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RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 6:26:29 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 527 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline HMMM. Interesting lot of bottles, and some nice pics. Your dump appears to be of late '90s and Turn vintage, with a few "throw backs". Occasionally, we will dig earlier glass in a later pit, too. This is an indicator that some old, outdated bottles were found in the residence and tossed with that day's trash. If it was a true "pontil dump" most of the glass will be of that vintage, with no post 1870s bottles. Finding any dump is a rarity these days, especially around here. I don't know about Penna, though. You guys have a lot of older stuff than we do out here. CA history only goes back to the late 1840s and the Gold Rush. That's when our population boom took place. Prior to that it was a mighty empty place. The local native peoples had it made. Too bad the gold seekers slaughtered them out of ignorance. That's another story, though. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 21

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/18/2006 10:45:56 PM    PhilaBottles Posts: 1003 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: philad.A Status: offline there was a ton of c.1820 redware right before the bottom of the dump. it was all broke. (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 22

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/19/2006 2:13:33 AM    madman   Posts: 4860 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey caldigger, yes that is another story, ive got cherokee in my blood! hey phila, ive dug in dumps that were so compacted with so many layers i need a backhoe lol mike (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 23

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/19/2006 9:46:59 PM    Mainepontil Posts: 215 Joined: 1/11/2005 Status: offline And what were you REALLY smoking in the pipe? I love the layers, great job finding that one. More than a few PA guys missed that one over the years. I got my start in Fogelsville, right outside Allentown back in 1983 when I was 10. Wish I still lived down there, you guys have some nice bottles to be found. Joel < Message edited by Mainepontil -- 1/19/2006 9:47:35 PM > _____________________________ Dig it NOW....before a housing development is built. (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 24

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/20/2006 1:32:32 AM    SEEKER of TREASURE   Posts: 14 Joined: 10/16/2005 From: PHILADA, PA Status: offline Thanks for all the replies everyone! deepwoods I just put that center bottle on ebay it says "HUILE D'OLIVE JAUREICHE & CARSTAIRS SURFINE CLARIFIEE" the link is "click here." - Insulators rule, I'll get a better pic of that insulator up later, alot of people want it! I called this a pontil dump because the bottom layer was all pontil era bottles but the layers date all the way up to the 1940's! The excavating there is not finished yet. (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 25

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/23/2006 2:14:13 AM    kastoo   Posts: 1283 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline I would go to: http://www.insulators.com/ on that amber threadless...I suspect you have something there. Rare broken insulators still bring money. I sold a broken thredless on Ebay for 80 bucks. (in reply to SEEKER of TREASURE) Post #: 26

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 1/23/2006 2:18:16 AM    madman   Posts: 4860 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hey seeker, hope you find the motherload, in that pontil layer, best of luck mike (in reply to CALDIGR2) Post #: 27

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/6/2006 12:02:43 AM    Digger George   Posts: 316 Joined: 10/5/2006 From: PHILAD'A PA Status: offline Yes! It's time to bring back a 10 month old thread! For some reason I could never log back into SEEKER of TREASURE. I requested a new password many times and it never worked . Anyway I went back to this dump a week ago and dug it. It's a single home dump. It was 95% dug by me and matt when I went but I found this very good cluster of bottles still in there. I found no more pontils but there still may be some in there. I did find a strange clay pipe with LEGS! I have never seen one of these with legs and I'm in love with it! Anyone know why it was made like that? (in reply to madman) Post #: 28

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/6/2006 12:12:20 AM    PhilaBottles Posts: 1003 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: philad.A Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: dirtflicker AWSOME DIGS THERE....YA JUST DON'T FIND MANY DUMPS LIKE THAT ONE ANYMORE! hehe (in reply to dirtflicker) Post #: 29

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/6/2006 12:43:41 AM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline That pipe is sweet! good dump! _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to PhilaBottles) Post #: 30

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/6/2006 8:37:32 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1453 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline I duggith there, found a broken historical flask................ (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 31

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/6/2006 9:06:54 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5160 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: Anyone know why it was made like that? ORIGINAL: Digger George Its pretty obvious why they made it that way , I'm just wondering why no one else thought of it. That was a great idea. Built in pipe stand. _____________________________ 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 Digger George) Post #: 32

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/8/2006 3:37:30 PM    hemihampton   Posts: 160 Joined: 10/6/2006 Status: offline Whats the name on that Embossed Beer Bottle with the White Ceramic Stopper Top in it? Curious? LEON. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 33

RE: This is what ya'll been waitin for, PA PONTIL DUMP! - 10/25/2006 1:12:10 PM    Digger George   Posts: 316 Joined: 10/5/2006 From: PHILAD'A PA Status: offline That beer bottle is embossed J.S. Fine Bristol, PA. I will get back to this site again and post more pics of my finds. (in reply to hemihampton) Post #: 34

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