That is one awesome hole. Great finds too, on the Litha springs and Casper jug. I dig alone so I'm always aware of cave-ins. Looks like you have the same issue as I do with all that dirt on top of the good layer. Some days it looks like all that I do is shovel out dirt. I pull down the sides to keep the walls from having over-hangs. Good luck on this dig.
hey man great pix, very nice finds, that jug is very cool, as well as the other bottles youve pictured, knock down the overhang, and go to town! is that a clay cap or sand ? reminds me of what i got to go through just to get to the 40s crap lol mike
Thanks to evryone for all the comments and suggestions. Thanks to ncbred for the Casper jug pics with label & handle. Thanks Kastoo; .I did not know repro handles ere available, ...I might go that route. The layer on top is all sand & dirt. I didi not get to clay/hardpan until about 12 or so feet down below the pure white wet sand(thats were all the jugs came from..I think I dug 6 or so jugs but only two had writing --the Casper & a Blum from Jacksonville. The bottles that came from the wet white sand were spectacular in condition, no ground wear, no damage, very clean. And yes, I do always chop down the overhang, but sometimes it takes 5 hours to remove all that sand before I reach the layer again. The property owner now has no trespassing signs posted and is calling the police to run off diggers, ..I never got harrassed as i was always very polite to the owner(and always filled my holes in as well), but as I said in my earlier post one jackass digger was rude to the owner and basically got me booted out as well, ...argghh. Here's a pic of me in the hole; ..I dont remember which bottle I am holding, could have been aWarner's safe remedy i dug there, still have not dug a cure version of that bottle yet...