Michael Wachtler

Michael Wachtler - Gold & Crystal

The great find of gold
This native gold belongs to the greatest find of gold made in the Alps in the present day, on Monte Rosa, by Michael Wachtler, the twins Mario and Lino Pallaoro, Federico Morelli, Maurizio Petti and Georg Kandutsch. On that occasion they found about 20 kg of gold. They started off from a forgotten map by a Swiss scientist, referring to a find of 40 kg of pure gold in 1908 and another of 28 kg, in the same place.

Treasure hunting in the Venzuelan Gran Sabana.
In the jungles of the Amazon, on the high, barren plateaus of the tableland mesas where centimeter-sized diamonds and big gold crystals have been unearthed. The area is so inhospitable that companies have never been able to establish mining operations. This is the Kingdom of “El Trompo Rojo”. Some Americans named him the “Jungle Buyer” because he always has the best gold crystals and diamonds. His real name is Alejandro Stern, but in Venezuela he is known as “El Trompo Rojo”: this is how people refer to one of the rarest gems ever discovered here, the “blood red Diamond”, a single carat of which can fetch approximately one million dollars. (Photo book)