America Unearthed: Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Discovered in Arizona (S3, E2) | Full Episode | History
America Unearthed: Lost Dutchman Gold Mine Discovered in Arizona (S3, E2) | Full Episode | History
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The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine is the most famous lost mine in American history. It was supposedly discovered and kept secret by a German immigrant named Jacob Waltz in the 19th century, in Season 3, Episode 2, “Guardians of Superstition Mountain.” #AmericaUnearthed
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In “America Unearthed,” host Scott Wolter uses hard science and intuitive theories to explain the most mysterious artifacts and sites in America.
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Can I please have the time I wasted watching this back !!! another history show that is just garbage this guy never finds a dam thing .
giggles…OMG not this again. First,…your video title ist "literally" worded to be a lie. It ist
considered Clickbait violating YouTube rules (Misleading Title/Text) & (Misleading Thumbnail).
Das "Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine [has NOT been] Discovered in Arizona". Second,…original
real landmark clues, as well probably das mine itself ist now under 200 feet of water when that
area was flooded for a commercial reservoir.
Das Paralta Stones are irrelevant, even if they are true original maps, which I have much doubt.
Das Paralta Stones scream faked hoax, und will be NO help in finding das
Lost Dutchman’s Mine even if it ist still above water.
Some where long ago das original landmark clues (that were definitely real) became lost
in das more recent folklore, probably because they were no longer able to be found unless
you wished to do abit of Advanced Scuba Diving, und could get das proper permissions.
Das area ist currently off-limits to everyone anyway, und no one has been given permission
to dive there in about 20 years, sooo…There ya go?
Odds are better at finding das Lost Adam’s Diggings than for you das Dutchman’s Mine.
If everyone finally decides das Paralta Stones are faked nonsense?
In about 30 to 50 years another "new" discovery, secret clue, will pop up, und a "new" hoax
map will propagate continued interest und search, eventually forgetting all about das
Paralta Stones completely as well und any of das original true landmarks left by Dutchman.
Possibly one day, in another 500 years, das Lost Dutchman’s Mine will be believed to have
once been located in New Mexico, hidden by Zuni or Apache Indian tribes, or even das
gold was moved by das Aztec or Masonic Lodge to another location in Georgia…giggles
Hmmm? Under das Georgia Guide Stones? 🙂
Oh wait? Das gold was moved to South Carolina und das Lost Roanoke Colony buried
it in das Money Pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia?…giggles
Ja, if I ever visit das U.S. I would spend my time searching for das Lost Adam’s Diggings
in New Mexico before wasting my time on das Lost Dutchman’s Mine in Arizona I think. 🙂
YAY!!!…My payments finally arrived from NASA und Bohemian Grove…giggles
Auf Wiedersehen 🙂
or he had rob somebody at some point somewhere else and was just living there slowly spending it so not to get caught.
Scott at least found a snake…😜
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Not even close.
He uncovered nothing. Don’t waste your time
This even starts out phony … The Dutchman died in a shack, on a cot in the back room of his friends home, who was a black woman…. And the "mine" was simply a surface deposit of nuggets in a wash …
43 mins of nothing but Click Bait.
I figured out something about those stones! There are peg sticking spots. Won’t tell you the one’s that have them.
The history Channel….?
Not anymore, now it the Heraldo Rivera
Opens the capone vault, over and over again…….more garbage for the mindless masses!
Never finds what he’s looking for but I love the new facts I learn with every episode.
36 10 18 n. 111 44 05 w !!! Caves and abnormal shafts
Yush
I think your not allowed there the government stopped prospecting
3:25 his first bost battle
The Superstition Mtns attracts fools. Most survive. Beautiful desert. A volcanic chaos
Maybe he buried it in the house where he died
You guys aren’t understanding, this is the telling of the story. The mine has been found many times. Nobody has made it out alive.
He thinks he was gunna waltz in here and find it in 20 minutes? 🤣
The dry prose particularly kick because town lamentably blot beneath a symptomatic college. chilly, super lyocell
I’ve watched 3 or 4 episodes of ‘America Unearthed’ and the final outcome of each show has been fairly disappointing. I like the presentation, interviews, research data and all that stuff…I’d just like to see an episode where Scott Wolter follows leads that actually take him to the thing he sets out to find and a mystery is truly solved.
If there are any episodes like that, please let me know.
Stupid….
The mountain range itself is the treasure.. few places as breathtaking as this.. born an raised in Arizona..have bn blessed to have seen an done so much in this great State . Ws¿ x
Click-Bait
Scott being a mason you have to wonder what he has found and not disclosed???🤔
👍
The sheer amount of inaccuracies and ridiculousness in this show truly next level. I’ve listed just a few of the more laughable ones here. Worth the read.
1. The legend is that the lost Dutchman found the Peralta family mines, NOT that the Peralta family found the lost Dutchman’s mine.
2. Your claim that Adolph Ruth died of exposure completely ignores the fact that his skull had entrance and exit holes consistent with a gunshot at point blank range, as stated at the time by a medical examiner, and that his pistol was found fully loaded with no spent casing.
3. "Treasure hunters have been using pictures of the stone maps to guide their searches for more than a century." Of the three claims with respect to when the stones were found, 1949 is the earliest. Last I checked, 72 years is not "more than a century". LOL.
4. "Well… that might be a job, because the stones have been moved around from here to there, and none of us are really sure where they are. They’re somewhere, but you have to track them down." LOL. It’s well known that the stones were held at the AZ Museum of Natural History until June of 2009, when they were transferred to the Superstition Mountain Museum for extended display until September of 2012, at which point they were moved back to the Museum of Natural History.
5. 36:53 Receives a mysterious, ransom-like text message that claims that the Peralta stones "have been located" and says "if you (ever) want to see the real stone maps, come to 4087 North Apache Trail." This is the address for the Superstition Mountain Museum. Those museum curators sure are some nefarious villains. Better bring a protection detail with you when you’re "chasing that lead", Scott!. LMAO.
6. 20:52 You would _think_ a certified "forensic geologist" would know that the "solid gold" he’s referring to is actually called placer gold (or placer deposits). Whether a deposit is placer or within a quartz vein, all gold is solid. It’s just a matter of whether it is contained within gold-bearing ore (vein), or liberated from it (placer).
7. 23:22 Uh…just how, exactly, will Wolter being able to examine the real stones make the determination about whether Jim’s theory is "valid"? An actual trip to the field and the discovery of you know, something like compelling evidence might be a better start to that process. Wolter is a career concrete industry geologist who lied about having an honorary master’s degree in geology from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and about "inventing" "archaeopetrography". He knows nothing about archeology and has admitted as much.
8. 26:20 Claims he needs to check out "every lead", yet completely satisfied with going off of one random dude’s theory that he met at a cafe. Also proceeds to trust only his pix-axe and loupe while completely ignoring the countless, published geological surveys done within the Superstitions by the Phelps-Dodge Mining Company and others who have been operating in the area until as recently as the 1990’s. LMAO.
9. 27:10 Yeah, I know you’re a geologist and all, but I’m a horseback tour guide and think you need some education on the difference between pyrite and actual gold. LOL
10. When searching for a lost mine, rather than searching for evidence of inactive/sealed shafts or historical mining activity, he apparently thinks its a better idea to aimlessly search the east side of Superstition Mountain for traces of minerals.
11. 35:36 So, his conclusion that the Lost Dutchman Mine is actually the Mammoth Mine is based upon "everybody that he’s talked to so far" (a grand total of 2 people) and a single piece of ore containing microscopic particles of gold that he randomly picked up in the desert 100 miles away from Mammoth, AZ. LOL.
12. 40:00 Immediately comes to the conclusion that the stones are authentic after a 5-minute visual inspection and a couple of photographs with a cheap point-and-shoot digital camera and an attachable 2-3X macro lens, because "they look like they have some age". Conveniently forgets to mention why he’s come to that conclusion.
The late Tom Kollenborn, whom died in 2018, was somewhat of a friend of mine, is probably the ‘only’ historian to
actual facts-concerning ANY lost treasures in the Superstition Mountains. He’s always left out of all of the youtube and reality tv show Dutchman gold shows. As for Ron Feldman? I don’t believe nor trust him. His sons were also somewhat reality tv stars, whom I have had unfriendly dealings with in the past. I’ve lived in this area for ten years, and have come to know and mostly distrust any of these local Apache Junction, AZ characters. Feldman and the rest of his clan spread disinformation to keep searchers/visitors away. Fact; The narrator asks Feldman where to look for gold. Feldman replies "Gold is found in the eastern side of the Superstitions", So then why does Feldman steer him to Tortilla Flat(At time marker 27:00 mins,), which is in the ‘western side’ of the Supers…The geology that is correct for gold in the Supers is in the Queen Valley area, or the eastern side of the Supers. I’ve found gold dust there. BTW- The Mammouth mine is ‘owned’ by the Feldmans.
O so History is in the propaganda business now?? You know,,like ancient aliens and everything lol..What garbage
I lived at the base of that mountain for years. We’ve walked over every square inch of it and I can tell you many many of things.
A lot of gold, silver, and especially copper have been mined out of Arizona
Well, I won’t get that 43 minutes back…
I found the dutchman
When in the desert SW, NEVER NEVER stick your hand under something that you cannot see under first. Good way to get bit or stung.
You know what Ron I’m the 1 that has the TV show not you…Ron , yeah but you have the worst rating and listen to an ear piece cause of your producer’s you have no Idea what your talking about
The topics of each show are always interesting however it’s always the same ending a bunch of BS. What ever happemd to Mysteries at the museum, that was worth watching.
Does this guy ever find anything? Does he ever solve ANY mysteries—-EVER???
A guy walking around in the dessert without a hat, water, or other gear is ridiculous.
Glad he’s not the only one to watch on YouTube. He shoots a lot of blanks.
This guy is full of do-do
Not an actual find. Horrible click bait.
Scott Wolter: The guy who unequivocally lied about having received an honorary master’s degree in geology from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and since 1987, has used that mendacity to assert his "qualifications" as a "forensic" geologist. This is the same guy who claims to have "invented" "archaeopetrography". This is laughable. He has admitted to having little to no training or experience in archeology, his experiential background is almost entirely in scientifically testing concrete, and petrography has a well-established history of being utilized in archeology _since at least_ the 1930’s. There is literally nothing novel or innovative about any of the techniques his company, American Petrographic Services, lists in their description of the "archaeopetrography" services they offer. I guess it’s fitting that the History Channel would have hired a guy like this.
The world has filled us with enough B.S. why would we alow more to be fed. Now days history isn’t spoken yet if it is its a its not correct. Satan is the father of all lies keep this in mind people he’s just warming up his plate. Thank God for being in the end times I’m going home soon so I’ll praise him in the storm.
I told them where it was and how to find it. The indians wont let them get it the last i herd.
This is a fn joke history channel!..
If you look sideways on the back of the horse in the main it looks like it says one mil
Also looks like Christian’s made a biblical map to confuse.
No way could that guy carry a bag of gold nuggets that size with one hand….lol
Good story, but don’t count on finding the gold. In other words, enjoy the story, but don’t give up your day job.