Thank you for the kind words, Jason.
But I cannot take all, or maybe less than 50%, of the credit...
Last year, Weekender and I found a fantastic trail on our site.
Weekender was in his element. We started out with a shaped tree and looked along the edge and saw a large pointer stone, with no moss but all of the supporting stones were moss covered, just like yours. We repeated that process for about an hour or less, photographing as we moved along.
He was drawn from on sign to the next like a bloodhound.
I was behind him, trying to get my GPS marks and photo him from behind.
It turned into the best expedition ever on the site!
Weekender sends his photos to me after each trip and I study them and post many on our site, my old thread. And I sort through the most common responses and try to figure out what to do next.
Weekender doesn’t post much that he has done, to go on the thread or the book. But I have managed to let him speak through his photos.
Sometimes he doesn’t even know why he takes some of them, and I study them and find some of the most important things in his photos!!
Together we find some of the most amazing things that I have ever seen!!
I would recommend watching for the things that he likes. And read the previous post, because most of what we know, has come from these threads
As for your next step...
Just look [emoji102] where anything is, that looks out of place.
If you have a GPS for trails, mark each and get azimuth lines, and transfer them to a TOPO map.
I use National Geographic TOPO program, and it works great ( I probably should buy the next grade update) but you can make maps and discover lines that intersect and go back to those intersections and just sit there and eat lunch or drink water and try to put yourself in the mind set of the people that have left a well marked trail.
Several of the azimuth lines that I have placed on the map, have taken ten to fifteen years to point to potential cache spots.
Keep that stuff close to your heart and locked away from anyone that you wouldn’t trust with your life!!!.....
Be patient and diligent.
Make sure you have a contract with your land owner, with accurate boundaries. I failed on one count and almost missed the best of all.
Weekender had the skills to help me find the correct landowner and that saved the site.
I’ll share part of what those rocks and trees drew him into. I’m not too worried about it getting found by anyone else, because we couldn’t find it again after ten months.
Happy hunting.
#/;0{>~(c)
PS..
About the man and the horse [emoji237] , when you seen them you may have the same problem as I.
I can’t determine which way the rider is trying to turn the horse, but it is clear that there is a struggle for control.
The rider’s head is just under and to the left of the bottom of the top rock and the-horse’s head is to the right side of the of the photo from the rider’s chest...
sharp edges with the reigns pulled tight!
(C)