4TH of July junque hunt.

[Blacksheep]

I had been itching to get out of the house to do some digging for months, finally got out today for a short
"junque" hunt with my son Jacob. This was more of a preliminary search for bottle digging sites.

Funny, I was just discussing crocks with Buckleboy and I`ll be damned if we didn't find both halves of a butter crock! The very first crock we ever found that can be repaired, nothing overly valuable but sure was fun to find! The halves were over fifty feet apart in some of the most dense brambly crap ever seen.

This area is the bottom of a hill that at one time, had homes at the top. The people simply tossed their garbage over the hill. Not to bad for a short surface hunt!

Found:
Two halves of a butter (?) crock.
Bluing/ink bottles
Piece of old grinding stone
Schlitz bottle/can opener
Various broken plates/dishes/cows teeth/brass hose connector etc.
very old/small porcelain doll face. (cool little piece, 1 inch tall x 3/4 inch wide)
Leather shoe parts, heel has been repaired many times.
One half of a porcelain marble (?)

And a wallet found by my son, dated 1982! Several pieces of I.D. inside. We will try to locate
the owner this week. All `n all a good day for junque hunting!

 

[jrsherman]

Best way to get out, a father/son combo!! Congrats on the crock, its pretty nice!!

 

[rmptr]

Sure looks like a nice green place to spend time with your son !

Congrats !

...the split crockery bowl looks very much like one I once used for rabbit feed in a pen.
and that's exactly what happened to ours !

Best
rmptr