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went scratching around - 3/11/2010 5:22:21 PM    tigue710 Posts: 2855 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: offline checked a potential today Ive been meaning to stop in on, the area is located in the circle of land within a highway on ramp, old maps had indicated a house stood there before the highway was put through.  Sure enough I found an old foundation, and right behind it a dump.  Kicking around in the dirt turned up some decent shards, but the dig didnt turn up much except some heartbreakers...  still a bit left to dig, but this dump is smassssshed up!  def. not dug, but a lot of rock... the quart Stoddard flask would of been killer... also found an interesting brookfiled Insulator I have not seen before, any info? thanks... _____________________________ http://www.newenglandglassworks.com/ aint no bottles in there.... Post #: 1

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 5:24:47 PM    madpaddla Posts: 3410 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Nice to see ya out Matt.  Keep that shovel full.  Good luck. (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 2

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 5:46:11 PM    the ham man   Posts: 130 Joined: 11/14/2009 From: Ellicott City Maryland Status: offline cool dig. I really like those surface dumps. i dug one a while back with at least 800lbs of rocks on top, but once u got past that we found a lot of good stuff. i found my first blob there and also my first stone bottle. keep digging~Joey~ _____________________________ ~Joey~ (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 3

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 7:38:56 PM    sandchip   Posts: 659 Joined: 9/1/2008 From: georgia Status: offline Man, that is aaalllllright!!! _____________________________ Jimbo (in reply to the ham man) Post #: 4

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 8:16:23 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1590 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: offline I think there's still stuff left to be found.  My friend Ron says areas with old big trees are areas likely not razed by bulldozers. (in reply to sandchip) Post #: 5

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 8:44:17 PM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 367 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline The insulator is a CD-127. A fairly old insulator. Not worth a HUGE amount, the crack definately hurts it. Not knowing the exact embossing, I can only tell you the price guide lists those being worth 15-20 at the least. _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 6

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 9:14:47 PM    JOETHECROW   Posts: 3304 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. Status: offline Matt,....Cool spot,....interesting place to find one's self digging,.....It looks as though there's some good shards there,....Did you dig it all the way out?. maybe there's more goodies dumped around there somewhere....anyhow, thanks for sharing.....Where the bottles you found embossed?                                                              Joe                                                     _____________________________ Joe (in reply to Insulators Rule!) Post #: 7

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 10:19:37 PM    THE BADGER   Posts: 258 Joined: 3/2/2009 From: BETHLEHEM,PA. Status: offline hey matt,try probing for the privy pits by the looks of some of those shards you might find some real nice stuff in there.good luck dude. THE BADGER (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 8

RE: went scratching around - 3/11/2010 10:52:25 PM    tigue710 Posts: 2855 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: offline thanks everyone... there's more left to dig, quite a bit left...  not gonna be a good spot for privies... it was a farm house, but a rather rich one...  to bad these people were healthy illiterates who didnt drink much!  haha  Kyle, the insulator has a flash all the way around the top, dont remember the exact embossing, thanks for the info Hey Joe, two of the whole bottles were embossed on the sides, one a Seth Arnolds cough killer and the other an Allens root beer... both 70's or 80's bottles, only four whole bottles in a 10x5 square area or so...  lots of nice shards... the langleys would of been light teal if whole...  had a big fat open pontil too... Lotta roots in here... took 5 hours to dig that little area...  being careful with long breaks to ponder shards of course...! _____________________________ http://www.newenglandglassworks.com/ aint no bottles in there.... (in reply to THE BADGER) Post #: 9

RE: went scratching around - 3/12/2010 12:00:24 PM    KBbottles   Posts: 623 Joined: 2/24/2010 From: South Brunswick, NJ Status: offline Keep em coming!!  Nice location _____________________________ Looking for rumford bottles of every size and color. (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 10

RE: went scratching around - 3/12/2010 9:20:48 PM    tigue710 Posts: 2855 Joined: 7/11/2007 From: connecticut Status: offline well pretty much finished it out today... noticed something i hadnt taken into consideration before, large scratches from a bulldozer blade on a big rock in the dump...  yup... the foundation was filled in when the highway was built, I suppose...  and evidence suggest this dump was in the path...  more heartbreaks today, but a nice amber carters cone did come out, along with a silver bell...  check out the color of that broken Allens Hair bottle... !!!  woulda been a keeper... < Message edited by tigue710 -- 3/12/2010 9:21:25 PM > _____________________________ http://www.newenglandglassworks.com/ aint no bottles in there.... (in reply to KBbottles) Post #: 11

RE: went scratching around - 3/12/2010 9:26:01 PM    JOETHECROW   Posts: 3304 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. Status: offline Nice sleigh bell Tigue....My god, that Allens! what a color. Cool dig spot, cool post.                                                     Thanks,  Joe _____________________________ Joe (in reply to tigue710) Post #: 12

RE: went scratching around - 3/12/2010 11:16:36 PM    THE BADGER   Posts: 258 Joined: 3/2/2009 From: BETHLEHEM,PA. Status: offline that really looks like a great spot tigue,really nice crotal bell and yes the color on that mrs allens is awesome.ijust pulled shards from a mrs allens also but not that color,WOW.also found broken montgomerys hair bottle too,sucks.keep trying there man anything thats whole has to be nice with stuff like that coming out.good luck brother. THE BADGER (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 13

RE: went scratching around - 3/13/2010 12:01:14 PM    Brains   Posts: 546 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline nice insulators, those are some 1880's brookfields. Call 'em blob tops, good finds! _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to THE BADGER) Post #: 14

RE: went scratching around - 3/13/2010 12:30:39 PM    cobaltbot Posts: 2747 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline I like the stars on that croatel bell, normally you just see the horseshoe or petal design.  Any initials on that one?  You must of felt like you were digging in a fish bowl.  Many times I've seen traffic circles and wondered....  Funny how sometimes you have a hunch for years and then you finally follow your instincts and it pays off, many a time you wait too late and are sorry that you did! _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to Brains) Post #: 15

RE: went scratching around - 3/13/2010 12:46:23 PM    TreasurDiggrNY   Posts: 60 Joined: 2/22/2010 From: Manhattan Status: offline Congrats on the finds you pulled out of that spot. Nice ink, the crotal bell is nice too _____________________________ Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you too. My Site (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 16

RE: went scratching around - 3/13/2010 7:21:40 PM    crozet86 Posts: 662 Joined: 2/17/2004 From: Charlottesville va. / Buena Vista Va. Status: offline Great site it looks like tigue.Hope you find some keepers and by the looks they should be there...good luck. _____________________________ CENTRAL VIRGINIA DIGGER EDDIE ROCKBRIDGE - ALLEGHENY ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB (in reply to TreasurDiggrNY) Post #: 17

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