Treasure From 1522 Found

[Tiredman]

This is from a Utah newspaper, the Utah Daily Chronicle, Nov 25, 1931. Lost Coins Found. Did they have coins prior to the conquest?

 

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[ARC]

Imagine the "worth" today. heh

 

[Tiredman]

This was a early Native Tribe. I see no reason for them to mint coins. Strange article the German's name is sort of odd too.

 

[GoDeep]

It appears the article doesn't actually claim he found the coins, it says, "Ernesto....has found what he believes to be the stronghold containing $25,000,000 worth of coins". It's another "Dent's Run Gold" type claim. We found the place where the gold is. Oh really, then where is the gold?

stronghold
[ˈstrôNGˌhōld]
NOUN. A place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.

So he found a castle where he believes the loot is contained. It's not clear he actually recovered any loot. Probably tore the crap out of that castle looking for it :-)

 

[Tiredman]

It appears the article doesn't actually claim he found the coins, it says, "Ernesto....has found what he believes to be the stronghold containing $25,000,000 worth of coins". It's another "Dent's Run Gold" type claim. We found the place where the gold is. Oh really, then where is the gold?

stronghold
[ˈstrôNGˌhōld]
NOUN. A place that has been fortified so as to protect it against attack.

So he found a castle where he believes the loot is contained. It's not clear he actually recovered any loot. Probably tore the crap out of that castle looking for it :-)

A Native American castle? Now that's equal to Dents Run Gold!

 

[GoDeep]

A Native American castle? Now that's equal to Dents Run Gold!

I'd guess Mayan or Aztec since it was in Mexico. Maybe more a pyramid :-)

 

[Tiredman]

Type on Google the tribe, it existed and region named is correct.

 

[Mackaydon]

"Fake news". The first mint in Mexico (Mexico City) began coinage in 1536.
Therefore any Mexican coin treasure stories before that date--like this article are bogus.
And no, the Spanish did not ship huge quantities of coins to the New World.
Don.

 

[Tiredman]

I am quite sure material (articles) such as this are valuable pieces of the past. I just finished a Dobie book (Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver), pretty good source material for the Lost Adams mine at the back. That starts on page 357. Then I do have material for lost mines of California. I wonder how sales would be with a high population state.

 

[smokeythecat]

Fake news. One of the main currencies of the Mayan peoples was CHOCOLATE. The Aztecs did not use coins. None of the early Mezoamericans used coins. Aztecs did use a bronze/brass object called "hoe money", but they are not coin shaped.

 

[Tiredman]

And hoe money is the correct answer. Answer was provided earlier in the day by a Facebook group (Utah Treasure Hunters). Some Mexico lost treasure articles are almost half a newspaper page.

 

[piegrande]

My information indicated Aztec jewelry was usually in the form of what I would call trinkets or decorative pieces, not bullon. IF anyone has further data, I would appreciate a link, thanks. New information is valuable.