Hello everyone. It took me a while to go back and look this post up.
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[TD="class: lastcol post-content, colspan: 3"] --I liked the pictures of the Death Traps
it was very easy to understand how your's worked
For the readers--looking at the pictures--look at the pictures for awhile and SEE HOW MANY FACES YOU CAN PICK OUT IN THE ROCKS in each photo---that is the biggest tip off that it is a Death Trap!
When you go into the CACHE site where the actual Treasure is located--there will be NO ROCK FACES AT ALL---the stone markings will STOP --50-300 feet prior to the door you enter! The ground where the door is will look so NORMAL you would never dig their.
As you approch the Cache site I like to take pictures of it from 100-250 years away --take the photos at day break then 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00 then again a little before sundown!!
You are looking for directions into your site--it may be a bird, or an owl, a three leaf clover, a " 7 ", a sight hole,rifle sights like a "U " shape, a "Y", a fish like a dolphin or a whale or a witch.
The direction markers can be 5 to 30 feet tall! Especially pay attention to the shadows!!! You should have a photo of every shadow at your site!
So as you move up the slope you might have a bird pointing the way, then you might have a shadow wedge moving you more to the right or left, then you might have a five ton three leaf clover as you close the distance within 300 yards, you might have some sights you are also to use the sights might be 2 feet or twenty feet high!
Then you might have some 7's, a dolphin or a whale, I am not real specific as each site is different.
But I am telling you what to look for. The closer you get--usually the shadows get smaller--if you are within 250 feet of the cache you should be laying out your straight lines using your wedges or sight stones.
These straight lines will take you in all the way. It will not be unusual to have at least 3-5 methods to get to the door you want--there is back up's and redundancy
to get you in!!
By the same token the Death Traps have these same back up's and redundency--they are to eliminate intruders!!!! If you move through the field of Death Traps--expect you will only see about half the traps--
certainly if I SEE 24 traps at a site I figure I have missed half of the traps there!! If you see faces in the rock stay away from the site! If You see snakes--and their will be snakes ( unless you are missing them--FAILING TO SEE THEM ) stay away from the snakes!! The Snakes may only be the head of the snake looking out of the rocks or the face / but you may see snakes 200 feet long--do not @#%$ with the snakes they will @#%$ with you!! If they ( Spanish ) were helpful and put a 10 foot shadow arrow visible at 7 pm, telling you where to dig--do NOT dig there!! THEY are NEVER HELPFUL!!
FINALLY AFTER YOU KNOW IT ALL--REMEMBER THEY ARE NEVER HELPFUL --SO THE MARKERS MAY LIE TO YOU LIKE SOME PEOPLE DO!!! THE LIGHTING BOLT MAY NOT BE ON THE TRAP--THE LIGHTNING BOLT MAY BE ON ONE SIDE BUT THERE IS A TRAP ON BOTH SIDES!! ONCE YOU ENTER THE TUNNEL--THE NUMBER OF TRAPS WILL BE FIERCE!! SO MOVE VERY SLOW AND BE VERY CAREFUL!!
ALWAYS EXPECT TWO TRAPS IN THE TREASURE ROOM!!
BARTON
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[TD="class: lastcol post-content, colspan: 3"] Great Pics!!! I just found and registerd for this web site. I am just starting my Spanish Treasure hunting career. I have really enjoyed reading all your posts.
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[TD="class: lastcol post-content, colspan: 3"] Hey Guys,
I thought that some of you would like these photos.
At one time there was bushes in front of the boulder with the #3 marked on it. So when it was first found you couldn't actually see the trap.
If you look directly across from the stones that were placed there to make the #7 that is an entrance there is a little bit of the opening visable.
We did trigger it and what was more impressive was the boulders behind it when they came down.
I am sorry that I Can't say much about this site or answer any questions. Just wanted to show you guys a death trap that I came across. Be safe! Colorado
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[TD="class: lastcol post-content, colspan: 3"] OH,
I forgot to mention that there is a red arrow pointing
at the entrance. Also if you look close at the last two photos you can see where they actually carved and notched the trigger stone. The trigger stone is about the size of a loaf of bread. Be safe! Colorado
This old thread is certainly worth a read even though all the pictures have been lost. If you notice the thread goes back to april 2006.
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