The Rocky Mountain Gold Hunt That's Claimed Multiple Lives

The Rocky Mountain Gold Hunt That's Claimed Multiple Lives | Myth Hunters

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22 күн бұрын

The legend of the Rocky Mountain gold is one of mystery and peril, with a fortune in gold bullion estimated at $33 million believed to be hidden in the untamed wilderness. This treasure, marked only by a cryptic map, has been the target of countless treasure hunters over nearly 200 years. However, the pursuit has proven deadly, with many succumbing to disease, violence, and mysterious events attributed to a curse. From the ill-fated French expedition of the 1790s to modern-day seekers, the allure of unimaginable wealth continues to claim lives, leaving the treasure tantalizingly out of reach and shrouded in mystery.
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@phantom0456 18 күн бұрын

@1:16 Rumor has it that’s one of the most epic and legendary mullets that mankind has ever had the privilege to lay mortal eyes upon… witness how gloriously it drapes itself to either side of the neck of its host, the fiery orange tint of it, the luscious curls… such a magnificent mullet is the TRUE gold in this tale.

@robertschumann7737 2 күн бұрын

He's going for the Dog the Bounty Hunter look so he gets taken seriously!

@BlinkiesNoGood 19 күн бұрын

Dig around on native land. Get attacked by the folks who live there. Dig around on native land again. Get attacked by folks who live there, again. Dig around in the wilderness after dark. Get attacked by animals that live there. "It's a curse!" Suuuuuuure it is.

@briarrose29 19 күн бұрын

Sounds about white

@luisalbertovega1030 10 күн бұрын

46:18 “their ordeal wasn’t over”… neither is mine listening to this drivel. 😑

@bruceclark5627 2 күн бұрын

@luisalbertovega1030 how it wasn't blamed on climate change is beyond me and the girl scout theory is just as plausible as anything else they thought of.

@khillsy4489 18 күн бұрын

Legends of gold are an excellent way to get young men into the wilderness.

@TalmageL-pn2pv 15 күн бұрын

Missing 411 , didn't write itself.. YOU HAVE a good point.

@traditionalwoman5648 17 күн бұрын

If I found a treasure like that, I don't know if I would tell anyone.

@sid3954 10 күн бұрын

LOL... like Oak Island.

@robertschumann7737 2 күн бұрын

I would definitely tell whomever had the money to buy all of that gold from me that the tooth fairy left it under my pillow.

@Kevin-wx4un 19 күн бұрын

I’ve read about this story for years and my gut tells me the natives recovered the gold after the initial attack.

@karenjones3080 16 күн бұрын

That’s what I thought as well .

@ralphtaylor787 13 күн бұрын

Forrest Fenn probably found it and gave it to Cynthia Meachum

@wecreatezone8940 18 күн бұрын

They managed to bring up tons of bricks to build the underground chamber, but they couldn't bring down the gold. Interesting.

@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 6 күн бұрын

Yepper the underground brick cavern built by man...in the 1790's was a bit far-feteched. I can believe they dug gold ore...but they DID NOT Smelt it into clean bars outside in the woods with some serious tooling infrastructure. If there isn't any more remaining gold ore on that mountain to be found today...then there wasn't any in 1790's...a big concocted story.

@bruceclark5627 4 күн бұрын

Keep your use of facts and logic to yourself buddy!

@wecreatezone8940 4 күн бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 Why are you so upset? Do you want to go there and find the treasure 😂😂😂😂?

@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 4 күн бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 What he said made tons of sense. What don't you understand?

@bruceclark5627 4 күн бұрын

@@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC facts and logic are triggering and have no place in today's society, let alone debate or exchange of ideas on a personal level.

@KC-603 19 күн бұрын

Sure, its sitting right next to The Oak Island treasure!!

@user-tw6pu3wb9p 10 күн бұрын

The Indians saw where the first treasure hunters buried it. The Indians then moved the treasure.

@rogerdudra178 20 күн бұрын

Good tale. The legend of Crazy Beaver Creek.

@richardbeee 20 күн бұрын

33 million ounces of gold is quite substantial. Weight is incredible. How many buried it? Maybe the whole mountain is the treasure cause that's a huge pile of gold. What about remnants of a furnace? Where did they get the fluxes? So many unanswered questions. Why did they go all the way through the mountains from the Platte River and not find any gold on the north fork of the south Platte? Why all the way across the state? Plenty of mines have been worked throughout the years in places they would have walked over?😊

@DevJB 19 күн бұрын

They apparently kept following the gold.. From flour to bigger flour then pickers then ore.. Up into the Mtns..

@richardbeee 19 күн бұрын

@@DevJB clear across the state.

@klein_karoo_permaculture 19 күн бұрын

I didn't really pay attention all the way through but I'm pretty sure they said 33 million dollars, not ounces... I mean, if you're selling gold at $1 an ounce I'm buying!

@richardbeee 19 күн бұрын

@@klein_karoo_permaculture back then gold was $16.00 per ounce. That still quite a few pounds to haul. 32 million divided by $16,00

@klein_karoo_permaculture 19 күн бұрын

@@richardbeee No doubt... It's still not 33 million ounces... 10:29 They also say $33mil in today's money, not back then's money.

@glennquagmire1747 20 күн бұрын

Maybe Bigfoot has the gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@brutisthepastysmasher 20 күн бұрын

I think you may be on to something here😂

@briarrose29 20 күн бұрын

I think the Utes reclaimed it and made sure it wouldn’t be found

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

Nope,climate change made it evaporate😢

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

@briarrose29 they didn't even understand the wheel,if they couldn't kill it,rape it or steal it they weren't worried about it

@wizardofahhhs759 16 күн бұрын

And he ain't sharing!

@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla 18 күн бұрын

What a neat story. If the story and markers are real, why has there not been a recent expedition? Curse or no curse.

@redrustyhill2 10 күн бұрын

Because its just a story

@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla 10 күн бұрын

@@redrustyhill2So was the Iliad

@anjummirza1452 5 күн бұрын

Excellent information and narration...

@alvieroach1368 Сағат бұрын

In the early 90s I met Chris at Packers Place in Saguache Colorado when he was just a keyboard player in a rock and roll band.

@CameronMcCreary 16 күн бұрын

Definitely a metal detector job.

@tomsen413 12 күн бұрын

Can you imagine spending your life metal detecting in the heart of the Rockies..definitely a logistic nightmare when it comes to keep your battery charged…

@joppymarchannel9736 20 күн бұрын

People are underestimate the proper burial treasure site, it has a very dangerous traps and have a very deep buried, and part of the treasure is a Decoy or empty.

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

.....never mind the lizard people guarding it.😅😅

@DevJB 19 күн бұрын

Doubtful it would be very deep. Because they were being chased out of there at this point and wouldn't spend a lot of time on it. They were in the woods for months without natives knowing it, so it's hard to say how much time..

@joppymarchannel9736 19 күн бұрын

@DevJB Bro, I know about treasure, from the first time around before they going to mining site they have already a second plan when there are a trouble. The treasure has been buried before the attact was happen .France has already have a knowledge about burial a treasure, signs and symbols. That treasure is will plan , because 300 person is a simi company type mining. They are masters of digging , imagine if 100 person digging out a spot , it is very deep.

@DevJB 19 күн бұрын

@@joppymarchannel9736 Good point, They already were protecting the gold by burying it before the attack.

@KurtOnoIR 20 күн бұрын

Stand on the mound at 6am in what time of year?

@ssrc30 19 күн бұрын

"some September morning"

@ticdelarue 16 күн бұрын

This is the biggest bunch of Horsesh!t I've ever watched. I became skeptical when it stated the men refined and made gold bars in the wilderness. Without mules or a large contingent of men to haul supplies.

@MrGozer23 19 күн бұрын

The problem people may face is that the UTE may have known it was gold that the French found. Since they killed or ran those men off, they may have messed with the symbols a bit to keep people from finding it when they came back again. Also, they killed his grandson. So it seems to me they may have moved the treasure or messed up the trail to keep the mountain safe. If the mountain was a sacred place, the UTE would have done all they could to keep settlers away from it. It's a theory, anyway.

@wizardofahhhs759 16 күн бұрын

If they screwed with the symbols there would have been no reason to kill the grandson because he would've been led astray.

@MrGozer23 16 күн бұрын

@@wizardofahhhs759 Actually, the native people share an oral history with few if any written records. They would have believed that white Europeans did too. Meaning that the family knew where the mountain was but that didn't mean noone else ever would. I only said they might have messed with the symbols. To me though, the native people defended that mountain as if it was sacred, but may not have been interested in gold as much because they didn't take any from the French. At least the survivor never said so.

@stephen-ng 20 күн бұрын

1790s ... so, that pre-dates the Lousiana Purchase & the expedition of Lewis and Clarke (which was in the early 1800s).

@catpax6075 7 күн бұрын

This was a fun tale 🏔️

@dougsmith1721 16 күн бұрын

It was my understanding that the French expedition was historically documented and that they hid massive amounts of gold before fleeing the Utes. The story I heard, the gold was dropped into a shaft and covered, then marked by carving a fleur de lis in a large boulder. I also heard the town of La Garita was key, even though a considerable distance away. There is also supposedly a sizable treasure on that mountain, lost by the Army when they battled the Utes. Treasure seekers are foiled by the fact of constant mountain changes from year to year. It never looks the same.

@ryanra44 7 күн бұрын

I have a rule in life that has never run me astray so far. Never trust a man with a mullet when he is talking about a cursed treasure

@matthewbramos3598 6 күн бұрын

Is anyone else jealous of that one dudes hair?

@johnreeves7356 20 күн бұрын

I agree a greedy Bigfoot 😄 🤣 😂 😆

@sid3954 11 күн бұрын

(casting out with fishing rod). This video has everything people want to click on. Hidden treasure! Intrigue! Way to reel them in!

@MAGaBAMA_84 11 күн бұрын

Not with 33 in the title! With a fishing pole is a correct statement!😂

@billybarnes9208 18 күн бұрын

Why wouldn't the people of the region take advantage of the gold in more modern times.? Doesn't make sense if it was real. May God bless all 🙏

@stuckinthemud4352 8 күн бұрын

I don’t really think the fridge comparison is a good analogy. If I lived on 3000 acre ranch and I saw someone exploring the land i wouldn’t compare that to reaching in my fridge in my home.

@Mrz-sb1hw 9 күн бұрын

Most people that go gold digging seem to end in disaster.

@VSMichelle 20 күн бұрын

wow!

@caseyslaikeu8354 Күн бұрын

Y would anyone report it

@madman__ 8 күн бұрын

If the natives were watching them that closely, they would have gotten all the gold

@seanw.p8514 19 күн бұрын

Honestly I'd have to laugh and applaud if the natives that were watching the original miners, went and found the stashes and everyone has been looking now for nothing🤣👍👍

@kentcarmack5879 5 күн бұрын

Whats this guy with the hair thinking? He can't think it looks good . Lol.

@skatee99 4 күн бұрын

This was the old west days, so tell me why: None of the follow-up treasure hunters brought side arms (gun) or even knives? Especially after hearing of the killings of those before them. Makes no sense. . .

@rocketamadeus3730 20 күн бұрын

I made it to the fake UFO picture.

@Dthorne31 19 күн бұрын

First ad 1.57 in. Wowee

@mountpennart 20 күн бұрын

Sad… I clicked on this hoping it was the story of the Dream Mine in Utah

@Stripeyperch 19 күн бұрын

Its a good story, but nothing more.

@richieleeallen6667 19 күн бұрын

Maybe John Denver found it

@wizardofahhhs759 16 күн бұрын

I bet it's being guarded by his ghost 👻

@HookmanBrown1 15 күн бұрын

That's why he got " Rocky Mountain High " !!!

@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 6 күн бұрын

The underground brick cavern built by man...in the 1790's was a bit far-feteched, hauling bricks and making mortar up a mountain. I can believe they dug gold ore...but they DID NOT Smelt it into clean bars outside in the woods with some serious tooling infrastructure, blowers- kilns. If there isn't any more remaining gold ore on that mountain to be found today...then there wasn't any in 1790's...a big concocted fish story.

@Mrz-sb1hw 9 күн бұрын

Glad l wasn't there.

@arrabuscrakkusberillion4424 5 күн бұрын

Finders keepers

@petersutherland2075 19 күн бұрын

The tribesmen took it

@rogergriffin9893 8 күн бұрын

1000 lbs. of gold?

@Mrz-sb1hw 9 күн бұрын

Bats in the belfry.

@Mrz-sb1hw 9 күн бұрын

T' wit t' woo watch out for mister owl. T' be sure.

@HookmanBrown1 15 күн бұрын

Name the treasures that have been found......seriously. This story, out of all the treasure stories I've heard, is the most ludicrous.

@tommiller530 10 күн бұрын

Every one is looking for the hidden gold what about the gold mine that it came from.

@Mrz-sb1hw 14 күн бұрын

From what I've watched gold seems to be cursed my friends good lady wife says if its in the ground leave it there. Perhaps she's right, many a man has met his doom looking for that yellow substance.

@leonardjackson7634 5 күн бұрын

How did the spanish get here when there were no ships until the late 1850's

@charlesxix 18 күн бұрын

It all sounds a bit iffy to me.

@bold810 19 күн бұрын

I don't know about "Rocky Mountains Gold" Or "French Gold" Nor from "Indian Gold" But I DO know this- And that's All the Gold in California Is in a Bank in the middle of Beverly Hills Under someone's else's name So if you're dreaming About California It don't matter at all Where you played before California is a brand new game. 🎉

@Mrz-sb1hw 13 күн бұрын

Nah nah nah nah nah batman.

@vincentdavidson755 6 күн бұрын

Curses are not real its only ones belief that gives it force 🤔

@melissacoulter3996 3 күн бұрын

All these people going on about fake gold… when in 1700s there’s no way 4 men sailed a boat from France to US… lol

@luisalbertovega1030 10 күн бұрын

What is it with theses stories that it’s always “clues” and never instructions? Why markers and pictures and “standing on mounds and shadows”? In 1790 they had sextants, quadrants and clocks, which means they could take measurements and record latitude and longitude with reasonable precision. Why don’t they ever do that?

@bold810 19 күн бұрын

Could a wealthy person's STD euphemerically described as a "Gold Sore" ? 😐

@nphipps9406 19 күн бұрын

soooo, where is the curse???? in addition, in spite of evidence, the story became a myth, oooo, doubting Thomas. or is that the sweet grapes became sour.

@davehughes53 20 күн бұрын

Rumor has it the gold was donated to the YMCA

@johnanderson7925 9 күн бұрын

You are wrong we take only what we needed

@4velion 18 сағат бұрын

Based off what’s being said am I the only person who thinks the native Americans recovered the gold

@stargazer5073 2 күн бұрын

If the native Americans were watching the men, they took the gold!!!!!

@bigjm3143 17 күн бұрын

It's a fake story

@Berkshireminingco 18 күн бұрын

If to guess I think the native Americans came back and reclaimed their gold

@redrustyhill2 10 күн бұрын

The music is sheet, very distracting

@yourforgivenrepent 10 күн бұрын

Greed get you kilt

@mykec.selene8302 18 күн бұрын

Well there goes an hour of my time

@Adam-ke6gg 10 күн бұрын

Ledge f has it is code for bulls it

@figgiefigueroa7372 15 күн бұрын

The India took the treasure 😅😅😅😅asure out. They were watching the first party and the brick 🧱 underground hole the Indian clean the house too.

@lesliekendall5668 18 күн бұрын

Louisiana wasn't Spanish, it was French.

@JG-tt4sz 12 күн бұрын

It went back and forth.

@Ralph-lh5hi 20 күн бұрын

Bigfoot stole the gold

@mikkelolsen257 19 күн бұрын

what a f joke

@bw082731 10 күн бұрын

I mean the Native Americans were watching what they were doing so obviously the gold is not there no more

@Jesse-cw5pv 8 күн бұрын

I dont believe in curses. Ill go in that cave for 2% of the treasure i find. Just point me there

@michaelsadventures4261 20 күн бұрын

The music ruined this upload.

@Panda-qr2ld 19 күн бұрын

The music made the episode bearable thank you

@robertkrump2015 5 күн бұрын

Know Jesus know peace, No Jesus no peace, Demon's

@briarrose29 20 күн бұрын

How is it “French Gold” when they stole it from the Natives? 🙄

@bruceclark5627 20 күн бұрын

It never belonged to the "natives"and considering the "natives" didn't even understand what a wheel was,I doubt they knew how to mine and smelt gold ore into bullion .

@lenabreijer1311 20 күн бұрын

@@bruceclark5627the native people knew how to mine and smelt gold. They had been smelting copper for thousands of years.

@ssrc30 19 күн бұрын

They probably knew how to process ore but it probably wasn't worth anything to them. Would have to ask someone who knows more about that than I do though.

@lenabreijer1311 19 күн бұрын

@@ssrc30 gold is pretty shiny stuff that people valued. The Aztec loved it. Coper was used for tools and beads.

@JanKowalski-bd8rv 19 күн бұрын

Lets not forget that the Inca were even working with bronze which means they had knowledge of metallurgy to some degree and kept very advanced records called quipu and had fairly sophisticated agricultural methods terrace farming and a great road system the Incan trail

@MAGaBAMA_84 11 күн бұрын

Why would someone put [33] in the title? That says BS before it even starts if you know what "33" is.

@John_Corrigan 19 күн бұрын

Donald Trump has it stashed away to finance his next presidential campaign

@Average--Joe 12 күн бұрын

I wasnt ready for the mullet. Classic white trash waterfall

@samjohnson9894 17 күн бұрын

Wow this one is riddled with nonsense. 1 - Native Indians don't believe in land ownership/personal property other than human. Territorial lordship sure. Territorial ownership, no. Never did. 2 - Diseased miners after 6 mos in a town with all the normal necessities of life easily available yet they contracted scurvy? Indescribably doubtful, to say the least. 3 - A lone survivor draws multiple copies of a map that leads to a treasure? A physical means to locate the treasure at some point after? Laughable. Great legend. But that's all it is for sure. Btw, many of the current-day images of the landscape were taken from a trail I drove a couple years ago. None of this story ever came up in discussions with locals while floating thru.

@vincentdavidson755 6 күн бұрын

Northern colorado would b a great place 2 move 2 if u want 2 survie the very near future in the u.s. 🧝💃🏝️