buffhunter
Sr. Member
Re: Moonshiners' caches
Back in the 1980's i was on vacation in Tennessee and was visiting my mom. She had remarried after my dad's death and the property of my stepfather had been in his family since it was homesteaded. I went up with what i had then ( a WHites PI 1000 ) and started searching the property. My stepdad said he was told there was a small skirmish back in the hollow and we found several musket balls. He also said that a neighbor on the property next to his was arrested in the 1940's for having a still on the property. i did not get permission at that time but several years later my stepdad had got the permission i needed (he bought the property). we looked with the detector and found several coils of copper tubing several inches down. they may have been covered over by years of decayed leave and such. I would not expect to find large caches of money as those days were very tough on everyone, and usually any money they made was used to buy sugar, jugs, etc. Finding enough copper today would be just as good as coins.
Back in the 1980's i was on vacation in Tennessee and was visiting my mom. She had remarried after my dad's death and the property of my stepfather had been in his family since it was homesteaded. I went up with what i had then ( a WHites PI 1000 ) and started searching the property. My stepdad said he was told there was a small skirmish back in the hollow and we found several musket balls. He also said that a neighbor on the property next to his was arrested in the 1940's for having a still on the property. i did not get permission at that time but several years later my stepdad had got the permission i needed (he bought the property). we looked with the detector and found several coils of copper tubing several inches down. they may have been covered over by years of decayed leave and such. I would not expect to find large caches of money as those days were very tough on everyone, and usually any money they made was used to buy sugar, jugs, etc. Finding enough copper today would be just as good as coins.