Inside vs. outside the foundation

[kykev]

I know that all bets are off as to where good finds are discovered, but I am wondering if anyone has an opinion on which area is more productive (for coins at least)- inside or outside the foundation or footprint of old homes or buildings. This assumes that the structure is no longer there.

Thanks in advance
Kevin
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[bunn leonard]

honestly in Va. where I hunt theres alot of fields around old plantation homes , I find more in the fields away from the home site it self to much landscaping over the years.

 

[brickdaddy]

Well wouldn't stand to reason the outside of the foundation would be best. After all if the house was there how would anyone walk thru it ? No they would walk around it. Isn't the only time you'll find coins on the inside of a foundation is when it's been gone for sometime and people walk over it, or if by some slim chance someone dropped a coin inside along the wall of the coin and then maybe it would some how fall the floor to find the ground or if it had a woden floor then thru the cracks? I don't know does that seem very probable? Too I've found the inside of foundations usually hold a lot of trash from the house that was there before it. But I quess it depends too on how old the house is. 150-200+ years old I would definetly check inside after I hit the outside hard first. Just my opinion any other TH'ers feedback recommended.

HH