Bill D. (VA)
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My digging partner Dan and I were thrilled to get another invite from our good buddy Stan to make a return visit to the early trash pit site on Saturday. We had hit it right after Christmas and ended up in a very productive clay pipe spot, so we decided to pick up in the same area where we left off. We didn’t fare too badly, but finally started to run out of productive real estate. I decided to wander around and see if I could probe out another promising spot, and soon found one although it was unclear if the area had been previously dug. After opening up a small test hole I was convinced it was virgin due to the still intact layers, and it was also chock-full of brick, oyster shells, bone and glass with a few pipe stems throw in. Strangely, we had not encountered any glass at the other spot for some reason, but this new area was loaded with early onion bottle parts which always helps to ramp up the excitement level. All 3 of us dug small test holes right next to each other, but had to start sifting and filling in after less than an hour as it was getting late and we were frozen and exhausted from a long, hard day in the pits. I had already eyeballed and removed what I thought were all the larger glass frags as I was digging, but about halfway through I saw a fairly large piece show up in the sifter. It was slightly concave in shape and I knew this was from a bottle shoulder, and it had at least a small chance to be a seal. And when I flipped it over I instantly saw that amazing round disk affixed to the glass. It turned out to have the monogram “RWE” representing Ralph and Elizabeth Wormeley and was dated 1719. We've found other similar seals at this site along with many others, but it was still exciting since it had been quite some time since my last seal recovery. It was definitely a great way to end the day, and gives us renewed hope when we return to the site. I thoroughly enjoyed spending the day with my digging buddies, and can’t wait to give it another shot soon.
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). I was just trying to show a large pipe stem revealing itself in the sidewall of the pit, although the photo wasn't very focused.
