I've added the "(things that C14 date too young/old)" part to the topic title.
I had "hide" a couple of messages, on the way to "hiding" even more. Then I decided that in a muddled sort of way they might be on topic.
Essentially, johnfolton is saying the peat dated (relatively) young, rather than millions of years old (which would be outside of the C14 dating range).
Coyote thinks that those (relatively) young ages are what could be expected from the glacial/non-glacial history of the area in question. The non-admin mode (Minnemooseus) would agree with that.
It seems to me that johnfolton is constructing a strawman (peatman?) in that he thinks the mainstream scientific perspective is that the peat in question is millions of years old. He needs to produce some sort of science side (not creationist) reference to support this millions years old peat concept. But that would be off-topic here. Maybe the place for such is in the
Paging johnfolton. Bring your evidence for a young earth topic.
Bottom line - The previous peat discussion should stop.
My vision for this topic is as what I added to the topic title - "Things that C14 date too young/old".
Such as the message 1 material, the C14 dated "very old live seals or snails", or the C14 dated "young diamonds".
Or something like that - Topic drift control is a bitch.
Adminnemooseus