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Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 1:42:35 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2031 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    My brother Craig and I got to finish a hole I was run out of last fall. Here's the link to the first post on this same hole. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-126814/mpage-1/key-police/tm.htm#126814   We should have left it alone because we didn't find one keeper in it. We did find a broken Green "Eagle Scroll Flask" with beads or hobnails on the corners. I happen to leave it on top the car and when we left it became "street debris". We got something to eat and hit another yard I had just gotten permission for. It's an 1870's or 80's duplex next to the railroad tracks. I had my suspicions that the hole was dead center between the two back doors but I couldn't get my probe through on the other occassions I was there. This time was different though. The first time I tried it I found the hole. Right where I suspected it was to begin with. The was about one foot of clay and heavy ruble in the top where they must have filled it in after it had sunk for a few years. the about 2-3 feet of black dirt and into cinders. At about 3-4 feet there were to tile pipes coming into the hole from the house, that had turned it into a makeshift septic tank before they got city sewage. The hole was bricklined, round and about 6 feet in diameter. We had it down to about 10 feet or so on one end and still probed another 5 feet without hitting bottom. we still haven't figured it out whether it's a well or privy. We found pockets of trash throughout the dig. A 5 cent store bottle and two damaged local milks a Bengal Tiger Marble, and other odds and ends but the best find of the day goes straight into my collection of local Druggist's. It's a scarce bottle from a loacl Doctor's office that reads; "O. GRISMORE, M.D. / STEUBENVILLE, OHIO" it's blown in mold with a crescent on the base. We coverred the hole with pallets and boards and are going back to finish it this week. There is one injury to report from the days work. While getting wood to cover the hole out of a house being demolished I stepped on a nail. It went through my shoe an into my foot... OUCH! I had to get a Tetanus shot and miss a day of work but the bottle is well worth it to me. Tell me I'm not sick. Matter of fact I cleaned and looked up my bottle in the books before even getting treatment for the injury. By the way check out the picture of Craig. We don't dig the Ghetto without protection. He's packing plenty of heat! DO YOU FEEL LUCKY, PUNK! There's one other bottle I picked up the previous weekend out of a house. It's a webbed Pumpkin seed flask with a clock face on the front. < Message edited by zanes_antiques -- 4/14/2008 1:56:52 PM > _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane Post #: 1

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 2:10:44 PM    RedGinger   Posts: 1052 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Nice bottles.  Those tetanus shots probably hurt more than the nail in your foot.  Good idea to take some protection along.  _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpkKPimVjm8 Just For Now (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 2

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 4:39:13 PM    Plumbata   Posts: 79 Joined: 12/4/2007 Status: offline Wow, bottle digging with a **** revolver? That is about as badass as it gets and awesome to the core. Nice med too, I like ones like that which look a little different. Hope the hole finishes up nicely! _____________________________ Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 3

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 5:28:47 PM    lexdigger   Posts: 929 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline LOL. Looks like the one I carry when I'm down in the Hood. Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum. Haven't ever needed it, but it's nice to know it's there... just in case! I've found that people don't mess with ya when you're stabbing the ground with what looks like a fencing sword, and digging big holes with iron diggers and shovels. You do need to try and have someone there to watch your back though! Chris < Message edited by lexdigger -- 4/14/2008 5:31:27 PM > (in reply to Plumbata) Post #: 4

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 5:35:45 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3878 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I love that clock pumpkin seed! Whats your bro got in his pants a snub nose bulldog? _____________________________ My web page. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story coming Feb & March. "Privies by the yard" www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 5

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 6:00:00 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline I have a few pictures I took with my cell phone. The first one I was down around 10 feet and the hole ate a 5 foot probe. The next one is Zane standing behind hole number 2 with a blue house in the background and picture number 3 is Zane starting hole number 1 with the same blue house in the background about 3 blocks away.When I get home later I will take a picture of some of the finds.  The 357 is a must I heard two gunshots while we were digging on a Sunday morning I would hate to see it on a Saturday night around there. Attachment (1) < Message edited by craigc90 -- 4/14/2008 11:43:08 PM > (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 6:02:32 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline the pictures are out of order but you get the idea Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 7

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 6:03:26 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline last Attachment (1) < Message edited by craigc90 -- 4/14/2008 6:05:16 PM > (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 8

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/14/2008 7:41:09 PM    Digswithstick Posts: 555 Joined: 3/6/2008 From: north west pa Status: offline  HI  Like the med bottle , sure am glad i dont have to carry while diggin would hate to get dirt on gun , Digsws (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 9

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/17/2008 10:49:14 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline We got out a dug down about 4 more feet after work Wednesday and hit solid bottles. Finished digging in the dark and it is still eating a 5 foot probe. The bottles are getting older so who knows getting ready to break the turn of the century and hitting nice local slug plate sodas and beers and milks. I brought home a local hotel whiskey bottle Imperial Steubenville O. and my brother took home a very rare local Steubenville City Dairy bottle and we split about 15 local sodas. There is about 100 comon beers and meds laying on the ground around the hole. I tried to get a picture with the headlights shining on it when we were finishing up. Heres a few pics. Attachment (1) (in reply to Digswithstick) Post #: 10

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/17/2008 10:51:20 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline that last picture was a Milk I dug 50 feet from the back door at work I have been scratching a 40's dump at lunch time.Heres more from the privey Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 11

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/17/2008 10:53:00 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline more Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 12

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/17/2008 10:54:08 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline last one Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 13

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/17/2008 11:33:56 PM    Jim Posts: 2491 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Nice digs, guys. If everyone packed a little heat, crime would drop to virtually ZERO, really fast. Imagine armed bank tellers and convenience store clerks. The robber punks and thugs would find a new line of work pretty quickly! The local doctor's bottle is great. We have two that I know of from here in Lewistown that actually have "Dr." embossed. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 14

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 7:08:27 AM    idigjars Posts: 1363 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline Nice pics Craig.  Yes, protect yourself.   That green jacket you have on in a couple of pics looks like the type that are worn in the steel mills.  Are you a steelworker? Thanks for sharing the pics and good luck with future digs.            Paul (in reply to Jim) Post #: 15

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 7:53:04 AM    downeastdigger Posts: 1454 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline I'd be afraid I'd shoot myself in the butt! Man, do you guys dig! Are you sure you didnt have a bobcat doing that digging? You deserved a pontiled flask after that one. Hopefully next time. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 16

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 5:24:26 PM    craigc90 Posts: 684 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline Jim I think everyone should be armed I have a concealed carry permit and I hate it when I walk up to a store and there is a no firearm sign on the door that would be the one I would go to if I was a criminal. Paul I am the one wearing the grey Mechanics jacket Zane is wearing the mill greens he is a union boilermaker and I am a Certified GM auto technition converted to heavy equipment mechanic 3 years ago. I got fed up with the dealerships in my area now I rebuild 80,000 pound forklifts for the steel mills much happier now. Bram I thought it was taking to long and thought we should be deeper by now. There are a bunch of guys on this forum that dig circles around us. I have fun and thats what it is a hobby. Thanks for all of the replies. There will be more pictures Sunday. (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 17

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 5:34:10 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1554 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline two heck of a nice guys right there. They deserve the best at the bottom of that pit, im hoping loaded with local pontils. Keep us informed. Digger Ry _____________________________ Professional Tumbling Services Digger Ry Style My Tumbling Page (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 18

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 6:58:58 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 309 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline Speaking of local druggist bottles with embossed "Dr." or "M.D." This is one of six dug out of the same privy in Mountain View in about 1987: Embossed : C.A. Wayland, M.D. 140 North 3rd St. San Jose, Cal. Attachment (1) (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 19

RE: Me and craigc90 got out Sunday for two holes - 4/18/2008 7:05:08 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 309 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline And for the "Dr.": Dr. E.H. Durgin Cupertino, Cal. (sorry this pic is blurry but the embossing is readable?) This was found in an antique shop in Aptos, California in the early 1990s. Fewer than five known according to Miller's book. Cupertino was nothing more than a crossroads in the late 1890s into the next century, all the original buildings of the little town are long torn down and the crossroads site is a big ugly bunch strip malls, vast parking lots and two sixlane boulevards. Yuck. Attachment (1) (in reply to Lordbud) Post #: 20

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