Well SS will tell you I dont always see what others do, and for some reason I still find the trails and the monuments. So far, Kenworthy and most other advice I have been given applies to all I do see. I have not dug many holes as I am not experienced in doing so. The stuff I find I dont worry about someone else finding. I am finding certian distance for example being used over and over again. Also its not hard to see what signs are saying after you see them over and over again. Some sign are so subtle that most wont know what your talking about. SS made a good point of getting chalk and outlining some sign, or at least the ones I look at. You also have to figure, folks have been using Kenworthy type treasure nooks for a long time. So if you want to find anything, you need fresh eyes. Even if I had access to Waybills of Mexico City or Spain, I could not read them or cypher them out. The copper plates that Doc Noss supposedly burned would have contained info he didnt want to be known. So as things get buried and lost, there is some stuff books and signs wont help with. At one point you need to let go, and have faith. Thats my secret, thats when I find the good stuff. Now I dont always recognize the good stuff at first.
As stated by Trailrider, you start out from a distance and find the sight stone, the U, the finger rock, I have seen and told of many ways. As you work in you go slow and low as a Turtle........you will see a sign eventually that will draw you away from your course. Now you have to be careful here.
You will be working with many trials, so you need to know which trail you are on. There is at least 3 trails, maybe one more. I am only concerned with one trail. The information given in this and other threads is very good stuff when it comes to changing direction and following a proper trail. I could write a book on Trails alone, so will move on.
You then come to a gallery, a stone sculpture garden of sign. You are in the heart of it. This is where you are looking for one particular trail. Forget mines, caches, and triangles. The sign you look for is under ground. It will not be marked at its exact location. It will be hidden. If you pay attention you will start to see empty holes. The bank is empty people. You are looking for the small hidden personal caches of the travelrs and workers who did not want to take valuables into the mountains.
You are looking for what the Indians hid after the Spanish left. You are looking for outlaw gold, Pancho Villa's gold, KGC gold and the such. After you have searched an entire area throughout, you can then look for a vault or treasure room. You have to have the whole trail before you can confirm the mine/vault/cache. You need to know how they constructed these, how deep they put things, Death Traps are real.
What is a Death Trap, a ledge that crumbles beneath your feet and you fall off the mountain pass. Bee's, snakes, poison dirt that makes dust. The process they used to smelt the bars could kill you. The hole in the floor you dont see, called a adit. Smothering air, bad gas, and much more, like a ton sized boulder balanced on a pebble aimed at the hole.
Im going digging folks, and will share that with you. I will show some of the techniques I use like a probe SS has mentioned. I will show you empty holes. Im gonna show you Rattle Snakes too. Im not going to write any books, nor explain my thinking as that has changed over the years as I gain experience.
What is the truth today, is a lie tomorrow. I will try to take good photos and explain what I have with my limited experienced. All you really need is a good set of boots, a walking stick(lucky), water, and a camera that fits in your pocket. Stay out of mines and holes. You know your close what it looks like the mountain is gonna fall on your head. Take lots of pictures and study them when you think they are touched by the hand of man.
The Spanish were excellent navigators, miners, and builders to some extent. You have history that is not in the history books yet also. Many people have worked the same areas, and those workings are dangerous. But if you study some geology, they cant hide that. They cant hide 400 years of mine tailings either. Look for those folds in the mountain, the v notches, the U shaped markers. You will soon see other markers. The trick is to look and train your eyes.
The camera processes things so much faster than your eyes, you wont see what is right in front of you. I have my suspicions how the Spanish got around that. If I just took one sign, and followed it all day, I could produce great pictures. The bear is new to me, and I love it. My favorite is owls, you find a pair of Owls and you have enough of the trail then to start finding stuff. But if you like Turtles, do Turtles. Dont see many bears, but been seeing a bunch of ducks.
Maybe SS and Trailrider can give definitions of bears, what they mean? I mean a good list. California the gold state uses the bear for its state flag. Symbols are carried over and used again and again. I bet they mean water and good hunting ground. Maybe strength, and danger. What do you guys believe a bear symbol means? Do you think the meaning changes if its a carved rock, or a etching on a wall? Im getting excited now, my boots have cooled long enough. I got to go.
Huge boulder 'bear-head' monument on the higher trail leading to cave/mine . I'am looking for Yogi-bear, the bear that is smarter then the average bear. I remember watching that cartoon as a kid. Yogi was always being chased by the Ranger of 'Yellow Stone Park' for stealing the campers picnic baskets. He had a cave for his home in Yellowstone Park where he would hibernate for the winter. NOTE: If the bear is leading to an old Spanish mine, then it is a MAJOR DEATH TRAP WARNING!
