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I just watched the privy digging show on the travel cha... - 4/30/2008 10:41:58 PM   
RICKJJ59W


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Status: offline 		Man did that dude have some equipment or what?? lol blacktop saw,backhoe,battery powered bucket puller sonar privy finder wow what ever happened to old fashioned (work)It was all about money again,except this time there was no 67.500 dollar bottle.But still, the host  kept asking how much,how much is this worth.There was some talk of history,but I think the $$$$ took over most of the show.Again.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:00:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was impressed with the equipment alright, especially the underground radar machine.  My daughter even said "That's some hard core high tech bottle hunting."  The bottles they found and the prices quoted were realistic.  I would have valued that cobalt medicine bottle higher than $25.  I didn't think the value questions dominated the show, that is what non-collectors want to know first.  Overall I thought they did a good job.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:03:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I was flipping through channels and just happened to see the commercial for it about 10 minutes before it aired. How lucky is that? I enjoyed watching it and that guy’s bottle tumbler was out of control! Didn’t he say he could tumble like 80 bottles at one time?

~Tom

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:08:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		It was a fun show but...
The next time you knock on a door to get permission to dig a pit,and they say no,they just might have saw that show.The dollar signs where ding donging in there heads saying you ain't digging in my yard thats my money! Thats the point I'm trying to make.Its ok if us as (Bottle diggers) see it, but others don't know what we know and feel they see $$$$ and thats it.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:17:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		i just watched it too and thought they did an exelent job .it showed that even with the high tech .equipment and about 20 hrs of back breaking digging the reward was in the beauty of the bottles and not alot of cash.they even reserched the bottles,the history of the property,the land owners that used the privies,and left her with a nice report on everything.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:22:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		the host was kind of hot, redheads are cool, i've pee'd in better bottles and thrown 'em out the window doing 60 and the tumbler was insane. flicked between that and the red sox, the sox where the better show...

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:28:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think our crew are the only ones on this forum who dig through asphalt on a regular basis, and we def dont use that equiptment.

As for the potential permissions...The folks who saw that show and have a pit in there yard wont make the attempt to dig it, and if someone knocked on there door, it would probably lead to good things, except they would actually want some bottles...but who cares? Its a hobby, unless you need to justify your time and labor...but then you would be doing it for the money.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:30:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Unless the guy digging got paid by the T.V. SHOW ,he lost money. I wonder what the deal really was between the SHOW and the owner of the place  to get to dig? The deal went too smoothly to me," can we dig your parking lot up and drive off custormers"?," Yes "! RIGHT!

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:33:09 PM   
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Unless the guy digging got paid by the T.V. SHOW ,he lost money. I wonder what the deal really was between the SHOW and the owner of the place  to get to dig? The deal went too smoothly to me," can we dig your parking lot up and drive off custormers"?," Yes "! RIGHT!


Well, like I said before, its a hobby unless you need to justify your time and labor....and all those other expenses. Im sure the show did some shmoozing with the owner, but it entertained thousands of people and opened a whole new world to those which it did not fly over.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:41:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		YES IT ENTERTAINED THOUSANDS,BUT I think it should aways be noted on these bottle shows that it is not only hard work[not everyone has the stuff this guy had] but how many times people come up with:NOTHING! YES I was entertained, but I also know it ain't that easy!

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:44:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		I see what you mean and agree that there are holes that SUCK and people should be told this so they dont think every hole has a Mrs. Winslows....

Its up to us to explain it to the property owners....so lets get out there and dig some holes!!!!

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:47:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kudos! That's the most intelligent thing I've ever seen you type, and I agree 100%.

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ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W

It was a fun show but...
The next time you knock on a door to get permission to dig a pit,and they say no,they just might have saw that show.The dollar signs where ding donging in there heads saying you ain't digging in my yard thats my money! Thats the point I'm trying to make.Its ok if us as (Bottle diggers) see it, but others don't know what we know and feel they see $$$$ and thats it.


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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:49:01 PM   
PhilaBottles


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Kudos! That's the most intelligent thing I've ever seen you type, and I agree 100%.

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ORIGINAL: RICKJJ59W

It was a fun show but...
The next time you knock on a door to get permission to dig a pit,and they say no,they just might have saw that show.The dollar signs where ding donging in there heads saying you ain't digging in my yard thats my money! Thats the point I'm trying to make.Its ok if us as (Bottle diggers) see it, but others don't know what we know and feel they see $$$$ and thats it.



yeah, but how many people are actually going to dig there own hole out?? seriously.



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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:51:57 PM   
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Kudos! That's the most intelligent thing I've ever seen you type, and I agree 100%.

What? Ricks a freaking genius compaired to some of the crab scratches around here. You just fall down on your knees and thank god he's back....do it now

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 4/30/2008 11:53:22 PM   
PhilaBottles


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Status: offline 		im rolling my eyes because you made me refresh the page for that...

YUCK


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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 5/1/2008 12:41:43 AM   
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Status: online 		What a piece of crap that show was.  Backhoes, Ground Penetrating Radar, Asphalt Saw, and an Electric Bucket Puller. And it still took them 20 hours to dig a 12 foot brickliner? Dug an 8 footer today in 4 hours. I mean who really digs like this? Anyone on this forum? Part of the fun of this hobby is the hard work you put in for your rewards.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 5/1/2008 2:07:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		damn, forgot all about the show. but from reading the comments, i think i can imagine the whole program. When you break out the back hoe, its no longer a hobby, its a business. And i agree, this is going to turn a lot of people off. Instead of digging for history, they think you are digging for money and are making a profit off of something that belongs to them, thats on their land. I'm pretty sure i can buy most any bottle out there, but it would mean nothing to me. I didn't dig it up. i didn't walk for hours in the woods or dig a dozen test holes. Thats what I see when i look at a bottle i dug up. The phillyboys, god bless them, I'd squat in my pants to be in some of the holes they dig. Lined or not, I'm too scared of a cave in to go that deep for some glass. They work for their bottles.

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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 5/1/2008 2:39:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		That guy wrote a 20 some page report with grafts, measurements, positions, history and pictures. what are you a bottle digger or one of those other guys! History is in the glass not how its in the ground.  I'm pretty sure we all know how things ended up in the privy.....
It was dropped!
good show anyway
It didn't beat the first show cause that girl was down and dirty in the mud.  Remember the rain spout?
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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 5/1/2008 3:36:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Lou is retired from the construction business and already had a lot of this equipment.
He REGULARLY digs asphalt parking lots (go read his posts, elsewhere), so he has turned it in to a science, of sorts.
Now, knowing ahead of time that two old ladies lived in that spot where they were going to dig, you have to know that he was hedging his bets on NOT recovering any high end stuff. Why go through the effort, only to turn the goodies over? I think he had it planned out well, and actually did us all a favor.
I've never met or talked to the man, except once by email.
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RE: I just watched the privy digging show on the travel... - 5/1/2008 6:03:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thats why the little green button in my best Friend Lobe lol ,I peek here and there when I want to  get sick to my stomach,I enjoy that once in a while  but most of the time I just let the good times roll  Oh by the way look for my strory coming out in June in AB&GC its a goodin.

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