Could someone help identify the symbols on this rock?

[PatrickD]

Hi Everyone,

I found this rock last Friday and have been trying to identify some of the lesser visible symbols.

The ones I can easily see are marked in yellow on the second picture. I can see other shapes in the rock but these old eyes cannot make out the detail.



Thanks in advance.

Patrick

 

[DiamondDan]

Looks like lichen to me.

 

[Lost Horse]

[h=3]Pareidolia [/h]

 

[PatrickD]

I hope its not contagious.

I thought that at first too. I went back to this spot yesterday. The 1721 is prominent in that rock. Those other shapes are in the Spanish symbol books.

Its not like I want to go dig into a sealed Spanish mine. I mean, 300+ year old timbers, buildup of gases, potential collapses, the most stable part is probably rocks in the opening. The only thing safer would be to wrap myself in rattlesnakes as a fashion statement while digging. LOL.

Thanks for taking a look at it.

P.

 

[sdcfia]

I thought the 1721 and the M were interesting. The rest of it seemed too obscure in the photo to judge. Was this found in the San Luis Valley vicinity?

 

[PatrickD]

Close. Same mountain range but on the other side. I have to get over to treasure mountain before it snows.

 

[PatrickD]

I can scan the treasure book symbols and put an arrow to them in the photo. I believe it is either the sealed mine itself or a direction indicator.

Of course, there is also the possibility that I crossed the line to insanity and just seeing things too. LOL. There are worse delusions.

 

[dsty]

Patrick My experience with numbers such as yours I had a set of 4 numbers 1814 it had a slight distance between the numbers ( always use the old testament ) 14th book = Ezra ( because of the two numbers 18 being to together ) chapter 2 - verse 1 and four. Don't remember for sure about the verses but it called for 445 which indicater445 grams per troy oz = 1 lb and the other verse was 112 = number of bars. Yours seem to have been done using the same method.

 

[nmth]

Well, it's never like being there. More pictures, higer-res, different angles, different camera settings...

I see a date (distance? chapter?) and what looks like a fleur de lis. Shocking. I must have been preconditioned by mention of the general locality.

Good luck.