One man's trash?

[urbpan]

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[perspicuity]

if you find a mason jar full of gold and/or silver coins, that's the one i lost about 50-60 years ago :>

there's a metal detecting forum i read, where some guy "found something" along those lines, started telling people about his great find, and was told "to hush the heck up right now"... apparently all kinds of people come foreward when you find the hoard of the ancients.

in your case, i wonder if you found the top of an old outhouse pit? treasure fiends love those, all kinds of stuff falls out of pockets, and there's old bottles and things to be found. a long stiff wire is a good tool.

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[donnad]

That's really cool, maybe that's where the Privy used to be. You know besides being an outhouse, the privy often served as the trash heap for broken toys, pottery and whatnot.

The only stuff I have found on my property was some broken pottery sherds. Nothing significant.

[anais2]

The privy idea was my first response, keep digging and see what interesting goodies you come up with!

[wandererrob]

You've got to love backyard archeology :)

I haven't found anything that cool but have turned up a railroad spike, an antenna wire running to the shed and our carpenter found what appeared to be a chrome car bumper 2 feet down when digging for the porch posts.

I often wonder what else is under my yard waiting to be unearthed.

[iheartoothecae]

Neat!

[asakiyume]

Do you think it's some kid's treasure stash from long ago? It seems like the sorts of things kids would bury as treasure.

[urbpan]

The oral history of the property doesn't include children (although this is the third toy gun I've found) so I'm afraid the privy hole theory sounds the most likely to me.