Located an old Dump

steelheadwill · Jun 1, 2011

Hi All,
I have been researching for new sites & came across reference to a 19th century granite quarry on public grounds.
Lots of exploring & hiking lead to no good metallic finds, but I did find a very large dump area littered with early 20th century bottles, trash, & farming implements.
It appears untouched.
I dug a few shovels of dirt looking to see how deep the trash went, evidence of ash,
not sure how to excavate without breaking everything :icon_scratch:

or how long the dump was used.
I took one 'Bulloch Lade' Scotch Whisky bottle and went on my way.
When I started taking photos, I discovered a friend in the bottle :laughing7:

he has a new home now, the stream behind my house.
Anyone in central/southern NH wants to check this site can PM me.
HH to everyone!

Woodland Detectors · Jun 1, 2011

That's a cool little Newt

sscindercoop · Jun 1, 2011

Hope ya find some more cool bottles on your return trip :icon_thumleft:

The Patriot · Jun 1, 2011

Wish i could get out as half as much as you...congrats on the old finds

steelheadwill · Jun 1, 2011

The Patriot said:
Wish i could get out as half as much as you...congrats on the old finds

Thanks all!
I try to squeeze in a hunt whenever I can while travelling to different jobsites,
most are pretty short, and I have a section of my truck devoted to clean clothes.
(and all the ineffective tick repellants) ::)

artzstuff1 · Jun 1, 2011

The treasure newt!!!!,,,or bottle newt,,they are very rare!!

Great find!!! :headbang:

tomharris76 · Jun 1, 2011

Nice saves on the bottle and the newt!

Nutriasub · Jun 1, 2011

Congrats on the new site, I hope you can get to dig it out!!
Nice little friend!

Cheers

lumbercamp · Jun 1, 2011

That is a redback salamander and they live in the woods under stones,logs and leaf matter. He's not at home in the water.

mile-ender · Jun 1, 2011

lumbercamp said:
That is a redback salamander and they live in the woods under stones,logs and leaf matter. He's not at home in the water.

steelheadwill · Jun 2, 2011

lumbercamp said:
That is a redback salamander and they live in the woods under stones,logs and leaf matter. He's not at home in the water.

Thanks all!
I released the salamander near the stream, not in it,
It gets really dry here in the summer and he wouldn't make it far from a water source.
I won't be returning to this dump site,
I just threw it out there for anyone interested

HH to all

lumbercamp · Jun 2, 2011

I have redback salamanders living in my basement. It is a dirt floor, always damp with rocks and old boards. Perfect place for them to live. Along with earth worms and other creepy crawly bugs for them to eat. I used to occasionally catch snakes there until I plugged the holes they were crawling through.

steelheadwill · Jun 3, 2011

Thanks Everyone!
Lumbercamp, I'm looking forward to detecting an Eastern Diamondback ::)

The dump & quarry is located in Rochester:
http://www.forestsociety.org/news/press-release_print.asp?id=88
It's a large site, I can give details to finding the dump if anyones interested :thumbsup: