Stoneware Jug in the Privy

[Rhapsody]

I was digging in a privy last week and kind of got discouraged because all the glass was 1920s stuff so I backfilled it and walked away kind of bummed. Reached out to another treasure hunter in the forum (there are some real "GEMS" in here wink wink) and realized I wasn't being persistant enough so went back and dug three feet deeper and hit a second layer of glass and rescued this beauty. Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to look . Happy Easter and never stop searching!

 

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[cannonball]

I was digging in a privy last week and kind of got discouraged because all the glass was 1920s stuff so I backfilled it and walked away kind of bummed. Reached out to another treasure hunter in the forum (there are some real "GEMS" in here wink wink) and realized I wasn't being persistant enough so went back and dug three feet deeper and hit a second layer of glass and rescued this beauty. Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to look . Happy Easter and never stop searching!

Fantastic! "I wasn't being persistent enough so went back and dug three feet deeper" is really how great finds are uncovered. Congratulations on finding out the hard way

I was digging in a privy last week and kind of got discouraged because all the glass was 1920s stuff so I backfilled it and walked away kind of bummed. Reached out to another treasure hunter in the forum (there are some real "GEMS" in here wink wink) and realized I wasn't being persistant enough so went back and dug three feet deeper and hit a second layer of glass and rescued this beauty. Thanks for taking time out of your busy day to look . Happy Easter and never stop searching!

 

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[Sandog]

Nice piece of pottery from the potty. Jug from the john? I can imagine that some fella having a jug hidden out by the outhouse and sneaking a nip out there. If you are one of us who has had the memorable experience of an outhouse in winter you know that a little something to warm you up might be welcome. Growing up in a small KY town, in a huge building that was constructed in the 1800's and served as venue for bands from riverboats on the Ohio River, dances, and an auditorium with stage big enough for a basketball game, we had an privy attached. Naturally it had to accommodate a larger number of people. We had a 3 holer ! A big 3 holer. No lighting, at the foot of steep stairs.
I was always terrified of falling into that very large deep hole. Consider that this town at one time produced the the most whiskey in the state of KY. All that to say can you imagine digging that one, and the things that must have been dropped or thrown in there. There was no chance of recovery. Unfortunately by the time I was old enough to realize the potential I found out that that hole is now covered by a garage.

 

[scruggs]

That is a beautiful find and intact jug! Congrats!

 

[Bioheat1969]

That's a really good find, how does one locate a privy on a property? For instance, I know a lot in the woods, I know where the foundation is and where the barn is, I've even isolated the driveway through the property. What I can't seem to find is the privy.

 

[Rhapsody]

Beautiful find in a not-so-beautiful setting.

thank you

 

[Rhapsody]

Fantastic! "I wasn't being persistent enough so went back and dug three feet deeper" is really how great finds are uncovered. Congratulations on finding out the hard way

thank you very much, I only seem to learn things the hard way lol but yes took me awhile to realize some of these pits have multiple clay cap layers so gotta go all out 'digdug' on it

 

[Rhapsody]

Nice piece of pottery from the potty. Jug from the john? I can imagine that some fella having a jug hidden out by the outhouse and sneaking a nip out there. If you are one of us who has had the memorable experience of an outhouse in winter you know that a little something to warm you up might be welcome. Growing up in a small KY town, in a huge building that was constructed in the 1800's and served as venue for bands from riverboats on the Ohio River, dances, and an auditorium with stage big enough for a basketball game, we had an privy attached. Naturally it had to accommodate a larger number of people. We had a 3 holer ! A big 3 holer. No lighting, at the foot of steep stairs.
I was always terrified of falling into that very large deep hole. Consider that this town at one time produced the the most whiskey in the state of KY. All that to say can you imagine digging that one, and the things that must have been dropped or thrown in there. There was no chance of recovery. Unfortunately by the time I was old enough to realize the potential I found out that that hole is now covered by a garage.View attachment 2079440

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thank you for sharing that is some cool info, amazing what lies beneath huh (thinking of all the places I couldv'e dug earlier in life if I would have known ugh)..well you could always break out the LIDAR scanner and some angle grinders but that would be a heck of a permission to obtain

 

[Rhapsody]

That is a beautiful find and intact jug! Congrats!

thank you!

 

[Rhapsody]

That's a really good find, how does one locate a privy on a property? For instance, I know a lot in the woods, I know where the foundation is and where the barn is, I've even isolated the driveway through the property. What I can't seem to find is the privy.

thank you, pretty new at this myself bioheat but what I do is use a 3 foot T-handled pipe probe (ordered mine from home depot) and start at the property line and firmy insert probe into ground without pushing super hard and try to find a place where it just kind of 'falls' into the ground up to the handle, just pick a spot that would make sense to begin (remember even back then people didn't want to smell it or see it, also they would have to find it in the dark so it wouldn't be super far from house usually) and move around in a systematic way util you find a pit (you will know when you hit previously excavated dirt it just feels different). I definitely don't always locate them and probing takes a little practice but working for me . Keep in mind many properties had multiple privys that were abandoned over the years. Also crickdiggers on youtube has some good older vids of how to probe privys. Hope this helps happy hunting