 Ancient Cypress, LLC has begun to unearth an ancient cypress forest from the coastal plain of South Carolina. The unearthed logs have been recovered from the sand quarries near the Lynches and Pee Dee Rivers, in South Carolina.
Scientists and professionals involved with this project are enthusiastic about the fact that the logs contain hundreds of annual growth rings which present an excellent opportunity for studying tree ring chronologies from the last ice age.
This wood is so special because of the fact that it is so ancient and still not fossilized. The term sub-fossil is used to describe this wood and it does have a workability similar to regular modern wood.
Carbon dating has been done at least three times now on this find of ancient wood. The first study done showed a result of 25,000 to 45,000 years old. A new study was done and the results were 52,000 plus or minus several thousand years and now a most recent study done in New Zeeland indicates a possible 100,000 years or more. This wood seems to be some of the most ancient wood found in the world.
Doc Hull has been asked to make these limited edition calls in partnership with the folks at Ancient Cypress LLC and so these calls will come to the buyer along with a certificate to authenticate the Ancient Cypress wood.
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