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Great to hear things went well Connor, best of luck to you and Tom. Here's hoping he finds some Paterson stuff that he needs and a few he doesn't and might be willing to part with, if it's the Tom I know.....Jim

 

[Wheelah23]

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Great to hear things went well Connor, best of luck to you and Tom. Here's hoping he finds some Paterson stuff that he needs and a few he doesn't and might be willing to part with, if it's the Tom I know.....Jim

Yeah, it's him... The "guru" as you call him... LOL []

Turns out the Hutter stopper is right around 1905, so that's perfectly on track for me to find my Scola blob... That and the Lembeck hutch are my holy grails nowadays...

 

[JOETHECROW]

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Well, I got back just now... Good news! We went to the 1889 house first, which has a huge backyard. After an hour of probing, we had found nothing. Tom was surprised at how rocky the soil is, which is something I am sort of used to around here. Probing is difficult, now I've got blisters on my hands! This is the first time I've used the probe I got last year. But anyway, at least I got some practice. Tom ended up finding the privy, which was directly in line with the original back door of the house. I ain't got no experience with probing, so it's a good thing he was there to find it. Once he marked off the boundaries of the stone wall, I corroborated them by probing at an angle. Ideally, we will dig the privy next weekend. It seems likely at this point. I'm excited about this one, because a few houses up the street is where a local bottler lived, Petro Scola. Hopefully I'll get some of those bottles!

The 1865 house went well too. I actually hit a soft spot that left ash on the tip, but when Tom came over to check, he said it was too shallow. I had found an old hole, just not a privy. He found the privy, which was also in line with the back door. I was able to distinctly feel the privy-ness too. We marked off the walls, which are probably stone. There's a big oak tree next to it, probably planted for shade, but we're not worrying about the roots having penetrated the privy. We'll dig that one in a couple weeks, probably. Next door is an 1871 house, and we may be able to convince her to let us dig if she sees the privy being dug.

All in all, a good day! Can't wait to dig my first privy!

This is great...I share your excitement and can't wait to see it.

 

[slag pile digger]

Conner, It's exciting to see the energy you have!!!! Good luck on your dig!!! Michael

 

[Wheelah23]

Where dem priiiivies at? Where dem priiiiiiivies at?

 

[Wheelah23]

Huge yard... Nightmare to probe.

 

[RICKJJ59W]

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Huge yard... Nightmare to probe.

Holly Shat ! that yard is huge,where is the house at? I call those kind of yards N.I.A.H.

 

[Gromit0299]

Good news. And good luck. I'm still looking for someplace to actually find bottles. Scratch that, I'm still looking for TIME! []

 

[rockbot]

Great research and good luck with your digs. I wouldn't mention anything till you've dug them all first. Okay![]

 

[DIGS CHESCO]

I'm patiently waiting for the results of this dig!

Tom