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confused in the country - 7/26/2003 4:18:10 PM    Guest I live in the country and have found a few bottles. but nothing that has any age on it i know that there is alot of old homesites around ,but they are not standing just a bunch of old stone foundations the areas have been logged so it is extremely hard to find the privies. i got a probe but have not yet found a privy i was wondering if yall could give me some tips on locating these privys i live real close to a historical area and know that there is bottles around any info would be appreciated   Post #: 1

RE: confused in the country - 8/3/2003 11:48:25 AM    Guest does anybody know if it was common to backfill with stone around alot of the old sites i will come across areas that there is alot of stone in like some one has buried it there in one site there is an area that is about 10by12 that has stone in it and the stone runs about 2 feet deep i was thinking maybe it was a cistern but there is a creek closeby i was also wondering whats with piles of rocks stacked around trees at these old homesites all help would be appreciated _____________________________ Always looking Mint Cola bottles, and local bottles from North Carolina (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 2

RE: confused in the country - 8/3/2003 12:00:28 PM    Guest STONES AROUND TREES WOULD HAVE BEEN PICKED OUT OF THE FIELDS THAT WERE FARMED. WHEN IT CAME UP WITH THE PLOW IT WAS PICKED UP AND PUT BY THE TREE SO IT WOULD NOT BE HIT AGAIN. CISTERNS ARE USUALLY ROUND,CLOSE TO A HOUSE OR BARN. THEY COLLECTED WATER FOR FIRE PROTECTION. IF I FOUND AN AREA WITH A LOT OF FILL LIKE STONE CINDER ECT. I THINK I WOULD DIG A TEST HOLE 2 FEET SQ. AND 3-4 FEET DEEP TO SEE WHAT CAME UP. DIGGERJEFF (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 3

RE: confused in the country - 8/3/2003 2:52:44 PM    Guest Thank you for the info i never thought about picking the stones out of the fields the fields must be long gone because it is all forest now i think i will dig that test hole to see what comes out of it thanks for the great info i appreciate it _____________________________ Always looking Mint Cola bottles, and local bottles from North Carolina (in reply to Guest)   Post #: 4

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