# The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes.

> Still possible: The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes.

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# The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes.

The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Tool marks, weathering and Spanish usage date the carving after 1900.

## What would rule it out

- Independent dating shows pre-1850 carving.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The stones' Spanish text and maps are considered by some to be clues and by others modern fakes; no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0MJG1THZ/the-stones-spanish-text-and-maps-are-considered-by-some-to)

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## The questions it answers

[Is there any basis for the Peralta mine and the Peralta stones?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/questions/QST0D0G0BS853ZP/is-there-any-basis-for-the-peralta-mine-and-the-peralta)

Part of [Did Jacob Waltz have a gold mine in the Superstition Mountains?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/questions/QST0D0G0B1T7EHP/did-jacob-waltz-have-a-gold-mine-in-the-superstition)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Peralta stones are twentieth-century fakes. [Answer ANS0D0G0MAP0HB0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0G0MAP0HB0
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