In Your Yard, Underground

[Juniper]

Something I read on another forum got me thinking about this - I've thought about it before, too - ever wonder what is in your yard, underground?

Naturally this varies depending on the age of your home, what was there before the house was built, etc. Could be all kinds of trash, a filled-in outhouse pit, dead pet skeletons, a box of money someone hid and forgot where they put it...you never know!

By the way, there are people who go around digging up outhouse pits in the name of archaeology/antique hunting....lots of old bottles and who knows what else.

I have a metal detector, a cheap one...I've gone around our yard a bit, but never found anything but a rivet and a radio knob. Every now and then we'll dig up stuff like a broken Hot Wheel or plastic army man.

Of course, sometimes you probably don't wanna know what's there.

Anybody think about this, or find anything interesting?