jgas
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- Apr 23, 2008
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So it’s been some crazy rainy weather out here and we finally just said to heck with it and we dodge the drops. We were lucky enough to be digging in a heavily wooded lot but then again maybe not. The roots are something else.
In any case I found a pit straight back from the back door of the house. We had already dug the 1890 pit and it was pretty empty. Since the house was built in 1884 we knew there was another pit around. So hopefully this one was the one. I did probe a really shallow pit or trash area near the fence line but it was only 3 feet deep. So we decided to do the deeper one first. Got down about 4 feet and we started to find all kinds of fruit jars. Wax sealer types so we knew we were in the old one. Possibly the first pit. But after the 4 foot level it went blank. A couple shoe leathers and some panes of glass. But then Don pops out a find we have never dug before. A Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry. A really crude bottle. Probably dating to the 1870s-80s. But that was about it. A broken Dr. Johnson’s Vigor of life was the end of this one.
We were pretty wiped out after an 8 footer but we decided to check that small 3 footer near the fence line. Did basically a post hole and located some yellow ware plate and some chamber pot pieces. Hmmmmm, old enough to open up. So we opened it up enough to get down to the layer of glass. Out pops a Double Eagle Flask piece. Then another. Then another. Then the bases and tops of more. Some Pikes Peaks and more Eagles. Did happen to snap up a really cool Busch match holder or whatever it might be with the Eagle and the A. Any body got any ideas on what it really could be that would be appreciated. All in all there were 8 flasks in the pit but sadly they were all broken. This was what we think was the very first pit they had when the home was being built. So to all you pit diggers check all those iffy little trash pits closer to the house. It may be loaded with whole goodies. So we paid our dues and busted out the Kleenex. But we had fun and it is still cool to pull out some historical glass. My eyes are on another property now so time to move on and see what else we can uncover. Goodluck out there people. Be safe as always. Jgas.
In any case I found a pit straight back from the back door of the house. We had already dug the 1890 pit and it was pretty empty. Since the house was built in 1884 we knew there was another pit around. So hopefully this one was the one. I did probe a really shallow pit or trash area near the fence line but it was only 3 feet deep. So we decided to do the deeper one first. Got down about 4 feet and we started to find all kinds of fruit jars. Wax sealer types so we knew we were in the old one. Possibly the first pit. But after the 4 foot level it went blank. A couple shoe leathers and some panes of glass. But then Don pops out a find we have never dug before. A Wistars Balsam of Wild Cherry. A really crude bottle. Probably dating to the 1870s-80s. But that was about it. A broken Dr. Johnson’s Vigor of life was the end of this one.
We were pretty wiped out after an 8 footer but we decided to check that small 3 footer near the fence line. Did basically a post hole and located some yellow ware plate and some chamber pot pieces. Hmmmmm, old enough to open up. So we opened it up enough to get down to the layer of glass. Out pops a Double Eagle Flask piece. Then another. Then another. Then the bases and tops of more. Some Pikes Peaks and more Eagles. Did happen to snap up a really cool Busch match holder or whatever it might be with the Eagle and the A. Any body got any ideas on what it really could be that would be appreciated. All in all there were 8 flasks in the pit but sadly they were all broken. This was what we think was the very first pit they had when the home was being built. So to all you pit diggers check all those iffy little trash pits closer to the house. It may be loaded with whole goodies. So we paid our dues and busted out the Kleenex. But we had fun and it is still cool to pull out some historical glass. My eyes are on another property now so time to move on and see what else we can uncover. Goodluck out there people. Be safe as always. Jgas.
!!!! Congrats on the wild cherry !! I believe the bush piece is a match safe also , do the 2 slide together or are they separate pieces and missing their lids ?? Those are good finds !!!
