Search results
Welcome to our Antique Bottle community
Be a part of something great, join today!
-
P
Cistern - worth digging?
awesome - thanks. I'll focus on the corners. The corners of this thing are actually where I've found the most frags. Cistern stories anyone? [:D]- pvg_320
- Post #6
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Cistern - worth digging?
Pit as found, then after vegetation cleared. I've taken it down at least 5 more feet from this.- pvg_320
- Post #3
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Cistern - worth digging?
Been digging a farmstead in the woods...abandoned 1870's per local map records. I have dug through the roof rock layer of the collapsed cellar, fouund an 1881 local med on the rim of the cellar, lots of fragments. After picking out the limestone roof pieces from a 3x3 area, I've gone down...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
WP Branson Coffee Extract - Green
Picked up for 2 pounds at an antique place in the UK a few years ago. Was it a deal? There is no seam to speak of, and the lip is crudely applied. Small kickup on the bottom.- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 1
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
-
P
Found on 1870's Farm
Bust of someone...found embedded in soil at the top of a collapsed cellar in the woods. This site also produced a local med on the surface, mold dated as 1881. I like how the glass was 'folded' underneath the bust. Not sure what it is, but I know that I would have rather found it...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 0
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
-
P
Where do you live? And where do you dig?
Amblypygi - sounds like you have an interesting job. I had an opportunity to get into a 'Systematics and Ecology' grad program at one point, but went off in a totally different direction and am now in the health care IT world. I will return to biology someday! I've been a bit of a...- pvg_320
- Post #44
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Where do you live? And where do you dig?
TANDY - Always wanted to get out to Australia...bottle diggin would be a great excuse. Sounds like most of the diggin in AUS is in creeks or dumps - have you attempted any privies/dunny holes yet? Might be better luck there if your local dumps are dug out. Not sure if Aussies used their...- pvg_320
- Post #32
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Where do you live? And where do you dig?
He was an F-111 right seater (among other jobs in the AF) from 1977-93. They were put out of US comission in 1996, but the Aussies still fly them out of Amberley in Queensland. They are a little faster than the big birds! But I liked them all, still do. My sister is in an AWACS squadron...- pvg_320
- Post #17
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Privy Permission
Just received permission to dig behind an 1870s house...it took the owner a while to process just what I was asking for...She flat out asked me if I was "trippin". I assured her that no, I was not. Hilarious. She was shocked about an outhouse having been on her property but she came around...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
debate time
I would like to get out to Australia or UK for some digging sometime. Most likely UK since the travel is more affordable... I've got a month log sabbatical coming up next year and I'd like to spend at least two weeks of it doing archaeological stuff - and digging for glass qualifies in my...- pvg_320
- Post #4
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Where do you live? And where do you dig?
Great responses, thanks. I got the bug early, as a 10 yr old in the UK when my dad was flying for the USAF over there. Dug lots of british Codds, poisons and fruits from a dump ("tip" as we were told to call them!) near a friends house in Beachamwell in the early 1980s. Attrition set in and...- pvg_320
- Post #14
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Where do you live? And where do you dig?
Just curious where we're all from - many of you have a location filled out, but a lot do not. Kansas City area here - town of Olathe. Santa Fe trail supply stop, and one of the older towns in Kansas. Oldest houses still standing probably from late 1850's early 1860s, but the majority of...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 97
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
newbie's first dump
Fun stuff there. Can't wait to see what comes out when you dig deeper. How did you find the dump? I have been trying to find my first one, and with all the creek walking, hikes in the woods, and dirt road driving I've done, I think I would have one by now. But nothing yet. Going to...- pvg_320
- Post #6
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
In the woods today - 1870s farmstead
Went to a place in the woods today, that I had found using an 1874 map. And I rolled snake eyes. Last year I found a nice local aqua med, dated 1881, and a lot of frags, but nothing today. Went about 3' into the cistern, removing overhanging rocks, etc, uuntil water started seeping up...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
How old is too old for a dig site...reporting?
What a great opportunity you have there. You may already do this, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to record and catalog basic information on each find. Date, location on site, depth, etc. I catalog MD relic, and surface relic finds this way. Helps when you forget where you found...- pvg_320
- Post #5
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Permission Granted! First dig
Kansas - near Kansas City Thanks for the advice, much appreciated.- pvg_320
- Post #2
- Forum: Digging and Finding
-
P
Permission Granted! First dig
From many prospects on an 1874 map of my town, I chose a now-vacant lot that shows a residence on the old map. It's in a part of town that dates back to late 1850s, but no idea on the original date of construction (and first pit). The owner was interested and happy to let me dig whenever I...- pvg_320
- Thread
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Digging and Finding
