stibnitetwins: With the answers now posted for the cache, we are archiving it. No additional finds will be allowed. Thank you for all the cachers that tried to find it.
We don't have a picture of the hollow tree the cache was in, but at the time you had to stand in a small depression and reach up to the hole in the tree to retrieve the container. So the clue: "Stand in the shallow grave and reach for the dying tree" was factual to get the cache.
Good caching everyone. Hopefully this brings your troubles on this cache to an end.