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[logueb]

Forgot to post this clear Lime-Cola. First actually clear Lime-Cola. I put it next to a light-green/aqua one to show the difference. A daytime shot would probably be better to show how clear this one was.

 

[athometoo]

you sir, are one dedicated digger . wow thats some mud ya got there . when things get like that here , i just walk around old diggin holes in the area and usually turn up a coupla marbles in the tailings . also rubber boots and the tyvek suits help keep the mud and wind off of ya . keep on pulling them out . sam

 

[SublimeSeaGlass]

Well, you're not working hard or having fun unless you get about 3 inches of mud all over ya! Wow that dump sure does have a lot of keepers in there. Nice work and I'll continue to check out your finds.

 

[logueb]

Thanks Sam and Sub for the replies. Was able to get a couple hours of digging in yesterday. Still a lot of water and mud to deal with. Bailed out what I could with the 5 gallon bucket that I carry to the dump and shoveled out the rest with a shovel. This dump has a black dirt cap that goes anywhere from a foot to four feet deep, depending on what part of the hillside you are digging. Nothing in this layer worth keeping most of the time, 20s to 30s stuff, and the vast majority of this is broken. Appears to be burnt and bulldozed oto the very edge of the cypress swamp. Then there is a rusty layer that ranges from a few inches thick to a foot thick. This layer has 10s to 20s stuff. This layer also has a lot of rusted out can remains. These cavities fill up with water during the rainy season. Below the rusty layer is the original forest floor. Here is where the dump started and the best finds are located.The town was founded in 1874 and this layer contains a lot of building material, bricks, sawn off lumber ends, etc. The wood is perserved in this wet layer and do not rot. Anyway, here's what I had to start with.

 

[logueb]

Hope you can see the layers in this pic. Top layer is black firt, tightly packed, lots of broken glass, 20s 30s and toc mixed. Rusty layer, and muddy bottom. The bottom layer stays wet even in the driest summers.

 

[logueb]

Sorry about the blurry pic here. But here is a bimal in the muddy layer.

 

[logueb]

How can all the good bottles be broken and these things survive a bulldozer?

 

[logueb]

Whitehouse Vinegar

 

[logueb]

There's lots of these little fellers at this dump.

 

[logueb]

Always liked these little Apple Pie Ridge vinegar bottles.