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First dig - 1/15/2012 7:54:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well,I went on my first real dig today.Up until now all ive done is walk creeks and RR tracks.We went to the place where an old NU GRAPE truck turned over in the 20's.I think we may have also found a small dump or something,because we found shards of a W.E.WRIGHTS SS coke from Greenwood,Ms and pieces of a shoulder script CHERO-COLA.The truck wrecked in the 20s and these bottles are 1910ish so im confused.Now,back to the Nu Grapes,theere were TONS of shards,since the road grader broke alot of the bottles.We also found a few EYE-SE shards.Heres where we're digging,it looks to have been loged 10-20 years ago,so there are dead tree limbs everywhere,,most of them right on top of where we need to dig.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 7:57:17 PM   
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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 7:59:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hmmm,...they probably used older bottles till they were broken or totally obsolete, that may explain the older sodas. Any diggin pics? Good luck there.

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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 7:59:18 PM   
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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:01:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Heres a waisted NU-Grape,the neck was gone.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:04:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another,it was also broken off at the neck.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:06:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		We found this whiskey top,which is one reason i think it was a small dump,we also found a couple of plate shards.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:11:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		You are now looking at the busiest dirt road in the state of Mississippi.The dadgum thing gets more traffic than the main highway!A car came through every 2 minutes,we got a few stange looks but i just waved and tried to seem as friendly as possible(didnt want em to think i was burying a body or something)




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:14:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		We filled this 5 gallon bucket up with shards early on,we probably dug twice this many.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:18:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Heres a piece of a plate we found.What really got me excited was that we dug several shards from KOSCIUSKO BOTTLING WORKS crowntops,which are very hard to find.The most complete one we found had its neck broken off.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:22:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		My dad digging in the hole we started,im hoping to fins a whole bottle or 2 around the stump in the bottom right corner,maybe the roots have protected them.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:24:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Go  deep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-----don't  just scratch the top!-----your on to something  there-good  luck and keep us posted---------------  ~Fred.

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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:25:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Finally!!After 3 1/2 hours of digging i looked down and saw this ones neck sticking out,its got a couple of chips,a crack in the lip,and some case wear but i dont care,im just glad we finally found sonmething whole!




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 8:31:22 PM   
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Go  deep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-----don't  just scratch the top!-----your on to something  there-good  luck and keep us posted---------------  ~Fred.
I dont think the bottles go very deep,at least not at the spot i was digging,i went down about a foot and stopped seeing glass and started geting in to red clay.We'll be going back tomorrow afternoon with a garden rake so we can get the pine straw away and see better.

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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 9:31:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Congratulations, Branden,

You finally got a little shovel and scratcher work in. What's the embossing on that guy?

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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 10:11:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Heres the only almost complete waisted NU GRAPE.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 10:12:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hers the grape clusters NU GRAPE cleaned up,as i said it has some damage but at least its not stained.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 10:13:44 PM   
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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 10:36:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's the whiskey the Nu Grape driver was drinking...J/K.

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We found this whiskey top,which is one reason i think it was a small dump,we also found a couple of plate shards.




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RE: First dig - 1/15/2012 11:36:35 PM   
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That's the whiskey the Nu Grape driver was drinking...J/K.

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We found this whiskey top,which is one reason i think it was a small dump,we also found a couple of plate shards.




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