box mark on a tree

[kaloy]

help:
is this a box/rectangular marker on a tree? a treasure marker? if it is, what does it mean? thanks

 

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[gord]

No, it's just where an old limb died and broke off, then rotted into the main trunk.

 

[dsty]

I made a mark like that once trying to get a coon out of a tree

 

[poorfarm]

follow dir of nub comming out of tree just to see where it takes you

 

[kaloy]

follow dir of nub comming out of tree just to see where it takes you

it is facing a creek 10-15 meters away.

 

[poorfarm]

exactly check area for rocks with marks

 

[kaloy]

there is an eroded part on the side of the creek and my metal detector has strong signal on that area. hope that the signal is not coming from a hot rock or any metallic minerals.

 

[Shortstack]

A quick check for the size of the target is to turn your detector to "All Metal" then come in from the side until you get the signal. Then, back it away and come at the target area from a point 90 degrees around an imaginary circle, until the signal hits again. Do that from different directions and you'll quickly get the outer perimeter of the target. Then plan your investigation of the spot.

 

[kaloy]

i'm using a tm808. the target seems concentrated on small area. probably not larger than a squarefoot/ 1 ft radius.

 

[poorfarm]

then dig watch if metal object look at dir its pointing
or chain no of linke dir its laying

 

[stevesno]

Havent been on here in a while. I have found several of these,(rectangle shaped knot holes on a tree) the most recent this past weekend while in Arkansas....it means simply to go 180 degree bearing until your next clue...Steve

 

[Shortstack]

That square foot sized target is what you're looking for. That means that the hot rock idea is probably not a player. A hot rock target would normally be a very small spot target; not a target covering a larger area. Poorfarm is correct in his advice on digging the spot. Do it carefully so as not to change it's position in the ground and so you can investigate what it's meaning might be.

 

[kaloy]

ok. but the area of the target is where exactly rain water falls during rainy season. there's lot of stones of fist size. probably rolled down with the water from the slope.

 

[Shortstack]

Well, if this is an outfall spot for rain runoff, then there is now the possibility that there might be a piece of thick metal there that was just meant to prevent runoff from digging out a hole and eroding the area. You'll just have to dig carefully and investigate. If that is just a reinforcement to keep runoff from washing out that area, please replace the material as you found it.