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Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:42:27 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline We started today on 19 outhouses in the parking lot of an old school that was torn down.  It took awhile but finally was able to get permission. The first one, full of broken blobtops, well at least 5 counting this whole one from Jersey City.  Its embossed SCHENK & HENRICK'S 391-393 SEVENTH ST. JERSEY CITY, N.J. There were three Anodyne for infants...1 Dr. Millers & 2 Dr. Groves A pipe and one clay marble. There was a nice food jar and a Hood's Apothacary The stopper in the photo me mum picked up at a thrift store today.  It huge and heavy!  Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... Post #: 1

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:43:16 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline pic of blob  any info? Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 2

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:44:09 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline pic of stopper look into my crystal ball....hahahaha Attachment (1) _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 3

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:48:11 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12309 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: offline I like that blob, man.. looks like a pre-lightning specimen, 1870's - early '80's.. how tall? (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 4

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:48:23 PM    epackage Posts: 9876 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online quote: ORIGINAL: privvydigger pic of blob  any info? Nice looking bootle, exactly what I like _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 5

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:55:34 PM    slakoper   Posts: 140 Joined: 9/17/2005 Status: offline Heres a photo of the parking lot. I marked the privys with yellow. Wish us luck Attachment (1) (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 6

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:56:40 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline its about 7.5'' tall....really strong TBNTBS embossing on back.  A great tooled top heavy blob. _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to epackage) Post #: 7

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 7:57:47 PM    slakoper   Posts: 140 Joined: 9/17/2005 Status: offline The undertaker and privvydigger opening up the first of 18 holes Attachment (1) (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 8

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 8:03:15 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12309 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: privvydigger its about 7.5'' tall....really strong TBNTBS embossing on back.  A great tooled top heavy blob. Yep, the height matches up with several confirmed Putnam Cork Retainer bottles I have.. as does the shape... not too many slug plates on the early ones, so I'd guess 1875-1885 ..very nice bottle... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 9

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 8:10:17 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline 18....19....who's counting...one thing we do know This section of town produces......on the score card already are rare local tallboy blobs, pony's, whiskey jugs and flasks, silver coins, awesome meds and dollheads...marbles...benny's to boot.  Mason jars big and small, and some really nice colored glass and great pottery from Rebecca at the well to English and Japanese.  This part of town was settled in the early 1870s and up.  They completely  moved/tore down a town called Centerville less than a mile from this spot. _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to slakoper) Post #: 10

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 8:12:29 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline Thx Cyberdigger........what do you think about that stopper? _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 11

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 8:14:51 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12309 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: offline This one? I'd say it's something only a bottle collector's mother could love.. (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 12

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 8:30:04 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline it was 50 cents.....imagine its to a brandy bottle or back bar bottle.  Maybe _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 13

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 9:40:45 PM    madman Posts: 10369 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline looks like alot of fun keep us posted! _____________________________ always looking for, Toledo Ohio, Knoxville Tn. milks pharms and sodas, (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 14

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 10:40:41 PM    epackage Posts: 9876 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online PD do you guys have to patch all that asphalt? _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to madman) Post #: 15

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 10:55:49 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline you always have to clean up and fix the hole....here we're using busted up concrete as a filler, crushed stone then a layer of road millings.  First we use a jitterbug and for the road milling we use a vibrater.  turns the stuff tough as concrete....today however we used Slakes big pickup to crush it down.. We will put the finishing touches on the first before we start opening up the next.  There 5' by 4' and if you look in the pic the ground was graded flat and thankfully removed 2' or 3' off the top however left us with 15'' of tuff stuff...3 layers of asphalt and 6'' of red stone.... Its going to be a fun fall......... _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to epackage) Post #: 16

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 11:02:14 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1875 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Man!  I can't wait to see results!  I just can't believe you could get a permission to bust asphalt even if it is already rough. (in reply to privvydigger) Post #: 17

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 11:15:20 PM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline Depending on how it blends which I know it will almost perfect I'm going to weedwack the whole place sweep it and then spray a driveway sealer accross the narrow span where the privvys are(if need be).  Got a give a little to get "who knows what" but thats our hobbie.  Our last four rip ups turned out fine.  The cannon ball hole's are just about ready for black top.  We're using it in this case because of the newer asphalt & once sealed u don't see it as much. sinkings the devil _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 18

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/4/2009 11:54:52 PM    Staunton Dan Posts: 2251 Joined: 5/5/2005 From: Batesville, VA Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: slakoper Heres a photo of the parking lot. I marked the privys with yellow. Wish us luck I'm confused. How do you know there are privies in those locations? Probing would be impossible in an asphalt parking lot. Are you using GPR? _____________________________ Just when you think that you have life figured out, someone changes the rules. (in reply to slakoper) Post #: 19

RE: Old St. Mary's Dig - 11/5/2009 3:21:11 AM    privvydigger Posts: 2597 Joined: 7/16/2006 From: Heart of the Coal Regions Status: offline The houses were there with big back yards to the alley...Then the school was built.  There are no outhouses in the yards so they had to be somewhere.  _____________________________ thx privvydigger gtr'dug Collector of all Coaldale & Lansford, And love digging Summit Hill, Mauch Chunk & Tamaqua, Pa. sodas, beers, milks..... (in reply to Staunton Dan) Post #: 20

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