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The Creek is out of its banks, so it will be some time before I can post any updates on the "Old Train Trestle" dig. So, I went back to the old dump that I have dug in over the past thirty years, off and on. The backfill was covered with autum leaves.

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This dump goes down a hill into a cypress swamp, so when it rains the dump has water in the very bottom layer. Also the layer that I find the oldest bottles in. So during the rainy season it makes for a big muddy mess digging.

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Bricks, trees, roots everywhere. Hard digging.

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Looks just the way I left it the last time digging. So might as well get started.

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In the 20's to 30's layer this comes out of the wall. I thought for sure it was a broken quart jar bottom. I was poking it with the shovel to break it out of the tight compacted dirt.

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It cleaned up real nice. Appears to have that vaseline look to the glass, not the real clear kind. It is marked on the base as Hazel Atlas. Any ideas what it held?

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Muddy, sloppy dig. But did manage a few to take home. Spent most of the time slinging mud.

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Little cobalt poison.

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Strange little rectangular med. ABM

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Hi Buster-----nothing wrong with a little mud[8D]-----looks like a fun dig-----happy Mudding and bottle digging[;)]-------Fred.
 

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