lesjcbs
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- Metal Detecting
Book, be careful here. SETTLE DOWN. This a very well known treasure site and has been hunted by many over the years, including myself. There have even been reports of helicopters up there, long after the story broke where in the author says he and a partner went there in the late 60's and found a rusted pistol. I have been on top of this flat top 3 times. This rock means nothing. It is just a rock. I saw it myself. In fact, at first it looked like a cow while climbing up to it. YES, it is gone. Someone had to have pushed it over the side, but I did not.Thank you Art. I haven't forgotten about the turtle. There used to be another rock formation that looked like a turtle on the trail into this spot but it has fallen down. I don't know if it was nature or man that caused it to fall down. I kind of lean to nature but not sure. Here is a picture of it.
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I have a picture that I took of it after it fell down but I don't have the phone with me that I took it with. I will post it later. This turtle also has the daylight or hole underneath it. That apparently has some significance too. Trail marker? Treasure marker? This picture was taken about 11 years ago.
The second time I went up there, when I cam back down to camp, I told my wife I am not going up there again unless someone lifts me up in a helicopter or an escalator is built there LOL.
There is a large silver tank/well at the bottom of this mesa. To the side of it is what looks like the pump and there are lots of pipes too. Farther to the west of the tank, about 200 yards or so, is a steal pipe sticking out of the ground left there by a gas company that was drilling there many hears ago. There are lots of junk and trash around the tank area which, in my mind, is disgusting.
Now, is there treasure up there? Maybe and maybe not. But from my own research, it is my humble opinion, from the dates, times, events, and known people involved, I believe it was the McCarty Gang last up there who blew the trail to keep others from reaching it. Butch Cassidy might have known about this location, was probably up there from time to time, but I am quite sure he was not there when the gang left it for good. Many think and there is good reason to believed he did not die in South America, but lived to be an old man. If that is so, and if he knew about this treasure, there would have been nothing stopping him from recovering it many years ago and long after 1910. If you doubt me, read the book by Matt Warner titled: "Last of the bandit Riders."
Book, settle down.
This is all I am going to say about this at this time