Rebel Gold (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Chester Treasure - full transcript

Continuing the hunt for lost rebel gold, the group moves on to Jefferson Davis's next stop on the money train: Chester, South Carolina. Larry and Brant split up to explore two different theories of where the treasure went.

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...

TRACKING THIS TREASURE DOWN

IS JUST LIKE
PUTTING 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 FORTUNE
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR

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

DANVILLE, VIRGINIA.

ONCE THE SOUTH'S
GREAT TOBACCO CAPITAL,

THIS INDUSTRIAL TOWN
WAS THE FIRST STOP

ON JEFFERSON DAVIS'
MAD DASH SOUTH.

THE LAST
OF THE CONFEDERATES' MONEY

MADE A PIT STOP HERE IN 1865.

Man:
THERE'S A LOT OF THEORIES AS TO

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT
AND WHERE IT WENT.

Narrator:
TODAY, SEVEN OF THE BEST
TREASURE HUNTERS IN THE COUNTRY

SPREAD OUT ACROSS DANVILLE
TO CONTINUE THEIR QUEST

TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY



OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY'S
MISSING GOLD AND SILVER.

WE'RE AFTER THE BIG PRIZE...
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF SILVER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

Narrator: TWO TEAMS...

I WANT TO CHECK THAT DEPOT.

IT'S GOT TO BE THERE.

...TWO STRONG LEADERS...

SO THE SITE'S REALLY HOT
RIGHT NOW.

ALL OF THE CLUES
HAVE FINALLY COME FULL CIRCLE.

WE'RE GONNA GO TEAR THE DIRT UP
AND FIND SOMETHING.

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

PETE, I'VE BEEN DIGGING 30 YEARS

AND NEVER SEEN
NOTHING LIKE THAT.

...CHASING DOWN CLUES
THAT JUST MIGHT LEAD THEM...

HOOYAH! HOOYAH!

...TO THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

WHOO! DUDE, THAT IS AWESOME.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

Narrator: ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA,

ON WHAT WAS ONCE

ONE OF THE GREATEST TOBACCO
PLANTATIONS IN THE SOUTH,

TWO TREASURE HUNTERS
ARE CONVINCED

THEY'VE CRACKED THE CODE
TO A 150-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY.

THEY'RE ABOUT TO MAKE
THE DISCOVERY OF A LIFETIME...

39 KEGS OF CONFEDERATE SILVER
WORTH AN ESTIMATED $2 MILLION

THAT WENT MISSING AFTER
JEFFERSON DAVIS FLED DANVILLE

WITH UNION TROOPS
HOT ON HIS TRAIL.

SO, WE COME TO DANVILLE.

WE HIT THIS HAIRSTON PLANTATION.

ME AND MY TEAM,
WE HIT THE SLAVE QUARTERS.

AND BRANT'S TEAM
HIT THIS DUMP SITE.

BOTH ARE GREAT LOCATIONS
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO FIND

THIS SILVER THAT WAS
LEFT BEHIND HERE IN DANVILLE.

PLUS THERE'S RECORD THAT
THEY HAD FOUND SOME OF IT HERE.

SO THESE ARE GREAT LOCATIONS
FOR US TO LOOK.

Narrator:
LARRY CISSNA LEFT A THRIVING
RELIC-HUNTING BUSINESS IN TEXAS

TO HUNT THE REBEL TREASURE.

THIS IS HIS LAST SHOT
TO SOLVE THE AGE-OLD MYSTERY.

THERE'S A LOT OF SACRIFICES
BEING MADE

WITH OUR JOBS,
WITH OUR FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN.

WE'RE PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE
RIGHT HERE.

THERE AIN'T NO GOING BACK.

WE HAVE GOT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

Narrator: AFTER A DISAPPOINTING
SEARCH OF THE WALLS

IN A LOCAL MANSION WHERE
JEFFERSON DAVIS ONCE STAYED...

IT'S A PIPE.

DADGUM IT.

...LARRY JOINED BRANT ARNOLD
AT THE DAN RIVER PLANTATION,

ONCE HOME TO ONE OF
THE RICHEST AND MOST POWERFUL

FAMILIES OF THE CONFEDERACY.

ON THIS NEARLY 300-ACRE
PROPERTY,

LARRY FOCUSED HIS SEARCH

ON THE DILAPIDATED
200-YEAR-OLD SLAVE QUARTERS...

THE SLAVES WERE
THE GUARDIANS OF THE TREASURE.

Narrator: ...AND IMMEDIATELY
START FINDING CLUES.

OH, IT'S A SILVER COIN. OH!

THAT'S SILVER.

AND THEY COULD HAVE
PUT THIS WITH IT.

THEY WOULD'VE HAD THAT
IN SILVER.

DUDE, I THINK WE JUST FOUND IT.

Cissna: WHEN YOU HAVE
SEVERAL GUYS WORKING TOGETHER,

YOU GOT TO HAVE THAT ONE GUY
THAT KEEPS YOU PUMPED UP.

I'M THAT GUY.

WE GOT SOME TREASURE, BUDDY!

Narrator: BRANT ARNOLD,
AN ACCOMPLISHED TREASURE HUNTER,

DROVE DOWN
FROM HIS HOME IN TENNESSEE

TO BE A PART OF
THIS HISTORIC EXPEDITION.

I WANT TO BE THAT GUY
TO FIND IT.

AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING
TO GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.

Narrator:
HE'S BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE
REBEL GOLD FOR MOST OF HIS LIFE

AND HAS NEVER BEEN CLOSER
THAN RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DID THEY JUST HIT,
IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

OH! OH, OH, OH! OH, OH, OH, OH!

NO, NO, NO, NO.

BRANT'S TEAM
IS NEARING THE BOTTOM

OF A CIVIL WAR-ERA ICE PIT,

WHERE THE ESTIMATED
9,000 POUNDS OF SILVER

COULD'VE BEEN EASILY HIDDEN
BY CONFEDERATE TROOPS

AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.

AND IT IS PERIOD.

YES! IT IS PERIOD.

WHOO-HOO-HOO!

THAT IS IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE LOOKING FOR.

THIS COULD BE IT.

TODAY IS THE DAY.

THIS [BLEEP] RIGHT HERE
IS AS COOL AS IT GETS.

IT GETS YOUR ADRENALINE RUSHING.

Narrator: THE TEAM IS DIGGING UP
CIVIL WAR-ERA RELICS.

Scott: LET'S TAKE ANOTHER SCOOP.

LET'S HOPE THIS HAPPENS
RIGHT HERE.

LET'S GO.

Narrator:
THE NEXT FEW FEET WILL DETERMINE

IF THEY FOUND THE $2 MILLION
IN MISSING REBEL SILVER.

Arnold:
WE'RE AT THE 1800s STUFF.

WHEN THAT BACKHOE PULLS THE NEXT
SCOOP OUT OF THE GROUND,

THERE VERY WELL COULD BE
SEVERAL COINS COME OUT OF IT.

HOW MUCH FURTHER DOWN
YOU THINK IT GOES?

AT LEAST 3 FEET.

MAN. TRACY.

LOOK HOW BLACK.

I THINK WE NEED TO EASE DOWN AND
DIG IN THAT JUST FOR A MINUTE.

THERE'S NOTHING ELSE DOWN THERE.

THINK YOU GUYS
ARE AT THE BOTTOM.

MIKE'S TRYING TO RUN THE SHOW.

BUT THE FACT IS,
IF HE WANTS TO RUN THE SHOW,

HE NEEDS TO GET IN THE HOLE
AND DO THE WORK.

PUT ME IN THE BUCKET.

DO THAT? YEAH.

HEY, TRACY, I'M GOING WITH YOU.

YOU GUYS LOOK FUNNY
IN THAT THING.

[ LAUGHS ]

THANK YOU, SIR.

BRANT DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP.

Mesimer: THEY'VE GOTTEN OUT OF
THE DARK-COLORED DIRT

AND GETTING BACK INTO
THE RED CLAY.

SO WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT CLAY,

THAT MEANS THAT
HASN'T BEEN DISTURBED.

Narrator:
DIRT THAT HASN'T BEEN DISTURBED
CAN MEAN ONLY ONE THING.

LET'S SEE IT.

THEY'VE HIT A DEAD END.

THAT'S THE BRICK WALL.

THAT'S THE BOTTOM?

YEAH. THIS IS DEAD END.

YEAH. WE AIN'T NOTHING
BUT SOLID BRICK OVER THERE.

Scott: I JUST TOLD YOU
THAT'S THE BOTTOM,

AND YOU'RE HITTING
A BUNCH OF BRICK.

I MEAN, THAT WAS WHAT, 15
SECONDS AFTER I TOLD YOU THAT?

Narrator: NOTHING HAS EVER
BEEN BURIED BELOW THIS POINT.

IT'S A DEVASTATING BLOW
FOR THE TEAM.

Short:
THIS WAS A HELL OF A LEAD.

BUT THIS IS PRETTY MUCH
THE END OF IT.

THERE'S NO SILVER IN THIS HOLE.

Y'ALL DONE DONE ALL YOU CAN DO.

IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF THERE.

Narrator: ACROSS THE PLANTATION,
LARRY CISSNA'S TEAM

CONTINUES THEIR EXCAVATION
OF THE CRUMBLING SLAVE QUARTERS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MONEY
DUG UNDER THE SLAVE QUARTERS

FOR THE SIMPLE FACT SLAVES
AREN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE MONEY.

I JUST FEEL LIKE SOMETHING'S
FIXING TO COME OUT OF HERE

THAT'S GONNA BE AMAZING.

Narrator:
AS THEY DIG DEEPER INTO HISTORY,
THE CLUES KEEP PILING UP.

DUDE, WE GOT TO TAKE THIS OUT.
LOOK AT 'ER.

WELL, LOOK AT THAT. YEAH.

HE JUST DUG A SMOKING PIPE.

DUDE, IT'S GOT A FACE ON IT!

WHOO!

DUDE, THAT IS AWESOME!

Cissna: THESE ARE DEFINITELY
SLAVE QUARTERS.

AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING
ISN'T NECESSARILY

ALL SLAVE ITEMS
THAT THEY WOULD'VE HAD.

WE'RE FINDING STUFF LIKE...

LIKE WHITE PEOPLE
WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, USING.

Narrator:
LARRY'S FINDS ARE PROMISING.

BUT TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF THE
MISSING $2 MILLION IN SILVER,

HE AND HIS TEAM WILL NEED
HARD EVIDENCE

THAT CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
SPENT TIME

WITHIN THESE HALLOWED WALLS.

Cissna:
BUT THE ONE THING THAT'S MISSING
IS SOME MILITARY ARTIFACTS.

WE HAVE TO FIND THAT.

AND NOT JUST
ANY MILITARY ARTIFACT.

IT'S GOT TO BE CONFEDERATE.
CONFEDERATE MILITARY ARTIFACTS.

AND MAN, MY BLOOD'S
REALLY GONNA GET TO PUMPING.

SO WE GOT
A LOT OF WORK TO DO HERE.

SO, HEY,
LET'S PUT IT IN HIGH GEAR.

GET A SHOVELFUL OF DIRT...
THIS DIRT RIGHT HERE.

I WANT TO CLEAN THIS OUT, DAN.

LIKE, HERE... I'M GONNA...

OH, I JUST SAW SOMETHING ROUND.

HOLY MOLY.

I JUST FLICKED IT UP HERE.

WATCH OUT.
I'M GONNA THROW THIS UP ON TOP.

I DID. I SAW IT.

HOLD IT.

OH, YEAH. HOLY CRAP.

HOLY MOLY.

WHOO!

LOOK AT THIS CONFEDERATE BUTTON.

THAT AIN'T NO YANKEE BUTTON,
IS IT?

THAT'S A BIG BOY.

OH, YEAH.

THERE AIN'T NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT BEING CONFEDERATE.

THIS IS A HUGE PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

Narrator:
FOR A CIVIL WAR RELIC HUNTER,
A BUTTON IS A MAJOR FIND.

THEY CAN PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT CLUES

AS TO WHO WAS ON
A PARTICULAR SITE.

THEY SIGNIFY MILITARY RANK
AND, IN THIS CASE,

DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE UNION
AND CONFEDERATE ARMY.

Cissna:
WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT BUTTON,

I COULD TELL BY THE STRUCTURE
AND THE SIZE OF IT,

IT HAD TO BE CONFEDERATE.

THEIR BUTTONS WERE BUILT LARGER.

AND THE CADETS...
NAVAL CADETS OF THE CONFEDERACY

WERE WATCHING OVER THE TREASURE.

THAT'S A GREAT CLUE
THAT SOME OF THAT TREASURE

BEING BURIED HERE
UNDER THIS FLOOR.

SO WE'RE GONNA DIG LIKE
SOME CRAZY MEN IN HERE, FAST.

Narrator: AFTER STRIKING OUT
AT THE ICE HOUSE,

BRANT'S TEAM MOVES
OVER TO THE SLAVE QUARTERS,

AN AREA THAT IS BECOMING
MORE AND MORE PROMISING

WITH EVERY PASSING SECOND.

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS YELLING ABOUT?

OH, LOOKY HERE.
HEY, LISTEN HERE.

HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

COME ON IN AND SEE
WHAT THE "A" TEAM GOT.

OKAY. WHERE Y'ALL AT?

[ LAUGHS ]

HE DON'T LIKE THAT. LOOKIT.
HE DON'T LIKE THAT "A" TEAM.

LOOK AT THAT RIGHT HERE.

IT'S A VIRGINIA BUTTON.

YOU GOT GOOD EYES.

THAT'S A BIG CLUE.

SO, WHY DON'T WE ALL
JUMP IN HERE?

I AGREE TOTALLY. BUT LISTEN.

THAT LAST ROOM DOWN THERE
AIN'T GOT NO FLOOR JUICE.

WHAT I CALL FLOOR JUICE IS DUST.

AS SOON AS
I PULLED THE RAFTERS UP,

THAT'S A ZERO DOWN THERE.

SO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO,

AROUND THE SIDE
OF THIS WALL RIGHT HERE...

RIGHT.

THAT'S GOT LOTS OF FLOOR JUICE
RIGHT THERE.

Y'ALL ARE GONNA
HAVE A FIELD DAY, MAN.

YEAH.

PASS IT UP.

GOOD DRY DIRT.

GOOD DRY DIRT.
GIVE ME AN EMPTY BUCKET.

OKAY. BUCKET COMING IN.

Cissna:
IT'S LOOKING VERY PROMISING.

THEY'RE THE GUYS WHO ARE
GOING TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS NOW,

YOU KNOW, ALL SEVEN OF US,

AND A LOT OF DIRT'S
GONNA START FLYING.

BETWEEN ALL OF US NOW,

WE COME TOGETHER
AND MAYBE HIT THE BIG JACKPOT.

HERE YOU GO, MIKE.

Scott: WE DEFINITELY GOT
THE RIGHT MAN ON THE SCREEN.

EARL IS A MASTER.

WHAT WAS IT?

LOOKS TO BE SOME SORT OF BEAD.

YOU KNOW,
IF THIS IS A SLAVE QUARTERS,

THIS COULD BE AN AFRICAN BEAD
THEY BROUGHT WITH THEM.

THIS WAS A TIE TO HOME FOR THEM.

SO PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW
THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAD.

IT'S EASY TO GET DISTRACTED WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TREASURE

BECAUSE YOU COME ACROSS
A BUNCH OF RELICS.

LOOK AT THE LITTLE COLLECTION
RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE LOADING UP.

WHEN YOU START FINDING RELICS,
YOU GET THAT BUG,

AND YOU WANT TO
START DIGGING STUFF UP.

WELL, WE'RE AFTER THE BIG PRIZE.

WE'RE AFTER THE SILVER...
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF SILVER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.

HEY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT ARE YOU FINDING?

THIS IS A COMPLETE SQUARE WALL
RIGHT HERE WHERE I'M AT.

I'M DIGGING IN A SQUARE HOLE.

MAY BE A CISTERN.

INSIDE THE HOUSE, RIGHT
IN THE CENTER OF THE FLOOR?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'RE FIXING TO FIND OUT.

RIGHT HERE.

IT'S A BRICK WALL.

THERE'S NO EXCUSE IN THE WORLD

FOR A SQUARE HOLE TO BE RIGHT IN
THE CENTER OF A SLAVE QUARTERS

RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE
ON TO SOMETHING HERE.

I DON'T KNOW.

COULD BE A GOOD PLACE
TO HIDE TREASURE.

HEY, LARRY. YO.

COME HERE, MAN.

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS?

BRICK LINED. BRICK LINED.
BRICK LINED.

COMPLETELY SQUARED OFF.

WHY IN THE HELL
IS THERE A SQUARE HOLE?

LOOK. AND LOOK WHERE YOU'RE AT.

LOOK BEHIND YOU.

FIREPLACE.

HEY, YOU GOT
SOMETHING GOOD HERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, RIGHT?

THEY HAD A DOOR ON THIS.

THIS WAS A HIDING SPOT.

Narrator:
BRANT THINKS HE'S FOUND
A SECRET UNDERGROUND CELLAR.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

A TRAP DOOR COULD'VE BEEN
CUT INTO THE FLOOR,

GIVING PLANTATION RESIDENTS
A LARGE AREA

TO HIDE MONEY,
VALUABLE FAMILY HEIRLOOMS,

OR EVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF CONFEDERATE TREASURE.

I CAN JUST SEE IT.
VISUALIZE THIS.

ALL RIGHT? READY?
IT'S GOT A DOOR.

YOU KNOW, LAY THE RUG OVER IT

AND SIT THE CHAIR ON IT
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE.

YEP. YOU NEVER KNOW IT WAS HERE.

I DETECT THAT IF YOU DON'T
GET A HIT, BRANT...

I THINK YOU'D AGREE WITH THIS.

IF THAT'S DOWN THERE,
THAT DETECTOR GONNA HEAR IT.

TRACY'S METAL DETECTOR
IS SO SENSITIVE

IT CAN DETECT SILVER
UP TO 10 FEET DEEP.

A STRONG SIGNAL NOW
COULD FOREVER CHANGE HISTORY.

Arnold: I'M HOPING LIKE HELL
WE GET BELOW THEM BRICKS

AND THERE'S GONNA BE
SILVER EVERYWHERE.

GOT A LOT OF HOPES AND A LOT
OF PRAYER ON THIS TODAY.

Scott: YOU GETTING ANY HITS?
WHAT'RE YOU HEARING?

Narrator:
JUST OUTSIDE DANVILLE, VIRGINIA,

TREASURE HUNTER BRANT ARNOLD
MAY HAVE JUST DISCOVERED

THE LOCATION OF 39 KEGS
OF LOST CONFEDERATE SILVER

WORTH AN ESTIMATED $2 MILLION.

YOU GETTING ANY HITS?

IT AIN'T GOING OFF.

THERE AIN'T NO SILVER
DOWN THERE.

IT'S GONE. I MEAN,
YOU WOULD'VE DETECTED THAT.

DUDE, THE SACRIFICE
WE MADE FOR THIS,

AND WE COME... WE'RE EMPTY.

IT'S AGGRAVATING, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, WE'RE SO CLOSE,
BUT WE'RE SO FAR.

BUT WE FOUND THE HIDING SPOT.
WE KNOW THIS RUMOR WAS TRUE.

WELL, HERE IT IS.

Narrator: WHILE DISAPPOINTING,

THE TEAM IS CONFIDENT THAT
BY JUST FINDING THE HIDING SPOT,

THEY'RE CLOSER TO THE TREASURE
THAN ANYONE IN HISTORY.

Arnold: THIS IS THE LIFE
OF A TREASURE HUNTER.

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CLUE.

MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CLUE.

EVENTUALLY, YOU GOT TO HIT
A HOME RUN SOME TIME OR ANOTHER.

WE TRIED. YEAH.

CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT I'M GONNA
HAVE TO TELL MY WIFE?

SHE SAID,
"DON'T COME HOME WITHOUT IT."

CHECK DANVILLE OFF THE LIST.

WE NEED TO MOVE ON.

Narrator: AFTER LEAVING DANVILLE

WITH $20 MILLION
IN GOLD, SILVER AND BANK NOTES,

THE TREASURE TRAIN
RAN INTO A ROADBLOCK

IN CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE TRAIN LINES
SOUTH OF THE CITY

HAD BEEN DESTROYED
BY GENERAL SHERMAN.

WITH THE UNION TROOPS
JUST DAYS BEHIND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE
CONFEDERACY, JEFFERSON DAVIS,

TRANSFERRED THE TREASURE
TO HORSE-DRAWN WAGONS.

BUT REPORTS SAY THAT
DAVIS LIGHTENED THE LOAD

TO SPEED UP HIS ESCAPE.

LARRY IS SURE A PORTION
OF THE LOST CONFEDERATE TREASURE

REMAINS IN CHESTER TODAY.

Short: HEY, FELLERS.

ABOUT TIME Y'ALL GOT HERE.

SLOW JEEP.
YOU COULD'VE DONE BETTER

WITH A PAIR OF MULES AND A WAGON
BACKING IN THAT SPOT.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.
HOW YOU DOING?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD. GOOD. GLAD Y'ALL MADE IT.

Cissna:
SO WE KNOW THE TRAIN CAME INTO
HERE AND ENDED AT CHESTER.

AND THERE WAS TONS OF TREASURE
TAKEN OFF OF THAT TRAIN

AND PUT ON THE WAGONS.

THERE HAD TO BE A LOT OF WAGONS.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
OF THAT GOLD, I ALSO READ

HE SAID, "AND LIGHTENED
THE SHIP," WHICH...

WE KNOW MEANT LIGHTEN THE LOAD.

THAT'S RIGHT.

Narrator:
WHILE LARRY AND BRANT AGREE

THAT TREASURE IS STILL HIDDEN
IN AND AROUND CHESTER,

NEITHER CAN AGREE ON WHERE.

THEY SPLIT UP INTO TWO TEAMS.

I WANT TO CHECK THAT DEPOT.

I MEAN, THAT WAS
THE FIRST PLACE IT COME OFF.

IT'S GOT TO BE THERE.

I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA DO

IS CHECK WITH
A PROMINENT FAMILY HERE,

POSSIBLY A MASON,
MORE THAN LIKELY,

SOMEBODY JEFF DAVIS
WOULD'VE TRUSTED

THAT BELIEVED IN
CONTINUING THE WAR.

REMEMBER WHEN WE LEFT DANVILLE,

WE WENT TO THAT
PROMINENT FAMILY'S PLANTATION?

Y'ALL CAN GO TO THE DEPOT.

WE GOING TO
A PROMINENT FAMILY'S PLANTATION.

BUT NOW, ON THAT NOTE...
ON THAT NOTE,

Y'ALL WENT TO THAT
PROMINENT FAMILY'S PLANTATION.

THEN WE SHOWED UP THERE.

THEN WE FOUND A HOLE THERE.

Cissna:
BRANT I MET THROUGH TRACY.

DON'T REALLY KNOW HIM.

HE'S KIND OF HEADSTRONG.

AND THEN I GOT TO SIT THERE
AND TAKE THAT CRAP, YOU KNOW?

ALL RIGHT.

GRASS IS GROWING, BOYS.
LET'S GET.

STAY IN TOUCH. ALL RIGHT, MAN.

Y'ALL CALL US.

CALL US
IF YOU GET INTO SOMETHING.

Eles: WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT BRANT?

Cissna: DID YOU HEAR
HIS FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH

WHEN HE FOUND THAT FALSE FLOOR?

"LOOK WHAT I FOUND."

DUDE, I TOLD HIM WHERE TO DIG!

"LOOK WHAT I FOUND."

YOU KNOW, IN TREASURE HUNTING,
WE'RE KIND OF COMPETITIVE.

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE THE GUY
TO SAY "I," "I," "I,"

AND "ME," "ME," "ME,"
EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

YOU UNCOVER THE GOLD,

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF "I"
AND "ME" IN THAT, ISN'T THERE?

Narrator: LARRY BELIEVES THAT

JEFFERSON DAVIS WOULD'VE
FUNNELED A CHUNK OF THE TREASURE

TO A TRUSTED MEMBER
OF HIS INNER CIRCLE,

MANY OF WHOM WERE FREEMASONS.

Narrator:
SO, I MEAN, JEFF DAVIS HAD
SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH MASONS.

THEY WERE HIS CABINET MEMBERS
OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.

Narrator: JIM SMITH, MASTER
OF THE CHESTER FREEMASON LODGE,

HAS AGREED TO GIVE LARRY
AND PETE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS

INTO THIS SHADOWY
AND SECRET SOCIETY.

Cissna: WE'RE EXTREMELY LUCKY.

NOBODY ELSE HAS ACCESS TO IT.

GOOD TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU, SIR.

WELCOME IN. THANK YOU.

PETER ELES. NICE TO MEET YOU.

HOW CAN I HELP Y'ALL?

YOU KNOW,
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE TREASURE

WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS OUT OF
RICHMOND THROUGH THE CAROLINAS.

SO OUR THEORY IS
THEY WOULD'VE LEFT IT

WITH MAYBE A PROMINENT FAMILY
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A MASON.

MOST OF THE VERY PROMINENT MEN
IN THIS AREA,

IN THIS TOWN AT THAT TIME,
WOULD'VE BEEN MASONS.

Narrator: FREEMASONS LIVE
BY THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES...

BROTHERLY LOVE,
BELIEF, AND TRUTH.

IT IS EACH MEMBER'S DUTY TO ACT
OUT OF LOYALTY TO FELLOW MASONS.

BECAUSE OF THIS SACRED COVENANT,
MANY OF HISTORY'S GREATEST MEN

WERE SAID TO BE PART OF
THE SECRET BROTHERHOOD.

ALL OF OUR RECORDS
THAT HAVE SURVIVED

ARE DOWNSTAIRS IN THE VAULT.

IF YOU CARE TO
GO DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK,

SEE WHAT MIGHT BE DOWN THERE,

YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

WE'LL GO DOWN THERE,
HAVE A LOOK AT THEM.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU BEEN DOWN HERE LATELY?

NO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE ANYBODY'S COME DOWN HERE.

Narrator: LARRY AND PETE
HAVE BEEN GRANTED ACCESS

TO THE MOST SACRED AREA
OF THIS GATHERING PLACE.

THE VAULT SAFEGUARDS
THE ORGANIZATION'S

OLDEST, MOST VALUED
POSSESSIONS AND SECRETS.

CHECK THIS OUT, MAN.

THESE ARE THE RECORDS, JIM,
IN THESE BOXES?

YEAH.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR
ANY KIND OF RECORDS OF

A PROMINENT FAMILY THAT LIVED
HERE BACK DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

ALL THIS STUFF IS KIND OF WET,
ISN'T IT?

WET IN HERE. IT'S DAMP, DANK.

Narrator: ACROSS TOWN...

...BRANT AND TRACY HEAD FOR
THE CHESTER TRAIN DEPOT,

THE EXACT SPOT
WHERE THE GOLD WAS TRANSFERRED

FROM TRAIN CARS TO
WAITING WAGONS IN APRIL OF 1865.

BRANT, WHO'S BEEN STUDYING

CONFEDERATE TROOP MOVEMENT
FOR 18 YEARS,

HAS HIS DOUBTS
ABOUT LARRY'S FREEMASON THEORY.

THEY WANT TO GO IN
A MASONIC LODGE,

THAT'S ALL FINE AND DANDY.

LET THEM GO AND CHECK IT OUT.

BUT YOU HAD AS MANY OFFICERS
IN THE UNION ARMY

THAT WAS MASONS AS THERE WAS
IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.

SO, I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL IT
BEING THERE AT ALL.

BRANT'S THEORY IS SIMPLE.

WITH THE UNION ARMY
BEARING DOWN ON

WHAT WAS LEFT
OF THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE,

HE THINKS THAT THE REBELS
WOULD'VE HIDDEN THE GOLD

AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

THE QUICKEST HIDING SPOT
WOULD'VE BEEN

RIGHT UNDER THE TRAIN DEPOT.

Arnold: SOMETIMES,
THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE SOMETHING

IS THE MOST OBVIOUS PLACE.

Narrator: BRANT HAS BROKERED
A MEETING WITH ALEC OLIPHANT,

THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE DEPOT.

HE HAS GIVEN THEM
UNLIMITED ACCESS

TO THIS HISTORIC LOCATION.

THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL FREIGHT DEPOT.

AND IT WAS BUILT IN 1850.

THE LINE CAME THROUGH IN '51.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN
A METAL DETECTOR

IN NONE OF THESE FLOORS.

NO. NEVER BEEN A METAL DETECTOR.

LET'S GET OUR STUFF.

Arnold: TO GO TO A SPOT
THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED

IS AS AWESOME AS IT GETS

FOR THE SIMPLE FACT YOU KNOW
IT AIN'T BEEN MONKEYED WITH

AND YOU CAN GO INTO THERE

AND GET SOME GOOD CLUES
OUT OF THE GROUND.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST LIKE
STANDING RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S A PERIOD RAILROAD SPIKE
FROM THE CIVIL WAR

LAYING ON THE GROUND.

I MEAN, AND THIS IS
LAYING OUT HERE IN THE OPEN.

WHAT'S GONNA BE UNDER THE
BUILDING WHERE NOBODY'S BEEN,

NOBODY'S EVER TOUCHED?

WE'RE GONNA GO TEAR THE DIRT UP
AND FIND SOMETHING.

Narrator:
THE 40 X 200-FOOT TRAIN DEPOT
HAS AN EXTENSIVE CRAWL SPACE

BENEATH
THE ORIGINAL FLOORBOARDS.

IT HAS REMAINED UNTOUCHED SINCE
THE $20 MILLION IN TREASURE

WAS OFF-LOADED HERE IN 1865.

LET'S GET UNDER HERE
AND GET DIRTY.

LET'S DO IT.

TALL MAN FIRST
TO COLLECT SPIDER WEBS.

OH, YEAH.
HEY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

**

OKAY, GUYS.

LET'S GET WITH IT AND SEE WHAT
WE CAN PULL OUT OF THIS PLACE.

LET'S DO IT.

GLASS EVERYWHERE, MAN.
THIS IS DANGEROUS.

THE GROUND IS COMPLETELY COVERED
WITH BROKEN GLASS.

I'M GETTING THE GLASS OUT,
PIECES OF BRICK OUT.

EASY TO GET CUT, STABBED.

CAN'T TREASURE HUNT TOMORROW IF
WE'RE IN THE HOSPITAL TONIGHT.

CONFEDERATE GOLD, WHERE ARE YOU?

YES, YES, YES, YES.

LOOKY HERE. LOOKY HERE.

WHATCHA GETTING, BRANT?

HOOYAH! HOOYAH!

Narrator: COMING UP...

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?

LARRY AND PETE DELVE DEEP

INTO THE COVERT SOCIETY
OF THE FREEMASONS...

Cissna:
WHAT IS THIS DOING DOWN HERE

IN THIS BASEMENT'S
WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

...AND UNRAVEL
A SHOCKING SECRET FROM THE PAST.

AND IT COULD BE
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

Narrator: IN THE SMALL
SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN OF CHESTER,

BRANT ARNOLD
HAS TRACKED WHAT COULD BE

$20 MILLION
IN MISSING CONFEDERATE TREASURE

TO THIS TRAIN DEPOT.

BRANT'S THEORY IS THAT
WHEN THE GOLD WAS TRANSFERRED

FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS'
MONEY TRAIN TO WAGONS,

SOME OF IT WAS HIDDEN
UNDER THESE TRACKS.

YES, YES, YES, YES.

AND IT'S STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE HE MIGHT BE RIGHT.

LOOKY HERE. LOOKY HERE.

WHATCHA GETTING, BRANT?

THIS IS A DISPENSARY BOTTLE
THAT THEY DRUNK OUT OF.

DURING PROHIBITION,
THEY SOLD IT AS MEDICINE.

THAT BOTTLE COULD BE WORTH
800, 1,000 BUCKS.

THAT'S A PRETTY SWEET BOTTLE.

FINDING AN UNBROKEN BOTTLE
LIKE THIS 19th CENTURY BEAUTY

TELLS BRANT
THAT NO OTHER TREASURE HUNTER

HAS EVER EXCAVATED THIS SITE,

MEANING IF THE GOLD
WAS STASHED HERE IN 1865,

IT'S STILL WAITING TO BE FOUND.

IRON.

ALUMINUM.

Narrator: AFTER HOURS OF DIGGING
THROUGH NOTHING BUT RUBBLE

IN THIS DARK, DANK PIT,
THE TEAM WEARILY ADMITS DEFEAT.

WE DONE DUG MOST EVERYTHING
FROM THESE DOORS, TWO DOORS UP.

WE AIN'T COME UP WITH NOTHING
OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

Arnold:
WE AIN'T GETTING NO HITS HERE.

THAT THERE'S THE SURFACE SAND
OF THE ORIGINAL SURFACE.

THERE'S NOTHING UNDER THE
CENTER'S HEART OF THIS BUILDING.

SO IT AIN'T EVEN
WORTH OUR TIME SITTING HERE.

GET OUT OF HERE.

IT'S ON TO THE NEXT SPOT.

WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW
THE PATH OF THE WAGON TRAINS

TO WHERE THE TREASURE GUARDS WAS
AND TRY TO FIND THE CAMPS

THAT THEY CAMPED ON
WHEN THEY LEFT HERE.

LET'S CHECK OUT THESE MAPS.

BRANT IS
A CIVIL WAR HISTORY BUFF

AND A CONFEDERATE TROOP MOVEMENT
EXPERT.

RECORDS INDICATE
THAT THE TREASURE GUARDS

MAY HAVE LEFT CHESTER
WITH 1.5 TONS OF GOLD AND SILVER

IN AN 11-WAGON CARAVAN.

AT FULL SPEED,

BRANT ESTIMATES
THEY COULD'VE TRAVELED

A MAXIMUM OF 18 MILES A DAY.

WE KNOW THERE WAS
ANOTHER TRAIN DEPOT OVER HERE.

YEAH, THEY WERE HEADED TO.

THAT'S A LOT OF COVERING LAND
BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

ESPECIALLY WALKING THEM HORSES
AND PULLING WAGONS.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE AN
ARTESIAN SPRING RIGHT IN HERE,

AND THAT COULD BE
A GOOD PLACE TO CAMP.

THAT'S RIGHT.
LET'S GO GET 'ER DONE.

Narrator:
HALF A MILE ACROSS TOWN,

LARRY CISSNA AND PETE ELES

SEARCH THE ABANDONED
RECORDS VAULT

OF THE LOCAL MASONIC TEMPLE.

WHAT, ARE YOU HOLDING UP
THE FREAKING THING, MAN?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? RELAXING.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN HELPING ME.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
A CONNECTION BETWEEN

JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
ANY FELLOW MASONS IN THE AREA

THAT HE COULD'VE SAFELY
HIDDEN THE TREASURE WITH.

WHAT IS THIS THING?

DUDE, WHATEVER THIS IS,
IT'S FALLING APART.

LOOK. SEE?
IT'S BROKE RIGHT HERE.

SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU GOT TO BE
CAREFUL WITH IT, MAN.

YOU GONNA TEAR IT UP.

IT'S A PICTURE.

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?
KEEP ROLLING IT.

YEAH. THIS THING IS, LIKE,
FALLING APART.

YOU GOT TO HOLD IT WITH ONE HAND
OR SOMETHING DOWN HERE.

THIS THING IS HOLDING ON
BY A THREAD.

IT'S GEORGE WASHINGTON.

THAT SURE IS. HE WAS A MASON.

YEAH. HE WAS THE HEAD MASON,
I IMAGINE.

SHOWS THAT THE FOUNDERS OF OUR
COUNTRY ALL HAD MASONIC TIES.

Narrator: GEORGE WASHINGTON

IS ARGUABLY THE MOST NOTABLE
FREEMASON IN HISTORY.

DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE,

SECRET MEETINGS WERE REGULARLY
HELD AT MASONIC LODGES

BY MEMBERS OF THE REVOLUTION.

HE EVEN USED MASONIC SYMBOLS

TO SEND SECRET MESSAGES
DURING THE WAR.

HERE, WE HAVE A PORTRAIT
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON,

WHO WAS A MASON... I KNOW THAT.

WHAT IS THIS DOING DOWN HERE

IN THIS BASEMENT
IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

THE CONNECTION HERE,

ONE OF HIS PRIMARY GENERALS
THAT SERVED WITH HIM,

NATHANAEL GREENE,

ACTUALLY OWNED PROPERTY
IN CHESTER COUNTY.

REALLY?

Cissna: THAT GENTLEMAN,
NATHANAEL GREENE,

IS A VERY PROMINENT NAME.

AND IF IT'S IN THIS AREA...

HIS HOMESTEAD...
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO.

NATHANAEL GREENE
HAD PROPERTY HERE,

BETWEEN HERE
AND THE BROAD RIVER.

THESE TROOPS THAT LEFT HERE
DURING THE CIVIL WAR

HEADED THAT DIRECTION

AND CROSSED THE BROAD RIVER
IN A FERRY.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO
NATHANAEL GREENE'S PROPERTY,

AND WE'RE GONNA CHECK IT OUT.

THAT IS A GREAT LEAD AND COULD
BE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

Narrator: WHILE LARRY
PURSUES HIS FREEMASON THEORY,

BRANT BELIEVES THAT THE TREASURE
LIES SOMEWHERE NEAR

THE CAMPSITE OF THE CONFEDERATE
TREASURE GUARD.

YOU KNOW, TRACY,
IF THIS IS A CAMP UP HERE,

IT'S NOT DOCUMENTED.

SO THERE'S NO TELLING
WHAT COULD BE THERE.

SO WHATEVER WAS THERE
WHEN THE SOLDIERS LEFT IT

COULD STILL BE THERE.

THIS IS IT.

TO PROVE HIS THEORY,
BRANT NEEDS TO

PLACE THE TREASURE GUARD
AT THIS REMOTE SITE.

ALL IT TAKES
IS ONE CONFEDERATE RELIC

TO COME OUT
FROM AROUND THAT SPRING,

AND WE KNOW THEY WERE THERE.

Arnold:
HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT

WHAT THEM OTHER BOYS
IS DOING RIGHT NOW?

MAYBE THEY'RE HAVING SOME LUCK.

IF THEY HAVING LUCK,
WILL THEY TELL US, THOUGH?

THAT'S WHAT IT ALL
BOILS DOWN TO.

YOU THINK LARRY'S GONNA LET US
KNOW IF HE'S DIGGING GOOD?

HE'S GOT TO,
'CAUSE HE'LL JUST LAUGH.

YOU KNOW THAT LAUGH.
I'VE HEARD IT A MILLION TIMES.

OH, YEAH. REALLY?

YEAH. [ IMITATES LARRY'S LAUGH ]

Arnold: ME AND TRACY
DON'T NEED NOBODYS

TELLING US HOW TO DO THINGS
OR WHEN TO DO THINGS.

I'M NOT GONNA
FOLLOW LARRY AROUND TOWN

AND RIDE HIS COATTAILS.

I'M GONNA GO WITH MY THEORY.

WE GOT THIS HORSE BY THE REINS.
WE CAN DO IT ON OUR OWN.

Short: LET'S DO IT, FELLAS.

LET'S FIND SOMETHING GOOD.

WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW

IS I'M LOOKING FOR
EVIDENCE OF CAVALRY TROOPS.

THIS'D BEEN A GREAT PLACE
FOR THE GUARD TO STOP

AND WATER THEIR HORSES,
TAKE A REST.

WELL, I'M LIKING THIS TONE
RIGHT HERE.

Narrator: COMING UP,
WITH ONE TEAM BETTING EVERYTHING

ON THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE
GUARDS' ELUSIVE CAMPSITE...

HEAD BACK THIS WAY!

WHATCHA GOT, BRO?

...THE OTHER
DISCOVERS A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL

THAT MAY JUST POINT THEM TOWARDS
$20 MILLION IN LOST GOLD.

PETE, I'VE BEEN DIGGING 30 YEARS

AND NEVER SEEN
NOTHING LIKE THAT.

MASONRY DATES BACK
INTO THE MID-1700s.

YOU TAKE A VOW AT THE ALTAR

TO HELP ALL OTHER
BROTHER MASONS.

TO DO SOMETHING
TO BREAK THAT VOW

WOULD HAVE
SOME SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.

Cissna: BACK THEN,
IF YOU DID DO SOMETHING BAD

WITHIN THE BROTHERHOOD,
I'VE EVEN ACTUALLY READ

WHERE THEY WERE
NEVER HEARD OF AGAIN.

THAT DID HAPPEN IN NEW YORK.

IT'S REFERRED TO
AS THE MORGAN AFFAIR

WHERE A MAN,
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES,

BECAME A MASON
JUST SO THAT HE COULD DIVULGE

WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THE MASONIC MEETINGS.

AND THE BROTHERS KIDNAPPED HIM.

AND THE BEST BELIEF

IS THEY TOOK HIM INTO CANADA
ACROSS FROM NEW YORK.

HE WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

Narrator:
IN CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA,

TWO TEAMS
OF CIVIL WAR TREASURE HUNTERS

ARE SEARCHING FOR $20 MILLION
OF LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD.

NEW CLUES HAVE LED THEM DOWN
TWO DIFFERENT PATHS,

BUT BOTH MAY BE CLOSER TO THE
TREASURE THAN ANYONE IN HISTORY.

WELL, I'M LIKING
THIS TONE RIGHT HERE.

BRANT ARNOLD
IS FOLLOWING HIS THEORY

THAT THE TREASURE WAS STASHED
ALONG A WAGON TRAIL

SOUTH OF
THE CHESTER TRAIN DEPOT.

HE HAS LED FELLOW HUNTERS
TRACY SHORT AND EARL MESIMER

TO WHAT HE THINKS
IS AN OLD CONFEDERATE CAMPSITE

WHERE THE REBEL GOLD
COULD'VE BEEN HIDDEN.

SHOTGUN BRASS.

THAT'S MODERN BRASS.
IT AIN'T NOTHING PERIOD.

Narrator: UNFORTUNATELY,

ALL THEY UNEARTH ARE MODERN-DAY
SHOTGUN SHELLS AND BULLETS.

THE EVER-PRESENT SHOTGUN SHELL.

IF I'D KNOWN HOW MANY OF THEM
I WAS GONNA DIG UP,

I WOULDN'T HAVE SHOT SO MANY
OF THEM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.

TWO SHOTGUN SHELLS
AND ONE MODERN RIFLE BULLET

IS ALL I DUG.

EARL? THINK WE'RE
BEATING A DEAD HOG.

I AGREE.

TRACY, HEAD BACK THIS WAY!

WHATCHA GOT, BRO?

12th GEORGIA'S, .30-06s,
AND .22 BULLETS.

I THINK WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME,
BRO.

YEAH. I AIN'T GETTING NOTHING
UP HERE BUT SHOTGUN SHELLS.

Arnold: YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT THIS
PLACE RIGHT HERE WAS GONNA BE

A GOOD SPOT WITH THE WATER TOWER
BEING THERE.

BUT THIS TIME, IT WAS A BUST.

SO I GUESS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

GO PUT SOME SALT AND PEPPER
AND HOT SAUCE ON OUR CROW

AND GO EAT IT.

**

Narrator:
FIVE MILES TO THE WEST,

LARRY CISSNA, PETE ELES,
AND DAN YARRUSSO

HAVE TAKEN THEIR SEARCH
FOR THE MISSING REBEL GOLD

IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
DIRECTION...

A FORMER COTTON PLANTATION
20 MILES OUT OF TOWN

ONCE OWNED BY NATHANAEL GREENE,

ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT
FREEMASONS IN THE AREA.

THINK IT'S ONE OF
THE BEST PLACES,

ONE OF THE BEST LEADS
WE'VE HAD IN THIS AREA SO FAR.

SOUNDS LIKE
A REAL EXCITING PLACE

TO MAYBE FIND SOMETHING GOOD.

Narrator: THE GREENE FAMILY

WOULD'VE BEEN LOYAL TO FELLOW
MASON JEFFERSON DAVIS.

THEY COULD'VE HELPED
THE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT

IN HIS TIME OF NEED.

SO THIS IS A PERFECT SPOT.
IT'S IDEAL.

IT'S OFF THE BEATEN PATH
TO MANY PEOPLE

BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION

THAT I HAVE RIGHT HERE.

BUT THAT'S OUR LITTLE SECRET.

Eles: LOOKS LIKE
A MONSOON'S FIXING TO HIT US.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA GET SOAKED.

Cissna: THIS AIN'T
GONNA SLOW US DOWN.

THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE, PETE.

ARE YOU VAL?

YES.

PETE ELES. NICE TO MEET YOU.

PETE? YES, SIR.

Narrator:
THE 300-ACRE PROPERTY IS STILL
OWNED BY THE GREENE FAMILY.

VAL GREENE, A DIRECT DESCENDANT
OF NATHANAEL GREENE,

HAS LIVED HERE HIS ENTIRE LIFE

AND GREW UP HEARING TALES
OF THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

VAL, YOU LOOK FOR THIS GOLD?

WELL, OF COURSE I LOOKED FOR
THE GOLD. I AIN'T CRAZY.

THE WAGON TRAIN
HAULING THE GOLD SOUTH

CAMPED NEAR THE PLANTATION ON
THE NIGHT OF APRIL 13, 1865.

LARRY THINKS THIS REMOTE SECTION
OF THE PROPERTY

WOULD'VE BEEN THE IDEAL SPOT
TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD.

THIS IS ABOUT AS FAR OFF
THE BEATEN PATH AS YOU CAN GET.

Yarrusso: HEY, PETE. PETE.
HANG ON A MINUTE.

YOU SEE THAT TREE RIGHT THERE?

Eles: WHAT IS THAT?

THAT IS A WEIRD-LOOKING TREE.

DUDE, HOW IN THE HELL
DID THAT GROW LIKE THAT?

YEAH.
LET'S GET OUT AND LOOK AT THIS.

I GOT TO SEE THIS UP CLOSE.

PETE, I'VE BEEN DIGGING 30 YEARS

AND NEVER SEEN
NOTHING LIKE THAT.

[ MUMBLES ]

YOU EVER SEEN THAT? NO.

Narrator:
DAN HAS SPOTTED A MARKER TREE,

AN OLD AMERICAN INDIAN TRICK
TO MARK PATHS AND SECRET LAIRS.

THIS TECHNIQUE WAS LATER
ADOPTED BY THE SETTLERS.

HEY, VAL, BASICALLY,

FROM WHERE WE'RE AT
RIGHT HERE ON THIS MARKER,

WHICH WAY'S THE HOUSE?

THE HOUSE IS
RIGHT STRAIGHT DOWN THERE.

SO THIS IS BASICALLY
POINTING TO THE HOUSE.

YES.

THIS MYSTERIOUS TREE,
ALTERED BY MAN,

IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

LEADS LARRY TO ONE CONCLUSION...

IT MUST POINT DIRECTLY
TO MILLIONS IN REBEL GOLD.

NOW, I PUT MYSELF
BACK IN THEIR SHOES.

THEY GOT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
IN GOLD.

YOU NEED A LAND MARKER
TO BURY IT AND HIDE IT

SO YOU CAN COME BACK AND GET IT.

THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

YOU DON'T GET
NO BETTER THAN THAT.

Narrator: 20 MILES
OUTSIDE CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA,

LARRY CISSNA AND AN ELITE GROUP
OF TREASURE HUNTERS

HAVE TRACKED THE REBEL GOLD
TO THIS REMOTE PLANTATION.

NOBODY'S EVER BEEN
AROUND THESE HOUSES.

A MYSTERIOUS MARKER TREE
HAS LED THEM HERE

TO THE CRUMBLING REMAINS
OF A CIVIL WAR-ERA HOUSE

WHERE MORE THAN $20 MILLION
OF CONFEDERATE TREASURE

COULD BE HIDDEN.

IF YOU STAND BACK HERE,

YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE OUTLINE
OF THIS HOUSE RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S THAT OLD
HAND-FORGED BRICK.

OH, YEAH.

THE CHIMNEY'S RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE END OF IT.

SO THIS IS KIND OF A GOODY SPOT.

THEY SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIFE IN
THE WINTER AROUND THE CHIMNEY.

IF THIS CONFEDERATE GOLD
HAD COME THROUGH HERE,

IT'S GONNA BE WITHIN THEIR
LIVING QUARTERS, I PROMISE YOU,

'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA
KEEP THAT CLOSE TO THEM

SO NOBODY CAN TAKE IT
OR STEAL IT.

Narrator: IF DAVIS' MEN
DID USE THE MARKER TREE

TO POINT TO THE HIDING SPOT
OF THE REBEL GOLD,

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MYSTERIES
IN AMERICAN HISTORY

MIGHT FINALLY BE SOLVED.

I THINK WE START
WITH THE BACKHOE.

LET'S LOCATE THE BEAM.
AND JUST GO IN.

WHEN YOU CROSS IT
WITH THAT BACKHOE...

WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT.
WE'LL BREAK IT.

WE'LL BREAK IT.
BUT WE'LL KNOW IT.

WELL, I'LL START RIGHT THERE
AND COME RIGHT THROUGH HERE.

OKAY.
AND JUST DO A STRAIGHT LINE.

WE'LL BACK UP
AND GO TILL WE HIT IT.

YEAH.

Narrator:
AS THE FIRST TREASURE HUNTERS TO
EVER SEARCH THIS RUINED HOUSE,

LARRY IS CONFIDENT
THAT HE AND HIS TEAM

ARE ON THE VERGE
OF A MAJOR FIND.

Cissna: WHOO!

DAN-O!

READY TO GET IN THERE.

SEE THAT BRICK DOWN THERE?

LOOK.

THAT WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE
IN THAT SOIL RIGHT THERE.

NOW HE'S GETTING DOWN
TO THE RIGHT DEPTH.

NOW HE'S GETTING DOWN
TO THE GOODY.

GO CHECK THAT SOIL FOR ME.

WITH THE FOUNDATION REVEALED,

DAN LISTENS FOR THE SIGNAL
THAT INDICATES PRECIOUS METAL.

**

YOU GET ANYTHING, DAN?

NAH. WE GOT A LITTLE PIECE
OF CHINA OUT OF THERE.

THAT'S ABOUT IT.

NOTHING IN THERE?

NO.

THIS IS JUST A MESS, MAN.

DAMN IT.

Narrator: DESPITE THE
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY

TO BE THE FIRST TO SEARCH
THIS STORIED VIRGIN SITE,

LARRY AND TEAM COME UP EMPTY.

IT'S A CRUSHING BLOW.

JUST TURNED OUT TO BE
A DAMN BIG DISAPPOINTMENT.

**

I SEE A TRUCK COMING.

Eles: WHO IS IT?

TRACY.

I SEE HIS JEEP.

YEAH.
THEY A LITTLE LATE TO THE PARTY.

WHAT PARTY?

Short: HEY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IN THE WORLD
Y'ALL GOT BACK IN HERE.

I SENT A BIRD FLYING
THROUGH THE AIR WITH A GPS.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Narrator:
AFTER TWO FAILED SEARCHES

IN TWO OF CHESTER'S
MOST PROMISING LOCATIONS,

THE GROUP REASSESSES THEIR HUNT.

ALL AGREE
THAT THE CONFEDERATE GOLD

WAS NOT BURIED IN OR AROUND
CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

IT MUST'VE CONTINUED SOUTH
WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS.

I THINK WE SCRATCHED THIS AREA
PRETTY MUCH OFF THE LIST.

Yarrusso: WELL, I THINK
THE LOCATION WE OUGHT TO GO TO

IS DOWN NEAR
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

AS DAVIS FLED SOUTH WITH
UNION TROOPS IN HOT PURSUIT,

HE STOPPED IN
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

THE LAST PLACE
THE $20 MILLION IN REBEL GOLD

WAS REPORTEDLY SEEN
BEFORE HIS CAPTURE.

I'D LIKE TO
CHECK THAT PLACE OUT.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU
WHAT I READ ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW,
THEY SAID THEY FOUND GOLD

ALONG SOME OF THEM ROADS,
YOU KNOW, AND THEY...

IF THAT'S THE CASE,
THAT'S WORTH CHECKING OUT.

YEAH, AND I'VE ALSO READ

WHERE EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER BEEN
A TREASURE HUNTER

HAS BEEN THERE
AT LEAST 10 TIMES.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST
HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT

WHEN WE GET DOWN THERE.

Arnold: TYPICAL LARRY.

QUIT DISAGREEING
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

YOU CAN'T JUST
LOOK AT THE GROUND AND SAY,

"AH, HECK. THERE'S NOTHING
HERE," AND WALK OFF.

YOU'VE ACTUALLY GOT TO
TAKE YOUR TIME

AND LOOK IN SPOTS
TO SEE FOR A FACT

SOMETHING'S NOT THERE
TO CHECK IT OFF THE LIST.

HOLD ON. HOLD ON.

I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM MY BUDDY.

HE LIVES IN WASHINGTON.
HE KNOWS I'M UP HERE.

HE GOES, "GOT SOME
NEW INFORMATION FOR YOU

ABOUT THE TREASURE
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA."

I GUESS HE GOT A PICTURE.

"CHECK OUT THESE COINS.

I'LL MEET YOU AT

THE CALLAWAY PLANTATION
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA."

THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.

ACCORDING TO LEGEND IN
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA, YOU KNOW,

THAT WAS THE LAST PLACE THE GOLD
WAS SEEN AND BEING DIVIDED UP.

SO, YOU KNOW, BEHIND EVERY
LEGEND, THERE IS SOME TRUTH.

AND SO WE'VE GOT TO GO THERE.

I'M STARTING TO FEEL GOOD AGAIN.

AFTER A LONG DAY OF THIS, MAN,
THIS IS REALLY GREAT NEWS.

**

Narrator:
ON THE NEXT "REBEL GOLD,"

BRANT AND LARRY
DEVELOP TWO CONFLICTING THEORIES

AS TO THE LOCATION OF
THE LOST CONFEDERATE TREASURE...

OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO FIND
WHERE THIS TREASURE WAS STOLEN.

SOME OF IT WAS LEFT HERE
SO THE SOUTH COULD RISE AGAIN.

...TAKING THESE
ELITE TREASURE-HUNTING TEAMS

TO UNDISCOVERED CORNERS
OF THE MAP.

Arnold:
TRACKING THIS TREASURE DOWN

IS JUST LIKE
PUTTING A PUZZLE TOGETHER.

Y'ALL DON'T LET ME GO, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S GONNA GET DEEP.

Narrator: THEY TURN UP CLUES

THROUGH THE WRECKAGE
OF AMERICA'S SORDID PAST...

OLD STONE AND THE BRICK
MIXED IN WITH IT.

THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF
THE FOUNDATION RIGHT THERE.

...AS THE PRESSURE MOUNTS...

WE DID THIS IN RUSSIA.

WE CAN DO IT AT HOME.

LET ME FINISH.

Narrator: ...BIG EGOS COLLIDE...

PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THINGS THE
WAY I THINK THEY SHOULD BE DONE.

WHO IN THE HELL'S
LEADING THIS THING?

Narrator: ...AS ALL SCRAMBLE
TO FINALLY FIND...

TARGET'S RIGHT HERE.
IT'S BIG, HUGE.

MIGHT FIND SOME MONEY
IN THESE SUCKERS, MAN.

...THE LOST REBEL GOLD.