jgas
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- Apr 23, 2008
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Hello all,
Sorry I haven't posted much lately, in fact I've been away for some time with the loss of my Mother. So I have not been digging quite so much this season. The thread title may seem like I've dug a ton but usually we are in the 20 to 30 pit range at this point of the season. So to keep my mind off of things I thought what a great way to do it. Go out and find a decent pit and see what happens.
So off we went and Don and I went searching an area that has been known to give up some decent finds. Although like I said we have come up empty thus far. But we always say it just takes one!
. So I have been probing a double lot that had two homes on it. Possibly dating the the 1880's or so. Good enough for our area of the country. Took awhile of pounding the rod into the hard ground but we found these couple of possibilities. Felt pretty good with some layering and a couple of times I felt some glass, but not much. Oh well, so we will give it a go. Don is the grass cutter guy. So he took the first layer off for a nice replacing after we dig. Seems to work out nice and the folks that let us dig appreciate that. 
After he took out the top layer and began my decent into the depths. At about two feet we started finding bones and some other fill trash and the first layers of ash. A good sign so far. 
So we kept going and at about the 5 foot area WHALLA! The "Use Layer". Seeds and pottery, some mason jars and of course a bunch of broken stuff. But I started to find some intact bottles. A Trifecta of Coblat Keasby and Mattison bottles. A nice Apple Green Piso's Cure for Consumption and some perfumery items. Looking like a full on females house. Complete with Dandruff Cures, Knoxit VD bottles and more compacts. It appears as though its a 1900 privy or there about. 
Wish it were older but on we went. Ya never know what you are going to find. Possibly a late throw! 
So I kept at it. Then finally a sweet keeper shows its face! I really cool looking flask with Merry Christmas and Happy New Year embossing with a belt or purse style embossing as well. 
Never found one before so that is awesome!! Then out pops a Witch Hazel Cream bottle. Cool little find. Then I tossed out the LockPort Gargling Oil in a shovel full of seeds and dirt! That must be the later throw. All in all we came out with a handful of keepers. The flask I think is the best of all. That one is going in the cabinet for awhile! So after this pit I reprobed the other one diagonally away from this one and located a nice Use layer for that one. So when we return it's game on for what I hope to be some more little keepers. Pit #11 Awaits!
Sorry I haven't posted much lately, in fact I've been away for some time with the loss of my Mother. So I have not been digging quite so much this season. The thread title may seem like I've dug a ton but usually we are in the 20 to 30 pit range at this point of the season. So to keep my mind off of things I thought what a great way to do it. Go out and find a decent pit and see what happens.
So off we went and Don and I went searching an area that has been known to give up some decent finds. Although like I said we have come up empty thus far. But we always say it just takes one!
. So I have been probing a double lot that had two homes on it. Possibly dating the the 1880's or so. Good enough for our area of the country. Took awhile of pounding the rod into the hard ground but we found these couple of possibilities. Felt pretty good with some layering and a couple of times I felt some glass, but not much. Oh well, so we will give it a go. Don is the grass cutter guy. So he took the first layer off for a nice replacing after we dig. Seems to work out nice and the folks that let us dig appreciate that. After he took out the top layer and began my decent into the depths. At about two feet we started finding bones and some other fill trash and the first layers of ash. A good sign so far. So we kept going and at about the 5 foot area WHALLA! The "Use Layer". Seeds and pottery, some mason jars and of course a bunch of broken stuff. But I started to find some intact bottles. A Trifecta of Coblat Keasby and Mattison bottles. A nice Apple Green Piso's Cure for Consumption and some perfumery items. Looking like a full on females house. Complete with Dandruff Cures, Knoxit VD bottles and more compacts. It appears as though its a 1900 privy or there about. Wish it were older but on we went. Ya never know what you are going to find. Possibly a late throw! So I kept at it. Then finally a sweet keeper shows its face! I really cool looking flask with Merry Christmas and Happy New Year embossing with a belt or purse style embossing as well. Never found one before so that is awesome!! Then out pops a Witch Hazel Cream bottle. Cool little find. Then I tossed out the LockPort Gargling Oil in a shovel full of seeds and dirt! That must be the later throw. All in all we came out with a handful of keepers. The flask I think is the best of all. That one is going in the cabinet for awhile! So after this pit I reprobed the other one diagonally away from this one and located a nice Use layer for that one. So when we return it's game on for what I hope to be some more little keepers. Pit #11 Awaits!
