From the little we can see in the pics it does not even look like the same spot let alone the same tree. The cracks in the wood are different. Unlesd the same log was move to a different spot and was rolled over, that way we are looking at a different side of the wood. The way the shade is in the og pic to help find up. One other thing that would help are some mesurements lenght, diameter, due north?
If your into tresure check out terry Carter on the 'ol youtube. He interviews treasure hunters and old timers to save history and what rabbit holes they have been down. Very interesting things like certain reservoir being build to hide things and also where/the general area cool things have been found. Egyptians, romans in america? There was just one on forest fenns tresure being found and that forest sent these guys out to find it because his family didnt want it out there after he was dead. That was the first time hearing about ol forest and i am surprised that there was that big of a deal over it. Even if i did know about it i wouldnt have wasted my time. Was there any proof that he put one out there? Snip hunt? He might not have even put one out there if he had these guys go "find it". Sorry for the derail.