Lost Gold of WW2
Legend has it that there is a treasure of immense value buried in the Philippine jungle - now a team of American experts, with the help of the only surviving witness, try to uncover the clues to solve the greatest mystery of WW2.
- 2019-2020
- 2 seasons
- History Channel
- Documentary, Reality
- TV-PG
Legend has it that there is a treasure of immense value buried in the Philippine jungle - now a team of American experts, with the help of the only surviving witness, try to uncover the clues to solve the greatest mystery of WW2.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Death on the Mountain
Tue, Mar 19, 2019 41 mins
A team of Americans explores a mountain in the Philippines to search for a treasure rumored to have been buried by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita in the closing months of World War II.
Episode 2
X Marks the Spot
Tue, Mar 26, 2019 41 mins
Digging continues at Breach-6, but when the team unearths a possible water trap, excavation is put on hold. To find another way into the mountain, the team conducts a LiDAR scan that reveals a cave, perhaps used by Japanese soldiers during the war.
Episode 3
Dead Giveaway
Tue, Apr 2, 2019 41 mins
After discovering a bomb marker, the team brings in an explosives expert to search a cave that may have been a headquarters of Gen. Yamashita during the war; a potential booby trap and the first hint of treasure.
Episode 4
What Lies Beneath
Tue, Apr 9, 2019 41 mins
The team triggers a possible water trap in the cave and is forced to stop digging; Martin Flagg believes the Story Rock indicates a tunnel behind a waterfall, and the team brings in a diver to explore the plunge pools for an entrance.
Episode 5
The Backdoor
Tue, Apr 16, 2019 40 mins
Unable to find a tunnel at the waterfall, the team is guided by an animal marker to a boulder carved in the shape of a turtle, which leads them to a golden lily symbol indicating a secret backdoor entrance.
Episode 6
Nazi Concrete
Tue, Apr 23, 2019 40 mins
The group finds a possible backdoor. With ground penetrating radar, they find a void. They inspect the damage after a typhoon. They decide to drill for the void and may have hit Nazi Concrete.
Episode 7
Blood & Conspiracy
Tue, May 7, 2019 39 mins
The group decides to dig straight down to the flooded void. Bingo visits a man who sued the government for Marcos' confiscation of the treasures and leads them to possible CIA involvement.
Episode 8
Tunnel Found
Tue, May 14, 2019 39 mins
Peter meets with a man who warns of the deathly risks of searching for Yamashita's treasure, and a connection to the CIA, as the team moves mountains to clear the last obstacles and finds a secret tunnel directly into the mountain.
