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I found a bathtub, in an old cowpen in 2008. It was completely buried up above it's top rim. I'm assuming it was originally a water trough and had to been put there by my father, but I don't remember him doing it or seeing it before.

A metal detector would go nuts on parts of my place.
 

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GB - I don't have the nerve to get a metal detector. I'm OCD enough that I would probably be digging non-stop.

This southerner is a cold weather wimp. We are taking care of a friends animals at their home/business (horse and dog boarding). They have a half dozen horses and an assortment of goats and dogs as well that are being boarded. Just hauling water for all of them had me out way past my comfort level.
 

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GB - I don't have the nerve to get a metal detector. I'm OCD enough that I would probably be digging non-stop.

This southerner is a cold weather wimp. We are taking care of a friends animals at their home/business (horse and dog boarding). They have a half dozen horses and an assortment of goats and dogs as well that are being boarded. Just hauling water for all of them had me out way past my comfort level.

My thought is, 'If it's below the ground, leave it unless ya know it's something toxic, otherwise, you don't know it's there and in most cases nature will eventually reduce it to base elements.

I'm boarding a neighbor's horse myself right now, since he is non-resident owner of that property and it needs daily feeding and wind/rain proof shelter for the next 30 days. It'll share water trough with a couple of my momma cows and their new calves till the weather gets better or he returns from out of town late January. Friends of his came by yesterday and put an insulated waterproof blanket/coat on her yesterday in preparation for the 20s temps we will get starting late tonight.
 
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