halfdime
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Last bottle from cousin's old privy
I finally reached the bottom of an old privy at my cousin's place; the farm has been in the family for about 100 years, and the house is at the opposite end from a ghost town where I first discovered privy digging. This morning, I uncovered something I hadn't yet seen: a bottle with a glass stopper intact! It's a one pint bottle, with some embossed lettering. Hopefully, the picture will show it, but the words are: UNION MADE G.B.B.A. OF U.S.&C. This circles a circle with TRADE MARK inside. It's probably nothing special, but it's a first for me. Also, while sifting some of the better dirt, I found an old wheat penny on my screen. I'll have to clean it up to get a date off it; I'll be very disappointed if it's a 1956D!
Update: the wheat is a 1918, about the most common early wheat there is.
I finally reached the bottom of an old privy at my cousin's place; the farm has been in the family for about 100 years, and the house is at the opposite end from a ghost town where I first discovered privy digging. This morning, I uncovered something I hadn't yet seen: a bottle with a glass stopper intact! It's a one pint bottle, with some embossed lettering. Hopefully, the picture will show it, but the words are: UNION MADE G.B.B.A. OF U.S.&C. This circles a circle with TRADE MARK inside. It's probably nothing special, but it's a first for me. Also, while sifting some of the better dirt, I found an old wheat penny on my screen. I'll have to clean it up to get a date off it; I'll be very disappointed if it's a 1956D!
Update: the wheat is a 1918, about the most common early wheat there is.
