Cache Detecting

[DukeOBass]

Has anyone ever found coin caches in the stone walls of a cellar hole? I grew up about 2 hours north of where I currently live. As a young teen, I became interested in bottle digging. I went to the county library, at that time, and copied 1858 maps of each of the towns in the county. I then went around looking for the foundations of houses outside of town that didn't exist anymore. I got into metal detecting at the end of 2006 and have never ventured back out to these foundations since then. I guess I'm wondering if it was a common practice to hide stuff within a cellar wall or are there other places around a foundation I should look?

 

[JodyReb]

Hi DukeOBass, I'm from northeast Texas and I've heard it was a common practice in past days to hide a cache in the walls of a cellar hole; maybe a wall with bricks that a few were left loose so they could be removed at will. You may very well have luck rechecking some of those sites. In addition, the man of the house normally did not let their better halves nor their children know about a cache nor the whereabouts of their cache. Many men died without having the opportunity to make this information known to those they would be leaving behind. God called them before they realized they would not have the chance to reveal their secrets. I hope you find treasure in some of these spots.

 

[DukeOBass]

Thank you for the response. These cellar holes are limestone rocks stack on top of each other.

 

[JodyReb]

Still, some of the smaller ones may be capable of being removed as needed. I don't know; just a thought...