RIBottleguy
Well-Known Member
A while back I did a few posts about a Providence construction site dig. It was a great dump, but I figured it was pretty much played out. Well, I decided to look it over once more. The hill I was digging on had changed completely. It went from almost bare dirt a year ago to a head-high jungle of the biggest weeds I have ever seen. It took a little longer, but I eventually reopened my hole. I decided to go deep and hit the bottom. There were a lot of older shards down there, but I hadn't found a lot that was whole.
At the end of my hour-long test hole, I pulled out a nice crude 1870s slick medicine. Needless to say it was enough to make me come back next weekend. I opened up a big hole, and hit a pocket of bottles! It wasn't a lot, but the bottles that I found were high quality. An unlisted Reynolds med from Providence, a H.I. Hough med from Olneyville in an unlisted size, and a rare blob from Olneyville. And I can't forget the Watson's Indian Lung Balsam!
As far as finding RI stuff goes, it was one of my best digs of the year!
And some clean pics
At the end of my hour-long test hole, I pulled out a nice crude 1870s slick medicine. Needless to say it was enough to make me come back next weekend. I opened up a big hole, and hit a pocket of bottles! It wasn't a lot, but the bottles that I found were high quality. An unlisted Reynolds med from Providence, a H.I. Hough med from Olneyville in an unlisted size, and a rare blob from Olneyville. And I can't forget the Watson's Indian Lung Balsam!
As far as finding RI stuff goes, it was one of my best digs of the year!
And some clean pics
