The Curse on the Canyon is real but wasnt made by Jacob Waltz. At the end of November 2012, a day pack containing Jesse's GPS equipment, his mother's camera and his identification was found at the bottom of a 180-foot cliff on the same mountain. His disappearance was reported on December 29, 1949, but probably would have been reported sooner had someone cared enough to notice he was gone. Adolph Ruth likely had the Gonzalez family copies of those two maps. Waltz said he built a rock wall in the opening to hide it. 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.. With the Knife or Sword beside it. There may still be gold to be found, but not likely enough to get rich on. 15. 7. I believe he mined at least two sites in the general area. Even though we were on site, it took us until our third trip to locate the entrance. I have been researching this since I was a young kid and are starting to now think of doing some legwork slowly and carefully. The key is samples which need to match the quartz matrix which he had under his bed. She speculates that he slipped off a ledge and tumbled to his death. The XRF results should be on Unexplained and Unexplored tomorrow night Sunday November 17th on Science channel. No one has found, or at least shared, any viable proof that matches the man-made or natural clues. Most of our searches are for people who went in alone., Asked if he believed the rugged mountains contain one of the most enduring tales of treasure in North American history, Cooper replied: I dont believe it. Do I think we have the LDM,,I do. He and his son had searched California's Borrego Desert for gold, but they found none. , I am a big believer in fate, and I feel good about this.). Our Trek watches will not measure as the crow flies. Note, the 300 or so clues that Everyone says are part of the LDM clues well thats Hogwash. 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. On our next trip our goal is to reach one area we have not, as yet been able to penetrate.. I found the dagger, needle, and horsehead to be over five miles in size. Believing Ruth was killed, rescuers had long given up hope of finding him alive. 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. So we kind of know what he was thinking and doing there, Cooper said. See production, box office & company info, Entertaining show no matter what the errors. We just need to see the raw ore to be real believers , I started hunting in the Sups back in the late 1970s with some of the locals!! Cant wait to hear more about this trip. Waltz and his partner returned, mining gold ore, and Waltz left to get more supplies. There is a slow running spring that feeds into a hard rock pocket pool. 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. He worked [the] graveyard [shift] and he mostly keep to himself, hotel employee Terry Reyes told FoxNews.com. He said before his partner was killed, they stayed in a cave above and across from the mine either 200 feet or 200 yards. The clues that are most generally accepted by Dutchman scholars are a good place to start, and it will make the most sense to start with the clues that pertain more directly with Jacob Waltz. He prospected and worked as a miner in the mother lode country of California for eleven years. While the mexican miners not after years of mining the area. Then, to recoup the cost of the failed expedition, Thomas started selling maps that she claimed would lead people to the mine. When Waltz died, the 29-year-old Thomas sold her bakery, got a group together, and went searching for the mine. 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. 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. But the gold find is intriguing for me nonetheless. Where is your book? Market data provided by Factset. Starring: Wayne Tuttle, Frank Augustine, Woody Wampler, Eric . 15 Feb. 2015. . There was no sign that Jesse had been shot. The first test for authentic LDM Ore. I'll still watch if it is renewed. Until campers chanced upon a note in bottle floating down the Salt River. Part of the reason for this is that the topography immediately surrounding the mine is so severe and dangerous that it can take days to explore short distances. 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. Mike, you are exactly correct we need a sample of the Quartz matrix, that matches Waitzs known examples. It reads, "This is my first and only will and is dated the second of January, 1946. 2. I think you will enjoy the book. Hopefully after our fifth trip we will be at liberty to share more of the connected clues that we have. The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. We do not have a specific identification at this time, Gerchick said. 11. Because of the sheer volume of this information I will first address some of the clues accredited to him and connect that information with what we have found at our land-site. (Courtesy: Robert Cooper) Three years ago, a Denver bellhop ventured into Arizona's Superstition Mountains determined to find the Lost Dutchman's Mine, an elusive, vast gold reserve that. He spent a considerable amount of time poking through the east edges of the Superstitions. Waltz said that when he traveled there, he camped the night below the fort in a stand of Cottonwoods. Jesse's skeleton was found 60 miles east of Phoenix on 4,892-foot Tortilla Mountain. Lost Dutchman Mine, a 1989 video game for various platforms. They won almost every match on Sunday. I am more researcher and a Prospector and I am no Miner, but I found not only his Mine but a Huge Treasure. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, At that time, we will need permission to retest the Dutchmans gold, but this is not as easy as you might think. LOL Im not going to tell you that you havent found the LDM. However surprising this was, the fact remains that many of the most discussed clues are not only true but accurate, which in many cases validates their source. If that passes, then we can XRF Test it. (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. Not available. I've found mines that have been worked out and found ore samples that still hold traces of gold in them, 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. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Department sent a helicopter to the side of the cliff, and deputies rappelled down to a skeleton, which was retrieved in a wire basket. 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. It took many turns to throw off people that might try to follow him to his mine. And, there are some chisel marks. Yes! We will have to correct that. Testing today is much more accurate than the last time the Dutchman gold samples were lab tested. 14. Secrets of the Lost Map: With Frank Augustine, Eric Deleel, Mark Dodson, John H. Euber. 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.". Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. all the monuments weavers needle, bullpass, dagger, horse head, are five miles in size. You will have a different outlook after doing your homework. I have been reading up and watching everyones YouTube videos. Just because no one has found the lost Dutchman . 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. The film documenting Kesselrings search should be out January 2020. Waltz said he camped up above where the Mexicans camped on the Horses Saddle. Its my understanding that the LDM was located a few years back, or I should say rediscovered. I have researched many aspects of the story in archives, others in the mountains, and some around campfires after a few shots of Tequila or Fireball (you know who you are)! Several years after Kidd's disappearance, it was discovered that he left a half-million dollar fortune behind. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Though, in my opinion, the site fits the clues nicely. The network's all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming. By what name was Legend of the Superstition Mountains (2015) officially released in Canada in English? 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. "It goes back to Jacob Waltz, an immigrant who settled in Arizona during the Gold Rush days of the 1800s, becoming one of the first residents of the township called Phoenix," Tuttle, a supervisor for a Phoenix electrical utility company, told The Huffington Post. I have been surprised at the volume of the historical information pertaining to the LDGM, and the extent of applicatory information that many of these clues have contained within them, that directly matches our land-site. I spoke with Greg Davis about asking the owner of the matchbox for a one time XRF scan, and perhaps also the one piece of ore said to be from the mine. 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. But to answer your question we have a major trip planned for this fall. So many cable channel shows are about finding this mine. Did Jacob Waltz actually find a gold mine, or did a story about a small find of gold latch onto people's minds, driving them mad with thoughts of treasure? But when his son, who worked in Mexico, found a map that might lead to an Arizona gold mine, Ruth couldn't resist. 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 hearings were presided over by Judge Robert L. Myers of the Supreme Court of Maricopa County and occupied 90 days and some 800,000 words of testimony. 8. Eric "the real deal" Deleel is original from a little town in northern New York called Massena. He never returned. True! True! What I would like to do now is share some of the clues that are present at our landsite; this has never been done. Apparently this was not possible at the time. On Saturday, years after Capens Jeep, wallet, backpack and cellphone were found by hikers, volunteers from the Superstition Search and Rescue finally located what they believe is Capens body. If you do find the mine Well know. Whether it be boulders, bandits, cliffs, the weather, or a curse, no gold is worth the risk. 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. And in the Superstition Mountains outside Phoenix Arizona, rockhounds and treasure hunters have been searching for the Lost Dutchman Mine since 1892.