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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1522563, member: 38849&quot;]A few tips for treasure hunters;</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are searching old farmsteads, a good place to look is halfway between the back door and the outhouse.&nbsp; Pioneers seldom buried valuables DEEP; they hid them where they could get in and out in a hurry.&nbsp; The &quot;path&quot; was a high-traffic location where any evidence of disturbing the earth was gone overnight.&nbsp; Another good area is the animal barnyard.&nbsp; Cows, horses, pigs, geese, and ducks set up quite a racket when an intruder, 2- or 4-foot, comes around.&nbsp; A third place, the chimney; often the only thing standing after a fire, and, too hot to mess with much of the time.&nbsp; Finally, a shortened fence post (the part below ground, shortened, that is), supported by the wire, that can be quickly lifted up, a poke put in or taken out, and seconds later, no trace.&nbsp; If you see an ancient fence row, with just one post broken or lying down, check it out; it&#039;s the short post that gave out long before the others.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you find bottlecaps, nuts and bolts, etc., stick them in your pocket; it doesn&#039;t hurt to be able to tell a pesky cop that you are improving the public safety and following environmental guidelines.&nbsp; Also offer to help the cops search a crime scene for missing bullets or &quot;unknown&quot; evidence; there&#039;s no better partner in treasure-hunting than a cop.&nbsp; Carry a canteen on a pistol belt; that suggests you&#039;re a veteran, which never hurts, and a single valuable find can be dropped inside, where it is unlikely to be found or confiscated or discovered.&nbsp; Put some tapioca in the canteen, then a coin won&#039;t rattle or move around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good hunting!&nbsp; Been there and done that...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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