Stacked rocks

[mengelman]

I apologize if I am in the wrong place. I am not a treasure hunter and don't think this is going to lead me to treasure but I have searched the internet for hours and cant find anything on these. I found an area in west Texas that has a number of these rock stacks. A retired park worker thought they might be built by the Spanish. If any one here can lead me to somewhere to look I would appreciate it. The large rock is supported by 5 small rocks about the same size. Thanks

 

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[gollum]

Welcome Mengelman,

In the Southwest, there are actually probably thousands of monuments and trail markers. 99.9% of them just show trails, camp sites, and water sources, but there is that .1% that lead to treasure.

That said, your first pic looks like either an Alpha or Omega Monument. Alphas and Omegas are large egg shaped rocks that show either the beginning (Alpha) or end (Omega) of a trail. It may also be completely natural. Aerial Infra Red or sometimes even Google Earth can better see old trails if you know where they are.

Your second pic MAY be a compass rock. A compass rock is a large flattish rock supported by three or four smaller rocks. They were typically used in sets of three, with each one being a corner of a triangle. Sometimes there would be only one compass rock that would show the most Northern Point of a triangle. The other two points could be any number of different things. It may also be completely natural.

A good book about monuments is:

Monuments Book

Best of Luck - Mike

 

[Rob in KS]

Scroll on down to the treasure signs and symbols section. There you can learn a LOT more about it.
Gollum is one of several posters that know quite a bit about this subject.
It'll be up to you to separate the wheat from the chaff...LOL

 

[mengelman]

Thank you for your info. The two pictures are of the same rock. I posted the second one to show the 5 smaller rocks supporting it. I think it unlikely that nature could deposit that big rock on 5 almost identical supporting rocks. . These are shots of another rock nearby. There were several others not as clearly man made in the area. I will try to find it on Google.
Thanks