Misc data and adventures of a Tayopa treasure hunter

Geeze Judy, did you have to let the cat out of the bag by telling them that there were no spiders in the cave ?? Now they will be asking just what were my motives in keeping you in the cave. sheesh :censored:

Just a red-blooded Yankee youth ----------------:dontknow::laughing7:
 

Judy, you posted -----> Now get to work on that book......
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Will, if you stick around,
 

OKAY, WHO IS GOING TO STEP UP TO CRACK THE WHIP THAT JUDY CRACKED. WHO WILL WATCH OUR COLLECTIVE BACKS.
I FEEL A LITTLE LESS SAFE IF SHE IS REALLY WANDERING OFF INTO THE SUNSET?

#/;0(~ SAD FACE...
 

CAUSON DE ORO, MAYBE YOU GOT MISS LED BY MY POOR CHOICE OF WORDS.
JUDYH AND I NEVER SAT ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE FIRE. WE SAT OPPOSITE OF THE FIRE. IT MADE IT EASY TO WATCH HER BACK AND SHE WATCHED MINE. NO AMBUSHES.
HIGH SPIRITED AND QUICK ON THE DRAW. A FELLA' KINDA' NEEDS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME.

I WILL MISS HER QUICK DRAW WIT AND WISDOM.
#/;0)~
 

MY FRIENDS, I AM FINISHED WITH THE MOUNTAIN.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POSTS ON MY SITE [TWO SIGNS LEFT TO I.D. MINE], THAT WILL EXPLAIN IN DEPTH.

SHORT ANSWER IS, THE MOUNTAIN HAS WON. I AM THROWING THE TOWEL IN.

THE COST HAS BEEN TOO HIGH FOR SOME TIME AND THIS TIME IT HAS COST A GREAT DEAL.
I, SIMPLY, CANNOT RISK ANYONE ELSE'S WELFARE AGAIN.

I WILL FINISH THE BOOK AND CONTINUE HERE ON T-NET AND WILL CONTINUE GOLD PANNING AND METAL DETECTING, BUT I WILL NOT RETURN TO THE SITE. I WILL NOT GUIDE ANY ONE ELSE TO THE SITE.

SOME TIMES THE STARS LINE UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN A FOOL CAN TELL WHAT THEY ARE.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT. I WILL BE CHECKING WITH YOU AS TO WHETHER YOU WANT TO STILL BE MENTIONED IN THE BOOK.

BE SAFE.
MIKEL
 

DON JOSE, SURELY YOU WOULDN'T WITHHOLD MY SHARE OF THE COFFEE?!?!?

WHEN I MADE MY NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO BE THE YEAR TO FINISH. THIS WAS NOT WHAT I PLANNED.

#/80(~
 

YES. I WILL WORK ON THE BOOK. IT WILL COME TO IT'S INEVITABLE END.
I LOOK BACK TO THE DAY THAT JIM AND I HAD COFFEE AT OUR USUAL PLACE, IN OUR USUAL SEATS AT THE BAR AND TALKING ABOUT THE USUAL SUBJECT. THEN LESS THAN A WEEK LATER HE PASSED AWAY....

NOW, A NEW BEST FRIEND IS HEALING FROM AN AMBUSH AND BEING BEATEN BEYOND RECOGNITION AND I HAVE SAT WITH HIM SO HIS MOTHER CAN GO TO WORK AT THE SAME RESTAURANT, POURING COFFEE FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS.

THERE IS A CIRCLE, FROM A PLACE TO A PLACE.
 

Howdy Mikel,

Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, and hope that Our Lord will bring comfort to you as well as his family. I also hope that your new friend gets better, and that justice comes along. You are not obligated to work on the book, take your time, until things get better.

Homar
 

BACK IN 2006, MY BEST FRIEND AND PROSPECTING PARTNER, JIM DIED IN HIS SLEEP. WE WERE WORKING THE SAME SITE THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING. HIS DEATH WAS THE FIRST OF THREE PARTNERS TO DIE SINCE THEN.

NOW AFTER YEARS OF WORKING ALONE AND GETTING OTHER FOLKS TO GO WITH ME [ TO HELP ME PACK IN AND OUT ]. JESSIE, THE YOUNG MAN THAT WENT WITH ME ON MY LAST EXPEDITION, TOOK ON THE BURDEN OF TREASURE HUNTING, GAINED MY TRUST AND ADMIRATION BY SPOTTING THE TRAIL MARKER ON HIS FIRST TRIP OUT. HE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH HEALTH AND MEDICATIONS STARTING WITH AN OPERATION THAT REMOVED THREE INCHES OF BONE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM AT THE ELBOW. HIS LIFE QUALITY HAS DIMINISHED AT A STAGGERING RATE.

HIS MOTHER IS A FAMILY FRIEND. SHE TEXT MESSAGED MY WIFE AND STATED HE WAS IN AN AMBULANCE ON HIS WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER SHE SENT A PHOTO TO MY WIFE AND WHEN MY WIFE SAW IT SHE WENT FROM CRYING TO SCREAMING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. SHE HANDED HER PHONE TO ME AND I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIS HAIRCUT THAT I COULD MAKE OUT. HE HAD SEVERAL BROKEN BONES IN HIS FACE AND HEAD, STITCHES, SWELLING AND ONE EYE SWOLLEN SHUT.

JESSIE'S MOM WAS ON MY FRONT PORCH, TALKING TO DEBBIE AND I, AND SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN HIS LIFE UP UNTIL LAST OCTOBER 26th, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT AGONY.

I GOT A SICK FEELING WHEN SHE SAID THE DATE. AFTER SHE LEFT, I WENT STRAIGHT TO MY T-NET THREAD AND STARTED SCROLLING DOWN, LOOKING FOR OCTOBER 26. ... I FOUND IT AND A PHOTO OF JESSIE POINTING AT THE POINTER STONE THAT WE DISCOVERED TOGETHER THERE.

I AM NOT SUPERSTITIOUS, BUT I CANNOT DENY THE BODY COUNT CONNECTED TO THAT MINE. THREE DEAD AND THREE CRIPPLED.

WHAT COULD BE WORTH ALL OF THAT?

I CANNOT RISK ANY MORE.

STAY SAFE MY FRIENDS.

MIKEL
 

I deeply sympathize with you mike, having lost partners also,but why shift the mine problem to another ? The price has already been paid, I presume. And you haven't shown a tie in with the mine here yet. What happened and where ?

Hundrds have been hurt and no-one knows how many died in the search for Tayopa in the past 400 years.
 

DON JOSE.

YOUR WORDS HAVE NOT FALLEN ON DEAF EARS. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THE RISK MANAGEMENT ON ANOTHER TREK TO THE SITE.
YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT THE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PAID ALREADY, AND I HAVE SEEN MORE FROM INSIDE THE CIRCLE THAN I CARE TO THINK ABOUT. I AM SURE THAT ALL OF THE CROSSES CARVED IN STONE ON THE SITE SHOULD CAST SOME SOLACE OVER THE SEARCH OPERATION.
THAT BEING SAID.... WHAT EVER I WIND UP DOING, I WILL DO IT WITH GREAT CARE. THAT GOES WHETHER OR NOT I GO BACK.

I HAVEN'T WRITTEN A SINGLE WORD IN THE BOOK SINCE JESSIE'S AMBUSH. I CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW I COULD JUST STOP AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH AND LABOR. IT IS ALL JUST SPINNING AROUND IN MY HEAD. MAYBE, IT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT IF I JUST STOP TRYING TO CLOSE OUT THE STORY AND HISTORY. I AM QUITE SURE THAT THE MOUNTAIN WILL BE THERE LONG AFTER I AM GONE. SO, I MAY BE JUST A LITTLE FOOTNOTE IN ITS EXISTENCE.

THANKS FOR LISTENING. :coffee2::coffee2::coffee2::coffee2:
MIKEL
 

G'd morning Mikel coffee :coffee2::coffee2:. Tis easy, In the search for the lost Gloria Pan mine,I was returning to El Fuerte to take my partner back to be part of the opening. I had already found the sealed entrance and wanted him to be there.. Unfortunately it took two days by mule and when I arrived it was to find that he had died of a heart attack the night before. We had been particularly close and it hit me like your friends did.
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It was several years before i started Treasure hunting.gain.

I have never returned to the Gloria Pan. I stood in front of the portal which had been closed and covered with clay with the imprint of two hands spread open in the clay for identificatiion It still sits there unopened, but I remembered quite clearly the emotion that I had when I realized our search was successful.

Where's the coffee.
 

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PROSPECTORMIKEL said:
BACK IN 2006, MY BEST FRIEND AND PROSPECTING PARTNER, JIM DIED IN HIS SLEEP. WE WERE WORKING THE SAME SITE THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING. HIS DEATH WAS THE FIRST OF THREE PARTNERS TO DIE SINCE THEN.

NOW AFTER YEARS OF WORKING ALONE AND GETTING OTHER FOLKS TO GO WITH ME [ TO HELP ME PACK IN AND OUT ]. JESSIE, THE YOUNG MAN THAT WENT WITH ME ON MY LAST EXPEDITION, TOOK ON THE BURDEN OF TREASURE HUNTING, GAINED MY TRUST AND ADMIRATION BY SPOTTING THE TRAIL MARKER ON HIS FIRST TRIP OUT. HE HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH HEALTH AND MEDICATIONS STARTING WITH AN OPERATION THAT REMOVED THREE INCHES OF BONE IN HIS LEFT FOREARM AT THE ELBOW. HIS LIFE QUALITY HAS DIMINISHED AT A STAGGERING RATE.

HIS MOTHER IS A FAMILY FRIEND. SHE TEXT MESSAGED MY WIFE AND STATED HE WAS IN AN AMBULANCE ON HIS WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER SHE SENT A PHOTO TO MY WIFE AND WHEN MY WIFE SAW IT SHE WENT FROM CRYING TO SCREAMING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. SHE HANDED HER PHONE TO ME AND I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HIS HAIRCUT THAT I COULD MAKE OUT. HE HAD SEVERAL BROKEN BONES IN HIS FACE AND HEAD, STITCHES, SWELLING AND ONE EYE SWOLLEN SHUT.

JESSIE'S MOM WAS ON MY FRONT PORCH, TALKING TO DEBBIE AND I, AND SAID THAT HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS IN HIS LIFE UP UNTIL LAST OCTOBER 26th, AND SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT AGONY.

I GOT A SICK FEELING WHEN SHE SAID THE DATE. AFTER SHE LEFT, I WENT STRAIGHT TO MY T-NET THREAD AND STARTED SCROLLING DOWN, LOOKING FOR OCTOBER 26. ... I FOUND IT AND A PHOTO OF JESSIE POINTING AT THE POINTER STONE THAT WE DISCOVERED TOGETHER THERE.

I AM NOT SUPERSTITIOUS, BUT I CANNOT DENY THE BODY COUNT CONNECTED TO THAT MINE. THREE DEAD AND THREE CRIPPLED.

WHAT COULD BE WORTH ALL OF THAT?

I CANNOT RISK ANY MORE.

STAY SAFE MY FRIENDS.

MIKEL
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I am also sorry to hear of your losses, PROSPECTORMIKEL.

I have lost several friends, to health who were older, some
younger, by being severely betrayed, threatened with beating,
and gunshots out in the open street, in daylight.

Found a dead meadowlark, as a clue of some bandit's intentions,
hidden under my bills, in the mailbox. I sleep with both eyes
closed, and always one ear up. Gun in hand, well close. 8-)

So far I'm still here. I attempt to tell minimal clues in stories I share,
to try and avoid trouble. I strive to live peaceably with all good men,
and fight the ---- Devil every chance that I may get. Take my licks.

He knows who I am, and that I am still here. I walk, stand, sit, speak words
of life and power where his, or other evil spirits have visited, and where blood
has been spilled to this dark honor. I too know this, and I will return as long
as my power allows me to. The fight for true treasures is always on.

I too, may begin to write, as I have a story or two, then some that
maybe should, or cannot ever be told. The ghost of Jesse James.

The rest of them, would possibly make a good treasure hunting stories book.
Probly nothing compared to what others may have to offer, but then who
knows? I hope you get to complete yours, if you so desire, I'm sure it
would be very good.

What I'm holdin out for, is a bit more huntin, no givin up, been through some
stuff, maybe payin dues 'nough. Perhaps not the same as it sounds, that
you have been through my friend.

I sincerely hope you will find the comfort of true treasure,
and peace of mind, whatever you may decide to do... :fish:
Crosse :cross:
 

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THANK YOU, CROSS DE SIGN, DON JOSE AND CAOZON {HOMAR].

YOUR SHARING AND YOUR WELL WISHING AND YOUR PRAYERS ARE STRENGTHENING MY SADDENED HEART. I NOW FEEL LESS ALONE, JUST KNOWING THAT OTHERS CAN GET UP AND GO AGAIN.

FOR NOW, I MUST PAUSE TO MAKE SURE THAT JESSIE CAN BREAK THE HOLD THAT IS DRAGGING HIM DOWN.

I THINK THAT I SHOULD RECORD IN A CHAPTER THAT, WILL SHOW WHAT HAS DRIVEN ME TO THIS POINT, AND MAKES A PLACE THAT I CAN TERMINATE THE STORY, OR CARRY ON TO TRIUMPH OVER WHAT EVER IS THAT HAUNTS ME AND TAUNTS ME.

IT HAS ALREADY STRENGTHENED ME, JUST KNOWING THAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT, IN MY EYES, ARE LEGENDS TAKE TIME FROM THEIR LIVES TO ENCOURAGE ME.

GODSPEED TO ALL OF YOU.
THANKS
:coffee2::coffee2::coffee2::coffee2:

MIKEL
#/;0)~
 

Thank You Too Good Friend... GODSPEED TO YOU~

Come and visit me sometime at: Do Treasures Have Real Spirits?
In treasure legends, or just type in Jesse James...

Have you read any of this Spirited Treasure thread? I deleted
all of my posted pics, because of the threat of lockdown, due
maybe too scripture quoting, and mild sparring.

Tropical Tramp and others have told good stories, however
some, may be repeated from previous others...

Peace To Ya... :fish:
:cross:
 

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