KGC clues found with John Murrell, put on your thinking caps!!!!!

[BigRon]

These are some fantastic posts! Good luck on your hunt. What can you tell me about hunting the Nibletts Bluff area? My daughter lives nearby (Tx. side) and I was wondering if there was good hunting in this area.
Ron

 

[magnsdad]

Allright I am over my morning. Dad thinks the empty box might have been a decoy and we need to look some more. I wonder if he would think that if he did all the digging He is planing to come for a visit after Thanksgiving. I have killed all the deer I want for the year and most of the hunters will be out of the woods by then. I have read about death traps and they do concern me so please do not worry. As far as any knowledge of niblets bluff I have read some stories but I cant think of what they say. I generally reread my books every other month and when I find something I will let you know. All the best

 

[cavers5]

Hi,

Thanks for posting! How old do you think the modern trash can is and how big was it? Who could have placed it there and why? Any ideas?

Cavers5

 

[magnsdad]

The trash can was about the size that would take a tall kitchen trash bag. If I had to guess is had been there for 10 to 20 years. As far as why it was there I can only guess. Kids using it to carry camping gear maybe.

 

[scottyxlr8]

Hi!

I'm new here, I came for the Michigan stuff, but of course got lost in everything else. I'm wondering if the first pic describes the east/west north/south organization of the clues you found?

 

[magnsdad]

The pics are of 2 trees and are not in any order. There are about a dozen trees that are carved on. Many of the carvings are graffitti but some are to suspicious. The pic of the snake will be posted the next time I go back there. After thinking about it for a while I have decided that the tail of the snake is the directional marker I need to follow.

 

[magnsdad]

OK I have been busy. The snake tail does point North and I found a marked tree took pictures and came home. On the tree there was a XP combination sign. At first I thought it was a crossed flag but looking on a symbols webpage I found a exact match. It was a symbol for Christ. Now with a Masonic man burying the treasure and they are hung up on East and Christ is going to come from the East I think that should be the next direction to go. All the best Roger

 

[tammahawk]

be nice to see those shots with out all that chalk tainting the photos, as well as backing up when you shoot , you are missing much more info by getting so close, Tammahawk

 

[Texas Jay]

I just read some of the messages posted on this old topic and think they deserve to be read and considered again so I'm posting to this thread in hopes it will gain some new posts and comments.
~Texas Jay

 

[alec]

You would probably do good to try to match some of your carvings to some of the symbols on the maps left behind by Murrell.

 

[Hoss KGC]

You would probably do good to try to match some of your carvings to some of the symbols on the maps left behind by Murrell.

Do you have any Murrell maps Alec?

 

[alec]

Of course, doesn't everybody?

 

[alec]

Just for you Hoss! Now don't go agreeing with me either, I'll have to start drinking!!

 

[Hoss KGC]

Very interesting. Do you have the other side of that map? or is that all. I'll comment after you answer this post.
Thanks Alec,
Big Hoss

 

[alec]

I have a whole stack of Murrell's maps but I only have parts of a few of them scanned into the computer. All of the maps I have are whole maps and I think my collection contains about 80% or Murrell's maps.

 

[Shortstack]

Magnsdad's profile shows he hasn't been active since Aug. 19, 2009. Wonder how his project has come along.

He kept asking for opinions about that first photograph. Well, that large rectangular area on the left kind of looks like someone cut above and below a symbol and peeled it off of the tree. On the right is a heart that is tilted a little with it's "point" pointing to the left.

Further down, the photo of the Oct. ,12 17something; that "12" looks more like a lower case "n", which is the 14th letter of the alphabet and the comma is extra long, pointing toward that strange, tilted rectangular shape.

Hey, alec. Got any of those maps for Mississippi? That one you've posted says there is a place called Granddo on the Red River. Is that a village, community, or just describes that ravine?

 

[alec]

To be honest with you I don't know what it means. I've had these maps since 98 and haven't done a thing with them. It's been a while since I was hunting in Louisiana so I just stuck them in my files and they have sat there. I haven't tried to interpret/decipher them at all. The maps have lots of wierd symbols and symbolism on them with lots of references to the Masons (the KGC guys will love that). There are also a lot of other symbols and references on the maps that don't have anything to do with the Masons.

I don't think any of the maps I have go to Mississippi but I have several that I haven't even really looked at so who knows. I think the majority of the ones I have go to Louisiana and Texas. Maybe in a few months I will have time to look through them and see. If I do then I will try to scan some and post them.

 

[Shortstack]

alec, on the northside of Natchez, MS is a large depression called The Devil's Punchbowl. It has a proven history of hidden treasures left by robbers, murderers, river pirates, etc. from the earliest days of history there. Natchez was the eastern end of the Neutral Zone and the gateway to the west. Years ago, a cache of gold bars were recovered from that area and ended up with Charles Garrett. Murrell, Mason, and other well known and "no-knowns" used that area to hid and escape capture. Perhaps one of your maps may have a tie-in with Natchez.

 

[alec]

I spent a little time in the "punchbowl" several years ago poking around. It's an interesting place.

 

[Shortstack]

Historical claims are that the compasses of the riverboats travelling the Mississippi River would "go nuts" whenever the boats would pass that area. Seems to me that maybe some meteorite hunting might be profitable, too.