jgas
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Hey everyone, hope everyone is staying safe out there. Crazy times will get us treasure hunters stir crazy. All cooped up for awhile now so I finally loaded up the truck and shook off the winter blues and went searching for a pit or two to dig. Great weather and the sun finally broke out. So we got on site and started probing and found three pits all in a row down the property line. The houses that were here are all in the 1880-90 circa so we had our hopes up.
First pit which was closest to the back of the house that was there was about 5 feet deep with major roots. Cut our way through those and down we went. Found a six pack of 1880-90 tooled meds. All slicks. A little plateware and typical broken meat pots. Did manage one druggist bottle from Rome NY. Not much in that one. Moved to the furthest one back from the home. A good 5 x 5 foot privy. Not but a slim area of coal ash at the very top and then sand the rest of the way. Within 3 feet we started pulling out blob beers. Figured like they were dropped in when the hole was being filled. Charles Krueger and a William Martin beer. Nice finds but man we were just getting started. Clearly in the mid 1890s now we went down another 2 feet and hit the massive Use Layer. About a couple of feet of Use. Started off with some embossed meds and a pile of Ale bottles. One acid etched one with White Label. Never seen that before. Numerous other slicks, a broken whiskey jug and some sarsaparilla bottles to add. At the base we popped out a bottle from Huron Dakota. CY Durand. Must be a territory bottle cause I think it’s from the 1880s before South Dakota became a state. It has some lip damage but I figure someone might collect those so I kept it.
It was a fully loaded pit for sure. A nice spring start. We always probe for more and found three more in the adjacent yard. They all feel like they are equally full of glass too. Should be a few nice days of digging coming up. Good luck out there everyone and I hope everyone stays healthy throughout this crazy time. Enjoy the pics. Stay safe. Jgas.
First pit which was closest to the back of the house that was there was about 5 feet deep with major roots. Cut our way through those and down we went. Found a six pack of 1880-90 tooled meds. All slicks. A little plateware and typical broken meat pots. Did manage one druggist bottle from Rome NY. Not much in that one. Moved to the furthest one back from the home. A good 5 x 5 foot privy. Not but a slim area of coal ash at the very top and then sand the rest of the way. Within 3 feet we started pulling out blob beers. Figured like they were dropped in when the hole was being filled. Charles Krueger and a William Martin beer. Nice finds but man we were just getting started. Clearly in the mid 1890s now we went down another 2 feet and hit the massive Use Layer. About a couple of feet of Use. Started off with some embossed meds and a pile of Ale bottles. One acid etched one with White Label. Never seen that before. Numerous other slicks, a broken whiskey jug and some sarsaparilla bottles to add. At the base we popped out a bottle from Huron Dakota. CY Durand. Must be a territory bottle cause I think it’s from the 1880s before South Dakota became a state. It has some lip damage but I figure someone might collect those so I kept it.
It was a fully loaded pit for sure. A nice spring start. We always probe for more and found three more in the adjacent yard. They all feel like they are equally full of glass too. Should be a few nice days of digging coming up. Good luck out there everyone and I hope everyone stays healthy throughout this crazy time. Enjoy the pics. Stay safe. Jgas.
Love the Chicago crock ! And the Dakota med . I dug one of those etched ales ? Up in Cripple Creek. Great start Gas, hope ya dig a pikes peak flask this year. Congrats !!!! That hole was fun I’m sure !
