Unveiling the Lost Dutchman Trail: Truths and Myths with Hank Sheffer & Larry Hedrick

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Unveiling the Lost Dutchman Trail: Truths and Myths with Hank Sheffer & Larry Hedrick

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Mysteries of the Superstition Mountains

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Join Hank Sheffer and Larry Hedrick as they embark on a captivating journey along the winding path of the Lost Dutchman Trail! Discover the real story behind Jacob Waltz and the infamous Lost Dutchman Mine. In this video, we unravel the truth and debunk the myths surrounding this legendary treasure hunt. Don't miss out on the inside scoop about the secrets and false leads that have intrigued treasure hunters for generations. Hit that subscribe button and turn on notifications so you never miss an episode of our adventure!
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@jeffreyvandervoort8324 2 жыл бұрын

I will never understand how this channel doesn’t have a million subscribers. These stories are absolutely spellbinding.

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey: Believe me we don’t understand why either.

@NorthFork 3 ай бұрын

I just discovered it and have been binge watching it ever since

@jeffreyvandervoort8324 3 ай бұрын

@@NorthForkyou will never stop. Its addictive.

@davidlancaster6941 2 жыл бұрын

Larry and Hank!!!.. The dynamic duo! Live!!!! Too good! Awesome Saturday night! Thanks you guys! Lvya both and your crew too.

@davidgeorge442 2 жыл бұрын

I watch and appreciate every video, gentlemen. Thank you for everything you do.

@larrymuenster8626 2 жыл бұрын

Feel the same.

@jeremyward493 2 жыл бұрын

The amount of knowledge you all have amassed during your lives is a treasure to us all. Thank you for sharing.

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jeremy thanks you can't say that enough, all these legends of the mountains provide a perennial reverence not just for the sacred burial lands or the extreme hot to cold life threatening extremes experience there is almost unfathomable without the guidance and support Hank Sheffer and the whole community comes together for ceremony.

@Catlife247 2 жыл бұрын

You dudes are awesome! Thx for sharing your memories with us... 🇺🇸

@davidlancaster6941 2 жыл бұрын

Blows my mind how many distortions there are to the Dutchman story. Appreciate that you untangle the ball of worms. The photos are captivating and stimulate the imagination. You guys are raisins among the flakes. Lvya much. Shalom

@jerrymoore838 2 жыл бұрын

Hank's such a gem, as is Larry. We love you guys

@mlgauss60435 2 жыл бұрын

What a great story as usual. There are really people looking for it, to this day? Good grief! My fascination with mountains, is just sitting and looking at them...I don't know WHY I'm drawn to them, but I could just sit and look at them all day. I have many pictures of them, blown up in frames...when we were at the ghost town, all I wanted to do was look at them, great spot in all their glory! Something pulls me to them...

@dirty6209 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to go out there a look...but it would not be for gold or glory but the adventure, history, and sheer beauty of the mountains and the landscape. Finding yeller shinys are just bounus.

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

@@dirty6209 trail #4 go to sekond kanyon on the right the shadows show hat heart switk bak in old krooked trail. look it up i listened to all the stories. not a joke.

@darrellpatee2165 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best channel on Utube !

@weldenjon 2 жыл бұрын

This is very much the same story Clay Worst has told about Jacob Waltz. I believe Clay and I believe there is a mine hidden somewhere in the Superstition Mountains that was worked by Jacob and this is the source of his gold. Will it ever be found? Who knows? But Jacob Waltz was indeed a real person, he indeed lived in the Phoenix area in the later 1800s, the gold he had is real and so is the matchbox that was made from it for I have personally seen it. I am so grateful for this channel for it was this channel that got me seriously interested in everything related to Jacob Waltz and his lost mine. I do hope it is found someday though, if only to vindicate those who have kept the faith (Clay Worst for one). Perhaps there is out there right now someone, somewhere whose destiny will be to uncover what Jacob hid over 140+ years ago. Thank you Hank and Larry for keeping this channel alive after the unfortunate passing of Charlie LeSueur two years ago. You both have done wonders with this channel. Hope you guys keep it up until the mystery of The Lost Dutchman Mine is finally solved if it is ever meant to be...

@motorcycleparty 2 жыл бұрын

another great story thanx gents great history of the truth

@Tort4Short 2 жыл бұрын

i never get tired of listening to your videos...such a wealth of information...thank you so much...

@simusocat 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from old Germany and thank you for your fascinating reportages.

@johngallagher2313 2 жыл бұрын

Great story about a rugged beautiful inhospitable area.

@rebeccaswilling1771 2 жыл бұрын

You 2 guys are so knowledgeable and amazing. So happy there’s a museum for ppl like me to read and learn so much about the Superstition mountain. Love this channel so much!! Larry knows so much details about this area, I enjoy listening so much

@arthurpeterson246 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see you guys all ways enjoy the stories keep em coming.

@Wwg1wga48 2 жыл бұрын

My Mom.. Mary jo Smith.. was very involved with the formation of the Superstition museum.. she has spoke highly of you two and others… particularly Clay Worst.. she just passed Nov. 2021

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Mary Jo well. Last time I saw her was at the rededication of the revamped museum. She was an early member of the society.

@johnganshow5536 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys, another excellent program!!!

@joeswff 5 ай бұрын

I’m rewatching many of the videos from Mysteries of the SM and I can tell you I miss Charlie and Hank a lot..

@darrelllne2136 2 жыл бұрын

As Always, VERY, VERY GOOD !

@Keepthecircleclean 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel❤️

@JH_75 2 жыл бұрын

All of the original characters in the Dutchman story, Waltz, Julia Thomas, the Petrasch family, just to name a few, would likely be astonished to know and would have never imagined that their names and doings would be an ongoing topic of conversation 100 years into the future amongst so many, many people. Here we sit at our computers at all corners of the world, and right there in Apache Junction, all having a conversation about these peoples' adventures. They would probably find their own lives less interesting than we find them to be. The stories, the history and people, and the opportunity to have a shared interest in the story with other folks including our hosts at this channel are the true gold. Truly fascinating.

@dustinjohnson3463 2 жыл бұрын

Happy New year Charlie

@craigjohnson2771 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the. story, really enjoyed it. 👍👍

@Linda_W. 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this fantastic video. So very informative. Much respect for both of you gentlemen.

@Oldnoitall 2 жыл бұрын

This is another good one men and I thank you. !!!

@edwardmorgan9411 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@bigshrek3926 2 жыл бұрын

I Really Enjoy Listening to You 2 Gentlemen! Thank You For Your Stories!!!

@XC797 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and very informative. Thank you .

@rockeytellman7657 2 жыл бұрын

My mother was born Elizabeth Marsh Waltz. There was a Jacob Waltz on our ships log also.

@kj7a-- Жыл бұрын

Any idea what year the ship sailed and destination and ports of departure?

@brucemartin1663 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video from two of the best authorities on Arizona history as well as being just all around great guys. I sure would enjoy being a sidekick to these fellas..Thanks again

@carlsowell8099 Жыл бұрын

Just adds more questions about the Superstition Mountains.

@phillipseaton7163 2 жыл бұрын

Great story guys just keeps getting better. I personally think the money in the search. Didn't say the mine ain't real ???

@annalisette5897 Жыл бұрын

I married into a land grant family. Gold and ore and various things crossed the border. I wonder if Waltz' jewellery grade ore was something that came from somewhere else and that there was a cache in the mountains. If the specimens are so odd, perhaps they were never local. It also seems that if Waltz actually had a mine of such precious material, he would have exploited it more than he did. Altogether it seems to me that the source may have been limited from the beginning. A clue of particular interest which has been mentioned from time to time is that below the 'mine' there was a "two room stone cabin" inside a cave. This instantly impressed me as ancestral Puebloan cliff dweller work so I was very interested in information about such dwellings in the Superstition mountains.

@cameronmccreary4758 2 жыл бұрын

Look at the geology of the area; very little gold bearing ore bodies. It just isn't there.

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

Cameron: six of the largest gold mining operations across the world are in the same volcanic materials as the Superstitions. Several millions of dollars in gold were produced out of the Goldfield mining operations in the 1890s sandwiched between two major volcanic upthrusts. Geologic surveys of mercury vapor test in the Superstitions shows “deep seated mineralization” in four separate areas of the Superstitions. To say none ever reached the surface is to ignore Goldfield or the possibility of further intrusions.

@coppertopv365 2 жыл бұрын

Heard similar as well. Slim chance

@richardhelit3840 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again

@jverrelli1 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are great, thanks for everything

@germaineprien7691 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing guys!!!🙋‍♀️👍😉🤗

@FishingwithGarySenft 2 жыл бұрын

love it!

@stevemccoy8138 Жыл бұрын

I think I'm going to find the lost Dutchman. Yaa. You guys are Far Out.

@timothyhoward5785 Жыл бұрын

I love History.

@guysmith1946 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Excellent!!

@charlielaudico3523 2 жыл бұрын

As with all mysteries there are tales that go along with the history of this area

@penttijuvonen3257 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thank you! 🍻🇫🇮

@dorothylewis1207 Жыл бұрын

Some people believe the Gold was found many yrs. ago and of course no one would tell, would you tell, NO. Maybe found by our Own Dear Old Government, lol. I choose to believe otherwise, the Mine the Mystery the Thrill of Yesteryear! Great Stories you boys, 👍💙💜🧡

@solobushman 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic story. The earlier stories are more believable, as we all know the more a story is told the more it changes for the worse. If you guys haven't found the dutchman mine after a lifetime of searching the general public don't have much of a chance. BUT Real gold can be found in the beauty of the view from a hike to the mountains. Stay safe and take care.

@solobushman 2 жыл бұрын

@Hank Sheffer absolutely couldn't agree more. I personally have only found flour gold, but the stories you guys present are the gold. To find a nugget would just be a bonus. Stay safe and have a great day.

@LuckyBaldwin777 Жыл бұрын

The Munich Coin Treaty of 1837 set the value of the South German Gulden at 9.545 g of silver. The price of gold in 1839 was $18.93 a troy ounce. With a gold to silver exchange ratio of 16:1, 250 gulden was worth about $100 back then.

@larryhedrick254 Жыл бұрын

Lucky The Ortel brothers who lived in Germany and did the research stated only that 250 Gulden in 1839 was a “considerable amount of money.” $100 dollars hardly seems to me to be a considerable amount. They stated that the Gulden contained gold, silver was not mentioned. However, $100 in 1839 was $3,184 today so maybe 250 gulden was a considerable amount.

@Mike-01234 Жыл бұрын

Always wondered why she went looking for the mine in July possibly the reason was she wanted to be the first to find it before anyone else being that Holmes now knew about it prior to that she probably was the only one who knew about it.

@molliefenner7076 2 жыл бұрын

Sill good stories. Gary B

@allenantonio4389 3 ай бұрын

Howdy Hank

@ef2967 3 ай бұрын

Jacob made a drawing showing the view he had from his mine, which puts it in the Willow Springs area. Has anyone checked that area?

@christopherjackson2301 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the history lesson 👍

@treasuretom13 2 жыл бұрын

Larry a marvelous history on Jacob, Julia and what actually happened!

@marhawkman303 2 жыл бұрын

Guilden, or guilder (depending on region) were gold coins used for trade in Europe way back when. Today some of the coins are still around but gold prices are so high they're very hard to find.

@Corinthians-kjv Жыл бұрын

What do they look like

@marhawkman303 Жыл бұрын

@@Corinthians-kjv enh, just look it up, I can't link one here.

@stephenmartini5890 2 жыл бұрын

Time has eroded most clues but, has anyone ever consulted a true clairvoyant to decipher many of these details?

@howtodoityourself6178 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@coppertopv365 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard it said the Superstitious Mountains dont have the signs of a gold deposit, either geologically or with mineralogy .. so I hear it's not possible to be the Actual location of a gold mine or deposit. But I hold out a slim chance.

@Riker-ER 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Walsh befriended Indians who had the grade ore he possessed & vowed to never reveal it, thereby concocting the story of the mine.

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

Riker: that is the story of Dr. Thorne who b/c of his care of the Indians was taken blindfolded to an area and allowed to take gold ore as a reward. Not to be confused with the Lost Dutchman Mine.

@waynebender8835 2 жыл бұрын

American folktale. It will never leave you bored.

@harleyv1969 2 жыл бұрын

Bank account, amen Hank 👍

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

At 24:00. there WAS a stone drawing for the two peralta groups to find their way about. They are not lying, just in their hearts believe the stone maps to be fabricated but the original Peralta had maps and owed the doctors that saved their life's a trip to the mine. If oak island is real. Then so is the lost Dutchman which has traveled all the way to eastern Washington where gold panning in thy name is done to this day in fun family mercury free adventures.

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

@Hank Sheffer The land itself is the stone maps, to say there was no map no heart no horse trick in the old military trail is to throw people off the hideout for Butch Cassidy up there on Dutchman trail #4. The petrash boy couldn't find the mine thus Thomas either because they couldn't make it past the parking lots first canyon of the coral house there at Dutchman Trail #4. They needed to muck over to the right where the end of the military trail wraps back down to Miners Needle. No easy task even to this day without dirt bikes! well Sir I've listened to all the videos hundreds of hours, why won't you address the massive stone heart shadow casts high noon from directly east of the massive shadow cowboy hat the Miners Needle makes at high noon all clearly visible via satellite Google earth. The hat points to the stone house big enough for two rooms and a house sized shadow heart is just up the bank north of the house.. Good sir Increasing the bank account in exchange for rolling around mercury vapors, like you say, is not recommended to visit so why all this fuss I don't know. And to get the permits is out of the question so I've learned a lot my own mom lives in Tuscon she can't even dig her own yard and quartz crystals without a permit. The planes fly over every day surveillance. The Dutchman is on the otherside of the hill from Whiskeys Springs yonder past the old military road. You've glossed over that very important fact in the stories right from the horses mouth! Hedrick Larry himself. Just admit it even if you could point where it was there's no way in hell today's loss of Miners rights would the community be allowed to mine it.

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

@Hank Sheffer Hank I think it says more about the level of passion you've inspired us all to dig just a little deeper in each of our own individual pursuits toward a brighter future. My Grandma Elle for Eleanor Farrar says to only believe half of what you see and nothing you hear.

@maxlife9721 9 ай бұрын

and after he died they found about 20 mines and most of them produced a lot of gold...including Bulldog and mammoth...which both could be

@larryhedrick254 9 ай бұрын

Definitely none of them, they were all tested against the matchbox. The Dutchman’s gold was from a unknown source.

@stevescott8060 2 жыл бұрын

Dangerous, it is the Desert. Don't Go, listen again to what is said at the end of this video. Nicely expressed to the point. You are not being encouraged to go out and Obtain Vast Wealth. August,1 gallon of cold water there is worth any amount of gold. However it should be said that the east desert has a unique beauty all it's own.! What would you do with vast wealth anyway. A game show, of face the elements, don't try it.

@lespoole8527 2 жыл бұрын

A Ruen of an Indian 🏠 house inside a cave an no mine on the west side of mountain they are mines on the east side .its there some where too many have died searching for the gold.

@timothyhoward5785 Жыл бұрын

I have the Dutchman mine in my Dutch oven.

@Smitty54 2 жыл бұрын

very inf9rmative warching from ohio smitty out

@kerrywatkins2648 2 жыл бұрын

There is no lost mine but there is buried Apache gold the Apache robbed the packtrain down by Florence AZ and took the gold back to the to the mountain and it's still there. JW.

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

Kerry/JW Please post documentation or source about the Florence gold pack train robbery by the Apaches. Sounds like that would make a great story.

@robertayoder2063 2 жыл бұрын

Is a robbery nobody ever said they went in hid the gold in the mountains

@coravaldez6873 2 жыл бұрын

Why is July & August, so bad, that people die? Other then the heat. I'm a combat veteran, & physically fit. If you were lucky to find it, does the government take a % of it?

@tiredsentinel1724 2 жыл бұрын

I believe the area is national park now so anything found would have to be given over to the state or agency.

@rockeytellman7657 2 жыл бұрын

Why do you guys think that "1847" (Jesse James birth year), would be carved into the Heart Map, if Jacob Waltz didn't even arrive to the Superstition Mountains until after 1850's or 1860's? Jesse Woodson James, aka J.Frank Dalton, among many other aliases) ...was also a master mind with creating irrigation systems. And with the creations of lakes and dams. (Reservoirs)

@larryhedrick254 2 жыл бұрын

Rockey: the year 1847 on the stone map is b/c of the treaty of Guadalupe Hildago of 1848. When the United States purchased the Southwest from Mexico it was established that any legal Spanish land grant before 1848 would be recognized. Whom ever made the stone maps knew this and was establishing claim to the area making sure it was before 1848.

@richg.8092 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍☕☕🍩🍩

@loadedfun4764 Жыл бұрын

Set me straight… is it the superstition mountain or mountains? Charlie seem to call it singular.

@GunStockReviews Жыл бұрын

@toddrodgers5108 Жыл бұрын

Go west young men

@StevenHanover 2 жыл бұрын

if any 1 reads this i got the spot its at fro google earth. happy to share just ask. lets plan a trip will need dirt bikes as the reason pet trash failed to find it is the sekond kanyon on the right of where they parking lot ends. follow the shadows the heart the horse. its all there just need a krew please help. i kan fly in for free tikets works for airport.

@sergefarmer4832 Жыл бұрын

Montezuma mine is the Dutchman mine they both share one clue So get what. Its not in arizona!

@Mrz-sb1hw 2 ай бұрын

Jeffery not everyone is interested in gold digging everyone has their own interests. Besides it's never been found in modern times. lve told people about the gold mine but its so far away and not on people's every day existence and in many cases death awaits you. It's just up to the individual what interests they have.