Leon
Silver Member
- #1
Thread Owner
Hey all,
I said the heck with the detector and sifted thru the dirt like an Arkie looking for a dinosaur bone.
I covered an area of about 6' X 8' to a depth of about 6" deep. Down to that level the dirt was really soft, after that
it was the harder, brown clay type soil. Didn't find one coin, trinket, anything other then 5 old rusty nails, and 4 to 5
pieces of small wood chips. I don't think there was much lost here before the house was built.
I poked around were all the broken bottles and glass were, and did find one bottle, and a few other items, but haven't dug into any dirt
there yet. I guess, I'll leave that for another cold winters days...
I figured I'd stick the crawlspace update under Bottles, seeing how thats about all I found.
The bottle says " ONE PINT " across the top center. On the bottom is has, from top to bottom " 478, F, 1 ".
The seem lines on the side go all the way to the top, and over the lip.
I believe I read somewhere on another post, that if the seem line went all the way to the top, the bottle was manufactured
before 1900.
Could anyone tell me if this is true? Maybe have an approximate age?
Also, found an old Spoon marked " Vernon Silver Plate ", and 6 of the of the old canning lids.
" GENUINE ZINC CAPS, FOR BALL MASON JARS".
I still think there's atleast one old coin, or trinket, down there somewhere, and I will find it...
I said the heck with the detector and sifted thru the dirt like an Arkie looking for a dinosaur bone.
I covered an area of about 6' X 8' to a depth of about 6" deep. Down to that level the dirt was really soft, after that
it was the harder, brown clay type soil. Didn't find one coin, trinket, anything other then 5 old rusty nails, and 4 to 5
pieces of small wood chips. I don't think there was much lost here before the house was built.
I poked around were all the broken bottles and glass were, and did find one bottle, and a few other items, but haven't dug into any dirt
there yet. I guess, I'll leave that for another cold winters days...
I figured I'd stick the crawlspace update under Bottles, seeing how thats about all I found.
The bottle says " ONE PINT " across the top center. On the bottom is has, from top to bottom " 478, F, 1 ".
The seem lines on the side go all the way to the top, and over the lip.
I believe I read somewhere on another post, that if the seem line went all the way to the top, the bottle was manufactured
before 1900.
Could anyone tell me if this is true? Maybe have an approximate age?Also, found an old Spoon marked " Vernon Silver Plate ", and 6 of the of the old canning lids.
" GENUINE ZINC CAPS, FOR BALL MASON JARS".
I still think there's atleast one old coin, or trinket, down there somewhere, and I will find it...
