city dump

[Dannyrgardner]

Found some stuff today that may be older than my normal post . this place will
take a while to sift through .. Never touched . all these was on the surface

 

[Dannyrgardner]

There is about 100 yards of this . I also found a coke bottle with the neck broke
Blytheville ARK
13 L.39
To bad it was broke

 

[cje]

Pick a spot and give it a good raking.

 

[sunrunner]

HI Danny , it still looks to me that your still in the 1950s . 1930s and even 1940s should not have a lot of crew cap jars . and no deposit bottles . very little of no plastic containers . the early dumps had a lot of ash in them . and steel cans not aluminum . also look for aqua or light blue cork top bottles . the more you find of them in a dump the older it is. hope this helps good luck and keep digging.

 

[Dannyrgardner]

I know a spot that is a lot older but its on a island you have to wade water(deep) I went there to look and there is farm equipment with metal tires

 

[2find4me]

There you go! Looks like you may have found something. Now to find the older section of the dump. The stuff on top is always new, but dig deeper or find the older part which most city dumps will have. Get a probe out and see how far down the glass goes. The amber medicine looks about 1920-30.

 

[Dannyrgardner]

I really appreciate the advice I'm going back later today

 

[Robby Raccoon]

..... and even 1940s should not have a lot of crew cap jars . and no deposit bottles ....

No Deposit No Return bottles were not uncommon in the 1940s. Most diggers see one and won't touch it, since they usually are seen from the early 1960s on, and so will not know that it may be 1940s-1950s; I passed up one from the '50s a few days ago on my walk through the woods. But sometimes you find one with a date-code for a decade or two earlier than usual. As for screw tops, plenty were around then. I find them all the time. I even find cork-tops in the 1950s dumps. I think it all depends on the region.

 

[Dannyrgardner]

One foot down in a spot about 3'x3' I took a probe and I'm still hurting hitting stuff at 4' that's as far as the probe goes

 

[Dannyrgardner]

This is a find of the day . HISTORY I love it.. We carry cell phones for numbers they carried these