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    How to dig a still standing privy.

    I once dug a standing privy that's pit was crammed with TOC(Turn Of the 20th Century) blob beers. I dug down next to the back and tunneled in.
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    Abandoned House

    What was the man thinking? The interior walls would need to be gutted anyway, and new electrical and plumbing systems after that? SOP for older buildings. Was he just gonna move in as-is?
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    Phoenix flask rescued from the ruins

    This 1 pint face embossed Phoenix flask was dug in a privy in Sacramento a few years ago, barely ahead of the demolition crew.
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    Virginia City Nevada Lid

    Oddly enough, but a friend and I dug a small pit here in Sacramento, CA, that held 2 of those lids, plus several VC pharmacies. Go figure. Why did those bottles and lids end up down here? I can only surmise that the person who carried them was quite possibly transported via the Virginia and...
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    Auction win !

    I dug two of those last year. Sold both reasonably and I believe that one ended up in the auction. Good score, Andy.
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    privy keepsfilling with water

    Hoyt's? Fillerin. Too new and waste of effort.
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    Baltimore Pontiled Pickle

    Same here, seen it and handled it a few times. It is something special and absolutely should go home to Baltimore.
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    Privy Dig, 1700's to early 1800's Charleston..

    WOW! How much fun was that? Excellent vid but I cringed at the digger's lack of gloves and use of crude scratcher in that ancient glass. Tools with much more finesse have since been introduced, but hey, that was a few years back.
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    Italian Soda Water #2

    You know I love those Italians. Dug several, not wise enough to save even one.
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    Cundurango

    I believe it to be an illusion, Eric. All are products of the San Francisco Glass Works.
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    Cundurango

    Despite the bottle being originally distributed in Sacramento few have been dug here. I have found one in town and a few in outlying towns. The areas where they seem to have been heavily distributed were the gold towns north of Auburn and western Nevada. I can recall when Cundurangos were...
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    Cundurango

    Here are couple of my Cundurango bottles. The definition of what the word Cundurango follows..Cun`du*ran"go (k?n`d?-r?n"g?), n. (Med.) The bark of a South American vine ( Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. The...
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    Iron Pontiled Hostetters? (ended)

    No IP. Like Chris said, the green ones aren't pontilled, only the big early ambers come occasionally with IP.
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    Corset Waisted Scroll

    Jim, is the Gardner identifying sticker intact? Without it the what provenance is there that the bottle came from his collection?
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    G.Gent N-YORK

    Super nice soda! Yeah, "The M" has been good for all of us over the decades.
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