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Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 5:36:02 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline The Big Dig of 2011 (and continuing into 2012) Results of excavating virgin territory around the former Augusta Mill Supply Company See the street view via Google Maps using "1219 New Savannah Road, Augusta, GA" in order to see where this dig is currently taking place (on Saturdays and Sundays only). The property is owned by my brother, and he has agreed to allow digging as long as it does not impact with his business and he receives a substantial share of anything recovered. Bill Baab (http://www.fohbc.org/2011/05/bill-baab-a-tribute-to-a-man-who-has-done-so-much/) is documenting the results of the dig. I'll be adding more pictures later, but here's a picture I took over Bill Baab's shoulder on Sunday, January 1st, 2012. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 6:52:40 PM    Plumbata Posts: 1656 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline Sounds like this will develop into something very interesting, I hope to see more pictures soon! Thanks for wanting to share this with us. _____________________________ Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. - Thomas Jefferson (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 2

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:13:00 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline I had a computer crash, and it took me a while to recover. Before it crashes again, I thought I'd upload a few picture of the digging that occurred on Sunday, January 1st, 2012. Attachment (1) (in reply to Plumbata) Post #: 3

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:14:58 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline The man operating the backhoe owns a construction company, so they only have to pay for the fuel. It's a no-brainer he gets a full share. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 4

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:17:50 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Here's a heartbreak! The River Swamp Chill And Fever Cure - broken. If it was whole, it would have been a $2,000+ bottle. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 5

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:21:09 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline They'll have it professionally repaired and sell it for $100 - $200. During last year's digging, they already found a whole one, and I suspect they'll find two or three more before digging is complete, which could last into 2013 at the current rate. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 6

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:26:15 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline When the hole is large enough, one or two of the diggers will climb down and tease bottles and jugs out of the sides, while the backhoe operator continues to dig deeper. Sometimes they halt the backhoe if they think it necessary in order to keep something of value from getting damaged. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 7

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:28:24 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Though well over 90% of the bottles and jugs are broken, that still leaves plenty that survived 100+ years in the Augusta city dump. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 8

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:32:19 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline The backhoe operator finesses the shovel to gradually trickle the dirt over the pile, while others watch for anything of interest. I was amazed at his skill in gently dribbling the contents out of the shovel, but I suppose years in construction yielded exceptional skill. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 9

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:33:32 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline More trickling... Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 10

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:40:25 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline That gray at the bottom of the hole marks the clay boundary and the point beyond which no more bottles or jugs will be found. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 11

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:41:23 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline The clay boundary averages approximately 12 feet, give or take a foot or two. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 12

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:43:04 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Manually teasing bottles out of the side while the backhoe operator continues to dig in the same hole. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 13

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:45:09 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Taking a break for LUNCH! Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 14

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/16/2012 11:56:12 PM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline A couple more heartbreaks... TWO separate (and nowhere near complete) Frog Pond Chill And Fever Cure bottles - both broken. Each one would have been worth about $1,000 if unbroken, but unfortunately, these cannot even be repaired, since there simply wasn't enough of either bottle to piece back together. They went back into the hole, along with anything else, broken or whole, that wasn't worth at least $20. Early in 2011 (digging started in April) they allowed local bottle collectors to come out and make offers on the low end bottles, but now they just throw them into the hole unless they know someone wants (and will pay for) particular items, like old bromo-seltzer bottles which they have found by the hundreds. Attachment (1) < Message edited by IloiloKano -- 1/16/2012 11:57:53 PM > (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 15

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/17/2012 12:01:34 AM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Bill Baab recording results for the day's digging. In the upper right against the concrete are broken soda and beer bottles, which they save for a man who buys them for $2 each, repairs them, then sells them for a profit. I was told that he may have more than he wants now, but they keep stacking them up anyway, just in case. Attachment (1) < Message edited by IloiloKano -- 1/17/2012 12:03:50 AM > (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 16

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/17/2012 12:07:05 AM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline Another picture of Bill Baab recording the day's dig results, and the last picture for tonight. I'll try to get more pictures resized and posted in the next day or two. Attachment (1) (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 17

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/17/2012 7:18:40 AM    edndlm   Posts: 194 Joined: 11/20/2004 Status: offline Shame about The River Swamp & Frog Pond Cures . Your estimate of value on the Frog Pond is way off . It is a $ 250 to $ 350 bottle and shouldn't be that high . _____________________________ Always want Embossed Cures especially labeled with contents & box ! Have dozens of cures for sale or trade at all times ! I have over 1419 different Cures looking to upgrade many less than perfect ones ! Also Port Jervis NY & Deer Park Brewery Items ! (in reply to IloiloKano) Post #: 18

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/17/2012 8:08:53 AM    sandchip Posts: 1644 Joined: 9/1/2008 From: georgia Status: offline Thanks for taking the time to post those pictures so we can watch as things develop. Keep us posted! _____________________________ Jimbo (in reply to edndlm) Post #: 19

RE: Augusta, Georgia "Big Dig" PICTURES - 1/17/2012 8:48:45 AM    IloiloKano   Posts: 49 Joined: 1/16/2012 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: edndlm Shame about The River Swamp & Frog Pond Cures . Your estimate of value on the Frog Pond is way off . It is a $ 250 to $ 350 bottle and shouldn't be that high . I thought I remembered being told that value by the people doing the digging, but I could easily be wrong. I'm not a collector. I only spent the one day with those guys, though I visited Bill Baab's home a few days earlier to see his personal collection. I was on vacation to see family, but now I'm back home on the left coast. I originally found this site while searching for information regarding the value of several center script Coca-Cola bottles from the dig, which my brother gave me while I was visiting. Those doing the digging told me they should fetch $25-$30 each, and I plan to list most of them on eBay, but they do not all appear to be equal. I'm a coin collector, not a bottle collector, but I suspect as in coins, condition is key. < Message edited by IloiloKano -- 1/17/2012 8:50:00 AM > (in reply to edndlm) Post #: 20

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