anomolies in the woods

[The Monk]

Hi, this is my first post and forgive my ignorance but there's a few things I'm wondering about and would really like to get your opinions on the matter. A few years ago I was hiking in the woods and came upon a huge oak tree which was elaborately preserved with perhaps 20 to 30 feet of rock, wire and tar running through the cavity inside the tree. On the outside of the tree there were large rusted metal rods with wire attached. I couldn't stop thinking about why someone would go to such a great effort to preserve a tree in the middle of the woods so I returned to the area and have since found several of these trees, one of which is in the bottom of a nearly inaccessible valley surrounded by steep cliffs (I found in by accidentally losing my footing while examining a piece of metal at the base of a tree and sliding on my rear end into the valley), as well as many other strange things of interest some of which I will include pics. Recently I took a close friend with me to the site and we both believe they may be markers for a treasure. Since my initial discovery of the tree I have found metal rods sticking out of the ground, trees which are carved, trees marked with railroad spikes, old man made springs, etc. Before I jump to conclusions and spend a bunch of time searching for treasure when there might be a perfectly reasonable explanation for these anomolies, I figured I'd at least consult some people who are much more knowledgeable in these areas than myself. Having see many of the impressive pictures of peoples finds using a metal detector I have decided to purchase one and do a litte hunting on the mountain where these things have been found. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer me.

 

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[joecoin]

It says on it 'PPING Alligator'.

What's it say on the other side?

 

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[deagleye]

You definitly have a good myster on your hands. I have no clue to what you have found but good luck with it and I agree it is about time to put on some chest waders and a bright flashlight and begin exploring.

Regards
Dennis

 

[The Monk]

It says on it 'PPING Alligator'.

What's it say on the other side?

I don't know as it's still in the log, I just found that by increasing the resolution from the photo. I'll have to go up there within the next few days and pull it out of the log. I also just bought my first MD off Ebay, an MPX Digital, to comb around the main points of interest on the mountain. Wish me luck!

 

[desertmoons]

maybe it was a bottled spring water place. after the water declined, they closed down.

 

[The Monk]

I don't know if this helps, I couldn't find info on it anywhere online. I increased the contrast and resolution and drew the outline of the letters.

 

[NGE]

a P P'ing alligator what next, a road 'Gator? Maybe they bottled gator water there at one time or heaven forbid, " Gatorade "............NGE (T)

 

[BeerBelly]

A google search for P.P. inc alligator gave me this,

http://www.r-infinity.com/Companies/index.htm

But I don't have time to search the site, maybe someone else can?

 

[BeerBelly]

I was looking for Alligator, when I should have been looking for P.P. inc. (Porcelain Products Inc.). Anyway, here is a little info.

Type: USP Name: Porcelain Products, Inc. Insulator markings: ALLIGATOR Dates of operation: 1927-1956 Location: Carey (Findlay), Comments: OH Dry process only; sold to A. B. Chance


Hope it helps!

 

[The Monk]

Thank you!

 

[zendog64]

When I first saw the pictures, it immediately reminded me of the ghost town of Alvira, here in Pennsylvania, and when someone mentioned a government installation, it made sense...The residents of Alvira were evicted through "eminent domain" in the 1940's and the area was used to manufacture and store munitions for the war.

http://www.littleblackstar.com/blog/2008/03/18/the-ghost-town-of-alvira-pennsylvania/

as you can see, the storage bunker in Alvira looks somewhat similar to the structure you have found, and appears to have been constructed using similar materials of the same time period.

Since your investigation revealed little possibility of mining or farming related activity, I'd be leaning towards the possibility of a munitions depot. These facilities were built in the 40's by the Army Corps of Engineers to store military stockpiles of TNT. Perhaps they would be the ones to talk to.