The Lure of Weavers Needle, True Stories by Jack San Felice in the Superstition Mountains

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
  • Epic Adventures at Weaver's Needle! Join author Jack San Felice as he shares 5 incredible true stories of his own daring adventures at the iconic Weaver's Needle in the Superstition Mountains. From heart-pounding encounters to unforgettable discoveries, these tales will take you deep into the rugged wilderness where legends are born.
    Get ready for a wild ride through one of the most mysterious and awe-inspiring landscapes in America. Whether you're a treasure hunter, a history buff, or an adventure seeker, you won't want to miss these thrilling stories!
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Комментарии • 70

  • @dorothylewis1207
    @dorothylewis1207 4 года назад +12

    There nothing like good old stories, from good old timers! Love it!

  • @steveshortridge6255
    @steveshortridge6255 4 года назад +12

    I could listen to these stories all day so thank you

    • @mysteriesofthesuperstition6793
      @mysteriesofthesuperstition6793  4 года назад +2

      Glad you like them!

    • @sparkywilson4041
      @sparkywilson4041 3 года назад +1

      @@mysteriesofthesuperstition6793 Just wanted to say that you guys do an amazing job with this channel. Thanks so much for bringing us into the Superstitions with you!!!

    • @StevenHanover
      @StevenHanover 3 года назад

      @@mysteriesofthesuperstition6793 wake up wayne you've been walking past the spot getting rained out and spooked by rough weather, look what you've overlooked all these years. I listened to every story on here you've uploaded, and this is where I've been trying to communicate with you to take the crew out and find the paintings and Jesuit crosses and lost mine.
      Buried treasures. Thanks for the adventures Wayne Tuttle imgur.com/gallery/NHKguHh

  • @furryphone4417
    @furryphone4417 4 года назад +11

    Love these stories and love the storyteller!!

  • @provingangels
    @provingangels 4 года назад +3

    I love this channel

  • @HikeAZ48
    @HikeAZ48 9 месяцев назад

    Another great episode! Love hiking all around Weavers!

  • @davidkellogg2582
    @davidkellogg2582 4 года назад +4

    Love this serys. To bad I missed the live chat but that is the way it goes. My hiking days are over.

  • @57WillysCJ
    @57WillysCJ 4 года назад +20

    The real gold is in the stories and the land itself.

  • @johnganshow5536
    @johnganshow5536 4 года назад +4

    More fantastic tales!!! Love the needle and area. Thank you..

  • @maikailoa808
    @maikailoa808 4 года назад +1

    Thanks jack great stories.
    Ron

  • @richardhelit3840
    @richardhelit3840 2 года назад +1

    Worth the time.

  • @suethurman872
    @suethurman872 4 года назад +7

    Nicely done. My late husband was intrigued with Weaver's Needle and stories of the Lost Dutchman. Do you believe the goldmine is there and accessible? What a great adventure in our beautiful Arizona desert.

    • @StevenHanover
      @StevenHanover 4 года назад +1

      No it's east of Miners Needle

    • @TheGreatest1974
      @TheGreatest1974 3 года назад

      I’m a 51 year old man from the Scottish Borders. I have done a lot of metal detecting since age 16, exploring old smugglers caves from the 1700’s on the south east coast of Scotland where I live. Old 1700’s copper mines we have within travelling distance too. They’re very hard to find unless you know. Very, very dangerous too. First time I went in as a youngster with just a clipper lighter for light. There was a dark patch in the floor of the mine. I put the lighter down, I couldn’t see the floor of the mine. I thought it’s just a depression? I can probably walk into it and out the other side? Just a shallow depression in the floor. But something, instinct said no. I left, and came back with a proper torch. That ‘shallow depression ‘ was a sheer sided round hole 7 feet wide and 20 feet deep, with deep water in the bottom and an underwater tunnel leading away somewhere. If I had chanced it, I would have been a dead man. For sure, there would be no way out from it. It still scares me now, how close I came to a horrible death that day. Mines and caves are SO dangerous. 😳👍

  • @johnnewell3575
    @johnnewell3575 4 года назад +1

    thanks keep them coming

  • @dennman8832
    @dennman8832 4 года назад +10

    Most interesting listening to stories from someone who has actually experienced them. Thanks ,Jack.

  • @scotts3938
    @scotts3938 4 года назад +1

    Great story. Makes me want to go hike to Weavers Needle.

  • @adamsbyknoll4809
    @adamsbyknoll4809 4 года назад +6

    I'm pretty sure it was a jackalope not a miniature deer, they're common out this way.... especially during winter electrical storms

  • @frankcasey7423
    @frankcasey7423 4 года назад +1

    Thank you Jack. Awesome stories as usual, love it!

  • @stevenhigby3512
    @stevenhigby3512 4 года назад +1

    Always love to here your stories, They got me through my covid experience.

  • @tattoofthesun
    @tattoofthesun 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the regular recording schedule!! You guys can’t run out between the few of ya!! I recently watched a Discovery channel episode of a show where this guy met with Ron Feldman

  • @thomasrice4078
    @thomasrice4078 4 года назад +1

    I've thoroughly enjoyed this channel. Don't think I've missed any video's.

  • @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind
    @Ayorkshiremansdailygrind 4 года назад +2

    another beauty

  • @kevinbushey1879
    @kevinbushey1879 Год назад

    Very nice

  • @edwardmorgan9411
    @edwardmorgan9411 4 года назад +1

    Awesome !

  • @thurmanmills4021
    @thurmanmills4021 4 года назад +2

    I love old stories that you all tell ..were is . Hank ?

  • @keithcox3786
    @keithcox3786 4 года назад +1

    Cool beans

  • @zacharypinegar3111
    @zacharypinegar3111 4 года назад +3

    Coues deer I believe are the miniatures they live in sky islands, which the superstition look a bit like. Never thought of them that way but they may well be

  • @Oldnoitall
    @Oldnoitall 4 года назад +1

    That’s wild you probably met the man that was shooting near or at you . I always have said the table always turns sooner or later . As always very good video s from you ol boys out there !!! ( :

  • @jbmbryant
    @jbmbryant 4 года назад +2

    It's a darn shame that Mr San Felice didn't at least wing that sob shooting at people.
    Great stories! Ty!

    • @jquest43
      @jquest43 4 года назад

      Seems there's lots of assholes at superstition mountain s

  • @tanglediver
    @tanglediver 4 года назад +1

    Miniature deer? That's a Jackelope! >

  • @ZEUStheKingGermanShepherd
    @ZEUStheKingGermanShepherd 4 года назад +1

    💯💯

  • @phonsoeung7934
    @phonsoeung7934 2 года назад +1

    i look at weavers needle and the first thing that comes to mind is tower of babel ruins

  • @bobbyalexander5277
    @bobbyalexander5277 4 года назад +1

    My old 1990life

  • @paulbegley1464
    @paulbegley1464 4 года назад +3

    And just how do you know it's a deer and not a Jackalope? 😆🤣😆👍

  • @timothycontreras8424
    @timothycontreras8424 4 года назад

    In the Sonora, we call him Snowbird.

  • @joeguzman3558
    @joeguzman3558 4 года назад +1

    That's a long hike ,I get tired just taking the garage out

  • @Riker-ER
    @Riker-ER 9 месяцев назад

    👍

  • @imgone54321
    @imgone54321 4 года назад

    Water in the Superstition Mountains in August ? come on Jack.

    • @jacksanfelice8840
      @jacksanfelice8840 4 года назад +1

      During the early 1990s there were more summer monsoons that brought water and it stayed longer! True story believe it or not. During 1993 there was rain all spring and most of the summer before the drought began. But thanks for the comment@

    • @andy11ink
      @andy11ink Год назад

      @@jacksanfelice8840 I can confirm it rained way more in the 90’s than it does now, we used to get monsoon storms every day of the summer it seemed like

    • @jacksanfelice8840
      @jacksanfelice8840 Год назад

      During the 90s it rained a lot more than now and there are water holes in some areas even now in August! believe it or not I used to have a map of all year round water holes how do you think the cattle survived and wildlife? Thanks for comment though!

    • @jacksanfelice8840
      @jacksanfelice8840 Год назад

      Agree totally

  • @3373-g8z
    @3373-g8z Год назад

    There might be something living under the Area, that only contacts certain people who are worthy and well qualified, duly and truly prepared, of lawful age, and properly vouched for.:.

  • @tatevancleve1802
    @tatevancleve1802 4 года назад +1

    What do you mean miniture deer? Like coos whitetail deer?

    • @moneyandtimefreedom3352
      @moneyandtimefreedom3352 4 года назад +1

      Coues whitetail deer are a subspecies of whitetail deer only found in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico. A big buck may be around 100 lbs.

    • @tatevancleve1802
      @tatevancleve1802 4 года назад +1

      @@moneyandtimefreedom3352 yes i know as my dad has hunted them pretty much exclusively throughout my life. Prob taken at least 25-30 in my lifetime including more than 12 that he felt we're esp big for their species and had them taxidermied & mounted on the wall. They noticeably smaller than other white tail deer and a little bigger than half the size of mule deer. Thats why i was asking the person who released the video if that is what he is talking about or if he is claiming there is a smaller type of deer living in the superstition wilderness. I live less than 30miles from weavers needle of which he said he found the remains of said deer.

    • @tatevancleve1802
      @tatevancleve1802 4 года назад +1

      @@moneyandtimefreedom3352 its esp unclear because he said it was approx the size of dog. Ive had dogs 10lbs, 30lbs, 42lbs, 60lbs & i know many breeds get much bigger. So if he is talking about a very large breed then im sure that's what he meant. If its a 40lb deer with a full antler rack that is very interesting.

  • @Trenacker
    @Trenacker 3 года назад

    Do you figure that the fellow who shot down at you in ‘93 might have been responsible for some of the other attacks in the two decades prior?

    • @jacksanfelice8840
      @jacksanfelice8840 3 года назад

      I believe so, but no proof or evidence unfortunately-maybe some one will talk one day!!

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 2 года назад

      @@jacksanfelice8840 I spent a LOT of time in the Superstitions between '85 and '87. I was warned by an elderly Native American gentleman to leave the treasure maps and prospecting gear at home. Following his instructions I would set up camp, lay everything out in the tent, leave the screen closed and the flap open, and go take a hike for an hour or two.
      Just about every time I got off the "official trails" I felt like I was being watched. On one occasion during my "post-setup hike" a brisk wind came up. When I returned to camp the tent flap was secured. On another occasion a rock came out of nowhere and hit the ground a few yards in front of me. I took that as a warning and turned around. That was the hike that I found boot prints OVER mine starting just out of sight of where I turned around.
      On one trip after I was sure that somebody watched me just sit for hours in the middle of nowhere watching the wildlife (It IS there, if you sit still and quiet long enough) and enjoying the peace and solitude, I returned to camp to find a fire ready to light, a small stack of extra dry branches, a gallon jug of water, and some vaguely familiar boot prints. All I can think of was that someone was rewarding appropriate behavior. Quite frankly, I was going through a rough time in my life and just did not want to be around people. I wanted peace, quiet, solitude, and somewhere that I could just sit while I tried to get my mind straight again.
      The old gentleman specifically warned me about treasure hunting and prospecting, mentioning that he would hate to see me end up as just another random skull with a bullet hole in it. The explanation is actually quite simple. The white people think that the mountains belong to the white people. The Native Americans consider them sacred, and still believe that the mountains belong to THEM, as they had for many centuries before the white man ever arrived in the area. He also said that showing the respect that another's property deserved would save me a lot of grief.

  • @GeorgiaRidgerunner
    @GeorgiaRidgerunner 3 года назад

    Wow someone shooting at hikers glad no one was hurt
    But i tell you ive had guns most of my life and i d never dream of firing a gun at a person without reason
    And with that i have to say to myself man oh man what has this world. Come too

  • @jameswarner6899
    @jameswarner6899 4 года назад

    Wells that industry use decrease the flow of natural springs

  • @HikingEngineer
    @HikingEngineer Год назад

    this was hilarious hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

  • @sergefarmer4832
    @sergefarmer4832 2 года назад

    Every body looking for Montezuma mine!

  • @thomaswilliams8167
    @thomaswilliams8167 2 года назад

    I know where some of the gold is there everyone's been looking for the wrong things.

  • @Shaggy_Campbell
    @Shaggy_Campbell 3 года назад +1

    Lets back up and regroup!! Now use common sense , What prospector will go out and find the mother load and draw you a map to it? IMHO, if the Mother load or lost treasures exist then the maps are a way to keep you looking in the wrong direction;) Rethink the past, what direction did the people come from that had gold on them,, find any ducuments of that time using direction those people left and came back.;) Thos mountains are a decoy like an old hen does when it lays an Egg, it'll go another direction to kackel to throw you off to protect the egg..Too many people looking by those maps to not have found the mother load by now,,..

  • @austinsanders3537
    @austinsanders3537 Месяц назад

    Mf how old is that lone pine tree

  • @barbaramcspadden8655
    @barbaramcspadden8655 3 года назад

    Key deer?!?

  • @jonathanp1210
    @jonathanp1210 4 года назад +2

    This was like watching Donald Trump speak.