Archaeologists estimate that the place known as Montezuma's Castle was abandoned in the 1400s. It was named such in the 1860s because the discoverers thought the Aztecs constructed it.

One theory of the lost Dutchman's mine is that it is where this treasure is! They say that gold shouldn't be in the area that the Dutchman mine is claimed to be, the Superstition Mountains.

There are many tales of lost or hidden gold in our section of the southwest. I do find them all pretty cool reads. I guess that is the kid in me still. :D