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RE: privy - 6/26/2005 12:33:29 AM    whiskeyman Posts: 2019 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline Privys are usually located on a back corner of the property line...there may be a huge shade tree still nearby....If there was a shed or other outbuilding in the corner, the privy was often beside it and to the rear. Not very often was a privy beside the house along the property line. _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to madman) Post #: 61

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 12:37:48 AM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline We have a big backyard and i started to dig in the back corner and i dug up a well from the 1950's that my grandpa built there. I don't think a privy is there. If you look at the pictures of my backyard could you tell me any other place that i could try digging at in the yard? (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 62

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 1:35:16 AM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline thanks whiskeyman whew!!! mike (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 63

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 1:57:37 AM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline ok guys here it is! your privy is in that back yard somewhere!! you have to find it! using a probe! the cistern is under the addition! yes addition! how old is the house!! yes the cistern may be located in the basement ive seen these in 1900s houses!! but most of them were located directly behind the house! look for depressions in the ground or dips in the yard!for your privy! there may be more than one! that yard is big and will be a challenge!! stand in the back of the house in the middle and think where is that sucker probe probe probe mike (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 64

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 2:00:26 AM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline also check around that tree that looks like a good spot (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 65

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 2:05:18 AM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hay also go to library the main one!!! ask for sanborn maps they will show the privy in your yard (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 66

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 10:39:40 AM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline ok, i will do that! thanks for the info. I will probe and let you know if i get anything. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 67

RE: privy - 6/26/2005 3:05:38 PM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Do you think that there is a privy in my backyard? (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 68

RE: privy - 6/27/2005 1:01:44 AM    madman   Posts: 4822 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline yes there i most likely a privy in that yard mike (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 69

RE: privy - 6/27/2005 1:39:33 AM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline ok... i will try to probe tomorrow. i tryed today but the ground was to hard. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 70

RE: privy - 6/28/2005 12:18:25 PM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline It is hard to probe in my backyard, i think i might dig around the tree, if i do i will let u no anything. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 71

RE: privy - 6/28/2005 12:35:13 PM    swizzle   Posts: 1325 Joined: 3/2/2005 From: Upstate NY Status: offline What type of probe are you using? Maybe you''l have to wait until a god heavy rain. Swiz (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 72

RE: privy - 6/28/2005 1:51:49 PM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline A steel pole about 4 1/2 ft tall. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 73

RE: privy - 6/28/2005 4:21:34 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2462 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline get a thinner diameter rod. Yours is about 1/2 an inch right? < Message edited by Tony14 -- 6/29/2005 12:58:10 AM > (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 74

RE: privy - 6/28/2005 5:10:05 PM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline yea, i will find another one that is thinner (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 75

RE: privy - 6/30/2005 11:16:28 PM    Andy4707   Posts: 214 Joined: 5/7/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline can anybody else give me some tips, (look at the pictures on page 3) Need some help. (in reply to whiskeyman) Post #: 76

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