WEBVTT 00:00:11.474 --> 00:00:12.809 Come on, Thom. 00:00:12.892 --> 00:00:14.436 Show me the money. 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:16.980 I haven't got all the way to the bottom here. 00:00:17.564 --> 00:00:19.607 It's a kind of a thin-skin type metal. 00:00:21.317 --> 00:00:22.652 Maybe 18-inches wide. 00:00:22.736 --> 00:00:24.529 Like a milk jug. 00:00:24.612 --> 00:00:26.239 This could be the gold. 00:00:28.074 --> 00:00:30.910 We have eliminated the entire search area at Navy 2 00:00:30.994 --> 00:00:32.579 with one exception, 00:00:32.662 --> 00:00:35.165 underneath the foundation of this house, 00:00:35.248 --> 00:00:38.585 and we have detected a mysterious object. 00:00:38.668 --> 00:00:40.712 We're about to find out what it is. 00:00:41.713 --> 00:00:43.131 Thom, is it a milk can? 00:00:43.214 --> 00:00:45.133 I don't know. Well, stand by. 00:00:46.801 --> 00:00:48.136 I got it out! 00:00:48.219 --> 00:00:49.679 Thom, what is it? 00:00:56.770 --> 00:00:58.563 It's not a can of gold. 00:00:58.646 --> 00:01:01.232 It's just some kind of old pressurized canister. 00:01:02.358 --> 00:01:03.193 What? 00:01:06.988 --> 00:01:08.656 It's just a piece of junk. 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:12.285 That was a lot of work for nothing. 00:01:18.124 --> 00:01:19.751 No frickin' way, man. 00:01:23.129 --> 00:01:25.090 All right, guys. I'm coming out. 00:01:25.590 --> 00:01:28.676 Are you frigging kidding me? Look at that thing. 00:01:30.970 --> 00:01:33.515 Everything we looked at 00:01:34.015 --> 00:01:37.268 told us that this location would have gold here. 00:01:37.977 --> 00:01:39.854 And it's a piece of junk. 00:01:41.773 --> 00:01:45.401 We can't dig at Army 1 until Thom's explosive expert gets here 00:01:45.485 --> 00:01:46.986 to detonate the UXO. 00:01:47.570 --> 00:01:48.404 Now what? 00:01:53.284 --> 00:01:57.747 In 1892, seal poacher and pirate Gregory Dwargstof 00:01:57.831 --> 00:02:00.792 buried 150 cans filled with gold coins 00:02:00.792 --> 00:02:04.337 on the remote island of Adak, Alaska. 00:02:05.213 --> 00:02:07.841 Adak saw action during World War II. 00:02:07.924 --> 00:02:11.052 Now it's riddled with unexploded bombs. 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.055 When you dig on Adak, you may get rich… 00:02:14.139 --> 00:02:15.765 We got a big hit over here. 00:02:15.849 --> 00:02:17.350 …or just die trying. 00:02:30.947 --> 00:02:32.907 The first signs of winter's approach 00:02:32.991 --> 00:02:36.035 are visible on the snowy peaks of the nearby mountains. 00:02:36.619 --> 00:02:39.581 Soon the frost line will reach sea level, 00:02:39.664 --> 00:02:44.085 and the soil on Adak will freeze, bringing the treasure hunt to an end. 00:02:45.128 --> 00:02:47.088 Navy 2 was a huge disappointment. 00:02:47.589 --> 00:02:49.883 I'm still hurting a little bit from that. 00:02:51.176 --> 00:02:54.137 Thom's got his explosives expert coming here in about a week. 00:02:54.220 --> 00:02:57.390 I want to spend this week searching in a new target area 00:02:57.473 --> 00:02:59.058 so we're not wasting time. 00:02:59.851 --> 00:03:02.979 We all came to Adak with theories of where the gold was. 00:03:03.062 --> 00:03:05.648 And I still think we're onto something in Army 1. 00:03:06.441 --> 00:03:09.194 But so far, we've only been focusing on the two places 00:03:09.277 --> 00:03:11.237 where gold was already discovered. 00:03:11.321 --> 00:03:13.615 These aren't the only two spots to look into. 00:03:14.782 --> 00:03:18.036 An article in a national magazine published in the '70s 00:03:18.119 --> 00:03:21.623 said that Dwargstof hid multiple stashes all over Adak. 00:03:22.582 --> 00:03:26.169 This way if the Navy or anyone else happened to find one of his stashes, 00:03:26.252 --> 00:03:28.171 he wouldn't have lost all of his gold. 00:03:29.380 --> 00:03:32.634 From what we know, Dwargstof did everything he could to put distance 00:03:32.717 --> 00:03:36.221 between his ship and the Navy after making off with the gold. 00:03:36.304 --> 00:03:38.890 He would have had enough time to bury a number of loads, 00:03:38.973 --> 00:03:42.727 and in places only he would be able to come back and find. 00:03:44.896 --> 00:03:48.566 When Dwargstof made his escape from the raid by the US Navy, 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:51.819 he was hauling nearly 3,000 pounds of gold. 00:03:52.779 --> 00:03:56.741 To avoid capture and protect the gold from falling into government hands, 00:03:56.824 --> 00:04:01.287 he navigated his ship directly into a storm at full sail. 00:04:05.208 --> 00:04:10.004 Once Dwargstof evaded the Navy ships and reached remote Adak Island, 00:04:10.088 --> 00:04:13.132 he began to bury the gold in multiple stashes. 00:04:14.926 --> 00:04:17.303 We need to track down one of them other stashes. 00:04:17.387 --> 00:04:18.429 Oh, I agree. 00:04:18.930 --> 00:04:20.390 But the problem is, dude, 00:04:20.473 --> 00:04:23.726 we don't even have enough clues to find a new place to start searching. 00:04:24.227 --> 00:04:25.478 Right now, we're stuck. 00:04:25.561 --> 00:04:27.355 We're sitting here waiting. 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:35.113 Hello. 00:04:35.655 --> 00:04:38.032 -Hey, bud, how you doing? -Hey, welcome. 00:04:38.116 --> 00:04:40.618 -Hey, how's it going? -Nice. Oh, boy. 00:04:40.702 --> 00:04:42.787 Man, oh, man, look at those prices. 00:04:42.870 --> 00:04:45.665 About what I expected. Maybe a little higher, huh? 00:04:45.748 --> 00:04:47.917 -Not what I expected. 00:04:48.001 --> 00:04:49.919 These are good prices for a village. 00:04:49.961 --> 00:04:51.546 You ought to see some of 'em. 00:04:52.088 --> 00:04:53.298 How's things been up here? 00:04:53.381 --> 00:04:55.091 Things have been tough here lately. 00:04:55.174 --> 00:04:58.845 I hope you guys find that gold. This town really does need a break. 00:04:58.928 --> 00:05:01.431 -We're gonna do everything we can. -Be careful. 00:05:01.514 --> 00:05:03.808 I mean, you know what happened to that last guy. 00:05:03.891 --> 00:05:05.226 No. What happened? 00:05:06.311 --> 00:05:11.607 Several years ago, there was a guy missing that had been looking for gold. 00:05:11.691 --> 00:05:15.486 He'd been missing since June, and this was like September. 00:05:15.570 --> 00:05:18.865 So I went to the back of Lake Betty, walked all the way around it, 00:05:18.948 --> 00:05:20.658 and found a camp back there. 00:05:21.242 --> 00:05:26.372 Stuff scattered about, and obviously nobody had been there in a couple months. 00:05:26.456 --> 00:05:29.334 I spent the next two weeks, me and my buddies, looking for him. 00:05:29.417 --> 00:05:32.462 I looked at every spot I could find, 00:05:32.545 --> 00:05:35.548 and everything, uh, was negative. 00:05:36.299 --> 00:05:37.592 Did they ever find him? 00:05:37.675 --> 00:05:40.595 Yeah, years later, they found him. 00:05:40.678 --> 00:05:45.224 Evidently, he'd fallen, broken his leg, and ended up, you know, dying of exposure. 00:05:45.308 --> 00:05:46.476 Oh, man. 00:05:48.227 --> 00:05:51.814 The severely decomposed body belonged to a Navy serviceman 00:05:51.898 --> 00:05:53.608 named Samuel Arrington, 00:05:53.691 --> 00:05:55.526 who had died of hypothermia. 00:05:56.027 --> 00:05:57.445 According to his son, 00:05:57.528 --> 00:06:00.031 Arrington had once been stationed on Adak, 00:06:00.114 --> 00:06:04.118 and returned in 2008 to look for gold in the backcountry. 00:06:04.869 --> 00:06:06.037 Seven years later, 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:08.581 his body was discovered by biologists 00:06:08.664 --> 00:06:12.168 who were conducting research at the bottom of a steep ravine. 00:06:12.251 --> 00:06:15.046 Both Arrington's campsite and his body 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:17.882 were discovered in the vicinity of Lake Betty, 00:06:17.965 --> 00:06:21.010 one of Adak's most dangerous and remote areas. 00:06:22.011 --> 00:06:24.222 Think about that. Lake Betty. 00:06:25.598 --> 00:06:27.892 That's clear the hell out there. 00:06:28.476 --> 00:06:31.145 Lake Betty is way outside of the city of Adak. 00:06:31.229 --> 00:06:33.439 It's difficult terrain out there. 00:06:33.523 --> 00:06:35.691 Even though the Navy ships were chasing him, 00:06:35.775 --> 00:06:38.486 if Dwargstof thought that he had enough time, 00:06:38.569 --> 00:06:41.739 it would make sense to me that he would bury it in a place 00:06:41.823 --> 00:06:43.574 much more remote and secure. 00:06:43.658 --> 00:06:45.201 We've been to Lake Betty. 00:06:45.284 --> 00:06:46.869 That's private over there. 00:06:46.953 --> 00:06:50.081 It wouldn't be the worst place in the world to put some gold, right? 00:06:50.164 --> 00:06:53.167 No, that pass on the backside is pretty treacherous too. 00:06:53.793 --> 00:06:56.838 I mean, not many people venture out there today. 00:06:57.713 --> 00:06:59.841 It would be a good place to stash it. 00:07:00.842 --> 00:07:02.468 Maybe we're underestimating him. 00:07:06.431 --> 00:07:07.807 Maybe he was there. 00:07:07.890 --> 00:07:11.185 And then I would bet Arrington had some kind of intel 00:07:11.269 --> 00:07:13.438 that led him out there to Lake Betty. 00:07:13.521 --> 00:07:17.108 He was in the Navy, stationed out here before they closed the base. 00:07:17.692 --> 00:07:19.318 He could have read something. 00:07:19.819 --> 00:07:22.780 Or even talked to someone that might have known that old Seabee, 00:07:22.864 --> 00:07:25.658 the one that found that can of gold coins back in '59. 00:07:26.409 --> 00:07:27.243 Yeah. 00:07:27.326 --> 00:07:29.120 There's got to be something to this. 00:07:29.203 --> 00:07:31.080 We need to go take a look at this. 00:07:31.164 --> 00:07:34.500 Let's talk to the team about it. We'll see what they got to say. 00:07:41.674 --> 00:07:42.717 Thanks, Tina. 00:07:43.301 --> 00:07:46.804 Dr. M and Brian Weed are meeting to share their theories 00:07:46.888 --> 00:07:48.973 about new locations where they can search 00:07:49.056 --> 00:07:51.642 for additional stashes of Dwargstof's gold. 00:07:52.643 --> 00:07:55.104 We've looked in the most logical places first, 00:07:55.188 --> 00:07:56.856 where treasure's already been found. 00:07:57.440 --> 00:07:59.192 But now that we have a little time, 00:07:59.275 --> 00:08:02.528 if we're gonna find this gold, it's time for some new ideas. 00:08:02.612 --> 00:08:04.530 We know for sure at some point 00:08:04.614 --> 00:08:07.575 Dwargstof dropped anchor at Sweeper Cove to hide some of the gold. 00:08:07.658 --> 00:08:08.534 Okay. 00:08:08.618 --> 00:08:10.995 But he's on the north side of the island. 00:08:12.455 --> 00:08:15.583 But he shipwrecked on the south side of the chain. 00:08:19.295 --> 00:08:23.549 Several days after Dwargstof buried the treasure and fled from Adak, 00:08:23.633 --> 00:08:25.051 he ran into foul weather 00:08:25.134 --> 00:08:28.179 as he navigated a strait by Vsevidof Island. 00:08:28.804 --> 00:08:33.726 With limited visibility, the ship ran into a coastal reef and sank rapidly. 00:08:34.602 --> 00:08:37.146 Almost all of his crew went down with the ship. 00:08:37.647 --> 00:08:40.525 Dwargstof escaped from the icy water. 00:08:40.608 --> 00:08:42.318 But he was soon captured. 00:08:42.818 --> 00:08:46.155 He developed pneumonia and died in prison within weeks, 00:08:46.656 --> 00:08:49.992 never revealing where on Adak he buried the gold. 00:08:51.494 --> 00:08:52.328 Dwargstof… 00:08:53.287 --> 00:08:54.997 shipwrecked right over here. 00:08:55.081 --> 00:08:58.334 To get to Vsevidof Island from Sweeper Cove, 00:08:58.417 --> 00:09:02.004 Dwargstof would have to go through this treacherous area, 00:09:02.505 --> 00:09:04.465 then he's gonna have to go north 00:09:04.549 --> 00:09:07.468 only to go south to then shipwreck at these islands? 00:09:08.469 --> 00:09:11.430 -That makes no sense at all. -You have an alternative theory? 00:09:11.514 --> 00:09:13.391 He unloaded some stuff in Sweeper's Cove. 00:09:13.474 --> 00:09:18.437 But the honeypot, the big treasure, I think it's to the south of the island. 00:09:18.521 --> 00:09:20.940 I think the reason that Dwargstof shipwrecked 00:09:21.023 --> 00:09:23.150 on the south side of the island chain 00:09:23.234 --> 00:09:25.778 is because he left from the south of Adak. 00:09:26.946 --> 00:09:31.117 We have to find a spot where Dwargstof could have navigated the rough waters 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:33.953 and the severe landscape of the south side of the island. 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:37.873 That part of Adak is subject to steep cliffs, 00:09:37.957 --> 00:09:39.792 rough seas, and a rocky coastline. 00:09:40.293 --> 00:09:44.171 It's not a place the captain of a wooden sailing vessel would bring his ship, 00:09:44.255 --> 00:09:45.923 unless he had a very good reason, 00:09:46.424 --> 00:09:49.468 such as burying gold in a place no one would think to look. 00:09:49.552 --> 00:09:53.139 We have to take into account that he has that 140-foot schooner. 00:09:53.723 --> 00:09:56.851 He's gonna drop anchor in about 30 to 60 feet of water. 00:09:57.852 --> 00:09:59.854 I hear you. I've seen the south part of Adak. 00:09:59.937 --> 00:10:01.939 That's actually not that many spots. 00:10:03.024 --> 00:10:05.526 When I was studying the topography of the island, 00:10:05.610 --> 00:10:09.989 I did pinpoint the Bay of Waterfalls as a cartographically interesting place. 00:10:10.072 --> 00:10:14.535 There's a cove there with a potential landing spot for a boat. 00:10:14.619 --> 00:10:16.120 But we're running out of time. 00:10:16.203 --> 00:10:18.289 That snow line keeps getting lower and lower. 00:10:18.789 --> 00:10:20.583 The ground is about to freeze. 00:10:20.666 --> 00:10:24.378 If we're going to search that area, we're gonna need to go now. 00:10:24.462 --> 00:10:26.380 Like, right now. 00:10:26.881 --> 00:10:28.049 Let's do it. 00:10:28.132 --> 00:10:29.383 A new adventure. 00:10:38.017 --> 00:10:40.353 We get Jack out here in the next week. 00:10:40.436 --> 00:10:43.397 What do you think is the best way to spend that time? 00:10:43.481 --> 00:10:46.651 My feeling is right now, I think we need to go out to Lake Betty. 00:10:47.568 --> 00:10:48.861 Why would you do that? 00:10:48.944 --> 00:10:51.781 We heard a story from the owner of the liquor store last night. 00:10:51.864 --> 00:10:55.242 He told us about an ex-military guy that went to Lake Betty, 00:10:55.326 --> 00:10:58.287 was out there looking for gold, and came up missing. 00:10:58.371 --> 00:11:00.539 And the guy ended up dying out there. 00:11:00.623 --> 00:11:03.709 The guy you're talking about, I led the search and rescue. 00:11:03.793 --> 00:11:07.505 Me and two other guys went out, and, uh, we recovered his remains. 00:11:07.588 --> 00:11:10.091 Maybe he knew something that we don't know. 00:11:10.591 --> 00:11:12.426 If we can search the area where he died, 00:11:12.510 --> 00:11:14.679 maybe we could find what he was looking for. 00:11:14.762 --> 00:11:16.806 It's not a place to mess around with. 00:11:16.889 --> 00:11:18.391 That area is full of hazards. 00:11:18.474 --> 00:11:22.520 Its remoteness means if you get hurt, you'll be waiting a long time for help. 00:11:22.603 --> 00:11:27.316 My theory is he was stashing the gold here at Sweeper Cove. 00:11:28.359 --> 00:11:31.612 I think he was like, "Hey, don't put all your eggs in one basket." 00:11:32.196 --> 00:11:34.573 So he pulls up anchor, and then he hid his stash 00:11:34.657 --> 00:11:37.576 in the Bay of Waterfalls on the southern side of Adak. 00:11:38.994 --> 00:11:40.830 And then we have his shipwreck 00:11:40.913 --> 00:11:44.625 all the way to the east on the south end of the Aleutian chain. 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.504 He's gonna be coming from the south for that to happen. 00:11:48.587 --> 00:11:49.797 If we've got a week, 00:11:49.880 --> 00:11:53.509 we can do a quick run down the south side, 00:11:53.592 --> 00:11:56.345 and we can look for a place that is easy for hiding gold. 00:11:56.429 --> 00:11:59.265 Nobody's ever searched that part of Adak before. 00:11:59.348 --> 00:12:02.268 It's entirely possible no one's set foot there since Dwargstof. 00:12:02.351 --> 00:12:04.687 But if our whole team gets stranded down there, 00:12:04.770 --> 00:12:07.356 we'll miss our entire search window before winter comes. 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:11.652 Well, our choices are we all go to Lake Betty, or all of us get on a boat. 00:12:12.278 --> 00:12:13.446 Thom, what do you think? 00:12:13.946 --> 00:12:15.281 I think we can split up. 00:12:15.364 --> 00:12:17.616 Jay and Burke, we can go to Lake Betty. 00:12:17.700 --> 00:12:20.077 -I can show you where I found the body. -Yeah. 00:12:20.161 --> 00:12:22.913 We'll get you guys on a boat around the south of the island. 00:12:22.997 --> 00:12:25.708 You can chase down that lead, especially with your gear. 00:12:25.791 --> 00:12:28.127 It'll be a good use of the time that we have left. 00:12:36.093 --> 00:12:38.012 We've got a week's worth of food? 00:12:38.637 --> 00:12:40.514 -Right. -Detectors? 00:12:40.598 --> 00:12:42.224 I brought one detector. 00:12:43.058 --> 00:12:46.771 The excursion to the Bay of Waterfalls should take three days. 00:12:46.854 --> 00:12:50.441 But Brian and Dr. M must be prepared to stay longer 00:12:50.524 --> 00:12:53.819 if weather prevents their charter boat from returning on time. 00:12:54.904 --> 00:12:58.157 -Hey, Captain Scott. -Welcome back. Look forward to the trip. 00:12:58.991 --> 00:13:01.869 The Bay of Waterfalls is one of the most isolated parts 00:13:01.952 --> 00:13:05.372 of one of the most isolated places on this planet. 00:13:06.499 --> 00:13:09.960 It's ten miles from Adak, but there are no roads. 00:13:10.044 --> 00:13:12.213 It's only accessible by boat. 00:13:12.713 --> 00:13:16.967 This isolation, the steep cliffs, this rugged coastline… 00:13:18.052 --> 00:13:21.305 …this is what Dwargstof would have been looking for. 00:13:21.806 --> 00:13:24.183 No seal hunter would have come out there. 00:13:24.266 --> 00:13:27.019 He would have been virtually undisturbed. 00:13:27.102 --> 00:13:29.939 Bay of Waterfalls is probably gonna take us four to five hours, 00:13:30.022 --> 00:13:31.315 depending on the seas. 00:13:31.398 --> 00:13:33.108 -Hmm. -That's where we want to go. 00:13:33.609 --> 00:13:35.277 -Okay. Let's go. -Yeah. 00:13:35.361 --> 00:13:36.403 Woo-hoo! 00:13:39.865 --> 00:13:41.742 -Go ahead, push off. -Pushing off. 00:13:50.209 --> 00:13:53.337 We're in the ocean. This is wide open. 00:13:58.551 --> 00:14:00.803 All right, man. Let's start getting this gear up. 00:14:00.886 --> 00:14:02.304 Let's get on the road. 00:14:08.978 --> 00:14:09.812 Thom? 00:14:12.189 --> 00:14:13.774 All right, let's gear up. 00:14:13.858 --> 00:14:18.028 Burke and I have the location of the campsite from the liquor store. 00:14:18.112 --> 00:14:20.948 Thom knows where the body was found. 00:14:21.031 --> 00:14:23.784 If we can visit both of the locations, 00:14:23.868 --> 00:14:27.538 maybe we can piece together what Arrington was doing out there 00:14:27.621 --> 00:14:29.456 and come up with a new search area. 00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:32.751 -Ready for a hike? It's rugged. -Oh, yeah. 00:14:33.335 --> 00:14:35.170 Walk where I walk, please. 00:14:39.425 --> 00:14:42.803 After Sam Arrington fell, nobody came for him. 00:14:42.887 --> 00:14:44.096 He died alone. 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.640 And look at this terrain. 00:14:47.558 --> 00:14:50.644 I mean, you look around here, you can just see how rugged it is. 00:14:51.186 --> 00:14:54.356 I mean, honestly, if Dwargstof came up in here, 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.734 guys, we're probably walking in his footsteps. 00:14:56.817 --> 00:14:58.152 -Yeah. -So is this the… 00:14:58.235 --> 00:15:00.279 This is the way where you found the body? 00:15:00.362 --> 00:15:02.615 Yeah. But it's a ways still. 00:15:08.245 --> 00:15:10.497 When we were kids, going to Lake Betty was easy. 00:15:10.581 --> 00:15:12.917 -It seemed like around the corner. -I agree. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:15.336 But we each have put on about 100 pounds. 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:17.838 -You didn't put on 100 pounds. -Unfortunately, I did. 00:15:19.465 --> 00:15:20.382 I hate to admit it. 00:15:20.466 --> 00:15:23.928 -You didn't wrestle 150 in high school. -I wrestled 153 in high school. 00:15:24.011 --> 00:15:25.554 That's a little different. 00:15:26.055 --> 00:15:28.891 @ 00:15:28.974 --> 00:15:32.436 Can you imagine how difficult it would be to navigate this coastline 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.313 in a 140-foot sailboat? 00:15:36.231 --> 00:15:40.110 Captain Scott's five-hour, 65-mile route 00:15:40.194 --> 00:15:43.155 from the city of Adak to the southern side of the island 00:15:43.238 --> 00:15:46.533 brought the team through the narrow Kagalaska Strait 00:15:46.617 --> 00:15:49.453 and along the island's rugged southern coast 00:15:49.536 --> 00:15:52.039 all the way to the Bay of Waterfalls. 00:15:53.207 --> 00:15:54.166 There it is. 00:15:54.249 --> 00:15:56.293 That's the entrance to the bay. 00:15:57.169 --> 00:16:00.089 This is where Brian and Dr. M 00:16:00.089 --> 00:16:02.383 believe Dwargstof buried a stash of gold. 00:16:03.050 --> 00:16:05.094 This place looks like a fortress. 00:16:05.177 --> 00:16:06.553 Look how steep that is. 00:16:08.722 --> 00:16:10.307 Nobody's gonna carry gold up this. 00:16:10.391 --> 00:16:12.643 No, you can't even climb that. It's all slick. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:16.522 But that's a-- that's a flat spot. That little bench. 00:16:16.605 --> 00:16:19.525 That would be a nice spot for him to hide the treasure. 00:16:20.609 --> 00:16:22.945 It does look wide enough to get a boat in here, 00:16:23.028 --> 00:16:25.155 especially that length of ship. 00:16:25.656 --> 00:16:28.742 A hundred and forty feet, he can get in here. 00:16:30.869 --> 00:16:33.247 Dwargstof might bring his ship into the bay, 00:16:33.747 --> 00:16:35.457 but he'd have to anchor in the center 00:16:35.541 --> 00:16:38.502 in order to work his way out safely afterwards. 00:16:39.169 --> 00:16:42.047 My ROV will help us take a better look at the seafloor, 00:16:42.131 --> 00:16:44.466 and if the ocean floor isn't rocky enough, 00:16:44.550 --> 00:16:48.137 this really isn't a viable spot for Dwargstof to drop anchor, 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:50.264 and we shouldn't even bother searching here. 00:16:50.764 --> 00:16:54.685 It's all ready to go. Can you wipe off the lens before we dump it in the water? 00:16:55.185 --> 00:16:59.773 The Bay of Waterfalls hasn't changed in the last 150 years. 00:16:59.857 --> 00:17:04.778 I bet the landscape underwater hasn't shifted since the last ice age. 00:17:04.862 --> 00:17:08.949 So the rocks that Dwargstof anchored on when he sailed in here, 00:17:09.033 --> 00:17:10.367 they'll still be here. 00:17:10.909 --> 00:17:12.453 We just have to find them. 00:17:12.536 --> 00:17:15.372 Keep the lens pointed down as we lower it into the water. 00:17:15.873 --> 00:17:20.252 The ROV will allow us to look at the seafloor in a really wide area 00:17:20.335 --> 00:17:22.171 and at significant depths. 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.133 It's in. 00:17:26.216 --> 00:17:28.635 All right. Tilting down. 00:17:29.219 --> 00:17:31.805 Let's look at the bottom and see what it looks like. 00:17:35.768 --> 00:17:38.520 Let's see if we can see anything on the bottom. 00:17:39.188 --> 00:17:40.272 A lot of kelp. 00:17:41.398 --> 00:17:43.067 A lot of shells and sand. 00:17:43.567 --> 00:17:47.362 Yeah, but we're not looking for sand. We are looking for some anchorable rocks. 00:17:47.946 --> 00:17:49.239 That's bad stuff. 00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:54.828 This is similar to Kuluk Bay. Look at all this sand. There's no rocks. 00:17:58.791 --> 00:18:02.086 Nearly ten miles northeast of the Bay of Waterfalls, 00:18:02.169 --> 00:18:05.255 Jay, Burke, and Thom reach Lake Betty. 00:18:08.550 --> 00:18:09.635 There she is. 00:18:12.805 --> 00:18:14.640 Good to see you, little Betty. 00:18:16.642 --> 00:18:18.143 Good to see you, girl. 00:18:20.020 --> 00:18:23.232 We found our guy over this first ridge right here. 00:18:24.566 --> 00:18:27.694 Samuel Arrington's body was discovered at the bottom 00:18:27.778 --> 00:18:28.695 of a steep ravine 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:30.405 on the lake's southern side. 00:18:30.906 --> 00:18:34.368 A short distance from where Arrington died was his campsite. 00:18:34.868 --> 00:18:37.746 The team wants to camp in that same spot tonight. 00:18:38.997 --> 00:18:42.709 The trail though, it runs kind of right along here along that steep stuff. 00:18:42.793 --> 00:18:45.587 That looks pretty slick up there, pretty dicey. That's small. 00:18:45.671 --> 00:18:47.881 -Yeah. Yeah. -Like here. 00:18:49.383 --> 00:18:50.509 Let's keep going. 00:18:51.844 --> 00:18:53.345 This guy was dedicated. 00:18:53.428 --> 00:18:55.556 He must've thought there was something up here. 00:18:58.100 --> 00:19:00.394 Around the lake, the trail gets technical. 00:19:00.477 --> 00:19:04.106 There's a very steep area that drops right off into the lake. 00:19:04.189 --> 00:19:06.108 Falling here would be a death sentence. 00:19:06.608 --> 00:19:09.987 It's a 100-foot drop, and the water below is 40 degrees. 00:19:10.487 --> 00:19:13.198 You wouldn't last long before you were hypothermic. 00:19:23.167 --> 00:19:24.918 -Get away from the edge. -Yeah. 00:19:30.424 --> 00:19:31.300 You all right? 00:19:31.967 --> 00:19:32.801 Whoo! 00:19:36.138 --> 00:19:37.306 Look at that edge. 00:19:37.389 --> 00:19:39.850 -It's a long ways down, bro. -Yeah. 00:19:41.351 --> 00:19:42.269 Whoo! 00:19:42.352 --> 00:19:45.731 It's gonna be wet for a while, so we gotta watch our footing. 00:19:48.525 --> 00:19:50.485 @ 00:19:50.569 --> 00:19:54.323 We need to find some rocks. So I'm not sure where quite you are, 00:19:54.406 --> 00:19:56.742 but maybe do you wanna try coming inland a bit? 00:19:57.284 --> 00:19:58.744 Kinda out in the middle. 00:19:58.827 --> 00:20:02.623 For Dwargstof to drop anchor here, he'd have to have rocks out in the middle. 00:20:02.706 --> 00:20:06.877 With a 140-foot schooner, he can't get near shore here. 00:20:18.931 --> 00:20:19.932 There's some rock. 00:20:21.308 --> 00:20:22.476 Well done, you. 00:20:23.101 --> 00:20:25.604 -Good enough to hold. -Look at that. 00:20:26.355 --> 00:20:28.649 Dwargstof would have been able to sail in here 00:20:28.732 --> 00:20:31.401 and drop anchor just about where we are now. 00:20:31.902 --> 00:20:34.238 Then he could take a rowboat to the eastern shore 00:20:34.321 --> 00:20:36.865 where that bench is and then bury his treasure. 00:20:37.449 --> 00:20:39.368 When he was done, he could pull anchor 00:20:39.451 --> 00:20:42.746 and then sail along a southern route out the Aleutian chain. 00:20:44.248 --> 00:20:46.458 We'll need a few days to search that shelf. 00:20:46.541 --> 00:20:48.794 We should get the ROV and get onshore. 00:20:49.461 --> 00:20:51.338 Just steering her in right now. 00:20:56.510 --> 00:20:57.678 Wait, go back. 00:20:58.470 --> 00:20:59.763 What is that? 00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:02.266 It doesn't look natural. 00:21:04.226 --> 00:21:05.978 What the heck is that? 00:21:10.399 --> 00:21:12.192 -Should I try to grab it? -You should. 00:21:13.902 --> 00:21:15.570 -You ready? -Yeah. 00:21:22.619 --> 00:21:23.453 I got it. 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.665 -I did. I got it. 00:21:27.916 --> 00:21:29.334 -Careful. -I… 00:21:29.835 --> 00:21:31.169 You're in the kelp. 00:21:31.253 --> 00:21:33.797 -Oh my gosh. Pull. Pull, pull. -Oh! 00:21:36.425 --> 00:21:38.510 -Okay. Oh my gosh. -There. 00:21:39.761 --> 00:21:40.721 You got it? 00:21:49.104 --> 00:21:50.564 Looks like a cargo hook? 00:21:51.273 --> 00:21:53.775 -What the heck is a hook… -A lot of worn marks. 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:55.986 …doing at the bottom 00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.488 of this fjord? 00:21:58.572 --> 00:22:00.615 This is for lifting heavy things. 00:22:01.867 --> 00:22:03.702 When seal hunters delivered their pelts 00:22:03.785 --> 00:22:07.080 they wrapped them in large bales and bound them with hemp ropes. 00:22:07.664 --> 00:22:10.667 In port, the bales would be offloaded with ropes and pulleys, 00:22:10.751 --> 00:22:13.003 and attached to hooks just like this one. 00:22:13.670 --> 00:22:16.840 The thing is, no seal hunter's gonna use a cargo hook 00:22:16.923 --> 00:22:19.843 to offload seal pelts in a remote bay like this. 00:22:19.926 --> 00:22:22.304 While I can't pin it to Dwargstof's ship, 00:22:22.387 --> 00:22:24.389 maybe the reason this hook is here 00:22:24.473 --> 00:22:28.643 is Dwargstof used it to offload the gold into a rowboat. 00:22:29.227 --> 00:22:32.731 Having a place like this and finding something like this is credible. 00:22:33.357 --> 00:22:35.567 There's nothing man-made around us. 00:22:35.650 --> 00:22:39.154 Why would a cargo hook be on the south side of the island 00:22:39.237 --> 00:22:40.238 in this cove? 00:22:41.490 --> 00:22:44.284 I'm a little overwhelmed actually. This is pretty amazing. 00:22:44.368 --> 00:22:47.579 Let's get to land and get a camp going, and then we can look around. 00:22:47.662 --> 00:22:48.622 Yep. 00:22:48.705 --> 00:22:50.040 Okay, let's get set. 00:22:50.540 --> 00:22:53.126 @ 00:22:59.925 --> 00:23:02.094 -That was tough business. -Yeah. 00:23:02.177 --> 00:23:03.929 This place is just brutal. 00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:11.937 From here it's a straight shot to where we found the body. 00:23:12.437 --> 00:23:15.107 But in between here and there, there's tundra pits, 00:23:15.190 --> 00:23:16.316 so keep your eyes out. 00:23:20.612 --> 00:23:22.864 Fall in, you might not get out of that one. 00:23:24.825 --> 00:23:26.910 I get why Dwargstof might have come out here. 00:23:27.786 --> 00:23:30.163 These tundra pits are natural *y traps. 00:23:32.082 --> 00:23:35.001 Tundra pits are formed when thick vegetation 00:23:35.085 --> 00:23:38.380 grows over naturally occurring holes in the landscape, 00:23:38.463 --> 00:23:42.968 creating a nearly invisible obstacle that can swallow a person whole. 00:23:43.802 --> 00:23:46.304 Anybody that wants to get to the treasure out here 00:23:46.388 --> 00:23:48.598 has to walk through a field of tundra pits. 00:23:48.682 --> 00:23:52.436 You definitely will get hurt, or you definitely could die. 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:54.020 That's how Dwargstof operated. 00:23:54.813 --> 00:23:57.107 He's gonna make this as hard as possible. 00:23:59.192 --> 00:24:03.280 When valuable treasures are left unattended for long periods of time, 00:24:03.363 --> 00:24:07.868 the secrecy of the burial site isn't the only form of protection used. 00:24:08.368 --> 00:24:10.328 Often, deadly traps 00:24:10.412 --> 00:24:14.124 or other physical deterrents were an important method to keep hoards safe. 00:24:15.125 --> 00:24:18.170 Captain Kidd is said to have buried his treasure 00:24:18.253 --> 00:24:21.131 in deep pits that would flood with water 00:24:21.214 --> 00:24:24.634 and drown any intruder who would try to dig for his gold. 00:24:25.385 --> 00:24:29.181 Even the ancient Egyptians would *y-trap treasure-filled tombs 00:24:29.264 --> 00:24:33.977 with deadfalls and sheer vertical drops to keep grave robbers out. 00:24:34.561 --> 00:24:39.065 If pirates didn't have the time or resources to build extravagant traps, 00:24:39.149 --> 00:24:42.944 they might rely on treacherous landscapes to protect their gold. 00:24:45.238 --> 00:24:47.574 If there's gold out there, it's secure. 00:24:47.657 --> 00:24:51.119 No one's gonna come this far inland, this far up, and even look for it. 00:24:51.203 --> 00:24:53.330 This is better than any safe I've ever seen. 00:24:53.997 --> 00:24:57.417 If you think about it, and Dwargstof came all the way up here 00:24:57.501 --> 00:24:59.377 with that gold, his plan worked. 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.754 Yeah. 00:25:00.837 --> 00:25:05.008 A hundred years later, someone comes in here looking for it, they end up dead. 00:25:05.509 --> 00:25:07.302 That is pretty genius. 00:25:07.385 --> 00:25:10.222 It's evil genius. It's ruthless. But it worked. 00:25:10.972 --> 00:25:12.807 Let's hope we fare a little better. 00:25:12.891 --> 00:25:15.519 I want to beat this guy. I want to beat Dwargstof. 00:25:16.561 --> 00:25:20.273 Dwargstof would have buried the gold in probably the worst place out here. 00:25:21.733 --> 00:25:24.236 Once we go to this ravine where Arrington died, 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:27.322 that will give us a place to start looking for that treasure. 00:25:29.324 --> 00:25:31.618 The team will set up camp at the site 00:25:31.701 --> 00:25:33.745 where Arrington's tent was discovered. 00:25:34.246 --> 00:25:37.791 In the morning, they will hike to the ravine where his body was found. 00:25:39.793 --> 00:25:42.462 -That was not an easy trek here. -No. 00:25:43.338 --> 00:25:45.799 There's a reason this treasure hasn't been found 00:25:45.882 --> 00:25:48.093 in 130 some odd years. 00:25:48.176 --> 00:25:51.680 This old island just doesn't let her secrets go that easily, does she? 00:25:51.763 --> 00:25:54.558 This nice little valley is the only spot around Lake Betty 00:25:54.641 --> 00:25:56.726 that doesn't feel treacherous. 00:25:56.810 --> 00:25:59.938 I can see why Arrington chose this spot to set up camp. 00:26:00.897 --> 00:26:04.484 But it wouldn't have made sense for Dwargstof to bury the treasure here. 00:26:06.945 --> 00:26:10.574 On the opposite side of the island at the Bay of Waterfalls, 00:26:10.657 --> 00:26:15.954 Dr. M and Brian prepare for the next, more dangerous phase of their expedition. 00:26:16.538 --> 00:26:19.457 So, it's getting dark. You guys need to get hunkered down, 00:26:19.541 --> 00:26:21.793 get up there, get your camp set up. I'll be back-- 00:26:21.876 --> 00:26:22.877 You promise? 00:26:23.545 --> 00:26:25.672 Long as the seas are fine, we'll be back. 00:26:26.756 --> 00:26:30.218 Captain Scott will return in two days, weather permitting. 00:26:30.802 --> 00:26:32.846 If a storm or rough seas develop, 00:26:32.929 --> 00:26:36.850 Brian and Dr. M have provisions to last only one week. 00:26:37.851 --> 00:26:42.355 It's almost November here in Adak, so it's gonna be pretty rough nights. 00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:45.066 Okay, thanks for everything. Okay, let's go. 00:26:51.031 --> 00:26:54.034 I feel a lot like we just cut the umbilical cord. 00:26:54.117 --> 00:26:57.829 But I'm here, and I'm ready to start digging for treasure. 00:26:59.873 --> 00:27:02.042 Wave goodbye to Captain Scott. 00:27:02.542 --> 00:27:05.295 It looks a lot like no one comes out here. 00:27:05.962 --> 00:27:08.298 I have no idea what we're gonna find. 00:27:11.009 --> 00:27:13.011 Okay. Let me just pull us in. 00:27:17.265 --> 00:27:19.142 We've got to hustle. It's getting dark. 00:27:28.109 --> 00:27:30.654 So how much further is it to that ravine? 00:27:31.696 --> 00:27:33.782 You know, it wasn't too far from here. 00:27:33.865 --> 00:27:35.617 Gotta go up a ridge a little ways. 00:27:37.118 --> 00:27:39.204 When Arrington vanished, it was a big event. 00:27:39.287 --> 00:27:41.956 Probably one of the biggest events in my time in Adak. 00:27:42.666 --> 00:27:46.086 We had, you know, probably the biggest search and rescue in, 00:27:46.169 --> 00:27:50.048 I don't know, maybe the history of Adak, as many people as we devoted to it. 00:27:51.383 --> 00:27:55.387 Had a helicopter, C-130, came in with, you know, canine units. 00:27:55.970 --> 00:28:00.600 We spent three days looking for that guy. But the recovery was seven years later. 00:28:01.726 --> 00:28:04.646 What a tough thing to do to have to go find that body. 00:28:04.729 --> 00:28:07.607 We didn't have the resources for the recovery 00:28:07.691 --> 00:28:09.234 that we did for the search. 00:28:09.317 --> 00:28:11.778 For the recovery, there was just three guys. 00:28:11.861 --> 00:28:15.365 Myself and two other guys that were here, that knew the island, you know, 00:28:15.448 --> 00:28:17.867 this part of the island, that were able to get out. 00:28:17.951 --> 00:28:19.994 Didn't know what to expect really. 00:28:20.662 --> 00:28:22.831 The guy had been out there seven years, so… 00:28:23.373 --> 00:28:26.251 I thought we were just going to be finding a skeleton. 00:28:27.001 --> 00:28:31.840 But because this guy was in neoprene waders up to his chest, 00:28:32.674 --> 00:28:36.219 there was still enough of him preserved that he was pretty heavy. 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:40.181 And we weren't, you know, gonna be able to get him out as he was. 00:28:42.517 --> 00:28:45.311 And so, uh, we decided that we were going to section him. 00:28:46.604 --> 00:28:49.816 And we made three sections… 00:28:50.775 --> 00:28:51.776 Wow. 00:28:52.527 --> 00:28:54.654 and then pulled him up to the top of the ravine. 00:28:56.322 --> 00:28:58.533 Once we got him back, my job was done. 00:29:00.493 --> 00:29:02.036 Well, you did what you had to do. 00:29:02.704 --> 00:29:04.497 That is a tough task, man. 00:29:04.581 --> 00:29:06.374 Yeah. It was rough. 00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:08.835 I can only imagine. 00:29:10.295 --> 00:29:12.172 You know, we're so remote 00:29:12.255 --> 00:29:15.842 if someone gets, uh, lost, you know, or hurt on Adak, 00:29:15.925 --> 00:29:17.927 it's a really hard place to find people. 00:29:29.147 --> 00:29:30.565 Our wood is wet. 00:29:31.483 --> 00:29:34.569 And unfortunately, with wet wood, we have issues. 00:29:35.904 --> 00:29:37.822 I like this spot, views up and down. 00:29:37.906 --> 00:29:39.407 We're protected by the wind. 00:29:39.491 --> 00:29:40.366 Agh! 00:29:43.870 --> 00:29:44.996 Brian? 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:48.124 I got myself to the bone. 00:29:48.208 --> 00:29:49.334 Are you-- Okay. 00:29:49.417 --> 00:29:51.211 You cut yourself with the knife, right? 00:29:51.294 --> 00:29:53.588 So we're gonna want to clean it first. 00:29:53.671 --> 00:29:55.924 Let me get this kind of prepped out. 00:29:56.007 --> 00:30:00.053 -It's going good. I got a vein. -We have got to sanitize it. 00:30:00.678 --> 00:30:01.554 Lot of blood. 00:30:05.058 --> 00:30:06.559 Don't panic. Don't panic.