Hi pea sweet tammahawk here,sounds like your tree is a hoot owl tree or an indian trail tree,they are used to mark trails and you can always tell one by the tell tale nub at the bend ill post a pic 4 you of one i found on the net, these trees can be very old because this process of bending them stunts them a lot of times but i have a regular one and one with a lil girl sitting on it and its enormous,ill post both for you, you should check those trees up close alot of times they hold carvings which are more indicators of direction of something hidden, you can take aluminum foil place it over the tombstone face and rub your fingers around to catch all of the stones face feature rub the face well till the whole outline of the tombstones features are captured in the foil, then take the old foaming style shave cream and make a thick coat over the whole suface then take a thin board press it in to the shave cream care fully pull back foil and shave cream and thin board, you now see the full same image of the stone have some mixed ready plaster paris there will be excess of foil at the edge of the stone bend it up as to make a dish to hold something in say like a cake pan, be careful not to ruin the image from the rubbing, pour the plaster paris into the "shave cream mold" and let it dry now you have a perfect natural rendering of the stone and maybee see something else in it because the plaster paris would not be all pitted and you may see more than you expect! oh and let it dry dont touch till (cured or dry)youll think that funny but i learned that trick on an old zoom episode when i was a kid,hehe it works so why mock it, you can take chalk and highlight all the lines on the original stone it will make all the features stand out much more and be more easier to read if theres something there chalk it and rephoto it,if you need more help we can talk off forum jst send me an inbox email on this sight and we can exchange other emails,if you wann keep this to your self,anyway check your tree is 1st thing, thats where id start let me know what you find,and keep your eyes open in general on all trees and rocks,good luck on the trail tammahawkpeasweet said:
Hello Jefferson Davis, I am reading your post about kgc treasures in new york and all over new england, hmm , that I would like to see that I live in western newyork and ive never seen a marker or a hoot owl tree drill holes or any type of trail marker of the kgc any where in newyork and ive been to most of the state except newyork city I've never been there, you say there all over ,well tap into your info ,call your swammi, call the illuminaty, what ever ya gotta do get me a treasure lead in either buffalo, niagra falls,rochester,syrycuse, jamestown, or any where south of those cities, if you aint just blowing smoke write me,tammahawkjeff davis said:
Charlie hello charlie the symbols you are seeing are league symbols, and the one with the x in the middle may mean ten leages as the x may mean roman numeral 10, i am unsure of the length of a league, u should be able to look it up , the turkey track may be the actual pointer and the diamond is there for measurement, the other diamond with the x i would look for further etching or marks that indicate direction,if you cant find any use the diamonds pointing edge, looks like ur a ways off yet but ur on the trail, good luck tammahawkgoldchuck said:
Naw, swizzle... SORRY... none in NY... from Virginia down to Florida... then out WEST to Texas, Akansas, New Mexico... on the "Hoot Owl Trail"... Happy Hunting! 
