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1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 7:58:53 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline We got permission to do a 1854 house with a small back yard,found the pit fairly quick. It turned out to be a stone liner.Its the first stone liner we dug in this area.The stone was a gray shale type,the same as the foundation of the house,so we had a feeling it was the original pit,as we dug down we hit a few 90s bottles up top,embossed meds and slicks nothing great. Then came a huge clay cap.What this turned out to be was a half moon and the other half was on the neighbors side, and he was a grouch and wouldn't let us dig! so what happened was it got to narrow and was turning into a tomb! we couldn't move and we had no  more room left to go with any more fill, the guy had a shed in the yard and that took up most of it. We ended up getting a few 80s blob beers,a few masons and slicks,the bottom had to be way older, the probe still went to the handle,but we had to fill it in. We have permission to do the 2 yards over, and this time we can dig them both at once.These houses where built for steel workers in the 1850s and they where all built the same,even he pits.  Attachment (1) _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com Post #: 1

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:00:42 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Tons of fill. Attachment (1) _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 2

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:02:24 PM    woody   Posts: 1791 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: online Hey Rick, I saw your privy article in the latest Antique Bottle & Glass collector magazine. It's in the Nov. 2007 issue. great story. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 3

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:04:49 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline The only bottle I kept, I  got a mug base hutch to but gave it to the owner.   we are due for a good pit.    Attachment (1) _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 4

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:11:54 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Thanks Woody.   _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to woody) Post #: 5

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:15:19 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1554 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline daaaaaaaaang, THAT was probly a GOOD pit! It would drive me nuts to have to fill that back in without hitting bottom and knowing whats down there! :( stinkin neighbors Good luck on the next pit! Digger ry (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:24:58 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Yea tell me about it its driving us nutz! but there was nothing we could do,it was getting dangerous with the huge stones over us and the small space,if it caved that would be it (darkness). Thats the second time this has happened. The other with in a 50s yard,there was a weird cinder cement liner,that was loaded with 90s stuff but when we got to the bottom we buried a 8 foot probe!(new built on top of old) the yards are real small. We couldn't dig that because of the lady flowers,(she wanted them) lol and Thay where on the fence line,also it was a double and the guy next door....you guessed it was a weirdo lol  so it was another tight one.and that would mean a caved in yard. I hate when that happens!  Rick < Message edited by RICKJJ59W -- 10/31/2007 8:28:41 PM > _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 7

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:47:38 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1554 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline I hear ya rick, safty is #1 that was getting real dangerouse and sometimes i forget about that. I dug a pit like that in the same situation last year only dug half the pit down and was about 18-20 ft down, NOT A GOOD IDEA! all i can say is my life was spaired by a split second and my digging buddie Paul. Never again. Smart moving giving up, but i would really keep asking that neightbor guy until he gives in. Worth a try :) Digger ry (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 8

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:56:13 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3877 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Oh yea we plan on it maybe a case of beer or some good top soil hahahah every one has a price _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 9

RE: 1854 pit turned 80s - 10/31/2007 8:58:36 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1554 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline That they do! (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 10

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