This author is no armchair adventurer! Jameson lays out his exciting, harrowing, & sometimes just insane soldier of fortune treasure hunting adventures with a hefty helping of common sense--mostly. Personally, I wouldn't shimmy through a coffin diameter-sized active hibernaculum...Oops! Spoiler Alert! What's a hibernaculum? Look it up! That means Research, & the Big R is what gave most of his adventures a fair chance of success before he ever stepped into the field. I would've liked to see his research process in this book, but his Finding Treasure: A Field Guide covers his general research. I especially liked his consideration of restoring everything on the surface as he found it--not even taking a picture to remember a successful hunt. Leave no trash, cover all holes, & leave no trace. Those who haven't followed this time-tested advice have made & are making the treasure hunting & prospecting hobby grow more difficult for the rest of us--bringing politics & greed into something good.

I read this book from the library of the Fort Garland Museum in southern Colorado where I live, so I decided to find it as a gift for my son who is a history major. I found it to be an interesting book and easy read. Each chapter is another dhort story, so reading a chapter or two in the evening before going to sleep was a good experience. Some claim it can't be based of true adventures, but I didn't care if the writer took some liberties. The events allegedly occurred years before modern security measures, so are absolutely possible. That he didn't pillage every site is plausible. That he had to leave some finds before gathering everything is also believable. That the content is possible made it more fun than reading fiction.

Bravo!! Full of intrigue and adventure, with the bite of a rattlesnake. A great read, meant to be read while curled up in a comfortable chair or... hunched beside a crackling camp fire in the far off, rugged country of the American Southwest...

W.C. Jameson is the best writer of all times. Once you start reading, you can hardly put the book down. I give this book a 10+ Ted Doades