Searching for Yaqui relics in old Sonora Mexico

[Qball]

Once again my old companion Don David and I have returned from adventures in Mexico. This time we hunted on two large ranchos near Hermosillo searching for colonial and Yaqui artifacts and to attempt to prove local rumors of Yaqui ramparts in the hills built to defend the tribe against the Mexican ranchers and government troops. To say that hunting remote areas of Mexico is a needle in a haystack is obvious. Even with a trusty guide and the stories told us by the old ones legends rarely prove accurate. We scaled two different peaks with detectors in hand but what we found was that in both cases the walls lined up with the old Camino and were surely boundary markers. The real surprise was not what was found in the hills but what was found near several old spring wells on the valley floor. It is rare in this day to find matate (grinding stones) and stone tools laying on the surface of the ground. The big find using the detector was what appeared to be a colonial iron lance point, somewhat cruder than the examples found on line but that is all the better as far as we are concerned. Dated possibly 1700 to 1800 this artifact was found below the"sweating mountain" where a seasonal spring erupts periodically and sustains life for both men and game animals. This lance point as well as the other artifacts remain in the reliquaries of the ranchos we visited. This is small recompense for the hospitality of the land owners for this adventure was the real deal.

 

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[OreElse]

Very interesting! Thanks.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Looks like fun, did you camp?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[xcopperstax]

great finds and great story! That lance point is cool and the metate and stone are even better! Congrats!

 

[Qball]

Looks like fun, did you camp?

came prepared to rough camp as usual but did not want to offend owners besides this is wild cat country and a puma had recently taken a colt from the paddock. Here is a picture from a game camera set up on one ranch. Thats right this is Jaguar country

 

[Inspector]

Sounds like a great time, congrats on the saves & thanks 4sharing

 

[Plumbata]

That iron lance/pike tip is awesome they tend to have good value, I have one from New Mexico they aren't common finds, congratulations!