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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug5353, post: 2090627, member: 73555&quot;]If the original house had an outhouse before indoor plumbing, examine the path halfway between the two structures.&nbsp; Money tended to be hidden where there was a lot of foot traffic, and constant disruption of the soil to hide any evidence of access.&nbsp; It was not buried deep, so as to allow quick in-and-out movement.&nbsp; Another favorite was the dog run, if any, or in the horses&#039; stalls.&nbsp; Chimneys, unlikely.&nbsp; Old T-H tips.</p><p><br /></p><p>One more, a cut-off fence post.&nbsp; You could lift it up, retrieve your stash, etc., then set it back down again, and leave no sign of tampering.&nbsp; The posts are long since rotted, but you can usually tell where the fence-rows were, especially around the house.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until the Civil War and its mechanization of hardware manufacturing, it was MUCH cheaper to drill a hole in a large cent than to buy that size washers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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