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Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:27:48 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline The Creek is out of its banks, so it will be some time before I can post any updates on the "Old Train Trestle" dig.  So, I went back to the old dump that I have dug in over the past thirty years, off and on.  The backfill was covered with autum leaves. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. Post #: 1

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:32:05 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline This dump goes down a hill into a cypress swamp, so when it rains the dump has water in the very bottom layer.  Also the layer that I find the oldest bottles in. So during the rainy season it makes for a big muddy mess digging. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 2

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:34:09 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Bricks, trees, roots everywhere.  Hard digging. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 3

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:37:32 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Looks just the way I left it the last time digging.  So might as well get started. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 4

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:44:21 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline In the 20's to 30's layer this comes out of the wall.  I thought for sure it was a broken quart jar bottom.  I was poking it with the shovel to break it out of the tight compacted dirt. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 5

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:47:00 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline It cleaned up real nice.  Appears to have that vaseline look to the glass, not the real clear kind.  It is marked on the base as Hazel Atlas.  Any ideas what it held? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 6

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:50:00 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Muddy, sloppy dig.  But did manage a few to take home.  Spent most of the time slinging mud. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 7

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:53:40 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Little cobalt poison. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 8

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:56:44 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Strange little rectangular med. ABM Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 9

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 12:57:54 PM    mr.fred Posts: 2366 Joined: 4/11/2009 Status: offline Hi Buster-----nothing wrong with a little mud-----looks like a fun dig-----happy Mudding and bottle digging-------Fred. _____________________________ Ah! Yesterday when i was young!!. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 10

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 1:03:51 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Ran into a batch of Nu Icys.  There must have been twenty or thirty.  All Nu Icys, no Nu Grapes.  All were broken, except one rust encrusted one. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 11

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 1:06:49 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline It cleaned up well. I'll try to clean up the rest if anyone is interested.  And I'll update if I find anything else .  Thanks for looking.  And good luck to all the diggers. Buster. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 12

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 4:27:22 PM    towhead Posts: 2679 Joined: 12/31/2004 From: GREAT LAKES Status: offline I'm guessing the 1st one was a vinegar cruet? -Julie (in reply to logueb) Post #: 13

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 7:18:40 PM    judu   Posts: 316 Joined: 7/7/2009 From: greenville sc Status: online i would love to see the meds all cleaned up...whats your secret to getting rust covered nu icy so clean?...and when are we going digging?.... (in reply to towhead) Post #: 14

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 7:25:33 PM    glass man Posts: 7739 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: logueb It cleaned up real nice.  Appears to have that vaseline look to the glass, not the real clear kind.  It is marked on the base as Hazel Atlas.  Any ideas what it held? YEAH I AM WITH JULIE. I THINK VINEGAR TOO. _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to logueb) Post #: 15

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 7:30:36 PM    glass man Posts: 7739 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: logueb Little cobalt poison. WHAT IS THE SQUARE BOTTLE NEXT TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE A BROMO? MAN YOU ALWAYS DO GREAT! BE GLAD WHEN YOU CAN GET BACK TO THE CREEK THOUGH! LOVED LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WAS GETTING OUT OF THERE! REALLY BEEN RAINING HERE. GUESS THE COLD AND RAIN MAY MAKE YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR LATE SPRING. BE CAREFUL BROTHER BOUT CAVE INS WITH IT SO WET AND ALL! JAMIE _____________________________ LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED ! IF YOU NEED A BLESSING OR A SONG THAT WILL PICK YOU UP PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS SONG FROM"VAN THE MAN"MORRISON! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi4R2YXv_AE (in reply to logueb) Post #: 16

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 7:59:31 PM    Bixel   Posts: 725 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline What do you people use to make your bottles clean up so shiny!?!? _____________________________ Formerly : Insulators Rule! Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to glass man) Post #: 17

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/2/2009 8:50:52 PM    madman Posts: 10360 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey buster nice finds and pix! nice cruet prob vinegar,  im looking for one of those lime colas  mike _____________________________ always looking for, Toledo Ohio, Knoxville Tn. milks pharms and sodas, (in reply to Bixel) Post #: 18

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/3/2009 12:22:01 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Thanks to all for looking and the replies. Mr. Fred, that mud is a mess.  Just can't keep it outta the way. I'm afraid that I'll miss something in the mud. Julie, Yeah, that's what I'm thinking.  I also found a smaller cruet. It's in the cleaned up group picture. Judu.  A little cleansing powder and a lot of elbow grease will clean most up .  Still woking on trying to set us up  a Friday  or saturday dig.  Right now my schedule is so tight that I can only manage an hour or two dig now and then. Jamie, I gotta get out there and brave the elements for the good folks of the forum.  I know that a lot of folks don't care for the 20s and 30s dumps, but there are some jewels waiting to be had for a little work. Kyle, For some unknown reason, bottles sealed in a layer of wet mud sometimes clean up real well.  May have something to do with the absence of air. However, there is a putrid stale odor in this layer. Mike, I haven't forgoten about the Tenn. Lime Cola.  Send me a PM with an address and I'll see what I can do. Thanks again for looking.  Here's another group from the muddy dump. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to madman) Post #: 19

RE: Back to the Old dump - 12/3/2009 12:25:33 PM    logueb   Posts: 2885 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline I had the itch to go digging yesterday something fierce, but the rain came down all day long until after dark.  So I went to the shop and did some cleaning up.  Here's some cleaned up. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to logueb) Post #: 20

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