Old covered landfills

[ATProAdam]

Read a review of people saying that looking for old landfills can be a good lead. Obviously I understand that there is trash there but what do everyone think about old landfills that have since been covered by fill dirt? I know of a huge area that a facility is built on that used to he a landfill along with a huge are next to it that belongs to the county I love in. It's mostly wooded now and I'd say several decades to maybe 60-80 years since been covered. I have permission. Anyone comments are welcome.

 

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[allen_idaho]

The possibility still exists that some good artifacts are still intact. Such as bottles that may have some value.

For example, there is a steep hill section of my pasture with a road at the top. During the 1940's, there was a small garbage dump area where the road now is. It was covered over with dirt and the road built over top of it.

Fast forward to almost a decade ago, I discovered that broken glass and rusty metal kept appearing on that steep slope every time it rained. Some investigative digging and I found the garbage dump. Along with some pretty neat old bottles from the 1940's that were still intact. Including old purex bottles and a coke bottle. There were also some metal artifacts, but they were way too far gone.