Desert Gold

[KiddoTheMiner]

im assuming that's gold bearing quartz, and it looks good, at least ya got out

 

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[Terry Soloman]

These are a few gold ore samples, and some Arizona Gold. Looking forward to seeing more of yours John.

 

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[huntsman53]

some other stuff I found

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John,

Are the first two pics of clay pots showing a path/trail and is that a face carved into the rock on the third pic? Very interesting!


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

Thanks John! Although I have been a few places in my life, I have never seen a Barrel Cactus and don't think I have ever seen one in pics before and from the pics #1 and #2, they look like Clay Pots. LOL!! I think I can see some of the codes now in pic #2 but I am sure that I am missing many more. Also, I now see the horse face in pic #3 and should have seen it before. But dang, there sure appears to be a weird looking head with eyes, nose and smiley mouth just below the mid-section of the horse's face. I understand what you are saying about safety and not putting information and pics on forums or other websites that some folks can use to find one's finds such as Gold, MD'ing locations or other as well as literally find you! In my case, although I have a possibility that is a slow work in progress, I have never made significant finds and probably never will, so I don't mind putting a pic of me on forums. Besides, I have a keen sense of being watched and when most folks know or find out that I can shoot them at a mile or further, they don't get too close or even spend much time watching me. Quite a few have made that mistake and seen the ends of the barrels of what I use for security, so need I say more! There are many things I can't talk about or even nonchalantly mention but most of the local Law Enforcement Agencies are somewhat aware while the higher up Law Enforcement Agencies are well aware, so again, need I say more!

You are very wise to be as careful as you are and applaud you for trying to help others in doing the same!


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

John,

While some others may have a problem with what you state, I have no problems with any of it! Just so that you will know, we are all good! Only a choice few know of my' secret spot that has possible significant potential and it will stay that way. Besides, even these choice few probably could not find the location again on their own and everyone else would be stumbling over a 100,000 acres of wilderness to try to find it. Maybe some day, you could instruct me on the codes in person. I know that there are treasures hidden here in the East and much of the codes were done by the Cherokee and Crow Indians. Unlike many locations out West that are far from civilization and remote where the codes may have remained unmolested for the past 200 to 400 years or more, most of the codes here in the East have been long destroyed or mangled by timbering, hunters, construction, growth, the Civil War and by Mother Nature herself.


Frank

 

[Rawhide]

Bought This Pointer Yesterday, Been Finding Nuggets in My Dig Site.

This Will Help Locating Them Better.

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I like these too as they are PI and not VLF. I wont go hunting without mine. I can take this where my detector wont go and find a lot of stuff.

 

[Rawhide]

While there is plenty to find down below, the higher you go the more there is to find. But the last 20 feet or so seems to elude me lol.

 

[Rawhide]

very interesting terrain. I study the know treasure sites to see how sites were built and accessed. That is a cool picture.

 

[pacog]

John, I don't post often but I am a regular reader. Glad you decided to stick around. If others don't care to learn and are doubters so be it. Most people can only dream of finding what you have found and (not a regular occurrence, at least you don't hear about them) so people are going to be skeptical.

The stuff you are posting is very interesting stuff and can hopefully help me and other's find an area's worth working.

The pic with all the small codes is a bit blurry and it's hard to make out what you have outlined.

Keep it up, I look forward to seeing what you find and learning new things along the way.

 

[huntsman53]

Another Mineral Sample in the Bedrock Code Marker

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Dang John! There are a lot of mineral compositions in that pic. I would love to dig some of those out even if there was no Gold! Yeah, I'm a rock nut as well! LOL!!


Frank

 

[Rawhide]

I too suffer from a shakey hand John. I use my walking stick as a tripod. I just set the camera on top and seems to work well. Its hard to see what I am shooting, but I have the angle down pat anymore.

Those iron and copper looking rocks are a dead giveaway. I collect samples and crush them to see whats in em. I need to learn to assay.

Snakes are always bad, I usually step on em before I see em. We got the green mojave here. They hold their ground.

 

[pacog]

More Interesting Mineral Compositions

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John, is the Green colored rock Epidote? I have read before that it's an indicator for gold? Has that been something that you have observed?

 

[Rawhide]

Very good examples john. You believe there is cameras out John? Or drones? Im to believe they do sweeps, and you just dont know when they will do them.

 

[Mad Machinist]

I stay out of the Supes. Too much of a feeling of bad juju.

 

[huntsman53]

I went out and purchased a Black Edition GoPro Hero3+, to make Prospecting clips and upload them here for everyone to view

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Cool John! I can't wait to see some of your prospecting videos and I am sure that many of us will learn something from them as well! Hey, could you make a video of you processing the pay dirt, so that the skeptics will see how much Gold you actually get on an outting?


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

No sir. You have a go pro...we need video!!
You can go to Spain later..

You got that right! Besides Spain got 594,000 Silver coins and a few hundred Gold coins that Odyssey Marine Exploration salvaged from the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, so why in hell do they need you??!! If you do go there, make sure that you don't show them all of the Gold you found that the Spanish Explorers/Miners left behind when they were in Arizona some 200 to 400 years ago because they might try to claim it as well.


Frank

 

[huntsman53]

Hey Frank,

Going to check something out that goes with my desert research of spanish mining symbols and find some really old libraries and some other stuff, and I'm just going to forget telling the spanish anything lol.

I hope the research goes well and that you can visit with your friend! What you will be doing, sounds very interesting and I hope it is well worth the expense and time!


Frank

 

[Goodyguy]

Good morning fellow treasure seekers,
Just thought I would reference an old thread here on treasure net that some whom are new to the Spanish symbols and markings may find useful........................

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/treasure-marks-signs/129235-treasure-signs-symbols-101-a.html

 

[chlsbrns]

A google search for... Spanish treasure symbols... Will show every symbol and an explanation of each symbol.

What I don't understand is why they would use symbols. Does anyone here use symbols to your hot spot?

Do you work/extract a hotspot or put symbols and leave the gold behind? A large number of people must have known the symbols and could/would steal the metals if they are not mined when found.

Symbols on rocks that move and deteriorate seems like a waste of time in modern times. I would think it useless to follow symbols to a location that has been mined and should not still contain any sizable amounts of metals. Natural movement and deterioration could/would also send you in the wrong direction.

 

[elgatodelnoche]

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[KevinInColorado]

John, thanks for sharing so much of your adventures, just fascinating!

To others asking why the Spanish left markings: unlike you and I they did not prospect or mine for personal gain but rather for their king and church. So marking a deposit was a way of helping their fellows work together to serve a common goal.