strange pile of rocks

[TLH]

Very true mercinarie under that rock would be a good place to look for a tunnel,and I'm not saying I wont,I'm just saying its a very dangerous place to be. Setting it off would be kinda tricky,I could pull it over with a comalong but I think by the way it looks that it would roll all the way to the bottom of that hill its setting on and that could get kinda messy.

dowser501 I haven't seen any calcite in that area, but the forest floor has a thick covering of pine needles and duff, so small rocks would be hard to see without trying to find them. but Ill take a look next time I climb the hill. what size rocks would these be?

 

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[dowser501]

TLW, It doesnt matter about the white debris, cause if there was any there you would have noticed it already, meaning a mining shaft covered over,which it is not.
All the pointers are pointing to above the rock pile ( and to the right 45 degrees as they loved to bury the caches in the side of the hill. Not under the rocks. Remember that there wont be any markers at the cache site. I am giving you the same advice I gave Twilla, get yourself a i mtre plumbers probe as the ground will still be sotter a thousand years after burial. Max

 

[TLH]

Thanks for the advice Max. Ive never even looked for signs of mining cause Ive read that the Spanish always hide any signs that they were there.you said "All the pointers are pointing to above the rock pile" do you mean the balanced rock and the rocks its sitting on? cause above that about 30 or 40 feet away is the tombstone looking rock in reply # 71.

 

[dowser501]

personally I would go up to the tombstone area as there is a marker tree. A large ancient tree that was cut down for no obvious reason.

 

[mercinarie]

they put death markings on their death traps and they are usually near the cache or treasure.

 

[TLH]

Thanks dowser501 and mercinarie you have both given me a lot to think about. And even though I wont be able to go back to the tombstone rock area until spring, I do have a few pictures I can look at and maybe spot a tree stump or a death sign. dowser501 did you see a marker tree in one of my pictures or do you have a belief that one might be there?

 

[bytheriver]

Hi there

Your marker tree is here! What a wonderful surprise!

By the River

 

[djui5]

sure is a nice one isn't it

 

[TLH]

WOW! bytheriver you do have the magic eyeballs,Ive been on top of that hill a dozen times and never seen that, but then again Ive never known much of anything about tree signs. just one more thing that Kenworthy never mentioned in his books. I think over where that elbow is theres a flat rock that looks like a pointer. Ill see if I can dig up a picture of it. youda man.

 

[TLH]

OOPS!! sorry bytheriver, I just looked at your profile. Youda girl.

 

[MPFISH]

THL you mite check out this one: www.treasury hunters university.con. .......mpfish......

 

[TLH]

Thanks for the treasure site MPFISH. I couldn't get the link to work but I found it anyway. Some interesting things there, I think I might buy his book.I believe I need to start building a treasure hunting library.

 

[bytheriver]

TLH

I am da girl and I hunt Indian Trail Markers in the Ozarks...also called Indian Thong Trees, Indian Bent Trees and as of lately, Dowser 501 has introduced me to the fact that some of them may be Jesuit Markers. 501's posts expanded my thinking in this area, now I am eager to learn more about the possibility that I have found some Jesuit Markers. I hope to backtrack to locate some of my earlier finds in the Ozarks and start digging....LOL.

You will notice that my avatar is a picture of a Indian Boundry Marker Tree (classic goal post). This was on our Lake of the Ozarks property when we bought lake front property in the very early 50's. My mom took a picture of this strange looking tree before my dad cut it down to make a parking space on the back lot. At the time we were not aware of the history of Indian Thong Trees. How sad!

By the River

 

[TLH]

Thank you bytheriver for telling me your story,I learn more and more everyday from the great people on this site. I can see that the thong trees are special but do you know what they mean? Heres a better picture of the bent tree that you spotted,does it still look like something or just a natural tree with a problem?

 

[bytheriver]

Looks like a retarded tree! LOL.

All of the limbs were not visible in the other distant picture. I have never seen a marker tree with so many branches coming out of the bent limb. Either it is a natural bend or ?. Dowser 501 may have a good explantion for this. It may be a Jesuit treasure marker.

How high up is this bend from the ground?

You will learn as I have that seeking infoormation about these trees is quite difficult. The Native Americans kept the tree language a secret; this was about the only thing they could keep to themselves that was not taken away from them from the "europeans illegals" that came to take their territory.

I know they would insert twigs in the nose of the hump to mean something such as direction for food, herbs, medicine, water and game. Poor tree looks pathetic and confused with all those twigs poking out of his bark!

By the River

 

[TLH]

Yeah it is a sad looking tree, I see a lot of weird looking trees in the mountains. all of the signs and trees you have seen in my posts have been between the 9,000 and 10,000 foot level and that seems to put trees under a lot of stress,and growing in rocks with very little dirt makes them do some funny things. Also maybe RealdeTayopa is right and the trees are just reacting to the natural forces emitted from granite rock. So heres another funny looking tree.

 

[bytheriver]

Nature sure fools you. That why I asked how high off the ground was the bend off the ground. I was attempting to see if it was a natural or caused from its environmental surroundings.

Thanks for sharing this strange and beautiful forest growth.

By the River

 

[TLH]

Sorry I forgot about the how high question, fact is I don't know and I would have to break out the snowshoes to find out. So I will look through some pictures and see if I can find a picture that will give me a different view. but just guessing I would say three or four feet from the base of the tree.

 

[bytheriver]

That is about the right height for a bend to have a meaning...if it was a forced bend!

Here is a site to read. Elaine Jordan wrote an article for the local newspaper that introduced me to Indian Thong Trees in 1970. Follow the links to view more articles. Dyer Consequences will have some explanation for the meaning of the trees bend.

http://www.trailtrees.frogprinceandprincess.com/trailtrees.html

Enjoy

By the River

 

[bytheriver]

TLH

Another tree site.

http://downesstudio.net/trail_marker_tree.html