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17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 12:45:04 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    Started diggning a brick lined hole today. Make the long story short I am still hitting 1940's junk at 17 feet. I sunk my probe down another 5 feet before I covered the hole with a thick sheet of plywood. This hole is atleast 22 feet deep! I will be back there tomorrow after work at 5pm with my brother to hopefully finish it. My guess is that it's a well and not a privy. I can't bare to dig that much and then just fill it back in without hitting bottom! _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane Post #: 1

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 12:49:40 AM    richf   Posts: 379 Joined: 8/27/2006 From: Weatherly, PA Status: offline You're probably right, Zane. I, too, believe it's a well. Hopefully, the last five feet will produce! Rich (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 2

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 12:53:15 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I did find a nice layer change at about 16 feet but still finding the 40's stuff. I'm hoping it sunk into the lower layer. I know this is an early hole because the house they tore down there was from the 1850's. There has to be atleast one keeper. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to richf) Post #: 3

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 6:59:40 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline Your bound to at least hit water. That's gonna suck... you in. Be careful in there. < Message edited by cowseatmaize -- 6/4/2007 7:00:12 AM > _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 4

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 10:54:23 AM    PhilaBottles Posts: 1003 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: philad.A Status: offline everybody needs a bath after digging.......... _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/iheartmykitten (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 5

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 8:27:09 PM    cdnbottleguy   Posts: 152 Joined: 4/23/2007 Status: offline myself would use a sifter , might be some coins or something in there as well Ian _____________________________ ***still looking for the bottle with the gene*** (in reply to PhilaBottles) Post #: 6

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 8:36:46 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3615 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I dug a 25 footer with a 10 foot use layer, mabey that a 30 footer. _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 7

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/4/2007 11:04:31 PM    craigc90 Posts: 650 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline I met my brother after work today and I jumped in the hole and dug from 17 feet to 25 feet it took 3 hours and started to get dark .There is no sign of a bottom yet but the glass is getting olderWell its at roughly 25 feet and just broke the turn of the century. Found 2 Parkers hair balsams today and a 1 and1/2 ounces ribbed cobalt poison a bunch of crown beers and milks and slickers and a PRR lantern globe and a brass burner and the common meds and jars you always find.Keep tuned till tommorrow. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 8

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 5:51:48 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3615 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline 30 footer _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 9

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 6:13:20 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3615 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Send a pic of the hole I want to see it.Rick _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 10

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 11:00:05 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Zane, is the brick lining still continuing at that depth ? You guys be careful and always have a safety guy up top. _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 11

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 8:01:55 PM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey zane, i dug a deep hole like that once  there was a cleveland browns bic lighter waiting for me at the bottom, i hope you find the jackpot mike < Message edited by madman -- 6/5/2007 8:02:33 PM > (in reply to logueb) Post #: 12

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 8:04:45 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1252 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Any milks, speas and whitehouse vinegars in that 40s lot? (in reply to madman) Post #: 13

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 11:16:50 PM    craigc90 Posts: 650 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline Logueb the brick stops around 22 feet and turns to stone it is very solidely built but we are being cautious we have not hit bottom yet and are close to 30 feet.   Kastoo there are 6 Whitehouse jugs and 2 Whitehouse jars and everything is cleaning up with no stain. I am posting some pictures I took with my phone they are a little blurry but you will get the picture.     we found a nother poison and a killer stoneware mug today. Attachment (1) (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 14

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 11:18:21 PM    craigc90 Posts: 650 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline more Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 15

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 11:19:43 PM    craigc90 Posts: 650 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline This is the top of a 28 foot extension ladder all the way extended. Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 16

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/5/2007 11:52:30 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Man Craig, That is wild. Some good looking stuff too. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 17

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 12:09:00 AM    craigc90 Posts: 650 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline Thanks Cap   We have been finding tons of common bottles and a few good ones here and there and the deeper we go the better its getting. Here is a picture of my brother Zane holding the mug and an Ohio druggist bottle that made his day. Attachment (1) (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 18

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 12:28:12 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Hey Warren I wanted to thank you for the Hygia Coke you sent my brother It's in my bottle cupboard. This dig is very interesting even though the bottles haven't been. I've never been 30 feet  down in a hole until today! Wish us luck tomorrow I think we should hit bottom. Next hole is the privy on the same lot. The house that used to be there was a Gothic Revival 1850's style and top of the line in it's time. well I gotta get some sleep 5:30 comes early. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 19

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 12:54:29 AM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline No problem Zane. I was happy to. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 20

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