7:03 "Nearly eight centuries before...in the summer of 1931..." Is Simon a time lord? It would explain how he can have so many channels, and can seemingly release 25 hours of new content every day...
The pastor that died in this search was my cousin. He claimed it would be the last great adventure he'd get to go on before his ill health took him for good. Me and most of the family never held any ill will towards the the organizers of the search.
The fella that found the Finn treasure , he found the location after watching lots of Finn interviews on RU-vid, and heard Finn say where he would like to die, then went to that location with a map and spent 26 separate days walking around at site
I heard someone else had also gotten very close but not found the exact spot. If I remember correctly, this was from Forrest himself, who had revisited the location to check on it, and noticed someone had been digging, but not in the right spot.
So I’ve heard but I have seen no evidence of his alleged find. Always thought the Finn treasure was a hoax and the so called finding was also a hoax to shut down the story.
7:06 "Nearly eight centuries before..." I'm guessing that was supposed to be eight decades. :-) My father's family used to own land just west of the Superstition Mountains. My uncle lived there for most of his life. An actual mine, the Bluebird Mine, is on that land. I remember visiting him and my aunt when I was a child and hearing the tales of the Lost Dutchman Mine. Good times.
according to some old Idahoens, supposedly that gold from the first one was hidden out in the middle of the desert north of Shoshone where I grew up. in what is now called craters of the moon park. a large expanse of dark lava rock from an eruption several thousand years ago. it's rumored to be hidden in one of the hundreds of collapsed lava tubes out there, it will likely never be found.
@@sails3538 this is the worst advice I've ever heard. Never take financial tips from a person who mistakes a dinner made from cattle with an assertion on land.
7:22 “Ironically Dr. Ruth was found with a .44 caliber revolver...” Was about to say “Never thought I’d hear that sentence”, but then remembered Dr. Ruth Westheimer actually trained as a sniper 😅
I met Dr. Ruth many years ago at a resort where I used to work. She was very short and quite amusing. She kept flirting with attractive male members of the staff who were about 1/3 her age.
Simon talks more and more quickly as he adds channels; I'm assuming when he gets to about 20, we'll have to watch at 1/2 speed just to understand him. :)
The footage of the train wheels during the description of the rock barricade placed by the outlaws totally confused the narrative for me. I was trying to make sense out of the story, thinking it was a train robbery and I had to go back to figure it out. The train footage is completely non related to the story. It was a stagecoach robbery. 🤷🏻♂️
The case of the Doctors death reminds me of the tail told about USSR officials that committed suicide by shooting themselves 6 Times in the Back of the Head. No word if they reloaded just in case 6 shots was not enough.
There have been more than a few suicides involving multiple gunshots to the head, a few even involving shotguns. Of course, no one reloads after dying.
The Superstition Mountains are really beautiful, there's a road that winds its way between the outskirts of Phoenix and Roosevelt Lake. Very impressive terrain.
I’m confused, it’s called the Eastern Idaho robbery, but occurred in Ada County, which borders Oregon on Idaho’s western border. Maybe the geographical confusion is why no one found the gold.
Also, Business Blaze is gradually leaking out and merging with all of them as Simon finds it harder to compartmentalize his serious and relaxed personas...
“ Simon, you can’t keep doing this! All these RU-vid channels are corrupting you!” Simon: “ That is where you are wrong. Simon says: I AM the channels and soon I will BE RU-vid!”
@Sylas Genesis I’ve tried Flixzone also! The results were great! It’s fixed my receding hairline, I have longer more satisfying sex, and my dog came back home! Also my Uncle died and he was really wealthy, so I’m hoping Dlixzone can get me some of that sweet sweet inheritance cash! Thanks Dixzone!
I hope the concert/events industry in Belgium recovers from the Covid-rules. Even the oldtimer events are under pressure, afraid of investments that can kill off the whole deal.
Last I heard, it was speculated that a old primitive smelter (Spanish, American Indian?) is what the Dutchman found. Not a mine, not the source of the gold, but rather lumps of partially smelted gold. If my memory is not off the rails - it could be - the remains of this smelter was found by some local researchers.
Out here in Waianae we have a treasure mystery. Wallace Poe took two buckets of gold coins and hid them after walking up the Waianae stream. The one story I read does not say when or why. Jan.1893 when the Kingdom was overthrown? U.S. gold was made legal tender here in 1880. Wallace Poe owned a large high class saloon here c1900-mahogany bar, ferns &c. Even without the gold, there seems so much more to the story. Was there enough here to support this sort of business? There was a 2 storey wooden hotel here in the 1890s. It served cattle buyers from Honolulu? I've seen the cut basalt revetments under a 1950s house where C&C lifeguards stay, behind our firehouse. I did find a quantity of broken black gins and some broken Consolidated Sodas. The trials of a latter day 2010s bottle digger
lost dutchman mine is apparently just a pit in the ground and not a tunnel into a hillside as the quartz veins in the superstition mountains that contain the gold go straight down. plus people get scared off by the legends of the Apache black legion that still guard the area, a band of 7ft tall warriors that kill anyone that gets too close to their sacred sites, which is also where the lost mine is.
Excellent video again. Simon, you are absolutely brilliant. With your cheeky delivery, you could do a vid on the phone book and it would be the most entertaining thing ever. Brilliant, Lad, brilliant. Cheers.
I'm 66 years old been a treasure hunter/metal detectionest for over 40 years so I know a few things about it. 1) Very few outlaws burried the treasure, they spent it as fast as they stole it 2) The amount and value of these treasures is greatly exagerated 3) All land in the U.S. is owned/controlled eather by private land, city, county, state, or federal land so make sure you are legal to hunt there it can save you a lot of trouble. 4) always leave your hunting area better than you found it, fill in your holes, pick up and take with you any trash you see even if its not yours 5) alway stay aware of your suroundings esp. in the wild and not only animals, dangerious terrain, sudden weather changes etc but also people, not everybody is your friend. Good luck, have fun, stay safe.
Im surprised the one about the guy in the 20th century that stumbled into a desert cave and found bars of gold stacked high but couldnt refind it and the us military suddenly bought the area up .
I know what would give disappointed searchers some closure about someone else finding the treasure: If Stuef would get together with some talented production people and make a documentary about his search and discovery, along with whatever of sharing he'd be willing to do about himself and other people in his life before, during and after the search. Everyone's got a story, and although he doesn't "owe" his to anybody, I think it would really soothe the sore folks if they at least got to find the treasure by-proxy. Heck, the video could even include the experiences of some other people who tried! I've only been mildly interested in this story, but I'd watch the hell out of a wrap-up documentary about it!
It would unfortunately just perpetuate the conspiracy theories about his discovery. Along with prolongimg interest in the treasure, & the threats against him - sadly. After all of the expensive law suits he's suffered, it's best to take the lawyer's advice & "remain silent."
@@k-ozdragon I get what you're saying but I respectfully disagree. Maybe the happy medium would be to allow a good several years of "cooling off" period to elapse, so that the jealous losers could get used to the fact that it's over, and find other things to obsess on. Then, and assuming the production was WELL done, I believe the net result would be far more positive than negative. No you can't fix all the bitter paranoia in the world, but you certainly won't make it any better without trying.
Steuf doesn't owe anyone a thing. He found it and all the whiners can take credit for the silence that follows. Anyone who was lost, injured, or died from hunting for the treasure did so of their own volition. Take responsibility for your own actions. You have the choice to place yourself at risk with zero guarantees every single day.
I guess you missed the part about all the lawsuits and people killing each other? X_X Although there are treasure hunters who have become good friends and enjoyed the hunt. 🙂
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?
Simon, could you guys do one on the Egyptian colony treasure supposedly found by the Smithsonian funded archeologist g.e. Kincaid?? It's a cool story, and not well known. Would be awesome!!
Born and raised in Idaho and never knew anything about this, to hell with this cowboy life gonna go find me some gold! Love your channels and videos Simon keep it up brotha 🤙🏼
Great video 👍. I was raised in Arizona not far from where the lost Dutchman Mine is supposedly located. I don't think it exists. I've been reading and watching Lost Dutchman Mine material all my life. In 50 years, NO ONE has shown one single shred of evidence that the LDM even existed. Jacob Waltz was a miner but how does anyone REALLY know what he said in his life. And yes, it's likely he had a gold mine someplace, but that in itself proves NOTHING. No two stories match, the maps are so ambiguous they're totally useless. "... someone said in 1904...". "...I heard about...". "... I've seen the...". "... I heard from a friend that knew a guy that had a cousin that knew a guy that had a brother in law that heard about...". Sorry! 😲 It's NOT PROOF!!
I'm with James. I also grew up in the shadow of the Superstitions and the Lost Dutchman Mine thing is not too far different from UFO lore. Lots of people make money selling books about it (and fake treasure maps) but the only people who win out...are the ones writing the books not the ones reading them. There is one gram of truth to about ten kilos of pure crap. Note to the unwise: that mountain may not be tall but it is RUGGED and that mountain will KILL you if you don't know what you are doing.
Another good "legendary" treasure of the US is the treasure of Neah-Kah-Nie mountain. 1800's sailing and Indian history. Even large enough in attention that an indie movie was produced based on it.
I just love how the federal govt makes all these laws and tell us looking for it is bad, tells us we can't keep it, etc. Yet, they love to bust in, take it when ppl find it, and sure do love to keep the sh*t for their f'n stuff.
If laws are such that finding treasure means it all goes to the original insurer or land owner, then maybe these stashes were found long ago, the gold quietly melted down out of view of prying eyes who may want to take the whole cut.
I was surprised you didn’t mention “the secret” in this video there are still several treasures from that book that haven’t been found. Although I’m hoping to be part of that tale soon enough
I mean, if Stuef hadn't come out as the guy who found it, he'd probably not have to deal with all of the lawsuits and need 6 layers of security... Sometimes it's better not to write your name on your homework....
One thing I would think, if it was found especially on private property, only the portion that was paid out by the insurance company should be confiscated and the rest left to the owner of the property.
No By law if the insurance company paid it’s theirs There are some ship wrecks that can be dived on but soon as you come up an insurance agent will take it
The gold from the train was taken by the driver and guard. Guarantee it. Or some much smarter bandits that were on the train. Ooo That'd be a good plot..... Thank you Simon you just gave me an idea.
The cyst on your skull is going purple, Simone, that can be a bad sign. Could mean it's breached a blood vessel, which could lead to septaecaemia. Get it removed. Failing that at least get it a suitable pair of miniature glasses and a matching beard. It's wierd being distracted by your growing second head.
I remember a couple of Asian folks....coming to Minnesota to look for the money lost in the movie......Fargo. Driving around looking in the ditches. Based on a true story........I don’t know what ever became of that.
The only gold found near the superstition mnts have been near apache junction where there a few gold mines. And geologists said the sups don't have the right history for gold Also Forest Fenn was a documented Indian grave robber, and selling items to Europe. The sad thing is the law doesn't apply to private land and such.
the lost dutchman mine...it exists in *every* mining district from alaska to tierra del fuego and everywhere in between...it's an old miners yarn that has more variations than women bill clinton has boffed...
Who ever finds the first one would be smart to invest in a melting furnace, some casting forms, a stout home safe, and not tell a soul how they came upon 800lbs of previously stolen gold.
