One Treasure Hunters Desperate 7-Year Search For Spanish Gold | Myth Hunters | Absolute History
The story of treasure hunter Dave Arnold and his relentless pursuit of Spanish gold rumored to be buried deep in the heart of Texas.Guided by a cryptic map and facing the threat of an ancient curse, Arnold embarks on a seven-year odyssey filled with intrigue, danger, and the allure of unimaginable riches.
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Ugh why does the gold always have to be cursed? Can’t we find good clean gold?
@jamesfaedtke2914
10 күн бұрын
Cause the Greed of money or Gold is deep.
@russellearley4442
10 күн бұрын
😅😅😅😅the 9989.@@jamesfaedtke2914
@koltoncrane3099
9 күн бұрын
Jamesfaed The fiat dollar is fiat or paper or digital and causes way way more greed then gold. The devil doesn’t need gold money when a private federal reserve can print indefinitely and then pays a 6%dividend to Wall Street and a 90% franchise tax back to the treasury. I’ve seen many people say gold isn’t needed or bad. But sound money prevents endless war and helps hold corrupt banks and governments more accountable when gold or silver is actually money that workers are paid in.
@Lisa-ks2ow
2 күн бұрын
😂
Aren't we lucky to be seeing the map he guarded so much
@fastinradfordable
27 күн бұрын
Now we’re all cursed
@ryanbravo5941
25 күн бұрын
@@fastinradfordable😂😮
@matildamarmaduke1096
24 күн бұрын
F U K I N A Not again.
He found those spider stones all over the place with little effort. I should ask old backhoe operators how many they've dug up.
@stapuft
Ай бұрын
You wouldn't believe the sheer number of pottery shards, and arrowheads, and bullets from the civil war and older, are found just lying around, or under mere inches of soil, ALL OVER the south and the west of the USA.
@phillosophy5103
Ай бұрын
Its not a treasure map its an ancient pizza recipi.
@SweetChicagoGator
Ай бұрын
@@phillosophy5103 Indeed ! Pepperoni and sausage pizza map. Fruitless, mediocre, treasure hunt ! 🙄
@relicsofky
16 күн бұрын
There are more spider maps than those reported in this story. Most are believed to be associated with the KGC.
Treasure maps are the equivalent of those folded bills you find on the ground that turn out to be an ad for a local business and not real money at all. Probably some teenage incas got bored and said, "Lets make a cryptic map that will waste people's time"
the part when he fell down and broke his legs!!!! wow thankful he survived.
Those pieces of objects found with the so called map were placed on the map could be a good clue
When I realized he’s wearing grey jogging pants with safety pins holding his suspenders on 😂
Possibly a single stone at one point broken into many and scattered purposely?
@cadderley100
28 күн бұрын
Like the Peralta Stone maps found in the Superstition Mountains, Arizona. Another "Treasure Hunt" that leads nowhere.
This story starts out like that song "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you've got a brand new key* 😂😂😂
@lisadolan689
3 күн бұрын
Oh my god! Yes it does 😂😂😂
My dad used to rock hound when I was a kid. My grandpa did to, with his brother apparently. I still have a little ball of silver head together with mercury that they panned a long time ago. Don’t think I’ve ever met an old miner that didn’t have a secret treasure story to tell. Thanks
So similar to the story of Lasseters reef
Its kinda funny how the person that re uploaded this doc probably made more money than buddy that tred to find the treasure. Bhhaha
Great as always.
Has anyone tried to date the carvings? For some reason the common denominator is Dave Arnold.
@herzogsbuick
23 күн бұрын
for stone, all you can do is date the things in the ground around it, which of course we can't do now. i'm skeptical, but why would a portly old man fake the maps to just dig in the desert all the time? fake a map to show the zimbrinksis or whatever the name of the family with the ranch was here, to get to something you actually know is there. fake a map to convince someone else that it's real, not yourself. this could all be a farce but that would be a very strange way for it to be so
@kevinreardon2558
22 күн бұрын
@@herzogsbuick People do all sorts of stupid things if there is some way to get even a little bit of cash out of it.
The whole story sounds fishy as.
The spider circles Look like pictures of a compass
@drip369
29 күн бұрын
Like coordinates. As if the dots were maybe indicating integers
@TheMightycfc
28 күн бұрын
Time
this one was so good, really enjoyed the story
Another wild goose chase treasure hunt!
I’ve read this book! It’s an incredible story!
i have seen some of those simples and i know what they mean ,.. thank you for making the video ..
I remember reading a long time ago about a tunnel into a mountain discovered by some liners that led to a room filled with gold bars. Soon after the US Army game with trucks and cleared out all of the gold. Nothing but heard about the gold ever since
@idolator---billyidoltribut6790
Ай бұрын
I think I saw that to , was it next to an army base ?
@lostadamsgold
26 күн бұрын
Victorio Peak in Hembrillo Basin in the San Andres Mountains in New Mexico on what was not but now is White Sands Missile Range. Story of Doc Noss. And others.
@thomastrain7311
15 сағат бұрын
Yes victorious peak
Even watch the TV show westworld? Picture that map on the inside of a skull. And it asks a whole different set of questions!
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD AN OLD MAP THAT SHOWED THE PATH TO A LARGE MOUND OF ANCIENT "DOG EXCREMENT"
Undoubtedly points in the sky or on the ground...check GE
My OCD for grammar wants me to mention that you've forgotten the apostrophe in, "Hunter's", in your title. Lol
You know that mexican planted all that stuff. Only one who made money was Juan. Juan who played Mr. Arnold. LMAO
@UnIimited_Power
Ай бұрын
🤪
@cadderley100
28 күн бұрын
I'd wonder why Arnold didn't go to Mexico, if other Mexican Priests etc knew about the maps and all that? That seemed like a logical next step to me.
@petethundabox5067
27 күн бұрын
Yes, and the Mexican possibly had murdered someone recently too, if the bodies still smelt bad. A boby's gonna decompose pretty quickly in Texas heat. It's at the point that I'm gonna tap out of this video.
Same legend in Joplin Missouri
@damageincorporatedmetal43v73
27 күн бұрын
I was just shy like that, it's not that rite they were so pretty like that they tourcherd me Girl. I was talking about Jim Towne. We used to play a place called Encapteress. Crazy shit was going down they were tongue & Groovers. They blew the back window out of his Caravan...🤔
@damageincorporatedmetal43v73
27 күн бұрын
He was a Manager @ a local Casino I New, he used to own the Beer Hut. Ladies watch you're Butts. Thank God for Gorrilla Tape...
@damageincorporatedmetal43v73
27 күн бұрын
Polotics, are polotics, Yes I may live @ the Bottom but I'll float to the top someday...
@damageincorporatedmetal43v73
27 күн бұрын
It's like frying Bacon It has to be Layed in the pan Flat. In such ann Order F'n an oder...
Any relation to Oak Island?
@matildamarmaduke1096
24 күн бұрын
They tearing that place up. Lil boys with too much money and gift to uk others outta theirs Sounds like crackheads to me.
@susannawebb2552
23 күн бұрын
Why did you ask. Again ask the natives.they killed a lot at boarding schools but some survived I'm sure.strong blood.
BRILLIANT ❤
The spider rocks are the way mines were laid out.ref:De Re Metallica,Agricola.
Yeah, that was Definitely, a Map "chiseled" showing a gold treasure.😂
@tphvictims5101
Ай бұрын
Michael Angelo was a chiseler 😂👍🏻
I'm not John the Baptist, but you'll here me singinging on my grave. Go tell it on the mountain... 🤔
Do. Not. Seek. The Treasurrrrr
@endrankluvsda4loko172
Ай бұрын
We thought you was a toad
murder , fires +cursed means stay the fook away from it lol
Where can one find copies of the maps and artifacts? and why not ask the indigenous native American tribe/s what they recall.
Anybody else from Texas in here?
@ssherrierable
27 күн бұрын
No
@autotek7930
27 күн бұрын
@@ssherrierable 👍
@Tylerrr86
26 күн бұрын
I am and I’ve read the spider rock treasure book and this documentary doesn’t do it justice. It really is a fascinating story.
Was not an animal bone, but a bone from a giant.
Cool story
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD AN OLD MAP THAT LED THE WAY TO AN ANCIENT MOUND OF "DOG EXCREMENT",,,,,,,,SHOCKING ! ! !
Spider Rock. Spider Rock. Does whatever a Spider Rock does Watch out! Here lays the Spider Rock!
Well for one where are you just going to start looking for it? I mean you know it's gotta be there somewhere soo why doesn't the state of Texas just come in and just start looking for it? I'm clueless why nobody can find it.
Maybe contacting someone who knows old Jesuit manuscript writings from that time, this could be 50:18 of some help. Spaniards always brought along their priest as they traveled and explored the America's. Many times it was the priest that were in charge of keeping journals and records of their explorations. Perhaps they were also in charge of constructing maps also, yes even of treasure.
Wow, he was so lucky going to all these different parts of America and Texas and unearthing these crude scratchings on stone, now if anybody out there wants to finance a treasure hunt I have a very old map drawn with a porcupine quill on a piece of yeti hide and clearly shows where treasure is buried in Wyoming and I need to buy supplies ASAP, I will forward my bank details. Sincerely L Basted.
@8_x_9.
27 күн бұрын
🎉😂❤😅😊
The state of the skeleton under the flat rock would indicate nothing would be remaining that would cause a stench, I’d think. And when the body was found after the Mexican disappeared, wouldn’t they have recognized him? Intriguing video, many unanswered questions. Enjoying this channel, thanks.
Its a mystery why he left....perhaps it had something to do with them always calling him "The Mexican" -.-
Totally fake I think. Juan reads map and says dig here to find another map and you'll find a skeleton underneath it. So after lifting rock the stench nearly knocks them off their feet?? Therefore the body had to be only a few days old, not years old!! The picture of a skull that's got no flesh doesn't fit what was being said.
Map? For me this seens a crop circle!
@8_x_9.
27 күн бұрын
Yes,i thought the same.The crops are long gone but the residual radiation hasn't?!!Plan B.🤪🤫🤔🤖😉.
I always get the feeling these old "Treasure maps" are just old cons. They never seem to lead to the treasure, they just lead to another item that is cryptic and the con artist claims it will be the one to lead to the treasure.
@floridaboiwoody
22 күн бұрын
Exactly. Just like the Beal papers. Con artists have always been around.
What do you mean they can’t solve the mystery of the dead body? Is it the sheep herder or not? *They know what he looks like!!*
I would never use those guys shoveling. Those where the smallest shovel fulls i've seen.
This man either planted all this crap where he found it or someone was playing games with him
Is this the San Saba treasure legend?
I make & fake treasure maps so I can bury them in random locations... Not much of a hobby but its better than most
Grifter...scam is a scam...scams are far from a new idea..
@tphvictims5101
Ай бұрын
🐸 just ask any politician 👌🏻
The money you spend looking for gold , you can just buy some gold
⚙️ I increase the playback speed & enjoyed every word of this video
@flintliddon
Ай бұрын
How do you do that?
@sparkleplenty59
Ай бұрын
@@flintliddonSettings.
@n2cable
Ай бұрын
@@flintliddonDumb zoomers do it
@michaelp2952
Ай бұрын
1.25 thanks
@michaelp2952
Ай бұрын
@flintliddon ⚙️ at the top rigjt
DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE......Oh brother where art thou?
1.5 billion bucks in gold... Hold on Texas here i come!
Who all screen shot the map? Be honest.
What material is the rock made of? That there looks like plaster of Paris. Not a carved rock. Why would Spanish make maps in stone? They knew cartography
I wager that less than 10,000 pesos was spent on narrative
What a waste of time money and energy. Mr Caleb lost his Pharmacy burned to the ground lost his fortune and lost his life as well. Mr Arnold died fruitlessly in his obsession. If you can't decipher a map after a year or two just give it up instead of die trying.
This treasure is no different than the treasure that was just recently found by Mr. Carter in Missouri. Most lost treasures have been ciphered using old Templar methods. If you do not understand or know how to read them, you will not find the location. Same as Oak Island, Oliver Levassure treasure map, Peralta Stones, and there are many other maps that have been ciphered the same. I’m thinking that some of you who do not understand the maps are just saying negative things to try to gather information from those who know. It’s an old trick because you don’t want to read history and learn how to decipher the maps. I’m not talking about just history in general, like Oak Island, I’m talking about history of deciphering old treasure maps.
Geraldo Rivera... they never find anything if they have a map.
7 years! Lol people have spent their entire lives searching for a dream!
I know how to read the maps. ArcAngel Exploration
Man said we all know the story but I heard sheep or elsenod go get it... but let me read your maos and make you rich with no reward for myself... yeah. Ok
Mexican shepherds may have been murdered?
you lost me with "an ancient curse"
The Road to El Dorado, Questing, and that OBSESSION FOR THE SHINY METAL, OR GEM. THE HOLY GRAIL, SHANGRI-LA, ETC. Tho ALL LEDGENDS, ORAL STORIES/TRADITIONS NO MATTER HOW OUTRE THEY SOUND CONTAIN AT THE KEAST A GRAIN OF TRUTH. WHETHER SAID OBJECT IS STILL IN SITU, TIME WILL OUT, JUST AS THE TRUTH WILL OUT. THE TIMING?????? OPPORTUNIS ADEST
Why did he disappear from time to time? To make more rocks and bury them hopefully unseen by the farmers and then come a calling. He was a scammer. If you are a treasure hunter and you believe there is gold in a site, you do not leave it. This fat guy was a scammer.
Here's a way-out-there theory. The hide map could be a map to the stone pieces, which are the true map. I have to wonder if the stone pieces were once a larger stone map that was carved, then broken up and hidden in different areas. But then again, the whole thing could have been an elaborite hoax cooked up by a conman. How does someone who is so obese be able to conveniently and randomly dig up all of the 'proof' of possible treasure at just the right time to get people to support his efforts. Did you notice that the times he was digging up the stones himself that they were conveniently only inches under the surface? Either way, it makes for a fun and intriguing story.
I found it... : the Apache Treasure is when all the tribes had gotten together and covered one of the oldest and biggest mines of the Americas where the older mine shafts we use as a vault to make deposits.. : kzread.info/dash/bejne/nYJ_kqmnZdbFk9I.html
I'm not going to finish this. Anyone who is dumb enough to repeat a dumb story about "spider rocks" sprayed all over 10 million miles of Texas is click-baiting. And that breathy voice of "mystery" narrator finally got to me.
This dude was just scamming ppl out of money by telling them if they fund him he will split the profits that didn’t ever exist in the first place
I think it's in Mexico!! Study the goggle map. A young person will find it.PERIOD.😊
He was a con man using the store owner to finance his life. He'd sneak away make a new map stone and some B's mystery and come back to the guy with money and wanting adventures. Till he died and his shop burnt probably at the hands of the con man map maker . Then the money gone there was noone obviously left that bit and he faded away.
It’s good story but it’s all hear say was never recorded they don’t know what actually happened or who he was around especially what they said or where they went no one will actually know
Its around the llano,texas areas. Cant tell you anymore.
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Arnold wasn't the start of the story. The actual beginning of the story lies with the map that he had. Who drew it, how did he acquire it, where did it come from, what are it's origins? That is actually the start of the story. I find it strange, if the "treasure" didn't exist, how he found 3 pieces of the map, digging in places where the previous map told him to dig. What I would have liked to have seen, is his original map, assuming that the map in this video is a modern day fabrication, that is. I do, however, have an "Idea" as to where to resume the search, having looked into this story several years ago, closer to the time when this documentary was actually released, back in 2015.
You're the problem about that Mr. Is they already found it. The military took it all so this is a ABS the freaking things wish to time.
If you are entering the comment section before you watch the video… nobody found nothing.. so don’t waste your time.
These people moved here from Germany = good old hard working Americans 😅 dude!
Ya sure the treasure exisists. Please don't learn anything form the guy who lost his family fortune funding search...
What are the odds of a fat, smooth operator, just randomly happening to "find" those rocks with the carvings on them, when he's all alone, in the middle of nowhere, each time he needs to convince someone else to finance his harebrained ideas. He sure was a lucky, lucky guy indeed. If only he understood there will can be a buried city of gold in a place where the water table is only 29 feet under the surface. Unless mermaids built it.
Well one thing is for sure, he is good at finding rocks
He was a nut who fabricated the stones to get permission to hunt without any real clues
AI will solve them one day.
This video is trying to curse people.
Spanish ? ... No ... !
Early Trump 🤔
@peacebrain4471
Ай бұрын
Conman all the way.
@mrglasecki
Ай бұрын
@@peacebrain4471 didn't claim to be the orange Christ or selling Bibles 🤔😏 but yeah
@peacebrain4471
Ай бұрын
@@mrglasecki I here ya. Orange guy is a blasphemus turd.
@jasonarny4964
Ай бұрын
😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😢@@peacebrain4471
@ryanbravo5941
25 күн бұрын
😂
This is all BS, NO way he found one of those rock be it 3
KGC
what a load of bs sounds like he was a conman
Yeah I'm sure the Spanish were drgging $60 million in gold across texas.you have any idea how heavy that would be😂
Laughable
Boring wasting time money. Piontless crap
BULLSHIT. The Spanish never left gold behind.
The music really ruined the show 😭😭😭 way to go fuck the music