Oroblanco
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- Jan 21, 2005
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Rick,
In the popular lore, it seems to be associated with the 'Spanish' (good Catholics) as a coded reference to Luke 12:34 and Matthew 6:21, "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." It seems there may be some evidence that this may have some validity, but I think the idea has been way overplayed. Even so, below are three heart-shaped rocks found in very significant locations.
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Near Santa Rita, NM
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Cookes Range, NM
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Organ Mountains, NM
I'm cautious about treasure maps in general, and especially ones available to the general public. NP's top photo in Post #72 is interesting, presumably being a copy of a 17th century map. For one thing, any time I see the word 'oro' on a 'treasure map', I bristle. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the Caballo range was known in the 18th century as El Perrillo Sierra. That's troubling - seems like if the 1861 map was copied from a 1646 map, the new copy shouldn't have been edited. What's the provenance of this map?
That said, it's interesting that I have found a few of the map's symbols myself at specific and significant locations having to do with treasure rumors in sw New Mexico (below).
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Alleged Aztec site, Cookes Range, NM
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Alleged Aztec site, Cookes Range, NM
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_____ Creek, NM
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Cookes Range, NM
That is a great post Springfield!