Here are some of my thoughts and lets see if we can chase the crickets away.
I don't think there is an "official" cypher for the Stone Maps. Now if they are a hoax, they are truly brilliant since they can be matched to so many different areas or "markers" and have kept so many searching for the solution. I'm sure some of the "markers" in the Superstitions are fake and others have been destroyed, so it is hard to be sure of whats genuine anymore. Not that true "markers" are not out there still, but you really have to question what your seeing. So if they are a hoax whoever made them really knew the Superstitions so its possible they lead to something, maybe a whole in the ground or a note in a bottle.
As for the Latin Heart and Crosses, I'm not sure they are authentic or even have any ties to the Stone Maps other than similar markings and supposedly being found in the Superstitions, to me they seem like tainted evidence since the originals are no longer available. The Latin Heart contains allot of information for what could be a small area, to me it would seem more logistically sound just to send miners into the area and have your smelting operation in an area less rugged, more of a base of operations with mining parties out in the mountains. Your ore comes out and supplies go in on the return trip instead of sending empty packs back. So I don't give much weight to the Latin Heart. The Stone Crosses, if they are authentic, may just be to a different location altogether and just part of a map with the other pieces missing.
If the Stone Maps are authentic, which I hope they are, are an incomplete set. The piece giving us a location to travel from and to is missing and could have had important information on it. It may be that the "Pillow case map" Tumlinson had was actually a rubbing of this piece and it allowed him to find the maps we have today. Fortunately we have the approximate location they were found which would, despite what other may think, point to the Superstitions as having the end of the map location. If the Jesuits had made these maps what could they possibly lead too, and why bother making the maps? There has to be something there, maybe a whole in the ground or a note in a chalice.
So just a few thoughts to kick around.
And now my thoughts about . From all my modes of investigation , I believe all the stone tablets , include the Latin and Crosses stone maps , are valid and have been carved by Peralta family .
First we start with the horse map . The horse map match in the largest area than the others stone tablets . The horse " grazes " between Gila River ( the tail ) and the SW end of Supersyition Mountains ( the head ) , and his back is to the east . Maybe the author saw the horse image from the top of Hieroglyphic Canyon . We knew how the stone maps lead in the Superstition , because all the Peralta maps include Mesa Negra , Canon Fresca , Picacho , etc. . If the horse grazes north of a river and came from Santa Fe via Gila River , this means how grazes north of Gila River to the Superstition . After a detailed search , I found where match the horse . Because I heard something about the right horse's ear , later I saw how the right ear shows the beginning of the trail in the stones maps . The right ear is the Hieroglyphic Canyon .This is the horse in his place
If you have match the horse well , mark the five dots on your map . This dots are mines . I know the name of two of these . The middle of the three continuous dots , is the LDM or Apache mine , and the top first of the two dots , is " De Cristo " mine .
After the horse will must to use the stones trail maps , which is little smaller than the horse map . How to use ? Match the X in the trail map with the three continuous dots in the horse map , and the other symbols with the ground shapes or points ( peaks ) . If you do correct this , you can see the trail from the start to the end . All the " LUGARES " are hills or tops of mountains .
When you will find the last hill ( the target ) use the Latin heart with the words up , reversed , and look if you are in the correct place . From the top of the last hill you can recognize the Perfil map to the south , and the priest map from north to south at the west of the hill .
The priest map is little bigger than the hill , and his head is carved at the NW from the hill . The mine ( CAVERNA AURUM ) was named " Someo Montana " because the priest hat shape . The priest shows with his cross the place of the mine , which is east from the hill . To find the mine , you must to match the stone cross with the words , from the east side of the hill and in the direction which shows on the priest wear . The Someo Montana mine is a gold cache .
Follow my thoughts , and maybe you will find the target .
(I wanna know just what 
they are saying about me, prob. true, but what the heck. Just do not read their post.
Might even ruin a fine pair of boots.
For sure they could foul up yer coffee.
On the other hand, folks like bb used to, at least, make historical statements that made worthwhile fodder for further research, now and again.
