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What is this? - 10/30/2008 12:12:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Morning....I was wondering what this whitish stuff might be. It's crumbly and I've found quite a bit of it close to the surface. It is about a quart inch thick....It reminds me of lye soap. thanks for the help farmgal...




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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 12:47:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's probably some type of fungus like a mushroom.

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 1:01:09 PM   
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I've found it in old dumps before.

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 1:20:44 PM   
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BUT YOU ARE SURE HAVING A LOT OF FUN....
REMNDS ME OF THE BIG CELLER HOLE BEHIND OUR
HOUSE WHEN I WAS A KID AND ALL THE STUFF
WE THREW IN, YOU ARE PULLING OUT.

MAKES ME SMELLS THE DIRT AND WANT TO BE DIGGING
IN THE  WOODS BACK WHERE I WAS A KID........

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 1:50:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hubby said maybe dry wall also..just not used to that kind...But if it is from the 40's it could be..it's not fungus...It's in little square type pieces...I'll post the piece of plates and other stuff I find later tonight...Thanks for the help everyone!! Digging to be done.so nice and warm out today. Farmgal

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 4:21:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi BP,
That is lime. It was put on garbage, dead bodies and down privies, to cause whatever it was on, to break down faster. I find it more common in older dumps, in layers sometimes up to six inches thick, and in privies.
I uncovered one murder victim (I'm assuming she was murdered) in an 1840's crawl space that had a 4-6" layer over the entire skeleton.
Bill

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 4:38:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Druggist is right ...It is slaked lime.We find that in mostly every privy we dig,some more then others.Its is call calcium hydroxide.
The word (slaked) means to mix the lime with water.It is some nasty s!@#$%^!
 
 

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 4:40:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Bill did you take any pix of the skeleton? thats carazy man.

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RE: What is this? - 10/30/2008 9:59:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thank you so much druggistnut...Is it dangerous? makes sense seeing it looked so much like the old time lye soap....Farmgal

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RE: What is this? - 10/31/2008 11:49:58 AM   
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ORIGINAL: druggistnut

Hi BP,
That is lime. It was put on garbage, dead bodies and down privies, to cause whatever it was on, to break down faster. I find it more common in older dumps, in layers sometimes up to six inches thick, and in privies.
I uncovered one murder victim (I'm assuming she was murdered) in an 1840's crawl space that had a 4-6" layer over the entire skeleton.
Bill


...and we don't get any other details?

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RE: What is this? - 10/31/2008 11:58:57 AM   
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RE: What is this? - 10/31/2008 1:27:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		And I woulda got away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling bottle diggers...

Thanx for clearing this one up, I have dealt with the lime layer before in past dumps, but never put two-and-two together.  Explains why I had extreme lung irritation after a dig through a white chalky layer during drought conditions several years ago = I musta got a lung full of slacked lime.

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RE: What is this? - 11/1/2008 7:45:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		i agree that it looks like lime, and it is harmless, well, dont eat it, but i thought it was dumped over garbage and in privies to keep down the smell. greg

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