CYLINDRICAL CEMENT MARKERS

[kaloy]

TESTING FOR WHAT?

 

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[kaloy]

survey monuments or treasure markers? (the arrows are not vivsible in the pic).

 

[djui5]

That looks like old concrete. Primal stuff.
Might have been the center of an arrastra. That's my guess.

 

[kaloy]

That looks like old concrete. Primal stuff.
Might have been the center of an arrastra. That's my guess.

arrastra? sorry first time to meet this word.........

 

[djui5]

arrastra? sorry first time to meet this word.........

http://www.csuchico.edu/~rcooke/rastra.html

I guessed by the hole in the center. This would have held the center post in place.

 

[kaloy]

arrastra? sorry first time to meet this word.........

http://www.csuchico.edu/~rcooke/rastra.html

I guessed by the hole in the center. This would have held the center post in place.

no its not................the hole in the center was created by a wood used to anchor those cements.... when i dug them,only a trace of powderized wood(decomposed) was left, meaning it has been there for not less than 50 yrs.....

 

[djui5]

Exactly. The wood pole in the center is what they would have tied the drag rocks and mule to. This was normally done by the Spanish as a way of processing the ore into raw gold, but could have been used anywhere. Most arrastras like this are quite old, 50 years or more at least.

It could have been something different though, of course, but if I were to guess, I'd say it was the center of an arrastra.

 

[kaloy]

its diameter is just about 0.5'........... too small

 

[kaloy]

dowser whats wrong? all your inputs just disappeared...........

 

[dowser501]

If we are supposed to be finding treasure which is obviously in the vicinity of your markers,I would rather communicate privately.

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

kaloy
its diameter is just about 0.5'........... too small
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Hi many timess they used old drill rods. These have a dimple in the center between the bits. They simply cut the rod in half. They used the dimple as the lower pivot while the sharpened rod was the upper that rotated inside of the dimple.

The wood particles could have come from the cross arm.

Djui could be right, but there should be more rocks in the area if it was an arrastre.

Tropical Tramp

 

[kaloy]

kaloy
its diameter is just about 0.5'........... too small
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Hi many timess they used old drill rods. These have a dimple in the center between the bits. They simply cut the rod in half. They used the dimple as the lower pivot while the sharpened rod was the upper that rotated inside of the dimple.

The wood particles could have come from the cross arm.

Djui could be right, but there should be more rocks in the area if it was an arrastre.

Tropical Tramp

there are no rocks in the area.........onnly the one posted wi th the cement.

i dont think arrastra is possible in the area. the top of the hill is only about 6-8 ftdiameter

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

K I understand

Tropical Tramp

 

[djui5]

well I feel silly!

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

djui5 ]
well I feel silly!
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Gad I hate being a gentleman snicker. However, based upon the orignal information you were quite logical.

Tropical Tramp


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[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

K, I will have to go for rhe grave markers, the holes were for holding marker flags.

Tropical Tramp

 

[kaloy]

well I feel silly!

cheer up, you did no wrong.

 

[kaloy]

To complete the pix, here's the triangular rock found 15 meters away from the first rock i posted.
And the x rock 8 ft away frfom the triangular rock.

 

[kaloy]

Max,
This is the southern portion of the site. Notice the "Y"-shaped dead creek. The site where the trees are in the middle of the pic is the head of the spring.

 

[dowser501]

kaloy, if the marker is in that gulley and I am looking north, the treasure must be on the right hand hill. max