Old Symbols Reveal The Treasure Location

Steve Shaffer, Timothy Draper, and the Treasures in America team head out to explain and examine some old Spanish tree symbols in the Uinta Mountains in Northern Utah. Some of these symbols are much older than others and they were carved by other treasure hunters and Spaniards in earlier times. The newer ones were curved by others because the originals were on dying trees. That way the secrets and clues can remain around longer to pinpoint the buried caches and mines that have been hidden for over 300 years.

Steve and Tim have been working very closely in this area for the last few years because there are still treasures, mines, and old structures still to be found. We wanted to go over the symbols that we knew of so we understand what they are telling us. We estimate that there are still millions of dollars of gold and silver on this mountain. By using the Spanish maps and waybills we have from the 1700s and 1800s, we feel that we are closing in on some very big historical discoveries.

Steve has many, many years of reading Spanish Symbols and he is passing that knowledge along to us so we can further the search. The treasures in America's team spend serval nights on the mountain, exploring and researching the clues. We get new information all the time and that is helping us in this investigation.

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[herojeannabomb]

This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen...thanks! - Kentucky Cherokee

[michaelpacnw]

Coring a tree doesn't hurt it at all if done properly. I highly doubt any of those trees were around back at the time of the Spaniards. They look to be under 50 years old.

[ricardodelgado]

This man really enjoys look for treasures, here in my zone in México, there are many histories about that.
And there are many old symbols that only a person with a sharp eye can diferenciate.

[robertadamson]

In the beginning of the video, take note of how the trees are growing squiggly. This is normally due to high mineral content below the soil. It's possible that the treasure is under their feet!
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[JunreyPuerinVlogs]

The sign is very fresh. And the trees are very young

[kerryjacobson]

Good to see Steve out showing things. He knows his stuff!

[lukedukeoutdoors]

very interesting clues left by old Spanish miners. the older guy really knows the history of that area. now you just need to locate the treasures. good luck guys.

[treasuresinamerica]

We all know growth is growing taller in height. As children grow, they get taller. That's not the same for trees. Many trees grow from the top. Not the bottom. The base of the tree will get wider and age with time. The top of the tree keeps growing. Also, keep in mind that trees around the world are different. These trees are Aspen trees at 10, 000 feet in elevation in northern Utah.

For instance, pine trees in Arizona are quite a bit different than the pine trees in Utah. Different species, different elevations, different soils. Minerals in the soils can change the way trees grow too.

Remember, a lot of symbols that are carved in trees will stay at the same height or position that they were originally carved. What happens to the symbols after time? They will start distorting, getting wider, and even closing the scar in the tree. Sometimes the bark will grow over the carvings and sometimes it will grow out from around the carvings. After 25 years of researching symbols, I have learned that not one tree symbol is the same and they all tend to grow a different way. When I go out and investigate a tree carving, I inspect the age and depth of the carving itself. As the scar gets older, it often makes the carved area deeper in the tree.

There are some ways to test the age. Carbon dating could work. You can also core the tree to get an age or date. I use the method of depth and lichen. For every 3/4" - 1" inch of depth, it usually means 100 years of growth and age. That is only a field test. It's not absolute. Investigating the way trees grow and the common reaction to scaring is a more effective way to go about aging. Lichen growth on or around the carving is another indicator of age. That all depends on the moisture in the air, elevation, sunlight, and so much more. This is more in the scientific way of thinking rather than common sense. Good brainstorming everyone. This is how you learn and investigate.

Good Luck. Be Safe. Find Your Adventure!

[briangateley]

I appreciate your video very interesting. Nature Freedom Dreams.

[treasuretom]

Very interesting! I would like to hear more about the Breast plate Steve found!

[patriotjon]

I have my doubts with this. While living in Germany, I used to hike a lot. In many of the forests I would see Peoples Initials carved into trees from WWI And in just that amount of time ( WWI to the 1980s ) those Initials were now 15 to 20 feet off the ground ( the trees grew.) . The trees that these alleged Spanish clues are on are very tall. The Spanish clues should be at lest 10 or 15 feet up the tree from where they are Right?

[kwaichang]

Cool talk and lots of great info. Explored those mountains a bit several years ago. Thanks for sharing!

[joshuabennett]

As a tree guy who made a living with tree work your completely incorrect about the aging of trees. The only correct way is to count rings but even the rings don’t mean years they mean growth season witch depending on your year a cold snap or hot snap will give you a abbreviated growth ring you can also have years with ring.

[legacyXplore]

Hope your doing well. Rich here in Indiana. Let’s catch up. Been a little while. Love to hear where things are headed for your channel and company. Since the Fenn treasure was found I’ve moved into cache hunting and just loving it.

[kahukayvlogs]

This kind of sign was very common here in philippines.as a treasure hunter we can easily identify it

[SuperDelderfield]

I wish I lived there. No cool stuff like that in England 😭

[davidj.lebaron]

The largest treasure ever found in Utah, still languishes in situ--waiting for the right person to 'rescue' it from the oblivion of anonymity. All newly minted gold coins. A minimum face value of more than half a million dollars. What would that be worth today? Why was the Gov't bringing that much funding into the Uintah Basin? Rogue agents of NSA, offered me a ten percent finder's fee, if I would lead them to the location. I haggled for fifty percent...they refused ... I reciprocated in kind. That was 1987. The treasure was discovered in Oct. 1984. I removed the military buckboard, that the outlaws had disassembled and buried a short distance from the gold. I could be mistaken, but, I think that Harvey Logan, may have planned and executed this one. According to my late friend George Stewart of Roosevelt, Utah, Harvey Logan always wanted to pull off just such a robbery. I would like to believe, that this was his last hurrah! While the Feds did give me certain bits and pieces of information, they steadfastly refused to give me a computer printout, from which they were reading. While I cannot go to the treasure, because of surveillance--I'm still the only person who knows it's location. Someday, when the US Gov't is teetering on collapse, I will go into the area, with a very special trusted team, and requisition it for the Civil War, that is looming inexorably, on America's Horizon! It will be our last war, to cast off Satan's Shackles. The words of one of the Feds, still resonates as clearly today, as it did in 1987: "We don't want that gold--we just don't want you to have it--we are afraid of what you might do with it!" I am not responsible for the actions of usurpers--I am only responsible for my own actions! I presently have the technology to easily locate at varying ranges, an infinitude of such hoards, and natural deposits of gold. I do not share that technology! Strangely, I get no positive metered indications at the so called 'Dream I will do some more testing, when next I'm in the general area. Satan is the one who answers prayers, that do not have the proper, and correct motivation. The path is straight and narrow, not broad and crooked!

[flacobarro]

I have a tree on my land that what appears to be a cross burnt in the tree with what looks to be a circle around the cross. And it has also small carved in circles with a dot in the middle. One on the side and 3 above the cross. Can anyone tell me anything?

[yoooo]

Did they use heart symbols at all for anything

[WesternNyBigfoot]

Any chance you can help.us
We have so many carvings in a mountain