Bryan. Mike. Jacob Waltz arrived in California about 1850. What they discover may have finally put Wayne on the right path 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. Nickel/Gold and the only parts of natural Gold/Quarts are the inlays. Some of these are very important; for now, there are at least six that are extremely relevant. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Where is your book? 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'll still watch if it is renewed. Your email address will not be published. 8. And there are so many misinformed stories about him, his mine, his history, etc. On our next trip our goal is to reach one area we have not, as yet been able to penetrate.. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. The window to find it is rapidly closing. Waltz worked as a miner on the San Gabriel River for a man named Ruben Blakney. Mike, you are exactly correct we need a sample of the Quartz matrix, that matches Waitzs known examples. But the mine remains shrouded in mystery, so much so that it might not exist at all. His parents recognized the teeth they had paid dentists to repair, but they couldn't find their son's dentist. 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. Someone want real proof, email me rogerrantz@Yahoo.com. Until campers chanced upon a note in bottle floating down the Salt River. Tune in to "Legend. In late November 2009, Capen drove to Arizona to begin his search. Well, if you did then you would know that Jacob Waltz used a tunnel to climb inside of that took him into the canyon, not his canyon but Jesuit Priests Canyon. Start in Jacob Waltz mind not everyone elses. 1) the XRF has been done on the matchbox. 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. I too an am explorer, member of prospecting clubs and am very connected to the community. Just one day into his journey, he disappeared. "This is beyond obsessed," Burnett told the newspaper. This again is correct, but you have to see the place to understand what he meant. or redistributed. "It's hard to put a value to it, but he said most of the gold was the richest ore source he'd ever seen. Its best for hikers and businesses that the mine not be disturbed and be left well enough alone. All of these elements can be found in the search for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, reportedly well hidden in Arizona's mysterious-looking (and aptly named) Superstition Mountains (pictured above). In December 2009, a month after Capens disappearance, his campsite was found and clearly indicated his level of devotion to his newfound infatuation, Cooper said. Its my understanding that the LDM was located a few years back, or I should say rediscovered. you havent even got near to the mine or you would have kept your mouths hut until you had mined some of it at least. Waltz and his partner returned, mining gold ore, and Waltz left to get more supplies. It's possible he found the lost treasure and was making pickups from his stash as needed. After our second expedition in the spring of 2016, the pieces of the puzzle was starting to come together, we were matching clues to the land site. 12. Even before the will was validated, the first claim to the estate came from the University of Life Church, Inc., Arizona, as an organization conducting research on scientific proof of the existence of a human soul. based on rumour and hearsay upon hearsay. 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.". I wonder how many people would spend over 3 million dollars of their OWN money to try and fool those who watch the program. LOL Im not going to tell you that you havent found the LDM. The episode on the LDM which aired on November 15th and possibly other dates and times, adds a little color to other LDM asides. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. I am sure it would have made sense, that he was at her place. Written documentation, including books, historical documentationboth Jesuit and Spanish records (diaries, journals and secretarial expedition logs). I mean that sincerely. In June 1931, just a day into his first attempt to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, the amateur prospector vanished without a trace. 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. Like all good treasure stories, tragedy has followed in its wake. Market data provided by Factset. The Perfill Map was made at the most Southern end of the canyon, and items were added in to show the locations of things inside the Canyon, There are 2 Sombrero Mountains but it was difficult to draw what was being thought of then. I am legally Disabled but managed to get in without too much difficulty. "Waltz said it was a vein of gold surrounded by hematite in quartz," according to Tuttle. Jacob Waltz said: I think it will interesting and also fun read. The first test for authentic LDM Ore. 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. In a map called the Peralta Tesora Mappa (seen in the slideshow below), there are numerous drawings, "x" symbols, arrows and a giant heart. This makes sense, but there is also a time line here. Jeff. A discovery at the end of 2011 helped searchers focus on Tortilla Mountain: Hikers found a note in a metal can atop the peak that said: "Jesse Capen was here. Id sure like to known what the results came up with. I have located the North Trending Canyon, a canyon in itself that has numerous carved walls, the Witch Priest being one of those as well as the Latin Heart laid out in the canyon floor. It's considered to be the most famous "lost mine" in the U.S. and yet, it's never been found. In 2013, the remains of a man who went missing near the mountains in late winter 2009 were finally discovered. Please bring back the show!!! If you climb some distance above my mine you can see to the south a sharp peak (Weavers Needle). In the desert these are called water tanks. Secrets of the Lost Map: With Frank Augustine, Eric Deleel, Mark Dodson, John H. Euber. I can understand that. photo by Reddit user pretzeloverlord. We had the correct location, we had the mine site, and if the legend was correct there had to be a stone house at the head of the north trending canyon. He estimates the mine could be worth over 200 million dollars in today's money. The waterfall depicted on the map, Jacob Waltz only went into that canyon when he knew there would be water in it during certain seasons. Meanwhile two Canadians, claiming to be blood brothers of Kidd, contested the will. If anybody ever did find the mine they would be quietly getting rich and wouldnt ever dream of stringing honest people along like this. The fact you have this site is proof to me that you are simply mining for book sales. I can tell you I found where Jacob Waltz mined out the top portion of the end of the vein above the mine so No One would find it. The enigma of the LDGM is that it has been a puzzle with many pieces that, up until now, no one has been able to solve. Salt River AZ. I believe her place was either attached to or behind her ice cream parlor, I have read different versions of that. One man found it in the Four Peaks and extracted several thousand dollars of ore back when gold was $20 an ounce. Waltz said there is trick to his trail and no miner will ever find his mine. Maybe he stole it from other miners or was given it for political reasons or possibly worked/paid for it. Apparently this was not possible at the time. Back at you buddy boy- So you think from what we have posted that like you we have also found the LDGM, and you want to protect it from the folks. 15 Feb. 2015. Waltz said he camped up above where the Mexicans camped on the Horses Saddle. It might be Blackbeard's buried booty, caches of Confederate gold, mobsters who buried their takes in the desert outside Las Vegas, or dozens of other rumors and tall tales about hidden wealth. Tyler you are absolutely correct, I went back and looked at the notes of that day, and infarct it read 320 not 220, in the book I will show a reading from that spot and it is important. Rumor has it that he killed like 30 people. The skeleton was large. I am not sure what legally disabled in your case means, but because of the earthquake, you need repelling gear to get up to the site, plus it takes more than one person, to get that done. Jesse's skeleton was found 60 miles east of Phoenix on 4,892-foot Tortilla Mountain. Tragicomically, she and her team passed over two enormous gold mines on their search for the Lost Dutchman Mine, which they didn't find. What we have is not the same as what you are describing. Best of luck. (and this is most important! I was thinking she was his caretaking during his last six months, until the end, I should have been more specific, she was there for him, just not at the last minutes of his life. Im thinking that maybe you guys are out there now? Meet Wayne Tuttle. Everytime I found positive information in the office I always made a trip out to Arizona. 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 . Consider: if you find the mine do not make public its location. The whole story was concocted to give cover to Jacob Waltz, Enjoyed your post-Gary. Our Trek watches will not measure as the crow flies. Yes! The author wrote that he believed the mine was realBUT! If you produce the ore samples, we can examine the crystalline structure of the quartz. See production, box office & company info. He was secretive and standoffish, which is why no one knows much about him. After the finale of their first season, they never returned for a second season. We know what we have, and it is more that just a piece of ground. He said the mine lies in a north trending canyon that is shaded most of the day. So we kind of know what he was thinking and doing there, Cooper said. Wayne Tuttle is on Facebook. 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. This is not a substantiated story but it's been told many times. "For about 20 years, I hiked and explored the mountains on my own. Several years after Kidd's disappearance, it was discovered that he left a half-million dollar fortune behind. You cannot see the tank from the mine. See more in Season 1, Episode 1, "Secrets of the Lost Map." We will be on site much longer and with a much larger crew. I would only reveal it to someone I could trust and right now that is no one. 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. 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. ggriffin@flprospects.com. Born in 1810, Jacob Waltz's early life isn't detailed but we know a few things. Jacob Waltz was born in the kingdom of Wurttemberg, Germany, circa 1810. Around 2002, I reconnected with a number of people and found a couple of guys who I felt comfortable with and trusted to go back into the mountains with. all the monuments weavers needle, bullpass, dagger, horse head, are five miles in size. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 6. The once famous lost Mojave gold mine, located west of Quartzsite AZ, was at one time one of the most famous lost mines in AZ; today you can walk in to look it over. 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. He never returned. The Old Seers. Henry your post is giving me chills, thank you so much for sharing. (Courtesy: Robert Cooper). To me it just sounds to good to be true. 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 cannot give you all or most of my information because its best not to trust anyone on this, I might lose everything Ive worked so hard for. I thank you for helping keep my uncles spirit alive. Jeff. Waltz said the Mexicans dug another tunnel from down below the mine trying to come in farther down into the vein because the pit mine was getting too hard to mine. Over the last five years I have read close to 100 books plus other literary and research material regarding the history of the Superstition Mountains and its many inhabitants and visitors. After the land was ceded to the United States, the Peralta party was trespassing on U.S. soil. I will watch for other posts and chatter about the mine and wish good luck and safe prospecting to all who venture forth. 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? I have been researching this since I was a young kid and are starting to now think of doing some legwork slowly and carefully. Like Us On Facebook | Follow Us On Twitter | Contact The Author. See more in Season 1, Episode 1, \"Secrets of the Lost Map.\"#LegendoftheSuperstitionMountains Subscribe for more from Legend of the Superstition Mountains and other great The HISTORY Channel shows:https://histv.co/SubscribeToHistoryFind out more about the show and watch full episodes on our site:http://www.history.com/shows/Check out exclusive The HISTORY Channel content:History Newsletter: www.history.com/newsletterWebsite - http://www.history.comFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/HistoryTwitter - https://twitter.com/historyThe HISTORY Channel is the leading destination for award-winning original series and specials that connect viewers with history in an informative, immersive, and entertaining manner across all platforms. You may be close to the mine as many floks hike right past it. Trekking through the Superstition Mountains in search of gold: After 40 years of avoiding a variety of Superstition Mountain perils -- poisonous snakes, scorpion stings, rifle bullets (from rival gold hunters) -- how much longer can Tuttle, now 50, continue his elusive quest? He also said he hid his tools there when he left. And in the Superstition Mountains outside Phoenix Arizona, rockhounds and treasure hunters have been searching for the Lost Dutchman Mine since 1892. Stars Keenan Johnston Mark Dodson Frank Augustine See production, box office & company info Watch on History S1 Go to history.com More watch options Add to Watchlist 27 User reviews Episodes 6 Top-rated Do not stake your life, life is precious and bad luck to bet on it. Unable to proceed because of a broken leg, he probably died of starvation near the spot where the bottle was set on its journey.". Jeff.. , The Dutchman was a fence for stollen gold from both the military private payrolls mining sources. On his deathbed, he told a handful of people about the mine and gave them directions. Yes! 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. We are confident in what we have. Tom Kollenborn, a cowboy, prospector, author, scholar and Renaissance man whose encyclopedic knowledge of the Superstition Mountains made him one of the world's foremost experts on the . 2. Hunting for the Lost Dutchman is typically a one-man journey, but lifelong Dutch Hunter Wayne Tuttle is breaking with tradition and partnering with a team of experts to follow a newly . Relax and chill, you may find out you could actually be entertained. . The next day he crossed at the gravel bar and then he traveled to first water and then on to second water. There was no sign that Jesse had been shot. 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. We need to find some loose, we cannot chisel any, I am sure we will find some loose samples. Some believe he was slain for his gold, another story tells of a man who dropped him off in the Superstitions and continued to check on him each month until he perished. The book will not come out until we are through, with our research. 11. More petitions flooded into the court, some of them merely facetious and invalid, others from reputable organizations like the American Society for Psychical Research. Both were seeking the mythical Lost Jesuit treasure and it created a contentious situation between the two camps. An ardent believer in ghosts, Kidd specified in his will that his entire estate was to be awarded to anyone who could prove ghosts existed. In Mrs Corbins book, she mentioned Jacob Waltz saying he covered the tunnel entrance with a large rock inside the canyon so no one could get into the canyon easily. Maybe don't go looking for lost treasure in the Superstition Mountains. 10,323 views Nov 10, 2018 227 Dislike Share Save Terry Carter 40.2K subscribers Wayne Tuttle. Yes! In fact, none of clues match the Goldfield location. Waltz said he built a rock wall in the opening to hide it. New Evidence of Lost Dutchman Mine History writes "rmed 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. Everything else Regards, Julie. I have thoughts on this that I will share later. Finder of this note please give to Howard Peterson. The enigma of the LDGM is that it has been a puzzle with many pieces that, up until now, no one has been able to solve. About; British Mark; Publication; Awards; Nominate; Sponsorship; Contact My guess from what we have seen so far is the make- up of the gold will be different. 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.
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