What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

[CTCurt]

I've got a Maple tree in my front yard well over 100 years old. I hit a Gold signal in the very center of about a 4" root right near the main base of the tree. Whatever is there, the root has completely encapsulated. I would never harm that tree,(cutting main feeder roots will damage a tree), but if that tree ever dies.........

 

[Big Treble]

You might not kill a tree for a klondike bar, but here in rockford we killed the oldest tree(6,591 years old) maybe in the world to put up a portillos.
https://m.imgur.com/gallery/Y9UXnMG

Wait, a Giant Sequoia in Rockford IL? I doubt that, and really doubt a mid western tree is remotely close to 6500 years old. I'm thinking 300 years is a real big deal for hardwoods in the midwest.

BUT to sacrifice one of those for a Portillo's? .....lets start the negotiations. Mmmmmm

 

[dirt dick]

Straying a little bit on this topic;
Coins that all of us have found next to trees within a few inches,
makes me think back to working for a tree service.
After cutting down trees and going back to use a stump grinder.
If you have seen one of theses machines used,
a coin wouldn't stand chance of survival,
compared to coins that gets hit from simple lawn mower blade.
Often times grinding stumps it is necessary to grind several inches past each side of the stump or even a few feet past the stump,
to get the ground level or to take out a trailing root.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35S-UzanSio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqyWe5MKYDA

makes me wonder how many coins I ground up from near 15 years in tree service

 

[Jeepfreak81]

Time to make firewood! I kid, I kid

 

[Foragist]

Depending on the situation of the root and target, perhaps a hammer and sharp chisel could notch out an access without totally cutting off the root? Or maybe flush out the dirt underneath with a garden hose; then refill it when your done? I thought MudPuppy might have recommended employing a trained badger or some such. His "clad stab and buy your own dang Walker and Klondike" wisdom is pretty sound, though.

 

[ScubaDetective]

Depending on the situation of the root and target, perhaps a hammer and sharp chisel could notch out an access without totally cutting off the root? Or maybe flush out the dirt underneath with a garden hose; then refill it when your done? I thought MudPuppy might have recommended employing a trained badger or some such. His "clad stab and buy your own dang Walker and Klondike" wisdom is pretty sound, though.

Ok, this made me laugh. Good thoughts. Mud must have been in an actual thinking mood when he posted?

 

[Mud-puppy]

Depending on the situation of the root and target, I thought MudPuppy might have recommended employing a trained badger or some such. His "clad stab and buy your own dang Walker and Klondike" wisdom is pretty sound, though.

Right? Why make Life more harder than it already is? Sure, I hate trees and have no problem killing one for even a penny, nor they me, so we have a bit of mutual respect and understanding...but if I have to make a big project out of sawing off a tree root for a dubious Half Dollar signal, waste my time and limited energy, I'd walk away and go slam some safe and easy totter clad!...I can easily kill a tree anytime I wish...as they can me...so its a geopolitical balance of power kind of dealie.....'Mutually Assured Destruction' dynamic..threats acknowledged..."Dont make me fire up this 70e Jonesrud, you damned old decrepid and dangerous Entwhistle!

Even if the root entangled target was a key date Seated half, it all boils down to the ROI vs the effort expended! Yeah...a guy has to think about all these things...Theres enough loose change lying underneath a normal car seat for to buy a Barber half...so why go to the trouble and danger of messing with a big angry tree that has the potential and intent of dropping a limb and killing a guy?? Not worth the risk....Trees really suck! Mean and are very dangerous...Dont let them fool you!

A common date Walker Half is only worth a BK Whopper meal or a pair of Fish sandwiches at Arbys........hell, when a guy can bust that exact value out in a nice safe totter or two in about no time...? Digger Please! Its like saying, "I'm gonna take my boat up to the Bering Sea, drop some pots and go catch myself some King crab" The other guy says, "Ill pick up some ditch cans and cash them in, slam a few totters for some clad, and go get all the crab I can eat at the Red Lobster!

Some trees I like and get along just fine with...like Sassafras! Wonderful tree! the leaves are good to eat, and the roots boiled down make for some outstanding flavor..plus their wood is less prone to rot..and Hickorys of course! Like Clint Eastwood remarked in "Pale Rider'.."Theres nothing like a nice piece of Hickory"...

 

[Foragist]

Hey now, let's not be prejudiced against "trees" in general. Some trees are good people! It's all in the breed, like chickens. I wouldn't trust a pine or fir as far as I could throw 'em, and have personal issues with the birch family. Everybody knows how downright hostile those thorny ones can get, but on the other hand, most maples are friendly; give ya shade, sugar, and good firewood to toast your toots with a crackle and a pop. They even entertain with pretty colors and those helicopter thingies. Oaks are awesome too. They only pelt you with acorns in good fun. They might, however, kill a guy; but only if they're having a really bad day.

 

[AirmetTango]

Right? Why make Life more harder than it already is? Sure, I hate trees and have no problem killing one for even a penny, nor they me, so we have a bit of mutual respect and understanding...

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Like Clint Eastwood remarked in "Pale Rider'.."Theres nothing like a nice piece of Hickory"...

I’m no hater of trees, but I can’t deny the wisdom in any of Mud’s logic here The return on investment of time and energy to extract what in reality is only a potential half signal just isn’t worth it in most cases...I’ve definitely aborted several digs on beautiful sounding signals when I've run across a very large root that couldn’t be reasonably worked around.

...and great Pale Rider scene, btw!

 

[Swing4TheRing]

I'd buy a plane ticket to China and start digging my way back up to that there silver! YARRRR!

 

[SoOregonMd]

It is good to see that the good people here would rather Spare the Tree than to damage it.

I woke up the other morning to a thread here on a mini portable chainsaw and thought to myself.. are you kidding me? this can't be serious.. My Original intention when creating this thread was to see just how far people would go in search of the shiny stuff. I realize we ALL love Silver but we all do seem to have limitations when seeking it.

I actually think Mud's original post about "popping" the clad and going and buying an 8 pack of Klondike Bars was spot on and probably the best idea, not to mention the most economical use of time or has he usually puts it ROI.

anywho.. Just had me a Klondike bar (mint chip) and it was fabulous !!

 

[HappyOgre]

Just had me a Klondike bar (mint chip) and it was fabulous !!

Did you get enough for the entire class? Hmmm? Well, did ya?

 

[SoOregonMd]

Did you get enough for the entire class? Hmmm? Well, did ya?

would it be considered "fake news" if I said yes?

 

[Oldsjunkie]

It's no coincidence the neighbor was scrambling down to our little park to pick up the free fire wood last week. They took out 4 trees including 2 Birch, a Locust, and a Beech. 3 cans and a memorial seems like a fair trade though...That Fresca was SUPER deep.

Unfortunately the big beauties were right on the creek edge and after the hard rains last week got eroded under enough I can see why they had to take em with their whole "public safety" and "un-smashed children" policies and whatnot.

I was in an old park south of us yesterday with an Elm that is around 200-250 or so and is showing its age for sure. It's a local landmark and is awesome to lean against taking a break from swinging the coil, especially knowing that volunteers from the southern part of the state mustered at the Elm before heading to fight the Confederates. It was pretty windy in the late afternoon and you could hear the old man moaning and talking to me.

What I got from the conversation was to make a few hundred feet of space between us cause he could be taking a nap soon...Also, he wasn't holding any halves.

GL&HH!