Well...as long as yuo know where the buildings were or know where the foundations if any are....some good places to look could be:
Around the perimeter of the foundations and large trees.
Cornerstones of buildings.
Along fence rows and fence posts...corners and middle posts may have been good hiding spots.
Around wells if any and just inside the top of well up to an arms length possibly would be a good place to check as well.
If they had a barn check the area of the barn very careffully...many things were "disposed" of or "secreted away" in barns. Some farmers and others not trusting banks in that time would sometimes hide a small cache of money near the corner of the building for quick access.
If you could find where the outhouse was this would also be a good place to check.
In and around where the fireplace would or could have been. Sometimes items were hidden under the stones or bricks of the fireplace.
Along any paths or trails that you know of or could find on the piece of property.
If you could come up with a photo of the house that was there pay attention to where the windows were. Sometimes people would bury a cache just under a window outside so they could keep an eye on it so to speak. Sometimes they made the cache site within fiew of the window so they could keep an eye on it from inside if need be.
These are just a few ideas to get you started. People hide things any and everywhere you can think of. It may even pay off to take the time and just go over the whole place with a fine tooth comb although this could be very time consuming. About the only other thing that I can think of right off hand is to never expect or assume anything when looking for a cache...if there was one there it may still be anmywhere there or it may have been recovered long ago.
Hope this gives you a few ideas on where to start.
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