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Where to dig? - 1/23/2012 9:31:49 PM    Youngecollector   Posts: 29 Joined: 1/19/2012 Status: offline Ok theres an old old cabim house behind the woods im my house probaley atleast 100 years old im gonna go look for old trash pits around it any ideas where to look? _____________________________ Vintage Noob Post #: 1

RE: Where to dig? - 1/24/2012 7:34:52 PM    pjritter   Posts: 165 Joined: 8/5/2010 From: Rockville Centre NY Status: offline Just look for debris and glass. Dig down and find bottles. Don't put too much backfill on undug dump. Wash your bottles. Take pics of them. Post pictures on here. Good luck! (in reply to Youngecollector) Post #: 2

RE: Where to dig? - 1/25/2012 10:46:35 AM    MINNESOTA DIGGER   Posts: 408 Joined: 1/20/2008 From: minneapolis minn Status: offline if the ground is not frozen now is one of the better times to dig no ticks no flies or mosquito's easy to find debris with no foilage _____________________________ looking for minnesota dose glasses and any bottle from minnesota wisconsin , disney bottles milk bottles . red wing bean pots . butter boxes wanted , minnesota shot glasses , embossed wisconsin milks . embossed coffin whiskies (in reply to pjritter) Post #: 3

RE: Where to dig? - 1/25/2012 10:50:25 AM    epackage Posts: 9911 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: offline Also look for depressions in the ground, something like a manhole cover sized area where a privy may have been. When they were filled in they often sank a little over the years leaving a depression as to their whereabouts...Good luck Kid...Jim _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to MINNESOTA DIGGER) Post #: 4

RE: Where to dig? - 1/25/2012 5:40:13 PM    deenodean Posts: 319 Joined: 11/18/2010 From: Nova Scotia Canada Status: offline look for the outer rim of the dump, thats where u can find some the 1st bottles and often the oldest thrown there..remember during the excitment don't bury over undug areas...all the best... (in reply to epackage) Post #: 5

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