The chamberpots are Westerwald, and were imported from Germany. Chris - I will post some indian artifacts later - I don't have the pic here at work. I've found mostly pottery, arrowheads, and a hammerstone. The rock you see in the pic with the chamberpot is just something I dug out of the...
Hey Road Dog
There are definitely 3 separate chamberpots. The one on the left has the complete upper rim, although it can' t be seen in the pic. The one on the right definitely doesn't match the middle one either, although I thought otherwise originally. Plus, the pieces for each of these...
Been digging in my usual creekfront colonial trash pit again. Over the years, I've made many interesting finds there including ceramics, glass, pewter cutlery, buttons, coins, indian artifacts, etc. The number of black glass spouts and bottoms, in particular, has been very high. This had to...
Decided it would be to my advantage to utilize a nicely done color brochure to help me get permission to dig at old homes in a particular neighborhood. I know some folks have used them with great success, and wanted to give it a shot. Was just looking for some tips, recommendations, examples...
Kastoo - no, I haven't started that process yet. I just finished digging the site last weekend, and plan to start sorting out all the boxes of shards soon, and will attempt to try and glue some items together, if I can find enough pieces to do so. I will definitely post some reassembled stuff...
Ron - no, I haven't found any evidence of glueing/repair to any of the items I've found. Like you said, guess they kept reusing stuff as long as practical before trashing it. All of the colonial pits I dig are in rural areas, although I'm sure you could find them anywhere there was activity...
Hey TomsNutt - to answer your questions, I just use warm water and a small brass brush, nothing more. Occasionally for the rough edges, I went with a soft toothrush which was better at getting in all the nooks and crannies. As far as finding something whole, no luck there. But at the site...
Hey Ron - I'm in eastern VA. There's lots of these colonial pits around this area. I'm already helping the local archaeologist in locating and digging a similar pit at a site right next door on city-owned property before it gets developed. She doesn't appear to be interested or have the time...
One last pic showing part of a medallion off a bellarmine jug(?), and some other misc stuff. Wild looking creature of some sort. That's it for now. Have my eyes on another early pit, but may have to wait until the fall as I'm not too keen on snakes and ticks.