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Have you ever found a tree shaped like the open four.
Yes looks like a goal post to meHave you ever found a tree shaped like the open four.
I still don't know why anyone would ever think they need to mark a spring or water source, unless it's in the desert, they are easy to find, just look for the birds, animal trails and green vegetation.
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4 tree . . . there are dozens around here in different widths and heights. Some mark water, this one marked a trail exit (Indian trail trees often showed where to exit the trail ... not treasure). This one marked the exit from the Wheeler Trace (an old Buffalo trail that later became a stage coach route in the mid 19th century) ... however, you will also find hoot owl trees along these paths as well. I have one along the same trace that was likely done by John Morrell (actually saw a drawing of it by him years before finding the tree).
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This one marked a spring (near Fordyce, AR). Approached the landowner for permission to take a pic, started the conversation by saying, "So, how far in that direction is the spring?" He was curious how I knew about the hidden spring, told him the tree showed me and got to shoot some pics. BTW, sometimes the direction is not what you think. The spring this one marked was to the right, the lake marked by the first was to the left. Folks who assume all these trees are treasure trees are missing a lot of neat history.
The goalpost trees look more like this:
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Not to be too controversial , but there are alot of trail markers that others have made use of for other things. Since they found them pointing near something or being positioned where a good place is to do something, they always assumed that's what they were there for, and they have passed that information on down, and the next in line just assumes it has always been used that way because he was told so.. It is not unusual to find vaults near water sources, the people doing the vaults needed water as well. Having been an avid outdoorsman all my life , I still don't know why anyone would ever think they need to mark a spring or water source, unless it's in the desert, they are easy to find, just look for the birds, animal trails and green vegetation. It's the same with how people used to say things marked a campsite, if they needed a marker to mark places suitable to camp they would have never survived. Go on a week long pack trip or backpack trip and you'll see you can survive without springs or campsites being pointed out for you.
Then why not just nail a board to a tree or carve "spring" into it? Many of the trees aren't that old and water is not that big of a thing to keep secret from everyone.
No superstition involved. We have this neat thing called science that can prove yes or no ... is the tree old enough.
Amazing what a tree falling on a tree can do. This one happened about 1200 C.E. (A.D.), we know because its been cored and confirmed. The tree probably looked like this 150 years before Columbus made it across the pond:
Funny how nature made that buffalo and knew where to put the horn ... or how to make the turtle, or the fish.
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