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alan23t5

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hello all, i made my buddy drive me to the frozen dump, we were able to break through the ground in a couple areas, but the top layer was frozen(8-12inches) we were to dig staight down but not foward, where the jackpot usually is:( but found alot of plain jane bs) here is a couple of keepers


happy holidays, alan

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heres a cream i found for my collection, i know these arent the greatest finds but we tried mike

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Hey Mike...

Nice photo of that cream... they cleaned up pretty well...[:-]
Most of the lakes and ponds out here are frozen over as well, so I guess I'll head to the library or out toward the ocean, that doesn't normally freeze.
Keep diggin

Wayne
 

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madman, ive found the same princess skin cream container digging in illinois, but the top has two chips, hope yours looks better than mine. any idea what era thats from, im guessing 1900-1930?????????????
 

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Thats a nice soda Alan, plenty of heavy embossing.[:)]

Hey Mike, The wife loves your milk glass find. Cobalt and milk glass are two of her favorite things to dig up.[:D]
 

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Thx for the replies


i wouldnt mind digging in Illinois, but no way of getting there:(

ive dug that pop bottle right here in northwest ohio
 

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hey guys we really tried, we could tunnel ok, but couldnt collapse the ceiling dang!! about a foot and a half of rock solid frozen ground, the cream is in nice condition im guessing 20tys thirties on the date, as well as the soda, yo cap heres a pix of the milk glass collection, also wayne love those diving finds very nice !!! also great exercise merry christmas mike

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