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    hole in the yard

    hi, i should prob know this, but with the alzhiemers......found a foot diameter metal pipe topped with slate stone. going down bout 5 feet. at top there is the red cereamic pieces from like a drain. not in a spot where there should be a drain. ideas?
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    frying utensil?

    my house (1889) finally gave me a gift. I just love this. anybody that knows what it really is, please post. also found a Foleys Honey and Tar. I have a theory on this, the tar tasted so horrible that the patient said, yep, yep, i am cured! cant figure where the outhouse s were so i have...
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    my sad missed digging opportunities story. cautionary tale

    I guess sometimes stuff is out of your control but man, the digging fairy takes as well as she gives with me. I owned a house from 1898 and dug my cistern and pulled 2,000 bottles, gold jewerly and 3 rusty guns. among lots of other cool stuff. It seemed they just took out their junk drawer and...
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    central north iowa,1859 college,diggers sought

    hi, I managed to get awarded exlusive digging rights for a large college building that is being moved in June 2016. The college was established in 1859 so its going to be a good dig. located in central North Iowa near the MN border. The people in charge of moving the building are very easy...
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    seeking diggers in north iowa,1859 college

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    german green, what do you think?

    I translated the words Erzeugnis Deutscher Brunnen and came up with Product of German Fountain.
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    Wanna play new or old?

    hi, got this bottle over the weekend. 3" tall.
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    has anyone asked to or dug a historical house?

    I was referring to the restored houses that have had all this money poured into them but the people dont realize what is still under the ground. and that stuff could be put on display as had come from that house. Many times I have talked about and asked to dig and they tell me that they dont...
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    first person to figure this out rules the boards!

    hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. btw Rick, got the cistern filled in, (city forced me) but I got a nice deck outta it. got all the still to be sifted dirt on the back of the garage. so this thing, obviously I dont have the bottom of it. and when I took apart the top this...

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