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    What is the oddest glass object that you have ever dug or obtained that was dug

    I’ve got a glass turtle that came out of an Alton Illinois privy about 45 years ago it has applied head, feet and tail. There is an umbilical cord as well. Years ago I saw a display of glass sex toys made by glass house workers from the St. Louis area.
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    Glass turtle whimsy

    I collect turtles made in glass plants. They are found is every color that a glass bottle or decorative piece of glass was made in. Does anyone else collect turtles The turtle in this photo is dated 1879. I’ve collected glasshouse turtles for 30 years and this is the first one I’ve seen that...
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    Creek walking in Virginia

    I hope someone can identity this flask and provide more information. I’ve been a digger and bottle collector since 1974.
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    Creek walking in Virginia

    While visiting my Daughter and her family, we took a walk along the creek running thru the neighborhood. I was enjoying my grandsons antics as he threw rocks in the water. I was looking for stuff that had washed out of the creek banks. I found a piece of a green pontiled soda, just a piece of...
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    Tips on where to dig?

    I had a hard time getting spring steel years ago. I was talking to a guy who I teamed up with later on and he said to try a garage door spring manufacturer. I found a spring maker in town and was able to buy twenty feet of steel. That’s great, I can coil it up and stick it in my cars trunk. I...
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    St. Louis area digging!

    I live in kc mo but would come over there to dig on weekends. I used to live in St. Louis and have dug there.
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    Found a small privy site

    Are you sure you are not digging in a foundation of some kind. Not many privies had the wall covered with cement. There could be some good stuff in the foundation.
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    One Room Schoolhouses

    Your building looks like a telephone company central office. All the switchgear for the community telephone system was located in the building. A local telephone company built one about like yours in 1996 to appease a local historical society. Inside the building there will be some openings...
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    Paterson Guru Day!!

    The advertising jugs are great!
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    SANBORN MAPS FROM EDRNET

    I just did a search for sanborne maps for pennsylvania and got Into Penn State's library. They had Pennsylvania maps readily available. Allentown maps went back to 1885. Just a quick search to find that map. No pass word needed.
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    California olla

    Great early storage jar.
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    opened up a stone liner

    Made my post about digging deep privies and got an email from Mr Martin. He wanted to know how I knew about the collapse fatality in Cincinnati. He also indicated that he was not wise to provide enough information so people could figure out where he is digging. I don't see a problem with...
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    opened up a stone liner

    At 32 feet deep, you are a perfect candidate for well diggers poisoning, build up of respiratory gases in an enclosed space. When the poisoning hits, you pass out and don't feel a thing when it happens. Anyone trying to rescue a victim without a scuba rig will die as well. This is a confined...
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    How to dig a still standing privy.

    How old is the still standing privy building? If the building is still standing, the pit might not be very old. Around here, Missouri, a pit would fill up every twenty to thirty years or so depending on use and the building would have to be moved or the hole dipped. You might want to probe...
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    last weeks 1850's 32 feet deep stone liner

    What else came out?
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    Dug a signed ceramic pottery ashtray...

    Its an art class piece with good form and a bad glaze. With that glaze, you couldnt get the piece clean, too many holes in the glaze for ashes to lodge in. Signature on the bottom is the name of the person who made it. Just need a number to tell which hour of art class it was made in.
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    This Weekend's Flea Finds

    The framed needle work piece is from Panama. This type of work is made by the indians and sold to tourists. Their work is made into clothing, carry bags, etc. I think they are called "kuna" indians and are the second smallest, height wise, race of people next to the aboridgines in Australia...
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    DIGGING IN COLUMBUS,GA

    My kids were stationed at Ft Benning for a while. I drove thru the older parts of town and saw a lot of older homes that you might ask for permission. There were several vacant lots as I remember towards the older part of town as well. I think Columbus was the headquarters for the Confederate...
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    Stoneware montian

    If you keep digging the pottery dump, watch out for little square blocks of fired stoneware or sometimes plaster. These blocks could be the molds for pipes or doll heads. There are two halves to the mold. If one half gets broken, they both get pitched and another mold gets made. Sometimes...
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    A deep Philly brickliner

    When you dig a deep hole like this privy, you have to watch out for "well diggers poisoning", being over come by carbon dioxide from your own respiration and whatever comes out of the surrounding ground. Working in a confined space is always dangerous. Usually the guy working at the bottom...

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