Because the many inconsistencies and lack of evidence for his claims of discovery and findings, the cave, which has never been located, is considered a hoax by archaeologists and anthropologists.
Burrows never revealed the precise location and claimed it was because he believed that people would rob the cave of its ancient treasures.
In Collin's first version Burrows was using a metal detector which started to ossiculate rapidly and he fell into a vertical narrow pit.
Both versions describe him finding long corridors, a series of sealed portals, statues, mummies, bronze weapons, diamonds, parchment scrolls, etc.
He also claimed to have found portraits which, according to Joseph, showed "an impossible mix of apparent Romans, Phoenicians, Hebrews, Christians, American Indians, and even Black Africans".
[1] In the second version described by Joseph Burrows finds a 15 foot natural cave entrance which he thought was covered with Native American inscriptions.
Frank Joseph, a key figure involved with the Burrows Cave, reproduced this claim in his book The Lost Treasure of King Juba: The Evidence of Africans in America before Columbus.
"[1]Up until around 1993 the details discussed by Burrows and Joseph suggested that the cave was part of a mid-first millennium colony trading Michigan copper to the Old World.
At that point Burrows started to publish photographs of Judeo-Christian artefacts in Ancient American, claiming that he had not revealed them fearing ridicule.