Whats the wierdest thing you have found digging for bottles?

[RelicDude]

It's raining and cold I'm bored as heck. So I'm wondering what's the most unusual thing you have found digging for glass. Here's mine it's a Native American platform pipe I found it trying to find a dump which was nothing but shards except for this little ground top med. its in horrible shape but it was last thing I would ever expect to find. I know it's not glass but this should be some fun so lets see your weird out of place finds.-Justin

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[Bass]

The white one in the middle came from a privy. Maybe lost by a little boy?



Also, in the pit where i found all the inks recently, there was nearly half of a wood burning stove about 3/4 of the way down. Can't imagine why they would drop that in the hole when it took so much work to dig that hole through red clay. I haven't found anything really weird yet i suppose.

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[epackage]

Hand grenade, didn't even think twice about picking it up and taking it home since I was 11 or 12, thankfully it was inert

 

[Bass]

Wow

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[bottlehunterofcoscob]

Can't say I've found anything too strange, my closest thing is probably a meat grinder, not really that out of the norm I guess.

 

[RelicDude]

Bass those points are awesome I can't find one for the life of me. Epackage I wouldn't of picked up that hand grenade either that's kind of unnerving. And bottlehunterofcosco that's a pretty wired object to find. There's some odd stuff in the ground.

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[Corroded_Copper]

Well..... bread bags filled with poo (in tunnels dug down into a dump, not a privy) and a TV

 

[RelicDude]

Why would someone fill bread bags with poo thats a discovery I would not want to make. We're the tunnels pre existing? Was there some one living there.

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[jgas]

Dentures, in an 1870 pit. Dang things came out good enough to wear. When I get older of course! Oh and found 4 arrowheads dating from the woodland era to the archaic period of 10,000 years ago. Some kid no doubt tossed them in. But I would have to say the strangest thing we found was a full medical skeleton complete with wiring dating to the late 1800's. Local historians and the DNR were called in for that one(mistake), but it was cool. Museum has it now. Don't ever dig a pit with a skeleton in it. It's creepy to say the least! jgas

 

[Corroded_Copper]

Why would someone fill bread bags with poo thats a discovery I would not want to make. We're the tunnels pre existing? Was there some one living there.

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Some of the tunnels appeared to be groundhog holes, some appeared to be dug for that purpose. It was at a relatives house, the only one still living there was my crazy great-great uncle (he's 91) and he is.... well... strange lol. Apparently from what I've heard, he's afraid to use commodes because he thinks when he flushes and there's still water in the bowl it means its broke, and he's going to have to pay to replace it . So I figure they were probably from him.... I just start digging in the other direction when I find those lol

 

[RelicDude]

J gas finding a whole skeleton is nuts its shame some one would just dump it. It's a skeleton it was a person at one time that's just a tad disrectful for those remains. And corroded I had a great uncle that was the same way. Some people are just eccentric.

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[yakker]

Honestly, I don't think anything can compare w/ finding a Native American PIPE (I mean- are you SERIOUS?!) while digging for bottles. My God, I would have had a heart attack. So, seeing as I dig for bottles- well not really dig, but claw around a bit- in dumps...where there are other things... I find lots of discarded junque (which I enjoy). But the weirdest thing(s)- that I also feel guilty about disturbing- are tiny little hibernating frogs- all pale and puffy-looking, and clearly confused at being disturbed before the 'alarm clock' goes off. I try to gently tuck them back in.

Now, if you REALLY want a weird bottle hunting *related* story, I do have one. I was kayaking up river to a site where I hunt for bottles. My hunting buddy has a black lab who usually just relaxes on shore and waits for our return. This time she kinda freaked out- barking and trying to follow us along the shore, which we discouraged and didn't think much of... So we're paddling along, and it's a nice day (I remember... believe me, I remember). As we approach a bridge, I see something floating that looks like it might be a basketball. I tend to take trash out of the rivers I kayak- bags and bags of it, so I paddle over to see what it is.

As I draw close, I see that in fact, it isn't a basketball at all.

It was a body... a 'floater', as they say. All pale and puffy-looking (a recurring nightmare)(and yes, I prefer finding pale, puffy frogs to corpses ANY DAY!).

Now, let's really talk about having a damned heart attack! OMFG. (can I say that?) Yes indeed-- That would be the weirdest 'find' of all time. (UPDATE: the body was later identified as a local male, but investigation was not forthcoming as he was known to be an alcoholic and living on the fringe, as it were. Even when I reported that I'd found a site up-river where there appeared to have been a scuffle, they refused to take the investigation any further...)

Take-away lesson here is: Dogs *know*.

So there's THAT. Yak

 

[RelicDude]

Wow and I mean wow! Now that's an unexpected and unwanted find. That would be enough to give a heart attack I hope I never come across human remains. But at least you found him so that he wasn't forever lost to the river. And thank you that pipe is one of my favorite finds I wonder how it got there. I also recovered musket parts from a 18tj century musket.

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[yakker]

Now, if we just had larger toilets now-a-days, everyone would be throwing pipes and gun parts down the loo and by God, they'd be lost forever!

and... I hope to never-ever find another (please God)... freaked me out. Yak