Sifting in the colonial pipeline

[DownNDirty]

Yesterday I put in a whole day of digging and sifting the Colonial trash pit that I hit last Wednesday; it was back breaking work but well worth it.

This time around pipe pieces appeared frequently in the sifter. 66 pipe stem fragments, various bowl parts and the closest I have come to a complete pipe. The bowl is half there as is about two inches of the stem.

I also found some nice pottery shards, the best of which were two pieces of combed slip ware that mate; hopefully I can find more of that piece in the future. Also the sifter turned up an interesting piece of heavy clear glass that appears to be part of the neck of a jar (?)
Metallic finds included two iron buckles-one found in the sifter and the other metal detecting.

Once again sifting proved to be a blast-hard work, but the finds were steady and varied. I'll be back!

 

[DownNDirty]

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[Garrett424]

Cool pipe and a really nice pile of old finds.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Fantastic work with the shifter, crazy how many pipe stems turn up. Surely a few more surprises left in that pit. Any idea how deep the thing goes?

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

You should look closely to see if any of the stems match up with your bowl. Sometimes you can find 2 or 3 pieces that fit together. Did you ever measured the bore diameters and do the calculation to determine the average date of occupancy for the site?

 

[DownNDirty]

Fantastic work with the shifter, crazy how many pipe stems turn up. Surely a few more surprises left in that pit. Any idea how deep the thing goes?

No more than two feet; It turns to hard clay at that point.

 

[OutdoorAdv]

That looks like a ton of fun! I'm sure the rest of the pipe bowl is down there somewhere.

Is this thing I circled one of those clay wig hair curlers?



Really glad you're enjoying it so much. Hope some coins turn up soon.

 

[DownNDirty]

You should look closely to see if any of the stems match up with your bowl. Sometimes you can find 2 or 3 pieces that fit together. Did you ever measured the bore diameters and do the calculation to determine the average date of occupancy for the site?

Not yet but I intend to. I did measure the most complete pipe and the diameter is 5.5/64. Good idea about checking for a match-I will definitely do that.

 

[DownNDirty]

That looks like a ton of fun! I'm sure the rest of the pipe bowl is down there somewhere.

Is this thing I circled one of those clay wig hair curlers?

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Really glad you're enjoying it so much. Hope some coins turn up soon.

I'm afraid not; it's just two pices of pipe bowl that are touching.

 

[The Rebel]

That looks real fun!