philippine treasure signs....mindanao

[goldcarl]

anyone have some experience reading signs in Mindanao thanks

[rangler]

kumustaka Goldcarl
welcome to net, post some pics of your finds and we will do our best to help you with them..
Yamashi.ta signs are taken off the spanish code changed just a bit to suit their culture.
but a very strong influence of Jesuit/Spanish code is evident. Some are direct copies, others are wholly Japanese, even using ancient Script of Kanga. We have some of them figured out...
salamat
rangler

[samphil]

To Rangler: Please help me interpret the signs on the rock as shown on the picture below. I found the rock somewhere in southern mindanao.

[rangler]

sam,
the pic is too close..I do see what looks like a drill hole, dsty has posted the best know decoding of the drill holes used by the spanish and others..check his posts...in the meantime a shot of the rock at a farther distance is in order...we need to see the sign in context..with each other, what else is around besides the drill hole..
salamat pinoy
rangler


long may it wave, over the greatest country
on Gods green earth...
memorial day 2011.

[samphil]

To Rangler: Here's the other pic, but it's not so clear.

[rangler]

Sam,
the ability to decode symbols depends on good photos...very anxious to see what you have found, but the photo is not so good..infact sorry to say manung, useless..

as always photo at the optimum time ie, 10 am until 1pm with the sun to your back if possible...then we can help
salamat
rangler

[samphil]

Thanks Rangler. I'll try to get a good pic next time.

[takara13103]

Sam, by all means, break your rock! You ( and us readers) will surely gain something from your experience. If your rock turns out something, well ...... The drill hole there seems to tell us that you are on the spot of the treasure. Please document your efforts and share us your experience. May we hear from you.

[dsty]

PLEASE DON'T, break your rock, your drill hole has a lot of information on it, photo the entire rock sometimes theres a feature in the shape of it, it seems to be on an angle, if it is then its a mooring hole and should be in the shape of transmission funnel, big at the top and small at the bottom or have a concave bottom. If it looks to the side then it has been my experience that a drill hole that big will send you away to look somewhere else, just stay with the trail, just look at the shape of the rock to see if it matches the surrounding terrain, there will be other things in the area to indicate the direction, if not then stay on the trail that got you there. Should be something else within a couple hundred feet.

[Shortstack]

Sam:
NOBODY with good intentions would ever tell you to break that rock.

[tesoro dog]

I believe takara was referring to breaking the code on the rock, and not literally " breaking the rock ". td

[takara13103]

Well, I literally meant to break the rock. Pulverize if need be. The drill hole there means end of the treasure trail.

[Old Dog]

A good treasure hunter will never destroy a sign.
That drill hole is never the end of a trail, only directions to the next sign.

If this is the way you read signs it's not a wonder why you don't find anything.

[rangler]

thom,
correct sir, never ever., what his guy is referring to - incorrectly - was the habit of the japanese hide everything from jewels to gold bars in side cement containers, not natural rocks, but the incorrect rumor swept all over the islands in the republic of the philippines.

these refrigerator sized concrete vaults have been found on beaches, and rivers all over the islands.

looking forward to better pics Carl
rangler

[takara13103]

The way I see it, it's the end of the trail. The signs are just in front of you.

[dsty]

If you have a burning desire to know whats inside the rock a metal detector will answer your question. More photos of the entire rock and a good photo of the bottom of the drill hole will answer some questions also. Thanks

[samphil]

Thank you guys for the inputs, I guess I have to be very careful here. So those simple marks might have meaning after all.