hemihampton
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After work near downtown Detroit I drove by a old spot Me & Tom dug like about 8 years ago. About 5 years ago I drove by the spot & I see some old dug holes from Bottle Diggers across the Street from our spot. Looked like they were dug years ago. I wondered who it was. About a Year later I meet a guy thats new or newly getting back into bottle digging. Said he'll take me to a dump in Detroit he used to dig many years ago. When he tells me where it is I then Realize this is the guy that dug those holes across the Street from Me & Toms spot. SO, We go but did not find much. Fast forward another 4 years to Today & I go by for the Hell of it, Nice Weather & Bored so why not. The whole block or Blocks where there is roads but not many old or new houses, mostly empty lots, I see behind one old house they put in a new Telephone pole & kicked up a lot of dirt, but it's all been smoothed out with some Gravel on it. Looks like I'm a little late as the digging is all done & filled in. BUT, Since it is a dump I see bottles laying around & broken shards everywhere. I remember the other bottle digger telling me when he dug it many years ago he found lots of Feigenson (a.k.a. FAYGO) Hutch's. I Say REALLY. Out of the 2 different Faygo Hutch's I only got one. And been looking for the other Variation with the Registered for past 10 years. Very Elusive & hard to find. I never see them at any Bottle shows & only seen 1, maybe 2 on ebay in past 10 years & got outbid everytime. SO, As I'm at the telephone pole area with scattered Bottles & shards around me I think of what my Buddy said & keep saying to myself, Hmmmm, Sure wish I could find one of those Faygo Hutch's he was talking about. I get my pockets & hands full of bottles but no Faygo's or Hutch's, just common crown tops. The Dump dates from around 1900-1920 I'd guess. As I'm heading out back to my car I see a very small piece of glass barely peeking out from the dirt, which is hardpacked & been dulldozed over 10 times probably. I don't know why I wasted my time on such a small barely viseable piece of Glass, But I did. And I could not believe what I found. PIC Below. LEON.