Oroblanco
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Thank you Santa Fe NM - I used to love Nimoy's series "In Search Of" and have that very episode on VHS tape. I won't say what I think of Milton Rose, <who makes an appearance in this episode> for he was a treasure hunter who did his share of hunting treasures and wrote about it. I can't get the other link to work, keeps causing some error on my PC so I have to re-boot - probably I need to get a new computer as this one has been giving me fits recently.
What you said is true amigo - we can agree to disagree, and trying to get a bunch of treasure hunters to agree on ANYTHING is quite a monumental task in itself! I have some "wild" ideas and theories of my own too, so don't get the impression that I want to start throwing stones.
My big problem with the Lost Dutchman is that danged gold ore - there have been at least 80 different people who have claimed to have found it, but only one had ore which (according to Tom Kollenborn, and I am aware folks have a problem with this too) seemed to match the ore found under the deathbed of Jacob Waltz. The great stories which have been woven into the Dutchman legend are super, makes for high drama and this is why Hollywood went to Barry Storm to make a movie on it <Lust For Gold starring Glenn Ford as the "Dutchman"> but there seems to be little to prove much of the stories ever really happened. The "other" version of Waltz is little publicized and much less dramatic, but I am convinced it is the true version. For the record, I don't make any profits for keeping the Lost Dutchman LOST either, and would love to see someone find it. Maybe I should start saying "yes I agree you have found the Lost Dutchman" for every one who claims to have found it, since I sure can't prove that ANY of them DIDN'T.
Good luck and good hunting Santa Fe NM and everyone, I hope you find the treasures that you seek.
Oroblanco
Gosh I actually miss that desert. Must have some kind of mental affliction!
What you said is true amigo - we can agree to disagree, and trying to get a bunch of treasure hunters to agree on ANYTHING is quite a monumental task in itself! I have some "wild" ideas and theories of my own too, so don't get the impression that I want to start throwing stones.
My big problem with the Lost Dutchman is that danged gold ore - there have been at least 80 different people who have claimed to have found it, but only one had ore which (according to Tom Kollenborn, and I am aware folks have a problem with this too) seemed to match the ore found under the deathbed of Jacob Waltz. The great stories which have been woven into the Dutchman legend are super, makes for high drama and this is why Hollywood went to Barry Storm to make a movie on it <Lust For Gold starring Glenn Ford as the "Dutchman"> but there seems to be little to prove much of the stories ever really happened. The "other" version of Waltz is little publicized and much less dramatic, but I am convinced it is the true version. For the record, I don't make any profits for keeping the Lost Dutchman LOST either, and would love to see someone find it. Maybe I should start saying "yes I agree you have found the Lost Dutchman" for every one who claims to have found it, since I sure can't prove that ANY of them DIDN'T.
Good luck and good hunting Santa Fe NM and everyone, I hope you find the treasures that you seek.
Oroblanco
Gosh I actually miss that desert. Must have some kind of mental affliction!