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[1digger]

I salvage old boards from demolished buildings to make furniture. Somewhere along the way I found this old carving in a granary board. Guessing mid 1800's.
Any takers?

 

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[cactusrat]

My guess is a person's name. Hanyden.

 

[recondigger]

Was the 8th N.Y. Calvary in your area?

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[1digger]

Not sure, recondigger. I live in Lancaster County, PA, not far from where the bridge over the Susquehanna was burned because of advancing Confederates....Hayden I would recognize as a first name, Hanyden just doesn't sound German enough for around here.

 

[taz42o]

H. Snyder. ?

 

[recondigger]

It's probably the location of a buried treasure and we can't figure it out.

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[cti4sw]

H. Snyder. ?

...except that is definitively an "8" and not an "S".

There also looks to be a small "x" by the H, like H[sub]x[/sub].

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Detect your butt off hunting that old granary. Maybe......................................... who knows. A mystery yet to be unearthed??

 

[Bitdrop]

Not sure, recondigger. I live in Lancaster County, PA, not far from where the bridge over the Susquehanna was burned because of advancing Confederates....Hayden I would recognize as a first name, Hanyden just doesn't sound German enough for around here.

My last name is Hayden :O

 

[My Precious]

When I enlarge the picture I see smaller letters underneath the 8. Looks like BALL to me? Anyone else see that?

 

[recondigger]

When I enlarge the picture I see smaller letters underneath the 8. Looks like BALL to me? Anyone else see that?

I do see it

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[cudamark]

I think some kid was just practicing their wood burning technique......or dEh hates New York!

 

[TheCoinKid]

Some thoughts,

The third character looks a bit like an "A", with an extra line.

The third character as an "N" is inconsistent in style to the last character, if in fact the last character is an "N"

The small "x"es might be periods.

That notwithstanding, I keep coming back to "Hayden", but can't explain the "8"

 

[recondigger]

This kinda helped

Dig until your arm falls off

 

[yaxthri]

Looks like a mathematical formula to me...
I'll check with a friend that is a mathematician

 

[gburgess]

Someone learning to spell.