jgas
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Where oh where is the snow? 
I know it's not here so I just had to get out and dig in February for the first time ever!
I had located this pit a couple months ago and thought it was just a trash pit. So I left it alone for just such an occasion like today. No Snow
So I started out digging up a pile of no nonsense fruit jars and a couple of Ball Jars. Nothing big there but this was in the first 3 feet or so. It was looking like I was right that it was a trash pit
. Although there are goodies in trash pits all the time. So I kept warm by pummeling that dirt and tossing it out like a rabid groundhog on crack 
Now it was getting interesting as I pulled out a bottle I had not seen before. A Crofts Swiss Milk Cocoa from Philly. Ground lip so thats better than ABM. Then I got another one without the embossed bottom. Strange
Keepers in my book. Then I hit my shovel on a solid target. That distinctive sound of heavy glass. Out pops a Killer Stunning Hendryx back bar bottle. It has gold etching and is just spectacular for a preprohibition bottle. Not really sure who made this one but its a keeper for sure. It turned out great after a quick bath.
Then it was onto the bottom and I finally found a seed layer and a broken chamber pot. Now it was no longer a trash pit but an actual privy. Broke through to the bottom and the sand layer and another "Ding" of the shovel. Thought it might have been another blank fruit jar but this time it turned out to be a late throw. A nice Muessel Brothers Aqua quart blob beer. This one dates to 1880 or so, thus it predated the entire pit by 20 plus years. Must have been the guy digging the pit and was thirsty
Another neat find was the red drinking glass that was personally etched by someone in 1912. They scratched some lettering on the glass. So that was a cool personal type find, always neat to find that kind of glass. Finished up with a cobalt medicine and a peppersauce ABM bottle. One and done today turned out great. I am glad I went and braved the 35 degree weather. Its been a great winter so far and the ground is still soft enough to probe for more. Thats tomorrow
I am nuts, but I love it! Goodluck out there and be safe everyone. 
Till next time, see you below the surface 
jgas
I know it's not here so I just had to get out and dig in February for the first time ever!I had located this pit a couple months ago and thought it was just a trash pit. So I left it alone for just such an occasion like today. No Snow
So I started out digging up a pile of no nonsense fruit jars and a couple of Ball Jars. Nothing big there but this was in the first 3 feet or so. It was looking like I was right that it was a trash pit
. Although there are goodies in trash pits all the time. So I kept warm by pummeling that dirt and tossing it out like a rabid groundhog on crack Now it was getting interesting as I pulled out a bottle I had not seen before. A Crofts Swiss Milk Cocoa from Philly. Ground lip so thats better than ABM. Then I got another one without the embossed bottom. Strange
Keepers in my book. Then I hit my shovel on a solid target. That distinctive sound of heavy glass. Out pops a Killer Stunning Hendryx back bar bottle. It has gold etching and is just spectacular for a preprohibition bottle. Not really sure who made this one but its a keeper for sure. It turned out great after a quick bath. Then it was onto the bottom and I finally found a seed layer and a broken chamber pot. Now it was no longer a trash pit but an actual privy. Broke through to the bottom and the sand layer and another "Ding" of the shovel. Thought it might have been another blank fruit jar but this time it turned out to be a late throw. A nice Muessel Brothers Aqua quart blob beer. This one dates to 1880 or so, thus it predated the entire pit by 20 plus years. Must have been the guy digging the pit and was thirsty
Another neat find was the red drinking glass that was personally etched by someone in 1912. They scratched some lettering on the glass. So that was a cool personal type find, always neat to find that kind of glass. Finished up with a cobalt medicine and a peppersauce ABM bottle. One and done today turned out great. I am glad I went and braved the 35 degree weather. Its been a great winter so far and the ground is still soft enough to probe for more. Thats tomorrow
I am nuts, but I love it! Goodluck out there and be safe everyone. Till next time, see you below the surface jgasAttachments
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Love them old bottles you always find. I like that engraved glass too!! I wish I could get into prizzy diggin too. You seem to have it down to an art 
jgas
