adtofca
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- All Treasure Hunting
ok then one is found not many other
Bill, you are getting warmer <g>. Although I don't think his plan was that devious. I'm happy with your first three sentences. I really don't think Travis ever wanted the maps to leave the eyes and custody of the family......but that's just the working theory. If something turns up otherwise ........well, we'll just have to adjust to embrace it. Haven't seen it yet.
And..........there are at least 3, and maybe as many as 5, sets of "the maps" and counting.......which are fakes and which are real?.........or have we ever really seen the originals <said will an evil grin>.
Why did Travis fake the stone maps?
I don't know for sure but do wonder....Was it worth it?
With an attempt of putting aside others findings for a moment or two with apologies if I duplicate any ones by being influenced....
I don't look for deceit as any more a motive than any secrecy when possessing multiple potential treasure maps.
First pupose of mine were maps of interest known to be in my possession , would be bait.
Bait to hand any one demanding the maps by force , or stealing them.
Why carve on stone? Not a new idea and has been done for eons. Purpose though comes in to play.
Could have been another type of bait to solicit interest in symbols to provide an answer.
Despite what is known about an individuals familiarity and proposed purpose of carving...IF stuck on one particular symbol with dead ends being the result of exhausted research , and not being willing to divulge it's necessity ; if it were mixed in with multiple others and put on display could it generate a description/definition of the puzzling symbol?
No internet answer system then like today. No network of trusted associates due to being taciturn in hunting , nor anonymity in asking questions of the public like now.
It could have served multiple purposes carving stone maps. Even doodling while pondering and putting doodles to better use later.
No doubt any carver "finds" their carving medium some where. Their muse need not be named or described though in a key or legend on a corner. But can be.
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That sort of reminds me off an old movie.
City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold.
Same scenario though, holding back a corner of the map waiting for others to lead you there so you can use the final solution! You just have to suck it up. Travis's family isn't going to give you that Map corner! Just don't ask anyone to suck on your Arse if you get bit following that unfinished Stone Map!
The true story is so much more interesting than the legends. Not to mention the barn map with its shadow sign overlay.
AD,you posted ----- A question is why this LDM has never been found if it is real ? have people noticed that all the treasure legends in the list have never been found
Yer wrong, for example I have found Tayopa, an even more obscure legend.--![]()
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Bill
It is nicknamed the barn map because it was found hidden in the barn. That and a few other choice items. You would be taking a quick trip to the outhouse so you did not mess your pants if you ever laid your eyes on the new discoveries.
I'll sign an Attorney written confidentiality agreement so enlighten me Frank.
Invite me to the Barn Dance.
Trouble with any Map is that most don't know what the symbols mean and we'll all have to wait just like with Travis until either someone's dead or has given up looking because they can't put the symbols to any known objects in the Superstitions or anywhere else for that matter. It's always a big secret. I say the heck with secrets. I've let out plenty of what I've discovered in the realm of Treasure. Very few if any have walked the same path in the search for the truth at all these Gold mine sites I've researched. Most can't even see what a true monument really is because all blends with natures own. I say let it out and let everyone have a go at it. I hate to see people search for something their whole lives because they thought they knew it all. No one has the Book on what these symbols mean only a few of us that have made a life choice to understand how they did it and what they used for doing it have bits and pieces of the final solution. Maybe collectively a team of the few may have a chance. That's where personal preferences have to be thrown out for those that have small amounts of the the puzzle keys.
This baiting of material, hoarding, coveting, hiding, only serves to turn people off. Show some of us the money or keep it in the Barn with the manure. No need for me to mess my pants that way. I like maps if they have any real provenance.
Every Map that I've seen so far has proven to be a fabrication of someone's devious undertones.
Probably a barn Pirate.
Those dudes were all over the farms in the 1800's usually driving wind wagons while courting the Farmers Daughters with fine gifts from pillaging nearby City Folk.
Their Treasures are Legendary.