Big box under two large oak trees..

[Foot hill]

Stop by to detect an empty lot near a river on my way home wasn't finding much walked over to two large oak trees and got a big signal and pinpoint mode showed was at least a few feet diameter
Started digging and at @8" came to metal plate.
At first I thought it could be a street sign or some random trash. But then came to corner and noticed it was a box


Kept digging with my small pick axe and got most of the box exposed. I was worn out digging this up and somewhat nervous/excited to find out what's inside.
Treasure? Body? Bug-out box?

Pry up a corner and open it up.. I see a tarp and lots of dead maggots [emoji15]
Now I'm not that excited anymore [emoji43]

I have to find out what's inside the tarp so poke the pick axe and move tarp over.
I see vertebrae bones and then to my relief the long jawbone of what looks to be a canine
[emoji28]
I say "sorry puppy dog" and put the lid back on, cover with soil and walk away completely exhausted emotionally and physically
Who has done that before?



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[CivilWarSaver]

Not me

 

[achetadomestica]

reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with the parrot, I think his name was Fredo?

 

[Centsless Detecting]

Ooy I havent..
Sorry for your loss of buried treasure..

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Damn thats rough..

 

[Obsessive]

Thats a good way to disguise the real treasure.

 

[1320]

I dug up a cat that was buried in a metal box, not what I was hoping for either....lol.

 

[Underwonder]

Awwww...Sorry to hear the end of your story. It is a nice resting spot for someone's best canine friend....I can imagine what was racing through your mind the whole while!

 

[pepperj]

RIP
It's not what one hopes for and least expects when digging, a surreal moment when the actual final ID happens. I've dug a few but long past decomposing stage just bones and the collar tags for the pet, each time leaving as is, an apology to the pet and a cover up. Dug down over a foot and a half one time, got the glimpse of chrome bars (animal crate/cage) "OK I think I'll stop right there" was the comment out loud in the bush.

 

[mcb66]

Dug up a dang dead horse one time. It was OLD, wasn't sure what it was until I hit a horse shoe.

 

[Trezurehunter]

I have found 3 different small metal containers, which acted as urns for the cremated remains of peoples animals. They were all found in Forest Preserves, where i am assuming the pet owners use to walk their faithful companions. All were found in different Forest Preserves over the course of many years. Each one had a picture of the dog and their dog tags in the urn. I did the same thing as you. Just said "oops" and re-buried the containers. Digging stuff like that up, does make for an interesting story. And by the way, I have also found a dead human body. It just wasn't buried. Poor lady was murdered and dumped. Luckily I came upon her within 24 hours of her murder, and it was in late October 10 years ago, so the body was not decomposed.

 

[Dirtwisher]

Omg I have always wondered if anyone on here had found a murder victim. I guess I have my answer.

 

[against the wind]

This time of year,, the dead come back.
The dog is going to find you.,, lol

 

[digger460]

I don't know what to say

 

[MetalArchSC]

Wow. Thankful as "hello" kitty it's never happened to me and pray that never does. One thing to stumble upon bones. Different ball game digging up a pets coffin. And Lawdy please don't let me stumble upon a dead body.

 

[sprailroad]

Near the high water mark of a reservoir built in the 30's, got a signal and dug maybe 8'' and uncovered a corner of a wooden box, no lid, dug more into the packed clay, found some smaller bones, Hmmm...some lead sheathing, green brass handle, bones? An unknown grave. Yup, OK, it was about a 100' downhill beyond a fence for a 1850's and later cemetery. Put everything back, covered it up with rocks and rubble as it had been, and moved on.

 

[Johncoho]

I guess I'll chime in with my story. It wasn't a dig, but I thought it was something good. As I was driving to my exchange office I took care of I saw a nice cardboard box along the road that I thought looked like it may have fallen off a truck or something. It looked taped and sealed neatly so after driving past this several days, I had to stop and check it out. It turned out to be a dead cat in the box.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[Ammoman]

Omg I have always wondered if anyone on here had found a murder victim. I guess I have my answer.

I have never found a murder victim but, i did find the remains of 3 WWII Japanese soldiers when i was living on Guam.

 

[P.ALLEN]

Ache talked about the Sienfeld parrot. Funny story, my friend lived along the Severn River in Maryland...in his backyard was an engraved headstone for a parrot, previous owner loved it so much he purchased a headstone with the photo of it engraved. People love their pets, I know I do.