jgas
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Hello all you treasure hunters. It's been way too long since I've posted here and I am very sorry for my absence from the greatest treasure web site around. It's been a very busy summer in northern Indiana. Nice weather this week told me to go out and dig some more. So Don and I got permission to slay a few pits on an open lot that had houses dating to the early 1890's. So we set up our tent and commenced to tossing some dirt. But first we had to take out the sod, then blast our way through the cement of a long forgotten garage or stables floor.
Once we did that we discovered a layer of bricks. More fun
After an hour of getting through that we finally began to see a clearing of plain ole dirty dirt, or should I say privy dirt.
As we dug through several layers of ash and sand caps we finally hit pay dirt. At around 8 feet we hit the use layer full of broken glass, pottery and cryers! You know the blasted goodies that you could only wish came out whole. But then I finally had a nice Hutch bottle from Hammond Indiana show. A keeper for sure. Then out of no where dropped this nice beautiful amber strap side flask. We don't see these very often and rarely a slug plate with a name on it. It flipped it over to my surprise to see that it was embossed. Geo. L. Miller Wholesale Liquor Dealer Junction City Kansas. Whoooopie....A marked flask. With no issues other than some mineral deposits. After a nice cleaning at home it looks even better. A nice little half pint!! Not sure how rare it may be but I would consider it a nice western flask. So all around it was a great day to dig and we let a flask see the light of day after a 120 year slumber.
I have yet to gather the finds from a week ago and have plans on making a huge post on what I believe is one of the greatest privies I've been a part of since I began digging. We are still cleaning them and will post as soon as we get the photos taken. It blew away all of us and I hope you stick around to see it very soon. Take care and be safe out there. jgas
Once we did that we discovered a layer of bricks. More fun After an hour of getting through that we finally began to see a clearing of plain ole dirty dirt, or should I say privy dirt.As we dug through several layers of ash and sand caps we finally hit pay dirt. At around 8 feet we hit the use layer full of broken glass, pottery and cryers! You know the blasted goodies that you could only wish came out whole. But then I finally had a nice Hutch bottle from Hammond Indiana show. A keeper for sure. Then out of no where dropped this nice beautiful amber strap side flask. We don't see these very often and rarely a slug plate with a name on it. It flipped it over to my surprise to see that it was embossed. Geo. L. Miller Wholesale Liquor Dealer Junction City Kansas. Whoooopie....A marked flask. With no issues other than some mineral deposits. After a nice cleaning at home it looks even better. A nice little half pint!! Not sure how rare it may be but I would consider it a nice western flask. So all around it was a great day to dig and we let a flask see the light of day after a 120 year slumber.
I have yet to gather the finds from a week ago and have plans on making a huge post on what I believe is one of the greatest privies I've been a part of since I began digging. We are still cleaning them and will post as soon as we get the photos taken. It blew away all of us and I hope you stick around to see it very soon. Take care and be safe out there. jgas
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Congrats on the Hutchinson, too. Man, you fellas worked hard for those keepers. Keep digging! (and posting)
What is the other hutch. Congrats on a great dig,I'm thinking that flask is a good one . Cant wait to see the dig your teasing us with.
