OLD Tree finds

Mud-puppy said:

Old tree observations from a Lifetime of Wilderness rambling....Like any other critter, Humans are drawn to structure...Consider and evaluate old trees accordingly...

Ancient Chinese Proverb: "The best time to plant a tree was 20yrs ago, the second best time to plant a tree is today"..

A guy comes across an old tree, 300+yrs old?... Ask yourself, "Why was this tree spared the saw?" Surely it had some sort of importance? It could be lone and abandoned out in the middle of a cotton field, perfect shade and picnic rest area...Yeah, give it a sweep!...

Old Trees are Planetary anchors....good place to start for tracking Humans...If an old tree could talk, the stories they could tell! They DO talk...if you got a detector and are willing to listen to its stories...

Case in point...Me and the Wife made our Daughter underneath a nice old woodland Beech back in 1979 when we were dating...Moonlite night, stars overhead.........I think I may have lost my pocketknife in the process...it was worth it though....Monumental and Life changing experience!! I bet that old Beech got quite a giggle,

Not unusual or noteworthy...Since the Dawn of Time, most Humans were conceived out of doors on a sultry night, underneath a big Old Tree!.......

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pryan67 said:

When you're "gettin' Jiggy With it" (I think that's what the kids call it nowadays), you do NOT want the beech to giggle.

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RayK said:

Have you ever had a tree root give you a signal?

I have a couple of times. I do not recall what type of trees they were but I could follow the larger tree roots with my metal detector. Kept getting a signal over the tree root and as you followed the tree root out from the tree the signal was still there. I figured that the tree had pulled some of the mineralization out of the soil so over the years and it was enough to set off the detector.

Ray

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Troller said:

A few years back I was out detecting for only the 9th time trying to learn my new Ace 350 in a park. About 30 yards from a natural spring there is a grove of old and large pine trees. I got a signal about 1 foot from the trunk of one of the trees. From the signal, I thought I was digging a quarter about 4 -5" down tangled in the roots. I could see the reeded edge of the coin and could barely get my fingers between the roots to pry it out. Turns out it was an 1825 Half Cent! I can imagine an early settler sitting back against the tree, taking a break after getting a drink and watering his horse. Still my best and oldest coin find. Along with trees, it makes sense that all the early inhabitants knew where the springs were and frequented them.

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Troller said:

This is the edge I saw. Maybe not technically correct, but I'll call it reeded. You can call it what you want. And thank you so much for trying to make me look foolish and taking the "Friendly" out of this forum.

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Troller said:

This is the edge I saw. Maybe not technically correct, but I'll call it reeded. You can call it what you want. And thank you so much for trying to make me look foolish and taking the "Friendly" out of this forum.

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Troller said:

This is the edge I saw. Maybe not technically correct, but I'll call it reeded. You can call it what you want. And thank you so much for trying to make me look foolish and taking the "Friendly" out of this forum.

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Troller said:

This is the edge I saw. Maybe not technically correct, but I'll call it reeded. You can call it what you want. And thank you so much for trying to make me look foolish and taking the "Friendly" out of this forum.

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