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Complete jug from the bottom of a dump - 7/9/2006 2:58:24 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline Dad and I were digging up a tip. The next day I had to go to school so I couldn't continue digging till the afternoon. After school I found out dad had been digging all day. He had dug through the tip and continued digging into the original clay soil. after about a foot he pulled out this complete jug with a crack in it. Does anyone know anything about it or why it was burried deeper than the tip. Attachment (1) < Message edited by Willman669 -- 7/10/2006 12:35:23 AM > Post #: 1

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/9/2006 2:59:54 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline the crack. dad filled it up with glue to reinforce it. Attachment (1) (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 2

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/9/2006 3:05:27 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline the stamp on the base says Royal Ironstone China Johnson Bros England. With the british coat of arms. Attachment (1) (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 3

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/9/2006 3:55:17 AM    madman Posts: 10363 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey thats a nice pitcher, even with the crack, how old is the dump, is the clay the bottom, or just a cap on the older pit, anyway nice find im sure you can research the stamp  mike (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 4

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 12:38:48 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline The dump is from around 1890-1930 I think. I'm not sure whether the clay is the bottom. Dad reckons theres more bottles under the clay because we didn't find enough bottles for a tip of that time. (in reply to madman) Post #: 5

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 12:48:23 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline I just looked up Royal Ironstone china and found out that this jug is from 1883-1913. Look at this site and you can see its the second one down. http://www.thepotteries.org/mark/j/johnson_brothers.html (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 6

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 3:15:33 AM    madman Posts: 10363 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey guys keep digging, who knows whats beneath the clay  mike (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 7

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 3:18:12 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline yeah i will keep digging now that its school holidays. (in reply to madman) Post #: 8

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 3:19:26 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline but if there is more stuff burried under the clay how far under would it be? (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 9

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/10/2006 1:09:00 PM    capsoda Posts: 9832 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Use a probe. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ http://www.bornagainamerican.org (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 10

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/11/2006 12:54:11 AM    Willman669   Posts: 158 Joined: 12/30/2005 From: nsw australia Status: offline I would use a probe it the ground wasn't so hard. Its hard enough trying to dig through it. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 11

RE: Complete jug from the bottle of a dump - 7/26/2006 2:34:09 AM    madman Posts: 10363 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline try to dig a test hole just dig through the clay mike (in reply to Willman669) Post #: 12

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