Can Archaeologists Find The Most Famous Lost Treasure Of The Middle Ages? | Myth Hunters | Chronicle

The long lost treasure of the Aztec Emperor Montezuma has long been believed to have been hidden in America. Freddy Crystal, a prospector, claimed to have had a vision revealing the location of the treasure near a small town in Utah. Despite initial skepticism from the townspeople, Freddy persisted in his search, convinced that the treasure was buried in the cliffs of Johnson Canyon. Over the years, multiple attempts were made to locate the treasure, with various individuals and teams undertaking excavations, facing challenges and encountering mysterious occurrences.
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[@jl-xs6ud]

"after being hit on the head he had a vision" I think that's called a concussion

[@IgorValar]

indeed... so if we wanna get rich lets get beating our heads with heavy metal objects

[@The_Phill_A_Blunt]

😂

[@bragemogstad7124]

Clearly this was a mental health issue. Id say this to me, is proof the fact, that if you seek long enough for clues to confirm your obsession, you'll sure find them. Those are to me false forcifiers, that only adds, to confirm the validity of the insane persons obsession or quest to find proof of something obscure that in reality only exists in his head. By coincidence he finds a mountain range that resembles his map. By coincidence at the foot of this mountain there is an ancient grave yard. By coincidence he hit his head 😂

[@JohnSmith-br8vh]

My friend I lost my 🥛 milk and cookies 🍪 when I read this lmfao im smacked off a blinkerton

[@EIbereth]

Here in Mexico we all know the lost treasure of Tlatoani Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was found when they built Line 3 of the Metro. It was located in Hidalgo Station, former president José López Portillo confiscated it.

[@RogueReplicant]

That was a small part of it. Most of it was probably buried in Estado de México where the Aztecs had Eagle Temples and caves

[@DonAshcraft]

And all the stolen treasure is in the adornments of cathedrals in Spain.

[@jodienovello5881]

Montezuma was not killed by the Spanish, he was stoned to death by his own people. He was eventually taken hostage by the Spanish soldiers, after Cortez had left with a few men to go back to the seaside camp for some reason and when he got back he found out all hell had broken loose. The soldiers ended up being imprisoned inside the palace they had been allowed to stay in, when they took Montezuma. When Cortez got back it was hard for him to get back in, but he eventually did and that's when he found out what happened. the Aztecs were starving them out, and had filled the kings place with his brother. Cortez sent Montezuma out to his people thinking they would pay attention to him. He tried to calm then down, but he had been replaced because he was seen as weak and his own people stoned him to death. The Spanish then made a run for it at night with makeshift bridges of planks of wood to cross the causeways that the Aztecs had broken. but they didn't get far because they were greedy and had tried to take all the treasure with them. the special ops aztec warriors killed nearly all of them, but a few including Cortez , survived and sailed back to Spain. He did of course go back with an armada a few years later, by which time the Aztecs had been nearly wiped out by the smallpox the first Spanish had brought in. This treasure hiding must have happened during the time in between the first discovery of the Aztecs and the second return of Cortez. It certainly was not under the command of Montezuma but his brother. You guys need to watch your history better. Someone else commenting here, it was his nephew. my history program said brother, but it doesn't matter.

[@stormriderkaos]

Yes thanks. This is kind of The Folklore and Rumour Channel of infotainment and conjecture. NOT "HISTORY."

[@Philip-gn8wx]

You must have read the same book as me... People being people 💔...

[@betomontemayor7369]

We don't really know who killed Montezuma. This is just you're opinion.

[@michaelfercik3691]

Past centuries of history were written by the conqueror with no regards to the history of those conquered, is not the true factual history. For all we know, the greedy conquering Spanish might have made greedy conjecture into facts with no real evidence to back it up, just the greed of seeing the gold the Aztecs had displayed with thinking if the Aztecs display this much gold, then they must have enormous amounts of gold hidden away somewhere! I doubt there ever was a treasure, just greedy conjecture erroneously thought of and written as facts. The only proven facts to Montezuma's Treasure STORY is it has morphed into a story that is different from the original Spanish Treasure Seeking Story. Go figure !

[@Homeschoolsw6]

@@betomontemayor7369 Seen and read this same story. Monty's people did kill him.

[@carolyncasner4806]

They're so focused on gold that they didn't think finding those people was amazing?! Oh, they're 2000years too early boo. What if the Aztec have a different idea what treasure is? What if the bones of those people are the treasure? What if the snail is the treasure? Or the lake? Or the land itself? They are so focused on what they 🤔 think it is they're missing out on everything else

[@cattymajiv]

I'm totally with you on that, Carolyn! To me the people themselves are the treasure. They are always portrayed as warlike, but at first they were not. Imagine how beautiful their culture might have been! But we will never know any of the indigenous cultures of the Americas, because they were mostly overwhelmed, so mostly died out. What was left got perverted by Christianity. I'm stunned by the tragedy of what occurred throughout both Americas. ❤

[@johncarter1150]

With a ton of treasure.. LOL! History Channel content here.

[@AMSTERDAM1966]

Actualy they made a serie about this: Lost Gold of the Aztecs

[@sunnytomas8388]

You want to find a treasure,and you tell everyone😅😅

[@marquesmoring103]

Rite😮

[@jackkennedy70]

Aztec Gold is cursed

[@waceyseufer7083]

Am I the only one who's like, "I'm pirate enough to go find that shit!"

[@jlee111776]

Exactly. These fear mongering stories are ridiculous...I wish they would admit they have no clue....where it is.

[@asburycollins9182]

Lets go

[@christiaandutoit1094]

break that mountain open !!!!!!!

[@pkj77]

let us know when you get it

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

THE WHOLE THEORY BASED ON A VISION FROM FREDDY???? 😢 COMON BRO!!! OMG FK

[@howwwwwyyyyy]

There were people later on that turned up independently years later who had researched it and were using codecs written at the time

[@MrMojoRisin13]

Hey, this show caters to people who think that snow is fake lol. What do you want, responsible content??

[@jenniferjuniper12]

😂😂

[@cassieoz1702]

Crazy guy driven by rumours, hallucinations and avarice. 🤷‍♀️

[@warwarneverchanges4937]

Montezuma looks exactly like Ghadaffi

[@lorenzomagbanua9032]

Exactly

[@cjason123]

A strangely unshaven man comes to town. Photo of the townfolk: Everyone has beards

[@vote4dahv411]

I can't roll my eyes any harder, and I'm LDS.

[@cornecloete69]

Lower with down syndrome ? 🧐

[@lewiskinser8320]

Read the Book Of Mormons then. Ur eyes will roll right on into back of ur head with the tall tales in there

[@vote4dahv411]

@@lewiskinser8320 I mean you're not wrong. For me it's all of the interpretations that think that it (assuming it took place) in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Utah...

[@BMWorner]

The Mormons stole a shit ton of gold for that temple, we all know that when researched

[@betina1354]

@@lewiskinser8320 The Book of Mormon is true. If you think there are tall tales, then you lack a testimony of its truth.

[@michaelleonard4826]

Just imagine the amount of gold that former civilizations have hidden through centuries.?.

[@mark.083]

I love historical documentaries, I love documentaries of all types, and I'm grateful to the ppl of youtube for posting so many. But I do question some of them and their historical accuracy sometimes, never the less they are fun and interesting. But this is more folklore, I mean really? Some guy gets hit in the head and sees things is basis for a documentary?... Well. At least it's not saying Lincon was black... Or a woman!

[@cattymajiv]

Or that aliens built the pyramids etc.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

It was a wonderful story and thrilled watching documentary about myths hunting adventures..thanks🙏 (History Hit) channel.

[@thepeskytraveller3870]

I love legends like these! It allows the mind to create the what if's situations. Great stuff for a creative mind. And how I wish I had the guts to go chase after and find treasure!

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

Concrete was not known in the Americas in the 1500s.

[@majorronaldmandell7835]

Wait a minute. . . “He claims both Aztec and Native American ancestry”? What’s the difference. Aztecs are Native Americans.

[@MysticChronicles712]

*A wonderful historical, myth, and hunt adventure!*

[@kungfu2toe]

They claim aztecs stole their own gold 😂

[@colettegagnon7107]

Truly enjoyed this ..thank you..educational. 👍

[@johncarter1150]

More Joe Smith golden plates... should have dropped this on April 1st.

[@user-uj9ey9yu7f]

Shenanigans!

[@jamiecarroll3231]

Try using a underwater drone

[@killeresk]

Nice show. Very interesting.

[@Tywithay]

Cowhide Adams is my favorite name in history.

[@tomking184]

Utah is a long long way from Tenochtitlan. Can't see why, if they had an treasure to hide, that the Aztecs would travel that far to hide it.

[@texasrefugee7888]

They believe anything about gold

[@user-rc4mi7hm5r]

They migrated south from around that area and headed back to hide the goods.

[@dalelange845]

😮 The true history behind the phrase "Montezuma's revenge".

[@nicholasscott1867]

True or Not, I don't know, but very enjoyable.

[@Badgersj]

"They were seeing all kinds of ghostly figures..." "Have they awoken an army of Aztec warriors?" That's it. I'm off.

[@davidnewland2556]

montezuma's revenge, comes north

[@scottgarriott3884]

if they drain the lake they'll find a tunnel that leads (eventually) to collapsed tunnnels on Oak Island. I'm sure of it - and I'm also strangely unshaven.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Great video

[@shodanzuniga]

I believe the theory that the gold was used to found the Mormon church.

[@cattymajiv]

Then you would believe anything! All it takes to found a church is people. No money is needed.

[@Ambassador_Gkar]

@@cattymajiv Tell that to the Catholics, over their history.

[@minerva-265]

1:35 One consolation: you have found the Burger King on the street corner. Isn't that also a treasure in itself?

[@Whangareitaiji3138]

What "lost treasure"? The Spaniards got it all. There is NO evidence it "vanished without a trace". It was melted down and sent to Spain. Really very simple.

[@mikeb4256]

No doubt. The primary mission was gold and riches, the conquest came as a needed byproduct to provide labor for the mines.

[@cautious2nd]

It is commonly believed that when gold was first discovered, 500 men guarded it with their lives. As usual, the wealth was seized and hidden by the affluent to maintain their riches, and those who knew about the gold were eliminated.

[@morefish469s]

It vanished with very little trace after the United States Army removed a horde of ancient Aztec gold, silver & bronze alloy. I've held one. This was a ranch in New Mexico. There are probably lots of undiscovered hordes that start as far north as the southern Rocky mountains all the way down to the overgrown parts along the Amazon river.

[@artcook1976]

​@@morefish469strue ❤️

[@bigdaddyrat7854]

What kind of prospector rides a bike?

[@stevenvirdenrasmussen-jone4671]

The Opening Scenes of the first Indiana Jones movie depicts this event. Aztlan was definitely in that area, the main part of it was to the east. The University of Southern Utah has done extensive work in that area, much of it prior to the construction of Lake Powell. They were very much aware of the fact that there was a huge Native American presence who were forced to migrate South into the Valley of the Sun where they became mercenaries for the Olmec's. They ultimately conquered the peace loving Olmec's and that was the birth of the Aztec Nation.

[@Naduron0]

wow i had no idea people DIDNT understand what a dreaming nightmares is it in the 1800 .. -.- want a tip what it is? it is meant when you dream about stuff that makes no sense, like your bed is a ship hangar that has planes on them and you must defend your self against the enemy ship.. yup it has happened me a lot

[@cbrown9555]

My uncle “corn pop” got kicked in the head by a horse. Had the same visions……😊

[@roywall8169]

Nobody wants to go to Kanab. 😂

[@laumoreno7141]

NOT Montesuma...MOCTEZUMA. Not Aztalan...AZTLÁN. This, after the introduction.

[@edauvaa1730]

Sattelites ground penetrating radar could help locate the Aztec haul. If it's there, it'll be found. If it's haunted, then you'll need an Exorcist Catholic Priest to clean out the area before the area is worked.

[@jadehunter7617]

I wonder is this town anywhere near blind frog Ranch if you heard about Dwayne Dellinger I think his name is who is looking for this treasure boy is he in for a surprise if he is looking😊

[@oscarduarte2672]

I think the treasure was all dumped in the lake

[@lewispenner4803]

Moctezuma is the dudes name.

[@mylife6453]

When I was a kid this story was that the gold was melted down by Cortez and taken back to Spain. BTW the route taken north shows crossing the Rio Grande and heading north in land with very little water. Not possible at all. They would have followed the river north. You need to get out and see this country and you would understand.

[@thereckoning5488]

I've seen this country and walked across it. It is definitely possible.

[@mylife6453]

@@thereckoning5488 I don't believe you.

[@wuzzer7286]

If there is that much gold in there i think i will hire Indiana Jones, he can have a nice cut😁

[@ashleyjudd9741]

I wonder if I am related to these people as I am also a Judd

[@arthur1658]

Why on earth would montezuma take the gold all that way to hide it ? It's way out of his area of influence. If he did hide it, he'd have taken it somewhere much closer. After all, it's not easy to move tons of gold and jewels, so why move it thousands of miles. Answer, you don't. Looks like Freddie was mad after all.

[@markhaseley3304]

I seriously doubt Aztec gold would have traveled from South America to Utah. it's not like they had highways or alien ships in those days that would have helped them. Likely it is in the norther area of south America at best. There was a whole massive mountain range to hide it. If they actually managed to move a portion of it that far up the continents, it was to perpetuate a ruse. A few token pieces of gold at most to throw anyone off the trail. Jmo.

[@redwhiteblue7166]

Treasure has been found!!!! Uranus Missouri!

[@neillodge9130]

Great story but I'm not convinced, it going to take a bit more for me to believe in ancient ghosts , maybe I'm just a none believer.

[@gregorybathurst7171]

I really can't watch this , im wanting that gold more than those before .

[@user-mx1fn5fi9i]

Wow

[@Stroopwaffe1]

They brought a SNAIL so to guard the treasure ??? Wtaf ? How did they know fish &wildlife would have such power lol.

[@lewispenner4803]

This comment is ridiculous if you haven't reached that part of the video.

[@user-zi3ek2qj6l]

good video

[@Ophanim_Cherub1.4]

There isn't no curse keeping you from donuts now, is their?

[@michaelcheli5842]

The spanish conquorors may have melted it down, which would then possibly put it in the hold of a sunken gallion.

[@johnjetson1307]

I believe the treasure is at area 51 0r the grassy knoll

The treasure fell into the lake during La Noche Triste. It saved the conquistadors fleeing the city due to the Indians stopping to collect the loot. Where it went after that is anyone’s guess.

[@bunnyhall116]

More than likely the spanish got it already, its probably in the san jose at the bottom of the ocean...

[@ResinAlchemist2024]

So the historical basis for this story is a miner with a TBI. 🤔😅

[@golgumbazguide...4113]

Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india 🇮🇳

[@davidrudd9846]

The American Southwest has attracted guys like Freddy for the 150 years or maybe longer all ways a lost treasure or mine. The stories are in damn near every town and too many to count

[@aldouskimadonaarteche5358]

wow

[@johnnycrepaul547]

NO one will ever find the treasure.

[@1003196110031961]

If you can differentiate between fact's and entertainment, enjoy.

[@winoseti]

it was already found in a butte on military land

[@eljaysworldchannel7253]

I'm choosing one

[@bethbartlett5692]

🏹 Possibly the best Documentary on the subject. I've wondered why they didn't take more time to focus on the People the Treasures belong to, and to apply Quantum Physics Science to defining the very obvious energies around the subject. One must apply their Higher Mind, rather than assuming through their Lower Mind. ☀️ I hope to see the art of the artifacts, in a Museum owned by and on Aztec land, one day. 🔺☀️🏹

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Lol Lon child commmmon man the golden snail lol

[@plucknpick6414]

Utah? Come on...

[@engste678]

You'll be lucky! Spanish took it all !

[@judithparker4608]

IT"S NIT !!

[@pilotdave9442]

Sorry, the side kickstand you show on his bicycle was not invented until 1926. History counts.

[@DonAshcraft]

The entire bike is contemporary right down at the vinyl tires not to mention that the old guys London fog raincoat. Geez. Low budget film or what?

[@ReinhardAusDieNiederlande]

Thanks for the laugh, what a bunch of clowns.

[@MissSilencedogood]

LOL this "history" is completely FALSE. The nobles led by Moctezuma's nephew who sought to over throw Moctezoma and kill all of his children threw the stone that killed Moctezuma. It took him days to die it was in fact Cortez that fulfilled Moctezuma's dying wish of taking his children out of the Capital of Mexico City to protect them from the raging nobles. Cortez at GREAT risk to himself and his men saved his daughters it is believed his sons were ALL murdered by the Aztec Nobles. Moctezuma's daughter the imperial Princess had to FIGHT the nobles to even get her property back it was her own Spanish nobleman husband who litigated that trial to get her land and taxes from her inheritance. It is in the court records Cortez's gave the proofs that those were in fact her rightful lands given to her by her father. She also received additional titles of nobility from the Spanish Court. WOW I mean yeah some of the things the Spanish did were awful but they did not kill Moctezuma nor were they just a bunch of evil bloodthirsty killers like this video is trying to portray the Spanish people to be. This is offensive, this is the same kind of drivel the English have been putting out for over a century because of their jealousy and hatred of Catholics and the Spanish in general. REALLY disappointed.

[@cautious2nd]

all the treasure stories have been solved. there is no large golden treasure left. the ground penetrating safelights can see into all things the ground your house the water you name it. look at how many ship recks have been found in the last 5 yrs. call the last treasure find expedition.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Word

[@jameskelly9800]

It sound like a story concocted by conquistadors who were unwilling to share the treasure with the Spanish Crown.

[@markdrouin8094]

Boy I had to roll up my pant legs for the flood of bullshit when they investigated the lake what a fish tale.

[@benjaminblakemore9704]

Geee whizzzzz

[@kevin43324332]

I was kinda into it until the "Golden Snail" theory.... 43:55 then it just got stupid

[@samuelj2408]

So stopped by a snail... Got it.

[@steve-0493]

Hey,if an Ark can go from Europe/Asia area,..supposedly!!then anything is possible..isnt it??🤷‍♂️🤯🤣🥃👍✌️

[@davefellhoelter1343]

If? any single spanish artifacts got found? Per the visiom. Everything could be a version of true. The lord works in his own way.

[@cjason123]

The last time I got hit in the head with a crowbar, I had many visions crazier than this dude

[@halclayton3048]

Question..... how could that area sustain 5000 Indians? G the resources necessary to do that would be massive. It's a myth.

[@alizeomejia2272]

aztlan

[@theodoresmith5272]

Why? Why do we do this? Cortez needed to defeat the Aztec so the fat king would give them a place to have a port. Sorry but the Aztec didn't didn't value gold very much. Cortez killed matazuma, which destabilized the aztecs. Anyone honestly think apache, Navaho, Comanche or any of the other tribes in this area just let the aztecs walk in there area?

[@GrimeyD9800]

Moctezuma*

[@GrimeyD9800]

And technically u are wrong. Cortez didn't kill him, the Aztecs killed him by stoning him to death for the fact that he allowed the Spaniards to come n go all thru Tenochtitlan. So wat the fuck are u talking bout??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@notwilliehorton]

It's now been proven that Cortez didn't kill Moctezuma. What actually happened was that the Aztec population grew rather impatient with Moctezuma's indulgence of the Spaniards, and killed him. But, what actually killed most of the Aztecs was Chickenpox; which the Spaniards had brought with them from Europe. When you think about it for a second, the truth actually makes way more sense than the racist tales of 50 Spaniards wiping out 1000s of Aztec warriors, after Cortez had burnt the Aztec emperor's feet off.

[@LuckyDogGaming]

Why do I feel like I leaned more from your comment than I will by watching the video.

[@TerribleShmeltingAccident]

WHATS UR POINT

[@katherinevallo2326]

How about you ask The Vatican first then look at Spain's Nobility first about lost Aztec gold? Just talking history.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Idk where it is, idk when they'll find it, but they bet not have no dayum talking gorilla when they get there!!!

[@flatfeat]

What a crock.

[@beansproutmusicalinstruments]

The snails are there to guard the treasure? I’m out.

[@alfonsozarate2458]

The actual vast majority is buried somewhere in California.

[@toddrodgers5108]

Hay kids not the same treasure. ...lie not the . Just to say same .

[@harryzero1566]

Headers with a ? say it all, let me know when you've found something worth watching.

[@frederickgent1918]

More click bait

[@SirNecro]

Any gold that the Aztecs had that the Spanish found was taken.. it was taken to Spain and melted down for coins. Coins that returned with the Spanish when they came back for more gold. There is no hidden treasure.

[@MrHousey36]

Or it's covering the walls of the Vatican palace.

[@rikji]

Interesting an Indian shows up. tells them the treasure is there. Then tells them someone will come later!

[@General1Cal]

Yup 100 years later, let's go to Utah look for Mexican gold, lol

[@jasonparr4275]

Very silly indeed!! 2/5 stars

[@matthewseed3386]

The people were definitely used to hearing wild stories the were Mormons