Possible privy?

[Worldcupkeeper]

Went out today to the spot I had probed a few weeks ago and started to dig, dug about 3 feet before we called it a day (I was very sick yesterday). We found only one small nail polish bottle and quite a few large bricks in the spot. Some were even stacked there it looks like a wall.

 

[Worldcupkeeper]

bricks

 

[Worldcupkeeper]

stuff we dug, (not too much)

 

[Worldcupkeeper]

Old carbide lamp. Very cool, anyone know anything about these? Its from the 20th century MFG. company

 

[Worldcupkeeper]

Old marble that was in the dirt, fell out when we were filling it back in.[]

So does this look promising? Are lots of bricks and coal good signs for a privy, plus there was alot of broken glass, but once we got to a certain spot the dirt turned to clay?

 

[cobaltbot]

Could just be a privy. That clay might be a cap. Try and probe thru it and try and define the walls.

 

[LC]

Worldcupkeeper, I was just talking about one of these to a life long friend of mine the other day. When we were youngsters, we frog hunted and fished at night with a carbide lantern. It was about the size of lantern, only made quite differently from what the kerosene lantern are made. The one we had, had a chrome like reflector about six inches in diameter if I remember right. There was a hole in the center of the reflector, where you would ignite the carbide. There was a door you would open on the top of the lantern to pour the carbide into it. You would add some water, close the lid. Once wet, the carbide puts off a gas, you can also hear it gurgling and making strange noises as it broke down. There was a spot at center of the reflector where you would light a match and hold it to the opening. Basically, like lighting a Coleman lantern, with the gas hit the fire, it ignites, putting off a trickling flame about a half inch long or so. We thought we were really big time fisherman, sitting there in the dark and smelling the carbide burn, and watch the flame flicker back and forth in the night. We had a good laugh with each other over it. Of course, it did not really produce a whole lot of light, but you could see pretty well with it up to about six or eight feet at most. There might have been better ones than what we had but it is the only one I remember being around. In later years I have came across the minors carbide lights, sold many of them. They used to bring pretty good prices, I do not believe they do all that well these days though. I think I still have a few of them someplace around here. If you go to eBay and do a search on them, you will probably find quite a few of them and will be able to learn about them. You might do better though as for info by doing a search on Google on Carbide Lantern or light. Hope this helps some, Lou