is it really safe to dig here?

[Altom]

Hello everyone I've been researching for possible good places to dig and or look for bottle dumps around my area which is pretty old in some places but I have come upon many frustrating and unsettling finds. Apparently just in my backyard not literally but not very far at all is a toxic waste dump and an old dump I tried inspecting not too long ago may have been contaminated as well since it seems to be covered an Buried with clay. And there are even some really bad superfund sites not far from me either sadly in the older parts of the valley I am in which would've seemed like good places to explore on google maps. What's a bottle Hunter to do?

 

[SAbottles]

Buy a lead-lined digging suit ?! [][:'(]

 

[digger dun]

we walked 1880s-90s land fill piles on a construction/remediation site in NJ a few years back. fumes were so strong they made us dizzy. great bottles found though...

 

[cowseatmaize]

And there are even some really bad superfund sites not far from me either sadly

Did they remove dirt to where you live? I suggest a law suit.

 

[frozenmonkeyface]

ditto! Then you can buy any bottles you want []

 

[mtfdfire22]

realistically most of the hazards are going to be from fumes. i would say put some rubber gloves under your normal gloves and get a paint respirator NOT A DUST MASK. If your eyes start to feel funny or you get sick then I would quit but I think the biggest issue will be inhalation.


Is this area posted as hazardous?

 

[luckiest]

I think you will find that most old landfill sites are pretty toxic, you have to make up your mind weather it's worth the risk. I dig every site because I can't help myself but I wouldn't suggest it to others ha ha.

 

[druggistnut]

I will not dig any old dumps that have vent pipes and test well heads coming out of them. That means that they are still being monitored and contain serious hazards.
Bill

 

[RICKJJ59W]

ORIGINAL: frozenmonkeyface

ditto! Then you can buy any bottles you want []

Who whats to buy them I want to dig um! []

 

[digger dun]

this is garbage we're digging in. unregulated, whatever you wanted to throw out garbage. any dump will contain some degree of heavy metals, petro-chemical solvents, and in some cases radioactive debris from those lantern mantles that were so popular before the light bulb. dig at your own obsessive compulsive risk is the way the game is played.