hobbes_lives
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Hi all. I am new to this group, as I just recently purchased a metal detector (Garrett ACE 250) and started detecting again. (Something I used to love to do as a child.)
Here's my scenario...
While metal detecting in a local back yard, I ran across a pie tin that was buried upside-down, about 5-6 inches deep. Not wanting to dig a large hole in the yard to remove it, I reburied it and kept on hunting. About twenty to twenty-five feet away, I found another pie tin, buried in a similar manner, upside-down, at a similar depth. This one, I dug half-way up, confirming it was definitely a pie tin, then buried the hole, again not wanting to make such a big mess.
Later that evening, while thinking about how odd it was that there would be two pie tins buried in such a manner, it dawned on me that maybe these were placed there as markers, and not just some random trash!
Is this possible that these are cache markers? Should I make an effort to go crazy digging under, around and between these pie tins, or just assume it's a really odd coincidence? Any other ideas on why pie tins would be buried like this?
I didn't really find much other trash like this in the yard. Found several wheat pennies, some dimes, some hot wheels, something that may be a meteorite, and other random items. The pie tins seem really out of place.
You guys (and gals) know lots more about caches than I do, so what do you think?
TIA!
Here's my scenario...
While metal detecting in a local back yard, I ran across a pie tin that was buried upside-down, about 5-6 inches deep. Not wanting to dig a large hole in the yard to remove it, I reburied it and kept on hunting. About twenty to twenty-five feet away, I found another pie tin, buried in a similar manner, upside-down, at a similar depth. This one, I dug half-way up, confirming it was definitely a pie tin, then buried the hole, again not wanting to make such a big mess.
Later that evening, while thinking about how odd it was that there would be two pie tins buried in such a manner, it dawned on me that maybe these were placed there as markers, and not just some random trash!
Is this possible that these are cache markers? Should I make an effort to go crazy digging under, around and between these pie tins, or just assume it's a really odd coincidence? Any other ideas on why pie tins would be buried like this?
I didn't really find much other trash like this in the yard. Found several wheat pennies, some dimes, some hot wheels, something that may be a meteorite, and other random items. The pie tins seem really out of place.
You guys (and gals) know lots more about caches than I do, so what do you think?
TIA!
