Dagger Spring Lost Gold

The Lost Gold of Dagger Spring involves a prospector named John Dagger who was tortured and murdered in 1875 in the Bradshaw Mountains near Prescott, Arizona, after discovering a rich placer deposit. Though his camp was found, the large stash of gold he accumulated was never recovered and remains a popular Arizona treasure tale. Explore More

Long Tom’s Treasure

“Long Tom” Watson found outlaws papers in 1910 that described gold hidden behind a seasonal waterfall in the Grand Canyon area. After searching extensively without success, he gave up and headed home along Horse Thief Trail from Moran Point. Along the way, he spotted a waterfall he hadn’t explored before and found a cave behind it which contained gold nuggets. Unfortunately, he injured himself when leaving so had to abandon the treasure. He later tried to find it again, but never could, and committed suicide. Explore More

Skeleton Canyon Massacres and Lost Loot

Millions in diamonds, gold bars, silver and gold coins lie hidden somewhere in or near Skeleton Canyon in southeastern Arizona. It’s a legendary hoard soaked in the blood of Mexican bandits waylaid by members of Curley Brocius gang. Explore More

The Lost Pick Mine

In the 1870s, two prospectors followed a Yavapai Indian into the narrow canyons north of Phoenix after seeing him pay for supplies with a handful of gold nuggets. They hoped he would lead them right to the source.  Somewhere east of today’s interstate 17 near the Agua Fria River, they lost his trail, but found a granite outcropping containing pure gold. So they stuffed their saddlebags full of gold and began to head back out of the canyon when a band of Yavapai started to attack. One of the prospectors was fatally wounded. The other hid behind a boulder and fired back until the warriors took off. He then drove a miner’s pick into a tall saguaro to mark the spot so he could return later for more gold after going to California to get a specimen assayed, which showed the value was $84,000 per ton. After the war ended, he headed back towards Arizona, but became ill. On his deathbed, he passed on a description of the location with the pick to a fellow prospector, but he failed to locate it even after a Mexican sheepherder tried to help saying he recalled seeing a pick protruding out of a saguaro. Explore More