David Osborn
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I've been attacking the top of an old ravine in the oldest part of Omaha. In the same area I've found a flat area thats giving up pre-1900 bottles, but not packed in a tight bunch like in the ravine. The ravine hole i've dug (about two foot wide) is now three feet deep and is densely packed with food and liquor bottles and cans, nothing older than the 1920s (my guess) Every time I scrape the bottom it goes deeper with no sign of letting up.
Its now so deep I'd have to hang in it with my arse in the air and thats no fun. I have inner ear problems and getting dizzy from a lot of up and down is no good for me. Someone on this site has mentioned (twice) that the older stuff is at the top of the hills but that also would seem to be where EVERYTHING ELSE would be so I'm not sure what to do next.
I tried a test dig at the very bottom of the hill. I see a sideways view of any trash hill as a long right triangle with the sharpest point being at the bottom. That end of the triangle would be the shortest to dig all the way thru and maybe find the old bottles with less effort.
All i turned up in the test dig was a ketchup, a Clorox and a Hi-Lex. So still do not know what to try. Ideas ??? Maybe the older 'underspill' below all this new stuff petered out before I got to the bottom tip of this triangle. This ravine is at a turn in the road and attracts lots of dumping. I just 'know' people 100 years ago would have the same inclinations as they would now !!!
Its now so deep I'd have to hang in it with my arse in the air and thats no fun. I have inner ear problems and getting dizzy from a lot of up and down is no good for me. Someone on this site has mentioned (twice) that the older stuff is at the top of the hills but that also would seem to be where EVERYTHING ELSE would be so I'm not sure what to do next.
I tried a test dig at the very bottom of the hill. I see a sideways view of any trash hill as a long right triangle with the sharpest point being at the bottom. That end of the triangle would be the shortest to dig all the way thru and maybe find the old bottles with less effort.
All i turned up in the test dig was a ketchup, a Clorox and a Hi-Lex. So still do not know what to try. Ideas ??? Maybe the older 'underspill' below all this new stuff petered out before I got to the bottom tip of this triangle. This ravine is at a turn in the road and attracts lots of dumping. I just 'know' people 100 years ago would have the same inclinations as they would now !!!