Can't find the base data to a pivot table

I am looking at a pivot table. If I double click a total I can get the full expanded data table, but otherwise I can unhide every singe sheet, including veryhidden, and I can't find the original data sheet anywhere. I have also looked to see if I could find a sheet that extended beyond it's apparent used range and run searches for data that I can find on the data sheet when I have exploded a total value. Can one create a pivot table and then delete the original data sheet and still show all the original data later on?

How the heck is it done?

Edit: Uhg. I now see it is possible, though I wouldn't have thought it. Once the table is created you can blow away the original data source yet the pivot table retains all the original data for expanding. Interesting.

Posting for anyone's edification-

Thanks for posting the solution.