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1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 10:33:20 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		Well I finally got out and had some fun. I'm in a premo spot, don't get any older. Of course we never hit the old one first but thats alright. First pit had tons of really nice masons...old ones all broke.....two really nice pieces of pottery and a green gargling oil and a st jacobs, also a broken rare pony and two broken Seitz blob tallboys. and 3 inks
2nd hole had 5 hosteters broken Baltimore md. bug bottle really cool broken, 5 Seitz tallboy blobs broken, 3 local meds 2 broken, everything good was broke but i probed three more and am doing it tomorrow. I have two further away from the house and one more closer. i'm done so i'll post pics tomorrow of all the keepers. oh it was a big applied tooled top McCormicks bug bottle big bee on it ever hear of it

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:06:32 PM   
buzzkutt033


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Status: offline 		sounds great. i'm hoping you find the honey hole tomorrow fella.

be on the lookout for barrels. they could be anywhere on the property.

that's a nice age. should be at least two older pits. worth taking all the time you need to find the spot(s).

good luck

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:10:22 PM   
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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:14:35 PM   
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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:20:12 PM   
THE BADGER

 

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Status: offline 		NICEEEE p-digger cant wait to see the pictures.good luck with the rest of the yard hope youget some real good ones. BADGER

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:29:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		cant wait to see the rest of the finds...good luck on the other pits

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/18/2010 11:30:46 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		well we hope for the best and dig our ass off for the rest....Yo..thats my new catch phrase
"WE HOPE FOR THE BEST! AND DIG OUR ASS OFF FOR THE REST!"

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 2:47:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi privvydigger, sounds like some good potential. I was wondering if you find the older privies closer to the house or is it totally random?
I've been working on this old house and can't find the older pits? was wondering if I need to probe closer to the house?

Aloha, Rocky



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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 7:58:10 AM   
woodswalker

 

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Status: offline 		Nice finds privydigger....I'm kinda with what Rockbot was asking....I been working an old foundation and have still not found a privy....In a country setting would it be likely for it to be closer to the house...foundation sits on a hill dump is right behind about 20 feet, then theres the barn foundation at the bottom of the hill....also another area I found that I thought may be the privy had rotted boards like the shape of and old out house...but I think there may have been a horse stable there in that area...I dug the sunken area not very deep but found lots a broken glass and a small horse shoe...but no matter where you dig on that land theres broken glass or bottles popping up everywhere!!!  Oh well...I'll dig till I find er I guess!!
Manda~


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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 9:45:36 AM   
buzzkutt033


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Status: offline 		hi manda,
country setting is tough. generally speaking, we find the privy within 25 yards of the house. many times these older homes had barns. the outhouse is generally between the back door of the house and the barn.............

jim



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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 11:50:29 AM   
CALDIGR2


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Status: offline 		Looks like great potential, pd. What kind of "bug bottle" did you get?

Rocky, I have found privies literally attached to the rear of homes. It can be anywhere from 0'-80' back, or to the sides. It also depends on prevailing wind directions and proximity to neighbors. Reeking outhouses were commonplace; not all users applied lime when needed.


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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 11:56:09 AM   
woodswalker

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks Jim....Next time I will take a bigger shovel lol....there are 2 possible spots I've got in mind to try next....most the ground around is real hard clay and then there is one section where it looks like someone filled something in with a lot of loose dirt and stone....gonna probe that spot next...its only about 10 feet off the back steps tho.....plus on the other side looks like theres a cellar whole that could have possible been another back door....but thats all down hill on that side.....hmmmm....my work is cut out for me but I know the goods are there..... and I have until the next hunting season opens to do it with out getting caught!!!!

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 2:13:17 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		there's no set reason....we just dig them all...

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 2:13:46 PM   
rockbot


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Status: offline 		Sorry to bomb your thread privvydigger with my question.

The problem with the property I'm working on is that the house has a front door only and off to the left is another abandoned house. There is a more modern outhouse in the front yard with a small 6'x6' slab and modern plumbing. Looks like they modernized with a cespool in the 70's.

Would you think the old outhouses would be up front too?

Aloha, Rocky

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 5:57:04 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		Well, it was a small 3 by 4 stone liner shallow and had a broken colored soda from Tamaqua in it.
we probed out the next... i was drenched through out when it poored. You know I don't mind the heat but having to dig next to a pool full of young beauties all day was almost all I could bare. pics tonight of the bottles.......lol

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/19/2010 11:18:19 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		went back up after it rained and i got cleaned up. I think there are going to be several crude outhouses here. by todays dig and how crude the shallow stone walls were i'm feeling that in several areas. Buddy gave me room in the shed to store my stuff. I'll bring the camera tomorrow if only to see Anthony's garden. I really thought I was gardening......far cry but that'll change next year....he's got the green thumb.....well lots of pilot holes tomorrow. keep you informed.....great to be back

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/20/2010 3:28:10 PM   
privvydigger


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Status: offline 		did 4 test holes each had possibilities. the second produced a broken piece of a P. SHARKEY MAUCH CHUNk. Tired early so we'll spend another day looking tomorrow

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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/22/2010 5:40:12 AM   
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Well I finally got out and had some fun. I'm in a premo spot, don't get any older. Of course we never hit the old one first but thats alright. First pit had tons of really nice masons...old ones all broke.....two really nice pieces of pottery and a green gargling oil and a st jacobs, also a broken rare pony and two broken Seitz blob tallboys. and 3 inks
2nd hole had 5 hosteters broken Baltimore md. bug bottle really cool broken, 5 Seitz tallboy blobs broken, 3 local meds 2 broken, everything good was broke but i probed three more and am doing it tomorrow. I have two further away from the house and one more closer. i'm done so i'll post pics tomorrow of all the keepers. oh it was a big applied tooled top McCormicks bug bottle big bee on it ever hear of it


On that McCormick bottle with the bee.  One of McCormick brand names.  “Bee Brand” used that for a logo.  McCormick mainly dealt in spices and extracts but at one time all so had a cool little tri-cornered cobalt blue poison in which they sold Laudanum.  Laudanum was an opium/alcohol mix for pain.  It was very addictive.




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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/22/2010 2:16:17 PM   
privvydigger


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RE: 1840s yard hit two 1880 pits???? - 7/22/2010 2:17:06 PM   
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