ChrisP1
Well-Known Member
Does anyone have any advice as to how to find and get to bottles that may be sitting under a couple to several feet of wetland muck and peat that is walkable/hard on the surface? I have a site that I am sure will be a treasure trove given the 18th century homesites adjacent, but I'm not really sure how to tackle it. This was an open mill pond at one time but is now choked with reeds and entirely filled with peat except for a narrow ditch that runs down the center. I'm thinking of digging down as far as I can get along one bank (where I have permission) and then probing from there. However, when I do feel a bottle at depth, how the hell do you get to it without drowning? I really don't know how consolidated this will be at depth. I do know however that there will be standing water within a foot of the surface...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks,Chris
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks,Chris