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I know we all bring home other random things besides bottles while out digging and finding… I like horse shoes for some reason… this one is my favorite

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I also like bricks that tell stories… anyone else bring home bricks and shoes?

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I work with my buddy who's a farrier from time to time, and when I used to drink it felt like I got hit by a brick many mornings, does that count?[8D]
 

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Jim... I too, spent many a year getting hit in the head with bricks… so, sure… why not… I will count you in my book [;)]

Thanks, Rick... I plan to track them down like the bottles... who, what, when, where, why and how type stuff... maybe this winter when I am up to my eye balls in snow...
 

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I have seen some nice brick displays at a few bottle shows. JoeTheCrow and I dug a neat one last weekend, not sure if he posted it or not. Joe has an awesome hearth around his wood stove with various embossed bricks that inspired me. When building a hearth for my brother in our family homestead years ago, I was just getting started in bottle digging. I remember lugging backpacks filled with many more bricks than bottles out of rural, forested ancient lumber camps after dark with no light. Is there an antique-brick website?

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Hey Ben, Down South we call those "talking bricks" and we meet some serious collectors too. I have dug some of the CB Co bricks in Pensacola but most are local.

Couldn't tell you how many horse shoes and jackass shoes I have dug over the years.
 

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I have bricks from mostly abandoned places that were around for years and then just shut down and fell apart. Psych hospitals, camps, airplane factories, etc.

Heck, last night I saw a really encrusted horseshoe at the end of a farm row....probably buried for decades until recently.
 

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Nice post Ben, Here are some Dyottville bricks from the annealing oven at the glass factory.

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