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This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/15/2006 6:33:38 PM    SEEKER of TREASURE   Posts: 14 Joined: 10/16/2005 From: PHILADA, PA Status: offline HEY YA'LL! This is George from the great city of PHILADA as many early bottles refer to it as. I found and dug this dump during this great summer of 2005 in southeast PA. You may have seen PhilaBottles post some of his finds from here months ago. Yes he is a fellow digger of mine. Now I finally get to post some of my finds. I will try to post often for I have found lots of interesting dumps to show ya'll. and it begins..... this little kid owns the property and gave me permission to dig it's on a street that everyone drives past, wow the best part of the dump hurray a pontil! is this for real? collapse caught on film! don't ask i went to the moon for a break matt took a skate break never do this ask matt(PhilaBottles) just a few of the finds! that porcelain doll head came out of the ground with a clay pipe stuck in it! some of the pontils, the Bears Oil is sweet! - oh there's a threadless amber insulator in there but it's broken, oh well. I have a bottle to post in the What is it? After 1900 section, please look! < Message edited by SEEKER of TREASURE -- 1/15/2006 7:43:47 PM > Post #: 1

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/15/2006 6:42:51 PM    PhilaBottles Posts: 1003 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: philad.A Status: offline WOW. I DUG AT THAT DUMP. haha. heres my stuff.... http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m_36748/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm < Message edited by PhilaBottles -- 1/15/2006 6:50:47 PM > (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 2

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/15/2006 11:05:02 PM    VirginiaDigger   Posts: 301 Joined: 5/10/2005 Status: offline Great Finds!!! You Guys Look Like My Kind Of Diggers :-) We Should Get Together Sometime & Dig Im Only About 2-3 Hours Away & I Have A Friend Going To College In PA......Let Me Know!!! VaDigger (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 3

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 12:30:14 AM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline Not to be a jerk or anything but you got permission from a kid? Anyway awesome finds I would kill to dig at a place like that. _____________________________ Life is easy with your eyes closed. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 4

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 12:58:23 AM    SEEKER of TREASURE   Posts: 14 Joined: 10/16/2005 From: PHILADA, PA Status: offline HAHA! Yes that kid came out and told me that it was his property so it would be ok for me to dig. Then I said what would your dad say and he said he doesn't care. Later that day his dad came home and said to me "I didn't even know that was my property, I don't care If you dig it." A week later the dad found out it was his property and all he asked from me was to give him a few bottles to set up on his mantle. Then it was diggin time for real. Oh and VirginiaDigger we should get together. I just graduated Penn State w/ no real job at the time except for ebay. So I'm good to dig untill I get a job that takes up my time. Hopefully I can get an Archaeology Job. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 5

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 1:19:12 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1252 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline Great stuff! Probably more too. Looks like it hasn't been dug by many...dig real deep. Yea I can believe people drive right by it....people overlook a lot...also if they hav been driving that rout since wagons it was a handy place to dump while going to and fro. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 6

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 2:06:02 AM    SEEKER of TREASURE   Posts: 14 Joined: 10/16/2005 From: PHILADA, PA Status: offline Ohhhh when I found this dump I didn't think at all there was a dump there! There was like 5 small pieces of old glass, a piece of pottery, a small agate pot fragment, and some small pieces of coal. It was basically a slope with dirt and leaves. Nobody ever dug there! I dug a test hole into the slope because i knew this is where many dumps are located. I had to dig through a 3 foot cap, you can see it in the pictures, it's the lighter colored soil. What they did long ago was cover the dump with that dirt to hide the trash. So as people were driving by all those 100+ years nobody ever knew it was a dump untill I came by and discoverd the slopes secret! So remember all it takes is a few visible pieces of antique glass on the surface for there to be a huge dump underneath! (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 7

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 6:33:25 AM    dirtflicker Posts: 938 Joined: 9/19/2005 Status: offline AWSOME DIGS THERE....YA JUST DON'T FIND MANY DUMPS LIKE THAT ONE ANYMORE! (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 8

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 4:53:36 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Seeker of Treasure... George, welcome to the forum and "Oh My God" what a dig... what great bottles And how very cruel it was to post so many great bottle photos, knowing that everything in the north is so frozen, we can't get out to do much of anything like diving or digging for bottles Only kidding, now I know for sure that I'll be coming down Philadelphia way! gonna be diving everywhere I can... Great finds! Wayne (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 9

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 5:43:16 PM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 288 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline OH man, do I want that insulator! _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 10

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 5:53:41 PM    barbieheid   Posts: 127 Joined: 12/23/2005 Status: offline Ma, I woulda died and gone to, well, wherever would let me in ... _____________________________ Barbie >^,,^< (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 11

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/16/2006 11:44:06 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline What is the funny haped thing next to pipes? it is laying on side with a bottle type neck and a flat surface on the top. maybe the doll head pipe came out of an early head shop lol. Brian _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 12

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/17/2006 12:02:32 AM    SEEKER of TREASURE   Posts: 14 Joined: 10/16/2005 From: PHILADA, PA Status: offline On the left side of the pipes is a figural shoe bottle, if that's what your talking about. Does anyone know what that shoe bottle contained? It's BIMAL. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 13

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/17/2006 8:16:57 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Congratulations! Thats the kind of dump the oldtimers used to tell me about. Good huntin. Whats does the seal on that wine bottle in the center say? _____________________________ J.D (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 14

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/17/2006 11:34:26 PM    flasherr Posts: 538 Joined: 5/7/2004 From: Abilene Texas Status: offline The shoe thing is what i am talkign about. Do you have a better picture? It seems very unusal to me but im mostly into ACL sodas but love old glass Brian _____________________________ Know anyone around Abilene Texas that digs? (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 15

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 2:54:15 AM    card   Posts: 81 Joined: 9/7/2004 Status: offline Awesome finds!! Have fun!! (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 16

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 7:15:07 AM    Miles   Posts: 248 Joined: 9/6/2005 From: New York Status: offline That shoe bottle probably held polish or cologne. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 17

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 5:39:52 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Good Grief Guys, Want to take a fat little southern dude and his wife diggin. Just found out I can get round trip tickets to Philly from Pensacola,Fl. for 100 bucks. It cost 360 bucks to fly to Atlanta, Go figure. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 18

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 5:47:56 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1436 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey Cap... Atlanta found out you were comin so they jacked the price up... Wayne (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 19

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 5:59:39 PM    capsoda Posts: 7863 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Your Probably Right. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 20

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