A few hours at the farm

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Was a nice day, decided to go waste a few hours at one of the pig farm dumps. Hadn't dug in this one for a while, it's not the oldest thing out there but has a lot of quantity. The woods are still nice and clear, no mosquitos yet, either...

 

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Signs of disturbance ahead...

 

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This was all flat ground back when I first found it many years ago...

 

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Pig farms got all the food waste from diners and such, leading to a lot of tableware in the dumps. The Horn & Hadart automat chain contributed a lot of garbage - and accidental tableware - to this particular dump. This china pattern was the one they used...

 

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Could make a little H & H place setting at this dump...

 

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The busboys at Horn & Hadart sure let a lot of whole stuff slide into the trash, this wasn't even all of these I found...

 

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Spotted this silver dime (1953) in a shovel load. Some poor waitress probably thought she got shafted when in reality she accidently tossed the tip...

 

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Finding a shoe with a foot still in it is still pretty creepy even when it's not human...

 

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By the time I got tired of digging, I had quite a pile of dishes and a few milks....

 

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A lot of silverware, too. Not sure if it has any value beyond scrap metal, though.