Monty Halls' Dive Mysteries: The Kaiser's Lost Gold | History Documentary | Reel Truth History

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In the final stop of his underwater journey, Monty Halls is in Namibia, South West Africa to try and solve a mystery from the dark days of World War I, a mystery that involves £60 million worth of lost treasure. The treasure has never been found and now Monty and his team of divers are diving into Lake Otjikoto to try and find it.
Under the surface of every body of water on earth there lurks a mystery or blood curdling legend - a tale of lost treasure, deadly curse, ghost ship or ancient civilisation. In this series Monty Halls goes in search of the real story behind the worlds greatest underwater mysteries, pushing the safety limits on truly dangerous dives backed up by cutting edge camera technology. Advances in technical diving and multi-scan mapping tools mean that these sites can be revealed as never before, all Monty needs to do is launch the expedition for the exploration to begin. This is true Indiana Jones diving wrapped around gripping detective stories set against the backdrop of some of the most beautiful and mysterious locations on earth.
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[@realdarrenhuang]

Legend has it that they actually found the gold. That’s why the show stops after this episode.

[@Loug522]

Makes sense.

[@Mike-oxlong1029]

I wish they would start it again. They may have gotten in trouble for diving for the gold

[@MrHotMonkey]

Maybe they got fined heavily 4 damaging the "Ghost Ship".

[@pizza105z]

@@MrHotMonkey what did they damage on the ship? when they dropped the grapple?

[@dwoolaver1549]

@@pizza105z yeah

[@ironicallyvague1265]

No way they tossed a safe full of treasure into the lake, they buried it somewhere in the hopes they could return one day...

[@dugongpoo]

I dived in a muddy pond on a farm in Wales many years ago looking for King Arthurs Golden Chalice. Never found a thing.

[@crystalm4324]

John Paul - darn, must’ve been a visibility issue.

[@Floridablaze97]

That was probably the wrong pond bro. Never give up on your dreams 💪🏻

[@MrNuuzzu]

That's what a person who found the Chalice would say.

[@williampower6167]

I already found it lol

[@rooroo8767]

The only thing you dived into was Shawn the Sheep

[@nickinportland]

Get that 100 meter certification already! It sure seems to come up a lot 😂

[@skeo9327]

If I'd found millions of pounds worth of gold I'd definitely say I hadn't found it......... I feel a conspiracy theory coming on........

[@MrLotrecht]

thanx-so i must not write it ;-)

[@jerahmysmith2187]

No one throws away six million dollars...

[@imainmaestro4836]

S Keo tbh if the commander ordered the safe to be put in the opposite lake maybe the men that were suppose to put it in the lake hid it elsewhere to retrieve it later... if so who could blame them

[@stephendoherty8291]

The Germans would have a strong claim to them after the country took its share and the locals skimmed their "export" fees.

[@one-eyedpete3302]

Same!

[@wilfredprins9718]

That deeper canon is 4/5 under the silt. Any safe, if there, easily is covered under a layer that thick

[@reamer1363]

Cool story. If I was in charge of that much money, diamonds etc. I think I'd dig a secret hole somewhere and bury the contents but throw the empty safe in the water so all my soldiers thought the knew where to look. Imagine making this story, giving up only to find out later on they had been sitting on top of it at a camp fire all the time.

[@stanislavczebinski994]

I had the same thought. Everybody knew the treasure was in the safe - so dumping the empty safe for everbody to see (and tell) would be the perfect cover-up. The same way you can hide something in a cave. Everybody naturally goes in to the very end to search - personally, I would hide my treasure right at the entrance. Basically, a form of "hiding in plain sight". I am convinced more than one pirate did exactly that. Successful pirates are naturally very smart - otherwise, they wouldn't be at the top of the gang.

[@alexgreen3662]

4:07 I like how the locals are just casually waiting for them to find anything so they can rob them after 😂😂😂

[@thomasphillips2356]

This guy really needs to get certified to go deeper diving lol

[@rangerdanger9485]

I blv he’s recently became cave diving certified before that he had been a tech diver. Also he dives rebreathers and side mount open circuit as bailout reg

[@DavidTaylor-ln5cf]

@@rangerdanger9485 5t5 tut 45th ⁴ century

[@kaba8432]

You would think by now Monty would consider getting qualified to go below 60 meters 🤔

[@tigtrager6923]

That safe is long gone. Someone else found it already. Fearing having to report is as a find, they just kept it and went on their way without ever telling anyone.

[@TairaEldritch]

If not.. I have a theory that the Safe was buried by the commander, probably inside/near his station tent! If you want to look, go ahead, just remember to give me a cut!*

[@dimatadore]

Imagine picking berries one day and suddenly having a lake there the next.

[@chrismorris2969]

I fear berries

[@ricknaughty1016]

The Matadore pretty insane. It's quite perfectly rounded that's what makes it eerie for me. What if the story is true. Like the opposite to a sink hole water just popped up from a resovoir or something

[@Chr0nalis]

There are berries that can make lakes appear.

[@billrobbins5874]

Looks more like a sinkhole than a lake. Those are some steep slopes.

[@JCO2002]

I don't believe that story in the slightest. Water tables (aquifers) don't rise over vast areas overnight like that. No chance of a breakthrough suddenly doing it. The pressure is too high at -100m, and it's karst.

[@depthcharger1012]

Maybe the real safe was the friends we made along the way

[@cerdic6867]

Cool Documentary, i've been enjoying your work and your blend of historical investigation with underwater exploration.

[@rameyzamora1018]

Know what the greatest benefit of a treasure hunt is? Videos and adventures like this for us landlubbers to share! Thank you for this posting and your diving, Monty.

[@l4wmuzik939]

crowdfund this dude and lets get him his 100m swimming badge bless hahahaha

[@chrisshort87]

I'd even volunteer to sew it onto his trunks. XD

[@scanhan5025]

I like watching these on my phone instead of movies

[@rontourage7384]

That had to be a lot of planning, and money involved to do this trip! Thanks for sharing! God bless

[@chrismorris2969]

definitely at least £2.50 spent on this excursion.

[@user-kh9nu2rn9d]

Im from Tsumeb and its the first time i have had detailed history of Oshikoto, as a kid visiting there i had the feeling there is something special in the lake for real its got a power aura or energy to it. Love My Town Tsumeb, i hope the divers dive and find more things there some day

[@sandrasan1342]

Why you guys stop this series? 🥺 I need more!

[@puffpuffpanda4383]

U go and dive and continue the series

[@yobichatmycrib1530]

chrono sphere 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alltsheez3533]

Thank you for this amazing documentary, thumbs up from it's beginning till end. ❤️

[@BryanMennie1]

“The nearest decompression facility is in South Africa”. Nonsense. Lüderitz in Namibia is a hub of commercial diving with several chambers right there.

[@etch3130]

that's TV for you

[@SpartanThe300th]

Yeah but it doesn't sound anywhere as dramatic as "the nearest centre is in another country". Overdramatization sells...

[@callumscott953]

A lot of the time medical insurance companies will require treatment at specific places. Especially in Southern Africa, due to the standard of medical care, insurance companies will require treatment in South Africa. This is due to the fact that while they may have a facility for decompression at Luderitz, they may not be able to provide adequate care for a wide range of issues. Therefore its preferable to send them to South Africa.

[@adrianrichardson5257]

This was filmed in 2013, the decompression chambers might have been added later

[@BryanMennie1]

@@callumscott953 this is not therapeutic Hyperbaric 02 treatment for chronic injuries, this is emergency response to hyperbaric trauma. No medical insurer in the world is going to baulk on a SABS certified chamber on site being used for non billable emergency treatment

[@madirishman9240]

We never found the gold but, I did manage to put a deposit down for my Lamborghini and bought a Chateau in South of France. Ah well, you lose some, you..

[@mikeradford5630]

@38:00 could Ilsa Schatz not have pinpointed the exact location where the soldier either pushed/witnessed/knew of the exact spot where the "safe" was pushed into the lake, she was taken there and maybe would remember the place well?

[@simonquintrell8686]

I remember Dan Burton from Plymouth Uni back in 1991/2. We dived together with another guy at Devil's Point, Plymouth as well as the Uni boat. He was but a Divemaster then. I went on to become an instructor and worked in Thailand as a DM and then as an instructor. I was there for 9 years, until I became disabled.

[@samanthakim5035]

I found this channel days ago, and I never regret it I learned a lot

[@makeittang88]

"We're searching for $16 million in German gold in an unexplored lake." "Wow! That sounds like it will take a long time" "We're going to give it a week"

[@uncagedbeast22jeehe7]

I swear nobody ever finds treasure on tv shows but they find it off the show

[@Rawshella]

I watched Josh's video 1st so I was not really expecting to learn anything/ THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RESEARCH I learned so much more from you.

[@matthiasg.2775]

Man I love it, I need more of his documentaries... can't wait for my own tec training

[@gglreallysucks5512]

Did you do it yet?

[@natalietownley7488]

I am glad you are using your sixth sense when deciding whether a place feels safe or not. Not many people listen to their spider senses.

[@df71091]

Monty , im sure you found the gold , thats why youre not producing any documents anymore.

[@jesaymoongo9112]

Not at all. They haven't found anything. I am from the Namibia 🇳🇦

[@williamlyttle5523]

Even if he did it wouldn’t be his he would for sure have take. By the government

[@heathfitzgerald363]

@@williamlyttle5523 not if hes smart and keeps his mouth shut

[@kenhawkins8884]

how exciting monty,thank you,since i cannot aford such adventure your great videos next best thing. how do you find all these places?

[@jasonhawkins2717]

Fantastic, never heard of this story before, thank you

[@murphs94]

do we not have underwater drones yet that could assist the divers when going below 40-60meters that would be awesome also being able to get deeper then 100 meters with the drone and having it be a lot more safe and getting the video of the caves and stuff :)

[@Milk_Delivery]

I don't think one of them would do well in a cave as it would have to be tethered to something on the surface. Radio waves can't travel underwater past about a metre so the ROVs always need to have a beefy chord on their back ends, which means snagging on rocks and potentially destroying cave sections.

[@acouncil17]

Matt from demolition ranch has one. Not sure how much tether it has

[@chiphazzard8173]

@@acouncil17 DEMOLITIA...

[@hellothere4049]

How about the drone that was in the titanic expedition

[@thyenemydrumsdrummer5669]

They’re called rov

[@johnnyd7722]

Monty you are obviously a super hero, do I bow when I see you????

[@marinareynolds2678]

Thank you 🙏🏻 very much Sir . Monty for this knowledgeable video 👏✊😘

[@bremnersghost948]

Surprised De Beers hasn't found a way to drain and mine the Lakes, Considering how rich Namibia is in Gold and Diamonds, as the lowest point in a flat landscape, those sinkholes must be packed

[@herbertgarrison6548]

because de beers doesnt care, they already have such a massive stockpile of diamonds that a few million dollars doesnt mean shit. diamonds are not rare whatsoever and are not worth anything, its their perceived value that de beers has formulated that causes them to have any real value.

[@cmnieman1]

It basically comes down to, "the juice isn't worth the squeeze". The amount of money it would take to accomplish that goal far exceeds anything they would recover more than likely. Why bother when you have access to do many other places to mine that take limited effort and money. Path of least resistance.

[@hawaiianprestigecars8493]

@@cmnieman1 why would it be so difficult to drain the lake ?

[@ambersykora352]

I know. The first dive, most of the large boulders and rocks on the bottom clearly contained veins of gold, it was beyond shiny, and bright....

[@bricago2302]

Reminds me of a treasure hunt Geraldo Rivera led us on in the ‘80s

[@ringo1692]

I remember that, lol 😂

[@tasokontominas1224]

In the eighties during the war, I was stationed in Grootfontein near this site and I remember visiting here.

[@Anel7407]

O and to add. The 2 lakes are connected. Scientists through a colour in the Otjikoto and it came out at Guinas. They did a few test like this all over the country. There is another water mark connected to these 2 lakes, but I can not remember where. I think it was a spring. But I am not totally sure.

[@gglreallysucks5512]

Would be so cool to swim from one lake to the other

[@a1s1lent]

I salute your self discipline and at least you knew your limits and you're not like the other divers who go go go and go...and ended up dying

[@TimRHillard]

PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE👍👍

[@email3021]

Another awesome show

[@renzlow2369]

This keeps making me think of Thicket Excavations from Fallout 4 where you have to drain the Quarry.

[@jstewart2005]

Fantastic video well done

[@RogowskiBubba0864]

All those 'treasures' have played a little role in my life since I was a kid. I grew up with pirate stories in [comic] books, etc. Getting older you understand that the treasures were in fact stolen from other people or countries, it's still going on in other forms like oil, rare minerals, slaves, etc. Nothing has changed maybe the form. Have a nice day.

[@roba4295]

I always find myself suffering an involuntary chuckle when I hear stories of people, soldiers in particular, dumping bucket loads of gold into lakes. Why? Why would soldiers not stash the gold somewhere they could access it later on? Stick it in a hidden cave or bury it. Anything other than dropping it into a bottomless pit full of water where it was impossible to go retrieve it. Divide it up between the men and let them manage as well as they can. It doesn't make sense, on any level to risk the permanent loss of the treasure by disposing of it in this way. I know there were paintings found hidden in a lake somewhere in E2 but they weren't dropped over 60 meters into the abyss. They were recoverable. Would you throw away a fortune? Would you drop it into the depths where you knew it would be gone forever or, would you stash it some place where you might be able to sneak in to recover it? I know what I would do!

[@yoaquimboom]

42:10 that is the safe.. under the cannon...

[@derpynerpy1846]

I think it is a part of the cannon not a safe

[@thyenemydrumsdrummer5669]

It’s the base of the canon

[@ChibiViolin]

You were right. Thanks mate!

[@MrKmoconne]

Dan and Rich return from the last hope cave ledge. "No Monty, we didn't find anything........................"

[@cmnieman1]

How far does their sonar go into the silt? Just curious how deep they can penetrate the silt to get an image.

[@calmwaters9559]

There's a new wreck off the shores of Port Sanilac that remains unidentified. My father's friend found it. My father was the first to dive it. It's estimated to be from the 1800's, but it's history a total mystery. Dad thinks it may just be the Twilight. You should do an episode on the mystery ship. If you want details, let me know.

[@cmnieman1]

Are you speaking of Port Sanilac of Michigan? If so, would love to learn more about it if you're willing to share.

[@NormaTLeon]

Love these videos. But he seems to be the “Geraldo Rivera” of diving to me. So much anticipation, little found, but positive in the end.

[@kimurarc7245]

Norma T. Leon seemed more watching Jeremy Wade from river monsters

[@crystalm4324]

I should’ve thought to take a stick to poke the silt and mud that the heavy safe would’ve obviously sank into and been covered by in a hundred years. That is IF it hasn’t already been recovered by the first divers to the hole or the German army years ago who may have just buried it beside the lake.

[@sarahdeaver-newman4545]

They can't poke like that they said there is LIVE MUNITION under there... they don't wanna blow up

[@MortemerWaldeburg]

Hi, would you mind enabling captions or auto-generated captions? I find it really hard to understand with my hearing and I am extremely interested in Monty Hall's Dive Mysteries. Sorry if that's difficult to do... I just thought I'd ask.

[@tonynewmynaga9649]

I Personally won't go in like this places never. Scary...

[@kingjames4886]

"there are no accurate maps of the lake" now I'm just imagining some african guy with a crappy stand beside the lake that says "inaccurate maps" lol... people wondering why people keep disappearing in the lake, it's cuz there's some guy sellin inaccurate maps.

[@mickeydee3595]

If the safe is truly there (BIG IF), it would be buried under all the mud and silt. Just imagine the weight of the safe+gold. That last gun/cannon was half buried in the silt @ 42:06

[@badboycash1]

I remember this this is where a group of divers with more than enough equipment went to a lake with the very best of modern technology and failed, the gold was buried just before the lake my great grandfather said

[@waynemccullough2861]

Explore the hidden lake at the Lost Sea Adventure in Sweetwater, Tn please.

[@jaytay8637]

' The Horrifying' excellent name !

[@sotis1756]

Well.. this is going on My bucketlist

[@sotis1756]

@@TheJimyyy haha indeed same here, cant say No to an old relic

[@chrismorris2969]

gunna need a big bucket, or a few to drain it

[@chrismorris2969]

@@TheJimyyy i mean he needs a big bucket to empty the water XD

[@DallasRSnider]

The “shells” and bullets, are the same exact thing, to my knowledge. One is bigger, but they operate identically. So they’re not going to just blow up if you touch it.

[@gouglent]

this makes me think of that delta p video

[@backchat8086]

Nice dive site 👍

[@AphGaming-wm6eo]

Should take an ROV with sonar and just go ham map the whole lake and all the tunnels etc...

[@TairaEldritch]

It would be cool to know if you left that Dive Platform there for the "bush-people" to use.. It could be a safe place for them to sleep out on the water away from dangerous animals.. or whatever they can think of!

[@cmnieman1]

This might be a stupid question and what I'm asking about is kind of hard to see. As he was decending on the first deep dive with the rebreathers, at the beginning it's obviously closed circuit, but then at other points it looks like an open circuit as he exhales and bubbles rise. I tried looking close to see if what he was doing was checking a tank and opening the valve which created the bubbles. What exactly is going on in that situation? Obviously if as you exhale and the gas is released it can't be scrubbed and recycled, so just curious about exactly what was going on. PS For a second I also thought it might be him releasing air from his BCD, but the bubbles looked like they were exiting right by the regulator.

[@lukasglanz1474]

you exhale the gas through your mask , when ascending its expanding and the volume increases in the machine making some Troubles there is no overpressure valve in most units

[@thesurfingprospector6345]

Well I would have take the detector into that part of the cave As it would have found anything that was metal for sure As you said there was no other junk there Great vid guys well done Cheers 🍻 CrouchOz

[@neireannach]

Why would you drop the gold though? I get why the guns were dumped, like they scuppered their navy. But hide the gold somewhere you can get it later.

[@yoaquimboom]

make more episodes please

[@tastytears2793]

"if the guns are here, that means there's no reason the safe isn't." - Umm, no. The likelyhood of finding guns is much higher than finding a safe full of gold.

[@H3rBCantKill]

dan at 2nd site looks like Christmas ! hahah

[@umarsyedexp]

I always used to think why can't they swim up for air real quick from 100meters then as I grew up and realize how massive 100m is down in water. You literally have zero warnings in that dept. This is highly dangerous.

[@JCO2002]

The two sinkholes may be connected as collapses into a larger system (they formed when the water table was much lower, then flooded as it rose), but the fish aren't necessarily an indicator. Waterfowl often transfer fish eggs from one lake/pond to another. Experts on that particular species would have an idea. I should mention that sinkholes often have no horizontal development whatsoever, at least here in Jamaica. I wish they'd included info on the aquifer that's feeding them. RS Stewart - Jamaican Caves Organisation.

[@martinthegamer9040]

Yeah, the thing is, these two sinkholes form the only lakes in the entire country. There's no way that the watefowls would find these random tiny lakes in the middle of nowhere. The closest body of water to these lakes is the sea, which is 450 kilometers away. Way too far for waterfowls.

[@NothingToNoOneInParticular]

These adventures are better served by rov's...

[@andrewtucker7990]

If the safe we’re in there it’s probably beneath the silt. Maybe someone could dredge some of the silt out, wait a few days for the muck to settle and then go back in.

[@pecfree]

Great!

[@balugs7929]

Before I am gonna finish watching this. I checked the comments first, to see if they find the gold. 😁

[@df71091]

They dumped weapons and ammunition in austrian rivers aswell but the current is so strong , its impossible to dive in this spots

[@ericwright2319]

Safest way to explore

[@cliffordhurst2564]

Another mystery, how did the tilapia fish get there? Any ideas or information?

[@bwlong]

I found it. Last weekend while picking berries. The lake disappeared. And there it was, the safe. Next to the old wagon wheel. 3.1 meters down from the berry bush. I threw the safe in my garage. To be safe.

[@dvaVivy]

We have tilapia here in the philippines. Probably not the same as those in there though

[@taxiuniversum]

Just FYI: There need not be a connection between the lakes for fish to spread. It could also have been waterfowl carrying fish eggs as passengers in their feathers. Or local fishermen threw in a few fish from the other lake so as to be able to harvest more fish.

[@Mutlap]

I see this in Isolated fish ponds with frogs, Koi, and other fish.

[@alainlenoen3433]

Bonjour reportage 👍

[@guywilson2394]

Do you understand how much 6 million pounds of gold would weigh ? To much for it to be moved at that time so it's unbelievable in my eyes

[@uncagedbeast22jeehe7]

It looks like a pretty deep pond

[@viejomarino]

How much of true are in the sudden appearence of tha lake?, in Mexico we have underground rivers, and perhaps a pair of underground lakes, if this kind of lake really exist, wiyh life in it, will be a great discover

[@DallasRSnider]

Do any of these shows ever find new evidence or actually discover something, rather than just looking back at what people have already done?

[@eduardocandeias7533]

You should try to find the Royal Merchant ship

[@granskare]

perhaps the lost gold was taken, and not reported.

[@stephanieann6622]

Right? I wouldn't want everyone to know i got that much money.

[@stephendoherty8291]

Sadly small but experienced documentary tv crews never find the treasure (officially). Dedicated well resourced salvage teams do and fail even more often

[@peterbrennan750]

Interesting video...but why would they have thrown a heavy safe into a place totally inaccessible to salvage teams at the time,or a bit later...? I'm guessing it would have been buried in the sand.Someplace where it would present no problems retreiving it at a later date...See below.

[@apollomars1678]

american: but would they record such a valuable object germans: YES, DEFINITLY we are germans.....we would

[@bokvarv1926]

maybe they duped stuff in the nearby lake too, now if they did this, and they brought the safe, dumping stuff in both lakes, the rumor could have a slight error in which lake it was, I would have dived the other lake actually

[@Patriot1777]

I would use a small sub with lights and camera.

[@klopjag2b]

What that Bushman (Boesman) is saying is not even close to what that subtitles said HAHAHA

[@tonynewmynaga9649]

Talapia fish 🐠 is the best way to eat with only dry fry if not you can't eat coz of too many bones then others fish.

[@mariusvermaak7921]

where is the rest of the episodes?????