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- Mar 22, 2012
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- All Treasure Hunting
I’m looking for help with interpreting the symbols carved into this boulder. The carvings might have been more elaborate and easier to see before they were weathered. There are four prominent and easily visible symbols:
1) A cross within a circle. There may also be the upper torso and head of a man carved into the boulder, with the cross centering over the left eye of the “man.” The outline of the man might be a natural feature of the boulder, though.
2) A U or horseshoe symbol. There may or may not be dots carved into the horseshoe itself, and/or inside the interior of the horseshoe (hard to tell with weathering and the natural texture of the rock).
3) A zig-zag line that starts at the bottom with a checkmark and terminates with an arrow. It may be hard to distinguish from the picture, but there may be a second arrow that appears to be pointing up where the first arrow terminates.
4) A circle within a circle.
I’ve gotten some solid advice from others, and I’ve done some research myself, but I wanted to cast a wider net by posting on TreasureNet to see if others had different interpretations. I might have found the next marker in the hunt, but I’ll wait until I’ve gotten several interpretations on this picture to post the second one; the second “marker” might be natural and unrelated to the first, and I don’t want to influence anyone’s thinking yet. I know the distance and direction to the next potential marker, so it will be interesting if anyone has an interpretation that matches those coordinates.
For context, the boulder is in New Mexico, and while facing the symbols one would be facing north-northwest. Any insight on what the symbols mean would be appreciated, but I’m particularly interested in what the symbols might say about distance and direction to the next or final marker. If you came across this on a hike, where would you look next?