First - I never claimed there were 40 acres of gold buried inches or a foot below the surface. That's what Tom Hilton wrote in the January/February 1970 issue of True Treasure Magazine. My guess is Karl Von Mueller told him that to "spoof" him, since the "legend" is Tom Hilton pestered the heck out of him about the LUE.
I had no preconceived notions as to who drew the waybill or what it meant. I solved it first, then verified to see if my solution was correct, then sought to figure out who and why they secured and hid the gold at that location.
Next, the current satellite spectroscopy technology wasn't available in the 50's. I used the same technology as mining companies use. But, mining companies are looking for commercial size "reefs" of gold. Also, I used higher resolution than what would be normally used. I also had a 3rd party expert verify my findings and research.
Also, if you read the history you'd know it wasn't Adolph Hitler whom cached the gold - it was AMERICANS which included Averill Harriman, Prescott Bush, Henry Ford, Irene Du Pont, etc. They colluded with, conspired with and funded Adolph Hitler, whom paid them in GOLD, which he stole from country central banks like Belgium, Austria, etc.
That's why they conspired to ASSASSINATE F.D.R. whom I believe knew about their collaborating with Hitler; and why FDR enacted the Gold Act. He sought to confiscate their gold! That was the motivation to consolidate the hoard and hide it. As I've written before, the waybill appears to be two layouts in one; a two man collaboration. The person who transported it and the person in charge of hiding it at that location.
The Plot to Seize the White House
https://web.archive.org/web/2006021...eckards.com/plot/plottoseizethewhitehouse.htm
The Business Plot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot
Trading with the Enemy - An Expose of the Nazi-American Money Plot 1933-1949
https://vigile.quebec/IMG/pdf/13966...ading-with-the-enemy-an-expose-bookos-org.pdf
The Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, was Nazi-controlled but presided over by an American, even in 1944. At one of its yearly meetings, the bank's president sat down with his German, Japanese, Italian, British, and American executive staff to discuss shipments of 378 million dollars in gold sent to the bank by the Nazi government for use by its leaders after the war.
This was gold looted from the banks of Austria, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia, or melted down from teeth fillings, eyeglass frames, and wedding rings of murdered Jews.
You aren't going to read in any of these publications: "Hey F.D.R. and the rest of you dumb ass FEDS - we transported and hid 200 tons of gold bullion in the U.S. Southwest and we're not going to tell you where we HID IT!"
Then again, that's my theory as to why the waybill measurements lead to that location, the large quantity, elaborate infrastructure and the means of transportation used to hide it there.
Lastly, based on the preliminary findings, moving and hiding the hoard was a BIG operation. Besides the geometric layout, it appears a tunnel systems was also built, which I mentioned before per the Triangle fraternity.
What's my point in posting anything? First - if you think the waybill was drawn by Spanish conquistadors, 16th century Jesuits or anything Karl Von Mueller wrote about - then you only enjoy reading folklore. Next - I've read many posts by those who believe it's a HOAX. It doesn't seem to be so, and that's why I worked on it in the first place, to see if I could decipher it.
The waybill appears to be REAL or it wouldn't have pointed to that location.
Here's a little BONUS: I used the same technology to locate Trabuco's gold (it's still there and appears to be 17 tons) a story which intrigued me going back to the early 80's when I first read about it in Lost Treasure. Of course I've considered cutting a deal with the Navajo Nation to "recover" it. BUT, my wife tells me to just "FUG ET UH BOT IT"