RIBottleguy
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Joined: 3/5/2008
From: South Kingstown, RI
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So, here in Rhode Island it hit a balmy 65 degrees, and that was all I needed for a mandatory digging day. I stopped by a house I had dug at about six years ago with a friend. It was a new house built right next to an old cellar hole. Didn't find much, but the lady had a Warners in the window she found on the property. No one home, so I moved to spot two. It was a 1890s-1930s dump on a slope, most covered with large rocks. I got chased off by bees last summer, so I decided it was safe now. Found some common ABM stuff, and was pretty sure I had dug out the dump. I moved to the rocky area, which was shallow and covered with rocks weighing up to 200 lbs. Not an easy dig. Gravity helped, and soon I opened a spot where batteries and milk bottle tops were flowing from the ground. I found an unembossed milk, and then another milk. The second was much better. It was a Broad Rock Farm from Peace Dale, RI. A rare local milk that could fetch up to $100. It had a huge chip/crack in the lip, but I didn't care that much, it was on my top 10 milk bottles to get list.
I stopped by the first house later, and the owner was home. He turned out to be a nice guy, and told me feel free to poke around. I surveyed the property, and decided my first assumption of where the dump was was correct. It was, of course, another rocky site. A 15 by 8 feet rectangle, full of broken BIM pieces. It was hard to tell whether all the bottles broke on the rocks or it was dug before (probably both).
I'll add on a bonus story. A few days ago it was pretty nice out, and I went to my old stomping grounds, which I thought I had dug out at least three times before. I decided to dig around the stone slab that would constitute the front doorway of the house. Last fall I had hit some interesting stuff, (marbles, smithed iron, an insulator etc.) Yellow jackets chased me away here. Further digging yielded three local ABM sodas. Two Red Fox Ginger Ales (art deco) from Providence, and a Havens Bottling Co. Westerly, RI. Had them already, but were pretty cool.
Oh yeah, I found a spot where a sewage (?) pipe was put in the foundation at a later time. I dug down outside the foundation and found 1930s bottles and two pottery pieces. The soil was a pale brown, which was odd. Not sure if I should pursue it.
For those who wait there will be pictures and a video sometime!
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