Rebel Gold (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - In Gold We Trust - full transcript

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.

...FOR AN ESTIMATED $20 MILLION
IN LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD.

IT'S ONE OF MOST COMPELLING
TREASURE STORIES

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.



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

THE REBEL ARMY'S FORTUNE
DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR

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

WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

THE FINAL STOP
OF THE CONFEDERATE MONEY TRAIN,

THE LAST PLACE MILLIONS
IN REBEL GOLD WAS SEEN.

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 WASHINGTON

TO CHASE CLUES THAT WILL
TAKE THEM TO NEW DEPTHS...

- IT'S GONNA GET DEEP.
- Y'ALL DON'T LET ME GO.

Narrator: ...TO THE SCENE OF
A 150-YEAR-OLD CRIME

THAT COULD LEAD TO THOUSANDS
OF GOLD COINS



WORTH OVER $13 MILLION.

OUR PURPOSE HERE IS TO FIND
WHERE THE HEIST TOOK PLACE

WHEN THIS TREASURE WAS STOLEN.

TWO TEAMS...
YOU KNOW, NOBODY SAID

FINDING $20 MILLION WORTH
OF GOLD WAS EASY.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.
YOU'RE GONNA WORK FOR IT.

...BOTH WITH STRONG LEADERS...

WE'VE GOT TO FIND
SOME STUFF TODAY.

TODAY IS DO-OR-DIE.

...HUNT OFF THE BEATEN PATH...
- [ BLEEP ]

...ON A HISTORIC HUNT
FOR THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

HOO-YEAH! HOO-YEAH!

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,
TWO TREASURE HUNTERS

BELIEVE THEY'RE CLOSER THAN EVER
TO FINDING CONFEDERATE TREASURE

THAT HAS BEEN LOST SINCE 1865.

BRANT ARNOLD, A PROFESSIONAL
RELIC HUNTER FROM TENNESSEE,

HAS BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THE
MYSTERY OF THE LOST REBEL GOLD

FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.

TRACKING THIS TREASURE DOWN

IS JUST LIKE PUTTING A PUZZLE
TOGETHER.

SOMETIMES A PIECE WON'T FIT.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES EVERYTHING
FITS TOGETHER

AND EVERYTHING ROLLS
JUST AS SMOOTH AS SILK.

Narrator: HE BELIEVES THE KEY
TO FINDING THE TREASURE

LIES IN TRACKING DOWN
THE CAMP SITES

OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS THAT
WERE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT IT.

I REALLY THINK
YOU HIT THEM CAMPS,

THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY
OF FINDING TREASURE

THAT THEY HAD DUMPED
A LITTLE BIT OF IT OFF.

Narrator: LARRY CISSNA,
THE OWNER OF A THRIVING

RELIC BUSINESS IN TEXAS,
HAS A DIFFERENT THEORY.

AFTER SEARCHING FOR 32 YEARS,

LARRY BELIEVES THE ONLY WAY
TO FIND THE TREASURE

IS TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL
OF THE LEADER

OF THE CONFEDERACY,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

HE COULD HAVE DROPPED IT OFF
WITH... WITH A PERSON OR TWO

ALONG THE WAY THAT... THAT
HE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH

OR HE TRUSTED,
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START

THINKING LIKE
HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.

WE'LL FIND THE GOLD.
WE'RE ON IT.

Narrator: BOTH TEAMS HAVE
ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

THE LAST PLACE THE GOLD WAS SEEN
MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO.

MAY 3, 1865...

JEFFERSON DAVIS AND HIS CABINET
ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON,

THE END OF THE LINE
FOR THE MONEY TRAIN.

DESPERATE TO OUTWIT THE UNION
ARMY THAT'S IN HOT PURSUIT,

DAVIS SPLITS UP THE TREASURE.

ONE PORTION, $450,000 WORTH
OF CONFEDERATE GOLD,

IS LEFT IN THE LOCAL BANK.

ANOTHER PORTION STAYS
WITH THE TREASURE GUARD,

TO BE PAID OUT
TO THE REMAINING TROOPS,

WHILE JEFFERSON DAVIS
AND HIS ENTOURAGE

TAKE THE REST AND FLEE SOUTH.

JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS,
BRANT ARNOLD

AND FELLOW TREASURE HUNTER
TRACY SHORT

ARE ON THEIR WAY TO A FORMER
ANTEBELLUM PLANTATION.

BRANT IS AFTER THE PORTION
OF THE GOLD

THAT WAS WITH
THE TREASURE GUARD.

HE DOESN'T BELIEVE ALL OF
THE TREASURE WAS PAID OUT,

AND THINKS SOME OF IT MAY BE
HIDDEN AT THIS SITE.

I KNOW 100 YARDS FROM HERE
WAS THE TRAIN DEPOT,

WHICH WAS THE LAST PLACE THE
GOLD WAS UNLOADED FROM TRAIN.

AND I THINK THE TREASURE GUARD
WAS RIGHT HERE

ON THE SPOT WE'RE AT.

Narrator: BY THE TIME DAVIS
ARRIVED IN WASHINGTON,

HIS 3,000 TREASURE GUARDS
HAD DWINDLED

TO JUST 150 ELITE
KENTUCKY CAVALRYMEN.

IF BRANT CAN FIND EVIDENCE
THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY CAMPED

AT THIS SITE, HE'LL KNOW
HE'S ON THE RIGHT PATH

TO FINDING THE GOLD.

Brant: WE'RE HOPING WE CAN FIND
A CLUE TO TELL US

IF THERE WAS ANY CAVALRY HERE,
WHAT CAVALRY GUYS THAT WAS HERE.

Narrator: BUT AFTER
COMING UP SHORT

IN CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA...

SHOTGUN BRASS.

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

...BRANT IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME
TO PROVE HIS THEORY.

IF WE FAIL, WE FAIL
BECAUSE I MADE A MISTAKE.

AND I'M THE ONE THAT LOOKS
LIKE AN ASS TO EVERYBODY.

Narrator: MEETING BRANT TO HUNT

FOR SIGNS
OF THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY

ARE TREASURE HUNTERS
EARL MESIMER AND MIKE SCOTT.

[ BEEPING ]
MIKE, AN EQUIPMENT SPECIALIST,

HAS DOUBTS ABOUT BRANT'S THEORY.

Mike: I'M NOT 100 PERCENT SOLD.

NO OFFENSE TO... TO TRACY,
EARL, AND BRANT,

BUT I THINK BRANT WILL JUMP
TO A CONCLUSION.

AND HE CONVINCES THE OTHER
GUYS FAIRLY EASILY

THAT HE'S RIGHT.

I'M THE VOICE OF REASON HERE.

I'M THE ONE THAT CAN
MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE

THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS
BLACK OR WHITE.

- HEY, GUYS.
- YEAH, BRO.

I HEAR THAT EXCAVATOR.

Narrator: TO FIND EVIDENCE
OF THE TREASURE GUARD,

IT'S CRITICAL
THAT EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER.

BUT AFTER WEEKS OF FAILURE,
THE TEAM IS STARTING TO IMPLODE.

SO YOU DON'T WANNA DEAL
WITH THE SCRAPER,

OR JUST GONNA TAKE
THE DIG IN THE DIRT...

WELL, I JUST TAKE THE BUCKET...

BUCKET, AND JUST SCRAPE IT
LIGHTLY?

JUST CUT IT, THAT WAY YOU
SET IT OFF TO THE SIDE.

BECAUSE THE SCRAPER...
HOW WE USUALLY DO IT IS...

'CAUSE I'VE DONE THIS, WE...

IT'S LIKE A TRENCHING, YOU KNOW?

YOU'LL SCOOP ONE
AND PILE IT OVER.

THEN YOU CAN HUNT THE PILE
AND THE HOLE.

THEN THE NEXT SCOOP GOES
IN THE HOLE,

SO YOU CAN HUNT THAT PILE
IN THE HOLE.

THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT,
WE'VE ALWAYS SCRAPED IT.

- YEAH.
- NAH, NAH, NAH. LET'S NOT...

YEAH, BUT IF YOU GO TO JUST
DIGGING WITH THE BUCKET,

YOU'RE DIGGING TOO BIG
OF A HOLE.

Narrator: MIKE, A PROFESSIONAL
TREASURE HUNTER FROM WISCONSIN,

HAS TASTED SUCCESS BEFORE,

FINDING MILLIONS IN GOLD AND
SILVER ON DIGS AROUND THE WORLD.

Mike: YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT'S
FRUSTRATING WHEN I DON'T THINK

PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS THE WAY
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE DONE.

I DON'T LIKE FOR THINGS
NOT TO GO MY WAY,

ESPECIALLY WHEN I FEEL I KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING

AS FAR AS CHASING TREASURE.

SO, FOR ME,
IT'S DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE
I'M A LEADER.

I MEAN, WE DID THIS IN RUSSIA.
WE EXCAVATED AN OLD CHURCH,

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID,
IS WE DUG...

THAT'S NOT THE WAY
WE DO IT AT HOME.

LET ME FINISH.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS WILL USUALLY
DO TRENCHES.

I MEAN, AND NOT THAT THEY'RE
ALWAYS RIGHT, BUT IT'S...

IT'S MORE SYSTEMATED
BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE

DIFFERENT SECTIONS.
- LET'S... LET'S LET HIM GET IT.

LET'S GET STARTED.

MIKE'S REAL STRONG OPINIONED

AND WANTS TO BE A LEADER,

BUT THE FACT IS, HIS EGO IS LIKE
A PIT BULL LOOKING FOR A STEAK.

Narrator: IF BRANT CAN'T PROVE
THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK SOON,

IT WILL BE EVERY MAN
FOR HIMSELF.

WHO IN THE HELL
IS LEADING THIS TEAM?

THREE MILES TO THE WEST,
LARRY CISSNA AND HIS TEAM

ARE ON THEIR WAY TO
THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION

ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF WASHINGTON
TO CHASE DOWN THEIR OWN THEORY.

CISSNA BELIEVES JEFFERSON DAVIS
ENTRUSTED A PORTION

OF THE TREASURE TO WEALTHY
SUPPORTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.

WE'RE ON A HUNCH THAT SOME OF IT
WAS PROBABLY LEFT HERE

SO THE SOUTH WOULD RISE AGAIN,
SO TO SPEAK.

Narrator: COINS THAT TRACE BACK
TO THE MISSING TREASURE

WERE RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEAR
THE HISTORIC CALLOWAY PLANTATION

BY A PAIR OF
LOCAL TREASURE HUNTERS.

BECAUSE OF THESE EXCITING
NEW FINDS,

LARRY HAS SECURED THE RIGHT
TO SEARCH THE PROPERTY.

HE COULD HAVE STASHED
SOME GOLD HERE.

HE REALLY COULD HAVE.

Narrator: THE CALLOWAY
PLANTATION WAS RECENTLY

PURCHASED BY JEFF
AND STEPHANIE MACCHIA.

THEY'RE AWARE OF THE LEGEND
OF THE MISSING REBEL GOLD,

BUT HAD NO IDEA THAT SOME OF
THE TREASURE COULD ACTUALLY BE

BURIED ON THEIR PROPERTY.

POINTS OF INTEREST, OKAY?
UH, SLAVE QUARTERS?

- MM-HMM.
- OKAY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE FALSE
FLOORS, OF COURSE.

AND MAYBE A PRIVY,
UH, THE... THE TRASH PIT.

WELL, WE KNOW WHERE A COUPLE
SLAVE HOUSES WERE.

WHICH I'LL TAKE YOU AND SHOW YOU
IF YOU WANT TO SEE 'EM.

Narrator:
THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION

ORIGINALLY SPANNED 1,152 ACRES.

BUT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS,

MOST OF THE HISTORIC STRUCTURES
HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN.

LITTLE REMAINS
BEYOND THE MAIN HOUSE.

MAN, THAT OLD ORIGINAL WOOD.

YOU SEE THEM BIG OL' NAILS
STICKING UP? LOOK AT 'EM.

THAT'S JUST LOOKING FOR A FOOT.

BASED ON HIS PAST CIVIL WAR
FINDINGS,

LARRY THINKS THEIR BEST BET

IS TO LOCATE
THE OLD SLAVE QUARTERS.

PULL. DON'T PULL MY ASS DOWN.

PULL!

BUT IN THE DENSE, OVERGROWN
WOODS, IT'S A DAUNTING TASK.

HEY.

AH, THERE WE GO.

[ LAUGHS ]

THAT'S AN OLD BRICK RIGHT THERE.

- YOU FOUND THAT RIGHT THERE?
- YEAH.

OOH!

OLD STONE WITH BRICK LINKED
IN WITH IT,

BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY PART OF
THE FOUNDATION RIGHT THERE.

Narrator: TO PROVE THIS IS
THE ORIGINAL SLAVE QUARTERS,

THEY HAVE TO DIG DOWN BELOW
THE FOUNDATION

TO UNEARTH EVIDENCE THAT
THE GOLD COULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

- SO, WHAT'S YOUR GAME PLAN?
- ME AND PETE, WE'LL...

WE'LL COME BACK HERE
WITH A BACKHOE, OKAY?

WE'LL TAKE A SCRAPE HERE.

YOU'RE GONNA TAKE
THE G.P.R., RIGHT?

I'LL TAKE THE G.P.R.
MAYBE RUN THE DETECTOR,

TRY TO GET SOME IRON READINGS,
OKAY?

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

WE HAVE A SHOT AT FINDING
SOME OF THIS GOLD POSSIBLY.

I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE
ANY ROCK UNTURNED.

WE'RE GONNA LOOK
A FEW PLACES HERE

AND SEE WHAT WE CAN TURN UP.

Narrator: JUST 3 MILES AWAY...

BRANT AND HIS TEAM
ARE LOOKING FOR HARD EVIDENCE

THAT THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY,

THE PROTECTORS OF A PORTION
OF THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE,

ONCE CAMPED ON THIS
ANTEBELLUM PLANTATION.

BRANT'S THEORY IS THAT THE
TREASURE GUARD MAY HAVE HIDDEN

THE GOLD NEARBY.

JUST 3 TO 5 INCHES, NELSON.

Narrator: THEY'VE BROUGHT IN
AN EXCAVATOR TO SCRAPE AWAY

THE TOP LAYER OF DIRT
AND REMOVE ANY MODERN-DAY TRASH

THAT COULD GIVE THEIR DETECTORS
FALSE POSITIVES.

- BOY, HE'S GOOD WITH THAT THING.
- YES, HE IS.

HE COULD FILLET A FISH
WITH THAT.

[ LAUGHS ]

LET ME GET THIS HUNTED OUT.
[ BEEPING ]

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SOLID SIGNAL.

WHAT IS IT?

DOOR HINGE?

A STRAP HINGE,

PROBABLY OFF ONE OF THE DOORS
OFF THE SLAVE QUARTERS.

NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

BRASS RING.

YOU GOT A BRASS RING?

BRASS CIRCLE,
LET ME CLARIFY MYSELF.

- IS IT A GROMMET?
- YEAH, IT'S A GROMMET.

BRASS GROMMETS WENT ON TARPS
AND WENT ON TENTS

JUST TO TIE A ROPE THROUGH.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

Narrator: THIS FIND SUPPORTS
BRANT'S THEORY

THAT THE TREASURE GUARDS
MAY HAVE CAMPED

ON THIS VERY SPOT AS
THE CIVIL WAR CAME TO AN END.

IT'S A BIG PLUS WITH A NEW CLUE.

IF THEY CAN DETERMINE THAT
THE TROOPS THAT SLEPT HERE WERE

IN FACT
FROM THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY,

THEY MAY BE ONE STEP CLOSER

TO FINDING THE LOCATION
OF THE GOLD.

COMING UP, BRANT AND TEAM MAKE
AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY...

YOU CAN BET YOU BUTT IF YOU GO
FIND THEM LUBE GROOVE ENFIELDS,

YOU'RE IN A TENNESSEE CAVALRY
SPOT.

A CLUE THAT COULD FOREVER
CHANGE HISTORY.

MEANWHILE, GROUND-PENETRATING
RADAR REVEALS A HIDDEN CAVERN

BENEATH THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME DOWN MORE.

Narrator: BUT TO EXPLORE IT,

LARRY IS FORCED TO RISK
BEING BURIED ALIVE.

- IT'S SOFT, BRO.
- IS IT?

THAT'S, LIKE, IT COULD
COLLAPSE ON ME.

**

Narrator:
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

ON THE GROUNDS
OF AN ANTEBELLUM PLANTATION,

BRANT ARNOLD AND HIS TEAM
ARE SEARCHING FOR CLUES

THAT COULD LEAD THEM
TO THE LOST REBEL GOLD.

YEAH, JUST PUT IT RIGHT
IN THAT HOLE NEXT TO IT.

THE TEAM HAS ALREADY FOUND
EVIDENCE OF A CONFEDERATE CAMP.

NOW THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CIVIL
WAR RELICS THAT WILL PROVE

IT WAS USED BY
THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY,

THE GUARDS WHO PROTECTED
THE TREASURE BEFORE IT VANISHED.

COME BACK IN.

IF THEY FIND
WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR,

IT COULD LEAD TO
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

IN LOST CONFEDERATE TREASURE.

WE GOT A BULLET!

EARL, YOU WANNA
COME CHECK IT OUT?

YEAH.

EARL'S A BULLET EXPERT.
SO, HERE YOU GO, BUD.

KIND OF LOOKS LIKE
WHAT THEY CALL A ENFIELD.

IT'S A LITTLE SHORTER
THAN AN REGULAR ENFIELD.

ALL RIGHT.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
SOLDIERS MELTED LEAD

AND POURED IT INTO
CAST IRON MOLDS

TO MAKE THEIR OWN BULLETS
IN THE FIELD.

WITH OVER 1,000 UNIQUE DESIGNS,
COLLECTORS HAVE BEEN ABLE

TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC REGIMENTS

BY THE PATTERNS
THEY FIND IN THE LEAD.

EVERY PIECE TELLS A STORY OF
WHAT TYPE OF SOLDIER WAS THERE

AND WHICH BRIGADES WERE CAMPED
IN SUCH AND SUCH A PLACE.

YOU KNOW, BATTLEFIELD
THEY FOUGHT ON.

MIKE HAS PULLED A RABBIT OUT
OF HIS HAT AND...

AND GOT US ON A GOOD CLUE.

Narrator:
THIS LUBE GROOVE ENFIELD BULLET

WASN'T USED BY
THE KENTUCKY CAVALRY.

IT WAS USED BY TROOPS FROM
BRANT'S HOME STATE, TENNESSEE.

IT'S DEFINITELY
TENNESSEE CAVALRY.

YOU'RE PRETTY SURE OF THAT, EH?

I'M 100 PERCENT POSITIVE
OF THAT.

THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES
THAT HAD THEM, THOUGH.

WELL, THE TENNESSEE GUYS ARE.

YOU CAN BET YOUR BUTT IF YOU GO
FINDING LUBE GROOVE ENFIELDS,

YOU'RE IN A TENNESSEE CAVALRY
SPOT.

EARL, YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I MEAN, I... I'VE BEEN DIGGING
CIVIL WAR RELICS

THAT SELL FOR 32 YEARS, AND IT'S
THE FIRST ONE I'VE EVER SEEN.

Narrator: ACCORDING TO BRANT'S
EXTENSIVE RESEARCH,

THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY WAS NEVER
IN WASHINGTON.

JEFFERSON DAVIS RELEASED THEM
OF DUTY IN ABBEVILLE, GEORGIA,

30 MILES TO THE NORTH.

IT'S A FUNNY THING THAT THEY
WAS IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

SAME PLACE THAT THE GOLD
WAS STOLE FROM.

IT COULD GIVE US
A WHOLE NEW APPROACH

TO FINDING THIS TREASURE.

ON MAY 24, 1865,

A PORTION
OF THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE

THAT JEFFERSON DAVIS LEFT
IN A WASHINGTON BANK

WAS CONFISCATED BY UNION TROOPS

AND SENT NORTH TO RICHMOND
ALONG A SECRET ROUTE.

BUT IT NEVER ARRIVED.

ACCORDING TO RECORDS,
THE UNION ESCORT STOPPED

TO CAMP AT
THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION.

THAT NIGHT, THEY WERE ROBBED.

NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS

WORTH OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS
VANISHED.

TODAY, IT WOULD BE WORTH
OVER $13 MILLION.

NO ONE KNOWS WHO COMMITTED
THE ROBBERY,

AND ONLY A PORTION
OF THE TREASURE

HAS EVER BEEN RECOVERED.

BUT BRANDT IS CONVINCED
THAT THE DISCOVERY

OF THE LUBE GROOVE BULLET
IS A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE TENNESSEE
CAVALRY UNIT TOOK THIS TREASURE.

BRANDT NOW BELIEVES THIS
LOCATION WAS USED AS A CAMP SITE

BY THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY,
POSSIBLY BEFORE ROBBING

THE UNION SOLDIERS
AT THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION.

IF BRANT CAN FIND EVIDENCE
OF THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY

AT THE SITE OF THE ROBBERY,

HE'LL HAVE SOLVED
A 150-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY.

I'M HOPING TO GO TOWARDS
THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION

TO FIND THE EXACT SPOT
THE TREASURE WAS STOLEN FROM

AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND
WHAT TROOPS ACTUALLY WAS THERE

THAT TOOK THE GOLD.

Narrator: THREE MILES NORTHWEST,
LARRY CHASES HIS OWN THEORY.

HIS BET... JEFFERSON DAVIS LEFT
A PORTION OF THE TREASURE

WITH FRIENDS OF THE CONFEDERACY

AT THE ONCE-GREAT
CALLOWAY PLANTATION.

HE'S DISCOVERED THE FOUNDATION
OF THE OLD SLAVE QUARTERS,

A SPOT HE KNOWS FROM EXPERIENCE

WAS OFTEN USED
TO HIDE VALUABLES.

HE'S CALLED IN AN EXCAVATOR
TO DIG FOR CLUES,

OR EVEN THE TREASURE ITSELF.

WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS...
SEE WHAT YOU JUST DID?

WE'RE GONNA DO THAT ALL THE WAY
ACROSS ABOUT 4 FEET.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATION ]

[ CLATTER ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

A BOTTLE?
I SEE IT, THE WHOLE BOTTLE,

RIGHT HERE.
I SEE IT STICKING OUT.

OH, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH
OF THEM IN HERE.

Narrator: THE EXCAVATOR HAS
HARDLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE,

AND IT'S ALREADY REVEALED
A TREASURE TROVE

OF CIVIL WAR-ERA BOTTLES.

SO BASICALLY WHAT THESE... WHAT
THESE BOTTLES ARE TELLING ME,

WE MAY HAVE A SHOT AT FINDING
SOME OF THE GOLD.

Narrator: THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS

IN THE TREASURE HUNTING
BUSINESS,

LARRY HAS HEARD SEVERAL STORIES
OF CIVIL WAR GOLD AND COINS

FOUND IN GLASS BOTTLES AND JARS.

WE MIGHT FIND SOME MONEY
IN THESE SUCKERS, MAN.

MIGHT BE SOME COINAGE IN 'EM.
YOU NEVER KNOW.

BURIED MONEY.

- THERE'S ONE RIGHT THERE.
- WHERE?

- A WHOLE ONE.
- YEAH, THAT'S A BIG JAR.

A BIG OL' JAR.

A LITTLE DIFFERENT, AIN'T IT?
- MM-HMM.

THAT'S OLD!

IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE
SOMETHING'S IN IT.

WILL IT BE MONEY IN IT? NO.

THERE AIN'T NOTHING IN THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TREASURE.

YOU KNOW, BOTTLES ARE NICE,
BUT WE WANT SOME LOOT.

Narrator: THE BOTTLES ARE FROM
THE RIGHT PERIOD,

BUT NONE ARE FILLED
WITH ANYTHING OF VALUE.

ONE THING MISSING HERE,
HONESTLY...

IS ALL THE RIGHT STUFF.

ABOUT ALL WE'RE GONNA GET.

I GUESS WHAT WE'LL DO
IS GET UP HERE AND SEE

WHAT DAN'S DOING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

HE'S USING THAT G.P.R.,
THE GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR.

MAYBE HE'LL FIND SOMETHING
OVER THERE.

HE'LL GET SOMETHING.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO UP THERE.
- LET'S GO.

Narrator:
BACK AT THE MAIN HOUSE,

DAN USES THE LATEST
IN TECHNOLOGY

TO LOOK DEEP INTO
THE PLANTATION GROUNDS.

MY JOB IN THIS SITE IS GONNA BE
TAKE THAT G.P.R. UNIT,

THE GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR,
SCAN THAT BACKYARD OF THE HOUSE.

Narrator:
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR,

OR G.P.R., BLASTS RADIO WAVES

HUNDREDS OF FEET
BELOW THE SURFACE

AND MEASURES HOW THE SIGNAL
BOUNCES BACK.

UNDISTURBED EARTH RETURNS
A UNIFORM SIGNAL.

ANY ANOMALIES IN THE SOIL,
AND THE RADIO WAVES

BOUNCE IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.

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

ANY AREAS OF DISTURBED GROUND
THAT COULD BE BIG ENOUGH

TO HOLD BURIED TREASURE.

Dan: I'M STARTING TO PICK IT UP
ON THE EDGE HERE.

THERE'S DEFINITELY DISTURBANCE.

Narrator: WHILE SCANNING
THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY,

DAN GETS A MASSIVE HIT.

THAT'S DEFINITELY AN AREA
WE WANT TO CHECK OUT.

HE DETECTS A DISTURBANCE THAT
GOES DOWN 20 OR MORE FEET,

MORE THAN DEEP ENOUGH TO HIDE
A LARGE QUANTITY OF GOLD.

GOTTA GO DOWN ABOUT
5 INCHES OR SO,

AND WE'LL HAVE A LOOK AT IT.

LOOK AT THAT FALL DOWN THERE.
YOU SEE THAT?

- YEAH.
- IT JUST FELL.

DUDE, THE WHOLE GROUND
JUST CAVED IN.

DAMN! THERE'S SOMETHING
DOWN THERE, PETE.

WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING TILL
WE GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

LET'S SEE WHAT IT IS.

- BIG OL' HOLE BACK THERE.
- YOU SEE IT?

- YEAH.
- YEAH, I SEE.

OH, CRAP. LOOK AT THAT.
IT GOES...

THAT'S A TUNNEL BACK IN THERE,
BROTHER.

THERE'S BOTTLES DOWN THERE
AND PIPES, ALL SORTS OF CRAP.

Narrator: TO EXCAVATE THE SITE,

THEY'LL HAVE TO USE
EXTREME CAUTION.

WITH A CAVERNOUS SPACE BELOW,

THE WEAKENED TOPSOIL IS HIGHLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO CAVE-INS.

Larry: ALL RIGHT,
LET ME DOWN MORE.

OKAY. Narrator: ONE WRONG STEP

COULD SEND LARRY
PLUMMETING 20 FEET,

TRIGGERING HUNDREDS OF POUNDS
OF DIRT TO CAVE IN ON HIM.

- IT'S SOFT, BRO.
- IS IT?

THAT'S LIKE IT COULD COLLAPSE
ON ME.

COMING UP,
LARRY TAKES HIS CHANCES,

HEADING FACE FIRST INTO
AN UNSTABLE PIT

THAT COULD BE LOADED WITH GOLD.

IT'S GONNA GET DEEP.

MEANWHILE, BRANT AND HIS TEAM
HUNT FOR CLUES

OF A 150-YEAR-OLD
CIVIL WAR ROBBERY.

LET'S PULL OUR MACHINES OUT
AND HUNT THIS ROAD LINE

AND EVERYTHING BECAUSE THEY
MIGHT HAVE LEFT SOMETHING.

Narrator: IF THEY CAN FIND OUT
WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME,

THEY'LL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE GOLD.

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

**

Narrator:
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA...

OH, CRAP. LOOK AT THAT.
IT GOES...

THAT'S A TUNNEL BACK IN THERE.

...LARRY CISSNA AND HIS TEAM
HAVE UNCOVERED A DEEP PIT

HE BELIEVES COULD BE HIDING
MILLIONS IN LOST

CONFEDERATE GOLD AND SILVER.

LARRY'S ABOUT TO FIND OUT
HOW FAR DOWN

THIS MYSTERIOUS CAVERN GOES.

Larry: ALL RIGHT.
LET ME DOWN MORE.

Y'ALL DON'T LET ME GO, OKAY?
- ALL RIGHT.

NOW, DON'T GO FALLIN' 20 FOOT
DOWN SOME DAMN SHAFT

'CAUSE I'VE SEEN 'EM LIKE THAT.

Narrator: THIS HOLE COULD
DESCEND MORE THAN TWO STORIES.

AND BECAUSE THE GROUND
HAS BEEN DISTURBED,

IT'S LOOSE AND UNSTABLE.

ANY WRONG MOVE,
AND THE WALLS COULD GIVE WAY.

-[ GRUNTS ]

- IT'S SOFT, BRO.
- IS IT?

THAT'S LIKE IT COULD
COLLAPSE ON ME.

Narrator: IF THE GROUND GIVES
WAY, HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF DIRT

COULD CAVE IN ON HIM.

BUT THERE'S A CHANCE
THAT THIS HOLE HOLDS

THE MISSING REBEL GOLD.

PROBABLY STILL KEEPS GOING.

HEADS UP!

A PIECE OF BRICK. HOW'S THAT?

BUT JUST 6 FEET DOWN...

Larry: I'M ABOUT POSITIVE
THAT THIS IS THE WALL.

Narrator: LARRY HITS A DEAD END.

DAMN!

THINK YOU HITTING
THE BOTTOM ALREADY?

I DO. I DON'T THINK
IT'S GOING DOWN

ANY FURTHER,
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

150 YEARS AGO, THIS PIT WAS
LIKELY USED AS AN OUTHOUSE,

AN EXCELLENT HIDING SPOT
FOR VALUABLES.

BUT IF ANY TREASURE WAS HIDDEN
HERE, IT'S LONG GONE.

[ SPITS ] ALL I GOT
OUT OF THIS WAS

A MOUTHFUL OF PETRIFIED [BLEEP].

Narrator: THOUGH THE PIT
IS EMPTY,

LARRY'S NOT READY TO GIVE UP

ON THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION
JUST YET.

NOW, ARE WE MISSING ANYTHING?

I MEAN, CAN YOU THINK
OF ANYTHING ELSE

THAT WE'RE MISSING
OR THAT WE CAN LOOK AT?

THERE IS A LITTLE OL' PLACE
ON THE...

ACROSS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ROAD, THERE'S A LITTLE OL' HOUSE

OVER THERE.

YOU EVER POKED AROUND
IN IT ENOUGH TO SEE

IF THERE'S ANY SQUARE NAILS...

I'VE FOUND A SQUARE NAIL
OR TWO OVER THERE.

REALLY?

THERE YOU GO. GOLD.

WELL, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?

Narrator: AN OLD, DILAPIDATED
HOUSE MAY BE LARRY'S LAST CHANCE

TO FIND THE REBEL GOLD.

I DON'T WANT BRANT, TRACY,
AND EARL'S NAME ON THAT BOOK

THEY FOUND THE GOLD,
I WANT OUR NAME ON THERE.

IT WILL... WILL BE...
AT ALL COSTS.

...BEFORE IT'S OVER,
I PROMISE YOU IT WILL BE.

WE'LL BE THE ONES TO FIND IT.
- MY THEORY'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT
IT'S STILL OUT THERE.

SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON
AND WE'LL FIND IT.

Narrator: 13 MILES NORTHEAST...

BRANT ARNOLD AND HIS FELLOW
TREASURE HUNTERS

TRACY SHORT AND EARL MESIMER
ARE INVESTIGATING

A CRIME THAT HAPPENED
OVER 150 YEARS AGO...

THE THEFT OF NEARLY
A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS

IN CONFEDERATE GOLD, NOW WORTH
AS MUCH AS $13 MILLION.

NOW WE KNOW OUR PURPOSE HERE
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

IS TO FIND WHERE THE HEIST
TOOK PLACE,

WHERE THIS TREASURE WAS STOLEN.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND
THIS BUSHWACKERS CAMP.

BUSHWACKERS WAS UP HERE.

LET'S PULL OUR MACHINES OUT
AND HUNT THIS ROAD LINE.

THEY MIGHT HAVE LOST SOMETHING.

Narrator: THE THIEVES
BEHIND THE ROBBERY

HAVE NEVER BEEN IDENTIFIED,

BUT BRANT HAS A HUNCH IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A GROUP OF MEN

FROM HIS HOMETOWN,
THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY,

LED BY
CAPTAIN JAMES WILLIAM IRWIN.

THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY
WAS OFFICIALLY DISMISSED

IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
BUT BRANT HAS FOUND EVIDENCE

THAT THEY WERE INEXPLICABLY HERE
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

COULD THEY HAVE STOLEN BACK
THE CONFEDERATE GOLD

IN A DARING MIDNIGHT RAID?

Brant: IT WAS A REAL MESSY
ROBBERY,

DUE TO THE FACT KEGS BEING
BUSTED OPEN

AND SADDLEBAGS BUSTING OPEN
AND GOLD FLYING EVERYWHERE.

IN THE HAVOC OF THE ROBBERY,
THERE COULD HAVE BEEN

A LOT OF THINGS DROPPED.

Narrator: TO FIND OUT
ONCE AND FOR ALL,

BRANT AND HIS TEAM ARE AT THE
REPORTED SCENE OF THE CRIME,

THE HISTORIC
CHENNAULT PLANTATION.

[ HORSES WHINNY ]

THE TREASURE HUNTERS SPLIT UP
TO SWEEP THE SURROUNDING LAND,

LOOKING FOR ANY EVIDENCE
THAT CAN HELP THEM IDENTIFY

THE MARAUDERS, OR EVEN
TRACK DOWN ANY GOLD

THEY MAY HAVE LEFT BEHIND.

THEM GUYS THAT LEFT,
TRYING TO GET HOME FAST,

YOU'RE GONNA LOSE A LITTLE BIT
OF COINS.

AND SOME OF THEM PROBABLY
THOUGHT IN THEIR MIND,

"WELL, SOMEDAY
I'LL COME BACK HERE."

HOW MANY PEOPLE EITHER DIDN'T
EVEN MAKE A RETURN TRIP BACK,

GOT HOME AND GOT SICK AND DIED?

HOW MANY GUYS FORGOT WHICH TREE
THEY BURIED STUFF UNDER?

Narrator: IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN OLD WAGON ROAD,

BRANT'S MACHINE
GETS A PROMISING HIT.

[ BEEPING ]
YOUR TARGET'S RIGHT HERE.

IT'S BIG, HUGE.

[BLEEP], I DON'T GIVE UP.

BOYS, I GOT A BUCKET.

HOW OLD IS THAT BUCKET?

I DON'T KNOW.

[ BREATHES RAGGEDLY ]

GLASS!

THERE'S GLASS IN IT?

LET ME SEE THE GLASS.

- IT'S GOT A GOOD COLOR TO IT.
- THAT'S A SIGN.

IT'S THE RIGHT COLOR,
AND IT COULD VERY WELL BE

GLASS FROM 1860.

Narrator: THE PRESENCE
OF CIVIL WAR-ERA RELICS

ON A LONG LOST WAGON ROAD
ARE A GOOD SIGN.

THE TRAIL COULD LEAD THEM TO
THE SITE OF THE FABLED ROBBERY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE STICK WITH THIS ROAD BED

'CAUSE WE KNOW FOR A FACT THE
TREASURE COME DOWN THE ROAD BED.

Narrator: BUT BEFORE THEY CAN
INVESTIGATE ANY FURTHER,

SOMETHING ELSE IN THE ROAD
STOPS THEM IN THEIR TRACKS.

HOLD UP, EARL.
THAT'S A RATTLESNAKE, BOYS.

OH, HELL NO.

THIS BAD BOY WILL [BLEEP] YOU UP
IN A HEARTBEAT.

HE'S COILING UP!

WATCH OUT!

THAT MAKES ME UNEASY AS HELL
ABOUT BEING IN THIS GROWED UP

STUFF IN HERE, BECAUSE AS FAR
AS WE ARE FROM THE VEHICLES,

IT'D HAVE BEEN HELL
GETTING A MAN OUT OF HERE.

LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

Narrator: DESPITE THE FACT
THAT SNAKES ARE EVERYWHERE

IN THESE WOODS,
BRANT IS ON A MISSION

TO PROVE THAT
THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY STOLE

$13 MILLION
WORTH OF CONFEDERATE GOLD

AND FIND IT ON THIS
CIVIL WAR-ERA PLANTATION.

13 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST
ON THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION,

LARRY AND HIS TEAM STILL HOPE
TO PROVE LARRY'S THEORY

THAT DAVIS STASHED THE LAST
OF THE CONFEDERATE GOLD

HERE ON HIS WAY SOUTH.

THIS IS A GOOD PLACE
TO HIDE SOME VALUABLES.

IT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE WAY,
ISN'T IT?

- UP ON A HILL, TOO.
- YEAH.

Narrator: AFTER COMING UP EMPTY
ON THE OUTHOUSE DIG,

THEY HAVE ONE LAST LOCATION
TO SEARCH...

A CABIN FROM THE 1850s.

THEY COULD HAVE USED THIS
FOR SLAVE QUARTERS.

IN THE TEAM'S EXPERIENCE,
OLD CABINS LIKE THESE

USUALLY HAD FALSE FLOORS
WHERE VALUABLES WERE HIDDEN

BACK IN THE DAY.

EVERY TIME WE OPEN UP
SOMETHING LIKE THIS,

IT'S LIKE OPENING UP
A LITTLE TREASURE CHEST.

SO WE'LL SEE
WHAT THIS ONE HOLDS.

HOWEVER, EXCAVATING THIS SITE
WON'T BE EASY.

WE GOT OUR WORK CUT OUT
FOR US HERE.

THOUGH IT'S BEEN STANDING
150 YEARS,

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE
IT'LL STAND MUCH LONGER.

LOOK HOW CROOKED THIS THING IS!

LEANING HERE. LEANING THERE.
LEANING THERE. THAT'S NUTS.

THAT ROOF COMES DOWN ON US,
WE'RE DONE.

MAKES YOU WONDER
IF YOU'RE GONNA PULL

THE WRONG TOOTHPICK OUT,
DON'T IT?

MM-HMM.

WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THIS
CRAP OUT OF THE WAY.

[ BLEEP ]

DAMN!

DID THAT BOARD REALLY FALL
ON YOUR HEAD?

HELL YEAH.

IT DIDN'T FALL ON MY HEAD.
IT FELL ON MY SHOULDER.

IF IT FELL ON MY HEAD, YOU'D BE
DOING THIS BY YOURSELF.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

Narrator: DESPITE THE DANGER,

LARRY AND PETE START
RIPPING UP THE FLOORBOARDS,

DETERMINED TO FIND OUT

IF THERE'S A HIDDEN
COMPARTMENT UNDERNEATH.

UGH, I'M TRYING
TO GET IT UP UNDER.

HOLD IT UP RIGHT THERE
FOR A MINUTE. THERE YOU GO.

IT'S GOT 13 POUNDS
OF DIRT ON IT.

[ GRUNTING ]

YOU KNOW, NOBODY SAID FINDING
$20 MILLION

WORTH OF GOLD WAS EASY.

IT'S NOT GONNA BE EASY.

YOU'RE GONNA WORK FOR IT.

AH!

COMING UP, COMPETITION HEATS UP

AS THE TWO TEAMS RACE TO FIND
THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE.

- YOU KNOW WHAT RUNNER-UP IS?
- YEAH.

- IT'S THE FIRST LOSER.
- YEAH.

I'M NOT GONNA LOSE TO BRANT!

WITH PRESSURE MOUNTING,
LARRY PUTS HIS ENTIRE TEAM

AT RISK IN A CABIN
ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE.

WE'LL BE FINDING SOMETHING,
ALL RIGHT?

I JUST HIT SOMETHING HARD, BOYS.

IT MIGHT BE
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND AS THE TEAM LOSES CONFIDENCE
IN HIS LEADERSHIP,

BRANT FACES A MUTINY.

BRANT'S RESEARCH IS WRONG,
AND, UH, I'M THINKING

PRETTY HARD ABOUT JUMPING SHIP.

**

MAKE SURE THAT'S FACE DOWN NOW.

THAT'S GOT NAILS STICKING UP.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

I AM. I DON'T WANT US
STEPPING ON IT.

DON'T BE GOING OVER
NEAR THAT PILE.

THIS IS WHERE YOU WATCH FOR
COPPERHEADS AROUND HERE, BUBBA.

YEP.

THERE HE IS! LOOK AT HIM
SQUIRRELLING AROUND HERE.

THAT'S A SALAMANDER OR A LIZARD.
THERE HE GOES.

LOOK AT HIM.
LOOK AT HIM SQUIRRELLING AROUND.

LOOK AT THAT LITTLE GUY
RIGHT THERE.

COME ON. GIVE HIM TO ME.
I'M GONNA GET HIM OUT OF HERE.

AH! [ LAUGHING ]

THAT'S A BIG OL' LIZARD,
MO. WOO!

HEY, YOU AIN'T GONNA DO THAT
WHEN YOU SEE A BIG COTTONMOUTH

OR A RATTLER PULL OUT FROM
UNDER THERE, ARE YOU?

I SCARED YOU.
BUT IT WAS A LIZARD!

...WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS GROSS.

YOU THOUGHT HE WAS
TYRANNOSAURUS REX, DIDN'T YOU?

FELT LIKE IT. [ LAUGHS ]

THAT WAS A BIG OL'
SUCKER, WASN'T IT?

HELL YEAH.

Narrator: VETERAN
TREASURE HUNTERS LARRY CISSNA,

PETE ELES, AND DAN YARRUSO
ARE AT THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION

IN SEARCH OF GOLD THAT LARRY
BELIEVES JEFFERSON DAVIS

MAY HAVE STASHED FOR
SAFEKEEPING AS HE FLED SOUTH.

- [ GRUNTING ]
- THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

Narrator: AFTER STRIKING OUT
AT TWO OTHER LOCATIONS,

THIS 1850s CABIN IS THE TEAM'S
LAST HOPE

OF FINDING THE TREASURE
IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

THE PLAN IS TO GET UNDER
THE OLD FLOOR

WHERE THE VALUABLES
WERE OFTEN HIDDEN.

WORK BACK THAT WAY AND THEN
I CAN BE FILLING IN

AS WE'RE WORKING BACK.

HOW'S THAT DIRT? GOOD?

YEAH, IT'S WORKING.

Narrator: TO PROVE HIS THEORY,
LARRY WILL NEED TO FIND EVIDENCE

OF A HIDDEN COMPARTMENT.

WE'LL, WE'RE FINDING SOMETHING,
ALL RIGHT?

I JUST HIT SOMETHING HARD, BOYS.

IT MIGHT BE WHAT WE LOOKING FOR.

A FOUNDATION. MAYBE.

[ CLUNKS ]
LET'S SEE WHAT THAT IS, MAN.

WHAT IS THAT?
GIVE ME A FLASHLIGHT.

[ SCRAPING ] IT'S HARD, THOUGH.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW.

AH, HELL. [ CHUCKLES ]

A CAR PART?

[ SIGHS ]

Narrator: THE CABIN MAY BE
FROM THE RIGHT ERA,

BUT THE RELICS AREN'T.

THAT'S IRON, MO.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT
DOING HERE?

PLOW PART, AIN'T IT?
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A BIG OL' PLOW PART.

HOW THE HELL DID THAT
GET UNDER THERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY FOUND
GLASS BUTTONS AND DEFINITELY

SOME BUSTED POTTERY AND GLASS...
WE'RE NOT FINDING THAT AT ALL.

SO IT'S NOT LOOKING GOOD.

Narrator: LARRY'S THEORY THAT
JEFFERSON DAVIS HID GOLD

ON THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION
HAS BEEN PROVEN WRONG.

LET'S GET THIS STUFF
OUT OF HERE.

I'M BEEN REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN
WHAT WE'VE COME UP WITH SO FAR.

BUT WHAT KEEPS ME GOING
IS THAT $20 MILLION IN GOLD

AND SILVER IS OUT THERE
SOMEWHERE.

Narrator: 13 MILES NORTH,
BRANT AND HIS TEAM

HAVE BEEN SEARCHING THE GROUNDS
OF THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION,

LEGENDARY SCENE OF
THE CONFEDERATE GOLD ROBBERY.

BRANT IS DESPERATELY HUNTING
FOR SIGNS

OF THE TENNESSEE CAVALRY.

IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT IT WAS
TENNESSEE CAVALRY THAT DONE IT,

WE CAN FIGURE OUT RIGHT EXACTLY
WHERE THAT PART OF THE TREASURE

THAT WAS STOLEN IS LOCATED.

Narrator: BUT SO FAR THE TEAM
HASN'T FOUND ANY EVIDENCE

OF A MILITARY PRESENCE,
OR THE ROBBERY.

JUST KEEP PUSHING TILL
WE CAN'T PUSH NO MORE.

WE'VE BEEN TRACING THIS ROAD,
UH, FROM WHERE...

RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHENNAULT
PLANTATION.

AND THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY WHERE
THE GOLD WAS STOLEN FROM.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT
FINDING ANYTHING

TO KEEP OUR HOPES UP.

IT'S... IT'S KIND OF WORKING ON
ALL OF US.

COME ON, BABY.

GIVE ME SOME EVIDENCE,
HARD EVIDENCE.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TODAY.

IT'S BEYOND FRUSTRATION.

IT'S... WE CAN'T FIND IT
IF IT AIN'T THERE.

WHY AIN'T THERE BEEN A BUTTON
COME FROM HERE?

WHY AIN'T THERE BEEN THIS?
WHY AIN'T THERE BEEN THAT?

SIMPLE FACT IS,
THERE AIN'T BEEN [BLEEP]

TO COME OFF THIS PROPERTY
BECAUSE THERE AIN'T

[BLEEP] ON THIS PROPERTY.

ALL I GOT TO SAY IS,
I HATE TO CALL BULL[BLEEP],

BUT I CALL BULL[BLEEP]
ON THIS ONE.

IF THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE
ON THIS PLANTATION AS WRITTEN,

THERE WOULD BE EVIDENCE OF IT
LEFT BEHIND.

BRANT NOW BELIEVES THAT THE
HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRONG.

FAIRY TALES AND GHOST STORIES.

WE'RE ON THE WRONG PIECE
OF DAMN LAND.

BRANT REALLY IS KNOWLEDGEABLE,

BUT, UH, BRANT'S
RESEARCH WAS WRONG.

AND, UH, I'M THINKING PRETTY
HARD ABOUT JUMPING SHIP.

DONE HAD A [BLEEP] UP DAY.
I'M HURTING ALL OVER.

LET'S GET THE HELL
BACK TO OUR VEHICLES.

TREASURE HUNTING CAN BE
FRUSTRATING AS HELL,

BUT TEMPER TANTRUMS AIN'T
GONNA GET YOU NO DAMN WHERE.

YOU GOT TO PICK YOURSELF BACK
UP ON YOUR FEET

AND DIG IN WITH ALL YOU GOT.

Narrator: AFTER COMING UP EMPTY
AT THE CALLOWAY PLANTATION,

LARRY CISSNA AND HIS TEAM
NOW BELIEVE JEFFERSON DAVIS

MUST HAVE KEPT HIS GOLD WITH HIM
AS HE FLED WASHINGTON.

THEY'VE TRAVELED
TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN

TO THE LAST CAMPSITE WHERE DAVIS
AND HIS ENTOURAGE

STAYED ON THEIR WAY SOUTH.

I TRULY BELIEVE THEY STILL HAD
SOME OF THE CAVALRY WITH THEM

BECAUSE THEY WERE WATCHING OVER
GOLD THAT I KNOW

HE STILL HAD WITH HIM,
'CAUSE THE WHOLE PURPOSE

OF JEFFERSON DAVIS LEAVING HERE
WAS TO GET TO TEXAS

AND TO CONTINUE THE CIVIL WAR.

SO IF WE CAN GO OUT HERE
AND FIND A CLUE,

LIKE A BULLET OR A BUTTON,
ANYTHING THAT WOULD GIVE

EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE HERE,

WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT
GOLD LEFT WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

ON ITS WAY TO IRWINVILLE...
WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED.

HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING YET.
FOUND SOME JUNK.

THAT'S COMMON RIGHT HERE
WHERE WE'RE AT.

[ BEEPING ]

LARRY! PETE!

WHAT? COME HERE! I GOT A BULLET.

WHOO!

YEAH? YEAH.

WHAT IS IT?
WE GOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

Narrator: DAN HAS UNCOVERED
A RICHMOND LAB BULLET,

A BULLET MANUFACTURED DURING THE
CIVIL WAR IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,

WHERE DAVIS AND HIS GUARDS WERE
STATIONED BEFORE FLEEING SOUTH.

NOW, LOOK. THAT BULLET WAS MADE
IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

WHAT'S IT DOING DOWN HERE?

WE KNOW WHY.
WE'RE IN WASHINGTON, GEORGIA.

OKAY?
WHO LEFT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA?

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

STARTING TO MAKE
THE GREASE STICK NOW, DAN.

[ LAUGHTER ]

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

IF YOU DUG THAT RIGHT HERE,
THERE GOTTA BE SOMETHING ELSE

AROUND HERE. YEAH.

IF WE'RE GONNA FIND THE GOLD,
WE NEED TO SEE CLUES LIKE THAT.

NOW THEY'VE GOT A GREAT SHOT
AT FINDING IT.

HEY!

COME HERE, LARRY.

Narrator: JUST AS LARRY AND HIS
TEAM'S LUCK STARTS TO CHANGE...

LARRY, COME HERE.

...AN UNEXPECTED VISIT FROM
A LOCAL SUDDENLY PUTS THEM

HOT ON THE TRAIL
OF THE TREASURE.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH
I APPRECIATE YOU

WALKING OVER HERE AND SHOWING
ME THAT RIGHT THERE.

Narrator: ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,

LARRY CISSNA AND HIS TEAM
ARE HUNTING THE LAST CAMPSITE

WHERE DAVIS AND HIS ENTOURAGE
STAYED BEFORE FLEEING SOUTH.

THEY FOUND AN OLD RICHMOND LAB
BULLET,

A CLUE THAT DAVIS WAS ONCE HERE
AND MAY HAVE LEFT TOWN

WITH HIS GUARDS
AND THE TREASURE.

[ BEEPING ]

BUT OUT OF NOWHERE,
A LOCAL MAN SHOWS UP

WITH MORE DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE.

A GENTLEMAN JUST CAME OVER HERE
AND BROUGHT ME SOMETHING

HE FOUND OVER THERE IN HIS
BACKYARD OVER THERE.

THINK THAT'S ENOUGH CLUE
WE'RE IN THE RIGHT AREA?

THAT'S AWESOME RIGHT THERE. HUH?

THAT'S GOOD RIGHT THERE.

YOU FOUND THAT IN YOUR BACKYARD?
THAT'S CONFEDERATE.

RIGHT OVER HERE, IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN NEAR THAT BARN,

I FOUND A $20 GOLD PIECE.

$20 GOLD PIECE, YOU FOUND WHERE?

PROBABLY 100 YARDS
RIGHT THROUGH YONDER.

THAT SEALS THE DEAL FOR ME.

Narrator: FOR LARRY,
THE GOLD PIECE

AND THE CONFEDERATE BELT BUCKLE

ARE ROCK-SOLID PROOF
THAT THE GOLD WAS WITH DAVIS

WHEN HE LEFT TOWN.

FROM WASHINGTON, GEORGIA,
DAVIS FLED THE PURSUING

UNION ARMY SOUTH TO IRWINVILLE,

WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED
SIX DAYS LATER, PENNILESS.

LARRY HAS CONCLUDED
THAT THE GOLD MUST BE HIDDEN

SOMEWHERE ALONG DAVIS'
ESCAPE ROUTE.

SO, WHAT'S THE GAME PLAN?
WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT WAY?

UNLESS YOU WANT TO SIT AROUND
HERE AND DIG BULLETS ALL DAY.

FOLLOW THAT GOLDEN PATH, MAN.
THAT'S THE GOLDEN ROAD.

WE KNOW THEY WERE HERE,
AND WE KNOW THAT THE GOLD

AND JEFF DAVIS WENT THAT WAY.

WE GOT TO STAY ON HIM.

WE'VE GOT TO STAY ON HIS HEELS.
WE'LL FIND HIM.

LET'S GO FIND SOME GOLD.

TWO MILES AWAY,
BACK IN WASHINGTON,

BRANT AND TRACY MEET WITH
A FRIEND AND LOCAL HISTORIAN,

DR. MARK WATERS,
CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE

THE AUTHORITY ON THE STOLEN
CONFEDERATE TREASURE.

HE HAS NEW INFORMATION THAT JUST
MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY BRANT

COULDN'T FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF
THE QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR THEFT

AT THE CHENNAULT PLANTATION.

I HEARD YOU GOT SOME...
SOME NEW RESEARCH.

YEAH. I'VE BEEN LOOKING
INTO THE MOVEMENT

OF THE CONFEDERATE TREASURY
FOR SOME TIME NOW,

AND, OF LATE, UM, SOME OF
THE RESEARCH HAS SHOWN

THE ROBBERY WAS NOT DONE AT
THE LEGENDARY SITE,

WHICH IS THE JOHN CHENNAULT
PLANTATION.

THE WRONG PLACE.

THIS IS THE BEST DOCUMENT
WE HAVE WHICH PLACES

THE SITE OF THE ROBBERY.

RECENTLY, DR. WATERS CAME ACROSS
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT

FROM A WOMAN NAMED MARY LANE,
DATING BACK TO 1926.

HER STORY COULD CHANGE HISTORY.

Waters:
HER STATEMENT INDICATES THAT

IT'S THE DAVID M. MOSS HOUSE
WHERE THE ROBBERY TOOK PLACE.

EVEN THOUGH THE DAVID MOSS HOUSE
DOESN'T STAND TODAY,

THE INDICATION IS,
FROM THE BANK OFFICIALS

AND FROM MARY'S STATEMENT,

THAT IT WAS BETWEEN THE ONE
THAT'S CURRENTLY STANDING,

JOHN D. MOSS... MM-HMM.

AND THE LEESTON HOMESITE.

IF WE COULD FIND THE MOSS HOUSE,

THAT WOULD UNFOLD
A 150-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY.

OH, EXACTLY RIGHT.

WHO DO YOU SUSPECT DONE THIS?

WELL, THE REPORT WAS THERE WAS
20 PEOPLE ON HORSEBACK.

Narrator: WHILE THE NEW
INFORMATION CONFIRMS

THAT BRANT AND HIS TEAM HAD BEEN
SEARCHING THE WRONG LAND,

IT FITS WITH BRANT'S THEORY
THAT CAPTAIN IRWIN

AND HIS TENNESSEE CAVALRYMEN
WERE RESPONSIBLE

FOR STEALING THE TREASURE.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE
OF SOME OF THE COINAGE.

THE GOLD CONTENT
IN ONE OF THESE COINS TODAY

IS WORTH ABOUT $1,500.

SO IF YOU DO THE MATH,
$1,500 PER COIN

TIMES 8,000 COINS IS 13 MILLION.

NOT COUNTING THE VALUE IF IT WAS
GOLD FROM THAT ROBBERY.

THAT WOULD P... PUT THE COIN
VALUE WHO KNOWS?

ASTRONOMICAL.

WHEW.

WE THOUGHT OUR RESEARCH
WAS GOING NOWHERE.

BUT NOW WE'VE GOT CLUES
TO WHO DID IT, WHAT WAS TAKEN,

WHERE WE CAN START AT, WHAT
DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO IN.

AND WE CANNOT LEAVE THIS AREA
TILL WE HAVE

THE DAVID MOSS LOCATION AND
SOLVE THIS 150-YEAR-OLD RIDDLE.

ON THE NEXT "REBEL GOLD"...

THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS
THAT CAN BE ANSWERED

JUST BY FINDING
THAT EXACT LOCATION.

Narrator: BRANT AND HIS TEAM
FOLLOW UP ON NEW CLUES...

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
GETTING DAMN CLOSE.

WE JUST GOT TO GET OUR FEET
ON THE RIGHT PROPERTY.

...THAT COULD SOLVE
THE 150-YEAR-OLD ROBBERY

OF 13 MILLION
IN CONFEDERATE GOLD...

THE CAVALRY BOYS
WAS DEFINITELY HERE.

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

- YEP.
- WHOO!

...WHILE LARRY AND TEAM
TAKE THEIR SEARCH

TO THE MUDDY DEPTHS OF A RIVER

THAT DAVIS CROSSED
IN HIS MAD DASH SOUTH.

THERE COULD BE $20 MILLION
IN GOLD LAYING OUT THERE.

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

Narrator: BOTH TREASURE HUNTERS
FIND THEMSELVES ON THE BRINK

OF CRACKING ONE OF THE BIGGEST
COLD CASES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

Brant: ALL THE BLOOD,
ALL THE SWEAT, ALL THE TEARS

PINNED DOWN TO THIS
MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

LOOK AT THAT [BLEEP]
RIGHT THERE, BOYS!

WHOO! WE IN BUSINESS!