One more time, for the record. As an outsider looking in, there’s a problem. Well, there are several, so let's start at peg 1, then look at the big picture of cache hunting.
The Search Area. Where is it and why is there a suspected cache there? Is it a mineralized area known to have produced or had the potential to produce precious metals? If so, it would be helpful to know a bit about its character, history and evidence of mining activities. That way, we might realize that we're discussing an area that actually yielded a pile of loot at some point in the past. That being the case - regardless of who extracted the goods in the first place - then we need to speculate why the loot may have been left behind by its owners. Traditionally, there have been three general reasons offered. First, it was a Spanish mining operation and the cache was the King's Fifth secured for the Crown to retrieve later. This concept is nothing more than delusional whiskey talk. Knowledge of the Crown’s New World mining regulations and procedures and how the mining contractors operated is available online and any researcher worth his salt can find this for himself if he wants the truth. That King’s Fifth cache dog just does not hunt.
Second, since Sandy1 allegedly hails from AZ, I'll assume that he already knows the "King's Code" theory is balderdash and may instead be assigning these alleged caches to the Jesuits, who were rumored to have engaged in illegal mining there. Fair enough, and the explanation usually offered for abandoned Jesuit caches is that the brothers were forced to leave AZ hastily in 1767 and later forgot where they left their stashes. Well, if these caches were for real, and the Order has had a couple hundred years to send their agents to recover them, we either have to assume the caches have already been removed or, if they do still exist, the brothers forgot how to read their own “signs” and haven't been able to find them. If the Jesuits can't figure it out, it seems unlikely that Sandy1 can (no offense intended). I suspect that precious metals caches do exist today in Arizona, but it seems highly unlikely to me that they are either Spanish or Spanish Jesuit caches. They belong to someone else. (The French Jesuits in Colorado is another story, but let’s stick with the topic at hand).
A third possibility is that the loot was cached during the Mexican or Anglo period. It's hard to swallow the idea that these miners would walk away without the spoils of their labor, but if they cached it, there's not much chance they used a complex and "universal" method of coding its location. For the purposes of this discussion, Sandy1's method is moot, as these caches would be placed using some random method.
Another typical explanation for lost caches is that they were buried on the "trail leading back home", due to "Indian attack", etc. This is just plain silliness in most cases, since these poor souls would not have had time to create a complicated coded temporary hidey-hole for their loot with all them arrows flyin'.
So, if the caches aren't Spanish, Jesuit, or hastily buried due to various reasons, then who buried them? Who had so much loot, had the time required and dreamed up such a complex method of signs, etc. to pull this off? There must be quite a few of these caches laying around, as we're advised that there's "treasure for all of us" to dig up if we just follow Sandy1’s methods. Here's the point where I'm actually on board with the premise - I do believe that there are numerous valuable caches hidden and coded in several states. I'm not talking about post-hole stashes and small time guys who didn't trust banks or who died before recovering a hidden nest egg. I'm talking about an organized bunch of folks who stashed a lotta loot to be dug up later when they needed it. A group like this is presumably large enough to remain viable through the years, and not die off like some paranoid farmer with a jar of coins in the back yard so often did. If so, it's reasonable to assume that today, a group such as this still feels like they own these caches and likely haven't forgotten where they are. My assumptions, anyway.
To summarize:thus far: the caches are numerous, the loot came from unknown sources, the owners were (are) brilliant, well-organized and presumably still in operation and know where their eggs are buried. Sandy1 has reportedly figured it all out.
The Method. You guys allege Sandy1 has dug up some loot. Maybe he has, but the question is this: did he find a backyard jar of coins or something similar somewhere (if so, kudos to him), or did he crack a code that can be applied to numerous caches in numerous places, under the noses of those who own those caches? I've seen no convincing argument that the latter is the case.
Many of the posted photos just show various rocks; some show unusual rocks in unusual places. Unusual rocks in unusual places don't automatically scream "treasure" to me. If that were the case, then yes, there is "treasure for all of us", because this phenomenon is not hard to come by. Are some of these rocks strikingly recognizable as other forms? Well, some of them are interesting, yes. It's called pareidolia - some folks see faces in every rock in the field, some never see a thing. Were these rocks altered by man to appear as another form? If so, you're on to something, but if this is the case, you should find evidence of that work - tool marks, weathering anomalies, spoil, etc. In fact, such evidence would be obvious and intentional as confirmation, in my book. You guys haven't shown any of that. Just rocks.
The geometric methods used to calculate burial layouts discussed along with the photos don't really tell me much. A time-tested way to support a complex theory is to make assumptions that may be questionable but are necessary to complete the model. The black hole / dark matter arguments used to validate the universe’s gravitational model is a perfect example. There is no proof of these things - they are just arbitrary constants used to make the math work. If you guys’ photo proof was more compelling, you might be better served. For me, it’s just random rocks and associations.
The aura photography theory is the most interesting thing in your threads, IMO, but until more evidence of recurring anomalies linked to verifiable targets is demonstrated, it’s just more alleged mojo. If you are trying to prove this method, you could do so by methodical, rational and documentable means. Extraordinary claims require solid evidence.
Prove It For Yourself. If I hadn’t seen a dozen other “slam dunk” claims before, maybe I’d be more inclined. When all of this hoopla is boiled down, what we have is a few guys who support an alleged method of finding buried treasure that essentially has to be taken on faith. I’m sure if you bang the drum long enough, you’ll get more guys on the wagon. How long they stay on for the ride … who knows. For some of the rest of us, me for one, the claims are interesting, but not enough to pry me away from the rest of my life. That doesn’t necessarily make the true believers bad guys, nor does it make the non-believers terrorists.
By the way, some of us non-believers (me for one) have been accused of spoiling the fun and trying to protect the treasures from those using Sandy1’s revolutionary breakthrough methods of finding them. I could just as easily turn that around and accuse you guys of promoting a known flawed method guaranteed to keep the rest of us “continuing to walk in circles”, as you say. I don't believe that, but some might.
