Privy #5 bottle collection - and a real surprise!

[halfdime]

I managed to get from top to bottom in another privy yesterday, and was able to sift three or four feet of it before running out of time. I managed to collect another set of bottles and a marble; the bottles have been soaking in a bleach solution for a day, which is why I'm posting now. In addition to the "3" series of bottles, I added a small bottle from McCormick's (probably an extract), an A&P Extract bottle, a Pennsy Select (beer or soda?) bottle and Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. I'm also curious about the little tube and, for lack of a better description, the nipple shaped piece. Any help from the bottle experts would be appreciated! I only have to finish emptying the pit, scan the dirt with the detector and start the process of filling it back in. I already have #6 in my sights!

 

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[SusanMN]

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Very cool stuff.

 

[BuckleBoy]

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And the little tube probably once had a bulb on top similar in style to an eye dropper. Very cool stuff!

 

[halfdime]

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The nipple shaped piece is an aid for breast feeding

Seriously!? If so, that has to go Banner! Just kidding.

 

[{Sentinel}]

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Really nice bottles. I like the embossed medicine...quite nice

 

[creeper71]

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your last photo that is a good bottle..

 

[Nana40]

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Fantastic bottles, 1/2! 8) You must have a dandy of a site to be finding all those!

Keep diggin'! Love seeing what you're finding~

Nana

 

[halfdime]

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Fantastic bottles, 1/2! 8) You must have a dandy of a site to be finding all those!

Keep diggin'! Love seeing what you're finding~

Nana

I just wish it was a little bit older!

 

[SkyPirate]

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Those cleaned up nicely, hard to beleive they were swimming in poo a hundred years ago.

 

[nova treasure]

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Congrats on all the finds, your second photo is a 1800-1900 Breast Feeding shield. here is a link with a pic.
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10474132&wwwflag=2&imagepos=8.

Nova Treasure

 

[halfdime]

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Congrats on all the finds, your second photo is a 1800-1900 Breast Feeding shield. here is a link with a pic.
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10474132&wwwflag=2&imagepos=8.

Nova Treasure

Wow! Thanks for the link! Should I assume that there would be a little rubber piece at the end that the baby actually suckled?

 

[nova treasure]

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Congrats on all the finds, your second photo is a 1800-1900 Breast Feeding shield. here is a link with a pic.
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10474132&wwwflag=2&imagepos=8.

Nova Treasure

Wow! Thanks for the link! Should I assume that there would be a little rubber piece at the end that the baby actually suckled?

Yes, I would think that it did.

NT

 

[allen]

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that pit paid off with some nice pieces of glass !!

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Great pieces there and some interesting for sure

 

[Kiros32]

Nice job Henry. Now take a break until I can make it back up there

 

[seger98]

Excellent bottles.

Question.... How often do you finds coins in those holes? And what kind of shape do the pennies come out if you find any? I would think the acid in the soil would hurt them alot.


Chris

 

[halfdime]

Excellent bottles.

Question.... How often do you finds coins in those holes? And what kind of shape do the pennies come out if you find any? I would think the acid in the soil would hurt them alot.


Chris

So far, we've found two wheat pennies and they've been very corrupted; I don't think we got a date off either one.

 

[halfdime]

Nice job Henry. Now take a break until I can make it back up there

I have to find time to at least fill in the 8 foot hole in the ground I have up there right now. I'm itchin' to start another one, but I'll try to be patient! The last three have all been concrete; I have my eyes on a brick one next.

 

[jimmatt_43]

Great digs halfdime,
That privy digging looks like it could be awful habit forming.I been thinking about doing some of that myself in the spring.
Best of luck ,
Jim

 

[Kiros32]

Nice job Henry. Now take a break until I can make it back up there

I have to find time to at least fill in the 8 foot hole in the ground I have up there right now. I'm itchin' to start another one, but I'll try to be patient! The last three have all been concrete; I have my eyes on a brick one next.

Next Monday will be the next time I can head up there. Were you able to spot some more holes in the brush, or are you still working around the ones we have already dug? And just think... we haven't even hit this place with our metal detectors yet!