Thank you for explaining, and I think we can agree to disagree on those points we are not in agreement. I do not know who or whom created any of these artifacts as I was not there when they were made. Now as to where the maps really lead?
I presume that you have seen Cactusjumper's solution, which he has shared with us online? What do you think of his solution? I found it to be perhaps the best of all proposed for the Superstitions, has a near perfect fit to the Florence quad USGS topo map, he found markers at strategic points where the maps indicated he should find them, and a mine (of some kind) at the end of the trail. Now whether those markers were made to fit the map or the map made to fit the markers, I sure do not know; they could have been built by the Peraltas in the 1800s or by Tumlinson when he was spending time in the Superstitions for all I know. If it was the latter case, it would not be the first time that a treasure hunter had made fake markers to support what he believed should be there, famous author Barry Storm is alleged to be responsible for making some fake "Spanish" markers during his time in the Superstitions and these markers have fooled many a treasure hunter, and since that time others have added more sunbursts and "oro" markers until the Superstitions are virtually dotted with fake markers. Worse yet, there is reason to believe that earlier treasure hunters have found and destroyed genuine markers, as with the marked cactus made famous by Barry Storm. This being the case, a treasure hunter today, has his (or her) work cut out for him in trying to use a treasure map to find the treasure (or mine<s>) in the Superstitions, with fake markers to mislead and genuine ones removed etc.