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 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. Check your local listings. 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. 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. Im not going to tell you that I have found it (whether I have or have not). . 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 . Thank you Matthew for the kind words and safe wishes. You never know. He immigrated to the USA in the 1840s and became a naturalized citizen in 1861. I hope to return for a more thorough investigation. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. 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. Is there any more info about your book? The window to find it is rapidly closing. Thousands have searched, some have died, all in pursuit of one thing: treasure. Best of luck. This makes sense, but there is also a time line here. I have been able to piece together much of the overreaching story. An autopsy took place on Tuesday, she said, and the results are expected to take weeks. Until now, that is. Three years ago, a Denver bellhop ventured into Arizonas Superstition Mountains determined to find the Lost Dutchmans Mine, an elusive, vast gold reserve that has lured prospectors since the 19th century. We are confident in what we have. What they discover may have finally put Wayne on the right path to solving this 150 year old mystery. Starring: Wayne Tuttle, Frank Augustine, Woody Wampler, Eric . In late November 2009, Capen drove to Arizona to begin his search. Just one day into his journey, he disappeared. Most people tell us we should mine and keep quite, and protect it from the tourist who are not worthy. 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. He died on October 13, 1891 and was buried in the Southwest corner of City Cemetery. Meanwhile two Canadians, claiming to be blood brothers of Kidd, contested the will. Eventually a decision of October 20, 1967, awarded the Kidd funds to the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona. The most recent was done this past spring. We had been out there searching nearly every weekend for three years and this particular time we were scouring an area where a small daypack was located and had a few articles in it and we started scouring the cliffs, Cooper told FoxNews.com. 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. 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. I wish you would take that back considering your health. 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. Other reports say that Kidd was in poor health when he paid someone to go out with him to his claim in the Superstition Mountains and leave him there to perish. 3. She speculates that he slipped off a ledge and tumbled to his death. As these legends go, the path to finding hidden riches generally depends on deciphering information contained in mysterious treasure maps. This was two months ago.". "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. This is true, but there is something most people do not realize about this clue! Hello Jeff, I too am from Ohio and an heir of Jacob Walz. And people have been hunting for the mine since 1892. i found everything, and i got millionaires involved. My guess from what we have seen so far is the make- up of the gold will be different. Yes! 1. It was known by several prospectors along Pinto Creek, in the early days, Beach and Kidd prospected the eastern end of the Superstition Wilderness Area. He spent a considerable amount of time poking through the east edges of the Superstitions. Your description sounds in line with others. The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Has Been Found! (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. With the Knife or Sword beside it. She was out getting a doctor. Everytime I found positive information in the office I always made a trip out to Arizona. 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. 0:57. Thank you Jeff. I knew where it had to be. Yes! Regards, Julie. Fairly generic directions, but he gave them nonetheless. Most stories place the gold in the vicinity of Weaver's Needle, a well known landmark. It would be a safe place if you are aloneyou have the high ground. 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. The trail on the Stone Maps leads from the cliff above the Carved Priest on the floor to the Heart about 2000 yards south. At the time, "Dutchman" was a catch-all for anyone. Coroners used DNA extracted from bone marrow to make a match with DNA provided by his parents. "All of a sudden - out of the blue - they found him," David Capen said. 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. Fairly generic directions, but he gave them nonetheless. I will watch for other posts and chatter about the mine and wish good luck and safe prospecting to all who venture forth. 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). If you produce the ore samples, we can examine the crystalline structure of the quartz. in the canyon. I wonder how many people would spend over 3 million dollars of their OWN money to try and fool those who watch the program. "Waltz said it was a vein of gold surrounded by hematite in quartz," according to Tuttle. Regards Matthew. The XRF results should be on Unexplained and Unexplored tomorrow night Sunday November 17th on Science channel. Even if it passes all of that, it is not 100% that it is LDM Ore. Not 100%, but it will be enough to be taken more seriously than the multitudes of others that appear online claiming to have found the LDM. We know where there are several samples of the actual rich ore from the candlebox under Waltz Death Bed at Julia Thomas Place..and Julia was not at his side when he died. I had been looking for months, I could not find it. Aired on Feb 08, 2015. In June 1931, just a day into his first attempt to find the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, the amateur prospector vanished without a trace. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Eric "the real deal" Deleel is original from a little town in northern New York called Massena. He was secretive and standoffish, which is why no one knows much about him. (Actually, I believe he most likely said we stayed in a cave that looked down on the mine.) And heck yea we want book sales, that is the best way to market and possibly get additional revenue. 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. My family lives in the Carolinas; if you care to send me an email would enjoy just talking to you. The film documenting Kesselrings search should be out January 2020. 5. He had no family and a ridiculous sum of money - mostly from investments - but where he got the cash to invest in the first place remains unknown. I must say, more people have found his mine over the years than Carter has pills! After the land was ceded to the United States, the Peralta party was trespassing on U.S. soil. All rights reserved. Talking to our editor Howard and the publisher they think some time early 2020 is realistic. I have been researching this since I was a young kid and are starting to now think of doing some legwork slowly and carefully. Why not post a high res picture of 2 foot thick Gold Ore Vein Waltz said it had? But I might to Clay Worst if I were to ever have the chance. , I am a big believer in fate, and I feel good about this.). Some I am glad you said two different samples. What should be there are physical features, some man-made and some natural, that match the most historical and generally accepted clues. You don't have to be a pirate to feel the lure of hunting for buried treasure. To me it just sounds to good to be true. After five years of research and four expeditions, Arcana Exploration has not only found the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine, but has been able to match the most accepted clues with the physical evidence on the ground. (and this is most important! He also said he hid his tools there when he left. An untold number of prospectors have searched the Superstition Mountains for the mine. You are permitted to pick up small quantities of loose pieces of quartz matrix that contains gold. He and his son had searched California's Borrego Desert for gold, but they found none. We do only what is permitted which includes not mining for gold. Wouldnt that be facing Southwest? Do I think we have the LDM,,I do. Will I regret the day I can't get back in there? First off, there was never going to be a sign that says, Welcome to the Lost MineProperty of Jacob Waltz. 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. https://superstitionmountainmuseum.org/exhibits/jacob-waltz-lost-dutchman-exhibit/#:~:text=If%20Waltz%20had%20a%20rich,the%20home%20of%20Julia%20Thomas. Searchers spotted a boot in steeper terrain above the day pack. 16. We know what we have, and it is more that just a piece of ground. Relax and chill, you may find out you could actually be entertained. The first test for authentic LDM Ore. Also, the remarks concerning 'The Curse of Oak Island' is way off base. Jacob Waltz said: The reported mine was dubbed Lost Dutchman around 1892 after Waltz died. "I'm sitting under a tree in a creek with leg broke, I've got to have help quick. Give this lots of thought before you open your mouth about where the mine is at. Yes! The book will not come out until we are through, with our research. 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.". Secrets of the Lost Map: With Frank Augustine, Eric Deleel, Mark Dodson, John H. Euber. There are many who believe that after a 135+ years that if it exists, it would have been found by now and that the LDGM is nothing more than a fairy tale or that it already has been found and is near the old Goldfield mine. He prospected and worked as a miner in the mother lode country of California for eleven years. 14. Then late one night (2am) sitting at my desk alone in a darkened office there it was. Legend tells of the Lost Dutchman's gold mine hidden somewhere within the 160,000 acres of brutal Arizona desert known as the "Superstition Mountains." . What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of Secrets of the Lost Map (2015) in Australia? I need to be more careful because details are important, especially, when it comes to the LDM saga. Waltz said that at the head of a north-trending canyon you will find the ruins of an ancient Spanish house that sits hidden on a ledge, and that the climb up to it is so steep that you will not see it until you scale up onto the ledge that it sits on, as its stone walls lay before you. Some nuttier than others. Thanks Kal for the interest. Required fields are marked *, Hohokam and the Aztec culture that predates Montezumas era in central Mexico, Welcome to the Lost MineProperty of Jacob Waltz. Jacob and partner, Jacob Weiser, apparently discovered the mine and spent years excavating it for gold. It was never Peraltas Mining the North Trending Canyon, it has been Jesuit Priests and there is way more Jesuit Treasure than just a few Holy Artifacts. Thank you. Tune in to "Legend. His disappearance was reported on December 29, 1949, but probably would have been reported sooner had someone cared enough to notice he was gone. These and other clues will be grouped into three main categories. Adolph Ruth likely had the Gonzalez family copies of those two maps. Yes! If we are discussing te same location, I can tell you where the inscription is. We call em Dutch hunters out here, said Superstition Search and Rescue Director Robert Cooper. Dec. 4, 2009.". 15 Feb. 2015. What we have is not the same as what you are describing. So we kind of know what he was thinking and doing there, Cooper said. Jesse Capen's hunt for the elusive mine became a deadly obsession. Tuttle says it's very difficult to decipher clues and maps and early accounts claiming to know where the fabled mine is. 1) the XRF has been done on the matchbox. Wayne Tuttle has been looking for the mine for over 40 years. First, I will list them, and then I will show some images from our site. Jesse's skeleton was found 60 miles east of Phoenix on 4,892-foot Tortilla Mountain. Hopefully after our fifth trip we will be at liberty to share more of the connected clues that we have. Id send pics . Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 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. How do you not get discovered with a large search party while returning to LDGM? Fences, 24-hour guard, and an onslaught of people wanting to get rich quick. Waltz worked as a miner on the San Gabriel River for a man named Ruben Blakney. There are literally hundreds upon hundreds of clues, from countless sources. Rumor has it that he killed like 30 people. He said before his partner was killed, they stayed in a cave above and across from the mine either 200 feet or 200 yards. based on rumour and hearsay upon hearsay. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, This is not a substantiated story but it's been told many times. 2) Ive seen the drawings and preliminary sketches that Tumlinson made for creating the stone maps. On our next trip our goal is to reach one area we have not, as yet been able to penetrate.. 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. If there was no stone house then, dammit it, it had to be but if I couldnt find. Other than the Hank Dandrea map it is one of the only original surviving maps out there that can be tested. In fact, none of clues match the Goldfield location. The network's all-original programming slate features a roster of hit series, premium documentaries, and scripted event programming. I have been studying the LDM since I graduated from High School in 1982. In THE LEGEND OF THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS, veteran Dutch Hunter, Wayne Tuttle, continues his 40-year search for the Lost Dutchman mine, but this time he's taking on partners in order to follow a . 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Please bring back the show!!! Yes! 3. By 1864, Waltz was prospecting in Arizona and is reputed to have found a gold deposit near the Superstition mountain, known now as the legendary Lost Dutchman Mine. The whole story was concocted to give cover to Jacob Waltz, Enjoyed your post-Gary. photo by Reddit user pretzeloverlord. I am somewhat doing that with our book. It's possible he found the lost treasure and was making pickups from his stash as needed. The stone house existsamazing. Hence the drone. A group of modern day treasure hunters search for the Lost Dutchman mine in the Superstition mountain range of Arizona. All rights reserved. It had to be up there. Like all good treasure stories, tragedy has followed in its wake. If you do find the mine Well know. The Peralta Stones and their importance will be one of the biggest shockers.