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On Digging - 12/9/2003 9:07:31 PM    bottle_girl   Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2003 Status: offline Hi all, Bottle Girl here. I sure wish I could do some digging! I've seen some people with tons of neat old bottles that they "just found in the back yard". Anyone know of anything in the Oklahoma region, please tell me. I have a question: my town has been around since the 1800s. I have seen photographs of my town from 1880-1920, and much of Main Street is the same today as it was then. The pizza shop used to be a pharmacy. What are the chances of finding anything if I were to dig under this building? Or should I not even bother? Bottle Girl Post #: 1

RE: On Digging - 12/9/2003 9:46:37 PM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline Your best bet for old bottles in town would probably be outhouses. You would need to find places where nineteenth century houses still stand or once stood and then probe the lots for outhouse pits. An easy way to do this is to use a Sanborn map if there is one for your town. Sometimes local libraries or university libraries have access to these maps. They show towns as they stood over a hundred years ago. Outhouse digging is something I would like to try but never have since I live in a rural area. There are others on this board that can tell you more about digging them. If you live in a rural area like me or a small town your only options may be old dump sites or home places. Dumps are the best but you would have to do some research to find them. Ask around, you would be surprised how many folks have run across such dumps or trash pits, they might can help you once they know you are interested in finding old bottles. Creek beds are another good place, or under bridges when the water is low during the summer months, sometimes trash was dumped in these areas. I am confident you can find somewhere to dig, it is only a matter of time and effort. The bottles are out there, we just have to find them. Be sure and keep us updated. kaw (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 2

RE: On Digging - 12/10/2003 12:31:27 AM    bottle_girl   Posts: 35 Joined: 12/1/2003 Status: offline Thanx for the advice kawdog. I live in a small town rural area too. The only pieces of my town that I know are old are the city park (where the police patrol all the time and its very protected) and right on mainstreet. I will look for old houses and stuff. Say, what marks and outhouse site anyways? How can you tell if there was one? I would LOVE to go on a dig one day, on any kind, even if I only found a bottle or two, i'd be thrilled. I haven't heard of any other bottle collectors in my town, though, but I'll start asking around. (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 3

RE: On Digging - 12/10/2003 9:30:38 AM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline Sometimes you can find old outhouses when there is a sunk in place in the yard, but it could be a well or anything. Like I said, I have never dug an outhouse but I understand it is a two man job. You would have to have a long probe and other equipment, think of it as advanced bottle digging . I have the same problem as you, there is no one here to dig with, that is why I started my website: www.cox-internet.com/bottle/index.htm So far I am the only member , but one day somebody around here will find it. You just have to keep looking for old dumps, and be sure not to trespass. Look for places with glass scattered on the surface, I use small probes that I make with a welding rod and a grinder. I grind them to a point on one end then make me a wooden handle, I then hammer it into the handle and grind the other end to a point. Then you can probe around until you hear glass. Before long you will be able to tell if you have hit glass or rock or something else and if the bottle is whole or broken. This is pretty much how I find all of my bottles unless they are just on top of the ground in the creek. (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 4

On Digging - 12/10/2003 11:57:11 AM    Flaschenjager Posts: 1183 Joined: 12/21/2002 From: Central Virginia - USA Status: offline Hey kawdog, quote: So far I am the only member, but one day somebody around here will find it. I signed up last month for your site, forum I guess. I at least know your out there. Once you get it going good, you should submit it to seach engines, etc. Another good idea is to visit my site, and at the top of the page is a link to the bottle webring. Join this and more people will visit. I can help more w/ ways of getting your site noticed, if interested and they are all free. Sorry not much time to write now, I'm going digging. _____________________________ 'Meech' Our websites: http://mysite.verizon.net/flaschenjager/bottles.html Member of FOHBC - RABCA - APBCA Editor of 'The Digger' in full color! Please support the forums with a donation or purchase! (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 5

RE: On Digging - 12/10/2003 12:17:40 PM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline I saw where you signed up, I appreciate that, Relicsnstuff also joined my forum. I only meant that no one around my neck of the woods has inquired about doing some digging with me, I should have been more clear. My site is showing up on the search engines now but you have to search for North Louisiana bottle digging for me to be near the top, I need to play with my metatags I guess. I wish I was out digging, I am stuck here at work Good luck (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 6

RE: On Digging - 12/10/2003 7:55:20 PM    Python   Posts: 128 Joined: 11/11/2003 From: Alabama Status: offline I joined your forum a few minutes ago, and I end up in Louisiana from time to time. I will let you know when I am around and you let me know if you are interested in showing a novice the ropes. I also would like to thank everyone here for all the help. It's really great to find so many knowledgeable people in one place, especially when they are so willing to help out and answer questions. I'm pretty sure that can get trying at times. At any rate, anyone that comes to my neck of the woods is more than welcome to visit and try their hand at hunting around here. I have plenty of places but not enough knowledge. Great to be a part of all this. Thanks again (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 7

RE: On Digging - 12/10/2003 8:34:15 PM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline Anytime you come this way just holler at me. I am not an expert but I find a few bottles here and there. I need to find some more places to hunt, I don't know how much longer the dump I am digging now is going to produce. And I never mind answering any questions or helping people on here, I enjoy it. kaw (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 8

On Digging - 12/11/2003 12:22:32 AM    Flaschenjager Posts: 1183 Joined: 12/21/2002 From: Central Virginia - USA Status: offline Hey kaw, I never made it out to dig today, because it began raining as soon as I got offline. Yes, META tags are the key. There are areas-sites that you can submit your site to several search engines at a click. The bottle collectors webring, I mentioned above helps also. You should also post and try on other bottle forums, to get your site noticed. Some are on my links page. I also try to get permissions to have my site linked on other bottle sites. This can help as well. All of this, of course, is tons of work, but don't give up. It'll eventually pay off. Those diggers in N. Orleans couldn't help you any? They must know some diggers north of them that they can refer. Also, you should consider finding and digging more privies, or at least looking. They can be very rewarding. _____________________________ 'Meech' Our websites: http://mysite.verizon.net/flaschenjager/bottles.html Member of FOHBC - RABCA - APBCA Editor of 'The Digger' in full color! Please support the forums with a donation or purchase! (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 9

RE: On Digging - 12/11/2003 9:07:54 AM    kawdog   Posts: 192 Joined: 10/22/2003 From: Ruston Louisiana Status: offline One of the diggers from New Orleans posted on my forum and said their club is not that active and that the diggers down there are not really a close knit group. He did recommend I go to the bottle show in Jackson, Miss. I would love to go to a bottle show but I can't get away right now. I also would love to dig a privy, that is really why I was looking for someone to dig with up here to help me locate and dig the privies, as they can be hard to find in the rural areas if they existed at all. My grandmother told me stories that when she was a girl they had outhouses but no one had a pit under the outhouse. They just did their business on top of the ground and a man would come by and spread lime on it. That kind of depressed me since there was no hole to throw the bottles in, lol. But that was just her town, there are a few other towns around here. kaw (in reply to bottle_girl) Post #: 10

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