My cache hunting tip for the day.

check the old chicken coops. chickens were the farmers built in alarm system
 

I would say, make sure you have a lead that YOU can believe in. There's a saying that writers use, "you must be willing to kill your children." It's a strange saying, but it means that if you find that your favorite piece doesn't fit, or is flawed in some way, you must be willing to scrap it. I believe It's the same with a treasure lead. If you find that your lead doesn't pass the test, don't keep looking for something that's not going to pay off. No matter how much time and effort you've invested, or how much you want it to be true, you must be willing to scrap it and find another one, one that you can feel good about.
I know this is basic stuff, but sometimes we can love a lead so much that we convince ourselves it's true, regardless of the evidence against it.
Instead of proving the story to be true, try disproving it. If you can't disprove it, then you just might be on to something.
 

Cache Crazy said:
I would say, make sure you have a lead that YOU can believe in. There's a saying that writers use, "you must be willing to kill your children." It's a strange saying, but it means that if you find that your favorite piece doesn't fit, or is flawed in some way, you must be willing to scrap it. I believe It's the same with a treasure lead. If you find that your lead doesn't pass the test, don't keep looking for something that's not going to pay off. No matter how much time and effort you've invested, or how much you want it to be true, you must be willing to scrap it and find another one, one that you can feel good about.
I know this is basic stuff, but sometimes we can love a lead so much that we convince ourselves it's true, regardless of the evidence against it.
Instead of proving the story to be true, try disproving it. If you can't disprove it, then you just might be on to something.
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I've heard the same, but the phrase I heard was "You have to be willing to kill your babies."

I read that in one of Stephen King's non-fiction works as he referred to some of his unfinished stories. Very true!
 

Yeah, I have that book. I guess it was "babies," but it means the same. ;D
 

Yeah, I have a few of his books. He's a strange one...guess that's why I like him.
 

Modern caches have different rules then traditional caches especially in the case of ill gotten gains.Also many modern caches are cash caches, paper money that a MD won't see. Drug dealers and thieves don't generally use banks and tend to cache items in public areas or in private areas that can't be traced back to the cacher. Also being aware of MD's the attempt is often made to foil them by having no metal in or near the cash cache or using a metal that MD ers would ignore like dog food cans or chunks of pipe. Found these things out by accident because I oftend haul off junk for the dual purpose of recycling for cash and cleaning trash signals that are on top of older deeper targets. Found a pipe with the MD followed it to know where it ran and realised it was a 10 ft length of 3" cast iron buried shallow and not connected to anything. Pulled it out and whacked the dirt of it, in the pile of dirt that slid out of it were 3 zip lock bags each with a wad of cash in them.They even had those little moisture wicking bags in them, probably recycled out of electronics. Druggies often hide cash and can't remember where, let alone why, how long ago, or if they went back to retrieve it..
Inside the vent ducting behind the heat register is quick easy and common in apartments as is inside the light fixtures, between it and the ceiling. Taping cash to the inside of hubcapes seems common also as is inside the street light connector box and on a string inside the corner street sign pole.
Beware of needles and razor blades with druggie caches.This is the big chity and your welcome to it. You wouldn't believe what's hidden in plain sight.
 

Years ago, my sister found seventeen thousand in a brown paper bag, located in an airport bathroom. She and her boss set on it for several months and no reports came in for the money, so they both had a good Christmas bonus.
 

One place I always check now are the window sills. My partner & I were searching an old abandoned house and took a break. I sat on the window sill and what was left of the window frame bottom came loose. Needless to say, after unceremoniously picking myself up and crawling back in through the window I found three silver dollars just lined up on the sill. Looked like they were placed there and the window closed over them. After this my partner decided the thing to do was run his detector all around the windows. I was in another part of the house when I heard him banging and ripping. He didn't know that the old style windows had cast iron sash weights. He dug two of them out of the frame before he figured it out. And my embarasment was cut in half! At least he acquired a couple of fine rock cod sinkers ::)
 

We found near the home of a past drug dealer installed in one of the sewer drain manholes, a 1" wire mesh covering the opposite main flow line leaving the manhole. Supposed that if he ever had to flush the evidence he could have retrieved it from the manhole later.

On old trees around the old house places, look on the lower limb bottoms for a rusty nail or spike. From this would tie a string with plumb bob to mark the cache spot on the ground.
 

Also when checking out abandoned houses another good place for hiding money was under the first step of the stairs leading to the attic. Under the newal post, at the top or bottom of the stairs, also, if there still are roll up window shades in the house, pull them all the way down beyond their normal run. My friend found two 100 dollar gold notes this way. As a matter of fact, I have used this trick also..........NGE
 

the old pot plant in the attic place most like had a stash of cash somewhere hidden in it as well as the jewel stashed there ( often dopers often trade stolen loot for dope---guns and jewelery are big time traded stuff for dope as well as cash money)

look at paving walk way stones ---under them folks often bury a stash --- say several stones down the walk way -- anything that "catches the eye " or stands out is worth looking at often . you have to use your "minds eye" to see whats odd or out of place at times.

look under the bottom of drawers of dressers from old folks homes --often taped to the bottom is envelopes you will find cash -- the old folks know crooks will pull open drawers and look in them but do not look at the bottoms--- also between the pages of the bible or other books is another favorite hiding spot --- since crooks do not read the bible and have no interest in books.
 

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