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« Reply #20 on: December 12, 2012, 08:18:23 pm »
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I have to try that some time LOL

I'll second that. Grin Grin Grin

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anything carved into it back in the 1700s would probably be up around 60 feet or so.

Just a note about tree growth, trees grow from the top, Any markings on a tree do not move vertically. If it was carved at 4' off the ground 80 years ago it would be 4' off the ground today.
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Just a note about tree growth, trees grow from the top,

No, sir. The grow outward and upward as well. We've had this discussion before. A 200 year old tree would have its markings, if any, shifted upward and some covered by new bark.

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« Reply #22 on: December 13, 2012, 08:24:46 am »
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your evidence is astounding. more research on my part.

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Wouldn't you love to have been the guy who leaned his bike against the tree all those years ago? To see it like this would amaze!

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 Shocked Amazes me mate, really dose

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« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2012, 06:22:51 pm »
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these trees are obviously not old enough

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Looks like Basque sheepherder work.  These guys are more recent than Spanish Conquistadors, came over or were brought over to tend sheep in the wide open spaces out west.  They liked to carve the trees.  I'll try a link to see if it will let me post.

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these trees are obviously not old enough

Please don't attempt to insert logic here. The true believers want the little love hearts left by teenagers to mean there's a fortune buried nearby.  Wink

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