Critterhunter
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I hit an old dirt path in the woods today for about an hour and a half. I was digging it all in the hopes of a gold ring lost by a hiker or jogger but only came up with some round tabs and I think a wheat or maybe an indian, but I've got to clean the crust off the coin to tell what it is. Anyway, I saw another even fainter narrow path head up a hill so I took it. Halfway up this tiny trail at a level area I found a cement structure. It looks like a basement cement sink but is about three times bigger but is divided into two "tubs" just like a basement sink is. Anybody have any idea what this thing is? It was obviously poured there because it would be too heavy to transport, especially up that hill. It sits above ground. Only two guesses I have is a horse troff of some kind to water horses, or perhaps it's where water would collect from a spring further up the hill or something? Although it's cement, you can tell it's old cement because of the fine pebble like stones that are mixed in it. I've seen old cement like this before that had these grayish stones in it at old houses. I'm guessing later 1800's to early 1900's construction or so.