can someone get some of this?

[jkoehler]

this is an article in one of the local papers up here.
i thought that someone here might be interested.

Oak found in Indiana may be 6,000 years old
Discovery of what may be ancient tree in gravel pit stirs excitement

has anyone else heard about this?

 

[TomServo]

Sounds like bog oak - no idea where to get some of that ancient indiana oak, but there's 50,000 year old kauri (www.ancientwood.com) and bog oak is generally considered to be 3,000 years or more.