Ben and Tigues Summer Digging w/videos

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Hello all:
Here are the finds for the summer so far. Its not often you find a like minded digger in your area that digs like you do, calls ya if they are at your place, well simply put..you can count on as a friend. Tigue is just that person. Enough of the man love and on to the bottles. One last thing is here is an example of our last dig, I hope others dig and think the same way. We were digging together in one trench. It was said before that all we find is community bottles but we keep the best one we find. I found an emerald peppersauce and knew that if I found a full case gin it was his. It was unsuccessful but before we left the hole he gave me two clay lids and a crock. That is the way digging should be. I found a Kickapoo Indian bottle and a local med he didnt find, so he went home with that. Digging is not about "pirate plunder" but making friends and enjoying a common hobby. On to the pics.

Here is the crock he gave me and the pepper and ink were dug this week.

 

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Here is a pic of me in a hole.

 

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Shoveling. I prefer shorts soccer shirt and sneakers, Tigue...boots, jeans, and t shirt.

 

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Blue Wyeth med

 

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Nice ink

 

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Amber he pulled.

 

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Here is one of the hole we dig. Tigue taught me that digging the back of the hole to give ya plenty of room is the way to go. Otherwise it gets real "stuffy"

 

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Group shot

 

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Sappire pepper he dug last week

 

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Blob, cruet, and amber med dug this week. The amber I thought would be a Maltine but no embossing.