jgas
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Quick Before They Knock Em' Down, Saved a Few Things
Well folks when opportunity arises I say jump at the chance. I found two separate locations to hunt that are on the chopping block as far as demolition is concerned. So I called the realtor and she gave the go ahead for the "Treasure Hunt." So Don and I got up bright and early(kinda cold 30 degrees) and tried our luck at one of the two houses. This one C. 1879. Thought it would be great. Well you know how that turns out. Snagged a 1902 Injun in decent shape and a really Bodacious Ring. Man is that an ugly sucker. Found a few clad coins but the entire back yard was so littered with trash it would have taken a scraper and 5 inches of topsoil just to get to some good stuff. So we gave that one up and went to the next house.
This one is C. 1882 and has a fairly small yard. The front is all of 15' x 15' and it was covered with modern pennies.
Thought to myself, clear those out to get to the good stuff. That's when I hit the HEART STOPPER RING 
But alas it appears to be fake stuff. 3 nice diamonds but a real shabby setting. I found a couple other trinkets and Don grabbed a POD button(Post Office Department). We gave detecting up and decided to bust out the Privy Probes and see if we could locate the outhouse pit. We were surprised when our first test hole turned out to be "The Pit." We started grabbing bottle after bottle. Amongst the plate pieces I thought this was a house owned by Greeks( I think they broke alot of plates). 
There was six feet of digging and around 145 intact bottles. Probably 200 more shattered. Tell me what ya think for a first timer privy dig...It was a blast, but now I gotta clean these puppies. I love the old Coke Bottle and the other Muessel Brewing bottle. Be careful out there and I hope ya like the pics. 
I will post more pics on the bottle forum... jgas
Well folks when opportunity arises I say jump at the chance. I found two separate locations to hunt that are on the chopping block as far as demolition is concerned. So I called the realtor and she gave the go ahead for the "Treasure Hunt." So Don and I got up bright and early(kinda cold 30 degrees) and tried our luck at one of the two houses. This one C. 1879. Thought it would be great. Well you know how that turns out. Snagged a 1902 Injun in decent shape and a really Bodacious Ring. Man is that an ugly sucker. Found a few clad coins but the entire back yard was so littered with trash it would have taken a scraper and 5 inches of topsoil just to get to some good stuff. So we gave that one up and went to the next house.
This one is C. 1882 and has a fairly small yard. The front is all of 15' x 15' and it was covered with modern pennies.
Thought to myself, clear those out to get to the good stuff. That's when I hit the HEART STOPPER RING But alas it appears to be fake stuff. 3 nice diamonds but a real shabby setting. I found a couple other trinkets and Don grabbed a POD button(Post Office Department). We gave detecting up and decided to bust out the Privy Probes and see if we could locate the outhouse pit. We were surprised when our first test hole turned out to be "The Pit." We started grabbing bottle after bottle. Amongst the plate pieces I thought this was a house owned by Greeks( I think they broke alot of plates). There was six feet of digging and around 145 intact bottles. Probably 200 more shattered. Tell me what ya think for a first timer privy dig...It was a blast, but now I gotta clean these puppies. I love the old Coke Bottle and the other Muessel Brewing bottle. Be careful out there and I hope ya like the pics. I will post more pics on the bottle forum... jgasAttachments
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