Another Ghost Town Dig Nice Hinge Mold Med

[Iowadigger64]

Well I ventured off again to the old ghost town to dig. If anyone has ever dug these ghost towns it is always much harder to find pits due to the lack of homes and land marks no alleys property line ect. After about 45 minutes of probing I found another pit. I started to dig the pit and at 2 foot water started coming in this was a very wet hole that set at the bottom of a hill and needless to say it was a tough dig with alot of bailing water. I didnt find a great deal of whole items but I did find one good hinge mold med Dr A Rogers liverwort tar & Canchalagua (Wow thats a tounge twister) Two pipes two dolls head a real fancy screw on lid an ink well cups and a large gluer thing a ma jigger. All in all a good day would have been so much better if it was a dry hole was about 5 ft deep by 4 ft wide by 5 ft long. Alot of broken stuff in the hole including bitters.

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[RedGinger]

I always wanted to just even visit a ghost town. I've seen lots of pictures of them, taken in the 19th century, and with so many wooden structures, falling down or burned and scattered everywhere, one can imagine it would be difficult to find the pits, as you said.

 

[slakoper]

Here's a picture of our ghost town
http://home.ptd.net/~slakoper/andrewsville.jpg

Its completely gone and I know how you feel. Good Luck

 

[Iowadigger64]

We have several ghost towns around here due to coal mining about a dozen in our county alone They would start the towns in close proximity to the mines and when the mines dried up so did lots of the towns.They would move lots of the houses to the bigger surrounding towns many of the homes in my community where moved in from old coal mining towns. lots of the towns still here started out as coal mining towns.
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[beendiggin]

Nice digs, cool story

 

[VA is for Diggers]

I love ghost towns; you feel the past alive after holding a bottle used by one of the occupants. Nice recoveries!

 

[rockbot]

ORIGINAL: slakoper

Here's a picture of our ghost town
http://home.ptd.net/~slakoper/andrewsville.jpg

Its completely gone and I know how you feel. Good Luck

Nothing like living where you work. No escaping it thats for sure.

Nice finds Charlie. That ROGERS is good.

 

[splante]

speaking of ghost towns here is a website with towns listed across the usa, put your pop up blocker on and check it out
http://www.ghosttowns.com/