Carl-NC
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OK let's say we go to Spain in the 1700 we have never been there before but are predecessors have and they have hidden a lot of treasure that we need to recover.They gave us a map but how are we going to find anything with out land marks either natural stone monuments or natural objects artificially arranged stone monuments. Such as a stone monument marker we would be totally lost and so would the treasure right, they had to have this to locate the essentials for life to say for instance fresh water got to have that.I have always followed this teaching watch for natural object artificially arraigned, the excited eye does not see anything.But I don't think this explanation can even help you Carl.
In drawing up a map, it would make perfect sense to chose recognizable landmarks for guidance. It would not make sense to reshape mountains or huge rock faces for that purpose, consumes way too much valuable manpower. While a mountain that already looks like a badger might be nice, an ordinary mountain will also work. You can always find something that stands out.
To zero in to a spot, it would make sense to make particular permanent markings that are recognizable if you have the map, but otherwise might look like graffiti. "Hernando wuz here." Those markings should be placed where they are highly unlikely to get covered or damaged, and are not hard to see. It would not make sense to place anything on the ground, like a small rock here or there, as rocks get moved around quite a bit, and besides they would get lost in the rock noise. Come back in 10 years and nothing would be recognizable.
I'm toying around with an idea... to bury a small treasure in New Mexico and draw up an old-fashioned style treasure map using nothing but natural landmarks. Then post the map on TNet and see how long it lasts. Would be a fun exercise.