Treasure Quest: Snake Island (2015–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Mysteries of The Hell Pit - full transcript
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♪♪
WELCOME TO MY
JESUIT CAVERN, MAN.
UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, MY GOD.
THE CART!
♪♪
THAT'S THE CLOTH.
THAT THING LOOKS ORNATE.
THIS ISN'T JUST
A PIECE OF CLOTH.
THIS IS MADE FROM GOLD BULLION.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUAL
JESUIT GOLD
WE'VE LAID OUR HANDS ON.
[ BEEPING ]
GUYS, I FOUND SOMETHING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
-WHAT IS IT?
IT LOOKS LIKE A COIN,
BUT IT'S REALLY THICK.
-IT'S JESUIT.
-THERE'S A DATE ON THE BACK.
136.
THIS ISN'T A DATE.
THIS IS AN INVENTORY NUMBER
OR A VOLUME NUMBER.
AT A MINIMUM,
THERE WAS 136 PACKAGES
ROLLING THROUGH HERE,
ALONG WITH THIS ONE.
THIS REPRESENTS
A MASSIVE SHIPMENT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFIES ]
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator:
A COLOSSAL HOARD OF GOLD
IS RUMORED TO BE HIDDEN
IN A REMOTE VALLEY
IN WESTERN BOLIVIA.
OVER THE LAST THREE CENTURIES,
HUNDREDS HAVE DIED
FOR THIS LEGENDARY TREASURE,
THAT COULD BE WORTH
OVER $2 BILLION.
♪♪
NOW, A BRAVE GROUP
OF TREASURE HUNTERS...
THIS IS THE SPOT.
...ARMED WITH A NEW LEAD...
THE TREASURE IS DOWN,
UNDERNEATH THE MONASTERY.
...AND INTEL FROM A CENTURY
OF PAST ATTEMPTS
WILL USE CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY...
...AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO TAKE
THE VALLEY'S DANGERS HEAD-ON.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
GET DOWN.
[ BATS SQUEAKING ]
AND IF THEY CAN SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF THE SACAMBAYA,
THEY CAN FIND A TRAIL
TO THE TREASURE.
-JEREMY!
-HOLD TIGHT.
THREE, TWO, ONE!
INCOMING!
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
PREVIOUSLY, ON
"TREASURE QUEST"...
I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY
THIS IS A JESUIT TUNNEL,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK SAFE.
THE TEAM DISCOVERED THAT
A PORTION OF THE ANCIENT TUNNEL
NEAR LA PLAZUELA MONASTERY
HAD CAVED IN.
OH, [BLEEP]
TUNNEL'S BLOCKED.
Shawn:
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME
HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO GET THROUGH.
Narrator:
WHILE JEREMY SPOTTED
A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT...
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BLOCKAGE.
LOOKS LIKE
A PIECE OF CLOTH.
YEAH, HOLD ON A SEC.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SHINY ON IT.
♪♪
...SHAWN TOOK ON THE TASK
OF BRINGING 90 TONS
OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DOWN A WASHED-OUT MOUNTAIN PATH
TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
THERE'S NO [BLEEP] WAY
THAT IS GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE GOTTA SHORE
THIS UP, SOMEHOW.
YOU CUT UP THESE LOGS,
MAKE A BRIDGE.
AAHH!
I HOPE THAT HOLDS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
SLOW AND EASY.
♪♪
AY, AY, AY.
♪♪
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ SNAP ]
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH.
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ SNAP ]
[BLEEP]
OHHH!
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
iDALE, DALE, DALE!
iDALE, DALE, DALE, DALE!
COME ON!
GO, GO, GO, GO!
♪♪
OH, MY GOD.
WHEW!
THAT WAS NUTS.
LOOK AT THE BRIDGE.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT THIS
ROAD WOULD BE THIS CHALLENGING,
BUT WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER,
THOUGHT ON OUR FEET.
WE GOT THROUGH
A MAJOR HURDLE HERE
WHOO!
AND THAT'S WHAT AN EXPEDITION
OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS ALL ABOUT.
NICE JOB.
I CAN'T WAIT TO BUST
THROUGH THIS CAPROCK
AND GET INTO THE TUNNEL
AND SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
TO SACAMBAYA.
♪♪
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ INSECTS BUZZING ]
♪♪
[ WHISTLING UPBEAT TUNE ]
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFIES ]
THE BOYS ARE HERE.
THEY GOT HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
Shawn:
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BRING IT IN.
Narrator:
THE TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED
WHAT NO PREVIOUS EXPEDITION
WAS ABLE TO DO:
BRING HEAVY EQUIPMENT DOWN
TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
SHAWN!
HEY, JEREMY.
NOW WE'RE TALKIN'.
YOU GUYS SCORED, MAN.
ARMED WITH A TOP HAMMER
DRILL EXCAVATOR,
AS WELL AS A BACKHOE,
THE TEAM HOPES TO FINALLY
PENETRATE THE BEDROCK
THAT'S BLOCKING THE REENTRY
INTO THE JESUIT TUNNEL.
Shawn:
THIS EQUIPMENT'S
SERIOUSLY POWERFUL
AND WE KNOW THAT NONE
OF THE PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS
BROUGHT ANY TOOL BIGGER
THAN A STEAM DRILL DOWN HERE,
SO WE'RE TRULY
IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY HERE.
I SENT AN RC CAR IN WITH CAMERAS
THROUGH THE CAVE-IN.
-YEAH?
-Jeremy: THERE'S A CART THERE.
THERE'S A TAPESTRY
UNDERNEATH THE CART
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT IT IS, BUT, MAN,
I THINK WE'VE GOT
SOMETHING PRETTY VALUABLE.
HOLY [BLEEP]
Narrator:
IF THE TEAM IS ABLE TO REGAIN
ACCESS INTO THE TUNNEL,
THEIR FIRST OBJECTIVE WILL BE
TO ZERO IN ON THE SHINY OBJECT
THAT JEREMY CAUGHT SIGHT OF
ON THE FAR SIDE
OF THE PASSAGEWAY.
WE'RE GONNA DIG
RIGHT HERE.
Nosotros vamos
a cavar aquí.
Este es el área.
AH.
WE DID HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
-SHOW RESPECT?
-EXACTLY.
THAT'S FINE.
IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SUPPORT
OF THE LOCALS,
WE NEED TO DO SOME CEREMONIES.
THE FIRST CEREMONY IS
AN OFFERING TO PACHAMAMA,
WHO IS ULTIMATELY MOTHER EARTH.
WHITE SMOKE,
THIS IS A GOOD OMEN.
AND THE SECOND CEREMONY
WILL BE BELOW GROUND,
YOU KNOW, AT THE ENTRANCE
OF THE TUNNEL.
ANYTIME ANY WORK IS DONE
UNDERGROUND IN BOLIVIA,
THEY SEEK PERMISSION FROM
EL TíO, LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD,
WHICH MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED
AS THE DEVIL.
DOING THIS CEREMONY ON HIS TURF
IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP US SAFE
AND, HOPEFULLY, PROSPEROUS.
ONCE YOU ENTER THE MINE,
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE
IN EL TíO'S TURF,
SO YOU GOTTA
FEED HIM RIGHT.
HE'LL GIVE YOU...
SO YOU HAVE TO SMOKE.
YOU HAVE TO DRINK.
IT'S PART OF THE RITUAL.
♪♪
[chuckle]
I LIKE THE WAY EL TíO ROLLS.
♪♪
♪♪
iAYAYA, COMPAÑEROS, AYAYA!
All: iAYAYA!
THEY USED PURE ALCOHOL.
IT'S SO YOU EXPEL
ANY EVIL SPIRITS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
-IT'S STRONG.
-AYAYA.
MMM.
AYAYA. OOF!
AYAYA.
OH!
Shawn:
THE EL TíO CEREMONY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CEREMONY.
IT WAS MORE INTENSE.
BUT, NOW, WE HAVE EVERYBODY
ON OUR SIDE, YOU KNOW,
MOTHER NATURE AND THE LORD
OF THE UNDERGROUND,
SO, NOW, WE'RE READY TO DIG.
LET'S DO IT.
♪♪
[ ALERT BEEPING ]
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP GOING.
I CAN'T BE HAPPIER TO SEE
[laughing] HEAVY EQUIPMENT
FINALLY DOWN HERE.
FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL,
ON OUR READINGS
FROM A GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR,
WE'VE GOTTA GET DOWN
AT LEAST 10 TO 12 FEET.
BY THEN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO INTERCEPT
THAT UNDERGROUND TUNNEL.
LET'S BRING THE HAMMER IN RIGHT
HERE AND TAKE THE ROCK OUT.
WE WENT AHEAD AND ATTACHED
THE HYDRAULIC HAMMER DRILL
ONTO THE EXCAVATOR.
[ CLACKING ]
THIS IS LIKE A JACKHAMMER
ON STEROIDS.
IT'S SUCH A HEAVY HAMMER
THAT IT JUST POUNDS ROCK
AND BREAKS IT INTO PIECES
PRETTY EASILY.
WE'RE TALKING OVER 65 TONS
OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
AND THE HAMMERHEAD
ON THIS THING,
IT OPERATES AT ABOUT
2,600 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH,
BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT
OF LIKE 75 ELEPHANTS
POUNDING ON THE SAME INCH
OF ROCK EVERY SECOND.
FIRST COUPLE FEET'S
PROBABLY GONNA BE TOPSOIL.
-MAN!
-GOES THROUGH IT
LIKE BUTTER, MAN.
♪♪
THAT'S LIKE SOLID ROCK.
THAT'S THAT CAP WE WERE
HITTING WITH THE PICK.
♪♪
THAT'S A LOTTA POWER
RIGHT THERE.
♪♪
LOOK.
THERE ARE SOME ROCKS
COMING DOWN.
♪♪
LOOK AT THAT.
STOP THE HAMMER.
SHUT IT DOWN.
-LOOK UP!
-ROCKS ARE FALLING. WATCH IT.
GET BACK.
-OH, LOOK OUT!
Jack:
THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.
BOULDERS.
LOOK STRAIGHT UP THE HILL.
THEY'RE COMING DOWN, MAN.
THE SLOPE'S TOO FRAGILE.
IT CAN'T TAKE THIS VIBRATION.
THE MORE WE DIG, THE MORE THAT
MOUNTAIN'S COMIN' DOWN ON US.
WE GOTTA FIND ANOTHER WAY.
WE'RE GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
BACKHOE!
BRING IT IN.
Narrator:
SHAWN'S TEAM IS
THE FIRST ONE, EVER,
TO BRING HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DOWN TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
BUT AS THEY BORE
THROUGH THE BEDROCK
TO GET TO THE ANCIENT TUNNEL...
THAT'S A LOTTA POWER
RIGHT THERE.
...THE MASSIVE VIBRATIONS
FROM THE HAMMER DRILL
-ROCKS!
-TRIGGER A ROCKSLIDE
ON THE HILL ADJACENT
TO THE DIG SITE.
THEY'RE COMING
DOWN, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE.
LET'S BACK UP.
LET'S GET OUT
OF THIS SCENE, HERE.
I DON'T WANNA BE
CLOSE TO THAT.
THAT HAMMER DRILL IS A REALLY,
REALLY POWERFUL TOOL,
AND YOU COULD FEEL IT.
THE WHOLE GROUND WAS SHAKING
AND, SURE ENOUGH,
IT DISLODGED A BUNCH OF BOULDERS
AND IT CAME TUMBLIN' DOWN.
THIS BOULDER RIGHT HERE,
YOU SEE THAT?
THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM
UP THERE, JUST HANGING.
I THINK, IF WE CONTINUE,
THAT WHOLE THING'S COMING DOWN.
YEAH, THIS IS, UH,
THIS IS A SERIOUS BLOW.
WE CAN'T REPOSITION THE HOLE
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THE TUNNEL IS.
I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLY
FRUSTRATING
THAT WE HAVE TO STOP, BUT,
RUNNING THE EQUIPMENT HERE
CERTAINLY IS NOT WORTH CAUSING
SERIOUS INJURY TO SOMEBODY.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW,
THE DENSITY OF THE BEDROCK HERE
IS REALLY CONSIDERABLE
AND IT'S GRANITE ROCK
AND IT'S ABOUT 2.7 GRAMS
PER CUBIC CENTIMETER,
SO WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT USING
THIS MASSIVE HAMMER DRILL.
♪♪
WE GOTTA COME UP
WITH A BETTER PLAN.
SINCE WE CAN'T CHANGE
THE LOCATION OF THE DIG,
I MEAN, REALISTICALLY,
WE COULD TRY
TO DO SOME SCALING.
SCALING IS A TERM USED
FOR KNOCKING DOWN LOOSE ROCK
BEFORE IT FALLS ON ITS OWN
AND ROAD CREWS, AND SO FORTH,
USE THESE TECHNIQUES
ALONG ROADWAYS
WHERE THEY'RE AGAINST A CLIFF
WITH A LOT OF LOOSE ROCKS
AND, IN OUR CASE, THEY'RE
FALLING RIGHT INTO OUR JOB SITE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ACTUALLY
CLIMB UP THAT MOUNTAIN
AND SET EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
ALONG THE RIDGE
AND SHOOT THE LOOSE
ROCKS DOWN
BEFORE THEY FALL ON US.
MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE
GONNA KNOCK ALL THOSE
BOULDERS RIGHT DOWN
WHERE WE'RE DIGGIN'.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO MOVE 'EM AGAIN.
WELL, I CAN MAKE
DIRECTIONAL EXPLOSIVES
THAT PUNCH THE BOULDERS
AWAY FROM OUR DIG SITE,
HOPEFULLY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT EASY
TO DO, THOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE
MUCH OF A CHOICE.
ALL RIGHT.
BE REALLY CAREFUL.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE
EVERYTHING OUTTA HERE
AND WE'RE GETTING WAY
THE HELL BACK.
LET'S GET TO IT BEFORE
THAT FRICKIN' THING
STARTS TO COME DOWN
ON ITS OWN.
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
[ ALERT BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ PANTING ]
♪♪
OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA BLOW THIS RIDGE
FROM HERE ALL THE WAY UP
TO THAT BOULDER RIGHT THERE.
SO THE MISSION IS: WE SET
A SERIES OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
ALONG THIS RIDGELINE
THAT HAS ALL THIS LOOSE ROCK
AND TRY TO MAKE THEM
DIRECTIONAL,
SO IT SENDS THE BOULDERS
OFF THE CLIFF.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE CREATED
SPECIAL, SHAPED CHARGES
THAT ESSENTIALLY PUNCH
THE BOULDERS HARD,
BREAK 'EM APART, AND MOVE THEM
OUT OF THE WAY, INTO PIECES,
AWAY FROM OUR DIG SITE.
IT'S A TRICKY JOB.
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
THIS IS DET CORD,
EXPLODING FUSE.
IT'S GOOD FOR CONNECTING
CHARGES TOGETHER.
WE HOOK THE BLASTING CAP
UP, FIRST.
IN CASE THERE'S ANY STATIC
ELECTRICITY IN THE LINE,
IT DOESN'T BLOW THE CHARGE
UP IN OUR LAP.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS GOOD.
LET'S KEEP MOVIN' DOWN THE LINE.
I'M GONNA CAREFULLY BACK
OUTTA HERE
WITHOUT TRIPPING OVER THE WIRE.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A HUGE ELEMENT
OF DANGER TO THIS.
THERE'S ALSO A HUGE ELEMENT
OF RESPONSIBILITY, ON MY PART.
WE'RE HITTIN' THESE
BOULDERS PRETTY HARD,
SO, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY,
MY MAIN CONCERN IS
I'M NOT SHOWERING
ANYBODY DOWN BELOW
WHEN THAT ROCK'S FLYING
THROUGH THE AIR.
♪♪
OKAY.
WE HAVE A LIVE BLAST ZONE.
LET'S BUG OUT.
♪♪
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME NOISE.
♪♪
THERE'S A BIG RAIN CLOUD
MOVIN' IN.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING,
BIRDS CHIRPING ]
JACK, HOW YOU DOING
UP THERE, BUDDY?
WE'RE LOSING LIGHT.
We're waitin'
for your countdown.
COPY. STAND BY.
♪♪
PHEW.
Five, four, three,
two, one,
on my go!
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ BLAST ]
OOH! [BLEEP]
HOO HOO HOO HOO!
[ DEBRIS RUMBLING, SCATTERING ]
HOLY.
THAT GOT RID OF THOSE ROCKS.
[laughing] OH.
♪♪
ALL THE ROCKS ARE CLEAR.
STAND BY.
WE WERE SAFE.
BEST NEWS ALL DAY.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
I HOPE THAT
FRICKIN' WORKED.
IN THE MORNING,
WE'LL SEE.
♪♪
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
NEXT MORNING, THE TEAM
RETURNS TO THE DIG SITE
TO TEST IF JACK'S EXPLOSIONS
HAVE ELIMINATED
THE DANGER OF LOOSE ROCK
FROM THE NEARBY HILLSIDE.
JACK, YOU FEELING PRETTY
GOOD ABOUT THE RIDGE
AND ALL THE ROCKS UP THERE?
-YEAH. WE'RE GOOD.
HAVING A LOOK AT THE CLIFF,
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE
THOSE BOULDERS
WERE HIT PRETTY HARD
AND KNOCKED OVER THE EDGE,
SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
JACK'S VERY CONFIDENT
WE'LL BE SAFE TO DIG
AND, IN LOOKING UP, IT SEEMS
GOOD, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE,
BUT, I REALLY HOPE WE DON'T
START ANOTHER LANDSLIDE.
LET'S GET THIS HOLE DUG.
TURN 'ER OVER, EDGAR.
[ ENGINE STUTTERS, STARTS ]
♪♪
SLOW AND STEADY.
[ CLACKING ]
♪♪
THAT SOUNDS
PRETTY SOLID.
OH, THAT'S SOLID,
ALL RIGHT.
LOOK AT THAT MONSTER.
[laughing]
IT KICKED IT RIGHT OUT.
♪♪
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT NOW,
WE GO IN THERE,
JUST ALL GUNS BLAZIN',
AND WE COULD CAVE
THE WHOLE THING IN.
YOU HAVE TO WORK IN A VERY
SLOW AND METHODICAL WAY.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS
BY JACKHAMMERING
THROUGH THE CAPROCK
AND THEN USING THE BACKHOE
TO SCOOP ROCK
AND DIRT OUT OF THE GROUND.
♪♪
IT'S ALMOST LIKE OPENING
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
WITH A BIG, BIG BACKHOE.
[laughs]
WHOA, WHOA, HOLD ON.
STOP, STOP!
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
THERE'S A HOLE.
FRANZ, APáGALO.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO,
SHAWN?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKIN'?
CAN'T RISK ANOTHER CAVE-IN,
SO I'M GONNA OPEN UP THIS
CAREFULLY BY HAND.
JAVI, HELP ME WITH THIS.
ONCE WE OPENED UP A HOLE,
I DIDN'T WANNA BRING
THE BUCKET IN THERE ANY FURTHER
'CAUSE THAT COULD'VE CAVED
THE WHOLE THING IN
AND WE WOULD'VE
HAD A MUCH WORSE SITUATION
THAN WE HAD STARTED WITH.
CAN WE SPAN THIS ACROSS,
YOU THINK?
SO, AT THIS POINT,
I WANNA OPEN THIS UP BY HAND.
♪♪
JEREMY, LET'S TIE A LINE.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
-ALL RIGHT. EASY DOES IT.
♪♪
-GIMME A LITTLE SLACK, JEREMY.
-ALL RIGHT.
JUST YELL, "SLACK,"
AND I'LL GIVE IT TO YA.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT
LOOSE, THIS ROCK.
I THINK WE CAN PULL IT OUTTA
HERE AND MAKE A BIGGER OPENING.
OH, THERE WE GO.
THE WHOLE FLOOR MOVED.
[ CREAKING ]
OKAY. YOU GOT ME,
THERE, JEREMY, RIGHT?
-I GOT YA.
-THIS MIGHT JUST COLLAPSE.
AHH!
AH, IT'S A BIG ONE.
♪♪
RAHH!
-WHOA.
DAMN!
HOLY [BLEEP], GUYS.
THIS OPENS UP.
IT GETS BIGGER.
[ CREAKING ]
OH, YEAH!
THIS IS YOUR TUNNEL,
JEREMY!
-[LAUGHING]
-WE GOT IT, BOYS!
YOU READY, JEREMY?
♪♪
-WATCH YOUR HEAD.
-ALL RIGHT. COMIN' DOWN.
♪♪
THIS IS SKETCHY.
[ CREAKING ]
UNH.
-YEAH!
WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD.
-WOW!
-I KNOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
WELCOME TO MY
JESUIT CAVERN, MAN.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
I WAS EXPECTING, YOU KNOW,
WE'D REALLY HAVE TO BE CROUCHING
AND BARELY BE ABLE
TO GET AROUND. I MEAN,
THIS TOOK A MASSIVE, A MASSIVE,
AMOUNT OF MANUAL LABOR,
WITH REALLY PRIMITIVE TOOLS.
-YEP.
-THEY WERE MOVING
SOMETHING BIG
THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
AND, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
TO MOVE $2 BILLION
WORTH OF TREASURE,
THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
GIVES ME HOPE.
THE INGENUITY OF THE JESUITS,
WHEW,
TO GET THIS DONE
IN A TERRAIN LIKE THIS?
I MEAN, HOW HARD WAS IT
FOR US TO GET DOWN HERE?
I'M IN AWE.
HEY, THERE'S MY CAVE
CRAWLER. [laughs]
OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S THE CART!
-[LAUGHING]
-JEREMY, THAT IS AMAZING!
THAT'S WHAT I WAS
TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN.
THERE'S ONE
OF THE WOOD WHEELS.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING
I SAW WITH THE ROVER.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THE WHOLE AXLE IS WOOD,
AS WELL.
THAT'S HARDWOOD.
THAT'S TROPICAL WOOD.
YEAH.
LOOK AT THE SAW MARKS.
THERE ARE NO SCREWS.
MOST OF THIS IS HELD TOGETHER
THROUGH DOVETAILING THE WOOD
AND THAT'S TYPICAL,
16th-, 17th-CENTURY,
SO THIS HAS TO BE JESUIT.
IT'S SOMETHING
ELSE, HUH?
UNBELIEVABLE.
I SAW SOMETHING
THAT WAS LIKE REFLECTING
BACK AT THE LIGHT
ON THE CAVE CRAWLER.
-SO RIGHT AROUND HERE,
YOU THINK?
-YEP.
♪♪
LOOK, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE CLOTH.
GO SLOW, MAN.
SERIOUSLY, GO REALLY SLOW.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
Shawn:
THIS IS YOUR TUNNEL, JEREMY!
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE GOT IT, BOYS!
Narrator:
AFTER GAINING REENTRY
INTO THE JESUIT TUNNEL
NEAR LA PLAZUELA MONASTERY...
LOOK, RIGHT THERE.
...SHAWN AND JEREMY
TRACK DOWN WHAT SEEMS TO BE
A SIGNIFICANT FIND DEEP
IN THE PASSAGEWAY.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
Shawn:
OH, MY GOD.
DON'T TOUCH IT.
IF THAT'S CLOTH,
THE OIL FROM OUR HANDS
COULD ACTUALLY
DETERIORATE IT EVEN MORE.
THAT THING LOOKS ORNATE.
♪♪
I'M GONNA PICK IT UP.
PRAY IT DOESN'T FALL APART.
♪♪
GO SLOW, MAN.
SERIOUSLY, GO REALLY SLOW.
I KNOW.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
[ SPOOKY CHORALE PLAYS ]
THIS THING HAS BEEN
LAYIN' HERE
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
AND IT'S STILL INTACT.
I MEAN, HOW THE HELL IS
THAT POSSIBLE?
I THINK BEING IN THIS TIME
CAPSULE OF THIS CAVE
FOR ALMOST 300 YEARS, IT HASN'T
SEEN THE SUN OR WIND OR RAIN.
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY HELPED
KEEP IT AS GOOD AS IT IS.
YEAH.
THIS ISN'T JUST EMBROIDERY
OR A PIECE OF CLOTH.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUAL JESUIT
GOLD WE'VE LAID OUR HANDS ON.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
IT'S A GOLD CLOTH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THEY CALL IT
"REAL CLOTH OF GOLD"
BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY MADE
FROM GOLD BULLION.
WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY'D
ACTUALLY TAKE A SMALL, GOLD BAR,
POUND IT OUT,
AND MAKE A GOLD THREAD
AND THEN, THEY'D WEAVE
THIS PURE, GOLD THREAD
THROUGH THE REST OF THE CLOTH.
CLOTH OF GOLD WAS USED
TO CREATE
THESE INCREDIBLY ORNATE
AND VERY EXPENSIVE VESTMENTS
THAT WERE WORN EITHER
BY VERY AFFLUENT PEOPLE
OR, MORE LIKELY,
VERY HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I'VE ONLY SEEN THEM
IN ILLUSTRATIONS.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
YOU WOULD NEVER SEE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS TODAY.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE THIS
IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
IT'S WAY TOO
COST-PROHIBITIVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD
MY HEART IS PUMPING RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE IF IT IS
WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
I HAVE THE TESTER, MAN.
LET'S TEST IT.
Narrator:
ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS
IN A TREASURE HUNTER'S ARSENAL,
AN ALLOY TESTER,
HELPS IDENTIFY THE METAL
AND, IN THE CASE OF GOLD,
ZERO IN ON THE PURITY
AND KARAT RATING
OF THE ARTIFACT.
WATCH, WATCH.
[ BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING ]
WHOA.
IT'S 24-KARAT.
THAT'S GOLD.
-THAT'S IT.
I MEAN, 24 KARAT'S GONNA BE
THE MOST MALLEABLE, RIGHT?
YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEW IT
AND WEAVE IT THROUGH.
EXACTLY.
I GUESS ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS I'VE GOT IS:
WHY THE HELL IS THERE JUST
ONE LITTLE PIECE OF IT?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANNA
FIND THE REST OF IT.
LET'S BAG THIS UP,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SCOUR
THE WHOLE AREA,
UNTIL WE FIND MORE.
UP UNTIL NOW, WE'RE ALL
HOPING THAT WE'RE RIGHT,
THAT THE TREASURE IS HERE,
IN SACAMBAYA,
BUT, UNTIL YOU CAN ACTUALLY
PLACE YOUR HANDS
ON AN ARTIFACT
THAT IS GENUINE JESUIT,
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW.
I MEAN, FINDING THIS GOLD CLOTH
GIVES ME A MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF CONFIDENCE
THAT THE TREASURE EXISTS
AND, HOPEFULLY,
IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS TUNNEL,
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE
WE COVER EVERYTHING,
EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.
WE'RE ON
TO SOMETHING BIG HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ CHANTING CHORALE PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
AFTER UNEARTHING
THE REMARKABLE FIND,
THE TEAM RESUMES THEIR HUNT.
SHAWN METAL-DETECTS
THE RECESS
WHERE THE CLOTH OF GOLD
WAS FOUND,
WHILE JEREMY SCOURS
THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE TUNNEL
FOR ANY MORE SIGNS
OF THE $2 BILLION HOARD.
Jeremy:
THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
SO FAR, WE'VE SEARCHED
AND MAPPED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS,
BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW FAR THESE TUNNELS GO BACK.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO FIND,
WE'LL FIND IT.
♪♪
THIS IS JUST --
THIS IS NUTS.
I MEAN, THE DEEPER WE GET.
WHOA.
SEE?
YOU GOT ANOTHER HOLE.
RUNS STRAIGHT DOWN.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE.
AW.
I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
♪♪
[ EERIE-SUSPENSEFUL
MUSIC CLIMBS ]
HOLY COW, MAN.
IT'S DEEP.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
YOU GUYS GET BACK.
THERE'S A CHANCE YOU
COULD FALL RIGHT THROUGH,
BREAK YOUR LEG,
BREAK YOUR NECK.
♪♪
I DON'T SEE ANY CARVINGS
OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW,
ANYTHING THAT SCREAMS
"JESUIT" TO ME.
♪♪
THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL
CHORD STRIKES ]
CRANK IT UP AND GET IT
OUT OF THE WAY!
[ ENGINE STUTTERS, STARTS ]
Narrator:
AS THE UNDERGROUND
SEARCH CONTINUES,
THE HEAVY VEHICLES ABOVE GROUND
ARE BEING GUIDED AWAY
FROM THE TUNNEL OPENING,
SO THAT THEIR COMBINED WEIGHT
DOESN'T CAUSE ANOTHER CAVE-IN
IN THE TUNNEL BELOW.
LET'S GET THE BACKHOE
FIRED UP.
[ ENGINE STUTTERS ]
[ STRAINING, CLICKING ]
[ CLICKING ]
-No quiere arrancar, eh?
-¿Qué?
-No quiere arrancar.
-¿Por qué?
Está baja la batería.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
THE BATTERY IS NOT WORKING.
IT'S DIED.
YOU KNOW, ON THE WAY DOWN,
MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE ROUGH ROAD,
SOMETHING DISCONNECTED OR...
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
MAYBE THE TERMINALS
ARE BAD, OR SOMETHING.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
♪♪
Jack:
TERMINALS LOOK OKAY.
IT MIGHT BE JUST WEAK.
I MEAN, THE EASY SOLUTION
WOULD BE JUST TO JUMP IT, RIGHT?
WE GOT CABLES?
NO, NO CABLE.
WHAT'S THE VOLTAGE
IN THE EXCAVATOR?
-24.
-WE CAN'T REPLACE THE BATTERY
ON A 24-
ON A 12-VOLT SYSTEM.
IT'LL BURN IT OUT.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND
OF SPARE,
12-VOLT BATTERY HERE,
IN ANY OF OUR GEAR?
NO.
IF THE BATTERY IS JUST WEAK,
WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO KIND OF KICKSTART IT
A LITTLE BIT.
UM...
WOULD YOU -- UHH!
WOULD YOU GUYS PULL
THIS BATTERY OUT FOR ME?
I GOTTA BUILD A FIRE.
OKAY.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH FIRE?
[ EERIE STING PLAYS ]
[ RUMBLING ]
♪♪
HAVE YOU EVERY SLOW-ROASTED
A BATTERY BEFORE?
THAT'S DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
BEING INNOVATIVE IS A HUGE
PART OF EXPEDITIONS.
WHEN A BATTERY'S COLD, IT LOSES
ESSENTIALLY HALF OF ITS POWER.
BY WARMING UP THOSE ELECTRONS,
VERY CAREFULLY,
IT CAN KINDA GET IT
CIRCULATING AGAIN
AND SOMETIMES IT JUST GIVES IT
JUST A HIGH-ENOUGH VOLTAGE
TO BASICALLY KICKSTART IT.
THE TRICK IS
TO WARM IT UP SLOWLY.
ALTHOUGH PUTTING
A BATTERY OVER FIRE
TO WARM IT UP WILL WORK,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
I'D RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE TO DO.
OKAY, NEXT,
WE GOTTA TAKE THE CAPS OFF,
SO WE CAN OFF-GAS
AND NOT EXPLODE.
♪♪
I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD
THE BATTERY IN PLACE
LONG ENOUGH TO WARM IT UP.
THE PROBLEM IS,
IF THE BATTERY GETS TOO HOT
OR IF IT HAS CONTACT WITH FLAME,
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA EXPLODE,
SO THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE
TO PHYSICALLY HOLD IT
WHILE IT'S WARMING UP
AND, OF COURSE,
THAT'S A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
OKAY. I GOT IT.
IF THE BATTERY GETS OVERHEATED,
IT'S GONNA PROBABLY EXPLODE.
IF THAT THING EXPLODES,
IT'S GONNA BLOW
YOUR FACE OFF.
I KNOW.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFIES,
CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE HAVE TO GET
THIS BATTERY
ROLLING AGAIN.
Narrator:
THE BATTERY OF THE TEAM'S
BACKHOE HAS DIED,
SO JACK COMES UP
WITH AN INVENTIVE,
BUT RISKY,
WAY TO POWER IT BACK UP.
Jack:
I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD
THE BATTERY IN PLACE
LONG ENOUGH TO WARM IT UP.
BY WARMING UP THOSE ELECTRONS,
VERY CAREFULLY,
IT CAN KIND OF GET IT
CIRCULATING AGAIN
AND BASICALLY KICKSTART IT.
OKAY. I GOT IT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
[ FLAMES CRACKLING ]
THIS IS CRAZY, JACK.
THE HEAT'S PERFECT, RIGHT NOW,
TO GET THE BOTTOM WARMED UP.
HOLDING THE BATTERY OVER A FIRE
IS VERY DANGEROUS
AND SO I JUST WANT TO FEEL THE
BOTTOM GET [laughs] HOT ENOUGH
SO I CAN PULL IT OFF THE STANDS
AND PUT IT IN THE EQUIPMENT.
BOTTOM OF THIS
IS NICE AND TOASTY.
I THINK WE CAN GIVE IT A SHOT.
IT'S TIME?
AHH!
AH!
WHEW, THAT'S HOT!
♪♪
LET'S GET THAT CONNECTED
WHILE IT'S STILL WARM.
Javier: Rápido.
OKAY. GO AHEAD.
♪♪
[ ENGINE STUTTERS ]
[ STUTTERS, STARTS ]
WHEN I HEARD THAT DIESEL
MOTOR ROLLING AGAIN,
IT WAS LIKE A REAL RELIEF.
NOW, WE CAN GET
THE BACKHOE OUTTA HERE
AND MAKE THIS AREA SAFE
FOR OUR GUYS UNDERGROUND.
ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOIN'.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
MAN, IT'S A TIGHT
LITTLE CAVERN.
COME ON, MAN.
WE GOTTA FIND SOMETHING HERE.
♪♪
Jeffrey:
Shawn.
Shawn, come in.
GOT SOMETHING GOOD?
Come over here
ASAP, man.
ON MY WAY.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
JEREMY.
SHAWN, OVER HERE.
MAN, THIS IS ROUGH
IN HERE.
WHAT?
[ SPOOKY STING PLAYS ]
SOMEBODY DIED
RIGHT HERE.
[ SIGH ]
MAN.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
LOOKS LIKE THE SKULL'S
CAVED IN.
ROCK OR SOMETHING.
IF THE JESUITS WERE MOVING
A MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF TREASURE
UP THROUGH THIS TUNNEL,
THIS PERSON, WHOEVER IT WAS,
WHETHER IT WAS A PRIEST,
WHETHER IT WAS ONE
OF THE INDIGENOUS WORKERS
THAT WERE HIRED
BY THE PRIESTS,
COULD'VE BEEN A VICTIM
OF THEFT OR AN ARGUMENT.
WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WAS SUDDEN,
IT WAS TRAGIC,
AND VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS
HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE TREASURE.
[ SIGH ]
UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THIS
PERSON WASN'T BURIED
MEANS WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE
HAPPENED HERE REALLY QUICK.
WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WAS VIOLENT.
I DON'T FEEL RIGHT
ABOUT JUST LEAVING HIM
LAYING HERE.
-YEAH, ME, EITHER.
♪♪
WOW.
I NEVER DREAMT I'D EVER
HAVE TO DO THIS.
ME, EITHER.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
A PROPER BURIAL.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LIGHT.
-THANKS.
♪♪
[ SOMBER TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
[ BIRD CAWING ]
♪♪
♪♪
FINDING A SKELETON AND THEN
DECIDING TO BURY HIM
WAS A VERY SOBERING MOMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED,
LOOKIN' FOR THIS TREASURE.
IT'S VERY EASY TO GET
CAUGHT UP IN GOLD FEVER,
AS WE CALL IT,
AND LOSE PERSPECTIVE,
BUT ALSO, IT JUST PROVES
HOW FRAGILE EVERYTHING IS HERE.
♪♪
IT'S REALLY HARD,
BEING DOWN HERE,
COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID,
UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH MY WIFE AND MY GIRLS.
[ CREATURES CHIRPING ]
IT'S REALLY TOUGH, MAN, BUT,
WE'RE GETTING TO A POINT,
HERE, IN THIS EXPEDITION,
WHERE I'M TRULY FEELING LIKE
WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING BIG.
Jack: JEREMY!
[THUD]
[ BLEEP ]
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE!
WHAT?
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Jeremy:
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE'S SOMETHING --
Shawn: WHAT THE HELL?
-AHH! [panting]
JACK, WHAT'S UP, MAN?
RELAX.
THERE'S SOMETHING
CRAWLIN' ON ME.
[ HYPERVENTILATING ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
THAT'S MOVING AGAIN.
IT'S MOVING!
YOU SEE IT?
IT'S A SCORPION.
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
-DON'T, DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE.
-[BLEEP]
-THAT'S THE BOLIVIAN BROWN.
NOT GOOD, MAN.
DON'T MAKE
ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENT.
I'M TRYING. AGH!
CAN YOU GET IT?
-SOMEBODY HOLD THIS.
HOLD IT. HOLD THE LIGHT.
HOLD, HOLD THE LIGHT.
NO, NO, DON'T TWIST.
DON'T TWIST. SLOW DOWN.
-[PANTING]
DO NOT MOVE.
Narrator:
A SINGLE STING
FROM TITYUS BOLIVIANUS,
ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST VENOMOUS SCORPIONS,
CAN CAUSE SEVERE
LUNG DAMAGE, PARALYSIS,
AND EVEN CARDIAC FAILURE,
WITHIN HOURS.
-OKAY. HERE WE GO. YOU READY?
-[HYPERVENTILATING]
GET 'IM. GET 'IM.
OH!
NO, HE'S ON THE MOVE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
THAT SEEMS LIKE
GOLD THREAD IN THERE.
LET'S SEE IF IT IS
WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
LET'S TEST IT.
IN TREASURE HUNTING,
AFTER YOU UNEARTH AN ARTIFACT,
THE FIRST QUESTIONS
THAT ALWAYS POP UP ARE:
"WHAT EXACTLY IS IT MADE OF?"
AND "HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?"
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,
WE'D HAVE TO BRING ALONG
VARIOUS ACIDS, CHEMICALS,
TO HELP IDENTIFY THE METALLIC
COMPOSITION OF THE RELIC.
IT WAS A SOMEWHAT IMPRECISE
AND DANGEROUS PROCESS,
BUT, NOW, WE HAVE
SOPHISTICATED ALLOY TESTERS.
BASICALLY, THE DEVICE SERVES
AS OUR PERSONAL METAL APPRAISER,
OUR PORTABLE PAWN SHOP,
YOU KNOW.
IT'LL INSTANTANEOUSLY ZERO IN
ON THE EXACT METAL OR METALS
THAT MAKE UP THE OBJECT
AND, IN THE CASE OF GOLD,
IT'LL EVEN REVEAL ITS PURITY,
DOWN TO THE EXACT KARAT,
IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
-WHOA.
-I MEAN, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THAT'S GOLD.
-THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHY, DURING
A GRUELING TREASURE HUNT,
THE ALLOY TESTER COMES IN REAL
HANDY IN KEEPING THE SPIRITS UP.
Shawn:
THIS IS GONNA LEAD US TO MORE.
I AM PUMPED.
[ SUSPENSEFUL FLOURISH PLAYS ]
-YOU SEE IT?
-IT'S A SCORPION. DON'T MOVE.
[BLEEP] MAN. THAT'S
THE BOLIVIAN BROWN.
DO NOT MOVE.
YOU GOTTA RELAX.
-I'M TRYING.
-REALLY CAREFUL.
-[BLEEP]
OH!
NO, HE'S ON THE MOVE.
OH, HE'S FAST.
HOLD ON. HOLD, HOLD.
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
-SERIOUSLY.
-DON'T MOVE, JACK. DON'T MOVE.
I'LL GET HIM IN THE BOOT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
ALL RIGHT. I GOT 'IM.
I GOT 'IM. I GOT 'IM.
-OHH!
-I GOT 'IM.
[ CREATURES CHIRPING ]
AHH!
♪♪
THERE HE IS.
THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
Shawn:
DID YOU LEAVE THIS TENT
OPEN, AT SOME POINT?
I THINK I JUST
FELL ASLEEP.
I'M SO TIRED,
I JUST FELL ASLEEP.
THAT'S COMPLACENCY,
MY FRIEND.
YOU GOTTA WATCH IT.
YOU GOTTA KEEP THIS TENT
ZIPPED UP AT ALL TIMES.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
Jeremy:
ZIP UP YOUR TENT, BOYS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
[ INSECTS RATTLING ]
IT'S A LITTLE SKETCHY,
GOING DOWN, SO BE CAREFUL.
Narrator: NEXT MORNING,
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK
-ALL GOOD!
-AS THE ENTIRE TEAM RAPPELS DOWN
TO CARRY OUT AS COMPREHENSIVE
A SEARCH AS POSSIBLE
OF THE JESUIT TUNNEL.
♪♪
WHAT I WANNA DO
IS SPLIT UP.
JEREMY AND JACK, I WOULD LIKE
FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK
WITH THE METAL DETECTORS.
JEREMY, WHERE YOU FOUND
THE SKELETON.
-RIGHT.
-YEP.
JAVIER, YOU WILL METAL-DETECT
AROUND WHERE WE FOUND
THE CLOTH AND THE MINER'S CART.
-RIGHT.
I THINK SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
HAPPENED THERE
AND I REALLY WANNA
THOROUGHLY WORK THAT.
AND I'M GONNA GO WORK
THE CAVERN
THAT WAS CLOSE TO THAT AREA.
-PERFECT.
-THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE.
YOU CAN GET TURNED AROUND
IN HERE SO EASY.
WE REALLY GOT TO USE
A LOT OF CAUTION.
OKAY?
-Javier: OKAY.
Jack: YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
Narrator:
SHAWN AND JAVIER WILL SEARCH
THE TWO RECESSES
LOCATED NEAR
THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE;
WHILE JEREMY AND JACK
WILL HEAD DEEPER IN,
COMBING THROUGH THE MAIN SHAFT
OF THE PASSAGEWAY.
JACK, MOVE SLOW, MAN.
ALL THIS LOOSE STUFF
COULD BE COVERIN' UP
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
I KNOW.
YOU COULD BE STEPPIN',
AND YOU MIGHT FALL
RIGHT THROUGH A HOLE.
WELL,
THAT CHEERS ME UP.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES,
EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
Javier:
WITH THE FINDINGS OF YESTERDAY,
I FEEL THAT WE ARE
GONNA FIND SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE'RE
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
THIS CART AND THAT
PIECE OF CLOTH.
♪♪
[ WARBLING ]
WHOA.
[ WARBLING ]
♪♪
[ CHIMING ]
[ BEEPING ]
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
WHAT IS IT?
♪♪
[ BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
I'M GETTING ALL THESE READINGS,
BUT I CAN'T REALLY FIND IT.
[ BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
HERE IT IS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
WHAT IS THIS?
♪♪
GUYS, DO YOU COPY?
Jeremy:
Javi, what's up?
I FOUND SOMETHING.
All right.
We're heading that way.
LOOKS LIKE A COIN,
BUT IT'S REALLY THICK.
I'M HOPING IT'S SILVER
BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY HEAVY.
JAVI.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HEY, SHAWN,
JAVI'S GOT A SCORE.
FEEL THAT.
WHOA.
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY HEAVY.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?
IT WAS RIGHT HERE.
[ DEBRIS CASCADES ]
WOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S MADE OUT OF?
DO YOU THINK
IT'S SILVER?
I MEAN, IF THIS WAS SILVER,
IT WOULD'VE OXIDIZED MORE,
TURNED BLACK.
ALSO, ITS WEIGHT.
THIS ISN'T SILVER.
THIS IS LEAD.
BOY, I TELL YA,
THAT'S DEFINITELY A CROSS.
IT'S JESUIT.
I JUST CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT
WHAT THESE MARKS ARE HERE.
THERE'S A DATE
IN THE BACK.
THE ROMAN NUMERALS HERE?
136.
THIS ISN'T A DATE.
THIS IS PROBABLY AN INVENTORY
NUMBER OR A VOLUME NUMBER.
YOU KNOW
WHAT I THINK THIS IS?
I THINK THIS IS A BALE SEAL.
A BALE SEAL
IS A REALLY INTERESTING
PRE-COLOMBIAN ARTIFACT
AND IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION.
THE FIRST THING, IT'S SORT OF
A TAMPER-RESISTANT
ON A PACKAGE
THAT'S BEING SHIPPED,
ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE
OF THE CONTAINER,
SO, IF THE RECEIVER WAS
TO GET THIS PACKAGE
AND THE BALE SEAL WAS BROKEN,
THEY'D KNOW THAT SOMEBODY'S
BEEN INTO THE PACKAGE.
AND, SECONDLY,
A BALE SEAL WILL HAVE
A LOT OF SYMBOLISM AND MARKINGS.
THOSE MARKINGS GIVE YOU
GOOD INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
AND WHAT NUMBER THIS MIGHT BE
IN A WHOLE ARRAY OF PACKAGES.
♪♪
LOOKING AT THE SYMBOLS
ON THIS BALE SEAL,
THE CROSS, THE ROMAN NUMERALS,
WHATEVER WAS ATTACHED TO THIS
BALE SEAL WAS FROM THE JESUITS,
AND IT WAS ONE OF MANY PACKAGES.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
136.
THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
THIS REPRESENTS
A MASSIVE SHIPMENT.
SO, IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT 136 PACKAGES
ROLLED THROUGH HERE,
ALONG WITH THIS ONE?
YEAH, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND
THERE'S MORE TO BE FOUND.
BUT WHAT DO THESE
MARKINGS MEAN?
IT MIGHT BE
A MAJOR CLUE.
RIGHT.
IF WE CAN DECIPHER
THESE MARKINGS,
I THINK WE'LL LEARN
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE HOARD
THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE WAS
BROUGHT UP THROUGH THIS TUNNEL.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD
STRIKES ]
SUBTITLED BY DIEGO MORAES
---
♪♪
WELCOME TO MY
JESUIT CAVERN, MAN.
UNBELIEVABLE.
OH, MY GOD.
THE CART!
♪♪
THAT'S THE CLOTH.
THAT THING LOOKS ORNATE.
THIS ISN'T JUST
A PIECE OF CLOTH.
THIS IS MADE FROM GOLD BULLION.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUAL
JESUIT GOLD
WE'VE LAID OUR HANDS ON.
[ BEEPING ]
GUYS, I FOUND SOMETHING.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
-WHAT IS IT?
IT LOOKS LIKE A COIN,
BUT IT'S REALLY THICK.
-IT'S JESUIT.
-THERE'S A DATE ON THE BACK.
136.
THIS ISN'T A DATE.
THIS IS AN INVENTORY NUMBER
OR A VOLUME NUMBER.
AT A MINIMUM,
THERE WAS 136 PACKAGES
ROLLING THROUGH HERE,
ALONG WITH THIS ONE.
THIS REPRESENTS
A MASSIVE SHIPMENT.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFIES ]
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
Narrator:
A COLOSSAL HOARD OF GOLD
IS RUMORED TO BE HIDDEN
IN A REMOTE VALLEY
IN WESTERN BOLIVIA.
OVER THE LAST THREE CENTURIES,
HUNDREDS HAVE DIED
FOR THIS LEGENDARY TREASURE,
THAT COULD BE WORTH
OVER $2 BILLION.
♪♪
NOW, A BRAVE GROUP
OF TREASURE HUNTERS...
THIS IS THE SPOT.
...ARMED WITH A NEW LEAD...
THE TREASURE IS DOWN,
UNDERNEATH THE MONASTERY.
...AND INTEL FROM A CENTURY
OF PAST ATTEMPTS
WILL USE CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY...
...AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO TAKE
THE VALLEY'S DANGERS HEAD-ON.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
GET DOWN.
[ BATS SQUEAKING ]
AND IF THEY CAN SOLVE
THE MYSTERY OF THE SACAMBAYA,
THEY CAN FIND A TRAIL
TO THE TREASURE.
-JEREMY!
-HOLD TIGHT.
THREE, TWO, ONE!
INCOMING!
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
PREVIOUSLY, ON
"TREASURE QUEST"...
I CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY
THIS IS A JESUIT TUNNEL,
BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK SAFE.
THE TEAM DISCOVERED THAT
A PORTION OF THE ANCIENT TUNNEL
NEAR LA PLAZUELA MONASTERY
HAD CAVED IN.
OH, [BLEEP]
TUNNEL'S BLOCKED.
Shawn:
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET SOME
HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO GET THROUGH.
Narrator:
WHILE JEREMY SPOTTED
A MYSTERIOUS OBJECT...
ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BLOCKAGE.
LOOKS LIKE
A PIECE OF CLOTH.
YEAH, HOLD ON A SEC.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SHINY ON IT.
♪♪
...SHAWN TOOK ON THE TASK
OF BRINGING 90 TONS
OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DOWN A WASHED-OUT MOUNTAIN PATH
TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
THERE'S NO [BLEEP] WAY
THAT IS GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE GOTTA SHORE
THIS UP, SOMEHOW.
YOU CUT UP THESE LOGS,
MAKE A BRIDGE.
AAHH!
I HOPE THAT HOLDS.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
SLOW AND EASY.
♪♪
AY, AY, AY.
♪♪
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ SNAP ]
OH, OH, OH, OH, OH, OH.
[ WOOD CREAKING ]
[ SNAP ]
[BLEEP]
OHHH!
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
iDALE, DALE, DALE!
iDALE, DALE, DALE, DALE!
COME ON!
GO, GO, GO, GO!
♪♪
OH, MY GOD.
WHEW!
THAT WAS NUTS.
LOOK AT THE BRIDGE.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT THIS
ROAD WOULD BE THIS CHALLENGING,
BUT WE PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER,
THOUGHT ON OUR FEET.
WE GOT THROUGH
A MAJOR HURDLE HERE
WHOO!
AND THAT'S WHAT AN EXPEDITION
OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS ALL ABOUT.
NICE JOB.
I CAN'T WAIT TO BUST
THROUGH THIS CAPROCK
AND GET INTO THE TUNNEL
AND SEE WHAT'S IN THERE.
TO SACAMBAYA.
♪♪
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
[ INSECTS BUZZING ]
♪♪
[ WHISTLING UPBEAT TUNE ]
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFIES ]
THE BOYS ARE HERE.
THEY GOT HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
FELT LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.
Shawn:
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BRING IT IN.
Narrator:
THE TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED
WHAT NO PREVIOUS EXPEDITION
WAS ABLE TO DO:
BRING HEAVY EQUIPMENT DOWN
TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
SHAWN!
HEY, JEREMY.
NOW WE'RE TALKIN'.
YOU GUYS SCORED, MAN.
ARMED WITH A TOP HAMMER
DRILL EXCAVATOR,
AS WELL AS A BACKHOE,
THE TEAM HOPES TO FINALLY
PENETRATE THE BEDROCK
THAT'S BLOCKING THE REENTRY
INTO THE JESUIT TUNNEL.
Shawn:
THIS EQUIPMENT'S
SERIOUSLY POWERFUL
AND WE KNOW THAT NONE
OF THE PREVIOUS EXPEDITIONS
BROUGHT ANY TOOL BIGGER
THAN A STEAM DRILL DOWN HERE,
SO WE'RE TRULY
IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY HERE.
I SENT AN RC CAR IN WITH CAMERAS
THROUGH THE CAVE-IN.
-YEAH?
-Jeremy: THERE'S A CART THERE.
THERE'S A TAPESTRY
UNDERNEATH THE CART
AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT IT IS, BUT, MAN,
I THINK WE'VE GOT
SOMETHING PRETTY VALUABLE.
HOLY [BLEEP]
Narrator:
IF THE TEAM IS ABLE TO REGAIN
ACCESS INTO THE TUNNEL,
THEIR FIRST OBJECTIVE WILL BE
TO ZERO IN ON THE SHINY OBJECT
THAT JEREMY CAUGHT SIGHT OF
ON THE FAR SIDE
OF THE PASSAGEWAY.
WE'RE GONNA DIG
RIGHT HERE.
Nosotros vamos
a cavar aquí.
Este es el área.
AH.
WE DID HAVE AN AGREEMENT.
-SHOW RESPECT?
-EXACTLY.
THAT'S FINE.
IN ORDER TO HAVE THE SUPPORT
OF THE LOCALS,
WE NEED TO DO SOME CEREMONIES.
THE FIRST CEREMONY IS
AN OFFERING TO PACHAMAMA,
WHO IS ULTIMATELY MOTHER EARTH.
WHITE SMOKE,
THIS IS A GOOD OMEN.
AND THE SECOND CEREMONY
WILL BE BELOW GROUND,
YOU KNOW, AT THE ENTRANCE
OF THE TUNNEL.
ANYTIME ANY WORK IS DONE
UNDERGROUND IN BOLIVIA,
THEY SEEK PERMISSION FROM
EL TíO, LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD,
WHICH MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED
AS THE DEVIL.
DOING THIS CEREMONY ON HIS TURF
IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP US SAFE
AND, HOPEFULLY, PROSPEROUS.
ONCE YOU ENTER THE MINE,
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE
IN EL TíO'S TURF,
SO YOU GOTTA
FEED HIM RIGHT.
HE'LL GIVE YOU...
SO YOU HAVE TO SMOKE.
YOU HAVE TO DRINK.
IT'S PART OF THE RITUAL.
♪♪
[chuckle]
I LIKE THE WAY EL TíO ROLLS.
♪♪
♪♪
iAYAYA, COMPAÑEROS, AYAYA!
All: iAYAYA!
THEY USED PURE ALCOHOL.
IT'S SO YOU EXPEL
ANY EVIL SPIRITS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
-IT'S STRONG.
-AYAYA.
MMM.
AYAYA. OOF!
AYAYA.
OH!
Shawn:
THE EL TíO CEREMONY, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT CEREMONY.
IT WAS MORE INTENSE.
BUT, NOW, WE HAVE EVERYBODY
ON OUR SIDE, YOU KNOW,
MOTHER NATURE AND THE LORD
OF THE UNDERGROUND,
SO, NOW, WE'RE READY TO DIG.
LET'S DO IT.
♪♪
[ ALERT BEEPING ]
ALL RIGHT.
KEEP GOING.
I CAN'T BE HAPPIER TO SEE
[laughing] HEAVY EQUIPMENT
FINALLY DOWN HERE.
FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL,
ON OUR READINGS
FROM A GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR,
WE'VE GOTTA GET DOWN
AT LEAST 10 TO 12 FEET.
BY THEN, WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO INTERCEPT
THAT UNDERGROUND TUNNEL.
LET'S BRING THE HAMMER IN RIGHT
HERE AND TAKE THE ROCK OUT.
WE WENT AHEAD AND ATTACHED
THE HYDRAULIC HAMMER DRILL
ONTO THE EXCAVATOR.
[ CLACKING ]
THIS IS LIKE A JACKHAMMER
ON STEROIDS.
IT'S SUCH A HEAVY HAMMER
THAT IT JUST POUNDS ROCK
AND BREAKS IT INTO PIECES
PRETTY EASILY.
WE'RE TALKING OVER 65 TONS
OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT
AND THE HAMMERHEAD
ON THIS THING,
IT OPERATES AT ABOUT
2,600 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH,
BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT
OF LIKE 75 ELEPHANTS
POUNDING ON THE SAME INCH
OF ROCK EVERY SECOND.
FIRST COUPLE FEET'S
PROBABLY GONNA BE TOPSOIL.
-MAN!
-GOES THROUGH IT
LIKE BUTTER, MAN.
♪♪
THAT'S LIKE SOLID ROCK.
THAT'S THAT CAP WE WERE
HITTING WITH THE PICK.
♪♪
THAT'S A LOTTA POWER
RIGHT THERE.
♪♪
LOOK.
THERE ARE SOME ROCKS
COMING DOWN.
♪♪
LOOK AT THAT.
STOP THE HAMMER.
SHUT IT DOWN.
-LOOK UP!
-ROCKS ARE FALLING. WATCH IT.
GET BACK.
-OH, LOOK OUT!
Jack:
THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.
BOULDERS.
LOOK STRAIGHT UP THE HILL.
THEY'RE COMING DOWN, MAN.
THE SLOPE'S TOO FRAGILE.
IT CAN'T TAKE THIS VIBRATION.
THE MORE WE DIG, THE MORE THAT
MOUNTAIN'S COMIN' DOWN ON US.
WE GOTTA FIND ANOTHER WAY.
WE'RE GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
BACKHOE!
BRING IT IN.
Narrator:
SHAWN'S TEAM IS
THE FIRST ONE, EVER,
TO BRING HEAVY EQUIPMENT
DOWN TO THE SACAMBAYA VALLEY.
BUT AS THEY BORE
THROUGH THE BEDROCK
TO GET TO THE ANCIENT TUNNEL...
THAT'S A LOTTA POWER
RIGHT THERE.
...THE MASSIVE VIBRATIONS
FROM THE HAMMER DRILL
-ROCKS!
-TRIGGER A ROCKSLIDE
ON THE HILL ADJACENT
TO THE DIG SITE.
THEY'RE COMING
DOWN, MAN.
WE'RE GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE.
LET'S BACK UP.
LET'S GET OUT
OF THIS SCENE, HERE.
I DON'T WANNA BE
CLOSE TO THAT.
THAT HAMMER DRILL IS A REALLY,
REALLY POWERFUL TOOL,
AND YOU COULD FEEL IT.
THE WHOLE GROUND WAS SHAKING
AND, SURE ENOUGH,
IT DISLODGED A BUNCH OF BOULDERS
AND IT CAME TUMBLIN' DOWN.
THIS BOULDER RIGHT HERE,
YOU SEE THAT?
THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM
UP THERE, JUST HANGING.
I THINK, IF WE CONTINUE,
THAT WHOLE THING'S COMING DOWN.
YEAH, THIS IS, UH,
THIS IS A SERIOUS BLOW.
WE CAN'T REPOSITION THE HOLE
'CAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THE TUNNEL IS.
I MEAN, IT'S INCREDIBLY
FRUSTRATING
THAT WE HAVE TO STOP, BUT,
RUNNING THE EQUIPMENT HERE
CERTAINLY IS NOT WORTH CAUSING
SERIOUS INJURY TO SOMEBODY.
BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW,
THE DENSITY OF THE BEDROCK HERE
IS REALLY CONSIDERABLE
AND IT'S GRANITE ROCK
AND IT'S ABOUT 2.7 GRAMS
PER CUBIC CENTIMETER,
SO WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT USING
THIS MASSIVE HAMMER DRILL.
♪♪
WE GOTTA COME UP
WITH A BETTER PLAN.
SINCE WE CAN'T CHANGE
THE LOCATION OF THE DIG,
I MEAN, REALISTICALLY,
WE COULD TRY
TO DO SOME SCALING.
SCALING IS A TERM USED
FOR KNOCKING DOWN LOOSE ROCK
BEFORE IT FALLS ON ITS OWN
AND ROAD CREWS, AND SO FORTH,
USE THESE TECHNIQUES
ALONG ROADWAYS
WHERE THEY'RE AGAINST A CLIFF
WITH A LOT OF LOOSE ROCKS
AND, IN OUR CASE, THEY'RE
FALLING RIGHT INTO OUR JOB SITE.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO ACTUALLY
CLIMB UP THAT MOUNTAIN
AND SET EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
ALONG THE RIDGE
AND SHOOT THE LOOSE
ROCKS DOWN
BEFORE THEY FALL ON US.
MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE
GONNA KNOCK ALL THOSE
BOULDERS RIGHT DOWN
WHERE WE'RE DIGGIN'.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO MOVE 'EM AGAIN.
WELL, I CAN MAKE
DIRECTIONAL EXPLOSIVES
THAT PUNCH THE BOULDERS
AWAY FROM OUR DIG SITE,
HOPEFULLY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT EASY
TO DO, THOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE
MUCH OF A CHOICE.
ALL RIGHT.
BE REALLY CAREFUL.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE
EVERYTHING OUTTA HERE
AND WE'RE GETTING WAY
THE HELL BACK.
LET'S GET TO IT BEFORE
THAT FRICKIN' THING
STARTS TO COME DOWN
ON ITS OWN.
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
[ ALERT BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ PANTING ]
♪♪
OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA BLOW THIS RIDGE
FROM HERE ALL THE WAY UP
TO THAT BOULDER RIGHT THERE.
SO THE MISSION IS: WE SET
A SERIES OF EXPLOSIVE CHARGES
ALONG THIS RIDGELINE
THAT HAS ALL THIS LOOSE ROCK
AND TRY TO MAKE THEM
DIRECTIONAL,
SO IT SENDS THE BOULDERS
OFF THE CLIFF.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE CREATED
SPECIAL, SHAPED CHARGES
THAT ESSENTIALLY PUNCH
THE BOULDERS HARD,
BREAK 'EM APART, AND MOVE THEM
OUT OF THE WAY, INTO PIECES,
AWAY FROM OUR DIG SITE.
IT'S A TRICKY JOB.
[ WIND WHIPPING ]
THIS IS DET CORD,
EXPLODING FUSE.
IT'S GOOD FOR CONNECTING
CHARGES TOGETHER.
WE HOOK THE BLASTING CAP
UP, FIRST.
IN CASE THERE'S ANY STATIC
ELECTRICITY IN THE LINE,
IT DOESN'T BLOW THE CHARGE
UP IN OUR LAP.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS GOOD.
LET'S KEEP MOVIN' DOWN THE LINE.
I'M GONNA CAREFULLY BACK
OUTTA HERE
WITHOUT TRIPPING OVER THE WIRE.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A HUGE ELEMENT
OF DANGER TO THIS.
THERE'S ALSO A HUGE ELEMENT
OF RESPONSIBILITY, ON MY PART.
WE'RE HITTIN' THESE
BOULDERS PRETTY HARD,
SO, WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY,
MY MAIN CONCERN IS
I'M NOT SHOWERING
ANYBODY DOWN BELOW
WHEN THAT ROCK'S FLYING
THROUGH THE AIR.
♪♪
OKAY.
WE HAVE A LIVE BLAST ZONE.
LET'S BUG OUT.
♪♪
WE'RE GONNA MAKE SOME NOISE.
♪♪
THERE'S A BIG RAIN CLOUD
MOVIN' IN.
[ THUNDER RUMBLING,
BIRDS CHIRPING ]
JACK, HOW YOU DOING
UP THERE, BUDDY?
WE'RE LOSING LIGHT.
We're waitin'
for your countdown.
COPY. STAND BY.
♪♪
PHEW.
Five, four, three,
two, one,
on my go!
[ EXPLOSION ]
[ BLAST ]
OOH! [BLEEP]
HOO HOO HOO HOO!
[ DEBRIS RUMBLING, SCATTERING ]
HOLY.
THAT GOT RID OF THOSE ROCKS.
[laughing] OH.
♪♪
ALL THE ROCKS ARE CLEAR.
STAND BY.
WE WERE SAFE.
BEST NEWS ALL DAY.
THANK YOU.
THAT'S IT, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
I HOPE THAT
FRICKIN' WORKED.
IN THE MORNING,
WE'LL SEE.
♪♪
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
Narrator:
NEXT MORNING, THE TEAM
RETURNS TO THE DIG SITE
TO TEST IF JACK'S EXPLOSIONS
HAVE ELIMINATED
THE DANGER OF LOOSE ROCK
FROM THE NEARBY HILLSIDE.
JACK, YOU FEELING PRETTY
GOOD ABOUT THE RIDGE
AND ALL THE ROCKS UP THERE?
-YEAH. WE'RE GOOD.
HAVING A LOOK AT THE CLIFF,
I WAS HAPPY TO SEE
THOSE BOULDERS
WERE HIT PRETTY HARD
AND KNOCKED OVER THE EDGE,
SO IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE
IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
JACK'S VERY CONFIDENT
WE'LL BE SAFE TO DIG
AND, IN LOOKING UP, IT SEEMS
GOOD, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE,
BUT, I REALLY HOPE WE DON'T
START ANOTHER LANDSLIDE.
LET'S GET THIS HOLE DUG.
TURN 'ER OVER, EDGAR.
[ ENGINE STUTTERS, STARTS ]
♪♪
SLOW AND STEADY.
[ CLACKING ]
♪♪
THAT SOUNDS
PRETTY SOLID.
OH, THAT'S SOLID,
ALL RIGHT.
LOOK AT THAT MONSTER.
[laughing]
IT KICKED IT RIGHT OUT.
♪♪
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT NOW,
WE GO IN THERE,
JUST ALL GUNS BLAZIN',
AND WE COULD CAVE
THE WHOLE THING IN.
YOU HAVE TO WORK IN A VERY
SLOW AND METHODICAL WAY.
WE STARTED THE PROCESS
BY JACKHAMMERING
THROUGH THE CAPROCK
AND THEN USING THE BACKHOE
TO SCOOP ROCK
AND DIRT OUT OF THE GROUND.
♪♪
IT'S ALMOST LIKE OPENING
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
WITH A BIG, BIG BACKHOE.
[laughs]
WHOA, WHOA, HOLD ON.
STOP, STOP!
LOOK, LOOK, LOOK.
THERE'S A HOLE.
FRANZ, APáGALO.
WHAT DO YOU WANNA DO,
SHAWN?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKIN'?
CAN'T RISK ANOTHER CAVE-IN,
SO I'M GONNA OPEN UP THIS
CAREFULLY BY HAND.
JAVI, HELP ME WITH THIS.
ONCE WE OPENED UP A HOLE,
I DIDN'T WANNA BRING
THE BUCKET IN THERE ANY FURTHER
'CAUSE THAT COULD'VE CAVED
THE WHOLE THING IN
AND WE WOULD'VE
HAD A MUCH WORSE SITUATION
THAN WE HAD STARTED WITH.
CAN WE SPAN THIS ACROSS,
YOU THINK?
SO, AT THIS POINT,
I WANNA OPEN THIS UP BY HAND.
♪♪
JEREMY, LET'S TIE A LINE.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT.
-ALL RIGHT. EASY DOES IT.
♪♪
-GIMME A LITTLE SLACK, JEREMY.
-ALL RIGHT.
JUST YELL, "SLACK,"
AND I'LL GIVE IT TO YA.
IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT
LOOSE, THIS ROCK.
I THINK WE CAN PULL IT OUTTA
HERE AND MAKE A BIGGER OPENING.
OH, THERE WE GO.
THE WHOLE FLOOR MOVED.
[ CREAKING ]
OKAY. YOU GOT ME,
THERE, JEREMY, RIGHT?
-I GOT YA.
-THIS MIGHT JUST COLLAPSE.
AHH!
AH, IT'S A BIG ONE.
♪♪
RAHH!
-WHOA.
DAMN!
HOLY [BLEEP], GUYS.
THIS OPENS UP.
IT GETS BIGGER.
[ CREAKING ]
OH, YEAH!
THIS IS YOUR TUNNEL,
JEREMY!
-[LAUGHING]
-WE GOT IT, BOYS!
YOU READY, JEREMY?
♪♪
-WATCH YOUR HEAD.
-ALL RIGHT. COMIN' DOWN.
♪♪
THIS IS SKETCHY.
[ CREAKING ]
UNH.
-YEAH!
WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD.
-WOW!
-I KNOW. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
WELCOME TO MY
JESUIT CAVERN, MAN.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
I WAS EXPECTING, YOU KNOW,
WE'D REALLY HAVE TO BE CROUCHING
AND BARELY BE ABLE
TO GET AROUND. I MEAN,
THIS TOOK A MASSIVE, A MASSIVE,
AMOUNT OF MANUAL LABOR,
WITH REALLY PRIMITIVE TOOLS.
-YEP.
-THEY WERE MOVING
SOMETHING BIG
THROUGH THIS TUNNEL
AND, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
TO MOVE $2 BILLION
WORTH OF TREASURE,
THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING.
GIVES ME HOPE.
THE INGENUITY OF THE JESUITS,
WHEW,
TO GET THIS DONE
IN A TERRAIN LIKE THIS?
I MEAN, HOW HARD WAS IT
FOR US TO GET DOWN HERE?
I'M IN AWE.
HEY, THERE'S MY CAVE
CRAWLER. [laughs]
OH, MY GOD.
THAT'S THE CART!
-[LAUGHING]
-JEREMY, THAT IS AMAZING!
THAT'S WHAT I WAS
TALKIN' ABOUT, MAN.
THERE'S ONE
OF THE WOOD WHEELS.
THAT'S THE FIRST THING
I SAW WITH THE ROVER.
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE.
THE WHOLE AXLE IS WOOD,
AS WELL.
THAT'S HARDWOOD.
THAT'S TROPICAL WOOD.
YEAH.
LOOK AT THE SAW MARKS.
THERE ARE NO SCREWS.
MOST OF THIS IS HELD TOGETHER
THROUGH DOVETAILING THE WOOD
AND THAT'S TYPICAL,
16th-, 17th-CENTURY,
SO THIS HAS TO BE JESUIT.
IT'S SOMETHING
ELSE, HUH?
UNBELIEVABLE.
I SAW SOMETHING
THAT WAS LIKE REFLECTING
BACK AT THE LIGHT
ON THE CAVE CRAWLER.
-SO RIGHT AROUND HERE,
YOU THINK?
-YEP.
♪♪
LOOK, RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE CLOTH.
GO SLOW, MAN.
SERIOUSLY, GO REALLY SLOW.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
♪♪
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
Shawn:
THIS IS YOUR TUNNEL, JEREMY!
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
WE GOT IT, BOYS!
Narrator:
AFTER GAINING REENTRY
INTO THE JESUIT TUNNEL
NEAR LA PLAZUELA MONASTERY...
LOOK, RIGHT THERE.
...SHAWN AND JEREMY
TRACK DOWN WHAT SEEMS TO BE
A SIGNIFICANT FIND DEEP
IN THE PASSAGEWAY.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS,
CHORD STRIKES ]
Shawn:
OH, MY GOD.
DON'T TOUCH IT.
IF THAT'S CLOTH,
THE OIL FROM OUR HANDS
COULD ACTUALLY
DETERIORATE IT EVEN MORE.
THAT THING LOOKS ORNATE.
♪♪
I'M GONNA PICK IT UP.
PRAY IT DOESN'T FALL APART.
♪♪
GO SLOW, MAN.
SERIOUSLY, GO REALLY SLOW.
I KNOW.
WOW.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
[ SPOOKY CHORALE PLAYS ]
THIS THING HAS BEEN
LAYIN' HERE
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
AND IT'S STILL INTACT.
I MEAN, HOW THE HELL IS
THAT POSSIBLE?
I THINK BEING IN THIS TIME
CAPSULE OF THIS CAVE
FOR ALMOST 300 YEARS, IT HASN'T
SEEN THE SUN OR WIND OR RAIN.
THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY HELPED
KEEP IT AS GOOD AS IT IS.
YEAH.
THIS ISN'T JUST EMBROIDERY
OR A PIECE OF CLOTH.
THIS IS THE FIRST ACTUAL JESUIT
GOLD WE'VE LAID OUR HANDS ON.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
IT'S A GOLD CLOTH.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THEY CALL IT
"REAL CLOTH OF GOLD"
BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY MADE
FROM GOLD BULLION.
WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY'D
ACTUALLY TAKE A SMALL, GOLD BAR,
POUND IT OUT,
AND MAKE A GOLD THREAD
AND THEN, THEY'D WEAVE
THIS PURE, GOLD THREAD
THROUGH THE REST OF THE CLOTH.
CLOTH OF GOLD WAS USED
TO CREATE
THESE INCREDIBLY ORNATE
AND VERY EXPENSIVE VESTMENTS
THAT WERE WORN EITHER
BY VERY AFFLUENT PEOPLE
OR, MORE LIKELY,
VERY HIGH-RANKING MEMBERS
OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I'VE ONLY SEEN THEM
IN ILLUSTRATIONS.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
YOU WOULD NEVER SEE ANYTHING
LIKE THIS TODAY.
THEY HAVEN'T DONE THIS
IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
IT'S WAY TOO
COST-PROHIBITIVE.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HARD
MY HEART IS PUMPING RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SEE IF IT IS
WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
I HAVE THE TESTER, MAN.
LET'S TEST IT.
Narrator:
ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL TOOLS
IN A TREASURE HUNTER'S ARSENAL,
AN ALLOY TESTER,
HELPS IDENTIFY THE METAL
AND, IN THE CASE OF GOLD,
ZERO IN ON THE PURITY
AND KARAT RATING
OF THE ARTIFACT.
WATCH, WATCH.
[ BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING ]
WHOA.
IT'S 24-KARAT.
THAT'S GOLD.
-THAT'S IT.
I MEAN, 24 KARAT'S GONNA BE
THE MOST MALLEABLE, RIGHT?
YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEW IT
AND WEAVE IT THROUGH.
EXACTLY.
I GUESS ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS I'VE GOT IS:
WHY THE HELL IS THERE JUST
ONE LITTLE PIECE OF IT?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WANNA
FIND THE REST OF IT.
LET'S BAG THIS UP,
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SCOUR
THE WHOLE AREA,
UNTIL WE FIND MORE.
UP UNTIL NOW, WE'RE ALL
HOPING THAT WE'RE RIGHT,
THAT THE TREASURE IS HERE,
IN SACAMBAYA,
BUT, UNTIL YOU CAN ACTUALLY
PLACE YOUR HANDS
ON AN ARTIFACT
THAT IS GENUINE JESUIT,
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW.
I MEAN, FINDING THIS GOLD CLOTH
GIVES ME A MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF CONFIDENCE
THAT THE TREASURE EXISTS
AND, HOPEFULLY,
IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THIS TUNNEL,
BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE
WE COVER EVERYTHING,
EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY.
WE'RE ON
TO SOMETHING BIG HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
[ CHANTING CHORALE PLAYS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
Narrator:
AFTER UNEARTHING
THE REMARKABLE FIND,
THE TEAM RESUMES THEIR HUNT.
SHAWN METAL-DETECTS
THE RECESS
WHERE THE CLOTH OF GOLD
WAS FOUND,
WHILE JEREMY SCOURS
THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE TUNNEL
FOR ANY MORE SIGNS
OF THE $2 BILLION HOARD.
Jeremy:
THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
SO FAR, WE'VE SEARCHED
AND MAPPED A FEW HUNDRED YARDS,
BUT, I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW FAR THESE TUNNELS GO BACK.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING TO FIND,
WE'LL FIND IT.
♪♪
THIS IS JUST --
THIS IS NUTS.
I MEAN, THE DEEPER WE GET.
WHOA.
SEE?
YOU GOT ANOTHER HOLE.
RUNS STRAIGHT DOWN.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE.
AW.
I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT.
♪♪
[ EERIE-SUSPENSEFUL
MUSIC CLIMBS ]
HOLY COW, MAN.
IT'S DEEP.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
YOU GUYS GET BACK.
THERE'S A CHANCE YOU
COULD FALL RIGHT THROUGH,
BREAK YOUR LEG,
BREAK YOUR NECK.
♪♪
I DON'T SEE ANY CARVINGS
OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW,
ANYTHING THAT SCREAMS
"JESUIT" TO ME.
♪♪
THERE'S NOTHING HERE.
[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CLIMBS ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL
CHORD STRIKES ]
CRANK IT UP AND GET IT
OUT OF THE WAY!
[ ENGINE STUTTERS, STARTS ]
Narrator:
AS THE UNDERGROUND
SEARCH CONTINUES,
THE HEAVY VEHICLES ABOVE GROUND
ARE BEING GUIDED AWAY
FROM THE TUNNEL OPENING,
SO THAT THEIR COMBINED WEIGHT
DOESN'T CAUSE ANOTHER CAVE-IN
IN THE TUNNEL BELOW.
LET'S GET THE BACKHOE
FIRED UP.
[ ENGINE STUTTERS ]
[ STRAINING, CLICKING ]
[ CLICKING ]
-No quiere arrancar, eh?
-¿Qué?
-No quiere arrancar.
-¿Por qué?
Está baja la batería.
WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
THE BATTERY IS NOT WORKING.
IT'S DIED.
YOU KNOW, ON THE WAY DOWN,
MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE ROUGH ROAD,
SOMETHING DISCONNECTED OR...
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
MAYBE THE TERMINALS
ARE BAD, OR SOMETHING.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
♪♪
Jack:
TERMINALS LOOK OKAY.
IT MIGHT BE JUST WEAK.
I MEAN, THE EASY SOLUTION
WOULD BE JUST TO JUMP IT, RIGHT?
WE GOT CABLES?
NO, NO CABLE.
WHAT'S THE VOLTAGE
IN THE EXCAVATOR?
-24.
-WE CAN'T REPLACE THE BATTERY
ON A 24-
ON A 12-VOLT SYSTEM.
IT'LL BURN IT OUT.
DO WE HAVE ANY KIND
OF SPARE,
12-VOLT BATTERY HERE,
IN ANY OF OUR GEAR?
NO.
IF THE BATTERY IS JUST WEAK,
WE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO KIND OF KICKSTART IT
A LITTLE BIT.
UM...
WOULD YOU -- UHH!
WOULD YOU GUYS PULL
THIS BATTERY OUT FOR ME?
I GOTTA BUILD A FIRE.
OKAY.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO
WITH FIRE?
[ EERIE STING PLAYS ]
[ RUMBLING ]
♪♪
HAVE YOU EVERY SLOW-ROASTED
A BATTERY BEFORE?
THAT'S DANGEROUS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
BEING INNOVATIVE IS A HUGE
PART OF EXPEDITIONS.
WHEN A BATTERY'S COLD, IT LOSES
ESSENTIALLY HALF OF ITS POWER.
BY WARMING UP THOSE ELECTRONS,
VERY CAREFULLY,
IT CAN KINDA GET IT
CIRCULATING AGAIN
AND SOMETIMES IT JUST GIVES IT
JUST A HIGH-ENOUGH VOLTAGE
TO BASICALLY KICKSTART IT.
THE TRICK IS
TO WARM IT UP SLOWLY.
ALTHOUGH PUTTING
A BATTERY OVER FIRE
TO WARM IT UP WILL WORK,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT
I'D RECOMMEND FOR ANYONE TO DO.
OKAY, NEXT,
WE GOTTA TAKE THE CAPS OFF,
SO WE CAN OFF-GAS
AND NOT EXPLODE.
♪♪
I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD
THE BATTERY IN PLACE
LONG ENOUGH TO WARM IT UP.
THE PROBLEM IS,
IF THE BATTERY GETS TOO HOT
OR IF IT HAS CONTACT WITH FLAME,
IT'S PROBABLY GONNA EXPLODE,
SO THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE
TO PHYSICALLY HOLD IT
WHILE IT'S WARMING UP
AND, OF COURSE,
THAT'S A VERY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.
OKAY. I GOT IT.
IF THE BATTERY GETS OVERHEATED,
IT'S GONNA PROBABLY EXPLODE.
IF THAT THING EXPLODES,
IT'S GONNA BLOW
YOUR FACE OFF.
I KNOW.
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CHORD STRIKES ]
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WE HAVE TO GET
THIS BATTERY
ROLLING AGAIN.
Narrator:
THE BATTERY OF THE TEAM'S
BACKHOE HAS DIED,
SO JACK COMES UP
WITH AN INVENTIVE,
BUT RISKY,
WAY TO POWER IT BACK UP.
Jack:
I'M GONNA HAVE TO HOLD
THE BATTERY IN PLACE
LONG ENOUGH TO WARM IT UP.
BY WARMING UP THOSE ELECTRONS,
VERY CAREFULLY,
IT CAN KIND OF GET IT
CIRCULATING AGAIN
AND BASICALLY KICKSTART IT.
OKAY. I GOT IT.
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CHORD STRIKES ]
[ FLAMES CRACKLING ]
THIS IS CRAZY, JACK.
THE HEAT'S PERFECT, RIGHT NOW,
TO GET THE BOTTOM WARMED UP.
HOLDING THE BATTERY OVER A FIRE
IS VERY DANGEROUS
AND SO I JUST WANT TO FEEL THE
BOTTOM GET [laughs] HOT ENOUGH
SO I CAN PULL IT OFF THE STANDS
AND PUT IT IN THE EQUIPMENT.
BOTTOM OF THIS
IS NICE AND TOASTY.
I THINK WE CAN GIVE IT A SHOT.
IT'S TIME?
AHH!
AH!
WHEW, THAT'S HOT!
♪♪
LET'S GET THAT CONNECTED
WHILE IT'S STILL WARM.
Javier: Rápido.
OKAY. GO AHEAD.
♪♪
[ ENGINE STUTTERS ]
[ STUTTERS, STARTS ]
WHEN I HEARD THAT DIESEL
MOTOR ROLLING AGAIN,
IT WAS LIKE A REAL RELIEF.
NOW, WE CAN GET
THE BACKHOE OUTTA HERE
AND MAKE THIS AREA SAFE
FOR OUR GUYS UNDERGROUND.
ALL RIGHT. KEEP GOIN'.
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♪♪
MAN, IT'S A TIGHT
LITTLE CAVERN.
COME ON, MAN.
WE GOTTA FIND SOMETHING HERE.
♪♪
Jeffrey:
Shawn.
Shawn, come in.
GOT SOMETHING GOOD?
Come over here
ASAP, man.
ON MY WAY.
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♪♪
JEREMY.
SHAWN, OVER HERE.
MAN, THIS IS ROUGH
IN HERE.
WHAT?
[ SPOOKY STING PLAYS ]
SOMEBODY DIED
RIGHT HERE.
[ SIGH ]
MAN.
[ EERIE MUSIC CLIMBS ]
LOOKS LIKE THE SKULL'S
CAVED IN.
ROCK OR SOMETHING.
IF THE JESUITS WERE MOVING
A MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF TREASURE
UP THROUGH THIS TUNNEL,
THIS PERSON, WHOEVER IT WAS,
WHETHER IT WAS A PRIEST,
WHETHER IT WAS ONE
OF THE INDIGENOUS WORKERS
THAT WERE HIRED
BY THE PRIESTS,
COULD'VE BEEN A VICTIM
OF THEFT OR AN ARGUMENT.
WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WAS SUDDEN,
IT WAS TRAGIC,
AND VERY POSSIBLE THAT THIS
HAD SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE TREASURE.
[ SIGH ]
UH, I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT THIS
PERSON WASN'T BURIED
MEANS WHATEVER HAPPENED HERE
HAPPENED HERE REALLY QUICK.
WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT WAS VIOLENT.
I DON'T FEEL RIGHT
ABOUT JUST LEAVING HIM
LAYING HERE.
-YEAH, ME, EITHER.
♪♪
WOW.
I NEVER DREAMT I'D EVER
HAVE TO DO THIS.
ME, EITHER.
♪♪
ALL RIGHT, MY FRIEND.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU
A PROPER BURIAL.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME LIGHT.
-THANKS.
♪♪
[ SOMBER TUNE PLAYS ]
♪♪
[ BIRD CAWING ]
♪♪
♪♪
FINDING A SKELETON AND THEN
DECIDING TO BURY HIM
WAS A VERY SOBERING MOMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE DIED,
LOOKIN' FOR THIS TREASURE.
IT'S VERY EASY TO GET
CAUGHT UP IN GOLD FEVER,
AS WE CALL IT,
AND LOSE PERSPECTIVE,
BUT ALSO, IT JUST PROVES
HOW FRAGILE EVERYTHING IS HERE.
♪♪
IT'S REALLY HARD,
BEING DOWN HERE,
COMPLETELY OFF THE GRID,
UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH MY WIFE AND MY GIRLS.
[ CREATURES CHIRPING ]
IT'S REALLY TOUGH, MAN, BUT,
WE'RE GETTING TO A POINT,
HERE, IN THIS EXPEDITION,
WHERE I'M TRULY FEELING LIKE
WE'RE ON TO SOMETHING BIG.
Jack: JEREMY!
[THUD]
[ BLEEP ]
THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE!
WHAT?
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Jeremy:
WHAT'S GOING ON?
THERE'S SOMETHING --
Shawn: WHAT THE HELL?
-AHH! [panting]
JACK, WHAT'S UP, MAN?
RELAX.
THERE'S SOMETHING
CRAWLIN' ON ME.
[ HYPERVENTILATING ]
[ EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
THAT'S MOVING AGAIN.
IT'S MOVING!
YOU SEE IT?
IT'S A SCORPION.
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
-DON'T, DON'T MOVE. DON'T MOVE.
-[BLEEP]
-THAT'S THE BOLIVIAN BROWN.
NOT GOOD, MAN.
DON'T MAKE
ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENT.
I'M TRYING. AGH!
CAN YOU GET IT?
-SOMEBODY HOLD THIS.
HOLD IT. HOLD THE LIGHT.
HOLD, HOLD THE LIGHT.
NO, NO, DON'T TWIST.
DON'T TWIST. SLOW DOWN.
-[PANTING]
DO NOT MOVE.
Narrator:
A SINGLE STING
FROM TITYUS BOLIVIANUS,
ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST VENOMOUS SCORPIONS,
CAN CAUSE SEVERE
LUNG DAMAGE, PARALYSIS,
AND EVEN CARDIAC FAILURE,
WITHIN HOURS.
-OKAY. HERE WE GO. YOU READY?
-[HYPERVENTILATING]
GET 'IM. GET 'IM.
OH!
NO, HE'S ON THE MOVE.
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[ SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
THAT SEEMS LIKE
GOLD THREAD IN THERE.
LET'S SEE IF IT IS
WHAT WE THINK IT IS.
LET'S TEST IT.
IN TREASURE HUNTING,
AFTER YOU UNEARTH AN ARTIFACT,
THE FIRST QUESTIONS
THAT ALWAYS POP UP ARE:
"WHAT EXACTLY IS IT MADE OF?"
AND "HOW MUCH IS IT WORTH?"
BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,
WE'D HAVE TO BRING ALONG
VARIOUS ACIDS, CHEMICALS,
TO HELP IDENTIFY THE METALLIC
COMPOSITION OF THE RELIC.
IT WAS A SOMEWHAT IMPRECISE
AND DANGEROUS PROCESS,
BUT, NOW, WE HAVE
SOPHISTICATED ALLOY TESTERS.
BASICALLY, THE DEVICE SERVES
AS OUR PERSONAL METAL APPRAISER,
OUR PORTABLE PAWN SHOP,
YOU KNOW.
IT'LL INSTANTANEOUSLY ZERO IN
ON THE EXACT METAL OR METALS
THAT MAKE UP THE OBJECT
AND, IN THE CASE OF GOLD,
IT'LL EVEN REVEAL ITS PURITY,
DOWN TO THE EXACT KARAT,
IN A MATTER OF SECONDS.
-WHOA.
-I MEAN, WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THAT'S GOLD.
-THAT'S IT.
THAT'S WHY, DURING
A GRUELING TREASURE HUNT,
THE ALLOY TESTER COMES IN REAL
HANDY IN KEEPING THE SPIRITS UP.
Shawn:
THIS IS GONNA LEAD US TO MORE.
I AM PUMPED.
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-YOU SEE IT?
-IT'S A SCORPION. DON'T MOVE.
[BLEEP] MAN. THAT'S
THE BOLIVIAN BROWN.
DO NOT MOVE.
YOU GOTTA RELAX.
-I'M TRYING.
-REALLY CAREFUL.
-[BLEEP]
OH!
NO, HE'S ON THE MOVE.
OH, HE'S FAST.
HOLD ON. HOLD, HOLD.
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
-SERIOUSLY.
-DON'T MOVE, JACK. DON'T MOVE.
I'LL GET HIM IN THE BOOT.
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ALL RIGHT. I GOT 'IM.
I GOT 'IM. I GOT 'IM.
-OHH!
-I GOT 'IM.
[ CREATURES CHIRPING ]
AHH!
♪♪
THERE HE IS.
THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL.
Shawn:
DID YOU LEAVE THIS TENT
OPEN, AT SOME POINT?
I THINK I JUST
FELL ASLEEP.
I'M SO TIRED,
I JUST FELL ASLEEP.
THAT'S COMPLACENCY,
MY FRIEND.
YOU GOTTA WATCH IT.
YOU GOTTA KEEP THIS TENT
ZIPPED UP AT ALL TIMES.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
Jeremy:
ZIP UP YOUR TENT, BOYS.
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♪♪
[ INSECTS RATTLING ]
IT'S A LITTLE SKETCHY,
GOING DOWN, SO BE CAREFUL.
Narrator: NEXT MORNING,
IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK
-ALL GOOD!
-AS THE ENTIRE TEAM RAPPELS DOWN
TO CARRY OUT AS COMPREHENSIVE
A SEARCH AS POSSIBLE
OF THE JESUIT TUNNEL.
♪♪
WHAT I WANNA DO
IS SPLIT UP.
JEREMY AND JACK, I WOULD LIKE
FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK
WITH THE METAL DETECTORS.
JEREMY, WHERE YOU FOUND
THE SKELETON.
-RIGHT.
-YEP.
JAVIER, YOU WILL METAL-DETECT
AROUND WHERE WE FOUND
THE CLOTH AND THE MINER'S CART.
-RIGHT.
I THINK SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT
HAPPENED THERE
AND I REALLY WANNA
THOROUGHLY WORK THAT.
AND I'M GONNA GO WORK
THE CAVERN
THAT WAS CLOSE TO THAT AREA.
-PERFECT.
-THIS IS A DANGEROUS PLACE.
YOU CAN GET TURNED AROUND
IN HERE SO EASY.
WE REALLY GOT TO USE
A LOT OF CAUTION.
OKAY?
-Javier: OKAY.
Jack: YEAH.
-LET'S DO IT.
Narrator:
SHAWN AND JAVIER WILL SEARCH
THE TWO RECESSES
LOCATED NEAR
THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE;
WHILE JEREMY AND JACK
WILL HEAD DEEPER IN,
COMBING THROUGH THE MAIN SHAFT
OF THE PASSAGEWAY.
JACK, MOVE SLOW, MAN.
ALL THIS LOOSE STUFF
COULD BE COVERIN' UP
ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.
I KNOW.
YOU COULD BE STEPPIN',
AND YOU MIGHT FALL
RIGHT THROUGH A HOLE.
WELL,
THAT CHEERS ME UP.
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EERIE MUSIC PLAYS ]
♪♪
Javier:
WITH THE FINDINGS OF YESTERDAY,
I FEEL THAT WE ARE
GONNA FIND SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE'RE
IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
THIS CART AND THAT
PIECE OF CLOTH.
♪♪
[ WARBLING ]
WHOA.
[ WARBLING ]
♪♪
[ CHIMING ]
[ BEEPING ]
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.
WHAT IS IT?
♪♪
[ BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
I'M GETTING ALL THESE READINGS,
BUT I CAN'T REALLY FIND IT.
[ BEEPING ]
♪♪
[ BEEPING RAPIDLY ]
[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
HERE IT IS.
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[ BEEPING CONTINUOUSLY ]
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
♪♪
WHAT IS THIS?
♪♪
GUYS, DO YOU COPY?
Jeremy:
Javi, what's up?
I FOUND SOMETHING.
All right.
We're heading that way.
LOOKS LIKE A COIN,
BUT IT'S REALLY THICK.
I'M HOPING IT'S SILVER
BECAUSE IT'S VERY, VERY HEAVY.
JAVI.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HEY, SHAWN,
JAVI'S GOT A SCORE.
FEEL THAT.
WHOA.
YEAH, THAT'S REALLY HEAVY.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS?
IT WAS RIGHT HERE.
[ DEBRIS CASCADES ]
WOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT'S MADE OUT OF?
DO YOU THINK
IT'S SILVER?
I MEAN, IF THIS WAS SILVER,
IT WOULD'VE OXIDIZED MORE,
TURNED BLACK.
ALSO, ITS WEIGHT.
THIS ISN'T SILVER.
THIS IS LEAD.
BOY, I TELL YA,
THAT'S DEFINITELY A CROSS.
IT'S JESUIT.
I JUST CAN'T QUITE MAKE OUT
WHAT THESE MARKS ARE HERE.
THERE'S A DATE
IN THE BACK.
THE ROMAN NUMERALS HERE?
136.
THIS ISN'T A DATE.
THIS IS PROBABLY AN INVENTORY
NUMBER OR A VOLUME NUMBER.
YOU KNOW
WHAT I THINK THIS IS?
I THINK THIS IS A BALE SEAL.
A BALE SEAL
IS A REALLY INTERESTING
PRE-COLOMBIAN ARTIFACT
AND IT'S FULL OF INFORMATION.
THE FIRST THING, IT'S SORT OF
A TAMPER-RESISTANT
ON A PACKAGE
THAT'S BEING SHIPPED,
ATTACHED TO THE OUTSIDE
OF THE CONTAINER,
SO, IF THE RECEIVER WAS
TO GET THIS PACKAGE
AND THE BALE SEAL WAS BROKEN,
THEY'D KNOW THAT SOMEBODY'S
BEEN INTO THE PACKAGE.
AND, SECONDLY,
A BALE SEAL WILL HAVE
A LOT OF SYMBOLISM AND MARKINGS.
THOSE MARKINGS GIVE YOU
GOOD INFORMATION
ABOUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM
AND WHAT NUMBER THIS MIGHT BE
IN A WHOLE ARRAY OF PACKAGES.
♪♪
LOOKING AT THE SYMBOLS
ON THIS BALE SEAL,
THE CROSS, THE ROMAN NUMERALS,
WHATEVER WAS ATTACHED TO THIS
BALE SEAL WAS FROM THE JESUITS,
AND IT WAS ONE OF MANY PACKAGES.
[ SUSPENSEFUL CHORD STRIKES ]
136.
THESE ARE BIG NUMBERS.
THIS REPRESENTS
A MASSIVE SHIPMENT.
SO, IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT 136 PACKAGES
ROLLED THROUGH HERE,
ALONG WITH THIS ONE?
YEAH, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND
THERE'S MORE TO BE FOUND.
BUT WHAT DO THESE
MARKINGS MEAN?
IT MIGHT BE
A MAJOR CLUE.
RIGHT.
IF WE CAN DECIPHER
THESE MARKINGS,
I THINK WE'LL LEARN
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE HOARD
THAT I FIRMLY BELIEVE WAS
BROUGHT UP THROUGH THIS TUNNEL.
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