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How Much Does It Cost to Dig at Blind Frog Ranch? Inside the Show's Budget

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Digging for treasure at Blind Frog Ranch is not a cheap hobby. For years, the team has used drilling rigs, heavy machinery, underwater equipment and specialized technology while searching for the alleged Aztec treasure beneath the Utah property. But exactly how much money does it take? The surprising answer is that the show's total production budget has never been publicly disclosed . However, the series itself has revealed some impressive numbers. One Drill Hole Cost About $5,000 In an early season of Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch , Duane Ollinger explained that using a drilling rig to create a 30 foot hole would cost approximately $5,000 . The team used the drilling operation to search for underground water and possible connections between different areas of the ranch. That was just one drilling operation. As the investigation expanded, the team needed much deeper and more expensive work. One Major Drilling Operation Cost $70,000 One of the clearest examples came when the team a...

Who Is Josh Feldman? Meet Blind Frog Ranch's New Lead Treasure Hunter

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A new face has taken a much bigger role on Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch . His name is Josh Feldman . Fans who watched Season 5 may already recognize him. But Season 6 is where Feldman moved from an outside treasure hunting expert into a much more central position. When ranch owner Duane Ollinger became ill, Josh took over the search for the legendary Aztec gold. So who exactly is Josh Feldman? Josh Feldman Is an Arizona Treasure Hunter Feldman is a treasure hunter from Arizona with a strong interest in mining and ancient underground sites. Chad Ollinger previously described Josh as someone who had traveled around the world searching for discoveries and had extensive mining knowledge. That experience made him useful when the Blind Frog Ranch team began investigating caves and possible ancient workings beneath the property.  See more..... He was first brought into the Blind Frog Ranch investigation during an earlier season. His role became increasingly important as the team search...

Thomas Sowell’s Take on “Greed” Still Makes People Think

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Few words in economics create as much disagreement as “greed.” For some people, the word describes excessive wealth, selfishness and the desire to accumulate more than anyone reasonably needs. For economist and author Thomas Sowell , however, the question becomes more complicated when the word is used to describe people who simply want to keep what they have earned. One of Sowell’s most widely circulated observations puts the issue bluntly: “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.” The quotation is attributed to Sowell's Barbarians Inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays . His question continues to resonate because it challenges readers to think about the difference between earning wealth and taking wealth . What Was Sowell Really Asking? Sowell's point was not simply that everyone who earns money is automatically virtuous. That would be far too simple. A pers...

Why Thomas Sowell's "Facts Over Feelings" Philosophy is Winning the Internet Era

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Thomas Sowell became one of the most influential public intellectuals of his generation long before social media existed. Today, however, his ideas are reaching an entirely different audience. Short clips of Sowell interviews, quotations from his books and discussions of his economic arguments circulate widely across social media. His books continue to attract readers, while younger audiences repeatedly encounter his arguments about incentives, unintended consequences, personal responsibility and the limits of government knowledge. But there is an important distinction to make. “Facts over feelings” is a useful description of the style of reasoning associated with Sowell, but it is not a formal slogan that captures his entire philosophy. His actual body of work is much broader. And that may be precisely why it continues to resonate in the internet era. Sowell’s Core Question Is Surprisingly Simple When Thomas Sowell discusses public policy, he frequently asks readers to look...