Another Whole Double Eagle! Yahoooo!!

[jgas]

Well we did it again and what a rush again. It will never get old. Don and I wanted to continue to dig the "Iffy" trash areas around the privies that yielded the broken Eagle Flasks. Probed an area between two pits and figured it was a trash pit no more that 4 feet deep. Which was good because of the collapse issues we were having in the other pits. Don started out with some medicines and some utilty bottles that were not embossed but they were old(1880's). He continued on and found pieces of a Union Clasped Hands Flask and some peices of a Pikes Peak 1/2 pint flask Just pieces and parts again just like the other pits.

Don was about 3 feet down in the relatively small pit and found the bowl of a Chamber Pot which tells us this was actually a privy and not a trash pit. It was full of seeds as well, another indicator of a privy. Then he reached down and pulled out the Double Eagle Flask. This one is a 1/2 pint clear/aqua color and in great shape. Crudely made collar as well. These kinds of finds will never get old. After that find the pit kinda fizzled out, but at this point we didn't care. We had another Eagle Flask in hand.

The privy had shards of Barrel Bitters from Cincinnati as well as Udolpho Wolfs Aromatic Schnapps and a really crude and more rare Mason Jar. It appears as the people who lived here back in the day spared no expense on top shelf drinks and bitters. We shall go back and investigate every little trash area thats for sure. Another great hunt ended with a very nice keeper. Can't wait for my days off again to get back and try for more! Be safe as always, jgas

 

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[Wallhangers]

Congrats jgas, I love the color on that one. I still haven't dove into my pits yet, hopefully soon.

 

[Nana40]

ohhh..'dat's purdy! Always something great to see in your posts, JG.

Nana

 

[crazyjarhead]

Does this mean you get another BANNER Sweet find. Those must have been popular back in the day. hard work pays off again. Job well done...........keep diggin

 

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

Does this mean you get another BANNER Sweet find. Those must have been popular back in the day. hard work pays off again. Job well done...........keep diggin

Nice double eagle! That's too bad about the Pikes Peak flask. Did you get the detector out in that privy dirt? DD

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Fantastic I probably would have hit my knees & cried over the Pikes Peak Flask !!! Keep it up

 

[ModernMiner]

OUTSTANDING Guys!!!!
Another BANNER bottle?
That looks like a lot of fun. I would love to tag along with you sometime on one of my trips back to LaPorte, just to watch how it's done. (and help dig of course)
I have some spots here in NC I'd like to try that out on.
Way to go!
By the way, are the seeds you mentioned from what I think?
-Dug-

 

[HISPAN]

Nice Eagle bottle...congrats !
H

 

[desert prowler]

nice find :thumbsup











alone on the prowl

 

[underdogger]

cool stuff!

 

[JUNKYARD DOG]

beautiful bottle. take care and good luck on them digs.. JYD...

 

[scaupus]

Darn, thats nice. My brother picked up a double eagle quite cheap in a thrift, and it looks real.

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's an awesome flask!!!

 

[romeo-1]

That's another great find!

On a side note...I know that I am spending too much time on this site when it starts to influence my dreams. I read your post last night but forgot to comment...last night I dreamt about this thread except it wasn't a double eagle flask but rather a double turkey flask...no idea where that came from!

 

[steelheadwill]

Nice color on that one! Congrats on your 2nd

 

[treasurefiend]

LOL When I read the title I thought you found a gold coin. AWESOME find buddy!!!!

 

[{Sentinel}]

THAT'S WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT!!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Very nice find! Makes me yearn for my old bottle diggin dayz

 

[jgas]

Thanks for all the replies guys I sure do appreciate it. They are few and far between thats for sure. I kinda tallied up the $$$ if all the bottles would have come out alive and I figured somewhere in the area of $3, 000 to $5,000. But I am very happy with what we did get and the flask tops them all.

Hey Doug, I sure would like to dig with ya when ya come back north. Just name the day and we will dig! The seeds are usually tomato seeds. But I have found peach pits, fish scales and of course bones all the time! We have another two pits identified so maybe tomorrow Thanks again for the replies all.....jgas

 

[ModernMiner]

Thanks for all the replies guys I sure do appreciate it. They are few and far between thats for sure. I kinda tallied up the $$$ if all the bottles would have come out alive and I figured somewhere in the area of $3, 000 to $5,000. But I am very happy with what we did get and the flask tops them all.

Hey Doug, I sure would like to dig with ya when ya come back north. Just name the day and we will dig! The seeds are usually tomato seeds. But I have found peach pits, fish scales and of course bones all the time! We have another two pits identified so maybe tomorrow Thanks again for the replies all.....jgas

AWESOME!
Looking forward to it.
-Doug-