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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:29:54 PM   
JOETHECROW


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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:31:48 PM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		Here's a semi local med...Dansville NY. This I dug from the barely remaining layer of the privy the machine operator exposed...




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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:32:57 PM   
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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:33:42 PM   
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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:34:54 PM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		A difficult to read NY perfumer that Tom dug...




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Joe

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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:36:32 PM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		I really, really hope the machine didn't lop this one in half!!!looks fresh.




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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:42:47 PM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		A group shot of what we cleaned up so far.......I'm sure we'll be back there tomorrow eve! There's some little bits in there too, My 1918 penny, a goodyear button Laur dug, and a brown benny marble I found in the first privy.....I also was too preoccupied earlier to photograph Fred's finds he cleaned up from last night,(sorry Fred)....Fred also dug a really crude aqua embossed vet med, that I can't remember the embossing on,....not one I've ever seen, but maybe he'll tell us soon....great vet bottle! Thanks for checking out the latest ongoing adventure everyone! We'll be back with more goodies tomorrow I hope.




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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:46:23 PM   
blobbottlebob


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Status: offline 		I love the gravitating stopper. Nice oddball closure with interesting history.

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/17/2010 11:50:31 PM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		First one I ever dug/seen Bob.....I read (your?) dive storys about them....I could tell it wasn't your run of the mill hutch,...even with clay all over it.

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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:02:23 AM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		Almost forgot to post this Winslow's...It was right under a horse collar in the last privy hole...at the vr. bottom.




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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:07:29 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JOETHECROW

Almost forgot to post this Winslow's...It was right under a horse collar in the last privy hole...at the vr. bottom.





I need that for my collection.  Thanks!

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:26:09 AM   
Penn Digger


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Status: offline 		Joe,

I learned that "test hole" technique from a digging nemisis(sp?) who has been digging for over 45 years.

I thought I asked you to please not post pictures of my fat a## on the net????

Laur,

I was inspired to dig some privies by the above person who talked about digging some in that area over 30 years ago.  Nobody convinced me.

PD 

< Message edited by Penn Digger -- 8/18/2010 12:29:55 AM >

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:27:54 AM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		Whatchoo talkin' bout boy!!!??? I only posted one pic of the back of your head. ...besides,..Is that all you've got to say about the entire dig?

< Message edited by JOETHECROW -- 8/18/2010 12:29:25 AM >

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Joe

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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:30:41 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: JOETHECROW

Penn Digger Tom,....Doing his best to dig the privy from the grass level....(He did an amazing job of digging a vertical hole the length and width of the shovel, from topside,....never seen anything like it!






What's this?

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:36:34 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Penn Digger

Joe,

I learned that "test hole" technique from a digging nemisis(sp?) who has been digging for over 45 years.

I thought I asked you to please not post pictures of my fat a## on the net????

Laur,

I was inspired to dig some privies by the above person who talked about digging some in that area over 30 years ago.  Nobody convinced me.

PD 


Okay, inspired, not convinced.  I have been talking about it ever since I met you guys.  Alright, you win.  Thanks for helping me start that hole today. 

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:40:21 AM   
JOETHECROW


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Status: online 		Hmph,....I figured an icognito pic was alright.....Sorry,...I cropped you out of all tonights shots....This better?

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Joe

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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 12:41:06 AM   
JOETHECROW


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In the woods we return to reason and faith.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related




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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 9:20:59 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: JOETHECROW

A group shot of what we cleaned up so far.......I'm sure we'll be back there tomorrow eve! There's some little bits in there too, My 1918 penny, a goodyear button Laur dug, and a brown benny marble I found in the first privy.....I also was too preoccupied earlier to photograph Fred's finds he cleaned up from last night,(sorry Fred)....Fred also dug a really crude aqua embossed vet med, that I can't remember the embossing on,....not one I've ever seen, but maybe he'll tell us soon....great vet bottle! Thanks for checking out the latest ongoing adventure everyone! We'll be back with more goodies tomorrow I hope.



   Pratts Veterinary Liniment------Pratt Food Co. Phila,U.S.A.

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 9:28:37 AM   
mr.fred


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Status: online 		Awesome Dig-------There is a lot of glass mixed in that dirt pile(s)-----a big thanks to the Machine Man----I'm not sold on privy digging (Yet)----i miss my dumps---guess i will take turns doing both-------Mr.Fred.

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RE: Ashs, seeds, and black dirt! - 8/18/2010 10:44:32 AM   
andy g

 

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Status: offline 		Ouch.  One suggestion -- take it or leave it -- for digging with an excavator is to have the machine's bucket not hit the pit itself but rather to scoop out a hole right next to it (a touch wider than the privy) and then you hand dig the hole.  If the dirt in the new "throw" hole (specifically, the machine- excavated throw hole) gets full, then it can be scooped again.  In that way you will not break the good bottles with such brute force.  You will have to probe & define the hole well & there it can still be hard work digging if there is a thick cap but it sure is easier to throw dirt into a hole below or sideway than up & out.  Plus it is nice to work the entire layer this way rather than in a large pile that is mixed up -- you always are missing bit of plates or smalls or (sadly) corners of bottles.  We have dug a lot of pits this way sucessfully.  And the only time bottles get broken is when the bucket teeth compress the privy soil as it pushes in to dig the throw hole so leave just a bit of space.   Last but not least, you can prep a line of pits & everyone can be digging a hole at the same time.

Good luck.

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