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Sevenmile Mesa Spanish Armor Cache — Pecos County

Lost Treasure TX • Pecos County County
Description
Pecos County legend of a large cache of Spanish armor and colonial relics buried on or near Sevenmile Mesa in the Trans-Pecos breaks southwest of Fort Stockton.
Historical Notes
The Rocker Box Pecos County list describes a substantial hoard of Spanish armor and related relics on or near Sevenmile Mesa. Spanish and Mexican expeditions crossed the Pecos frontier for centuries before Fort Stockton was established at Comanche Springs in 1859. Sevenmile Mesa rises in the mesa-and-draw country between Fort Stockton and the lower Pecos canyons. Regional treasure guides often tie such armor caches to retreating Spanish columns or abandoned presidio supply dumps rather than minted bullion. No authenticated recovery. Coordinates approximate Sevenmile Mesa in southwestern Pecos County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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