Bass
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- Jan 20, 2013
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Went down to the old ghost town site again today to see if i could find an old homesite that i located approx 15 yrs ago. i was metal detecting an area that had been clear cut and had found a very old- looking pontiled bass of a bottle that was either black or dark green. i remember a depression in the ground close by and thought to myself that it was probably an old well. the site was being cleaned up so that a new pipeline could later come through. i was north of the old village site probably 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. alot had changed in the 15 yrs since i have been back to this particular homesite. now that i have a new interest in bottles, i thought i would revisit the site and probe that depression in the ground with my 5 ft probe. i w
alked down the pipeline looking for where the old wagon rd crossed the lane. i could not find it!! as i said, alot has changed in 15 yrs( including my memory) . i thought i would veer off the pipeline and walk through the woods in a zigzag direction until i would come across the old wagon rd. (the old homesite was north of the pipeline and probably only 50 yards from the old wagon road. needless to say, i eventually found the old rd and crossed it working my way back south toward the pipeline. little did i know that i was headed north. i heard a car from the small 2 lane highway and stopped dead in my tracks . The sound was to my left and near. it should have been to my right and very distant. i took my cellphone from my pocket and realized i was headed in the wrong direction. my old ass had gotten turned around in the thick woods while i was zig-zagging! I looked around to survey the steep banks of the old rd and found this bottle barely exposed at the bottom.so, i will name it the "lost bottle." Its not as old as what i hoped to find. It is 3- sided and rather tall. It is a 2 pc bottle and the seam runs the length of the bottle and through the lip. It is slightly lopsided at the top for some reason but that gives it a little bit of character. There are no markings or numbers . Maybe someone here can identify it.
alked down the pipeline looking for where the old wagon rd crossed the lane. i could not find it!! as i said, alot has changed in 15 yrs( including my memory) . i thought i would veer off the pipeline and walk through the woods in a zigzag direction until i would come across the old wagon rd. (the old homesite was north of the pipeline and probably only 50 yards from the old wagon road. needless to say, i eventually found the old rd and crossed it working my way back south toward the pipeline. little did i know that i was headed north. i heard a car from the small 2 lane highway and stopped dead in my tracks . The sound was to my left and near. it should have been to my right and very distant. i took my cellphone from my pocket and realized i was headed in the wrong direction. my old ass had gotten turned around in the thick woods while i was zig-zagging! I looked around to survey the steep banks of the old rd and found this bottle barely exposed at the bottom.so, i will name it the "lost bottle." Its not as old as what i hoped to find. It is 3- sided and rather tall. It is a 2 pc bottle and the seam runs the length of the bottle and through the lip. It is slightly lopsided at the top for some reason but that gives it a little bit of character. There are no markings or numbers . Maybe someone here can identify it.
