Galveston Dig

[hemihampton]

Too cold & snowy here in Michigan to get out digging, looks like in the far south you can dig all year long, must be nice. LEON.

 

[Mailman1960]

Too cold & snowy here in Michigan to get out digging, looks like in the far south you can dig all year long, must be nice. LEON.

If I could do it all year long, maybe I'd be bored with it. Gives me something to look forward to.

 

[nhpharm]

You could argue that it’s way too hot to dig here in the summer. I dig all summer long but it’s a different ballgame when it’s in the 90’s with 80% humidity. Definitely don’t punch too big of holes during that sort of weather.

 

[hemihampton]

It can get pretty hot here in the Summer. It easily gets into the 90's. Usually to much Foliage in Summer for a dump type dig & the Bugs& Mosquitoes pain in ass. I like spring & fall digs best but in fall you gotta worry about all the Hunters in the Woods. LEON.

 

[webe142]

Here are some of the items that came out of the half collapsed privy mentioned in post #300. At some point, someone had thrown a cast iron stove in there too. A tough dig but yielded some nice items.

 

[nhpharm]

Went out on the 5th with my sons for a dig on a new lot that I got permission on. Dug four holes; three of them were trash pits with some bottles and a few jugs and one was an enormous privy. The privy was too big for me to dig in one day, so I got one half dug out, then filled it in. The finds were extensive with a ton of bottles coming out, including a quite scarce monogram Marschner hutch soda, a nice Galveston pharmacy bottle, and a neat back bar bottle that unfortunately had some enamel loss. The lot was a saloon so the back bar bottle wasn't a big surprise. My oldest son dug two very cool porcelain signs advertising cigarettes as well.

 

[shotdwn]

The cigarettes signs are a great find. They look to be in really good condition.

 

[hemihampton]

Being a saloon Privy I would think there would be tons of Liquor Flask, Whiskey Bottles & Beer Bottles. Nice Signs. I found a Back Bar Bottle once, down by a river dump. Just up the Hill was a Saloon & it's still standing now, makes me wonder if it came from there 100+ years ago? LEON.

 

[nhpharm]

There are a ton of flasks (especially pumpkinseeds and coffins) but so far they have all been slick.

 

[Still]

Wow some great finds!!!