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Adventures Into The Unknown Newsletter October 2005 

Quickie Update #2...

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Hi Again,

WOW! What a weekend! This is a new, quick update and follow-up on my
weekend trip to the Coaque District on the Ecuadorian coast.
Unfortunately, (fortunately for me) I won't be able to share
everything I discovered and did because the project is heating up
very fast and I don't want to create a "gold rush-like" situation to
any of my new secret sites.

I have posted a new photo album on my Yahoo Groups site. It is
called "Coaque Oct 7". You'll see an interesting mix of ancient
artifacts, tolas (ancient burial mounds), veins of gem material that
I discovered on Saturday, a boa constrictor that crossed my path,
and an old (100+ years) hacienda house on the beach that is
surrounded by the remains of a huge ancient culture (Jama-Coaque). I
hope you like the pics.

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I left Quito on Thursday at about 4 a.m. I was on site with my metal
detector sounding off by 9 a.m. Isn't it just amazing to be able to
move from one extreme environment (10,000 feet of altitude) to
another (sea level), in just a few hours? That is part of what I
love about living in Ecuador.

I hooked up with a new guide this time who took me to visit about a
dozen different tolas over a very large area. I was amazed by what I
saw and the stories I heard. The Jama-Coaque culture was one of the
richest in gold, silver, platinum and emeralds that has ever lived
on the earth. At this point I can only tell you that I am arranging
for the purchase of a very expensive and sophisticated metal
detecting device.

I was able to visit two of Howard Jennings' excavation sites above
Coaque from the early 1970's. Apparently, someone has come along
since and continued the excavations. I wonder what more they have
been able to find. I also visited the old tola excavation site (by
the Colombian) near Santa Rosa that is mentioned in Chapter 8 of The
Treasure Hunter. What a walk down "History Lane" it was.

Then I was taken to another private site that Howard visited but
never mentioned in his book. This is a very old hacienda house built
of wood, sitting right on the beach (see the photo). I explored
about a 3-square kilometer area in the valley, and along the beach
there. I swear I am not exaggerating when I tell you that I saw
ancient artifacts eroding from the ground in nearly every square
meter that I walked. The same is true in Coaque.

Check out the photo of my Pedernales hotel room on the beach. This
comfort and ocean-view costs a total of $8.00 per night. I ate
disgusting amounts of fresh lobster, shrimp and fish. I never paid
more than $5.00 for a meal, including the beverage. What a well-kept
secret this area is (was).

During one of our 4 wheel drive, back-road escapades through the
inland coastal jungle, we came upon a small boa constrictor crossing
the trail. After watching so many TV episodes of Steve, the
Alligator Hunter, I just couldn't resist the temptation to stop and
play with the snake a little (see the photos). Too bad my
photographer was too timid and too busy running away to take a
decent photo of me with this beautiful reptile.

On Saturday, I was able to get back into an area that I have been
very curious about. Last month I discovered some beautiful chunks of
white, semi-rounded, alluvial, Andean Opal along a small creek. This
time I was actually able to get far upstream to finally discover the
source of the Opal. Please see my photos of the veins of this
beautiful mineral. I also discovered about a dozen very large,
vertical veins of a green, mineral material. Check out the photo!
I'll be having my samples analyzed soon to see if this is what I
think it may be. Mmmm.....

That is all for now. I'll let you know just as soon as I see and do
more cool stuff out there. It will probably be very soon.

Until Then,
Stan

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