wonderful new findings

[Sweetrazz]

Hello all...I am here to share some more of my bottle finds in the two days. Its always great to share with you all. Hope you enjoy!!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds SweetRazz. Thanks for sharing...

 

[against the wind]

Well done,
Congratulations

 

[Davers]

Hello all...I am here to share some more of my bottle finds in the two days. Its always great to share with you all. Hope you enjoy!!

Very neat.
You got a wide variety of types it seems.

I really like the 'Coffin ' types & the embalmed / lol Spell Check ...The ones with writing are always special IMO.

 

[TWray]

So many sizes, shapes, colors, and designs. Bottles are just cool. Nice finds.

 

[pepperj]

Liking the Scotch Whiskey bottle, Gold can't make out the name? Well done congrats! Always liked digging glass up, it's just harder 45 yrs later down the road.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Wow, you found some very nice bottles, congratulations!

They should clean up real well!

 

[Old Pueblo]

Those are some nice bottles. Congrats!

 

[63bkpkr]

It definitely took some work to find those so you deserve all of them, well done!...................63bkpkr

 

[RudyT]

Very nice. I’m curious did you have to dig them up and if you did how in the world do you do it without breaking them.

 

[thrifty76now]

Great digs for sure,I was digging farm ddumps long before I STARTED METAL DETECTING.

 

[Kurios1]

The Scotch Whiskey bottle just plain ROCKS!!! If I would have dug it and it was sealed I would have popped the top and had a shot! LOL! Nice dig mate. Old glass is super cool. Ya' done fantastic!

 

[A2coins]

Sweetness those would look good cleaned up and displayed that's some good pieces of history.. Happy Holidays Tommy

 

[rickb2202]

Nice job of preserving history !!!!!

 

[63bkpkr]

Rudy T,
I believe the answer is yes they had to be dug as they were part of the outhouse storage container/they were part of a garbage dump hole or area/they were part of a garbage dump burn pit. How did he keep from breaking them - planning and careful digging for starters. You try to judge the size of the pit by what you can see on top of the ground, like an outline of the hole, the ash mark size and any other hint one can observe by looking at the surface as it exists since the last time the spot had been used. How to keep from breaking them also comes from running a metal rod carefully into the ground, likely checking in all directions for say 3' down or as much as the compacted earth will allow.

From what little I've read the walls of these digs can be "unstable", this means they can collapse on you at any time IF you've not supported them Properly. "Properly" is the key word, if being alive at the end of a dig is not important then do not support the side walls or do not support them properly. Hopefully Sweetrazz will come along and correct my novice approach in this reply. Have fun, stay safe...................63bkpkr

 

[RudyT]

Thanks for the education. Have a Merry Christmas!

 

[Sweetrazz]

Yep I dug them up and very carefully! I have broke some while digging them up before and some are already cracked before digging them up but for the most part I am careful.