Question about possible treasure marker

[GarretDiggingAz]

The other day I had made an unusual find. While detecting over hillside off a trail. I was going over some rocks and got a solid hit. Thought possibly hot rock. Moved the rock. Still hitting. So I dug my hole. Just under the rock I discovered a horseshoe. The thing is. It was vertical with the open end up. Any idea if this could be a possible lead.

 

[materdigger1]

Hmmm! - could it be a clut to hidden treasure - go find it man

 

[WHADIFIND]

The other day I had made an unusual find. While detecting over hillside off a trail. I was going over some rocks and got a solid hit. Thought possibly hot rock. Moved the rock. Still hitting. So I dug my hole. Just under the rock I discovered a horseshoe. The thing is. It was vertical with the open end up. Any idea if this could be a possible lead.

Well if it is, then what does mine say? At least I'm guessing it's a horseshoe. LOL



HH!

 

[hogge]

DUDE!!!!! Do you have a CLUE?! (Metaphorically speaking) Sorry......Just couldn't help myself!

 

[hogge]

Maybe the horse was dead, and laying on it's side, when the shoe came off. Sorry.........Just couldn't help myself...........AGAIN!

 

[John Boy]

Well if it is, then what does mine say? At least I'm guessing it's a horseshoe. LOL

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HH!

It means it's over there around the corner.lol....

 

[John Boy]

The old saying is if ya turn it up side down with the open end on bottom, you're luck would run out.Maybe somebody got scared and buried it right side up so they would always have good luck.who knows?

 

[pa plateau hiker]

After digging up dozens of horse shoes over the years, I can tell you, there ain't no treasure by any old horse shoe.

 

[MNcoinhunter]

I know from reading of how certain treasure seekers would leave a horseshoe toe up at a site where they made a recovery. Toe up means your luck has run out. If placed down, then one would assume it to be telling you a cache is still hidden.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Could be a number of possible reasons.. @Hogge if they did buried the horse there you would find the bones.. It could just be from over all the years the soil (tree roots growing around it etc) kicked it upright over time, or it could have been an old garbage pit that was filled in (which if you dig deeper you hit more signals you could be in one) also it could have been put by an old stump that decayed and over the years the soil brought it down in the ground that way.. Ive also dug 100s of horse shoes (most of the time I hang them on a tree limb right where I found them) and have found them upright,downright,sideways... Good luck !

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

Thx for the input. I feel the shoe was put there intentionally. Could be from days of old. I could take a pic a show you. Some of you might be able to tell me how to get age for it. I know no dates but maybe something unique. I do know we had Calvary go through there and numerous villages were destroyed/relocated.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

I'll be back in the location Monday or Tuesday. I'll take a couple pics. Maybe some of the treasure seekers could see something.

 

[cti4sw]

Uhhhhhh... I'm getting a RAGING clue rightt noww....

 

[mical66]

with old superstitions it could be some old timer buried it for good luck that way ?

 

[HutSiteDigger]

I thought normally most treasure locations was marked with carvings and stuff in tree's? Didn't see you was from Arizona. Never hunted out that way but wouldn't mind hitting up an old ghost town out there.

 

[GarretDiggingAz]

Normally I wouldn't think much of it, but since it was mostly solid granite around it plus with the ruins up the hill, who knows. Like ya said, some old timer camped there and put it there toe down for luck. Then 130 years later. Some MDer comes by and finds it.
The path was used in the old days as a major travel trail in early 1900's, but I'm sure was even used prior to that for vehicles prior to the apache trail.
Since there was an Indian village that got flooded when they put in the dam. I think the old trails were and still are used or were made into roads.
Plus the ruins was from the Anasazi era. Cool views from them. The eastern ruins on the same mountain are what most of the tourists see. I need to go back to the ranger station to see if they even have record of this other site. I haven't gone to it because it is part of the monument area.