there is a problem around this area that i often run into... alot of my antique hunting is done in peoples barns or sheds that, if there seems to be out of place stuff thats visible from the street, i ask if they would like it cleaned up and hauled off. they have no interest in what im trying to aquire and havent for decades, it just sits in a yard and slowly will rust away, but at the first sign that someone else might be interested, then all of a sudden its as necessary as oxygen.
ive even gone under the flag of photographer interested in their collapsing 100yo barn just so i can get a look inside.