Old dump site on property .

[cowboy357]

I,m Curious if anyone else has ran into old Dumpsites on there Property You Weren,t aware of untill its to late ? lol . Our property is on the river & I knew there was an old dump on the riverbank Far above the waterline I,ve been dealing with the last year or so. Removing Old tires & Larger metal items, Having them Hauled off & Covering the rest with dirt . To make it Useable property for kind of a park area . No big Surprise there right. lol .

Then a week ago I start clearing property along a slew on The far north side of Our property for Reasons I,m not even sure of right now. haha . Only to find that What appeared to be a Burm or kind of a hill , Is Nothing but another rather large above ground dumpsite . Boy did I open up a can of worms .

It appears to be at least 75 to 100 years old by the items I,ve found so far . Bottles, old toys , Car & farm Equipment parts , Also old oil field equipment & windmill parts . Most Items far beyond saving but interesting none the less . I,m now trying to figure out what to do with all of it & so far moving it 2 tractor Buckets at a time (When the Wife is able to help) about 500 yards to the old dump site down by the river . Also sorting out the Larger metal items & Burnable Materials to Dispose of Properly .

I was just Curious if Others have been through this before & how You handled it ? Or if You just left well enough alone ? As it seems like I,m far from being done & now Really curious as to What interesting things We might still find. I,ve never posted any pics here yet, So I might try later to show what I,m talking about If anyones interested & If I can figure out how to. Thanks . CB

 

[randy41]

I would be wary of coming in contact with unknown and possibly toxic waste.

 

[Luremaker]

I think every farm around these parts had a dump somewhere on the property. Mostly household waste and old farm machinery. There was an old Inn that closed in the 1920's on my property and I find lots of old bottles and broken cups, plates other kitchen items. A neighbor has found a gold mine of antiques on his property. He has lots of metal like old balance scales, horse bits, brass items etc. He's been hauling it to flea markets and selling it all. He's having a great time. Steve

 

[MicroPilot]

Be careful of not running afoul of the gubberment! (EPA and or local blight ordnances)

 

[tallyho8]

It is very common for farmers in this area to dump all their trash in an area of their property that is not used and bury it over time. Since we are in a very low area, these dumps are usually used as landfill and are never dug up. The good part is that if that trash is 75 years old or older, there is probably no toxic waste in it.

I tried this practice a couple of times years ago but I soon discovered that I always wound up with the pile in the wrong place and had to move it again. All my trash goes to the local dump now so that I only have to move it once and never see it again.

 

[mjarrels]

All old homesteads have a "dump" site... called an outhouse!

mark

 

[atgreene]

I have two on my property, both have yielded hundreds of bottles, cans and artifacts. My father has several on his property, as well.

In Maine you have the right to dispose of anything on your own property that comes from your own property with the exception of asbestos, lead paint items and oil everything else can be dumped on your own property, including shingles.

Unless it's recently dumped, I doubt you have much risk of polluting anything anyway. Every old farm had it's own dump, most people would be shocked to learn that the trash truck hasn't done weekly pick-ups for the last 150 years.

 

[LBrown59]

Be careful of not running afoul of the gubberment! (EPA and or local blight ordnances)

Get the Gov in on it & It could cost him an arm and a leg or 2 in fines and clean up fees.
It's the land owner that's guilty not the person or party that put it there.

 

[RobJ]

I know where there is a 1977 Chevy 4x4 pickup burried on our lease. It caught fire (actually not that bad either) and there was a track hoe on the lease we were using. When the time is right I'm going to dig it up and sell it on Ebay!

 

[LBrown59]

Most people would be shocked to learn that the trash truck hasn't done weekly pick-ups for the last 150 years. :

After 150 years it's probably in the trash heap too.