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New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:22:05 PM    donalddarneille   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/23/2008 From: Portland Status: offline Been working on permission for this place for some time, and finally got it! Going to strike while the "iron is hot" and start digging there tomorrow. We have already probed out two privys, but am sure we will find more as the permission extends across a few properties including the sight for an old drug store, an office building, a saloon, and the original postoffice for the town! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just another day in Pffffft..... I stepped in what!!?? Post #: 1

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:26:15 PM    donalddarneille   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/23/2008 From: Portland Status: offline The ground has been cleared already, and I found whole bottles and fragments in the debris pile! The door to no where on the second floor helped me locate the first privey, sure do like the stained glass around the window pane! I'll post pics of the dig after we get done with the first two holes, and possibly disclose the name of which town we are in...... Attachment (1) < Message edited by donalddarneille -- 9/2/2010 10:28:38 PM > _____________________________ Just another day in Pffffft..... I stepped in what!!?? (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 2

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:26:37 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2249 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline Looks promising. Keep us posted. _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 3

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:30:12 PM    diggerdirect Posts: 263 Joined: 5/2/2010 From: New York State Status: offline Congrats & Good Luck!  (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 4

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:34:19 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 10975 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Dont jinx your self like i always do  _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures.(New look) Also dig story's I wrote, published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine. www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to diggerdirect) Post #: 5

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 10:46:17 PM    lexdigger   Posts: 1696 Joined: 5/31/2005 From: Lexington, Ky. Status: offline Check out that old Pepsi sign in the upstairs window! Love the door to no where. Is this place slated for Demo? If so, you should scavenge some things up before hand!!! (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 6

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/2/2010 11:51:16 PM    donalddarneille   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/23/2008 From: Portland Status: offline Not up for demo, but has been moved about 10 yards off the original foundation and is for sale, seriously considering submitting an offer to buy... there is a pile out back from what was excavated under the old brick foundation, already found a few bottles sticking out of the pile! I'll see if I can get a decent close up of the Pepsi sign...... appears to be painted steel.... If the sign is whole, in tact, and restoreable it could be the best find on the dig! Attachment (1) < Message edited by donalddarneille -- 9/2/2010 11:53:16 PM > _____________________________ Just another day in Pffffft..... I stepped in what!!?? (in reply to lexdigger) Post #: 7

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 12:37:18 AM    donalddarneille   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/23/2008 From: Portland Status: offline Here is a view of what greated me in the rubble pile as I was probing. Nothing special, a vaseline type jar with a tooled/rolled lip, but if that is what's on the surface...... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Just another day in Pffffft..... I stepped in what!!?? (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 8

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 12:59:01 AM    Bent_Twig Posts: 447 Joined: 10/8/2008 From: Northern Ohio Status: offline Good luck on the dig!! Looks very promising. (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 9

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 12:59:28 AM    rockbot Posts: 3274 Joined: 6/17/2009 From: Hilo, Hawaii Status: offline Looking forward to your digs Donald. Nice long weekend too! Aloha, Rocky _____________________________ " I got my own shovel ready project" (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 10

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 2:35:48 PM    donalddarneille   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/23/2008 From: Portland Status: offline Thanks for the hopeful replies, and yeah.... hope I have not jinxed my self! Got to wait until after 5pm to get in there, the contractor is removing some more debris from the lot. Which means more ground will be accessable to probe! If all goes well there should be a few photos posted by morning..... if things go GREAT, may not get to posting pics until next week..... _____________________________ Just another day in Pffffft..... I stepped in what!!?? (in reply to rockbot) Post #: 11

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 8:53:50 PM    Penn Digger Posts: 1669 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: PA woods Status: offline Not really related to bottles.....but.....What a crappy siding job!!!  Did they side it before or after they moved it? PD (in reply to donalddarneille) Post #: 12

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/3/2010 9:21:12 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9278 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Tom,...I'd say that's the original wood siding. (I kind of like the way it looks) < Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 9/3/2010 9:22:23 PM > _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 13

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/4/2010 11:45:25 AM    Penn Digger Posts: 1669 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: PA woods Status: offline Joe, OK maybe it is original.  The lower left corner of the building in the first picture threw me off.  Awefully wavey, but it does look like single runs of the boards as opposed to regular siding. PD (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 14

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/4/2010 1:17:09 PM    pyshodoodle Posts: 2801 Joined: 8/3/2008 From: Lehigh Valley PA Status: offline LOVE the Pepsi-Cola sign! Can you claim that? Good Luck! _____________________________ HONESTY IS NO LONGER PC. (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 15

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/4/2010 1:18:18 PM    808 50th State Posts: 535 Joined: 5/14/2007 From: OAHU, HAWAII Status: offline GOOD LUCK!!! _____________________________ ALOHA EARL (in reply to pyshodoodle) Post #: 16

RE: New dig tomorrow! - 9/4/2010 9:14:49 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1821 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline That place is a gold mine..I can tell.... (in reply to 808 50th State) Post #: 17

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