The low hanging fruit has been grabbed by those that came in the 1800-1900's. Anything that you find now is what they left laying around. They knew about the Spaniards and how they marked their mines. Okay, an example: Look at the picture of the Pope/Padre I posted that is looking through the mountain Door. That particular Monument is on the Ragged Top Mountains, near Picacho Peak in Arizona. The mine that the Pope/Padre is staring at is the Silver Bell Copper mine. The Mountain Door falls into the exact measurements that Kenworthy lays out in one of his books. We used this one as verification so we knew Kenworthy wasn't blowing smoke to sell his books. He helped us with just a few questions we had. Back in the Spanish days, the Silverbell was a rich mine to be sure. They concealed it and left, but the Americans came in and reopened it. There is a whole amazing story behind it that and is very hard to piece together, however, we took some time at ASU, U of A, and a few other places to dig out the dirt. The bottom line, someone in the 1800's-1900's time frame, refound it, as with most of the major mines in the south west. They knew about the Spanish mode of operation, and about the Spanish Monuments. That's not to say that there are not very rich caches and such, because there are. The ones that are left are just very much more difficult to locate. Look at the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The Spaniards knew what was coming. They loaded every burro for 500 miles around, in Santa Fe, where the gold was being stored, and headed South to escape the Indian wrath that they so well deserved. Why do you think that Victorio Peak was full of crude gold bars? Why is there an old Spanish Fort there, looking over Victorio Peak. Why do you think that the Lost Dutchmans Legend really starts with a mine called The Church Treasure Of Santa Fe? Why do the real Arizona Desert Rats know that Jacob Waltz simply found the gold that the Apaches threw out from the burro packs? If you want to search for hidden buried Spanish Treasure, then Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado is where you would be closest to that type of thing. The Indians concealed them all, after the Revolt. They were very rich, as the gold bars from Victorio Peak prove. Then, you have Chief Victorio. He knew where every Spanish Treasure in Arizona and New Mexico were located. He was running and gunning from Gila Bend to Hembrillo, stealing everything he could sneak up on. There are more caches running east and west and along the Gila to be sure. So as a hobby, it's fun. To really search, it takes at least 2 weeks in the field, and no boss breathing down your neck. It takes a deeper knowledge of the history, and the piecing together of those fragments. That is what I meant by risking it all, because it is out there, fur sure, but it really is near impossible. Believe me, EVERYTHING is against you. It's not a few miles from the car, and anything as far as monuments and little rocks on the ground might not take you there. I don't want to be a jerk, but many of these so called monuments I see posted on the treasure sites are just wishful thinking, but I don't judge anyone. Have fun! Now I'm not here to argue with anyone, I'm just laying it down the way I have seen it. Anyone here that has really found anything, knows I am right.
Each of those letters has one or more meanings to the treasure hunter as I am sure you already know. For instance, the word Sage on the first cross was a nickname of Julius Mortons, but it had a Spanish treasure meaning letter for letter. Some of the above letters stand alone and some were represented by numbers on the maps. We had no idea that a B could be a symbol for 13 or that they both could have the same meaning. In short, there was a hell of a lot we didn't have to work with along the way that we know about now thanks to guys like you. 
