The book is still being added too, we were back there in 2019, and I have not yet shared that trip, that is for a latter date. We will welcome it. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Do not stake your life, life is precious and bad luck to bet on it. Cari Gerchick, communications director for Arizonas Maricopa County, told FoxNews.com that the body is currently classified as unidentified. Waltz and his partner, Jacob Weisner, went to the mine where Peralta offered them a deal, giving them temporary deeds to the mine. Talking to our editor Howard and the publisher they think some time early 2020 is realistic. Do I think we have the LDM,,I do. True! On his deathbed, he told a handful of people about the mine and gave them directions. The skeleton was large. On his deathbed, he told a handful of people about the mine and gave them directions. You are exactly correct, about Julia being gone the moment he died, I guess I was thinking of new people to the Dutchman Story, and I was think figuratively, that she was him ( in spirit until the end). Thank you Jeff. His name appears on several California census records. Explorers traveled to the New World in search of gold, jewels, the fountain of youth, and much more, and it seems as though - along with the plague and theft of native lands - treasure hunting it in our blood. The XRF results should be on Unexplained and Unexplored tomorrow night Sunday November 17th on Science channel. Secrets of the Lost Map. The first test for authentic LDM Ore. I restarted my research in the latter part of August 2017 and kept to only what Jacob Waltz mentioned as clues. If you produce the ore samples, we can examine the crystalline structure of the quartz. This is very important! Waltz said that when he traveled there, he camped the night below the fort in a stand of Cottonwoods. In the 1840s, according to the Denver Post, the Peralta family of Mexico mined gold out of the mountains, but Apaches attacked and killed all but one or two family members as they took the gold back to Mexico. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! You may be close to the mine as many floks hike right past it. I am usually not an emotional person. Quick question: If the mine faces Northwest and you are standing in the mine entrance looking out how does a compass read 220? Our team did make two attempts to reach the stone house at the head of the north trending canyon, but they were repelled. Let me guess Copper/Gold Some 30 years later, Jacob Waltz nicknamed "the Dutchman," even though he was German rediscovered the mine with the help of a Peralta descendant, according to legend. The known errors or misrepresentations from the writers of this show could be proved so as to clear up the water so to speak. Yes! If you find the mine, what should be there? Written documentation, including books, historical documentationboth Jesuit and Spanish records (diaries, journals and secretarial expedition logs). We know what we have, and it is more that just a piece of ground. She was out getting a doctor. He died on October 13, 1891 and was buried in the Southwest corner of City Cemetery. Today people want to travel vicariously, hence, Gold Rush and all these reality shows. (Courtesy: Robert Cooper), This map shows the area in the southern portion of Arizona's Superstition Mountains where a body believed to be Capen's was found Saturday in a tight spot roughly 35 feet off the ground. We call em Dutch hunters out here, said Superstition Search and Rescue Director Robert Cooper. It was loosely named Lost Deutschman or Lost German Mine, and to this day, anyone who researches or tries to find the gold are generally referred to as Dutch hunters. "Waltz said it was a vein of gold surrounded by hematite in quartz," according to Tuttle. According to the History channel, "Thousands have tried and failed to decode the series of cryptic clues said to lead to the fortune, leaving a trail of bodies and blood for anyone who has gotten too close to the truth.". Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of America's deadliest treasure. I am highly dyslexic and actually see backwards (in my brains eye), I am always getting phone numbers wrong when I try to dial even though I have it in front of me. If that passes, then we can XRF Test it. Jesse Capen's hunt for the elusive mine became a deadly obsession. I can tell you its extremely hard to get into this canyon. Wake up to the day's most important news. The show features Bob Schoose, Clay Worst and Others. The book is done to this point and I am reaching and writing most everyday. Use your head and go there. Forget anything pertaining to Peraltas, because thats part of the ongoing lie. The majority of my research has been focused on Jacob Waltz and the history surrounding his story as it relates the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. But the gold find is intriguing for me nonetheless. 14. The fact you have this site is proof to me that you are simply mining for book sales. I am going to start with written and recorded clues from second and third-hand recorded sources. At the age of 13, Trevor Tuttle sat at a campfire at the base of the Superstition Mountains, listening intently to the lore of the Lost Dutchman Mine's legendary, cache of gold. We believe when the time is right that the overwhelming body of proof that we have will encourage one of these safe-keepers to let a metallurgical comparison be made. This is not a substantiated story but it's been told many times. He said before his partner was killed, they stayed in a cave above and across from the mine either 200 feet or 200 yards. By what name was Legend of the Superstition Mountains (2015) officially released in Canada in English? 4. 12. Whether it be boulders, bandits, cliffs, the weather, or a curse, no gold is worth the risk. Other than the Hank Dandrea map it is one of the only original surviving maps out there that can be tested. I havent been back to the canyon since after November 29th, 2018 because everytime I go in I get a different illness everytime which has stumped my Doctors in both Phoenix and Charlotte, NC. Yes! Jacob Waltz said: Both were seeking the mythical Lost Jesuit treasure and it created a contentious situation between the two camps. Forget about what every yahoo has said, get down to basics. And in some ways, it is. * The cave Waltz and his partner most likely stayed in is above the mine and to the side. Some of our high-tech images are proprietary and cannot be shown at this time, others are exclusive to our book and others, again for security reasons, cannot be shown at this time. EPISODE 2 The Mark of the X Wayne and the crew follow a 200-year-old map to a heart-shaped stone with an X carved on the face; an unexpected discovery awaits them. When we are done, I will be shocked if we are wrong, but will be honest about everything. Skull found could be that of Wyoming hiker who disappeared in 2007, Treasure hunter who found Ship of Gold now sought by US Marshals, Snow hinders search for Wisconsin hiker missing in northwest Alaska. I had been looking for months, I could not find it. So it goes we found it but went home When we find it again we wont mine it we just want loose bits we can find on the floor O wait yes i got the compass readings wrong let me just check with google as to where north, south, east, west are then i can give you the correct compass for looking in the direction that matches the clues stated by the Dutchman. For 10 years, Jesse Capen, 35, a graveyard-shift bellhop at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, had studied myriad theories about the location of the Lost Dutchman gold mine, sought by treasure seekers since the 1870s. i found everything, and i got millionaires involved. At the time, "Dutchman" was a catch-all for anyone. He was secretive and standoffish, which is why no one knows much about him. Read more. Jesse's skeleton was found 60 miles east of Phoenix on 4,892-foot Tortilla Mountain. The gold belongs to the indians,rightfully they been protecting it for ever.Jacob Waltz must of been a very nice man,with a pure heart, walking the right road for the indians to let him take what gold he needed.most men would try to get all the gold,and probally would not live long after that, All of you have enjoyed the romance of the search, but a Mining Engineer has found ithes giving a presentation on the Feb. 24th 2020 at a Mining Engineers Convention in Phoenix, AZ.. He was in a tight spot and thats why it took so long to find this young man.. As youre aware, the only way to prove its the LDM is to compare it with existing ore, which even then isnt a %100 percent verification. It reads, "This is my first and only will and is dated the second of January, 1946. Hi guys, if you have found the true mine well done, my only message is to stay safe as a lot of people have died trying to fine it or getting to places they think it is and as they say you cant take it with you. You cannot see the tank from the mine. This is really exciting. But our tale will be told honestly, and if we are wrong, that will be shared completely, it would be part of the story. I have been reading up and watching everyones YouTube videos. The show follows Dutch hunter Wayne Tuttle on his 40-year search for the Lost Dutchman mine. Id sure like to known what the results came up with. One good pic would make it so Scotty, Well since the intervention of Google Earth and using the pony for your map you can almost pinpoint it within 500 feet. Here is the thing Mike I have seen everything found and presented before, compared to what we have( and we are not done) and it not close. Fairly generic directions, but he gave them nonetheless. YES! Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of Ame Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of America's deadliest treasure. She speculates that he slipped off a ledge and tumbled to his death. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona . I have been researching this since I was a young kid and are starting to now think of doing some legwork slowly and carefully. He also said his shaft and the Mexicans shaft were very close together, but when you stood at either shaft you cannot see the other shaft. Armed with a new clue that could unearth the location of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine, lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle, leads a team into Arizona's Superstition Mountains in search of. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. My first 35 years of researching I trashed in August 2017 because I was following everyone else in finding nothing. Burnett said she believes her son was caught too far from camp that first day to make it back by sunset. I think you will enjoy the book. The mine has never been found. One man found it in the Four Peaks and extracted several thousand dollars of ore back when gold was $20 an ounce. "The big prize, I think, for everybody, would still be -- even not finding the mine -- there is a stash of gold somewhere buried in a little pit in the ground near Waltz's camp, and who knows what that could be worth -- two, three million dollars just sitting there under our feet. I think it will interesting and also fun read. But I might to Clay Worst if I were to ever have the chance. On May 6, 1965, the Court of Maricopa County, Arizona, declared the will fully acceptable for probate. Several years after Kidd's disappearance, it was discovered that he left a half-million dollar fortune behind. He prospected and worked as a miner in the mother lode country of California for eleven years. First off, there was never going to be a sign that says, Welcome to the Lost MineProperty of Jacob Waltz. There are literally hundreds upon hundreds of clues, from countless sources. The Curse on the Canyon is real but wasnt made by Jacob Waltz. Truth or writers taking leave way it doesn't matter. The whole story was concocted to give cover to Jacob Waltz, Enjoyed your post-Gary. You don't have to be a pirate to feel the lure of hunting for buried treasure. YES! It took many turns to throw off people that might try to follow him to his mine. But still, to this day, if nobody is able to go and I'm ready, I have a tendency to go to the mountains on my own.". Eric "the real deal" Deleel is original from a little town in northern New York called Massena. Actually when we started that is what we thought I and found out there are a lot of issues. The stone house existsamazing. There have been at least three discoveries of the mine since the 1960s, and in all three cases, good gold was found. 8. 6. He spent a considerable amount of time poking through the east edges of the Superstitions. If anybody ever did find the mine they would be quietly getting rich and wouldnt ever dream of stringing honest people along like this. I believe her place was either attached to or behind her ice cream parlor, I have read different versions of that. I wouldnt try selling a book without a LOT of proofs of your find. I'll be at peace with it when I get to that point. If so did you get any indication they might be removing traces of human activity to revert the area to a more natural wilderness state? A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona.A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona.A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona. Jacob Waltz arrived in California about 1850. In the book I am trying to let people who are not LDM junkies like us, or have never heard of the LDM, understand from our point of view, as improbable as it may be, that five regular guys from Ohio, would be doing what we are doing much less finding something. Also, the remarks concerning 'The Curse of Oak Island' is way off base. Im not going to tell you that I have found it (whether I have or have not). History is filled with stories of buried fortunes, sometimes concealed in dangerous places. Maps. Hey Dallas, some good points of view. Yes! 1. Give me a break lol. I can understand that. 7. I have no heirs and have not been married in my life and after all my funeral expenses have been paid and one hundred dollars to some preacher of the gospel to say fare well at my grave sell all my property which is all in cash and stocks with E. F. Hutton Co., Phoenix, some in safety deposit box, and have this balance money to go in a research or some scientific proof of a soul of the human body which leaves at death I think in time their can be a Photograph of soul leaving the human at death, James Kidd.". The Latin Heart is a Treasure Trove of individual vaults set in the shape of a Heart, which was made from the tailings of the 9 plus mines in the canyon. I found the dagger, needle, and horsehead to be over five miles in size. The Priest carved into the canyon floor in full robes holding a cross in front of a mine entrance, the only other one like it was said to be pointing the way to the Guadeloupe Mines but was destroyed by the Priests themselves. See production, box office & company info, Entertaining show no matter what the errors. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, This is true, but there is something most people do not realize about this clue! Check your local listings. The Perfill Map is quite real. Capen, who had worked at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel for more than a decade, had ventured to the area at least two other times in the past decade in search of the mine. Luckily for us, we no longer have to fly them; we already have what we need and knowingly follow all rules and regulations and do our very best to do things by the book. i just love to read about it and see sites that are discovered i was stationed at the army post in 1964 there at sierra vista read the lost dutchman mine book when i was 15 years old in san antonio tx in jr. high got hooked then on the book heard a lot of stories there in az when i was there i just love to read and hear about it true or not does not matter to me henrypoff1945@yahoo.com, Its not in the superstitiions. The episode on the LDM which aired on November 15th and possibly other dates and times, adds a little color to other LDM asides. Market data provided by Factset. How do you not get discovered with a large search party while returning to LDGM? After the land was ceded to the United States, the Peralta party was trespassing on U.S. soil. This is one thing the government does not want to have to deal with. The Lost Dutchman Mine ride was a popular attraction at Legend City amusement park (Tempe, AZ 1963-1983) The Lost Dutchman's Mine features prominently in the Lara Croft, Tomb Raider three-part graphic series entitled "The Black Legion", published between December 2003 and March 2004. photo by Reddit user pretzeloverlord, The strangest aspects of the human experience, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Dutchman%27s_Gold_Mine, https://www.desertusa.com/thingstodo/rocks/du_ttd_lostdutch.html, https://azstateparks.com/lost-dutchman/explore/the-dutchman, https://www.discovery.com/exploration/gold-mine-Arizona-Mountains, https://www.visitarizona.com/places/parks-monuments/lost-dutchman-state-park/, https://www.denverpost.com/2013/01/23/lost-dutchman-seekers-remains-confirmed-to-be-jesse-capens/, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/superstition-mountains-lost-dutchman-gold-mine_n_6835264?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMTXJvX4pDCtW8x5bkba70k4kh_9Gw80Vo0IjtMIkTlu7M_gmEYmWtImnQE36g-57yCVQqMxvm1h0G4nTNSJmFKrAJvn4NBdGSJxYZk9urDBcPdmWcCp-VgHvaHYe0mKmoCYqE449m98h5lNShk7lzuIOLI95uIGicPiK2a6uu70, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6172003/jacob-waltz. Id love to go on an expedition to search around and try to solve the mystery and take in the beauty of this creation. He said he had to slide in through a small opening, and that he chiseled it a bit so he could get in and out of the mine. Watch this video of the Dutch hunters following clues in the Peralta map: The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. There are certain things to look for in the mineralization and the matrix. We have spent a lot of time and money. So, what exactly does this mean? I knew where it was supposed to be. We are going this Winter, so the ending has not yet been written. I would like to go back and to a bit more investigating, however this location is on national forest land and I am told no prospecting is allowed unless one has the permits. Waltz said that from up above my mine you cannot climb straight down, that you have to go a little way along the top of the mountain, then climb down and then backtrack toward the mine and climb back up to get back to the mine. Sorry, but you havent found the Lost Dutchman Mine, Ill stake my Life on it. Like Us On Facebook | Follow Us On Twitter | Contact The Author. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. A green horn just goes out there and finds the best mine. I know your posts on Treasurenet and I know you know your stuff, Thank You for thoughts and good luck wishes. Then late one night (2am) sitting at my desk alone in a darkened office there it was. It was loosely named Lost Deutschman or Lost German Mine, and to this day, anyone who researches or tries to find the gold are generally referred to as Dutch hunters. The Peralta Stones and their importance will be one of the biggest shockers. He took a month off to go search for the treasure.. Everytime I found positive information in the office I always made a trip out to Arizona. I wonder how many people would spend over 3 million dollars of their OWN money to try and fool those who watch the program. I wish you would take that back considering your health. He worked [the] graveyard [shift] and he mostly keep to himself, hotel employee Terry Reyes told FoxNews.com. "Find Bottle Floating in Salt River Bearing Note Signed by Missing Miner," the headline read. In June 1931, just a day into his first attempt to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, the amateur prospector vanished without a trace. No one has found, or at least shared, any viable proof that matches the man-made or natural clues. Please dont ask my location. When he returned, his partner, Weisner, was dead.". Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. I look forward to reading your book and following your research!
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