NJKLAGT
Bronze Member
- Oct 18, 2014
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- Garrett Euro Ace 350
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey, let's see your inks!
This is my favourite, I dug it July 23, 2015. I was checking out an old home site in a wooded lot near a suburb on the other side of town, rode my bike there in the sweltering July heat. 'Walked about under these massive spruce trees where the house would have stood, and found nothing but a few bricks and a slope of ashy black dirt. There were some bits of things on top, china, pottery, glass, but all of it more modern. I scraped around for a few hours and dug down a few feet but came up with nothing. I decided to call it a day, and as I was leaving I figured I'd walk around the perimeter of the lot, mostly to get a view of this massive sugar maple. I came to the corner of the lot and noticed some more pieces of glass about, but now it was looking a lot better. Applied tops of wines and beers, and even a couple big pontiled demijohn bases. I was so excited. Turns out it was the original trash pit, I'd say it was in use 1860-1920 based on the finds. This ink was my first find there, popped this beautiful shimmering clear cone out from under only 6 inches of soil. It's got a lot of character, especially in the lip, I think this may have actually been sheared and fire polished. It's got two dots on the base, I don't know much about that though. I'd guess this cone dates to about 1880. But yeah this was such an exciting way to start in what would become one of my favourite spots ever.
So let's see 'em!
John
This is my favourite, I dug it July 23, 2015. I was checking out an old home site in a wooded lot near a suburb on the other side of town, rode my bike there in the sweltering July heat. 'Walked about under these massive spruce trees where the house would have stood, and found nothing but a few bricks and a slope of ashy black dirt. There were some bits of things on top, china, pottery, glass, but all of it more modern. I scraped around for a few hours and dug down a few feet but came up with nothing. I decided to call it a day, and as I was leaving I figured I'd walk around the perimeter of the lot, mostly to get a view of this massive sugar maple. I came to the corner of the lot and noticed some more pieces of glass about, but now it was looking a lot better. Applied tops of wines and beers, and even a couple big pontiled demijohn bases. I was so excited. Turns out it was the original trash pit, I'd say it was in use 1860-1920 based on the finds. This ink was my first find there, popped this beautiful shimmering clear cone out from under only 6 inches of soil. It's got a lot of character, especially in the lip, I think this may have actually been sheared and fire polished. It's got two dots on the base, I don't know much about that though. I'd guess this cone dates to about 1880. But yeah this was such an exciting way to start in what would become one of my favourite spots ever.
So let's see 'em!
John
I love the crude lip on this one! Hope you find some more pits!_
