RoyalRuby
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Somewhat new to going out of my way to find bottles, seams that most of the dumps I find are old farm house dumps dating for the most part from the 1950's through the 1970's, which for me is fine as I mainly collect the "glass can" style bottles from the late 1950's on up, but it's seams by now that I would have stumbled onto a much earlier dump as many of the sites I've been to have had homes dating from the 1850's, I know many bottles are found in the privies at these sites, but it seams odd not to find any older farm style dumps similar the the ones I've come across dating much later, am I just not digging deep enough or did these earlier settlers dispose their trash in some other manner that I'm missing? These pics are from an area that I've been poking around at recently and plan to head out this morning in some new places that I haven't looked at yet, it's now in a state park so I can walk around without the fear of trespassing, the now lake here was put in 1965 so finding the style bottles I collect are easier to come by, but many areas had homes in the 1850's and don't seam to be able to find any earlier bottles or dumps, just wondering if I should be looking in a different approach while out and about....an insert from the 1857 map of the area and a current satellite image of some of the area.
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