Did the Spanish markers show the route the King’s men took to get to the rich mines? Did the Jesuit priests pass this way leaving some of their treasure behind as they fled the King’s men?  Did the lost two hikers find part of the Jesuit treasure in a canyon? This is rough country and not for the faint hearted. Maybe it is better to stop at Tortilla Flat and talk about the lost treasure as the 105-degree temperature outside makes the cold beer much more enjoyable.  Enjoy the Story! Cheers, Greg Hawk ..read more

The second $100 bill appears to have been found... Treasure Hunter - Mike Higgins, just sent me this email of finding the clue to the buried $100 but not finding the money.  His email follows: Hello Greg,  FYI, I was able to get up to Pine Springs yesterday with one of my brothers to do some drone mapping and search the cliff areas. While we were there searched for the buried treasure, and we were somewhat successful. I found the mason jar with the clue in just a few minutes of searching. We used my GPS and a compass to ensure we were heading North and walked the 15 paces. We searched ..read more

The first one of two hidden $100 bills was found... The first one of two hidden $100 bills was found after following the clues that were connected to the Lost Confederate Treasure Story or labeled Treasure in the Arizona Mountains Ryan Betor sent me pictures he took as he followed the clues and found the $100 bill in September of 2021. It was located right off the Battleground Ridge Road as the clues pointed to. One $100 bill still remains to be found , connected to the Pine Springs Stagecoach Robbery video .  ..read more

While searching both sides of the Colorado River for the Lost Cache of Gold Nuggets I stopped by the Ranger’s Office at the Picacho State Recreational Area.  It is located about 20 miles north of Winterhaven, CA and the road getting there is mostly a rough gravel and sand road. If you go a truck would be a preferable vehicle of transportation. The ranger’s office is not staffed full time so the caretaker at the campground may be able to help you. There is a campground there along with a boat ramp even though I wouldn’t take my boat on the road getting back there. You can get there by ..read more

This story was another one told to me by John, whom I mention in my book. It is also a documented robbery and some details can be found online.  The location of the old Pine Springs Stage station is approximately 45 miles north and west of Payson, Arizona. More details on how to get there can be seen on the video. The elevation is about 7,500 feet so it is nice up here in the summertime and a good reason to escape the desert heat and do some camping.  The story goes that in 1879 a stagecoach carrying $225,000 in newly minted gold coin was robbed at the Pine Springs stage stop. The ..read more

While driving around the edge of the Chuckwalla Mountains and filming for the video on YouTube, I started looking closer at the mountains and terrain pertaining to the story. In my book I talked about old John who told me about this story and many others. Over the years I researched and searched for the treasures in many of his stories. In hindsight, it seems old John had his way of telling a story and it usually was told in a way that firmed up the location of where he thought the treasure to be.  Several of the stories, after searching for the treasures, I stepped back and reassessed ..read more

This was a first story told to me by John, who I met in Strawberry, Arizona, and whom I write about in my book. He totally believed that he knew where the Lost Dutchman Mine was and he intertwined it with the Lost Two Soldiers Mine which makes one ask the question; “Are the Two Lost Mines one of the same?” These two Lost Treasure Stories take place in the notorious Superstition Mountains just outside Apache Junction, Arizona.  There have been many books written about the Lost Dutchman Mine and people from all over the world have come in search of it. It has been said that over 30 people ..read more

Australia - Diving and Searching While owning and operating Fantasy Dive Charters out of Port Douglas, Australia we took weekly trips up the Great Barrier Reef to the top of Number 10 Ribbon Reef and then into Lizard Island for a night with a barbecue on the beach.  During the summer season, when the winds changed, we were able to go out into the Coral Sea to visit Osprey and Bougainville Reefs. These reefs are about 100 miles offshore and in approximately 6,500 feet of water.  Bougainville Reef had a steel hull of a ship, that had gone aground on it, lying on the windward side o ..read more

After I made the video about this treasure hunt I found a couple of photos I took when I first came upon what I believed was the “Silver Vein” that Miguel had talked about in the story. These pictures show an old bucket and a small cigarette tin that I believe were Miguel’s which had been setting up in the mountains for close to 100 years. The bucket had rusted out somewhat but in the desert where there is very little rain this is what I would have expected to see.  Upon finding these I was elated and believed, after searching on and off for over ten years, that I had finally found th ..read more

Lost Meteroite Recently I went back to the Chuckwalla Mountains, southwest of Desert Center, CA, and had a video made of the area related to this treasure hunt. Desert Center now is basically a ghost town used as a pull off for trucks. The gas station and café are no longer in business.  From Desert Center we headed west on Hwy. 10 to the Red Cloud Road exit. We turned south back under Hwy. 10 and stayed on Red Cloud Mine Road. This road takes you up into the mountains to the old Red Cloud Mine workings. We turned off the Red Cloud Mine Road and headed south on the Gas Line Road. There ..read more