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    Kill me.....

    I was relic hunting a Civil War Union Campsite this week....and I smashed a small medicine bottle. I has an inward rolled lip, and is small aqua, and paneled. On th large rectangle part is embossed " J Palmer's Co. Philada, and has WHOLESALERS on the side pannel....any ideas? thanks!!!
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    RARE Civil War Bottle Found!!

    I'm exhausted. Just spent a few days in SC digging in a "hunted out" Yankee camp, on the maiden voyage of my brand spanking new Nautilus IIBa....and it works just fine! In one of the holes I dug, along with a Union 58 Calibre Mini Ball, was this RARE US NAVY PEPPER Bottle!!! It is a bottle that...
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    Privy Dig, 1700's to early 1800's Charleston..

    This was one hell of a privy! And captured on video. The privy predated the building that was on this lot in Historic Downtown Charleston, S.C. Very early 1700's Westerwald pieces were found, as well as black glass, and Mochaware bowls. and embossed open pontiled medicines. The privy was old...
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    WAY Before "Boom Baby" there was...

    PBS had a "reality" show titled "The Collectors." My relic hunting, privy digging, and Civil War period Tavern were featured on this show. PBS's "The Collectors" was, in it's day, the only television show that featured prominent collections from across the United States. My restaurant...
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    Another GREAT Charleston Privy Video!

    I love this video! If you have never dug a privy, you have missed out on a great time. Privy digging is a close as any of us will come to real "treasure hunting." The treasures we find, are not only the artifacts, but the friends we make in digging them out. This privy, for me, encompassed...
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    Privy Digging in Downtown Historic Charleston, S.C.

    Back in the late 1980's, and early 1990's, I learned the art of privy digging in Downtown Charleston, S.C. My teacher and mentor, was Victor Svendsen, one of Charleston's BEST privy diggers! His patience, and friendship, was just as rewarding to me as were the artifacts we found..At the time of...
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    This is my GREATEST find! And definately unexpected!!

    19 African American Union Soldiers found while metal detecting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7oPazLV-tg
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    Forty Years of Civil War Relic Hunting and Privy Digging In Charleston SC, Part II

    Hereis a privy digging video,of my Charleston SC finds! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9TvuIFJV0

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