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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3169096, member: 19463"]I fault this theory according to the definition of the word permanent. If burying a hoard with intent to retrieve, 'ten paces north of the large oak tree' would do quite well. When we find something in the middle of a field in my neighborhood we have to allow for 200 to 300 years of changes. A farmer's field of 1720 abandoned in 1820 was clear cut for a paper mill in 1920 and has 70-80 foot trees growing around our houses today. Move this to England and we are dealing with changes over a period of 2000 to 3000 years. 'Ten paces north of the huge cliff face' might be safer but no one burying with a plan to retrieve could conceive what time can do to the courses of streams, growth and clearing of trees or construction/destruction of wooden structures. We can not assume the person burying something was using your definition of 'permanent'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3169096, member: 19463"]I fault this theory according to the definition of the word permanent. If burying a hoard with intent to retrieve, 'ten paces north of the large oak tree' would do quite well. When we find something in the middle of a field in my neighborhood we have to allow for 200 to 300 years of changes. A farmer's field of 1720 abandoned in 1820 was clear cut for a paper mill in 1920 and has 70-80 foot trees growing around our houses today. Move this to England and we are dealing with changes over a period of 2000 to 3000 years. 'Ten paces north of the huge cliff face' might be safer but no one burying with a plan to retrieve could conceive what time can do to the courses of streams, growth and clearing of trees or construction/destruction of wooden structures. We can not assume the person burying something was using your definition of 'permanent'.[/QUOTE]
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