jgas
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A "Pit" full of treasure!
Now this was just a fun dig all the way around. Although it was 90 degrees and the humidity was crazy high, Don and I made our way to the bottom and all the way to our treasure
Started out early in the morning to try and beat the heat
, made it thru the first pit with nothing to show except what it looks like to be in an actual privy. The ash line was very clear to see. The only thing we found was leftover coal and ash. 
Oh well, we move on and hope for something better 
Onto the the next pit and on a totally different property on the other side of town. We found a pit in this yard within a minute or two after arriving. About 50 feet from the back door. Typical for inner city pits. So we started out by digging up all the overburden, rocks, bricks and pieces of sidewalk cement. And then below that the bottles started popping like spring mushrooms
Don came up with a nice blob beer and then I found the Warners Safe Cure. We continued with several other patent medicines, and some small creamers. So we ended up with several good keepers. We were exhausted and in need of a gallon of water.
Along with the pictures of these most recent digs I added a few that we had dug on the same property but just now got around to cleaning them up. I think the cool find was the tangled mess of wire which had 5 insulators still attached. I really don't know much about insulators but I thought these were crude and archaic with no threads. Just a neat color that catches the eye. The green Stafford Ink was also a nice color. So we were blessed with another batch of old bottles and other goodies. Can't wait to get back out and get some more
Be safe out there and be sure to take water with ya, it's freaking hot out there 
I hope ya don't get sick of all these pictures 
jgas
Now this was just a fun dig all the way around. Although it was 90 degrees and the humidity was crazy high, Don and I made our way to the bottom and all the way to our treasure
Started out early in the morning to try and beat the heat
, made it thru the first pit with nothing to show except what it looks like to be in an actual privy. The ash line was very clear to see. The only thing we found was leftover coal and ash. Oh well, we move on and hope for something better Onto the the next pit and on a totally different property on the other side of town. We found a pit in this yard within a minute or two after arriving. About 50 feet from the back door. Typical for inner city pits. So we started out by digging up all the overburden, rocks, bricks and pieces of sidewalk cement. And then below that the bottles started popping like spring mushrooms
Don came up with a nice blob beer and then I found the Warners Safe Cure. We continued with several other patent medicines, and some small creamers. So we ended up with several good keepers. We were exhausted and in need of a gallon of water.
Along with the pictures of these most recent digs I added a few that we had dug on the same property but just now got around to cleaning them up. I think the cool find was the tangled mess of wire which had 5 insulators still attached. I really don't know much about insulators but I thought these were crude and archaic with no threads. Just a neat color that catches the eye. The green Stafford Ink was also a nice color. So we were blessed with another batch of old bottles and other goodies. Can't wait to get back out and get some more
Be safe out there and be sure to take water with ya, it's freaking hot out there I hope ya don't get sick of all these pictures jgasAttachments
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