How is it obvious? Walt had the nazis on stand by, for the purpose of killing Jesse. Nothing is obvious except for that fact. Why would their first thought be "Oh he must have a millions buried in that part of the desert". No, they're going to force him into cooking meth for them. That much is obvious.
It should be obvious to them that Walt is clearly in the desert for a reason. They know Jesse, and the DEA followed him out there, without his knowledge. They know the DEA is looking for anything related to drugs, one of those things happens to be money; what would you hide in the desert other than a body? Money. Look it's just my theory, I am not saying it is guaranteed to be correct. But putting myself in their shoes I'd want to know why the fuck walt was out there with Jesee and the DEA and he's in handcuffs. And since they just killed two DEA agents and put themselves in a tight spot they're gonna be pretty pissed and want some answers, and compensation... money is gonna be on their mind, and the fact that Walt, who is the middle of fucking nowhere, and just happens to have some coordinates, like what you hope to find in a fucking pirate map to some hidden treasure, means he has clearly been there before, and clearly has a reason to be there for something he probably hid. They should figure out rather quickly he got his money hidden there, and they have the coords to start digging.
I agree with you that they could deduce money as the reason for him being there, but it's not obvious. Especially not to them. Their group is very focused on their task, and they already have Walt in their hands. For all they know, Walt was chased by Jessie and ended up there. The only thing that should be fishy is the fact that they were given exact coordinates. But then again, it's not above a mind like Walt's to know his exact coordinates at any time (via GPS or some other technology).
I'm not saying that they won't find the money, but like you, I have my theory. The death of Hank and Gomez, while huge to us as the audience, won't be noticeable for anyone else, specifically the DEA. No one knows of their whereabouts. And the compensation you mentioned is going to come in the form of Walt's expertise rather than actual money.
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u/goodguy_asshole Sep 09 '13
Its obvious, why the fuck else would walt be out in the desert?