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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50 Comments

  1. Christopher Garcia on May 15, 2021 at 10:12 am

    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

  2. James Raines on May 15, 2021 at 10:12 am

    This guy is full of do-do

  3. Chris R on May 15, 2021 at 10:12 am

    3:25 his first bost battle

  4. William Reichley on May 15, 2021 at 10:13 am

    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

  5. Bageena on May 15, 2021 at 10:13 am

    Idk why I keep watching this show. It’s so bad. So clickbaity. So history channel. It’s garbage and I can’t stop watching. Please help me Jesus.

  6. Patrick Fitzsimmons on May 15, 2021 at 10:14 am

    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.

  7. Thomas White on May 15, 2021 at 10:14 am

    Stupid….

  8. David Farrens on May 15, 2021 at 10:14 am

    Also looks like Christian’s made a biblical map to confuse.

  9. Las Vegas Security on May 15, 2021 at 10:15 am

    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.

  10. Arturo Canales on May 15, 2021 at 10:15 am

    A guy walking around in the dessert without a hat, water, or other gear is ridiculous.

  11. David Farrens on May 15, 2021 at 10:16 am

    I figured out something about those stones! There are peg sticking spots. Won’t tell you the one’s that have them.

  12. Robert Dawson on May 15, 2021 at 10:17 am

    A lot of gold, silver, and especially copper have been mined out of Arizona

  13. Bruce Steele on May 15, 2021 at 10:17 am

    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.

  14. Michael George on May 15, 2021 at 10:18 am

    This is a fn joke history channel!..

  15. CAV SLAYER on May 15, 2021 at 10:19 am

    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 .

  16. snagger on May 15, 2021 at 10:21 am

    If you look sideways on the back of the horse in the main it looks like it says one mil

  17. Polar Roller on May 15, 2021 at 10:22 am

    No way could that guy carry a bag of gold nuggets that size with one hand….lol

  18. John Woodhouse on May 15, 2021 at 10:25 am

    Maybe he buried it in the house where he died

  19. Andrew Harmon on May 15, 2021 at 10:26 am

    I told them where it was and how to find it. The indians wont let them get it the last i herd.

  20. Paul Eckert on May 15, 2021 at 10:27 am

    I live in Wickenburg Az. There’s a large gold mine out here called Vulture mine. The "Dutchman" worked there. That’s probably where he stole the gold from.

  21. Curiosity on May 15, 2021 at 10:29 am

    America Unearthed: Still Looking For The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine In Arizona (S3,E2) | Full Episode | History

  22. David the Whiner on May 15, 2021 at 10:29 am

    Well, I won’t get that 43 minutes back…

  23. Daniel Harrison on May 15, 2021 at 10:31 am

    👍

  24. USMC Mustang on May 15, 2021 at 10:33 am

    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 …

  25. Jack Canttellyou on May 15, 2021 at 10:37 am

    Click-Bait

  26. Ed Ropper on May 15, 2021 at 10:38 am

    O so History is in the propaganda business now?? You know,,like ancient aliens and everything lol..What garbage

  27. Ivanka Leonie Fuchs on May 15, 2021 at 10:38 am

    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 🙂

  28. Robert Dawson on May 15, 2021 at 10:40 am

    The Superstition Mtns attracts fools. Most survive. Beautiful desert. A volcanic chaos

  29. soulseeker aka sandy wolf on May 15, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Scott being a mason you have to wonder what he has found and not disclosed???🤔

  30. Dͩrͬ. Z on May 15, 2021 at 10:41 am

    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.

  31. shawnte Pitts on May 15, 2021 at 10:41 am

    Yush

  32. hooXpoo on May 15, 2021 at 10:45 am

    Jest Witching this show waiting for the end of days.

  33. Sean 2002 on May 15, 2021 at 10:47 am

    The history Channel….?
    Not anymore, now it the Heraldo Rivera
    Opens the capone vault, over and over again…….more garbage for the mindless masses!

  34. Joel Kevin Stewart on May 15, 2021 at 10:48 am

    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.

  35. Dͩrͬ. Z on May 15, 2021 at 10:49 am

    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.

  36. John Woodhouse on May 15, 2021 at 10:50 am

    He thinks he was gunna waltz in here and find it in 20 minutes? 🤣

  37. Joseph Litz on May 15, 2021 at 10:53 am

    I found the dutchman

  38. Anthony Guzman on May 15, 2021 at 10:53 am

    Never finds what he’s looking for but I love the new facts I learn with every episode.

  39. Varschnitz Schnur on May 15, 2021 at 10:54 am

    Good story, but don’t count on finding the gold. In other words, enjoy the story, but don’t give up your day job.

  40. KonaBoiKeoki on May 15, 2021 at 10:55 am

    36 10 18 n. 111 44 05 w !!! Caves and abnormal shafts

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  42. pipperxxx on May 15, 2021 at 10:56 am

    Glad he’s not the only one to watch on YouTube. He shoots a lot of blanks.

  43. Paul Maldonado on May 15, 2021 at 10:57 am

    The original stones at the museum,

  44. BenzAndMoney 420 on May 15, 2021 at 10:57 am

    or he had rob somebody at some point somewhere else and was just living there slowly spending it so not to get caught.

  45. Tyl3rAZ on May 15, 2021 at 10:58 am

    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.

  46. Kelly I. on May 15, 2021 at 11:04 am

    Does this guy ever find anything? Does he ever solve ANY mysteries—-EVER???

  47. Joseph Litz on May 15, 2021 at 11:04 am

    Not even close.

  48. Carl Mcwhirt on May 15, 2021 at 11:08 am

    Hey I just watched your Davy Crockett and the Alamo video about him dying in Alabama on a piece of property there’s also history of him in Morristown Tennessee that you didn’t mention

  49. Pizza time on May 15, 2021 at 11:10 am

    Scott at least found a snake…😜

  50. John Woodhouse on May 15, 2021 at 11:11 am

    I think your not allowed there the government stopped prospecting

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