Shadowy path may lead to treasure

**COJOMAY** · 12-05-2007, 10:07 AM

This story from the LA times is really interesting. It's four pages long but worth the read.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-treasure5dec05,0,387467.story?coll=la-home-center

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CODE: Bob Brewer points out arcane symbols on a tree in western Arkansas that he believes are clues to a treasure stashed away by the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secretive Confederate group

Some of the found "treasure"

HATFIELD, ARK. -- Deep in the woods near Brushy Creek stands an old beech tree, its smooth bark etched with dozens of carvings, including biblical references, a heart and a legless horse.

Bob Brewer was 10 when his great-uncle, W.D. "Grandpa" Ashcraft, pointed it out on a logging trip 57 years ago.

"He said, 'Boy, you see that tree? That's a treasure tree,' " Brewer recalled on a recent visit to the site. " 'You see that writing? If you can figure out what that is, you'll find some gold...' "

**Articnv** · 12-05-2007, 10:30 AM

intresting read

**lakehubertviking** · 12-05-2007, 10:50 AM

That was a good article.
I think I would be a lot more secretive if that was my hobby.
What really sucks is the odds of finding a big cache that isn't on private land is probably pretty low these days.