Surprise!!

[jman774]

So I know there's not alot about metal detecting on this section.... But I was detecting a new spot behind my house, I got a hit for dime and zinc so I dug it, 10 inches later I'm scraping the side of some glass. There was 2 bottles/jars... I got real excited cause I know the stores if people burying jars...
So inspite of my excitement , I pulled out each jar and they were just clogged with dirt, so I wondered what was making the detector go off. There was a layer of foil or aluminum or something... But anyway, I had to call it quits off of 3 jars and 2 bottles... I just want some information on them. The green bottles say duraglas or duroglas or something like that.There's more down there it was just hard to get them because I cut my fingers, I'm taking gloves down tonight and digging them all. Thanks to all happy hunting.

 

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Looks like two sodas and some baby food jars

 

[jman774]

Went back and got some more, here is the total bottles for the day

 

[surf]

Hello jman,

Welcome to the Bottles & Glass department. You're digging mid 1950's bottles & jars now. They have no collector value, at this time, but are a good way of dating the era of your site. Collectible ACL sodas and milks from this era are another story...

 

[Oradden]

Did you ever find what made your detector go off?

 

[jman774]

Yes some big iron thing, it looks like a hubcap kinda. I will take a pic

 

[jman774]

The holes around the edge are in a pattern, i don't know what it is

 

[CoilyGirl]

Wow,that's a chunk of somethin'!

 

[jman774]

My question is why we're bottles and jars inside it?

 

[Oradden]

Could have just been a fallen down trash bin.

 

[Sheperdess]

It looks an old enamel dishpan to me.

 

[sunrunner]

some times people wood use old pans, pales fill them with trash and thow them in the hole.One time I found a ten gallon crock full of bottles and brocken dishes.