Finding Things Underground in Your Yard That You Didn't Expect to Be There

oneguyinohio · Dec 17, 2007, 10:01 PM

One older neighbor thought it might have been some sort of well for cattle since it had been a pasture many years before. A previous owner had also been in WW1 and was a tunnel expert/engineer so I may never know. I was told that guy would sit out in the over growth with his old military weapon and uniform as if having a flashback. They found him dead in the back yard dressed that way when he was quite old.

Clough · Dec 17, 2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by oneguyinohio

One older neighbor thought it might have been some sort of well for cattle since it had been a pasture many years before. A previous owner had also been in WW1 and was a tunnel expert/engineer so I may never know. I was told that guy would sit out in the over growth with his old military weapon and uniform as if having a flashback. They found him dead in the back yard dressed that way when he was quite old.

Do you know what he died of?

oneguyinohio · Dec 17, 2007, 10:05 PM

Old age is what I heard or heart failure

skunkman44 · Jun 19, 2008, 02:56 PM

One my cousins once rented a old house. One day he was watching his kids out the window and they were jumping up and down in one spot. He went out to check it out and found a depression. It turned out to be an old well that was covered with old boards that were rotting. He found three more wells in that yard. After some research it turn out the house was a stage coach stop and Inn a couple of hundred years ago.

Clough · Jun 20, 2008, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by skunkman44

One my cousins once rented a old house. One day he was watching his kids out the window and they were jumping up and down in one spot. He went out to check it out and found a depression. It turned out to be an old well that was covered with old boards that were rotting. He found three more wells in that yard. After some research it turn out the house was a stage coach stop and Inn a couple of hundred years ago.

Now, that's pretty interesting. Thanks!

skunkman44 · Jun 18, 2009, 04:54 AM

My cousin rented an old house once. She looked out and saw her kids jumping up and down in the yard. She went out to see what they were up to. They told her that they were just jumping on the soft spot. It turned out to be an old well that the boards covering it rotted out. The house she rented used to be an old stage coach stop and a tavern in the early 1800's. There were 3 more wells in the yard and had to have them filled.

Kellyconnell · Aug 2, 2009, 04:57 PM

I lived in Toms River NJ for awhile in the late 1990's and While using a metal detector in my yard I picked up a signal and started digging. I hit something a few inches down but it wasn't metal so I kept digging. In the end I wound up digging hole about 2 feet deep and 2 feet wide in which I found an entire toilet. The bowl had been filled with empty beer cans which is what my metal detector was picking up! Weird! I guess it was cheaper than getting rid of it.

mafiaangel180 · Feb 4, 2010, 07:16 PM

I know this is an old post...but ah well...my grandfather found a cannon ball and a civil war belt buckle in his backyard. In his attic was a women's boot...like a prairie boot or something.

spleenless9 · Feb 8, 2010, 07:46 PM

I was helping my father dig a trench from the well to the house - the pipe had sprung a leak - and found half a tomb stone about 5 feet down. It was from the 1890's.

Clough · Feb 8, 2010, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by spleenless9

I was helping my father dig a trench from the well to the house - the pipe had sprung a leak - and found half a tomb stone about 5 feet down. It was from the 1890's.

Hi, spleenless9!

That's pretty deep down to be finding part of a tombstone!

Thanks!

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