3rd Privy & Counting, The Cobalt Blue Hutch Hole.

[hemihampton]

Pic of the hole.

That's a privy? that looks like a "dump trench"

The first one was definately a Privy. I could see the even 4 walls lined with rotted wood. These last 2 I'm not sure what they are, Found some bricks lined up & rotted wood but not like the first one. At about 3 or 4 feet down we hit a foot or 2 layer of soft yellow sand. This layer has not much in it & Toms thinks it dried up & bottomed out. Is this Typical? I suspect more farther below. LEON.

 

[TREASUREHUNT]

What I have found, the shallower privy's 4' or less don't seem to have the wood walls intact. I think they rot away. but once you get deeper privy's 5 feet or more you see more of the wood liner remaining. Tom

 

[Robby Raccoon]

Has to do with how much oxygen is reaching them.

 

[hemihampton]

Just cleaned the dirt out of some of these. LEON.

 

[iggyworf]

Those look awesome!!! Cleaned up very well. If my shoulder wasn't messed up, I would ask to go with you guys once or twice. As I dig holes for a living. Just to find them in the ground gives you a great feeling.

 

[TREASUREHUNT]

That makes sense, may get more water / freezing / thawing ?

 

[RCO]

that's a lot of hutches to find in one location it was definitly worth digging up

 

[hemihampton]

that's a lot of hutches to find in one location it was definitly worth digging up

Yes it was, I love Hutches & think I got almost 100 different Michigan Hutches so to dig a new one & blue ones is a great thrill. Here's a pic of the A. Funke. LEON.

 

[hemihampton]

Close up.

 

[Bass Assassin]

Wow, those are some fine hutches