THEY FINALLY CUT THE GRASS!!!!

[willie d]

I've been searching a boarded up funeral home built in 1914. The site is about 6 acres with a decent amount of tree cover. I've been sticking with the tree line, not much growth there. I've been doing this off and on for a couple weeks. The grass was cut on friday and I was able to get there on sunday. I found plenty of shredded aluminum from the lawnmowers in the front. In the back however, I came across a trash pit. I started digging a target and about a foot down came across an amber colored bottle sitting horizontally in the ground. At first, I thought it was a newer beer bottle buried by one of the homeless people in the area. I was able to unearth it in nearly perfect condition except for a very small chip on the lip. I've seen others on ebay saying it was a bitters bottle. I found the bottle at the end of my trip. I will be returning asap. There was broken blue and white dishes in the hole also, that leads me to believe it is a trash pit. I'm not a bottle collector but I think I've been bitten by the bug. I also found a 65,94 penny, a dedication coinfrom 1978, an empty blade supply box from american safety razor company. The blades were to a scalpel not surprising around a funeral home. I will be counting the minutes until I can get back there.

 

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[JakePhelps]

Cool finds!! The trash pit you describe sounds like a outhouse hole, is it on the lawn or in the woods? If its in the lawn you may want to get permission to dig a large plug of grass out and dig down around 4-5 feet and get all the artifacts if it is a outhouse hole. I found the same blade box but it had utility blades in it.

 

[Monty]

With my luck I'd find gold......teeth! Those places give me the creeps, way more than grave yards! Sounds like an interesting site though so keep at it. JIM

 

[jimbt]

Nice finds wille. Keep digging.
jimbt

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

WD.

that could be a very interesting bottle dump. Bottles from certain profession are at a premium. If the area is out of the way, you say it's in the back, start digging.

I said digging but.........

Once I start hitting shards I start to scrape away the dirt, layer by layer; mess up fewer bottles.

Let us know how it goes.

have a good un............
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

 

[strobeone]

Hey Willy, did the bottle have any ashes in it Yeow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mchamby]

That's the first time I've ever heard of anyone in a hurry to get back to a funeral home
Hope you can get permission to dig a big hole and you find great things to show us.
Mchamby

 

[Floater]

Nice finds Willie. Use a very thin Ice pick for a probe around the dump. This way as you hand dig you will get the feel for the dirt vs/ the objects. Very gentle touch and if its sharp just put a little duct tape on the end to blunt it. works great. Keep us posted. HH