Do you wish that there was a way to be pinpointed directly to a metal detecting finds hotspot instead of aimlessly wandering, hoping to stumble across some treasure coins?
Fortunately for you, you’re being taught by Metal Detecting Man!
When the Spanish and Jesuits first came to America, they were searching for gold. Guess what? They found the mother lode! Actually, they found several hundred mother lodes! But the scouts didn’t have the man power to lug around all that heavy gold while fighting off Apaches as they already had enough trouble carrying all their provisions. What to do?
The Spanish were smart. They left behind markers carved into stone so once they either returned to America or died, the Spanish workers could follow the markers back to the hidden gold! Pretty ingenious, huh?
You too can learn what it means if you stumble upon a giant rock that’s shaped like a turtle or better yet a heart. What does it mean if you see a lion’s head with its eyes shut? What about a horse’s head with its eyes open? I followed such a marker and found a “window rock” that led straight to Apache markings and a sealed Spanish cave! One of my Metal Detecting Finds buddies noticed a rock monument trail traveling up the side of a hill. We hiked up and the trail came to an abrupt stop. We didn’t find any gold, but there was petrified wood everywhere! Why there was such a large deposit of petrified wood on that one hill I don’t know, but that’s all part of the adventure.
“What are you talking about? Animal heads and turtles?”
You better believe it! Order a copy of Turtles Lead to Treasure: A Guide to Spanish Trail Monuments
