wirelessworldinc
Sr. Member
A little history on my property. The home was built in 1890 and so yesterday i decided that i would metal detect and I did find a clad penny that was 8 inches down. They must have brought in alot of fill dirt over the years. I got bored with detecting the yard so I went inside the pole barn out back that was built the same year as the house. 2/3 of the floor is dirt and previous owners did pour concrete on 1/3. as I was detecting I got a large outline of a signal showing quarter and gold, bouncing back and forth. I dug down 12 inches and I would say the width and length I dug was approx 16in x 18in. I hit something hard and metally sounding and it sounded hollow. It scared me because I thought maybe a gas line. I called a friend to help me get the rest of the dirt out of the hole. We got down and it was round lid with 2 hooks on it and very heavy to lift off. It was dark in the barn so i ran inside and grabbed a flashlight, (cheapy) did little good. When we pryed the lid off their is a metal container (round). It was empty except for 3 pieces of old boards in it. It was not a septic tank. My questions are: Could it be an old Moonshine Still buried in the ground or maybe it was used to burn something, maybe a blacksmith shop a long time ago? The old neighbors tell me that years ago the story on the house is that there was a dumb waiter going down into the basement and that is where the old man used to take his hooch up and down from the basement. I am going to dig the metal container completely out of the ground and metal detect underneith it. Let me tell you that when I seen a big lid my heart actually skipped a beat thinking "Oh my God, I actually found a Cache". Guess I will keep digging. Here are the pics, sorry they are so dark.
Mary ann
Mary ann
......Not GE
