DIGGINDAVE
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I went on a really cool dig today in one of the oldest parts of new england. I dug a tidal flat that was a colonial shipyard, underneath a bridge from the 1840's (recently rebuilt). The silt is 3 feet of THICK MUCK, and it has preserved everything that was dropped there. The flat is surrounded by colonial houses, and I'm thinking they dumped their garbage here. The weather was absolutely beatiful, but I could only dig for about an hour and a half. I ended up w/ my first Bromo Seltzer (can't believe I haven't found one before, you guys seem to find these daily), a blown small cobalt bottle (possibly a poison, but I'm thinking a perfume, a nice med, a bunch of slicks, and a tavern clay pipe. If you could have seen the shards coming up.... tons of broken china, crocks, necks, wild embossed sides, pontiled bases. This place has huge potential, can't wait to go back w/ my brothers this time. I'll try to post up some pictures.
