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GOLD MINE FOR BOTTLES!!!!

Wow, If anyone out there in the midwest wants to dig in Iowa this spring, let me know. I will post some shots tomorrow on some sites of mine. Iowa's population back in 1890 was 1,624,620. Ok, compare that to California (864,686), Florida (267,351), Wisconsin (1,315,480). Iowa in 1890 was...
- RHach
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- Feb 10, 2007
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Looking for Digging Partners?
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Old paper label bottles of mine

Here are some pictures of some paper label bottles of mine. The Mission Orange is one of my favorites. The art-deco label is wonderful. That one and the Canada Dry came out of an abandonded warehouse....they were inside of a wall! The old medicine bottles with the paper labels came out of an...
- RHach
- Thread
- Feb 4, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.
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Been dump digging, now how do you find the privy?

I have been digging in a turn of the century (1900's that is) large dump. When I was about 10 yrs old (i'm 35 now) a neighbor took me to a "hidden treasure trove" which is a large dump that closed in the early 1900's. I have dug there for years. Part of the area is a large golf course, but about...
- RHach
- Thread
- Feb 3, 2007
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Digging partner in Eastern Iowa

I have been digging alone off and on for all my life (i'm 35). I have a 1900's dump I have dug at since I was 10, and I just discovered ruins of some 130+ year old houses in the woods. I would like to get into privy digging as well....Please contact me!
- RHach
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- Feb 3, 2007
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Looking for Digging Partners?