Moonshiner Stash - Need Advice

[Tantor]

Cletus probably don't know what " The Pink Palace" is either then, if he don't know about the Pig!

 

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[10claw]

nnnnooowwww marvin, be nice. the southerners have never heard of his daisy either.
cleetus, the piggly wiggly is ( or was ) a grocery chain, which some have called the hoggly woggly like some folks call walmart
wally world. and yes, as far as i know it is or was mostly southern.

 

[PROSPECTORMIKEL]

LET'S GET BACK TO THE "STILL" SUBJECT....

I HAVE FOUND PIECES OF STILLS WHILE EXPLORING SMALL STREAMS AND CREEK BOTTOMS,
HERE IN ARKANSAS. THEY WERE JUST PIECES THAT HAD BEEN SHOT UP OR BEAT WITH AN AX
BY THE LAW AND HAVE WASHED DOWN MOUNTAINS BY HEAVY RAINS, ETC...

IT STANDS TO REASON THAT ONE COULD TRACE BACK UP THE HILL AND FIND THE SITE,
HOWEVER; IF YOU GO BACK UP THE HILL YOU MIGHT FIND MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR.

MY DAD WAS AN "ABC" (ALCHOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL) AGENT FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED. HE HAD 11 COUNTIES TO PATROL AND HE NEVER
SET FOOT INTO THE WOODS WITHOUT THE COUNTY SHERRIFF AND SEVERAL DEPUTIES.

THOSE STILL OPERATORS WOULD FIERCELY DEFEND THEIR CASH COW, AND IF THEY GOT
SHUT DOWN IT DID NOT STOP THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

I REMEMBER THAT HE TOLD OUR LOCAL SHERRIFF "IF YOU NEED ME, CALL ME". HE HAD NO
INTENTIONS TO GO INTO THE WOODS UNLESS THE SHERRIFF WANTED HIM WITH THEM.

DAD KNEW THAT THE LOCAL FOLKS THAT HAD STILLS IN THE PAST LIVED AND WORKED IN
PLACES THAT WERE HIGHLY DEFENSIBLE AND THAT THE ODDS OF GETTING OUT ALIVE WERE
SLIM AT BEST.

THOSE FOLKS WERE LIKE BADGERS DEFENDING THEIR YOUNG. IN HEAVY WOODS WITH BLUFFS
AND BOOBY TRAPS ETC... THEY (THE LAW) WOULD BE LIKE SITTING DUCKS.

I FIGURE, THAT IF THEY WERE THAT DETERMINED TO MAKE MONEY THEY WOULD BE JUST AS DETERMINED TO KEEP ANY STASHED CASH. I NEVER WENT NEAR THEM AND IF I SAW ANY
EVIDENCE OF A BROKEN STILL IT WAS TIME TO START BACK DOWN HILL.

I NEVER MOVED UPHILL INTO THOSE AREAS, BUT WHEN GIVEN PERMISSION BY LAND OWNERS
THAT KNEW THAT THERE WAS A STILL ON THE LAND LONG BEFORE THEY OWNED IT, I WOULD
PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND WATCH FOR OLD TRAPS.

I RECOMMEND USING CAUTION EVEN WITH PERMISSION AS THE BEST HIDING PLACES ARE
POSSIBLY BOOBY TRAPPED AND WOULD MOST LIKELY BE IN EASILY DEFENSIBLE AREAS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I STILL RECOMMEND CHECKING TREES FOR NAILS OR WIRES TIED
AROUND LIMBS THAT WERE USED TO DROP A PLUMB LINE OVER THE STASH, AND ONLY DIG
TO SHOVEL DEPTH AND THEN USE YOUR HANDS TO AVOID CUTTING LEATHER POUCHES OR
BREAKING GLASS JARS.

I NEVER GO INTO THE WOODS WITHOUT MY PISTOL ANY MORE.... THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
I AM LOOKING FOR A GUNFIGHT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.

HAPPY HUNTING AND GOD BLESS.

MIKEL

 

[CoinSituation]

Dangerous stuff. i have been watching that show on TV about running shine.

 

[salvage diver]

I can tell you from personal experiance from close family members my dad had 12 brothers and sisters and about 1/2 of them tried hard not to have a job. If you head in the shine woods look out for traps some are made to kill and not hurtcause dead don't talk. Also I would say 90% chance its in a mason jar near the old site ow close by if he had a friend who could bail him out if he got caught. This friend would not have been a shiner because if both were caught then who could bail him out. Or maybe they did not travel at the same time together