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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@phantom0456 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@mattozx6rr 4 ай бұрын

hy🎉if hhu😮ss🎉h🎉😅

@johndryden6021 3 ай бұрын

I SIR have witnessed first hand the IMPERIAL mullet and this is not even close.When I saw it there was ethereal music that began to play in the background of my head..Something you will NEVER forget..

@EuniceStone-s9j Ай бұрын

@@johndryden6021she's my sister! She's my sister! Haha

@BlinkiesNoGood 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

Sounds about white

@luisalbertovega1030 5 ай бұрын

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

@bruceclark5627 5 ай 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.

@33mavboy 4 ай бұрын

exactly my thoughts haha, those bats were probably sleepy flying all night and they just messed up their sleeping place, 'uncommon for bats to attack' I smoke near a bat he fcken goes ape shit. bats are disturbed easily.

@walmartynotc-jq1ps 3 ай бұрын

Trespassing , defend , propaganda attack 😂 , do it again FAFO trespassing defend again

@khillsy4489 5 ай бұрын

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

@TalmageL-pn2pv 5 ай бұрын

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

@ThinkGodThankGod 4 ай бұрын

Exactly!! 🙏♥️

@goldbaron357 4 ай бұрын

But its true. There is a LOT of gold yet to be found... But if its not where rattlesnakes will get you, its where the grizzly bear and cougar (four legged, not two legged dammit) will.

@johndryden6021 3 ай бұрын

And why exactly would you want to get young men into the wilderness ???

@HikingForLoot 2 ай бұрын

@@johndryden6021I think he meant as a way for government to settle these areas

@Kevin-wx4un 5 ай бұрын

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

@karenjones3080 5 ай бұрын

That’s what I thought as well .

@tankahpin8272 5 ай бұрын

I think the native hides it.

@Tom-uv7ry 8 күн бұрын

😂 lol there was no gold the journalist made it up once the group died

@KC-603 5 ай бұрын

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

@Tom-uv7ry 8 күн бұрын

Yep it's all a load of twaddle

@traditionalwoman5648 5 ай бұрын

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

@robertschumann7737 5 ай 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.

@kayneF1251 4 ай бұрын

How much do you think a pile of gold bars would weigh 😂

@traditionalwoman5648 4 ай бұрын

@@kayneF1251 Right, might have to just keep it hidden and take only so many bars at a time.

@goldbaron357 4 ай бұрын

The proper answer is not to. So you find a bunch of gold treasure. Tell everyone you are a prospector and you found a nice little vein, melt it down into different ingots, pay your taxes, and no one will try to take it from you under antiquities acts or other such nonsense. If its rare gold coins, you can generally say it was a rumored family hoard and you managed to dig it up. The burden of proof is on everyone else if they don't believe you.

@cryptozoology7 4 ай бұрын

These gold tales are just that. It's been found long ago, the one who found it never told anyone, because loose lips sink ships.

@theamaturepro 5 ай бұрын

I live in, and am 5th generation in this area and have never heard of this.

@goldbaron357 4 ай бұрын

Yep. It's news to me too. And I have a lot of treasure books... I mean, its a fascination for me. But it'd be nice to see someone who's actually looked for this thing to weigh in..

@johnalbertson221 4 ай бұрын

It's really hard for me to buy into this one .

@ticdelarue 5 ай 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.

@goldbaron357 4 ай бұрын

Well. It happened all the time. But it was only a specific combination of circumstances where it would be possible for a small expedition with limited gear. You'd need high grade free milling ore. And you'd need some knowledge of metallurgy and blacksmithing. The only hope for plausibility is this isn't a story of french trappers shooting at an animal and discovering gold where the lead ball deflected off a rock ledge. But. I've never heard of this story til now... But Colorado is definitely one state where such a thing is possible.

@TheDirtyNorth907 3 ай бұрын

What do you mean " without a large contingent of men " ? There were 300 miners out there mining and smelting the gold. I think that counts as a large contingent.

@rogerdudra178 5 ай бұрын

Good tale. The legend of Crazy Beaver Creek.

@wecreatezone8940 5 ай 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 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

Keep your use of facts and logic to yourself buddy!

@wecreatezone8940 5 ай бұрын

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

@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 5 ай бұрын

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

@bruceclark5627 5 ай 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.

@matthewbramos3598 5 ай бұрын

Is anyone else jealous of that one dudes hair?

@richardbeee 5 ай 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?😊

@richardbeee 5 ай бұрын

@DevJB clear across the state.

@klein_karoo_permaculture 5 ай 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 5 ай 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 5 ай 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.

@richardbeee 5 ай бұрын

@@klein_karoo_permaculture today's money? Yikes! That's even worse. Especially since the dollar is worth only .03 cents.

@KurtOnoIR 5 ай бұрын

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

@ssrc30 5 ай бұрын

"some September morning"

@ralphtaylor787 5 ай бұрын

Forrest Fenn probably found it and gave it to Cynthia Meachum

@anjummirza1452 5 ай бұрын

Excellent information and narration...

@mountpennart 5 ай бұрын

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

@ryanra44 5 ай 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

@Kevin-y6d3y Ай бұрын

Never trust a man with a mullet in any situation 👍

@dougsmith1721 5 ай 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.

@glennquagmire1747 5 ай бұрын

Maybe Bigfoot has the gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@brutisthepastysmasher 5 ай бұрын

I think you may be on to something here😂

@briarrose29 5 ай бұрын

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

@bruceclark5627 5 ай бұрын

Nope,climate change made it evaporate😢

@bruceclark5627 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

And he ain't sharing!

@stephen-ng 5 ай бұрын

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

@alvieroach1368 5 ай 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.

@CapoLady 4 ай бұрын

He plays the skin flute

@CameronMcCreary 5 ай бұрын

Definitely a metal detector job.

@tomsen413 5 ай 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…

@petersutherland2075 5 ай бұрын

The tribesmen took it

@SinnerChrono 3 ай бұрын

I just drove over wolf creek pass. Its nearly at 11k ft in elevation. Ive also met some of the ute tribes people. They are very friendly and care about the natural world. Gold would have meant nothing to them.

@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

Because its just a story

@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla 5 ай бұрын

@@redrustyhill2So was the Iliad

@bruceclark5627 5 ай бұрын

@@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla You telling me the Simpsons aren't real?

@o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.o.Catpilla 5 ай бұрын

@@bruceclark5627 Depending on the day, im not sure if I am real. :p

@goldbaron357 4 ай бұрын

Real treasurehunters don't make it known what they are doing. And shouldn't. It would make you a target for people you would rather not be acquainted with, and, the government will make some excuse to steal your treasure from you if you did find it and they know you found it.

@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC 5 ай 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.

@denvergalut7559 3 ай бұрын

The problem about treasure hunting is that when the group of people who comes after you failed and got frustrated they tend to leave false clues to further misled another group 😂

@bethbartlett5692 18 күн бұрын

I would suggest that there's something other than gold in that cave. The tunnel goes into the Mountain. There are accounts of other beings that dwell in those places. That's a pretty good deterent and security system they have going there.

@johnreeves7356 5 ай бұрын

I agree a greedy Bigfoot 😄 🤣 😂 😆

@sid3954 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@michaeljoyce-q6s 5 ай бұрын

The great treasure is salvation through Jesus Christ.

@TexasPlugRiches 5 ай бұрын

Amen!

@swestalker 4 ай бұрын

You are mental..

@mike79patton 4 ай бұрын

Trust science, not Abrahamic Mythology.

@michaeljoyce-q6s 4 ай бұрын

@@mike79patton Too bad for you to think that way. Once you pass on from this Earth. It will be too late for you to change your mind.

@Yagetwhatyavoted4 4 ай бұрын

@@mike79pattonit costs absolutely nothing to be a true believer and truster in the salvation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It costs everything in the afterlife to denounce him. I think that would be the easiest decision an intelligent person could ever have to make. Good Luck with your path of “certainty”

@catpax6075 5 ай бұрын

This was a fun tale 🏔️

@JMgoldmining 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@JMgoldmining 5 ай 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.

@rocketamadeus3730 5 ай бұрын

I made it to the fake UFO picture.

@MooniacOnTheBeat 3 ай бұрын

If i found that Gold i wouldn't tell everybody around, and of course no one else would know if the treasure's still there.

@billybarnes9208 5 ай 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 🙏

@JB-rt4mx 4 ай бұрын

That one guy got a critter livin on his neck

@skatee99 5 ай 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. . .

@bold810 5 ай 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. 🎉

@briank.3539 4 ай бұрын

In the middle of an attack, someone has the time to listen to a person who is about to die. I think you would be more concerned for your own life.

@masseygoree8650 3 ай бұрын

You know something I was thinking the same thing.Who would even listen to a guy dying.He would be running.How many places would look like a fake mine to.I think that part was maybe made up.Also all this about a candle coming back on and bats and an Owl attacking them is crazy.There is no curse.

@christopherskipp1525 3 ай бұрын

That's a mighty tall tale. Tall as in fairytale.

@davidmurphy619 5 ай бұрын

Before Auble developed the Navajo Code the white boy accompanied Indian burro trains full of gold and silver as they raided the sacred stashed of tons and tons of precious metals . This started almost a hundred years ago with John Ford John Wayne and tourist money. So when the code was declassified our editor handed mom an envelope and said go find Bill. And true to the Crocodile Dundee tradition she married the guy ... I also spent 2 weeks in a room at a VA with Delbert Light . He owned the Exxon in Winslow and had been an Exxon explorer with a budget and a fleet of aircraft ...he went through all the treasure magazines and showed me the ones he had found .. wealth of information . One day a lady came into the Log Cabin bar in Chino Valley and said she was from Jersey and had inside info on the Wickenburg stage robbery a hundred years earlier . Wasn't king she was sporting gold eagles and a smile so I know that ones picked

@rameshroopnarine9924 5 ай бұрын

Gold attracts negative energy

@davesbainrps6909 4 ай бұрын

Have none

@richieleeallen6667 5 ай бұрын

Maybe John Denver found it

@wizardofahhhs759 5 ай бұрын

I bet it's being guarded by his ghost 👻

@HookmanBrown1 5 ай бұрын

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

@madman__ 5 ай бұрын

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

@andrewharmon2369 2 ай бұрын

It's not a curse on the gold, it's an Indian curse.

@luisalbertovega1030 5 ай 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?

@HookmanBrown1 5 ай бұрын

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

@stuckinthemud4352 5 ай 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.

@toplistcrew7645 3 ай бұрын

He tells treasure stories for free breakfast and lunch.

@ForeignLifestylestory 3 ай бұрын

when we were kids we went fishing down on a river.. 3 mile walk to the river down the hill.. we use to come out at night when it was cooler.. one trip we found hand full of dimes.. we were happy.. we spent them at Kurk's store and had candy.. many years after that i read where there was some wagons coming from the Denver mint that were push over the hill by some Indians.. it said the wagons had new minted dimes on them..

@bigjm3143 5 ай бұрын

It's a fake story

@davidmurphy619 4 ай бұрын

The idea two men could even mine and smelt all this on a few short days ? Hardly....

@Mrz-sb1hw 5 ай бұрын

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

@MartenKrueger-sx4me 5 ай бұрын

If you cannot protect it you lose it....fact of mankinds history...

@davidmurphy619 4 ай бұрын

Two men smelt $33M in the wilderness ? Sounds like BS to me what a waste

@ralphmcculley2085 4 ай бұрын

As a prospector of 17 yrs I can tell you. You work one spot more than a month others have spoted your workings and you can expect there is nothing left . this happens to me at lease once a year . my bigest lose was 2012 in a wash that was showing .75 grams per 5 gallon bucket .show up on a tuesday there was 10 people 5 dry washers set up. I didnt stop but came back that next weekend to find they had clean the wash competely

@MrGozer23 5 ай 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 5 ай 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 5 ай 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.

@darknessencounters9735 4 ай бұрын

Whats so scary about a spot that had a candle aparently light on its own and an owl comes out even more reason to go there

@WesleyCooke-ou6hz 4 ай бұрын

If the treasure is real, then I'm sure Joe Dirts big brother can find it..

@Dragoth1337 4 ай бұрын

This sounds more like a modern day discovery channel thing and not and absolute history show

@johndryden6021 3 ай бұрын

He drew the imperial cup himself

@davesbainrps6909 4 ай бұрын

Thinking story made up best to find where they found it first

@seanw.p8514 5 ай 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🤣👍👍

@johndryden6021 3 ай бұрын

The original party was extremely large and had enough manpower that they would have dug DEEP with a large amount of treasure..

@archisiob47 3 ай бұрын

Yamashita had hold of it and buried in the Philippines

@rongiuliano4884 2 ай бұрын

Ah yes...the treasure mountain gold, it's real from my research. Can't believe no one has figured it out. All the clues are staring right at you. Need more info...hit me up. The story is unreal.

@michaelsadventures4261 5 ай бұрын

The music ruined this upload.

@Panda-qr2ld 5 ай бұрын

The music made the episode bearable thank you

@magicksw 2 ай бұрын

The Utes took it I bet.

@briarrose29 5 ай бұрын

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

@bruceclark5627 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@ssrc30 5 ай 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 5 ай бұрын

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

@JanKowalski-bd8rv 5 ай 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

@Stripeyperch 5 ай бұрын

Its a good story, but nothing more.

@michaeljoyce-q6s 5 ай бұрын

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

@Brando_Magnifico 5 ай бұрын

Or the french govt led an expedition and quietly removed it

@xXtelepatheticXx 4 ай бұрын

When did indians come to the u.s.?

@michaeljoyce-q6s 4 ай бұрын

@@xXtelepatheticXx Indians from India come to America all the time.

@CapoLady 4 ай бұрын

Spent up the fortune on booze 🥴

@michaeljoyce-q6s 4 ай бұрын

@@CapoLady Traded all the worthless little golden rocks, for one bottle of whiskey.

@nphipps9406 5 ай 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.

@johnanderson7925 5 ай бұрын

You are wrong we take only what we needed

@youjustlikeit3774 3 ай бұрын

I kept waiting for Kenny G's blonde haired cousin to pull out a saxophone. Lo, it was not to be. Like the gold not being found. Yet another curse.😉

@Dthorne31 5 ай бұрын

First ad 1.57 in. Wowee

@get_some2083 3 ай бұрын

So theres 100s of bodies of french men strewn across the forest?

@caseyslaikeu8354 5 ай бұрын

Y would anyone report it

@durk1900 5 ай бұрын

Arkansas River

@Carini76 3 ай бұрын

It’s good to see the son of the Cowardly Lion has a job. 1:19 WTF is that haircut?

@LarryDelome 3 ай бұрын

Other than one person's story, what evidence is there?

@Tom-uv7ry 8 күн бұрын

People scared of bats and owls ? 😂 no they wasn't

@AprilPinnell 2 ай бұрын

I think the rocky mountains is in California

@kentcarmack5879 5 ай бұрын

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

@tommiller530 5 ай бұрын

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

@usmcmustang2972 5 ай бұрын

It's already been found ... in 1979.

@rogergriffin9893 2 ай бұрын

Or somebody already got all the gold about 150 years ago.

@bold810 5 ай бұрын

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

@rogergriffin9893 5 ай бұрын

1000 lbs. of gold?

@Mrz-sb1hw 5 ай 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.