tips for finding dumps and privies?

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LolaInSF

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Hi all-
I live in a house built in 1888, and I've found a lot of great stuff (newspapers, business cards, cigarette boxes and such) in the walls during repairs and renovations over the years. I'm curious to know how I would pinpoint the location of the original dump and/or privy associated with this house, assuming those were still common in 1888. Any tips?
 

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it depends how built up this location is by now , some areas ,the old dumps have long been paved over or new homes built on them . if the lot is bigger and untouched is a better chance of finding something
 

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Go to the back corners of your yard/lot & start probing the ground with a metal rod called a probe. LEON.
 

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Be willing to dig, property lines are a good start. Metaldetect those area's first. Lowest border of your land to start. Altered land is how I find them here, rocks lay unnatural in shallow mounds. I dig 10 core holes to one good one.
 

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Just now saw these answers...thanks for the advice!
 

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