My backyard must have been a late 1800s to 1900s dump site

ROBBYBOBBY64 · Apr 16, 2020

Remember this was what i was told. I could have been lied to. I don't own any amber or purple coke hobbleskirts. I know from the coca cola pdf. George hunter wanted to make the hobbleskirts amber but after all Veazy Rainwater won out and decided on georgia green. There were slight color variations of green-blue.

embe · Apr 16, 2020

Nice marbles, I'd guess 30's and onwards for those

Gene · Apr 22, 2020

Very neat Jonny. I too have a dump in my backyard.

I live in rural Northern Calif. near the Oregon border on a mountainside. Like RCO said, almost everyone here just dumped their garbage over the hill or out back somewhere in the old days.

I have found dozens and dozens of old milk, medicine, household and other miscellaneous bottles and also cans within 100 ft. of our house. Mostly common ones from the 1920’s through the 1960’s but have also found some rare ones too.

When we get intense rainstorms, which is not uncommon here, the rain will wash away soil and sometimes uncover large piles of old bottles. About 4 years ago after a huge rainstorm my wife spotted a glint of light down the mountainside and she started digging around and uncovered a huge cache of old bottles. Some in mint condition and still had on their screw-on metal caps that were also in excellent condition.

When I used to do a lot of digging in the forests in this area, you learned to look for old foundations and dug around them maybe 50-100 feet away as the old timers would dig holes and bury their trash in them.

Keep digging my man!

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