Clue?

[Joe hunter]

Found this in the woods there were no other rocks in the area

 

[G.A.P.metal]

I don`t know what it`s means...did you run your detector around the rocks ?
Gary

 

[Joe hunter]

Yea I even looked under them thinking geo cache I think I might do a more extensive search but it is a bit of a hike

 

[Tom_in_CA]

"clue" ? clue for what? Looks like someone dumped some rocks by a tree. Ok .... and that is supposed to mean what for purposes of metal detecting ?

 

[TheRingFinder]

people left all sorts of clues back in the day when banks were not trusted or people couldn't get to them. I would dig a little bit, there may be something just out of reach of your detector. Good Luck........and leave no rock unturned!!!!

 

[doc-d]

In upstate NY, there are many rocks and farmers would toss them in piles or make fences of them........that the rocks are piled near an old, large tree would support this as an explanation......
Good idea to scan with MD, but lacking something else, I would forget it.......

 

[Tom_in_CA]

..... but lacking something else, I would forget it.......

What? No. It's a "certain sign of treasure". haha.

 

[TheRingFinder]

In Minnesota - Farm country, the farmers pick up the rocks and lay them out of the way as near as possible to the field......the less work the better, this small group of rocks would not have been hauled from a field into the woods and left by a tree. It just doesn't make any sense - If I were you Joe - I would check it out a bit further, you never know and that's what treasure hunting is all about. Another clue could be the type of tree it is. Cache's are usually buried by the largest tree, or an odd looking tree so people could remember. This tree is very odd looking. Good Luck and have fun!

 

[TheRingFinder]

Also, check the hole in the tree

 

[CoilyGirl]

You never know how people could have marked a certain area where something good could be buried.Don't let the negative Neds keep you from searching further and good luck!

 

[Joe hunter]

What? No. It's a "certain sign of treasure". haha.

Thomas your friendly nature and positive attitude always shines through in your feed back.your lack of sarcasm and sincerity always brighten my day.
Ps not much farm land on top of this hill

 

[Keppy]

What do you mean by .....geo cache.... i think you mean just cache .... All you people coming out with this .... geo crap word .....WHY.... It is not geo cache .... The right word is just plain...cache.....

 

[Keppy]

Now what is every thing going to be..geo..Geo house , geo car.. geo this , geo that ,?

 

[Joe hunter]

Now what is every thing going to be..geo..Geo house , geo car.. geo this , geo that ,?

I said that because my brother does this geo cache thing on the Internet they go from place to place using there GPS to find weird crap they hide I have stumbled upon them in the past while hunting

 

[dirtscratcher]

Now what is every thing going to be..geo..Geo house , geo car.. geo this , geo that ,?

Google geocache, I've found two and both were in rock piles.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

According to my "Encyclopedia of Treasure Signs" that one says King Solomon's Mines are 7,835 miles to the East.

 

[BC1969]

I would have to totally agree with ringfinder on the fact that farmers wont haul rocks into the woods, I spent most of the last 15 years living on farmland, and always they pile them on the headlands, or fence rows, taking them into the woods, well thats just silly, farmers barely have enough time in the day to pick rocks, let alone cart them any farther then needed...course I picked them for free, and have one helluva nice puddingstone collection from doing so

I say get your shovel out and go dig that spot Joe Hunter, under them rocks, if nothing else could have been part of a old foundation, virgin ground Num Num..tasty lol.
Dont listen to the naysayers, they just want to get it for themselves.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Perhaps get a probe also. A long metal pole, of sorts, test the ground around it, is it hard compacted, soft sandy, mushy, etc,
then check by your tree. also, if you can dowse, take some rods with you, see if ya get anything.
If you sink the rod a foot or two, and get a "clink" sound, break out the shovel!

 

[lookindown]

It might have been a farm field 100 years ago...I say farmer rock pile.

 

[BC1969]

Looks like mature white oak trees, and it takes alot longer than 100 years to get that big...plus that branch sticking out of the tree, looks oddly like a hand and pointing finger lol.