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Return to TDA 6 & A Surprising Discovery November 1, 1993, a group comprised of Justin Brodie, Thomas Andrew Fleming, Doug Young, Nick Fleming, Jason Brodie and John Brodie left for New Mexico. Their mission was to provide security, run tests with a Pulse Star II unit and Omitron device and videotape the area, documenting the results of the tests. The ground level testing indicated three caverns containing large deposits of non-ferrous metal, located in a crescent shaped arc, within the cavern which Nick entered being the center one. It was discovered that the hole in which Nick had found the crevice leading into the cavern had been filled in with almost 20 cubic yards of dirt, probably by the Sanders Brothers to impede our progress. The group set up a work party to excavate the loose dirt and return the site back to the original condition in which Nick had left it. A complaint was phoned into the BLM Rangers by a "Confidential California Informant", and by the Sanders Brothers who also visited us at the site, threatening our lives, promising to "bury us on this mountain before they saw us dig anything out". The Rangers arrived and cited us for "digging for treasure without a permit". On November 10, 1993, the group was granted a hearing before the U.S. Magistrate Judge, Joe H. Galvan, who reviewed our package of documents and stated that "we had certainly done our homework". He suspended any fine and imposed only the condition that we do not do any digging until we come back with a Treasure Trove Contract. The group spent the rest of the trip testing, photographing, and videotaping the site, verifying claim status with the BLM and the Truth or Consequences Courthouse, where we also filed charges of assault against the Sanders Brothers. Prior to leaving, we met with Jesse Lewis Craig and arranged for continued security visits on a daily basis, giving him a retainer to cover expenses.
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