jopher
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Working on a jobsite in Farmington, Mi today. So, Im driving sheet piling on one end of the site and about 200 yards away there is a small crew excavating out an embankment.Late in the day, one of the guys from the other end stops to chat and tells me how they ran into a bunch of "garbage in the hillside.Well, as curious as I was, I wasnt in a position to investigate until the end of the work day.I walked down to the now level area and couldnt believe what I was seeing.Scattered accross the fresh earth were the shattered remains of hundreds of cork tops, blob tops,cream bottles, and canning jars.I started searching for any survivors when the excavator operator popped his head over the hill to see what I was up to.He proceeded to tell me how he had loaded out eight,ten yard dumps throughout the day and every one had probably a couple hunred bottles and jars mixed with the soil....."Thousands of them"! I was just sick!...damn!
After this depressing conversation I dug around for awhile and came up with several pieces left intact.A couple are pretty cool but alot of what was broken on the ground was better.I thought about where they may be dumping the trucks but Im 70 miles from home and working too many hours to be searching the dump piles.If anyone lives in the area Id be more than happy to show you our excavation site and tell you where the trucking company is dropping thier loads.Weve still got alot of digging to do and there may very well be more to come.
My favorites are the super heavy aqua blobtop bottle with iron and brass inverted stopper still in place.The super long neck aqua bottle , and the round, brown medical bottle.It has a two piece bottom a separate neck and top(three piece mold??)also has 1862 embossed on the bottom....date or not??Sorry this is sooo long....heres the pics...enjoy..Joe
After this depressing conversation I dug around for awhile and came up with several pieces left intact.A couple are pretty cool but alot of what was broken on the ground was better.I thought about where they may be dumping the trucks but Im 70 miles from home and working too many hours to be searching the dump piles.If anyone lives in the area Id be more than happy to show you our excavation site and tell you where the trucking company is dropping thier loads.Weve still got alot of digging to do and there may very well be more to come.
My favorites are the super heavy aqua blobtop bottle with iron and brass inverted stopper still in place.The super long neck aqua bottle , and the round, brown medical bottle.It has a two piece bottom a separate neck and top(three piece mold??)also has 1862 embossed on the bottom....date or not??Sorry this is sooo long....heres the pics...enjoy..Joe
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