Gonna Take It Out Back

[PAPPY]

Ole' PAPPY was sitting thinking today...and that is dangerous...Some words came to mind from an old song I used to know. The song was called "KEEP THE FRONT YARD LOOKING GOOD". One of the lines in the song was..Gonna take it out the back door and throw it in the River..Gonna take it out the back door and put it in the woods..Gonna take it out the back door and chunk it down the hillside..Gonna keep the front yard looking good.
I know all of us ole' timers can relate to the song but did you ever think about all of the stuff that has been thrown away over the years?
I know when I was a kid we used to load the wagon and get the mule and take all the stuff we couldn't burn down the road and dump it over the hill.
Even today in the remote area that I live in we still burn what we can and throw the rest in the woods. We don't have garbage pick-up where I live and certainly didn't have when I was in my younger days.
There are many many place to look for lost treasures still today. Old homesites have places they used to burn things..many a coin has got in those burn piles by accident. Old toys, pottery, stoneware and Lord knows what else got thrown over the hillside and you can find numerous bottles and stoneware at the river sites still today.
When you are out detecting...Keep this idea in mind...In the OLDEN DAY'S and still some places today people had to dispose of things the best they could..Don't pass up that old burn site, bottle dump, privy, well etc. Take time to investigate the area you are in and you may be pleasantly suprised...PAPPY

[RingDancer]

Pappy good tip! I just so happened to get permission to hunt an area near me that was one of the oldest houses in my community yesterday! There was a small store on the property...you can still see the stones in the ground that were either steps or walkway or maybe foundation! Said it was also a dairy back there! I ventured up the hill and down the backside and you can see brick, pottery and glass everywhere. This area over the hill is probably where they dumped their trash and bottles. Sure they have pushed this with a dozer at some time! There is a creek running around the property. Iron and other signals all over the place!!! Went to the creek and the water is down and boy you should see the glass bottles everywhere! Most were broke but...I bet down under all those broke ones may just be a good un!!! This place I am sure has been detected before. Didn't find much yesterday. Still a lot of signals everywhere! Had a blast just knowing it was a real old area! I will return, may just be hiding something for me to turn up!!!

HH
Pat