
EITHER I'M GONNA BE HAVIN'

MY NAME ON THE FRONT
OF THE BOOK,

AND YOURS WILL JUST BE
IN THE CREDITS,

OR IT'LL BE THE OTHER WAY
AROUND.

YOU TAKE YOUR ROUTE.
I'LL TAKE MY ROUTE.

MAYBE BOTH OF US...
YOU MAY FIND YOUR PART,

AND I MIGHT FIND MINE.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BRO.
GOOD LUCK.

MAY THE BEST MAN WIN
ON THIS CHARGE.

YOU GOT IT, BROTHER.

Narrator: TWO MEN WITH TWO
VERY DIFFERENT THEORIES.

DO I THINK HE'S GONNA FIND
THE REAL TREASURE?

NO, HE AIN'T GONNA FIND IT.
HE'S GONNA HIT A DEAD-END WALL.

IN THE VERY END,
HE'S GONNA BE VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Narrator: DESPITE THEIR
DIFFERENCES,

BOTH MEN ARE DEAD SET ON SOLVING

THE BIGGEST MYSTERY
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Larry: WE FIND ANY RELICS,
WE'LL FIND THE CLUES,

WE'RE GONNA FIND THE GOLD.

Brant: HIM AND HIS GROUP
CAN DO THINGS HIS WAY.

ME AND MY GROUP'S GONNA
DO THINGS OUR WAY.

MY NAME'S GONNA BE
ON THE TITLE PAGE.

HE CAN BE
IN THE BACK OF THE BOOK.

Narrator: AFTER 150 YEARS,

COUNTLESS THEORIES,
AND DEVASTATING DEAD ENDS,

THE SEARCH FOR THE ELUSIVE
LOST REBEL GOLD CONTINUES.