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Hi, I'm new to this site (I hope this is the right spot to post). We're not actually treasure enthusiasts but rather rockhounds. We live in Caballo and have a wonderful view of the Caballo Mtns right outside our window. My daughter received a telescope for Christmas and looks almost daily on the mountain for caves and "treasure". We often venture up to look for crystals and pretty rocks but we don't go very far in as we don't have the proper vehicles for it (and most generally children and dogs in tow) but all the same we're just as enchanted with the Caballos as are some folks we've been reading about today on this website. My son is working on a school paper about legends of the Caballo Mountains and we were really surprised to see that these are not just legends, but may actually be true. It surprised us to read many folks come here yearly on a quest to find the (what we thought were fabled) treasures. I am in awe, it's exciting to know there may be something up there....and this might explain the late night car lights up there we see on occasion.
BTW, for those of you who like coming here, the weather is GREAT right now! It's been in the 60's each day, nights get a little chilly but you can't beat the daytime weather and NO SNAKES! lol We find it difficult to rockhunt in the summer with the intense heat so I thought I'd let ya'll know it's been really nice lately.
Anyway, I have a few questions I was hoping somebody could help us with. First off, my sons paper. We need to find at least 3 legends with a reference having to do with the Caballos that he can write about. Does anyone know of a good website to find this sort of information? We've asked many, many people in T or C and the surrounding areas and those that we've asked either didn't know very much or said they would have somebody call us, but they haven't yet.
Secondly, where is a good place to obtain a map of the mountains (the Caballos) for my daughter (with the telescope, a cheapie-she's only 6). She loves to look at the caves and the peaks but it bothers her that she doesn't know the names of any of them (if there are any). I've called the Bureau of Reclamation and the Parks and Rec, both are totally clueless. She likes looking at the sleeping indian up there, and especially would like to know if the peaks on that side have any real names. She's a geography nut and would really appreciate a good map, particularly one that is easy to read since she's just a first grader.
Now that we've found this site we're going to dream of treasure I'm sure, lol. We have no interest in looking though, it sounds dangerous and expensive. We'll just stick to rocks. We were really surprised to read of another site, Tesoros-del-alma and of the frightening threats and even shootings regarding treasure hunters up here. Is this true? Should we worry when we go up to look for rocks, or when my son takes his quad up there for a ride? We have no idea where things are so we're not sure what to stay away from (other than the many "do not trespass" signs, and maybe being on the west side of the Caballos (in front of the lake) we don't really have anything to worry about but occasionally we take the old truck out to the road on the east side that leads up to the towers, should we be concerned?
Oh, one more thing, kind of off topic again. While looking on the net today for references to the legends, we found a website that says around this area or closer to Las Palomas (or the Palomas Gap) there is an old Pueblo ruin. Nobody at the museum (Geronimo Springs Museum in T or C) knows a thing about this, has anybody who has flown over or explored this area seen it? My husband is going to have a Life and Literature of New Mexico class this spring at WNMU and I wonder if this would be a good place to come visit for field observation. Since there was only one reference to it on the net it might be a fake but I thought I'd ask just in case.
Moderators, if this isn't the proper place to post, can y'all tell me how to move it to the right area? Thanks! Happy treasure hunting (and rock hunting if you do that too).
NMrockMom
BTW, for those of you who like coming here, the weather is GREAT right now! It's been in the 60's each day, nights get a little chilly but you can't beat the daytime weather and NO SNAKES! lol We find it difficult to rockhunt in the summer with the intense heat so I thought I'd let ya'll know it's been really nice lately.
Anyway, I have a few questions I was hoping somebody could help us with. First off, my sons paper. We need to find at least 3 legends with a reference having to do with the Caballos that he can write about. Does anyone know of a good website to find this sort of information? We've asked many, many people in T or C and the surrounding areas and those that we've asked either didn't know very much or said they would have somebody call us, but they haven't yet.
Secondly, where is a good place to obtain a map of the mountains (the Caballos) for my daughter (with the telescope, a cheapie-she's only 6). She loves to look at the caves and the peaks but it bothers her that she doesn't know the names of any of them (if there are any). I've called the Bureau of Reclamation and the Parks and Rec, both are totally clueless. She likes looking at the sleeping indian up there, and especially would like to know if the peaks on that side have any real names. She's a geography nut and would really appreciate a good map, particularly one that is easy to read since she's just a first grader.
Now that we've found this site we're going to dream of treasure I'm sure, lol. We have no interest in looking though, it sounds dangerous and expensive. We'll just stick to rocks. We were really surprised to read of another site, Tesoros-del-alma and of the frightening threats and even shootings regarding treasure hunters up here. Is this true? Should we worry when we go up to look for rocks, or when my son takes his quad up there for a ride? We have no idea where things are so we're not sure what to stay away from (other than the many "do not trespass" signs, and maybe being on the west side of the Caballos (in front of the lake) we don't really have anything to worry about but occasionally we take the old truck out to the road on the east side that leads up to the towers, should we be concerned?
Oh, one more thing, kind of off topic again. While looking on the net today for references to the legends, we found a website that says around this area or closer to Las Palomas (or the Palomas Gap) there is an old Pueblo ruin. Nobody at the museum (Geronimo Springs Museum in T or C) knows a thing about this, has anybody who has flown over or explored this area seen it? My husband is going to have a Life and Literature of New Mexico class this spring at WNMU and I wonder if this would be a good place to come visit for field observation. Since there was only one reference to it on the net it might be a fake but I thought I'd ask just in case.
Moderators, if this isn't the proper place to post, can y'all tell me how to move it to the right area? Thanks! Happy treasure hunting (and rock hunting if you do that too).
NMrockMom
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