More Protective Colby

The Truth Lies Buried

Sam and Colby were filming their newest series. They had decided to try treasure hunting when a man named Brent Underwood had reached out to them, asking if they were interested in visiting an abandoned town called Cerro Gordo. Sam and Colby were always looking for new things to do on their channel, so this was an opportunity they definitely weren't going to pass up, they decided to bring Jake and Corey along as well. Brent had given them the full tour and had explained to them that there was millions of dollars' worth of silver possibly hidden at Cerro Gordo.

Of course, Sam and Colby never in a thousand years thought they would ever have a chance of finding it, so they just decided to enjoy the experience instead. They had just got done exploring a mine, when Brent left them for the night. He had told them to be careful and to not go down any mine shafts or tunnels without him. But of course, knowing these boys, when you told them not to do something, they did the opposite. The four of them decided to split up, Sam and Colby went one way and Jake and Corey went the other. Sam and Colby had found a shaft and were curious to see what was down there.

Sam and Colby carefully made their way down the shaft, it was a good 50ft down, but hey, they were explorers. They ventured far into the mine, brushing up against the wall as the path got narrower, to the point where loose rocks were coming out. They continued walking and suddenly came to three tunnels.

"Woah dude!" asked Sam.

"I know," said Colby. "C'mon."

"I don't know if we should go without Brent," explained Sam.

"Dude, it'll be fine," said Colby. "We've already come this far." Colby stepped towards the tunnels, and Sam followed.

"Which one?" said Sam.

"We could try all of them?" said Colby. "We can cut it if there's nothing interesting."

"Works for me," said Sam.

Sam and Colby had tried the two tunnels on the ends first, both having been dead ends. Colby assumed the middle tunnel would be the same, but they decided to give it a try anyway. They slowly made their way down the tunnel, as the light from their flashlights created a massive glare on the walls of the tunnel.

"Dude, this place is so cool!" said Sam, holding the camera.

"Agreed!" said Colby, shining his flashlight on the wall. Colby was feeling a certain spot on the tunnel wall. He handed his flashlight to Sam. "Hold this for a second."

"What are you doing?" asked Sam.

"There's something here," explained Colby.

"How do you know?" asked Sam.

"Call it explorer instinct," said Colby. Sam watched as Colby grabbed their pick axe and brought it down on the loose rocks.

"Dude, you're gonna cause a cave in," said Sam, the camera fixed intensely on his best friend watching as he created a hole big enough to look through.

"Colby the coal miner!" laughed Sam.

"Shut up!" laughed Colby to the camera. He shined his light in and noticed it was brighter than usual. A bright blackish grey and shiny colour illuminating in front of him. "Holy shit dude. Look at this."

Sam switched places with Colby, pointing the camera through the hole. "Wait?" said Sam. "Is that?"

"Dude, we found it. The vein!" said Colby.

"There's no way!" said Sam excitedly. "Did we seriously just find millions of dollars' worth of silver?"

"What do we do?" asked Colby happily.