downeastdigger
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OK, at the risk of coming off as really odd, I'm just wondering if any of you ( like me ) have any superstitions for bringing good luck when you go digging. This is a list of what I do when I'm trying to summons all the good luck karma I can dredge up when I'm heading out for a day of dump or privy hunting. No comments from the peanut gallery...
1. I wear 2 different colored gloves, one brown one white, 100% cotton.
2. I stop at the corner store closest to the prospective site, and buy a chocolate milk,
and a twinkie.
3. I kiss all of my childrens hands ( 3 kids, 6 hands). They always wish me luck ( then
roll there eyes as I head out the door, like " what a weird Dad I have
"
4. My wife rubs my belly, and says " pontils, pontils, pontils" ( you think I"m making this
up ! )
5. I listen to the Greatful Deads " Terrapin Station". I highly recommend this.
6. While you're in hole, never kill a worm. Especially if you're in a pontil layer. If you
rip and tear away carelessy and break a big worm in half cause you're recklessly digging as you pull pontils out, the bottle gods will reward you with cracks and
busted lips if you carelessly kill worms along the way.
7. Never bring buckets to carry back your loot, until you actully find loot. The bottle gods find this presumtious.
8. As you dig broken pontilled bottles and shards, never get pissed. Say over and over
in your head " Take whatever it gives, and be grateful for what you get". This is the most important one.
9. Dont hunt for dumps or privies for more than 6 hours in one day. If you have a good
spot, hell, dig 24 hours.
10. As obsessive/compulsive as you are in nature, make a real effort to achieve balance in your life. Dont sacrifice family time, for the high of digging a treasure. This is the hardest one. But if you can achieve some balance in your life, and still have bottle digging as your hobby, it is for the best. Sure, have your fantasy about how it will feel to pull 6 mint colored pontilled medicines out of one hole on some cloudy day in October, but even that will fade away some day. Keeping it all in perspective and balanced out will last your whole life. I think the " good luck " comes when it's all balanced out pretty well, and you can sit in a hole, hip deep in muck, holding a gorgeous hand blown American bottle from 150 years ago, and head home with a big smile.
ps. Can you tell I'm going crazy waiting for the ground to freeze in Maine so I can DIG!?
Bare with me
1. I wear 2 different colored gloves, one brown one white, 100% cotton.
2. I stop at the corner store closest to the prospective site, and buy a chocolate milk,
and a twinkie.
3. I kiss all of my childrens hands ( 3 kids, 6 hands). They always wish me luck ( then
roll there eyes as I head out the door, like " what a weird Dad I have
"4. My wife rubs my belly, and says " pontils, pontils, pontils" ( you think I"m making this
up ! )
5. I listen to the Greatful Deads " Terrapin Station". I highly recommend this.
6. While you're in hole, never kill a worm. Especially if you're in a pontil layer. If you
rip and tear away carelessy and break a big worm in half cause you're recklessly digging as you pull pontils out, the bottle gods will reward you with cracks and
busted lips if you carelessly kill worms along the way.
7. Never bring buckets to carry back your loot, until you actully find loot. The bottle gods find this presumtious.
8. As you dig broken pontilled bottles and shards, never get pissed. Say over and over
in your head " Take whatever it gives, and be grateful for what you get". This is the most important one.
9. Dont hunt for dumps or privies for more than 6 hours in one day. If you have a good
spot, hell, dig 24 hours.
10. As obsessive/compulsive as you are in nature, make a real effort to achieve balance in your life. Dont sacrifice family time, for the high of digging a treasure. This is the hardest one. But if you can achieve some balance in your life, and still have bottle digging as your hobby, it is for the best. Sure, have your fantasy about how it will feel to pull 6 mint colored pontilled medicines out of one hole on some cloudy day in October, but even that will fade away some day. Keeping it all in perspective and balanced out will last your whole life. I think the " good luck " comes when it's all balanced out pretty well, and you can sit in a hole, hip deep in muck, holding a gorgeous hand blown American bottle from 150 years ago, and head home with a big smile.
ps. Can you tell I'm going crazy waiting for the ground to freeze in Maine so I can DIG!?
Bare with me
