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End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:27:29 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1712 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       We were finishing up a second privy on an extremely old lot in a good part of town and didn't have a whole lot to show.We had found out the old pits were under a garage on another lot that was portioned off of the original so an 80's era pit was the best one we would find.As I was scratching the last little bit of the use layer out,a face shows up.I am thinking no way,because hardly ever see portrait flasks,let alone in an 80's hole.Sure enough it comes out whole and really made my day.It is a qt. sized GI-37,a very common flask but not in the midwest.Scolls & eagles are the rule here.I love digging a bottle I have never found before.     Notice the seeds,do you think they where eating there share of maters and berries? Attachment (1) _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. Post #: 1

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:29:55 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1712 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline   I like the crude lip,its a big heavy bottle compared to most flasks Attachment (1) _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 2

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:31:36 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1712 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     Other side Attachment (1) _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 3

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:36:27 PM    towhead Posts: 909 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Jimminey gosh darn crickets!!!!!!!!!!  You guys are- near abouts- killing me!!!!  Sweeeeet! _____________________________ J (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 4

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:41:20 PM    NCdigger5 Posts: 514 Joined: 2/9/2008 Status: offline I have one of those. Its a nice bottle, especially if it comes out of a pit. Great find! _____________________________ Dump after dump, privy after privy, diggin up treasure one bottle at a time. Ryan (in reply to towhead) Post #: 5

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/3/2008 11:55:56 PM    craigc90 Posts: 676 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline Great looking flask Doug  keep them coming. (in reply to NCdigger5) Post #: 6

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 12:41:22 AM    capsoda Posts: 7930 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Great find Doug. That will make yer day every time. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 7

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 12:51:40 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1285 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Wowzer!!!!  Hope to dig something like that one day! (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 8

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 1:44:21 AM    dollarbill Posts: 1471 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Hey Doug Wow great dig . Nice to end it with something like that .Way to go ! Keep diggen um .   bill (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 9

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 2:40:51 AM    baltbottles   Posts: 930 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: offline Thats my kind of surprise. _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to dollarbill) Post #: 10

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 12:08:34 PM    lexdigger   Posts: 929 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline Now that's what digging is all about! Just when you think you're getting skunked you pull out something like that. I've been digging my arms off for something like that. Even the scrolls and eagles are cool digs, even if they are common. Thanks for the pics! Chris (in reply to baltbottles) Post #: 11

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 12:58:40 PM    beendiggin Posts: 801 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline That is why we dig.............incredible. I would just about cry if I dug that.  That is a great set of pics. Thanks for sharing that! (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 12

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 1:28:51 PM    Penn Digger   Posts: 260 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: N Penn Status: offline Great dig.  Thanks for sharing.  Please post a pic of the bottle cleaned up, would love to see it. Thanks... (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 13

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 6:55:47 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1409 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Awesome Doug - ( I keep calling you Dug by accident) That had to feel great to get such a large flask in one piece. And uncovering the face first had to make it a pretty intense dig. I'm going to print up this photo of yours to put in my scrapebook that I use when I give talks on bottles, so I can show folks what the "seed" layer looks like. So thanks for the great photo! _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 14

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 6:57:12 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1409 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline And how far down were you when you hit the seed layer there? It doesn't look deep because of the light, or did you use a flash. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 15

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 9:08:54 PM    Digswithstick Posts: 555 Joined: 3/6/2008 From: north west pa Status: offline Thats a beauty ! Got excited just seeing pics,thanks _____________________________ Digswithstick (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 16

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 11:27:09 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1712 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       Thanks to all that replied.It was a fun dig for sure.       As far as the photos,I am normally in too excited to stop and take a picture but have been trying to on any flasks I dig.They come out great with a flash at any depth(this one was only about 6ft. deep) but have taken several at 10-14ft. deep and they came out great,too..Almost better than above ground,go figure. _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 17

RE: End of the dig suprise - 7/4/2008 11:38:46 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1712 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline        Bram,      Thought you might like to see the alternative to a nice fluffy seed layer,after bailing 3 ft. of water we made it down to a sticky black,methane filled muck.We call it "poop soup".By the time we made it to the black muck I wasn't touching my camera.    This is just a picture of the water in the bucket before we got to the stink! Attachment (1) < Message edited by appliedlips -- 7/4/2008 11:40:15 PM > _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 18

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