Hello rpinkham,
Vinton is about a half-hour drive from where I live....so quite close! I will try to get in touch with him since I have some good local digging sites I would welcome others to join me. It's great to see all the posts/pictures of the digging "back east". Here in Iowa I just...
Hello rpinkham,
I'm in Iowa and I am always looking for a good digging partner!!! Where is philajdh going in Iowa? I know the Americorps has been doing alot of work in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area....which is my backyard! How can I get in touch with him to join me on a Iowa dig?
Thanks...
I'm all about it. E-mail me and we can do some digging! I have a dump up here that you will not leave empty handed. I have some other sites I am trying to put together a small digging party to dig at. Let me know if you can get up here to Iowa to join in!
Hello IowaDigger and surfaceone....
I am trying to put together a small group to do some digging soon. I have been digging in a late 1880's to 1910 dump, but would like to get into some privy digging. I have a few sites I have found, and I am quite sure they have never been dug before. I found...
Hi Cannibal,
Wow! Digging up a 1850's privy would be nice!!! That my friend is what I want to dig! Nothing against what I have now, but I really am craving older stuff. This site up here I am quite sure has never been dug. The ruins are off in the woods, and I have never seen anyone else ever...
Hello Cannibal! Yes, come spring thaw you are more than welcome to come up here. Have you ever been on a privy dig? I have not...yet! Like I mentioned, I have dug quite a bit in an old 1880's -1900's dump, which has yielded me several hundred bottles through the years. I just went back this...
Wow! It has been a while since I have been on! Sorry for the delay! I will make a better effort to get on more often! I am still out here, looking for a good digging partner! I have gone back to an old 1880-1900's dump this past summer. I haven't dug there for almost 20 yrs, but still left there...
Nice find "Just Dig It"! I have quite a few signs myself I have found through the years in abandoned buildings. I had some similar Pepsi signs like the one you have...I ended up trading/selling them to a friend of mine whom is a big Pepsi collector. He taught me this simple rule on how to date...
Sounds good! I can't wait until the 70's and 80's degree weather is back! I have an 1890's-1910 dump that I dig at alot, as well as some other sites I have found. I have never privy dug before, but these new sites are back to the late 1830's, so I feel that I could for the first time be tapping...
Sounds great! Sorry for the late reply. My dad passed away and I haven't got the chance to check this earlier.... Anyway I have a 1900-1910 dump I have been digging at since I was a kid, and have found some much older sites to dig at. I am putting together a dig once it warms up. I might go down...
Hello Tony,
I'm in Eastern Iowa, Looking for a digging partner as well. Maybe you can come down here and then I can come up there.....I got a few sites to dig at....let me know!
I went out to the old 1890-1910 dump site today. Lots of snow on the ground, but you can see the debris poking through. I did find a bottle, "Winstead's Lax-Fos". I dug here alot when I was a kid. The area is wooded, but covers a large area, so there is lots of digging left. I also shot some...
I did some driving around close to my home in Eastern Iowa today. I went out to that 1890-1910 dump site. There is lots of snow on the ground, but you can see the old porcelain pots and kettles poking through the snow. Under the fallen trees you can see bottles and debris shaded from the snow. I...