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Ever since I saw that show "Cash & Treasures" this week about finding bottles in privies, I've been dying to dig the one out that I posted previously. Let's just say, my finds weren't as glamorous as what they found. 
I had dug down to about the 2 foot deep level in the past and found a crystal candy or sugar bowl lid , broken glass pieces, and some nylons. After watching that show & seeing they were down about 6 foot in their dig, I figured that maybe I hadn't dug down near enough. Well I dug down to about 5 feet and wasn't hitting squat. Not even broken glass. My detector wasn't picking up anything either. I stuck a probe in, but only came up with red NC clay. At that point I had learned three things:
1) NC clay soil is a real @#$&*! to dig.
2) You can actually sweat like a dog in the winter even at about 35 degrees.
3) I had overshot the dark doo-doo layer about 3 feet back up!!! It was nice compost now.
Anyways, I found a graniteware pot (you can see it by my bucket), a marble, a bumper guard from what I think is a 1950's car, a small metal suppository (),and a round metal whats-it.
No old bottles, and my arms and back are killing me.
I think I'll just stick to cache hunting & coinshooting now on this particular property.
The good news though is, my wife says it looks like I lost some weight since I started back up MDing.
Have a good w/end,
MM
I had dug down to about the 2 foot deep level in the past and found a crystal candy or sugar bowl lid , broken glass pieces, and some nylons. After watching that show & seeing they were down about 6 foot in their dig, I figured that maybe I hadn't dug down near enough. Well I dug down to about 5 feet and wasn't hitting squat. Not even broken glass. My detector wasn't picking up anything either. I stuck a probe in, but only came up with red NC clay. At that point I had learned three things:
1) NC clay soil is a real @#$&*! to dig.
2) You can actually sweat like a dog in the winter even at about 35 degrees.
3) I had overshot the dark doo-doo layer about 3 feet back up!!! It was nice compost now.
Anyways, I found a graniteware pot (you can see it by my bucket), a marble, a bumper guard from what I think is a 1950's car, a small metal suppository (
),and a round metal whats-it.No old bottles, and my arms and back are killing me.
I think I'll just stick to cache hunting & coinshooting now on this particular property.
The good news though is, my wife says it looks like I lost some weight since I started back up MDing.
Have a good w/end,
MM
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