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Which part of yard To start digging - 4/10/2004 3:54:02 PM    mac2469   Posts: 4 Joined: 4/9/2004 From: Maine Status: offline Hoping one of you experienced digger could help me out. I have 800 feet of river frontage with a 15ft incline to the river. In just scratching the surface I have been coming up with all kinds of bottles. Also surrounding my property by approx. the same 800ft I have a ridge that goes 25 ft up to abbuting properties. To better clarify this my property of 5 acres sits inbetween the river and ridge. Which is level. Also here on the ridge in scratching the surface I have been retriving all kinds of bottles. In your opinion which would be better to dig for hopefully older bottles. Post #: 1

RE: Which part of yard To start digging - 4/11/2004 1:25:06 AM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Mac- I wouldnt be suprised if it turns out your entire property is on top of an old dump or landfill; it sounds like it has all the telltale signs-the locale, a ridge abutting a river is classic plus the abundance of bottles that youre finding. Try to get a make on where most of the older bottles concentrated by dating your finds useing the bottle seam metheod as described in the pre & post 1900 categories in the forum. I wouldnt be suprised if you hit an ash layer after digging down a couple of feet in one spot - and the bottles if youre lucky may get older the farther down you go. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to mac2469) Post #: 2

RE: Which part of yard To start digging - 4/11/2004 1:26:26 PM    mac2469   Posts: 4 Joined: 4/9/2004 From: Maine Status: offline Thanks Deepwoods, I Will try that. (in reply to mac2469) Post #: 3

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