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RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 1:25:59 AM    Flaschenjager Posts: 1141 Joined: 12/21/2002 From: Central Virginia - USA Status: offline The best of luck guys! It's good to see you two digging together, even though it's thirty feet apart.    BTW - Those aren't actually poisons. _____________________________ 'Meech' Our websites: http://mysite.verizon.net/flaschenjager/bottles.html Member of FOHBC - RABCA - APBCA Editor of 'The Digger' in full color! Please support the forums with a donation or purchase! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 21

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 5:56:15 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3670 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline That's crazy man! take a pic of the dirt & fill piles, they should be mountainous!, when we dug that 22 footer the fill was off the chart!, good luck Rick _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 22

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/6/2007 8:19:33 AM    ncbred77 Posts: 200 Joined: 3/12/2007 From: Macclesfield, NC Status: offline Thats crazy.  Glad you are finally finding some good stuff.  That mug is awesome!  It would be a shame to dig that far and find nothing worth the work put in. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 23

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/9/2007 4:20:43 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I'm going to be filling it in in a few hours and couldn't sleep so I thought I'd update this post.   Here are a few things found and kept. The Prr lantern globe being the best find other than the mug. It measures 5 5/8" Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to ncbred77) Post #: 24

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/9/2007 4:21:48 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline more.... Pyro milks and the paint is tight. I don't know if it will last though. Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 25

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/9/2007 4:22:47 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline and a table full of unwashed common stuff but still worth keeping. Including a Lash's Bitters. I know it's a common bottle but it's also my wife's maiden name. Attachment (1) < Message edited by zanes_antiques -- 6/9/2007 4:24:34 AM > _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 26

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/9/2007 9:17:24 AM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline that PRR globe is awesome man! Great insulator go with, and it's in good shape!. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 27

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 8:24:51 AM    towhead Posts: 909 Joined: 12/31/2004 Status: offline Oh my gosh Zane!  Those Milk Bottles are awesome! -Julie (in reply to Brains) Post #: 28

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 10:12:43 AM    logueb   Posts: 1384 Joined: 1/6/2007 Status: offline Great Finds Zane.  Lash Bitters common!!!!  I can't rember the last time I dug a bitters , common or any kind. Keep up the good work.  At least I can see what one looks like. If you clean it up and post a pic, that is. < Message edited by logueb -- 6/11/2007 10:15:14 AM > _____________________________ Buster Bottle Bug Bit with no cure in sight. (in reply to towhead) Post #: 29

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 6:08:19 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline The rest of the story...   I stopped the dig at 35 feet and also probed five feet deeper. I was hearing too many horror stories about "Black-Damp" and Stone giving way to continue. My brother-in-law ( not to be confused with my brother Craig) who started the hole with me also helped me fill it back in. I put in 26 fillers (haha). The yard is now safe again!   I plan on starting the privy tomorrow after work. I have high hopes for it too. It was a high class home that was very close to a doctor that had  Pontiled Bottles from Steubenville.   I'll post a few photos of the bottles cleaned up later. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to logueb) Post #: 30

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 6:22:36 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3670 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Yea man 35 feet is freaking skerry, but when your finding bottles you don't think about it, even so, that's some major depth, if I get real deep ones witch i don't that often around here I get my buddy Tommy to come up with his skid loader and push that fill back in, saves my  aging back haha, I never herd the term (black damp) I herd of black death,what neck of the woods did that term come from?Rick < Message edited by RICKJJ59W -- 6/11/2007 6:25:23 PM > _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 31

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 6:51:57 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline I think, correct me if I'm wrong, that "Black-Damp" is a lack of oxygen deep in the hole. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 32

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 7:18:33 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3670 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I thought that was called Icantfreakinbreathidus yea that happens in the winter when we cant dig the top of the hole to wide cuz its frozze solid, not enough air, I hate when that happens. Rick _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 33

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 9:54:15 PM    craigc90 Posts: 667 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline At 30 plus feet I called it skeered to **** death. I had enough. that is the deepest I will ever go. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 34

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/11/2007 10:07:06 PM    madman   Posts: 4860 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline het zane great stuff man! ilove digging toc mike (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 35

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/12/2007 12:31:24 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline here's a few photos Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to madman) Post #: 36

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/12/2007 12:32:19 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline check out these bubbles Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 37

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/12/2007 12:33:22 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Here's your Bitters Logueb Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 38

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/12/2007 12:34:22 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline A rare Steubenville Milk. Too bad the top is missing! Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 39

RE: 17 Feet Deep and Counting - 6/12/2007 12:35:25 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline A later Spider Web Whiskey. Attachment (1) _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 40

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