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RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/9/2008 2:10:57 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline If it was a Frederick MD pontil it would be _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 21

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/9/2008 7:02:28 PM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Congrats on the pontiled med, Matt. Just think how long it was laying right under your feet . The slipware piece is definitely very early, but I can't tell you where it was made for sure. I hope there are some more goodies waiting for you down there. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 22

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/9/2008 8:38:41 PM    myersdiggers1998   Posts: 505 Joined: 10/2/2007 From: northern n.y. Status: offline if your basement is a dump ,your going to have a 4 or5 floor house ,with a fallout shelter on your hands _____________________________ ,gordon myers dig and you will find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in reply to Jim) Post #: 23

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/9/2008 9:55:29 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1705 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     That is too cool! I hope you keep finding stuff.Doug _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 24

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/10/2008 10:03:29 PM    sunrunner   Posts: 179 Joined: 8/10/2007 Status: offline hi matt:the sard looks to me like an early pa duch(german) deep dich,redwere, probly,1820s.the geen and black,were used,on the later suff over your way,were the plan yellowere and scruffito,was a littel earlyer.oh you can see thate the pice was disten for a early death becus even for redwere,you can see it was under fired..sill , very cool,...sunra (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 25

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/11/2008 8:38:16 AM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline The house was built by Germans and I have found a few other items from PA Germans like a stove plate made by John Potts. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to sunrunner) Post #: 26

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/11/2008 11:26:41 AM    dollarbill Posts: 1459 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Hey Matt just want to say how cool I think it is to have a dig site in your own house. The op med is nice even damaged  like Doug said I hope ya keep find .Good luck diggen to ya Matt .   bill (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 27

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 1:28:22 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline A quick photo of the basement in progress...can only improve from this point Attachment (1) _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to dollarbill) Post #: 28

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 2:57:42 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline your basement looks a lot more fun than mine.  mine is just a $$ hole.  this is the fun we're having with ours Attachment (1) (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 29

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 3:27:32 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3803 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline Did that once rlo. Never again...ruined a new pair of jeans and a pair of boots. Lookin good Gunth...don't undermine the footing, leads to cracks in the plaster upstairs _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to rlo) Post #: 30

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 3:31:28 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: don't undermine the footing Trying not to, the walls are 20" thick so its pretty stable. I'm repointing it all and drylocking. Pointing gets old after a while but you get better the more you do. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 31

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 7:56:44 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline  the owner of one of the old houses I stopped at took me on a tour of it,they were remodeling & he was excited to show me all the things they uncovered like original wall paper, & in the cellar he showed me chains & the metal wrist thingys(can't remember what they are called,)  that were embedded in stone, the original owner used on the slaves.  Slave quarters were out back.  basement floor was brick except for the area where the chains were, that was dirt.  I went back to ask about lookin for the privy but the guy had sold & new owners were not amenable to strangers traipsin round their yard. Oh well, glad I got the tour, & history (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 32

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 8:24:37 PM    RedGinger   Posts: 992 Joined: 12/7/2007 Status: offline Finding the old wallpaper in an old house is always neat.  What you described makes me cringe, though.  That's too bad about the privy.  Maybe the new owners will change their minds once you talk to them. _____________________________ [link] [/link] (in reply to rlo) Post #: 33

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 8:28:42 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I call my slave ...Son. Unfortunately he's only 6 and cant carry a five gallon bucket of dirt yet The original guy that built this house had several slaves. In his Will some were freed and given a little land to farm. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to rlo) Post #: 34

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/14/2008 8:55:42 PM    capsoda Posts: 7917 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Matt, I call my slave son too. Unfortunetly he is 23 and also can't carry a five gallon bucket of anything. Says it is against his ethics and the handle wasn't made to fit his hands. His hands do fit a knife, fork or spoon pretty well. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 35

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/15/2008 12:19:35 PM    Jim1870 Posts: 245 Joined: 7/7/2007 Status: offline Matt, why tuckpoint (or repoint) it?  I have a similar setup but haven't really messed with it.  I've always felt that the sheer width and weight of the stone will take care of it.  Is there a reason to mix up a batch of mortar? I don't have any leakage - do have some crubling of mortar.  I had a small stretch of wall pulled out and replaced due to a former owners stupidity - he let water gather outside and it bowed in the foundation.  Once I corrected that - no problems. Jim (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 36

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/15/2008 12:36:23 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline Did that once rlo. Never again...ruined a new pair of jeans and a pair of boots. Lookin good Gunth...don't undermine the footing, leads to cracks in the plaster upstairs Lobeycat, It's all done & sealed now.  hope we didn't do anything stupid like undermine the footing. we got it done as quickly as possible.  our basement was a swimming pool, but now it's DRY!!   (I'm dancing with joy at this) (in reply to Jim1870) Post #: 37

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/15/2008 12:39:08 PM    lobeycat Posts: 3803 Joined: 9/8/2003 From: RED SOX Nation Status: offline since he's laying down pavers I'd assume he's creating more living space. A nice pooltable. A workshop maybe. A place to stash the mother n law perhaps. While repointing is mind numbingly tedious work it is esthetically pleasing. Less time to frame, insulate and sheetrock the walls. _____________________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD8XDgVe2EU long lost recipe (in reply to Jim1870) Post #: 38

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/15/2008 1:06:25 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5159 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline It would probably last just fine for at least a few hundred more years the way it is. Lobey is correct , its mostly for looks.  I plan on painting it with drylock so I want the surface stable. Plus the nooks and crannies give the bugs way too good of hiding places now. Doubt I'll ever put a pool table down there but would like it a bit neater and less damp. Will probably expand the wine celler a bit. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to lobeycat) Post #: 39

RE: My winter basement project ... Baltimore Pontil :) - 2/15/2008 1:32:30 PM    rlo   Posts: 321 Joined: 12/9/2007 From: the boot heel Status: offline Big G   have you done any research at the court house?   I love the history of old homes.   I hope you find some real treasures down there. Of course I would think it all treasures.   & the thought of it being handled by the original owners would make it nigh on impossible for me to throw any of it away.  silly huh. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 40

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