cactusjumper
Gold Member
Back on Sept. 26th. 2002 , when I had first started posting on the old LDM Forum, I started this topic. Don't know if we have done it here, but thought I would give it a try again. This was my post:
[What is your favorite piece of evidence, or clue? Do you consider it fairly reliable? If it is something that has not been in print, can you tell us what it is without disclosing it's location? I won't blink on this one. Twenty-five years ago, my Uncle Chuck, my Brother Phil and myself, backpacked into the mountains. I had figured out one of the maps and knew what to look for and where to look. We arrived at our camp location around noon. While Chuck set up camp, Phil, myself and my dog Juno went to find a trail or path up the side of the canyon to get to my search area. We found a likely ravine and decided to see how far we could get. It was not all that difficult to get to the top, although we had to hand the dog up in a lot of places. It ended up probably taking three hours or so to reach the top. We proceeded across the top of the ridge and walked directly into a six foot high stone monument. The hair on the back of my neck immediately stood up. I released the loop on my .45 All the stories of the killings of those who came close to the treasure were running thru my mind. It was where the map said it would be. It also was suppose to point out the next monument. As we approached the monument it had an obvious opening at eye level. I looked thru it and saw a small rounded hill in front of it. The map showed a curve from this monument to the next. We walked the curve around the hill and found the next monument. It was the same size without the sight opening. No other monument was in view. It was starting to get dark, we had overstayed our time. We walked to the edge of the ridge and looked into the canyon below, it was a long way to the canyon floor. We started to climb directly down in the dark. Chuck had built a large, white mans, fire to show us where the camp was. I would not want to repeat that descent. I have not been back to that monument since. It started to storm during the night and Chuck insisted we leave the next morning. I will now blink......]
As you all know, we looked for those monuments back in 2003-04 and found nothing. They had been destroyed completely. I searched the ridge on foot with my team, as well as from a helicopter very close to the surface.
They still remain my best find in the mountains with the heart a close second. Both the monuments and the heart were found using my drawing of the Stone Maps. They had been placed in their exact location on a topographic map before I ever made that trip in with Chuck and Phil.
Many will consider that might have been just coincidence, but I guess you just had to be there. They were exactly where I placed them on the map without ever being to the location.
So what's your favorite clue/evidence?
Joe Ribaudo
[What is your favorite piece of evidence, or clue? Do you consider it fairly reliable? If it is something that has not been in print, can you tell us what it is without disclosing it's location? I won't blink on this one. Twenty-five years ago, my Uncle Chuck, my Brother Phil and myself, backpacked into the mountains. I had figured out one of the maps and knew what to look for and where to look. We arrived at our camp location around noon. While Chuck set up camp, Phil, myself and my dog Juno went to find a trail or path up the side of the canyon to get to my search area. We found a likely ravine and decided to see how far we could get. It was not all that difficult to get to the top, although we had to hand the dog up in a lot of places. It ended up probably taking three hours or so to reach the top. We proceeded across the top of the ridge and walked directly into a six foot high stone monument. The hair on the back of my neck immediately stood up. I released the loop on my .45 All the stories of the killings of those who came close to the treasure were running thru my mind. It was where the map said it would be. It also was suppose to point out the next monument. As we approached the monument it had an obvious opening at eye level. I looked thru it and saw a small rounded hill in front of it. The map showed a curve from this monument to the next. We walked the curve around the hill and found the next monument. It was the same size without the sight opening. No other monument was in view. It was starting to get dark, we had overstayed our time. We walked to the edge of the ridge and looked into the canyon below, it was a long way to the canyon floor. We started to climb directly down in the dark. Chuck had built a large, white mans, fire to show us where the camp was. I would not want to repeat that descent. I have not been back to that monument since. It started to storm during the night and Chuck insisted we leave the next morning. I will now blink......]
As you all know, we looked for those monuments back in 2003-04 and found nothing. They had been destroyed completely. I searched the ridge on foot with my team, as well as from a helicopter very close to the surface.
They still remain my best find in the mountains with the heart a close second. Both the monuments and the heart were found using my drawing of the Stone Maps. They had been placed in their exact location on a topographic map before I ever made that trip in with Chuck and Phil.
Many will consider that might have been just coincidence, but I guess you just had to be there. They were exactly where I placed them on the map without ever being to the location.
So what's your favorite clue/evidence?
Joe Ribaudo