02x04 - What's Inside the Box?

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Previously on
Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch.

We're right on top of
the box, so, we're there.

-It's time for you
to do your magic now.
-Yeah.

So, how you gonna do it?

Chad's gonna wrap the chain
around the box

and then use a tether line
to come out.

There's not a whole
lot of out,
so it's gnarly for sure.

If you're going to drag
that box out.

I think we're going to need
to bust those rocks up first.

We get this out.

That's where the gold is.

This could be it.

This is why we're here.

[Duane] There's some places
on Earth

that just don't seem...

right.

The land feels different.

It acts different.

And this here is one
of those places.

Some say the land is trying
to hold on to something.

-Aztec treasure.
-Holy [bleep].

-Caverns of gold.
-Look at this.

Mormon riches.

There will be a million
dollars here.

Some even say there's
a buried spaceship.

Hell yeah.

Me? I've never cared much
about the stories.

I just care about finding
whatever the hell's

in the ground.

What's the matter?

-This is it.
-This is it, boy.

Big day today.

Well, today's the day
we find out what's in the box.

And I have to say
it wasn't easy to get in here.

We spent the last several days
jackhammering rocks
in the cave

trying to clear out a path.

It was hard work. And it took
a lot longer than we thought.

But we got the job done.

-Got it.
-You got it?

-Yeah.
-Nice.

After two years' worth
of work,
we're finally going to see

what's in these caverns.

All signs are pointing
to Montezuma's gold

that could mean
billions, fellas.

When Spanish conquistador
Hernan Cortes first met

with the Aztec King
Montezuma in 1519,

he described seeing
entire rooms full of gold,

jewels, and Jade idols.

Cortez then spent a year
raising an army

then came back
to take the city.

But when he did,
the gold was gone,

and has never been
found since.

Historians and treasure
hunters believe it may
have been taken to Utah

and buried for safekeeping.

Based on Cortez's
descriptions, it is estimated
that the gold alone

may be worth over
$3 billion in present day.

Let's pull her fellas.

These are the kind of moments
that could define your life

and that's no bull [bleep].

All right, let's do it.

All right, here we go.

Back up a little bit.
That chain's gonna get tight.

Yeah, that's gonna be a lot
of weight pulling
out of there.

I'm nervous.
[laughs] I'm just...

Should be a lot of gold
in that box and gold
isn't light.

Plus, there's a ton of rocks,
that's fallen in on that box

in past 500 years.

So, there's no telling
how much weight
we'll be dragging.

But, I think we can do it.

Come on, baby.

It's gonna be so cool.

That's what we've been
working on

for a year
and a [bleep] half, man.

Come on, baby.

You know,
there's no playbook for
dragging a 500 year old box

out of a cavern.

There's some small twists
and turns in there,

but, mostly,
it's a straight shot.

So, as long as we're pulling
in that direction,

it should come in
that direction.

-[vehicle rattling]
-[bleep]

What was that?

-Stuck?
-Something's caught.

-What was that?
-Caught.

I think it's caught on
something in the rock, sir.

Oh, my. I feel like
it's caught, Duane.

Something's hanging
up, fellas.

Yeah.

Duane we got no choice.
We got to pull it out.

Copy that, you got
to get back, that chain's
gonna get tight.

It breaks, we got problems.

Pretty tight.

-Chain's tight. Watch out.
-Watch out.

-There it is.
-Oh, my.

There it is. Holy [bleep]

Guys!

-Stop!
-Stop, Duane.

It's [bleep] broken.

[bleep]

What the [bleep].

[screams]

The whole [bleep] box
is supposed to come out.

Damn it.

Duane, come on down,
we just caught a log here.

-[bleep]
-Copy that.

[bleep]

Look at the forces
behind that,
it just snapped it.

-Snapped it like it was
a toothpick.
-Yeah.

-I thought we cleared
enough path though.
-I know. I know.

[bleep]

It [bleep] broke,
the whole thing broke off.

It's still in the hole.

Most of it. [bleep]

That's just about
as disappointing
as you can get right there.

[sighs]

Yeah, I guess when
we're pulling it, it, it...

[bleep] there's too much
weight

and going through
that tunnel system.

It just came apart.

The box is probably in pieces
in there somewhere.

I don't even know
what we do now.

I don't know, man. [bleep].

Son of a b*tch.

[bleep]

So, you think it hung up
in the, in the, in the vault?

We cleared that whole [bleep]
path, the whole time,

we spent days cleaning
all the [bleep] rock
out of the way

and it's still snagged
on something.

[bleep] fellas.

[bleep] Oh, wow, man.

Or, maybe the log
I tied on to

just wasn't strong enough.

We got to get and piece it out
one at a time.

That's gonna take forever.

How in the [bleep]
did you just tie the one log?

That's all I could tie
it to.

We didn't know that, huh?

-We didn't know that.
-That's all I...

I had space to tie around,
it was just this one.

It was boxed in by the roof
and the cables.

I couldn't go from top
to bottom.

I thought you
was gonna [bleep] tie
around the whole box.

No, no, no. I [bleep]
got around this one

because it wouldn't go
all the way around.

It's... [bleeping]

-Guys.
-No, [bleep]

-Hey.
-There's no [bleep] way
I can go over

-the whole [bleep] box.
-That bull [bleep].

Felt good.

You know, Chad's my son,
I love him dearly.

He's a smart kid.

But, this is damn sure
the most [bleep] up deal

he's ever done for me.

The whole [bleep] box
might be just scattered
through the caves.

You know, this is just
a [bleep] up deal?

[screams]

There's a lot of weight
in that thing

and we went for the whole
nine yards.

The guys put so much work
into this and it's just,

uh, it's a big disappointment.

Didn't work out
so good for us.

And, so, tempers flared
and it got a little heated,

but we're not ready
to give up yet.

We need to come up
with a new plan.

That's the bottom line.

Everybody's got to get
back to work.

My part of that
is the geology.

So, right now, we got,
we got a problem.

We got just one log out.

And we don't know
what our position is.

We're going to have
to move forward

and maybe piece this deal out
one log at a time

or get more people coming in.

We just don't know and...

-um...
-Hey.

Eric needs to show us
something real quick.

This is pretty important.

Um... all right.

Yeah.

Tell them what
you're telling us earlier.

-Guys.
-What's the deal, Eric?

I think I may have missed
something here.

These are images from the box.

The rocks inside the box
are completely different

than any other rocks
around here.

The structure's different,
the color's different.

I mean, they look
to be igneous rocks

where everything around here
is sedimentary.

And so, uh...

it's definitely not rocks
from the surrounding hillslope

that fell into the water
and fell into the box.

These rocks look like
they've been put there.

Someone brought 'em in?

-That's what you're saying?
-It's what it looks like
to me.

So, what's that mean?

I mean, they could be
the treasure in themselves

that could be rich
ore brought in and hidden
for some reason.

But, you know, I don't know.

Up until now, we thought
that that box

was full of Aztec gold
and that the rocks on top

were just fallen in from
the cave ceiling or walls.

But, after taking a really
close look,

they're not the same
as what the cave's
made out of.

In other words, these rocks
are not from here.

I mean, you don't go through
all that trouble
to hide something worthless.

So, maybe the rocks themselves
are rich gold bearing ore

or something else
really valuable.

What do we need to do?

We need to get in there
and get some of those rocks.

[sighs]

I mean, [bleep]
it's not that easy to just...

-I know.
-getting some rocks
out of there.

-I'm sorry about that, man.
-Getting back in there,
it's just...

It's a b*tch, I know.

Yeah, we got equipment
to pull all that out.

But, maybe we don't have
to.

-Yeah.
-Maybe, there's a window
of opportunity right here

that we just get a sample
and figure it out from there.

How many rocks
do you think we need?

Um, two bags?

-How much they gonna weigh?
-Maybe 30 pounds apiece.

How do we get the bags
out, though?

We can tether 'em out.

Can you get them out of there?

So, you just fill them up
and leave them there,
then we pull them out?

Yeah.

It's like we did the log.

If you can get back in there.

Just put, put as much
as you can in there.

You know, maybe 30 pounds,
half a bag each.

Tie them up. Drag them out.

I hate like hell to send
you back down in there.

I know how dangerous it is,
but, um,

those rocks could be
the treasure.

-Oh, [bleep].
-Oh.

What do you think,
we got, uh,

we got 45 minutes,
it's about to rain.

If we can beat this rain,
we can [bleep] just
get in there.

Knock it out, then
we don't have worry
about it anymore.

You got your equipment
out here?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I got it all ready to go.

-You went for that?
-Yeah, let's do it.

We're ready to go.

-Good deal, boys. Thank you.
-Here we go.

One more time.

Hey, Chad.

Here's a couple sample bags
for you.

Do what you can.

-Samples aren't worth
your life.
-Yeah.

I mean I'll see
what I can get.

-There you go.
-I'll stick 'em right in here.

Perfect.

Chad, you know I got your back
on this deal so...

if I tell you to stop.
Stop, if you get lost.

-Yeah.
-I still got a tether.

[bleep], it's crazy
you still have
the same signals?

Yep, same signal. Same thing.
Charlie and I'll be over here.

Okay. I think that's it.

pressure's good.

All right, bag's here.

-Charlie, you good?
-We're good.

Whenever you get to the box,
Chad, tug on Charlie.

Then he's got to give you
a tight rope to come back.

-That's right.
-Did you hear that, Charlie?

I got it. You can't have
a loose tether, Charlie.

Got it.

-Everything look good?
-Looks good.

There he goes.

This cavern's holding on
to a secret and it's
holding on tight.

But, look, if, if that
rock is gold ore,
it could be worth millions.

Make this whole deal
worthwhile in an instant.

Okay, Chad.

It's straight away right
in front of you, son.

Keep coming.

Okay, Chad,
you're headed straight.

Straight in front of you
about five yards.

Keep coming. Keep coming.

You got a little bit of
a right turn, Chad.

Watch that wall.

There you go, there you go.

Okay, Chadro,
you're at the box.

You're at the box,
get your samples.

Do not, do not tie
those rocks to you.

We'll drag them out.

Okay, Chad, we're coming out.

Coming out.

Tighten your tether Charlie.

Follow him out.

Slowly, slowly.

All right. Here you are.
You're in the opening son,
come on up.

-There he is.
-There he is.

Well, let's get this stuff
out of here. Let's go, boys.

-Yup.
-There we go. Here we go.

Let him catch
his feet, Charlie.
Don't pull on him too much.

Hell, yeah. Here we go.

[Chad] So, I was
really nervous going back
in the cave

because I thought when
we pulled it apart the box,

would be all broken up.

It'd be scattered,
[bleep] it would be
everywhere,

but, luckily, just one log
ripped and the rest
was intact.

So, we're still in business.

-[laughs]
-Did you get some samples?

-Whoo!
-You got it?

-I got it.
-[laughs]

-Yeah.
-Both bags? Good deal.

I hope it just stays
on the road now, huh?

Look out, we gonna back
this sumbitch out.

Watch the rope now, don't get
tangled up in it.

Hopefully, they'll come out.

Coming up.

-There we go.
-There they are.

-There we go.
-Yeah.

-Good.
-[exclaims]

Here, I'll carry one.

Let's bring these up
to the cabin.

-Just spread them out.
Let's see what we got.
-Okay.

Two years' worth of work
and a lot of my money

is riding on what's
in those bags.

Now we're gonna see
if Eric's right.

Maybe those rocks are
the real treasure.

It's time to find out.

All right, boys, let's see
what we got here.

Yes.

Okay. Fellas, let's just take
a second before we dump

those bags out.

No bull [bleep].

This is years of work
that's gone into this moment.

My heart's pounding.

So, let's just see what
the hell we got here.

[man] All right.

Based on the videos,
Eric thinks these rocks

might be part of the treasure.

Possibly gold
or something else?

[bleep], it can be diamond
bearing ore we don't know.

Let's hope he's right.

[exclaims] Oh, boy.

Talk about mineralization.

-Wow.
-You can see something
already?

You see on this one?

The reddish and the yellow,
that means iron.

And that means minerals.

It looks really good, so far.

In prospecting, there's
a saying that gold rides
an iron horse

and what that means
is gold is typically found

alongside iron.

So, seeing a really high iron
content in these rocks

is a great start.

I mean, if that box is full
of gold bearing ore,

it could be worth millions,
perhaps even tens of millions.

The second thing I see
is it looks totally different

from anything we've seen
around here.

-See the black on there?
-Yeah.

That is hydrothermal
alteration from
an igneous source.

There isn't an igneous
source here

for at least 60 miles radius.

That to me says it came
from somewhere else.

Just like we suspected.

These we found inside the box.

So, I can only say that
these were put there
by humans.

They don't belong
there naturally.

Does transporting a box
that big of heavy rocks

sound that easy?

Now, that takes a lot of time
and energy.

So, my thought is this has
to be gold ore.

The rocks in that box
look promising,

but the real moment of truth
when you have ore

is when you break
that thing open.

Then you actually see
what's in the rock.

Here, the chunk came off.

Huh.

What is this?

-What is this?
-What is that?

Look at that.
Look at that.

-What is that?
-That's metal.

-Yeah.
-What kind of metal?

I don't know.
This is very strange.

It seems to be a cylinder
in there.

This is very odd.

Oh, my, look at this.

-Yeah, yeah.
-What's that all about?

Look it, it's a cylinder.

That is not
naturally occurring.

-You sayin' someone
put it there?
-Somebody put it there.

No way.

This is weird.

You just don't see
a cylinder in a rock
like that.

Come on, man. Look at that.
Somebody drilled a hole
in that rock.

It looks like it.

So when I crack open
this first rock, you know,

I might expect to see
some fine gold
or silver in it.

But, instead, there's this,
this core, this cylinder

full of shiny metal in there.

I mean, I've seen lots
of crazy stuff,

but, this you just can't
make this [bleep] up.

This is really strange.

Well, why the hell
would it be in there?

Oh, Aztec silver.
No one's ever said that.

-it's Aztec gold.
-Aztec gold.

But, I'll do a quick silver
test right here, right now.

Silver is malleable
just like gold is,

so when I hit it
with a hammer,
it should flatten out.

-Nope, it's brittle.
-You smashed...

-Super brittle, right?
-It's brittle,
It's not silver.

Oh, wow.

What the hell could it be?

Definitely not silver.

I want to break into
these other rocks just to see

if they had the same thing
in 'em.

Well, this is a big left turn.

You know, you could've gave me


what was inside that box
and a rock with the hole in it

with processed mystery metal
was damn sure not gonna be
on the list.

-Whoa, whoa.
-Lookie there.

Look at, there's another
plug of that.

There we go. Perfect.

Whoa, you can see it again.

So, three of three rocks
that, that you picked up.

-Have it in there.
-You can see that hole
right there.

So, this is definitely
not random or just one off.

All the rocks that Chad
has pulled out so far

have this mystery metal
in 'em.

And I'm willing to bet
that that whole box

is filled with
that same thing.

Oh, my Gosh. What the hell?

-Hey, Eric. Eric, come here,
come here, man.
-What's going on with that?

What you got there?

-This is just...
-What the [bleep] going
on there?

This is just wild.

This is, like it's melting.

What the hell is this?

-The metal is melting.
-The metal is melting.

In his hand.

-You were just holding
on to that?
-Yeah, yeah.

-Look at that deal.
-You can see it moving.

-Right there. [bleep].
-Is that turning into liquid?

This is crazy.

-It's not mercury, is it?
-It's not Mercury.

Mercury is a liquid
at room temperature

and it doesn't solidify
until about 40 degrees

below zero.

-The hell?
-Look at that.

Guys, we got something
really weird here.

His body heat apparently
melted this metal.

I mean, this just keeps
getting weirder and weirder.

Duane's hand is somewhere
right around 90 degrees.

Very few metals melt
at this temperature.

So, guys, this is, uh,
this is real strange.

Um, I need to get into this,
I need to do a little bit
of research

and some field analysis
and I really need to dig in.

Let me set some things up,
run through these processes

to come up with a positive ID

and then I'll let you know
what we find.

Just got to give me some time.

-Good enough.
-Good deal.

Hell yeah.

You know, we were hoping
that box would have been
full of treasure

and it just might be.

I mean there may
be just a huge value to this,

but, first, I have
to figure out what
the stuff is.

So, I've just got it
in hot water right here.

That's all it takes
to melt it.

I ran tests on those
metal plugs we pulled out
of the rocks

all night, trying to figure
out what kind of metal
that is.

I've been able to, you know,
eliminate several
possibilities,

but I still don't have
a definitive answer
for Duane and the guys.

Here it comes.

What I want to do here
is a few little experiments
with it

to see, you know,
some of the properties of it.

I'd like to see
if it forms crystals.

If it does, the shape
of the crystals could
help me identify

what type of metal this is.

What I would hope to see
is little points,
hexagonal points

or, you know, octahedral,
things like that.

That you would see
in other types of metals.

Basically, the way the bonds
are put together

when a liquid turns
to a solid,

it can tell you a clue
of what that metal is.

Assuming that is,
that it's a known metal.

Oh, there we go.
There's a crystal,
you see that?

Right on the edge.

Wow.

This is very interesting.

And one, oh,
there's another one.

That looks cubic to me.

Wow.

Ooh, I think I see
another one popping up there.

Look at the crystal growth
there.

Six sided crystal
which is hexagonal.

That's the same type
of crystal you'd expect to see
in a ruby.

But, obviously, this is
a lot different than a ruby.

Typically, when a metal
solidifies,

it'll have a distinct
crystal form.

But, this metal
is showing multiple
crystal forms.

I mean, I'll be honest
with you,

I'm a geologist,
but I'm not really sure
what's going on here.

You got some cameras
around here?

Yeah, I've got several
along the creek here.

Those rock samples showed
that we could be sitting

on something
very valuable here.

So, security on the ranch
is a top priority at this time

especially since we know now
that somebody has been
watching us.

I think it walked right
across here

and just walked right on top
of the pond over there.

-Yeah.
-And would never even see 'em.

I got Jamie out here
with me today

checking on some of
my trail cameras

to make sure that
we don't have any more

unwelcome visitors
on the ranch.

What the [bleep]?

-What's the...
-What the hell is going on,
that was a...

Yesterday, there was
a huge dead cow there.

That cow had to weigh
eight, 900 pounds.

It was just there
yesterday.

What the [bleep] going on
here? That's weird.

God darn.

[bleep]

Deader than a hammer.

You would have had
to had a tractor

with a front end loader
to, to get that

and I don't see any indication
that there was anything

in here of that size.

Hey, Duane, you copy?

That looks burnt.

-Go ahead, Charlie.
-That definitely looks burnt.

Hey, come over here
where, uh, where I'm at,

where that cow was.

Because the cow is actually
gone now,

and there's a burnt spot here.

Oh, [bleep]. 10-4.
Heading your way.

It's almost in like
a circle here.

I mean, it's like,
it just disappeared
right into the sky

or something.

So, if that cow was,
was laying here...

-Right, right.
-That grass ought
to be laid down.

-Right.
-But it's not...

It's sticking straight up.

-It is.
-[bleep]

It was right there.

It's gone?

There was nothing
to indicate anybody was here.

[Chad] Wild animal, you know,
say a bear.

They wouldn't take
the whole thing,

they don't eat the bones
and all that,

but they would just drag
some of it, different places.

This whole thing is gone

and I don't know
how the hell it happened.

You think someone's [bleep]
with us?

Uh...

How did it just
disappear like this?

I don't know,
but...

there's no drag marks
on the way out of here.

Even with a dead truck,
they'd have to drag it

to the road and pull it
and get it out of here.

-That's true.
-Yeah.

We got a game camera
set up though, right?

-Yeah.
-Yeah?

It won't reach
this far though.

-[bleep].
-It'll only reach the route
right around the creek, so...

-So, we didn't have
a game camera on this? [bleep]
-No.

Hell, we could have caught
it all, whatever it was.

Somebody or something's
jacking with us.

Hell, man, let's go look
at this other one,

see if it has any of this.

-Type of stuff going on.
-If that was still there,

I've got a game cam,
I could put on it today.

-Let's check it out.
-That's weird.

That's just flat a*s weird.

Right up here.

This one looks
completely untouched.

I don't know.

How often you guys see
this kind of stuff?

First time we ever seen
dead cows.

Charlie, where can we put
the game camera at?

I'll need to bring
something back over
and stake it.

You could just T-post
something down right
over there.

Right there by
that sage.

Hell, that'd work.

Yeah.

There's no marks
of how the cow that died

at the bottom of this ravine
was drug out to the road.

Hey, man, you know,
you think, well,

did somebody come out there
and are they jacking with us

or some of these people
that's been doing
all this silly stuff

about putting
ill*gal cameras on us.

Could this just be another way
that they're messing with us?

You know, I don't know.

But I do know
we're making progress.

And we can't let
whoever's doing this
distract us

from our objective.

Right now, that's figuring out
what the metal is.

-Hey, Duane.
-Hey, Eric,
what's going on here?

Hey, Chad.

-What did we figure out?
-Well, we've been able
to eliminate a few things,

but still no definitive
answers.

I made a list of some
of the other metals

it could be, basically...

We know it's not mercury
or silver.

Another thing that came
to mind is platinum,

but we can rule that out

because the melting point
of platinum is 4000 degrees
Fahrenheit.

This stuff melted
in your hand.

-Yeah. No doubt.
-So...

the other item that comes
to mind is gallium.

But, gallium wasn't discovered
till 1875.

So, we can rule out gallium.

So, what I'd like to do
in this phase is just do
a few more tests,

subjecting it
to certain reagents

and I don't want the vapors
to be inside.

So...

I suggest we take
this outside,

hit it with some acid
and we'll see what happens.

Certain metals will react
to different chemicals

in different ways.

So, I'm hoping these tests
can finally helped me identify

what this mystery metal is.

All right, so, I have
sulfuric acid here.

Then we'll use just enough
to cover.

This is some Mr. Wizard
[bleep] right here.

Yeah. This is good stuff.

And, so this first experiment
is going to demonstrate

how strong the surface
tension is.

I'm just going to slowly
roll that in.

There we go.

-Look at that deal.
-Look at it.

Look at it.
It's kind of moving by itself
a little bit.

Let's warm it up a little bit.

-DId you see that?
-Look at that deal.

-What in the hell?
-It wants to come
back together. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Just shoves
right back together.

-Okay.
-What in the hell?

That's wild as a hammer.

-You picked
the whole deal out.
-Look at that. Look at that.

Now watch it.
It'll come together.

What the [bleep], it has
its own memory system.

This is crazy. I've never seen
anything like this before.

I mean, it really looks
like it's something out
of, like, a Terminator movie.

It's like what the hell
did we find down there?

All right, the next step
is to use

this potassium dichromate.

This stuff is pretty nasty.

They also call this
evil crystals.

-Really, why is that?
-Because it'll eat right
through your skin.

Oh, jeez.

Potassium dichromate
is a common reagent used

to identify different
elements.

Adding it to liquid metals
may cause the metal

to change shape or color
in different ways.

Seeing how this mystery metal
reacts to it may help me
identify what it is.

You do not want to get this
on your skin.

And, so, I'm going
to very carefully...

pick up just a few
of these crystals.

And I'm going to put them
on top

and we'll see what happens.

-Look at that.
-Look at that. There she goes.

-It's moving like crazy.
-Look at that.

-Jeez.
-Like, it's a live...

-Look at it.
-It's like it has
a mind of its own.

Oh, my goodness.

It is fighting with
these crystals.

And it's changing
its surface tension.

-I'll do it a little bit more.
-It's like it's rejecting
it almost.

Yeah.

It's actually fighting
with the potassium dichromate.

Wow, wow, wow.

-Oh, it is moving.
-It just jumped.

-Wow.
-Damn.

Look at it. It's, like, oh,
like, a heartbeat
look at that.

It's moving...

Look at how it's morphing
into different shapes

as we look at it.

What the hell?

So, we'll let this run
for a little bit more,
but at this point,

I've got to say that
I just don't have an answer
for you yet.

I just don't know
what the hell this is.

And, so, what we're gonna
do is...

we'll do a few more
experiments with some acids

and things...

and we'll try to come up
with some answers.

Seeing Eric stumped like this,
I don't know

if I should be excited
or nervous.

You know, you can't make
this [bleep] up.

Why did someone put this
in my cavern,

then what the hell is it?

You know, this land,
this project,

there's something
going on here
that's very, very strange.

Well, well, well.

[exhales] This is
really confusing.

I mean, I just,
I can't remember the last time

it was this hard to identify
a metal.

I mean, I'm confident I made
a positive identification,

but this is just crazy.
It doesn't make any sense.

Eric to Duane, do you copy?

Yeah, go ahead.

Yeah, Duane, I'm over here
in the cabin.

Can you get over here?
I need to talk to you
about something.

Copy that. Headed over.

So, I spent the last few days
trying to identify
this mystery metal

that we pulled out of the box.

But, what I've come up
with just doesn't make
any sense.

What's going on, Eric?

Hey, Duane.
Hey, Chad.

Well, I feel confident
I've identified the metal.

I did about 12 field tests
and I can definitively say

that this material is gallium.

-Gallium?
-Yeah, gallium.

Yeah, but I ruled that
out initially for a reason.

Gallium isn't a naturally
occurring element.

It occurs as a result
of smelting

and it was only discovered
as recently as 1875.

You know, we know for a fact
that this box was over


Gallium technically
didn't even exist then.

No [bleep].

What the hell?

You know, this project
just keeps getting weirder.

-Yeah.
-This whole deal.

That's wild man.

In nature, gallium
is never found

as a free element
and cannot be found

in a substantial amount
in any minerals.

It is typically created
as a byproduct of aluminum

and zinc production.

And the element
wasn't identified
until 300 years

after the fall
of the Aztec empire.

Wow.

They wanted to find a box
full of Aztec treasure
or gold.

And, um, this definitely
isn't that.

But, it's something that could
be very, very significant.

I mean, this could be
a historic discovery,

right up there with some
of the best.

I mean, we just don't know.
We need to explore
this further.

So, how valuable
is this stuff?

Depends on what
you're using it for.

So, what is it used for?

That's the thing that
I just can't wrap
my head around.

It has some really,
really good uses,

but they're all modern day
uses.

Um, things like
high efficiency solar panels.

Uh, it's a very good
conductor,

something used
in high tech circuitry.

When you think of what
a metal is typically used

for 500 years ago.

They're using it for,
for, you know,

maybe coins, maybe jewelry,
things like that.

But, what good would this do?

-Got melted... RIght.
-It's gonna melt right off
your...

-finger.
-Yeah.

So, man, it just, um,
it baffles me.

So, does this rule out
the Aztecs?

No, hell no, it couldn't.

The Aztecs knew what the hell
they were doing

and they were clearly
advanced,

and they might've discovered
the metal 300 years

before nobody else
even knew about it.

Well, yeah, I tend to agree.
I mean, we know that
the Aztecs

were really efficient
metal workers.

But, what the hell
did they use it for?

[exhales] It's a mystery
for sure.

Well, here's what we know.

Someone that knew
advanced mining 500 years ago,

plus or minus...

created a new metal.

They valued it so highly
that they cored out rocks,

and poured in there and use
cold groundwater to keep it

-Yeah.
-and they hid it deep inside
that damn cavern.

And guess what?

We have two miles
of these caves

and we haven't seen 1%
of what the hell
is in these caves systems.

Could be full of
all kinds of [bleep].

What else is there though?

You know, there's only
one thing left for us to do.

Yeah.

Let's just go find out.

-Yeah.
-Deal, let's do it.

[Duane] I don't know why
the metal is hidden
in that box.

And I don't know what
the hell else is buried
up under this ranch.

But I do know this is one
hell of a mystery

and the answers
we're looking for
is not up here.

It's down in the caves,

but we've only seen less
than 1% of the cave.

You know, it's, it's time
to drill a new entrance

and see what else
is hidden down there.

You can bet your a*s
there's not just one box.

There's got to be
a whole bunch.

Next time on Mystery of
Blind Frog Ranch.

We got to find
that dry entrance.
Let's go.

I haven't seen anything
like this around here.

That's definitely
radioactivity.

This could be huge for us.

I'm thinking of putting
together an unmanned
aerial vehicle

with a radioactive detector
on it.

Sounds like hell of a plan.

You find the radioactivity,
you can find the dry entrance
to the cave.

-[device beeps]
-Wait a minute, there's a hit.

I think we need to go check
it out.

-Look at that.
-Here.

There it is, this is
a hole right there.

We're gonna have a lot
of people showing up

that want a piece
of the action.

You mother [bleep].
Come on. Pull your g*n.

Helicopters
I've ever seen before.

That's military.