cannibalfromhannibal
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Well, got into the brick liner Sunday and Monday that had what appeared to be a 3 foot thick cement cap. Fortunately, it was part of what was likely a foundation as it only went over the hole a couple feet, so we were able to dig around it. First pic is the brick corner we encountered, leading us to dig in THAT direction. Pic with the bucket in the hole was end of day one, where here they usually end around here at the 7-8 foot level. When I returned the next morning, I fully expected to be scraping the bottom 6-12" clean, filled in and out by 10am. Instead, I discovered 2 more lime covered layers, dropping me down first into the 1870's, then mid to late 60's at the very bottom at 10'. Third pic shows my 5' ladder in the hole with another foot or so to go to bottom. There were a few open pontil bases from large apothecary jars and the one wine bottle was free-blown with a pontil and a busted pontiled black glass ale, leading me to believe mid 60's. I was surprised at the percentage of broken stuff as it was mostly soft and fluffy digging near the end and void of the usual large rocks and bricks. I would have expected more survival rate but came to about 2/10 survival. Dug pieces of an early amber Hoss and a top part of a Doyles. Also a strange square jar with a hole in one side with base embossed Wright Smith's Thunder & Lightning St. Louis Mo. Failed to keep it as I presumed it was a preserve jar and listed in the RB, but found nothing. Could possibly have been a lamp as it had a small mouth opening for a preserve jar.