My First Pontil

[nydigger]

So much to my dismay the old farmhouse by my parents house had the driveway roped off so that dig was a bust. I am sure it wasnt to keep me out as it was to keep scumbags from dumping their trash in the driveway. So I decided to wander around Kowawese unique area in New Windsor Ny. It has a long history that pre-dates the American Revolution. It was a living and fishing area for the local Indians, a 14 cannon battery to stop the British advance up the Hudson in 1777, and finally before becoming a county park in the 1990's it was a sand quarry for the area brick factories in the later 19th and and early 20th centuries. I found this little guy up a hill on the river bank. Its basically just the pontil and a side piece. I also found a Waterman's ink jar probably from the 30's or 40's and various broken items but nothing interesting. The pontil and the watermans were on the suface. Is it worth scratching deeper given the history and what I found so far?

 

[nydigger]

2nd view of pontil

 

[GuntherHess]

Nice pontil mark, glue it on a bottle

 

[nydigger]

watermans ink 2oz.

 

[nydigger]

ink #2

 

[pikewaynepabottles]

Make sure you come to Poughkeepsie NY bottleshow next Sunday 8/21 & introduce yourself . Ed Nikles aka. pikewaynepabottles and edndlm

 

[andy volkerts]

[]your a card Gunth!!

 

[nydigger]

I would love to go to the show but I didnt find out about it in enough time to get the day off of work[]. LOL...Gunther good idea I didnt even think of that

 

[blobbottlebob]

Hey NY,
Congrats. There's nothing like pontil fragments to get me going. I'd work the area like mad until I was forced to concede that no more pontils remain. That's just me.

 

[downeastdigger]

You never forget your first pontil.... you only got to second base on this one, i'ld keep at it to get the whole experience! good luck