Accidentally hit a dump detecting and didn't expect a cobalt U.S.A HOSP. DEPT. Bottle in the mix.

[RatherBeDigging]

It had been a slow fall for finds. Until I dug a wild signal that ended up being a fancy lid and started me off on a brutal 1870s to 1890s dump journey. I found the ceramic jar it goes to last weekend. Overall I'm pleased as the dump produced a lot of flasks, local blob tops and embossed meds. Even some great quack meds like a Dr. GROVES FOR INFANTS ( morphine, alcohol, sugar, peppermint oil and cloral)... and a Dr. Hooflands German bitters.

Find of the dig was tiny cobalt pontil U.S.A. HOSP. DEPT. It came out today. They were issued during the Civil War in surgical kits and from what I've read used into the 1870s. They are sometimes dug in fort privys especially in the mid west. I'd really love to know how it got mixed in with a bunch of mostly 1880s to 1890s stuff. Some 1870s stuff has come out here in there including a pontil new york perfume bottle, but a majority of the glass is 1880s 1890s. A nice bull dog can topper came out as well.

I'll will update photos as I get things clean. There's a lot. So far 14 different blob tops, china and medicine local bottles, a few NYC ones. Lot of flasks think I'm at around 10.

 

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[pepperj]

It had been a slow fall for finds. Until I dug a wild signal that ended up being a fancy lid and started me off on a brutal 1870s to 1890s dump journey. I found the ceramic jar it goes to last weekend. Overall I'm pleased as the dump produced a lot of flasks, local blob tops and embossed meds. Even some great quack meds like a Dr. GROVES FOR INFANTS ( morphine, alcohol, sugar, peppermint oil and cloral)... and a Dr. Hooflands German bitters.

Find of the dig was tiny cobalt pontil U.S.A. HOSP. DEPT. It came out today. They were issued during the Civil War in surgical kits and from what I've read used into the 1870s. They are sometimes dug in fort privys especially in the mid west. I'd really love to know how it got mixed in with a bunch of mostly 1880s to 1890s stuff. Some 1870s stuff has come out here in there including a pontil new york perfume bottle, but a majority of the glass is 1880s 1890s. A nice bull dog can topper came out as well.

I'll will update photos as I get things clean. There's a lot. So far 14 different blob tops, china and medicine local bottles, a few NYC ones. Lot of flasks think I'm at around 10.

Nice digging.
That Bulldog is so cool, love it!
The cobalt one looks great.
Keep digging, and up dating.

 

[RatherBeDigging]

Nice digging.
That Bulldog is so cool, love it!
The cobalt one looks great.
Keep digging, and up dating.

Thank you. It's not a easy place. Rocks, bricks, broken windows. You get deep and trapped hydrogen sulfide starts coming out of pockets. Really can't have your head in any under mining sections because the gas built up. Have go ware an N95 or you'll be blowing coal ash out your noise for a few days. Black boogers. Yuck 🤮