Just Some Typical Things From the 1920's Dump

[UnderMiner]

Hit the Summer of 1924-capped dump today and for the first time ever was able to dig all the way to the bottom (pretty sure it's the bottom) without it flooding. Over 3 feet deep - a mud layer followed by a sand layer then an ash layer and finally a clay layer on the bottom. The best things sitting just above the clay layer.

Found a hand-tooled Rex Tomato Ketchup bottle, never seen one like this before, must be one of the oldest they made, an A-1 sauce bottle, also very early, a very nice Milk of Magnesia bottle, an original Mazda National (Westinghouse) 35Watt lightbulb completely intact even with filament and brass Edison screw (I'm tempted to see if it will still work).

(The best finds, I painted the embossing after cleaning them)

Also found a Dundee Marmalade jar, it was located in the lowest part of the hole and it's peices were scatted horizontally so I had to undermine the hole to find them, I found 4 peices and reconstructed the jar as best I could but there are still probably at least 3 smaller peices missing that I will hopefully find one day and complete the rare jar with.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

Cool old bottles. I've found a few old ones along the creek but have never found the dump. Gary

 

[Lenrac2]

Crazy that a light bulb would be intact after being buried so long! Great finds!!

 

[Tpmetal]

man I love a-1 sauce....for sure gonna die from my sodium intake...nice finds!

 

[jewelerguy]

cool finds. interesting ketchup bottle

 

[Digger RJ]

Hit the Summer of 1924-capped dump today and for the first time ever was able to dig all the way to the bottom (pretty sure it's the bottom) without it flooding. Over 3 feet deep - a mud layer followed by a sand layer then an ash layer and finally a clay layer on the bottom. The best things sitting just above the clay layer.
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Found a hand-tooled Rex Tomato Ketchup bottle, never seen one like this before, must be one of the oldest they made, an A-1 sauce bottle, also very early, a very nice Milk of Magnesia bottle, an original Mazda National (Westinghouse) 35Watt lightbulb completely intact even with filament and brass Edison screw (I'm tempted to see if it will still work).
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(The best finds, I painted the embossing after cleaning them)

Also found a Dundee Marmalade jar, it was located in the lowest part of the hole and it's peices were scatted horizontally so I had to undermine the hole to find them, I found 4 peices and reconstructed the jar as best I could but there are still probably at least 3 smaller peices missing that I will hopefully find one day and complete the rare jar with.
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Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

That was worth the effort for sure, congrats!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Man,I like those bottles,don,t see those often.You,re gonna go back,right?

 

[crashbandicoot]

man I love a-1 sauce....for sure gonna die from my sodium intake...nice finds!

Nah,it,s a law! Every time you use A-1 it subtracts from your total sodium build up.I just voted it in,so you know it,s true.Love me some A-1.

 

[Gene Mean]

Hit the Summer of 1924-capped dump today and for the first time ever was able to dig all the way to the bottom (pretty sure it's the bottom) without it flooding. Over 3 feet deep - a mud layer followed by a sand layer then an ash layer and finally a clay layer on the bottom. The best things sitting just above the clay layer.
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Found a hand-tooled Rex Tomato Ketchup bottle, never seen one like this before, must be one of the oldest they made, an A-1 sauce bottle, also very early, a very nice Milk of Magnesia bottle, an original Mazda National (Westinghouse) 35Watt lightbulb completely intact even with filament and brass Edison screw (I'm tempted to see if it will still work).
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(The best finds, I painted the embossing after cleaning them)

Also found a Dundee Marmalade jar, it was located in the lowest part of the hole and it's peices were scatted horizontally so I had to undermine the hole to find them, I found 4 peices and reconstructed the jar as best I could but there are still probably at least 3 smaller peices missing that I will hopefully find one day and complete the rare jar with.
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Really nice intact finds! Love the painted embossing. When my kids were little they thought A 1 was AL. So we still call it AL sauce.

 

[islamoradamark]

very nice finds