Todays short hunt......

[NOLA_Ken]

Mia and I went to one of our hunting spots today to see if the little bit of rain we had brought any bottles out.... We found a lot of broken stuff and one odd little screwtop bottle marked "Mistol", plus a pair of pliers and a clay pipe stem. Detecting these piles is a huge pain, and I only managed one crummy zinc penny, and a bit of trash. We will be back though, I just need to figure out a better way to hunt the area.

This spot is a huge lot with piles of fresh dug dirt scattered all over, they have actually built the ground level up 4 or 5 feet in some areas and it's all full of old glass and pottery so I'm sure there have to be some good finds in there somewhere.....

 

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[BobinSouthVA]

Uh those piles do look like a pain.

Have you thought about setting up a sifter and sifting them? May be quicker and easier.

Good luck.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I thought about that, but a lot of it is big lumps of clay, and the rest like most of our dirt here is full of shells and bricks. Still might be worth a try though. I'm thinking about taking a potato rake to try to drag the piles down a bit, I know the city won't care as they are going to grade it all anyway. I just want to hit it before they do, last time I found way too many freshly broken bottles after the machinery left..... It was really a bummer.