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« on: October 19, 2012, 02:33:59 pm »
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hello all i am new to this forum and have been treasure hunting for a few years now.
I have been sitting on these pics of tree carvings that i found i live in utah an everybody knows the story of the spanish in Utah.
in south eastern utah where i hunt i came across a couple of trees with carvings and started following the trees. about every fifty feet or more i would find another tree so after a couple of hours walking and following trees i found an area about that had tons and tons of carvings just about every other tree.
here are some pics. can some of you fine folks take a look and tell me what you think. thankyou

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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2012, 06:15:41 pm »
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Can't really say what they are, without seeing them live.   My first thought after looking a them was that some kids were playin in the trees with knives!    Grin                  Detecting

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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 10:48:56 am »
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this will make for a great reasearch, I dont think it was kids ArfieBoy. but you could be right some of the are really interesting.
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2012, 08:16:39 pm »
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here are some pics. can some of you fine folks take a look and tell me what you think.

Todd, judging by the background and the features on your trees, they are no more than 30 years old, not 200 years old. Just a hangout for kids. They love the white birch for leaving their modern day markings.

Definitely not Spanish unless some happen to be Hispanic in origin.

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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2012, 09:52:08 pm »
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Bored hunter...bored scouts...bored hikers....or something along those lines.

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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2012, 08:14:14 am »
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Even more importantly, birch trees live to be no more than 140/150 years with the typical age being 80 years. There's absolutely no chance those trees were alive during the Spanish exploration period. Hendro is probably right about the source of your carvings but there is good news.

If people were there in the abundance that the carvings would indicate, there is most likely items dropped in the area. Turn on your detector and hunt near those trees. See what turns up and come back here to tell us about it.

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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2012, 09:01:35 am »
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Yep!    I'm with GD on this one.

Something was going on there to show that many Marked Tree's!

Some Party, Funtion like scouts?

Some one spent quite a bit of time there.

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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2012, 01:13:40 pm »
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thanks for all the input guys. i had not thought of the life span of the trees. thats a very good point. this is a great forum.

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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2012, 01:55:04 pm »
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Um just one minor correction I do believe those to be quaking aspen not birch, but still I would guess not more than 20 or 30 years old. They can however live to be several hundred years old. In fact the largest living organism on the planet is purported to be a stand of quaking aspen in Colorado.

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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2012, 03:06:46 pm »
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Interesting but how do you tell the difference between a Quaking Aspen and a  White Birch tree?

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