Early 1700s to Early 1800s Historic Charleston Privy Dig..

[SeaIslandRelicBoy]

Early 1700's to Early 1800's Historic Charleston Privy Dig..

This was one hell of a privy!
The privy predated the building that was on this lot in Historic Downtown Charleston, S.C. Very early 1700's Westerwald pieces were found, as well as black glass, and Mochaware bowls. and embossed open pontiled medicines.
The privy was old English brick lined, and 10' by 4', and about 12 feet deep. It took almost a week to finish her, but it was well worth the effort!
I can remember, filming Victor Svendsen, down at the very bottom of this privy, holding a HUGE VHS Camcorder, and enjoying every minute it!
Please excuse some of the salty language, we had no idea of the "Internet"at the time of this filming...we were making these videos for posterity...we had no idea they you, dear viewer, were to be part of this posterity!
Those were the days....so step back in time with me, and see the fruits of the early 1700's to the early 1800's, saved from progress.

 

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[Southern_Digger]

Even for twenty-one years ago -- BANNER...
Notably, I was in Charleston SC in July 1991 poking around the bottle debris near the bridges and detecting on James Island. I only had a half day before I headed back to Florida, but was delayed when I found graders--who cleared the property--cut through some woods on the island, and dozed a 4-ft deep ditch right thru an overgrown cemetary dating 1820-40ish. It was across the street from a high school I went back to town and notified authorities, thus costing me time to hunt. However, in town, I found an old, freshly demolished gas station where hundreds of pieces of broken pontilled bottles were scraped up. Did not have time to stay and sift for whole bottles, nor, being a Sunday, could not establish permission to stay and search it. Three years earlier, in Florida, I did find a Seminole War fort dumps (1850's)where I recovered and rebuilt 95% of a blue w/ dbl. black band soup bowl; and rebuilt to 100% a plain off-white soup bowl. Both are quite similar to those in your video. The latter I gave to a good friend who assisted me for two years digging, and mapping in the site. I will post photos sometime...

 

[ticm]

Extremely tiring job, but I can see it was worth it.

 

[birdman]

That was one for the record books for OLD glass!!

 

[Gunrunner61]

Man what a great dig...............HH

 

[stewielouie]

Love that old glass

 

[canadiandigger]

nice! love privy diggin