Last Privy Dig of 2019. 1870's.

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hemihampton

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Like I said Yesterday in another post that hopefully I'll get out today to dig some Privy's. Well, I did. Me & Tom & Tom's cousin Dave got out. Tried to find a town dump but after hours of poking around found nothing.I said lets dig some Privy's. As Usual I start probing near back corner, after Tom & Dave probed the area & I feel a spot that might sound good, maybe maybe not? Figured I'd do a small test hole. I kept finding lots of broken shards but so far no whole bottles. In the mean time Tom & Dave moved across the street to a empty lot & dig in both corners but find nothing. I tell Tom help open up my hole as I keep finding shards & think we need to widen it. So, Tom say's yeah ok, why not since he wasn't finding anything. We Widen the hole & start digging straight down. Tom takes a Break while I dive in the hole & finally hit what seems like a whole bottle. But all I can see is the top sticking out of the dirt & it looks like a 1870's flask top. SO, I grab it by the top & pull it out & this is what I find. LEON.
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After that Flask we end up finding 3 more, another Clasped Hands & 2 Pikes Peak's but all 3 broken. Real Bummer, Criers for the day. But, then Tom finds a Blob top & as he keeps digging around it to get it loose he see's it's a 1870's Soda Squat. Here's what he pulled out. LEON.
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Fantastic LEON


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Wow! How deep did you have to go?
 

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That's the way to end the year. Great bottles. Thanks for letting us in on your dig.
 

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WOW! The flask is killer. That by no means minimizes the others. They are great finds, congrats!
 

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