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    Back to the Dump

    After reading that the road to my favorite place was on the verge of opening (it closes for the winter due to snow) I decided to make the almost 400 mile journey back up the hill to see what things looked like. My timing was perfect as the highway that leads to the road that leads to this...
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    Homemade Probe

    Thank you all for your input. I've learned a lot, since prior to this thread, I thought the probes were used exclusively to locate the contents of a dump or privy and not necessarily the boundaries of them. A special thanks to Matt and Chris.
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    Homemade Probe

    Ok, next question. Who here has broken something with their probe that they wish they hadn't? Around here, we don't really have many privies, although there are a few. One of which I intend to investigate. It's a small wood frame (maybe 5 feet by 5 feet). It appeared to serve a single...
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    Homemade Probe

    Ok, now that I know the perfect manufacturing technique for a good probe, can someone explain exactly how it's used? I get the general idea, jam it into the soil and see how far it goes, but it seems like there must be nuances to the technique. What are you looking (feeling) for. Someone...
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    lunchtime finds 8 Jan 08

    Jim said it best, we have no idea how pleasureable it is for people like Charlie to have visitors. At 97, HIS elders have all passed on and new acquaintences are rare. A knock on the door from someone, anyone, can make a persons day. And then, when they want to talk about things from his...
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    Cool Find,Merry Christmas to everyone!

    It may have a chip in it, but it looks a lot more realistic than the grilled cheese sandwich I saw on ebay. Merry Christmas to all.
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    The (NON) Keepers

    Great to hear from all of you on this. I fall into the category of Tigue and Cobalt, perhaps it's because my girlfriend and I are new to the hobby and have yet to fill our respective garages with 18th century pontils. Every bottle we find is a treasure and if it's whole or at least close...
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    The (NON) Keepers

    I'm curiuos. I've been reading here about what makes the cut and what doesn't but I've often been surprised by what's left behind. I saw that Matt left more than he took when he left his most recent dig in Thermos ® glass hell. I'm sure it's just because you know your bottles, you know...
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    Any recent CALIFORNIA digs.....

    Even though we live in California, most of our digging spots are now covered in snow. We have been using the down time to scout out new locations, one of which looks like it might be very promising and while it's cold, it's not in a snow prone area. We may head up there in January or February...
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    Dogs are people too.

    RE: Animals are people too. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Came across this a while back on one of our SoCal freeways. Note the Arizona plates... Scooby has a long ride ahead of him. Hopefully no one from the ASPCA or PETA saw this. I've got a cat named Mr. Critter. He's around 10 or 11...
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    Best dig in a long time!!!!!!!

    That is absolutely amazing, Mike. I had a few friends over (who are definitely NOT bottle diggers) and they spotted the pictures and asked "Hey! What's that you're looking at?" I read them the story and they all sat there in rapt silence, just listening. When I was done, they all gathered...
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    Information Needed

    Thank you both for the info. I'm guessing that this dump is post-TOC, which isn't to say we won't find some late 19th century stuff. After all, who throws away new things?
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    Information Needed

    On our last trip up to the dump we managed to find our first intact amber. While I suspect this one isn't particularly old, I'm not sure. It's missing the usual pre-pro (or was it post-pro) Federal Government re-use or resale embossing so I'm not sure. It was at the bottom of the pit, nestled...
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    EDWARD HEFFERNAN

    The Prohibition era thingy was from 1920 to 1933.
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    Mine Dump

    Hey Leon, I accidentally sent the cans home with my girlfriend who lives in the Bay Area and she doesn't have a digital camera. I'm heading up there to visit at the end of October and I'll have my camera with me so I'll get some pictures taken and posted while I'm there. Sorry it's taking so long.
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    Mine Dump

    Well, we made it back up there the first week in October, arriving on Thursday afternoon. We woke up to 3 inches of new snow on Friday morning with flurries throughout the day. Woke up Saturday morning to 6 more inches and a temperature of 14º f. All things not condusive to digging...
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    What kind of bottom is this?

    The bases were tapered like that so that they would fit the cupholder in the family wagon. [;)]
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    Ink Bottle?

    Thanks Tigue, I pulled my great grandmother's old Mahogany end table out for the setting, the table is probably older than the bottle. I'm a photographer so I tend to over-kill even the simplest of tasks when it comes to taking a picture. Thank you everyone for all of your input on this...
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    Ink Bottle?

    This bottle has been in my family for over 30 years. It was originally dug by my mother at a dump here in Southern California, all that she remembers is that it was near a river. I was curious if anyone here could confirm that it is indeed an ink bottle and any other information you may...
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    9/23 dig

    That's a pretty nasty cut on Doug's (or Josh's) thumb, especially if he was using a machine to dig.

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