Cover Vegetation for Buried items?

[Halfway]

I am wondering what the best or ideal cover vegetation would be for burial of things like gold, guns, ammo, etc. Grass is pretty simple, but takes time to grow in and also makes a mess when you dig it up and need to be discreet.

Thoughts on ground cover?

[PNWest]

Virginia creeper, pretty quick you wouldn't be able to find anything!

[geo in mi]

If I would bury anything it would be in plain sight, like in my garden, which always has disturbed soil.

geo

[Halfway]

Good points!

I was also thinking some old storage drums, or a scrap heap. Easy to remove and then replace I guess.

Possibly the area in and around a chicken coop? Easy to position the coop over the disturbed area.

[GunMonkeyIntl]

I like plain sight as well.

In my last shop, I had a roll-out drawer under by biggest workbench. The drawer face was recessed by about 8" and had a bunch of trash glued to the front of it. The lockset had an empty cup-o-noodles tub glued to it. To open it, I took the lid off the cup-o-noodles, stuck the key in and turned it, and pulled out on a junk skateboard truck that was bolted to the face and mostly covered with a wadded rag.

It would hold a lot of stuff, was easy access, and went back to invisible as soon as I closed it.

[Ernie]

You can hide an entire deputy sheriff (and his car) underneath the patch of weeds which will grow back from bare soil.

Just speculating, so ya know. I'm not aware of any deputy sheriffs (or their cars) buried anywhere on my property.

[Nimrod]

A tree was blown over across one of my trails. When I cut through it to open up the trail, the part with the roots sprang back upright. Next time I have a blown over tree I will bury a gun under it before letting it spring up. Obviously this is long term storage. I think the Feds might have a hard time finding something with their metal detectors if it's buried under a tree stump but easy for me to find.

[Harry Chickpea]

Poison ivy...

[simi-steading]

Somewhere with a lot of junk metal in and on the ground... If it is the only metal in the area, you've kinda defeated your purpose if someone might think you have buried treasure..

[joebill]

Whatever you plant over it, tear up a bunch of prickly pear and toss it in the loosened dirt. With some water from time to time, it will take root and look like it's been there forever, and it takes dedication to do much digging through it. It's NASTY!....Joe

[lazyBum]

I don't know what it is, but there is a vine in my yard that grows like crazy. It will grow several inches in a day. And any spot that touches the ground grows roots. I'll send you some, just cut it into half inch long pieces and spread on top of the ground. You'll have so much ground cover, you won't be able to find what you buried.

[chickenista]

Mint spreads quick and you would always know to look in the 'mint' for your gold stash.

[Limon]

Originally Posted by Halfway

Good points!

I was also thinking some old storage drums, or a scrap heap. Easy to remove and then replace I guess.

Possibly the area in and around a chicken coop? Easy to position the coop over the disturbed area.

Or, remove a section of flooring in the coop or a shed, bury underneath that, then replace the flooring. Possibly with a hidden hinge or just lay it back on the joists. Cover with a strawbale, a trashcan, etc, so it's not obvious that it's been altered.

[Danaus29]

Mulch and potted plants. Have more than one area like that so it doesn't look out of place. (FYI, if I had something worth stashing it would not be hidden like that)

Supposedly there's an old coin stash that's been buried for more than 50 years at my mother in laws house. Several people have searched with metal detectors and came up empty. Found lots of nails, aluminum pie plates and old license plates but no $$$$.

[Cascade Failure]

Originally Posted by PNWest

Virginia creeper, pretty quick you wouldn't be able to find anything!

I have something that crowds out the creeper but I don't know what it is. Spiky stem, purple flowers, rabbits hate it. I'll post a pic this week.

[kasilofhome]

And here I was thinking sewer, phone, ele, gas, water line stuff. The government has all the equipment to find what ever they want so why try. Maybe out in the open as an illegal would work--the government never looks for them. Benifit maybe in time what ever you felt the need to hide would become legal?

[geo in mi]

Do the same thing they did with Jimmy Hoffa.......

geo

[whodunit]

Originally Posted by lazyBum

I don't know what it is, but there is a vine in my yard that grows like crazy. It will grow several inches in a day. And any spot that touches the ground grows roots. I'll send you some, just cut it into half inch long pieces and spread on top of the ground. You'll have so much ground cover, you won't be able to find what you buried.

Sounds like Morning Glory- grows easily and pulls out easily.

[wy_white_wolf]

A friend has a decoration wishing well in his yard for a reason. It covers the lid to a plastic 55 gal barrel. Easily moved for access and no digging to get what's buried.

WWW

[texican]

Something else to think about if your going the 'burying' route.... make double dog sure you can find it again... and, let someone you know and trust completely know where they can find it. (told this before) One of my relatives father buried his gold when FDR came for it all... told no one where, and his son searched all of 70 years for it (with a geiger counter).

Also, just in case someone does come looking for it, make it a habit to start burying chunks of metal everywhere... so some snoopy snoop with a metal detector will get tired of digging up plow points and old mower blades.