Victorio Peak—which was named after the 19th century Mescalero Apache warrior chief—is a formidable summit rising 6350 feet above sea level in the San Andres Mountains in New Mexico.

Eckles has been on and inside Victorio Peak and dealt with many of the treasure claimants. He says it was a nice break from explaining Trinity Site or why there are roadblocks during missile tests.

Members of the Victorio Peak treasure venture inside Victorio Peak on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 1992. From left: Kelly Fischer, Gene Klier, Kent Hansen and Alex Alonso.

The treasure-hunting group set to return to Victorio Peak in a few weeks, under the close monitoring of government officials, is led by Noss` grandson, Terry Delonas, 42, with whom Berlett has ...

During the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973, the synopsis notes, witness John Dean testified about Oval Office conversations regarding the treasure of Victorio Peak.

Doc Noss said this statue was among the treasure he salvaged from Victorio Peak before the entrance collapsed in a mining accident.

Forrest Fenn’s Great 21st-Century Treasure Hunt A sometimes maddening, occasionally deadly, brain-scrambling search for gold in the American West.

In 1937, Milton “Doc” Noss was said to have found gold bars worth billions in caves at Victorio Peak (also called Vittorio Peak) near White Sands, N.M. Noss said he found 27 chained skeletons ...

After reading about Anthony Jaczewicz's coins, dive into the story of Victorio Peak and its alleged treasure hoard. Then, read about the Forest Fenn Treasure, the loot left in the Rocky Mountains ...

For centuries, the tale of a lost treasure buried in Victorio Peak, New Mexico, has captivated treasure hunters and adventurers. This legendary treasure, hidden by a band of Apache warriors ...

I decided, in anticipated homage to the promise of a postmodern historic tale of gold in What Men Call Treasure, to search for information on Victorio Peak (where else but Wikipedia?).

Since then, Noss himself, various family members, and a horde of others tried to regain access to the fabulous treasure. Newspaper accounts talk about billions of dollars in gold hidden there.