Basic signs and symbols you have found

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Old Dog said:
I told these guys they have to watch you.
LMAO

Awesome pair of turtles my friend

Which one is which??? LOL

Thom
If that's real,I'm flabbergasted! If not ,I'm in awe of what can be done in photoshop.
BTW,Thom;'old sentinel'dropped in for an unannounced 3 hr afternoon visit today.Upshot of the afternoon conversation was that I was doing a fine job of teaching grandkids about fishing and shooting rifles at 1,000 yards but they were a little young to get too interested in trees.You called it right ,again,Thom.
Jim
 

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I just want to thank everybody for posting the pictures. Though i am a history hunter, not a TH, these pics I hope will really help educate my eyes when i am out hiking. In particular I have a theory there should be a spanish trail in a certain area.

It will be interesting to find out if I am right. These pics will help me recognize any signs along it. Don't expect to find treasure just an old trail to known places.
 

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I was wondering mesa.. were A B or C of any significance at this site?
 

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truckinbutch said:
If that's real,I'm flabbergasted! If not ,I'm in awe of what can be done in photoshop.
BTW,Thom;'old sentinel'dropped in for an unannounced 3 hr afternoon visit today.Upshot of the afternoon conversation was that I was doing a fine job of teaching grandkids about fishing and shooting rifles at 1,000 yards but they were a little young to get too interested in trees.You called it right ,again,Thom.
Jim

Jim,

Apparently you were given a kind warning.
The kind given to a good neighbor.
Take your time and get to know the guy, and let the grandkids get to know him as well,
He is offering you an opportunity of a lifetime here.
In the end he may only have you and yours to pass this legacy to.
Hope you can see it the way it was laid out.
Being from old country stock as I am,
I see right off how the old timers act and offer their selves and their time.
This guy is lonesome and craving someone in his life to pass his knowledge to.
You will have it all if you (kind of adopt him) let him do it on his terms.

I'm jealous, LOL
Thom
 

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desertmoons said:
I was wondering mesa.. were A B or C of any significance at this site?
Hi Desertmoons ,
Sorry I can't answer that yet , I haven't got over to that side :wink:, besides us ol farts don't move as fast as we used to ;D
TruckinButch ,
Now I could blindfold you and take you up there , but I don't think you'd like the ride up :o ;D , haven't quite figured out Photoshop yet :wink: ;D ;D
 

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Hey Jim (Truckinbutch),

That's not Photoshop. THIS is photoshop:

Best-Mike
 

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Old Dog said:
truckinbutch said:
If that's real,I'm flabbergasted! If not ,I'm in awe of what can be done in photoshop.
BTW,Thom;'old sentinel'dropped in for an unannounced 3 hr afternoon visit today.Upshot of the afternoon conversation was that I was doing a fine job of teaching grandkids about fishing and shooting rifles at 1,000 yards but they were a little young to get too interested in trees.You called it right ,again,Thom.
Jim

Jim,

Apparently you were given a kind warning.
The kind given to a good neighbor.
Take your time and get to know the guy, and let the grandkids get to know him as well,
He is offering you an opportunity of a lifetime here.
In the end he may only have you and yours to pass this legacy to.
Hope you can see it the way it was laid out.
Being from old country stock as I am,
I see right off how the old timers act and offer their selves and their time.
This guy is lonesome and craving someone in his life to pass his knowledge to.
You will have it all if you (kind of adopt him) let him do it on his terms.

I'm jealous, LOL
Thom
Thom,you're gonna have to quit reading my mail.His father was a surrogate grandfather/buddy of mine.He's been a lifelong neighbor.Grew up with his 5 kids but was never tight with them.He lost his wife of 55+years a few weeks ago.My wife and I have been trying to ease his pain with short visits and a little fresh cooked food as neighbors.We also try to keep his mind active by leading him into stories about the old days.
My 7yr old grandson sat for the afternoon visit listening to the old stories out of the big bags and got to pull a couple out of his small bag that were well received.
Problem I'm gonna have/not gonna have if he shares sentinal knowlege with me is he's gonna put me on my honor to guard this.Integrity is the only thing I have preserved in my misspent life.I could morph from a searcher to a watcher in this area of the country.Bittersweet....Know what I mean...
 

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MesaBuddy said:
desertmoons said:
I was wondering mesa.. were A B or C of any significance at this site?
Hi Desertmoons ,
Sorry I can't answer that yet , I haven't got over to that side :wink:, besides us ol farts don't move as fast as we used to ;D
TruckinButch ,
Now I could blindfold you and take you up there , but I don't think you'd like the ride up :o ;D , haven't quite figured out Photoshop yet :wink: ;D ;D
Spent 20 yrs+ under ground and a lifetime on the hurricane deck of broncs.I'd like the ride,even blindfolded.Just.....Wow,how do you say it right;in awe of those who made this and you for finding it again.
 

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gollum said:
Hey Jim (Truckinbutch),

That's not Photoshop. THIS is photoshop:

Best-Mike
Might have seen sumpin like that,without the turtles,growing up...Misspent youth?...
Those turtles are simply awesome.
 

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Jim,

Just to re enforce what was discussed earlier,
Those turtles are the real deal.
If Mesa Buddy posted it ...
you can take it to the bank.

Thanks for the call,
I enjoyed it greatly.

Thom
 

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Old Dog said:
Jim,

Just to re enforce what was discussed earlier,
Those turtles are the real deal.
If Mesa Buddy posted it ...
you can take it to the bank.

Thanks for the call,
I enjoyed it greatly.

Thom
As did I.
 

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Re: Basic Spanish signs and symbols you have found

Here is a picture of where a trail dumped me.
It took a long time to figure out where the signs led from here.
the red ridge in the background is where I figured the next major pointer would be.
The first photo is where the trail stopped and the second photo is where I finally got it back.
I have yet to figure where the Spanish made the drop into this canyon as the trail does pick up in the bottom.
The sliver is the trail marker that get me past the red ridge and beyond. the final picture is looking back at the first photo from the point of the red ridge .
 

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Glad you picked up the trail again!! ;D ;D Looks about where we were talking about too if I remember right.
 

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That first pic looks awfully familiar1

Best-Mike
 

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Randy,
As you and Mike are aware I found no signs beyond the place where the signs disappear into the canyon.
I still find it perplexing as to how they got down into (or up out) of the canyon at that point. But I did progressively search the odd three mile stretch of canyon rim to this peninsula of a red ridge to see if they would have gone down (or come up) along the way.
I did find that the trail is visible from the point of the ridge and proceeds along the canyon floor on up the canyon. I can see it as it progresses around the end of the ridge and out of sight...

I can only wonder why. it would have been so much easier to traverse the tops of the canyon as we do now.
Thom
 

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Thom wrote : I can only wonder why. it would have been so much easier to traverse the tops of the canyon as we do now.
Thom
Thom ,
I think a big factor back then was safety , thats why they hung low
 

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MesaBuddy said:
Thom ,
I think a big factor back then was safety , thats why they hung low


This would be my guess also :)

Man those Pine trees are pretty. Gotta get some for my back yard. That's the one thing I miss more than anything here in Central AZ, it's the Pine trees. Going up to Payson Wednesday to get my fill of them ;D
 

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Re: Basic Spanish signs and symbols you have found

Same here,

Stay in the canyon, because when you travel along the ridgeline, you are very easily seen from a long way away by your silouhette. Easy pickins.

Best-Mike
 

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