1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,280 A hundred and forty years ago, outlawed Jesse James was at the peak of his powers. 2 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Terrorizing bank tellers, train conductors, and stealing from unsuspecting victims across 3 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,520 the rugged plains of the Midwest. 4 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:38,760 Legend has it one particular golden treasure is still waiting to be recovered. 5 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,280 And I'm Hollam a trail of newly found evidence. 6 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,280 Look at the symbols in here. 7 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,280 Look at this. 8 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,280 What do you got? 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,280 I don't know. 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,280 Seriously, what is this? 11 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,280 A bar. 12 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:56,280 A bar of what? 13 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:59,280 My name is Josh Gates. 14 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:04,280 With a degree in archeology and a passion for exploration. 15 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:08,280 I have a tendency to end up in some very strange situations. 16 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:11,280 There has got to be a better way to make a living. 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:17,280 My travels have taken me to the ends of the earth as I investigate the greatest legends in history. 18 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:19,280 We're going to try. Let's go. 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,280 This is Expedition Unknown. 20 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:33,280 Quick, when I say the name Jesse James, what's the very first image that comes to mind? 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,280 A sympathetic Robin Hood, maybe a cold blooded killer? 22 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:39,280 Brad Pitt? 23 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,280 Well, one title is undeniable. 24 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:43,280 Robber. 25 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,280 The year is 1875. 26 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:50,280 Jesse James and his gang are riding south of the border where they ambush a detail of 27 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:57,280 Mexican guardsmen transporting 18 boroughs saddled with millions of dollars worth of gold bullion. 28 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:03,280 They lead the mules over the Rio Grande and into Texas and the lawless territories beyond. 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:11,280 But when they finally reach the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma, a fierce winter blizzard stops them in their tracks. 30 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:18,280 James decides to bury the stolen treasure and then leaves two clues to help him return to the site. 31 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,280 First, he nails a burrow shoe to a nearby cottonwood tree. 32 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,280 Then he unloads six rounds from his revolver into a second tree. 33 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:36,280 In seven years, James will be assassinated by a member of his own gang. 34 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,280 The gold unclaimed, its location lost to history. 35 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,280 It's a great story, but is it true? 36 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:51,280 Shockingly, new breaks in the case have many convinced that the treasure is not only real, but on the cusp of being discovered. 37 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:58,280 Recently, a couple in Northern California found 11 million dollars worth of gold coins buried in their own backyard. 38 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:06,280 New evidence suggests the loot is connected to James, and one expert claims he has the proof where the rest is buried. 39 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:13,280 And just recently, new technology has decoded a cryptic treasure map that may lead high-tech hunters straight to the riches. 40 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,280 My goal? To separate fact from fantasy. 41 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:25,280 To do that, I'll try to understand something of the nature of this American outlaw by walking a mile in the boots of Jesse James. 42 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:39,280 Wheels Down Kansas City, Missouri. Not Missouri, as I've been mispronouncing it for the last three decades. 43 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,280 In the early 1800s, this was one of the most bitterly divided states on the issue of slavery. 44 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:58,280 Within its simmering borders were Northern sympathizers, Southern-aligned slaveholders like the Jesse James family, and, along the western edge, the undefined territories of the West. 45 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:06,280 This was the edge of America, and a violent and chaotic nursery for a boy named Jesse James. 46 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:22,280 Today, Kansas City is the heart of the American Midwest, famous for its signature jazz and blues, ornate fountains, 212 and counting, and some of the best barbecue on the planet. 47 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:31,280 And since it's never advisable to treasure hunt on an empty stomach, I'm stopping off for a quick bite to eat at a joint that's got my name written all over it. 48 00:04:36,280 --> 00:04:41,280 For the next hour, I'm just going to sit here and eat this plate of ribs. That's the whole show. 49 00:04:44,280 --> 00:04:50,280 Having had my first taste of Kansas City, it's clear that I'm a little out of place in my safari duds. 50 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:57,280 So before I split town to go treasure hunting, I'm stopping by a local Western store to gear up for the wild ride ahead. 51 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:04,280 Understood. Subtle. 52 00:05:08,280 --> 00:05:15,280 Judging by some of the items for sale, it's hard to know whether Jesse James is a reviled villain or an old West rock star. 53 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:22,280 Down to business. If I'm going to get inside the mind of Jesse James, I'm going to have to dress the part. 54 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:42,280 I think this is as close to the old West as I'm going to get. What do you want? I'm from Boston. 55 00:05:42,280 --> 00:06:04,280 To track James and his buried treasure, I'm first heading 25 miles northeast to Kearney, Missouri, where, amidst the rolling hills, still stands a small farmhouse where an American icon was born. 56 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:12,280 I'm meeting with Mark Lee Gardner, historian and author of several bestselling books on Jesse James. 57 00:06:12,280 --> 00:06:18,280 Welcome to the James farm. Thank you so much. So this is it. Yes, this is it. Let's go in. Are you kidding me? I can't wait to see it. 58 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:27,280 This is where little baby Jesse James came into the world. I'm sure he was cute at first, but something drove him to a life of crime. 59 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:35,280 You know, I'm trying to understand the man. What do you think really shaped him from an early age? 60 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:45,280 Well, he loses his father at the age of three. His father goes off to the Goldfields of California, dies of a disease there. That makes a single mom. She's strongly Southern partisan. 61 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:56,280 She's a slave owner and she had a dramatic influence, I think, on his personality and his beliefs. He also has his older brother, Frank. Frank is the first one to go off and fight in the Civil War. 62 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:07,280 Jesse was 14 years old when the nation exploded into civil war. Here in divided Missouri, the fighting was literally farm against farm and the James were passionate Confederates. 63 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:20,280 Jesse is a teenager. He sees his stepfather strung up to a tree near the house here. Not only does he see that, but these soldiers also whip Jesse brutally, trying to get him to tell information on his own brother. 64 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:28,280 His entire life, in a way, is based on revenge and getting back at what was taken from him and what was done to him and his family. 65 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:35,280 So when you really look at this farmhouse and what happened here and the way he was raised, it starts to feel like there isn't a lot of choice for him. 66 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,280 No. 67 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:44,280 We're obviously interested in this idea that Jesse and his gang buried treasure in the hills of Oklahoma. 68 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:52,280 There's many versions of that story and there's many different accounts that they did that. Do you think there's gold up in their hills, as it were? 69 00:07:52,280 --> 00:08:02,280 There's lots of legends out there, but doesn't seem logical. Is this something that could have happened? Or is there an associate that's credible with Jesse that you can trace that story to? 70 00:08:02,280 --> 00:08:05,280 And if they are, well, then maybe you've got something. 71 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:19,280 Since there aren't many authoritative accounts of the robbery, before I go looking for the treasure, I'll need to test the individual elements of the story to see if they stand up to closer scrutiny. 72 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:28,280 I'm going to start with the purported clues left behind by James to mark the location of the treasure. To do that, I'm heading to a shooting range named After Who Else. 73 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:37,280 According to the legend, James shot six rounds from his Schofield revolver into a cottonwood tree to mark the location of the buried gold. 74 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:43,280 I'm going to find out if that's a clue worth following with the help of a group of Old West gun experts. 75 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,280 Hello. 76 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:46,280 Hello. 77 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,280 Nice to meet you guys. I have to ask about the wardrobe. 78 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,280 Well, in trying to keep with the spirit of the game, we all kind of dress the period. 79 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,280 I just picked up the hat and shirt, but I now feel totally outdone. 80 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,280 You are dressed kind of funny. 81 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:00,280 I do have boots. Is that helping? 82 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,280 That's better. 83 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,280 All right. That's buying me a little bit of leeway here. 84 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:08,280 Well, you know, I'm obviously interested in Jesse James. 85 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,280 This is a guy who's really become an American icon. 86 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:16,280 What do you think it is about James that fascinates people, you know, 150 years later? 87 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:19,280 I think the whole Robin Hood mythology. 88 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:24,280 Robbing from the wealthy and giving back to the people who'd been put upon here on the border. 89 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:25,280 He was a bank robber. 90 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:26,280 I mean, he didn't want a bad stuff. 91 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:27,280 Yeah. Psychopath. 92 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:28,280 I mean, he... 93 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:34,280 There's two people buried just a quarter mile away from my house in the cemetery that he killed the same day. 94 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:38,280 He was kind of a mixture of the good and the bad. 95 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:39,280 Yeah. 96 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:44,280 Even today, people are divided on Jesse's place in history. 97 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaking of history, I'm eager to find out if six shots from a 19th century scofield will leave bullet holes that are clear enough to track 100 years later. 98 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:56,280 Here you go. 99 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,280 So this is the scofield? 100 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,280 Yes, it is. 101 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,280 We know this model gun was a favorite of James, right? 102 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,280 Yes. 103 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:08,280 You know, according to this legend, Jesse fired six shots into the side of a cottonwood. 104 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,280 So let's see if this gun and these bolts do any damage to it. 105 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:17,280 Here we go. 106 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:45,280 At the tail end of winter in 1876, legend has it that American outlaw Jesse James emptied six rounds from a scofield revolver into a cottonwood tree to mark the location of stolen Mexican gold. 107 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:50,280 I'm about to do the same and find out if this crew could leave me to the missing loot. 108 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,280 Here we go. 109 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,280 Well, it definitely left some marks. 110 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:21,280 No question about that, but it's not exactly blowing the tree apart. 111 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,280 That's true. 112 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:27,280 It basically absorbs the slug, it leaves a small entry hole, and that's it. 113 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:28,280 Right. 114 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,280 So this could have been a clue, I suppose, back in the day when he did it. 115 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,280 It would have been a discrete clue. 116 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:33,280 I mean, you would have... 117 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:35,280 In a very limited period of time, maybe a couple years at most. 118 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:36,280 Right. 119 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,280 But 100 years later, not hardly. 120 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:48,280 I now know that James could have shot up the tree as a marker, but it would be so invisible today that I won't be able to rely on finding it. 121 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:53,280 There's also another part of the legend that's been bugging me, and I have a plan to put it to the test. 122 00:11:53,280 --> 00:12:04,280 In the story, Jesse and his gang undertake a 700-mile trek from northern Mexico to the mountains of Oklahoma with 18 mules in tow in just under three months. 123 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,280 But is that timeline even possible? 124 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Since Google wasn't much help with how fast a mule is with stolen Mexican gold travel, 125 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:17,280 I tracked down an expert horse wrangler in Springfield, Missouri, a cowboy. 126 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,280 Literally, the man's name is Cowboy. 127 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,280 The first step is to pack as much weight on these mules as they can handle. 128 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:25,280 How are we doing, Cowboy? 129 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,280 Oh, we're getting there. 130 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,280 You got millions of dollars of loot? 131 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:28,280 You bet. 132 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,280 I don't have three months of free time to make the entire trip James did, 133 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:36,280 but we should be able to get some data with just a few mules over a few miles. 134 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,280 Okay, let's do it. 135 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:45,280 These horses are built to run, and it's clear that James could have made great time if he was riding with just his gang. 136 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:53,280 But as soon as we add the mules to the experiment, it soon becomes painfully obvious who's in charge. 137 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,280 The plan is for Cowboy to help me calculate our average speed. 138 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,280 Come on, girl. 139 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:05,280 While we lead two mules over terrain similar to what the James gang traversed. 140 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:10,280 The first thing I notice here is only so fast you can really go with these mules, right? 141 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,280 You're definitely moving at a slower pace than you would if you were just on horseback. 142 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:17,280 Yeah, they're going to slow you down a little until they get in the rhythm. 143 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:21,280 All right, so we're doing okay in the grass here, but how are these mules going to do in water? 144 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:26,280 The water crossing is probably the biggest danger you've got with them loaded the way they are. 145 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:33,280 If a mule goes down in the water with you, he can't get back up with all that weight on him. 146 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:41,280 Mules are notoriously skittish around water, and as we try to find a safe place to cross the river, all hell breaks loose. 147 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:45,280 Saddle. Saddle. 148 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,280 Come on, girl. 149 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,280 Keep turning him down. 150 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:51,280 Hold on, you got a mule in high ground here. 151 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Yeah. 152 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:53,280 Hold up. 153 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:58,280 Come on. Saddle. Saddle. 154 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,280 Well, these mules really don't want to go in the water. 155 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,280 Hey, it broke free, huh? 156 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,280 God damn it. 157 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:09,280 We're not making that many miles an hour right now. 158 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:10,280 No. 159 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,280 I think we better take what we can get. 160 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,280 That's fine, we will. Let me see if I can get over there. 161 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,280 We've lost half our caravan, but we'll just have to make do. 162 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:22,280 I have no idea how deep this water is or how the mule is going to react with all this added weight on its back. 163 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,280 Come on, push through. Come on. 164 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,280 We got it. Here we go. 165 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:46,280 Okay, so let's assess here. 166 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,280 We're one mule down, so we lost some treasure. 167 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:51,280 Yep, he didn't make her. 168 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,280 So based on today, Jesse's gang would have averaged how much you think a day. 169 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,280 Probably 10 miles a day on a good day. 170 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:04,280 So they probably had 80, maybe 90 days to cover a distance of maybe 800 miles or more. 171 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,280 Yeah, sounds about right, don't it? 172 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,280 It sounds not only possible, it actually kind of lines up. 173 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,280 So this legend is still viable. 174 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,280 I mean, at least for now, the legend still sounds possible. 175 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:15,280 Definitely possible. 176 00:15:15,280 --> 00:15:18,280 All right, well, we got a mule to find with a bunch of stolen treasure on it. 177 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,280 Yeah, I reckon. 178 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:20,280 Let's get after it. 179 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:26,280 Thanks to Cowboy, it's clear that Jesse could have made it to the Wichita Mountains in the timeframe laid out in the legend. 180 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,280 Our average speed matches the story almost exactly. 181 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:33,280 So I'm satisfied that this part of the legend may well be fact. 182 00:15:33,280 --> 00:15:37,280 That means that I'm ready for the next phase of my expedition, treasure hunting. 183 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,280 I'm on the trail of Jesse James' buried treasure. 184 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,280 Here we go. 185 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:55,280 I feel confident the story is historically possible, which means it's time to start digging for treasure. 186 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,280 So at least for now, the legend still sounds possible. 187 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,280 Definitely possible. 188 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:04,280 First, I'll make my way west on the Mother Road, historic Route 66, 189 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:08,280 and then cruise down into eastern Oklahoma to a spot known as Robbers Cave. 190 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,280 There, I plan to meet with a local treasure hunter. 191 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,280 I'm on a plains. 192 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:33,280 On a flat, beautiful plains. 193 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:39,280 250 miles of plains later, I finally reach Robbers Cave State Park. 194 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:44,280 It's 8,800 square miles of untouched wilderness. 195 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,280 A lot of ground to cover. 196 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,280 But I'm trusting my guide. 197 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,280 But Hardcastle is a hard-nosed old-school treasure hunter 198 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,280 who's been tracking the James' gold for 40 years. 199 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,280 Okay, bud, let's ride. 200 00:16:56,280 --> 00:17:00,280 This location is one of the only places mentioned by name in the legend. 201 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:06,280 It's believed that Jesse came here after he buried the money in the Wichita Mountains, 200 miles to the west. 202 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:10,280 But Bud believes he might have brought some of that treasure with him to Robbers Cave. 203 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,280 And he might not be wrong. 204 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:17,280 Years ago, 100 and 80 years ago, he was buried in the Wichita Mountains, 205 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:22,280 and so 183 gold rings were unearthed near this very spot. 206 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:27,280 Bud believes he's discovered an audio tape that may lead to even more loot. 207 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,280 I'm eager to hear it for myself. 208 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,280 But Bud's horse seems to have it out for me. 209 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:33,280 Nice and easy, nice and easy. 210 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:36,280 It slipped me up here. 211 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,280 Come on, easy, easy. 212 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,280 Easy, boy, easy, boy. 213 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,280 Nice and slow, nice and slow. 214 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,280 Look at this place. 215 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,280 We went from woods to cliffs. 216 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,280 This is the old rock corral. 217 00:17:55,280 --> 00:18:00,280 This is where they kept their horses, and we're going to have to go in on foot from here. 218 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:06,280 From here on out, I'm actually following in the footsteps of Jesse James. 219 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:10,280 And after a hike into the hills, Bud and I come straight to the lion's den. 220 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,280 Wow, look at this. This is it, huh? 221 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,280 This is it. This is where they all hid out. 222 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:18,280 This is Robert's cave. 223 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:23,280 This is a spot that Jesse James might actually have sat in. 224 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:25,280 They were here. 225 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:29,280 By the time they got into the Wichita Mountains, they were in a blizzard. 226 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:37,280 So they kicked the money off in a ravine, and then they put part of it in a brass bucket and carved a contract on the bucket. 227 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:42,280 And it named the people that were with them, and they all were to share in that money. 228 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:46,280 The brass bucket was found, oh, in about 33. 229 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:48,280 And did they find any money in the bucket? 230 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,280 Oh, yeah. Yeah, there was gold coins in it. 231 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:55,280 The brass bucket was found near the Wichita Mountains by the famous treasure seeker, Joe Hunter. 232 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,280 It was a rare, documented discovery that backs up the James legend. 233 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,280 Score another point for the story being real. 234 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,280 And then after the blizzard was over, they wound up right here. 235 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:15,280 James may have brought some of the money with him here to Robert's cave, but nobody has known where to look until now. 236 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:23,280 Bud claims to have found an audio recording from the 1960s of a treasure hunter who was close to finding part of James' treasure. 237 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,280 Have people heard these tapes before? 238 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,280 Very few people. 239 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,280 Oh, that was two million. They buried the other two million. 240 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,280 Talking about burying two million dollars. 241 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:42,280 Up to the screen, on the west side, the three right where it is, it's all coins, and for as I know, it's 14 million. 242 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,280 And the proper time count of 10.30. 243 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:51,280 So these guys are talking about specific amounts of money and specific areas where they're buried. 244 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,280 And you think these tapes are legitimate? 245 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,280 I know what it is. 246 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:56,280 What makes you so sure about it? 247 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:58,280 40 years of research. 248 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,280 And you think some of it could even be here, Robert's cave area? 249 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,280 I think it could, yes. 250 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:09,280 The recording offers us enough clues to hone in on an area sloping down toward the nearby creek. 251 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,280 Bud, what do you got there? 252 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,280 This is a dousing rod. 253 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:17,280 And how does this guy work? 254 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:21,280 You load this tube with what you're looking for. In this case, we're looking for gold or silver. 255 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:27,280 If you get over the area where you need to be, this thing will start going around and around. 256 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:29,280 Huh. 257 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,280 Well, dousing rods have been used by treasure hunters since the 15th century, 258 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:37,280 but there's little, make that no, scientific evidence that they really work. 259 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,280 Do you believe that this works? 260 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,280 I do. I've seen people working. 261 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:46,280 Alright, well let's, let's, it seems like we're kind of onto something here. Let's see where it goes. 262 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:47,280 Alright. 263 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,280 It looks like it's pulling. 264 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:52,280 Not over towards those big rocks. 265 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:53,280 Alright, let's go. 266 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:03,280 Well, we're getting a circular motion, Josh. We might be in a good spot. 267 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:04,280 So you think right here? 268 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:05,280 Try it. 269 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:07,280 Okay, let me get the shovels. 270 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:14,280 I'm not convinced of the dousing rod, but then again, I'm new to treasure hunting and willing to try anything. 271 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:19,280 And Bud seems pretty sure we found something, only one way to find out. 272 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,280 How deep down do you think this stuff could be? 273 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,280 Could be up to 18 feet. 274 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,280 Just keep it up. 275 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:34,280 Oh man, there better be a bunch of Mexican gold down here. 276 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,280 Oh, we hit something, Bud. 277 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,280 Well, that sounds good to me. 278 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,280 Lit off a tin can. 279 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:54,280 Isn't that something? Well, that throwed us on that, didn't it? 280 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:59,280 Okay, so it's either a can full of gold or it's Jesse James baked beans. 281 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:02,280 Baked beans. You better fill that hole up. 282 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,280 Okay. 283 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:12,280 I'm not saying I'm losing faith in this treasure hunt, but I am hoping Bud has some more tricks of his sleeve. 284 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:17,280 And maybe a metal detector, or a map, or even a granola bar. 285 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:19,280 What are we looking for here, Bud? 286 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:20,280 I look for symbols. 287 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:21,280 What kind of symbols? 288 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,280 A sign that says treasure buried here? 289 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:24,280 Nope. 290 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:29,280 J.J.'s, Jesse James, turkey tracks, turtles, masonic emblems. 291 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Jesse James and other outlaws famously used coded maps and carved symbols to mark the location of their loot. 292 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:39,280 But finding those symbols 100 years later is a tough challenge. 293 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,280 I don't have much choice but to follow Bud as Bud follows his gut. 294 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,280 While we're down to the waterline. 295 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,280 Sometimes they're hard to see. 296 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,280 They'd have been a lot planer 100 years ago. 297 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,280 Josh, you better get over here. 298 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:08,280 I've hooked up with veteran treasure hunter Bud Hardcastle and we're scouring the Oklahoma wilderness near Robbers Cave. 299 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,280 We're looking for clues that may lead us to Jesse James buried treasure. 300 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,280 Josh, you better get over here. 301 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:16,280 What do you got, Bud? 302 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,280 Found some carvings. 303 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,280 See this horses hoof? 304 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:22,280 Here's a corral. 305 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,280 And here's an arrow. 306 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,280 You're right, they're carved right in there. 307 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:31,280 So you think that this indicates that some money was buried or moved in this direction? 308 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,280 No, I don't think it. I know it. 309 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,280 They wouldn't have put that there for nothing. 310 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,280 I don't know if we're finding treasure but you're a convincing guy, Bud. 311 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:44,280 The best way to see them more clearly is to do a pencil rubbing on paper. 312 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:49,280 Well, Bud, you can't see it all that well on the rock. When you trace it out, it's really clear. 313 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,280 And there's no question that that's an arrow. 314 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:54,280 No doubt about that. 315 00:23:54,280 --> 00:24:00,280 I may have my doubts about Bud's old school approach to treasure hunting, but this is actually a tangible discovery. 316 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,280 Let's get a compass rating and see where this arrow is pointing. 317 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:05,280 We're talking 52 degrees. 318 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,280 Uh-huh. 319 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:09,280 Alright, well we're headed upstream and it looks like the higher ground. 320 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:10,280 Yes. 321 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:11,280 Alright, come on. 322 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,280 Keeping the river on our left, we head upstream. 323 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,280 I hope we're hot on the trail of riches. 324 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:17,280 F***. 325 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:20,280 Getting older sucks. 326 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,280 Well, you're making it look good. 327 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,280 Well, the weather is not improving, Bud. 328 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:30,280 No, it's not. 329 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,280 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 330 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:33,280 Bud, look at this. 331 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,280 I mean, that just goes straight down. 332 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,280 All the way down into that valley. Look at that. 333 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,280 Where does that go straight down to? 334 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,280 Hopefully to money. 335 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:54,280 Well, why don't you climb down there and check it out? 336 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:57,280 I've done enough climbing today. 337 00:24:57,280 --> 00:25:01,280 Well, I'll tell you what, you want to split up and cover more ground that way. 338 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,280 I'll go down the sheer cliff of death and you can check out the trails up here. 339 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:06,280 Sounds good to me. 340 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:07,280 Sounds like a better deal for you than me. 341 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,280 And if I find any money, you want me to call you. 342 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:13,280 Ha, ha, ha. 343 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,280 Okay, well, it's slippery as hell. 344 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,280 Woo. 345 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,280 Problem is it's been raining since this whole rock face is really slippy. 346 00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,280 There'd be some treasure down here. 347 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,280 I'll tell you that. 348 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,280 Bud, you sure you don't want to do this? 349 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:46,280 Bud? 350 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,280 This whole area is just riddled. 351 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,280 We've all started one of the ravines down here. 352 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,280 There's all sorts of little nooks and crannies down here to explore, 353 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,280 but they're hard to get to. 354 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,280 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 355 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,280 This is not easy. 356 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,280 This cliff face is super slippery. 357 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:14,280 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 358 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,280 Got it. 359 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:36,280 Okay, let's go find some buried treasure. 360 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,280 I'm on my own and it's not exactly a leisurely stroll, 361 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,280 but Bud and those symbols have me believing that a piece of Jesse's treasure 362 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,280 could be buried somewhere nearby. 363 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:52,280 I just need to keep my footing long enough to find them. 364 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,280 Bit of a tight space here. 365 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:02,280 Trying to find more of these symbols, 366 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:07,280 but other than some grooves and lines here from the wind and water, not much. 367 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,280 Looks like we've got some kind of overhang here. 368 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:15,280 Well, we got a cave here. 369 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:16,280 Look at this. 370 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,280 I see some light, so it looks like it might go through. 371 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:24,280 Let's see what we got. 372 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,280 Definitely goes through. 373 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,280 Looking for symbols in here. 374 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,280 Big crack goes all the way up. 375 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:36,280 A little stream coming through here. 376 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,280 This would have been another place that would have been a good little hideout. 377 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,280 Definitely a tight squeeze. 378 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:49,280 I'm back outside. 379 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,280 I had high hopes for the cave, 380 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:56,280 but after crawling my way back into the light 381 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,280 and then searching what feels like half of eastern Oklahoma, 382 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:02,280 I don't come across any additional evidence. 383 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,280 Learning the treasure hunting is not exactly a science. 384 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,280 Well, it can be, but it's not easy to explore this whole area 385 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,280 without any modern equipment. 386 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,280 But I got a long hike back up to Bud. 387 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,280 I think we're going to call this one a day. 388 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,280 So far, I haven't found much more than a tin can lid, 389 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,280 but I've got a 200-mile drive to Cement, Oklahoma, 390 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,280 where I've got a good lead on the loot. 391 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,280 If there's one thing I've learned about treasure hunting, 392 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:35,280 there's always tomorrow. 393 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,280 The End 394 00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,280 No treasure yet, but, you know, the day is young. 395 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,280 I'm chasing the legend of Jesse James stolen Mexican gold 396 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,280 and headed west to meet up with another treasure hunter 397 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,280 who believes he has a critical new clue in the search for the gold. 398 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,280 After several hours of driving past, not much of anything, 399 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,280 I pull into the sleepy town of Cement, Oklahoma. 400 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,280 Maybe sleepy isn't the right word. Haunted? 401 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,280 Cement is almost a ghost town, 402 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,280 but it's also ground zero for the legend, 403 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,280 perched right next to the Wichita Mountains. 404 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,280 While I wait for the treasure hunter, 405 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,280 I decide to mosey on over to the local Jesse James Museum. 406 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:55,280 Welcome to Cement Museum and Jesse James Visitor Center. 407 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,280 For entry, please call Mary Jackson. 408 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,280 Okay? 409 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,280 Sure. 410 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,280 Hello. 411 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,280 Hi, is this Mary? 412 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,280 Yes, it is. 413 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:14,280 Mary, hi, my name's Josh. 414 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,280 I'm down here at the Jesse James Visitor Center, 415 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,280 and I was hoping to check out the museum. 416 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,280 Well, I'll be glad to come down and let you in. 417 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,280 Well, I'll be here waiting, Mary, thanks. 418 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,280 Bye-bye. 419 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,280 Okay. 420 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,280 Hope she doesn't live six towns away. 421 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,280 Are you Mary? 422 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:34,280 I'm Mary. 423 00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:36,280 I'm Josh. 424 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,280 Josh, I'm glad to meet you. 425 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,280 I'm glad to meet you, too. Thanks for having me. 426 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,280 Well, we're glad to have you. 427 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,280 Please, after you. 428 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,280 I have too many keys. 429 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,280 I'm sure it's on there somewhere. 430 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,280 I'm sure it is. 431 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,280 It's been unlocking the door for quite some time. 432 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,280 There we go. 433 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,280 We got it. 434 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280 Okay, here we go. 435 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,280 Well, I'm going to have a peek around. 436 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,280 Okay, dear. 437 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,280 This place is a treasure trove of articles, 438 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,280 research, and memorabilia on James. 439 00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,280 He may have started off 440 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,280 as a Confederate guerrilla fighter, 441 00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:16,280 but within a few years, he was a bona fide living legend. 442 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:18,280 You name it, he robbed it. 443 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,280 He even published letters in the newspaper 444 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,280 proclaiming his innocence and his heroism. 445 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,280 You could say he invented the press release, 446 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:26,280 and his egos seem to grow 447 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,280 with every crime. 448 00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,280 He was so popular that they had to 449 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,280 exhume his bones in 1995 450 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:34,280 just to prove that the larger-than-life gunslinger 451 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,280 was mortal. 452 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,280 But as I peruse the collection, 453 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,280 I finally find what I'm looking for. 454 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,280 The best-preserved copy 455 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,280 of the text from the brass bucket contract 456 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,280 that swore the James gang into secrecy. 457 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,280 It says, uh, 458 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,280 we will go to the west side of the Ketchy Hills, 459 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,280 which is about 50 yards from 460 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:54,280 X. 461 00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,280 Follow the trail line coming through the mountains 462 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,280 just east of Lone Hill 463 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:00,280 where we buried Jack. 464 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,280 His grave is east of a rock. 465 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,280 This contract made and entered into this fifth day 466 00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,280 of March 1876. 467 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,280 This gold shall belong 468 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,280 to who signs below. 469 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,280 Signed Jesse James, 470 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,280 and the rest of the members of the gang. 471 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,280 This is really cool. I mean, this really is a clue 472 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:18,280 to the location of the gold. 473 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,280 We have a symbol that's marked on here as X. 474 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,280 Following a trail line, 475 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,280 mountains are mentioned. 476 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,280 So we have some markers on here 477 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,280 that may actually help decode 478 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,280 where this treasure is buried. 479 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,280 Many people believe the riddle 480 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,280 on the brass bucket points to buzzard's roost 481 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,280 just outside of cement. 482 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,280 Treasure hunter Jamie Dotson disagrees 483 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,280 and has a new lead on a private, 484 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,280 unexplored piece of land near the roost 485 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,280 that he just got permission to hunt. 486 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,280 In this same area, 487 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,280 Jesse's brother Frank dug up a portion 488 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,280 of the money in 1907. 489 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,280 Jamie. 490 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,280 Josh. How are you? I'm fine. How are you? 491 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,280 Great thanks. Normally I don't like to talk 492 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,280 in the middle of the street. Somehow here in cement, 493 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,280 I think we're going to be okay. That's right. It's lazy town. 494 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,280 I was excited to meet you because you are 495 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,280 kind of next generation of 496 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,280 treasure hunter here, and it sounds like you might be 497 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,280 onto something, a new spot that you're 498 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,280 investigating. That's right. 499 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,280 It's just right across the road from buzzard's roost. 500 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,280 It's a spot where Frank James dug up $6,000. 501 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,280 And do you think that that money was part 502 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:18,280 of this Mexican robbery treasure? 503 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,280 It could be. Frank said that Jesse's part 504 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,280 of the cache was still there. 505 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,280 Do you think there's a chance that we could find it? 506 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,280 There's a very good chance. Frank came back 507 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,280 to this area looking for a map. They said 508 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,280 if he could find it, he'd find stacks of gold. 509 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,280 But do you think we might? We've got the map. 510 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,280 We do. We have the map. What is the map? 511 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,280 It's the copper map. What's the copper map? 512 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,280 It's another part of the story. 513 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,280 All right. Well, I'm intrigued. Let's go check it out. 514 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,280 All right. 515 00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,280 A new treasure hunter, a copper map 516 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,280 and an unexplored location, we might 517 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,280 actually be on to something. 518 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,280 But I'm still trying to figure out 519 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,280 the code on the brass bucket. 520 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,280 We will go to the west side of the Kitchy Hills. 521 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:04,280 Follow the trail line 522 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,280 coming through the mountains just east 523 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,280 of Lone Hill where he buried Jack. 524 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,280 Whatever Jesse was talking about, 525 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,280 Jamie thinks it points to this patch of land 526 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,280 across from buzzard's roost. 527 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:22,280 Okay. So who is Jack? 528 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,280 Jack is not a person. 529 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,280 He's not. 530 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,280 Jack is actually something that was laid out in rocks. 531 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,280 The name Jack. And how do we know that? 532 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,280 I have a photo of it. Really? 533 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:34,280 Joe Hunter found it in 1933 looking down 534 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,280 from buzzard's roost. Let me see it. 535 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,280 And this is from buzzard's roost? 536 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:40,280 From buzzard's roost. 537 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,280 If you look at this corner right here, 538 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:44,280 you'll see Jack laid out. 539 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:48,280 Look at that. You do. 540 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,280 That's amazing. It's right on the hillside there. 541 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,280 It says Jack. 542 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,280 Plain as day. If you look at the angles 543 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,280 that the letters were laid out, 544 00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,280 it leads you to this side of the roost. 545 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,280 Jamie, I think you might be onto something here. 546 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,280 So is this the one thing driving you here? 547 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,280 No, the copper map is what brings me here. 548 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,280 What's the copper map? 549 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,280 The copper map is what was found 550 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,280 in 1932 by Joe Hunter over on buzzard's roost. 551 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,280 But told me about Joe Hunter 552 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,280 back at Robbers Cave 553 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:16,280 and how he found the brass bucket. 554 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,280 Hunter also dug up the copper map 555 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,280 and it sounds like Jamie has a pristine copy. 556 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,280 This is the one that Jesse's brother 557 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,280 Frank was looking for. 558 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:26,280 And he said if he could find it, 559 00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,280 he'd find stacks of gold bars. 560 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:30,280 And have a lot of folks seen that? 561 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,280 No, not very many people have. 562 00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,280 And can we take a look at it? 563 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,280 Is that possible? 564 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,280 I don't know if we should show this one on camera. 565 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,280 You want to think about it for a second? 566 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,280 Yeah, let's think about that. 567 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,280 Okay, take a second, think about it. 568 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:48,280 Let me know what you want to do. 569 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,280 Last time someone seen it, 570 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,280 I thought this was not going to go my way. 571 00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,280 That wasn't a good deal. 572 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,280 Hey guys, sorry not to bust you up. 573 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,280 I have a compromise that has occurred to me. 574 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,280 What if we don't show it to camera? 575 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,280 You can be sure as hell I won't be able to interpret it. 576 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,280 I'm just a dumb TV host. 577 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,280 What if we kind of keep it from the cameras a little bit 578 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,280 so that the secret doesn't get out? 579 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,280 We'll do that. 580 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,280 We can do that. 581 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,280 Appreciate that. 582 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,280 Though we can't show you the map, 583 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,280 Jamie and his team believe that it narrows down their search grid 584 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,280 to less than two square miles 585 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,280 and we're right at the center. 586 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,280 Now, this is a pretty complicated looking map. 587 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,280 To me it looks like chaos. 588 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,280 The map has to be worked in two separate parts, 589 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,280 north and south, south and north. 590 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,280 That's about all I can go into that. 591 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,280 You guys aren't going to kill me at the end of this, are you? 592 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:40,280 Look at this. This is a high-tech operation here. 593 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:42,280 Jamie and his crew are on the cutting edge 594 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,280 of the Jesse James Gold Rush. 595 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,280 Unleash the beast. 596 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,280 What is this? 597 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,280 This is a metal detector. It's all electronic. 598 00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:52,280 This one will take you 30 feet deep. 599 00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,280 It's not your grandma's coin-shooter. 600 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,280 This square is actually the sensor. 601 00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,280 This is the... 602 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,280 That's what finds the money. 603 00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,280 Is it safe? 604 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,280 Sure. 605 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,280 That's why you're holding it. 606 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,280 I noticed that you've gotten 10 feet behind us. 607 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,280 And what is this? 608 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:10,280 A shonstat. 609 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:12,280 A shonstat. That's definitely made up word. 610 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,280 What is that? 611 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,280 It finds cast iron. 612 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,280 In the event that the treasure is inside of something? 613 00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:18,280 Like a teapot or something like that. 614 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,280 This is like some 21st century treasure hunting. 615 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,280 Are you ready? 616 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,280 I'm ready. 617 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,280 Let's go. What do we do? 618 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,280 Walk that way. 619 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,280 Alright, I can do that. 620 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,280 We're just going back and forth in straight lines here. 621 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,280 Yeah. You have to work it kind of like a grid. 622 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,280 Are you visually seeing data? 623 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,280 Yeah, I'm visually seeing data right now. 624 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,280 And what is that? 625 00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,280 It's probably the nails in your boots. 626 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:48,280 Oh yeah. 627 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,280 If it's something more substantial, I assume it makes it different only. 628 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,280 If it's the short ones, probably your boots. 629 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,280 If it's a really loud one, then we'll got it. 630 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:59,280 I'm starting to realize that even with all this fancy equipment, 631 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:01,280 treasure hunting is still a lot of walking. 632 00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,280 I can't believe how patient these guys are. 633 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,280 It's basically like mowing along. 634 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,280 How long are we going to be out here doing this? 635 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,280 Do you have a team up? 636 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,280 Oh boy. 637 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,280 This is going to be a long day. 638 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:21,280 Look at this. 639 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:22,280 What do you got? 640 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,280 I don't know. 641 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:26,280 It's right in there. 642 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,280 Yeah, it's definitely detecting something. 643 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,280 This thing picks up iron, so it's going to be just the rock. 644 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,280 Let's get that shovel and try to dig that out, yeah? 645 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,280 What do you mean? 646 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:43,280 Like what? 647 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:44,280 I don't know. 648 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,280 Something lives in there. 649 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,280 Give me like your top three things that could be living in here. 650 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,280 A snake, a pack rat. 651 00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:52,280 What's a pack rat? 652 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:53,280 That's a real thing. 653 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,280 That's an animal? 654 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,280 Yeah. 655 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,280 I thought that was just a hoarder. 656 00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,280 Before I lose a finger to a pack rat, 657 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,280 I need to make sure the shan stat isn't just picking up the iron and the rocks. 658 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,280 So we're bringing out the big gun and getting into position. 659 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:09,280 Hey, go back. 660 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,280 Something there? 661 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:11,280 Yeah, check that spot again. 662 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,280 What's it seeing? 663 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,280 Yeah, we got some kind of metal there. 664 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,280 Good again. 665 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:18,280 There you go, got it. 666 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,280 So it's just imaging something down there. 667 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:27,280 Something kind of elongated. 668 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:28,280 Yeah. 669 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,280 Holy s***. 670 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,280 Okay, great. 671 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,280 Let's check it out. 672 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:32,280 Come on. 673 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:33,280 Here, let's get that shovel. 674 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,280 Hey, man, what the hell? 675 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:43,280 Jamie, get over here. 676 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,280 What do you got? 677 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,280 Seriously, what the s*** is this? 678 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,280 Are you kidding me? 679 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:49,280 Var of what? 680 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:50,280 A allergen. 681 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,280 Inv Credit also says something about that. 682 00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,280 This space was spit out. 683 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,280 We talked about Kevin. 684 00:39:58,280 --> 00:39:59,280 Whoops. 685 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:01,280 It tore down our damn battery. 686 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:02,280 There he comes. 687 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,280 There he comes. 688 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:07,780 Working on something. 689 00:40:07,780 --> 00:40:09,280 There he comes. 690 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:10,280 Of course. 691 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,780 yaşay Tarani Island. 692 00:40:13,780 --> 00:40:15,280 hit 693 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,280 Bar of what? 694 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,960 Silver, maybe? 695 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:22,840 Are you f----ing me? 696 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,160 Jamie, what is this? 697 00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,360 Some kind of bar. 698 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,360 It weighs a ton. 699 00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:28,920 Yeah, it's got weight to it, doesn't it? 700 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:29,720 It's got some written on it. 701 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:30,800 Give it a brush or something. 702 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:31,360 Some water. 703 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:32,480 Maybe water. 704 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:32,960 Here's some. 705 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:40,480 Limon. 706 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:41,600 Limon. 707 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,000 What is that? 708 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:43,960 It's going to be lead. 709 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,920 Yeah, that's a lead bar. 710 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,680 They're a lead manufacturing company? 711 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,880 Yeah, that's what they make bullet castings out of. 712 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,280 What year you think this is? 713 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,960 Man, I thought it could be 100 years old. 714 00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:57,520 That is unbelievable. 715 00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:58,640 It's not just a James Treasure, 716 00:40:58,640 --> 00:40:59,880 but it's still pretty amazing. 717 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,560 Well, we know your machine works. 718 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:03,360 Yeah. 719 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,240 For a split second, I thought I was rich. 720 00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:08,240 What's the value of lead these days? 721 00:41:08,240 --> 00:41:08,960 Not enough. 722 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,360 Yeah, I was so close. 723 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,600 Part of me thought that just maybe we hit Jesse James 724 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,760 lost gold. 725 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:17,800 It's a rush. 726 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,520 And now I understand why people like Bud and Jamie spend 727 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,040 their lives chasing it. 728 00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,080 Is there any doubt in your mind that that treasure's still 729 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:25,160 up here somewhere? 730 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,880 That treasure's still here. 731 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,160 It's just going to take a little more searching to find it. 732 00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:35,280 Too many clues have been discovered over the last century 733 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,920 to dismiss the treasure as pure legend. 734 00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,360 The brass bucket with the contract, the cryptic markers, 735 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:42,960 the copper map. 736 00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,080 As for Jesse James, beneath the myth is a man, 737 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,600 and perhaps not a very decent one at that. 738 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,120 Though it's easy to say he was a product of his time, 739 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:55,440 his tendencies for brutal violence can't be overlooked. 740 00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:58,960 But the air of mystery surrounding him is undeniable. 741 00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:02,080 I think Jesse's fame endures because we see in him 742 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,560 only what we want to see. 743 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,440 A thirst for adventure, a longing for unfettered freedom, 744 00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:12,720 a desire to write our own destiny. 745 00:42:12,720 --> 00:42:14,600 The evidence suggests that Jesse's gold 746 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,880 awaits some bold explorer. 747 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,560 It could be claimed by anyone, and the clues 748 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:22,040 are all around us. 749 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,240 Think you've got what it takes to follow them? 750 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:27,040 I'd be happy to draw you a map.