NJKLAGT
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Hey there Everyone,
Today I wanted to make things interesting and got this fun idea of visiting three different trickle-down dumps that I've had both minor and major successes at. I honestly expected to come home empty handed but didn't even end up making it to the third dump because I had so much success with the first two. Neither of these two were the dump that I've lately been digging.
The first dump is right beside an old road. It starts right at the roadside and runs down about 30 yards to the creek. There are a few deposits of stuff on either side, mostly from the 40s and 50s, but for the most part the older stuff is buried under a lot of clay muck and debris. Other than the occasional beer or soda can thrown in from a passing car, it doesn't see a lot of action, so at least what's there doesn't continue to get covered up. This trench is always super wet and mucky, and it is crisscrossed with all sorts of vines, roots, and branches of all sizes. It's a nightmare. I can easily say that this dump is the messiest digging that I personally know of. But I wasn't there to dig! My main objective was to walk the length of these trenches and try to spot any bottles that the rain and runoff had exposed. Only three minutes after arriving I spotted a blown amber chem or med sitting under a metal drum of some sort. I wiggled it out, and it is embossed "PD & Co" on the base. It's got some lip chips but I still kept it for its size and colour. Only a couple feet to the right I noticed what I thought was a mineral water top sticking out of the debris. I almost didn't even give it a chance, but decided to snap a pic and then try it, just in case, because I thought it'd make a good story. Wow, it was whole! A nice pint-sized three-piece mould English beer maybe from the 1890s, or so I thought - I found the makers mark online, CW & Co, I'm pretty sure that this is a match, and the bottle could very well be American and much earlier. So I was off to a great start! Two bottles within five minutes of showing up. As you can probably imagine, I got my shovel out and started messing around in the muck for a while - but all in vain, there was nothing else to be had without investing too much time and effort. I scraped the muck off my shovel, packed up, and got out of there while I was ahead.
I went to trench number two with two bottles in my bag and almost all of my energy unspent. This spot is kind of like a jungle, I'm surprised that I didn't get a single tick (although I did get some mosquito bites). This trench is very narrow, only a couple feet across in most places, and very gradual, opening up into a flat sort of marshy area beside the creek. I had only ever found two bottles there before, that I eyeballed while out walking last year. I couldn't quite figure out where they or all of the other shards came from, but I think that today I found a good place to start. Near the top there is a slope that isn't as steep as the walls going down most of the length of the trench. I decided to take a stab at it with my shovel, and hit some glass on the first poke. I'll let the pictures do the rest. All but three were blown. Lots of extracts. The highlights are the shoo-fly flask, the beautiful vial, and the ornate pie knife. Haha, this spot ended up getting quite muddy. There is still some rust visible in the bottom of the hole, and so next time I'm gonna continue on into the bank and see if I hit another pocket of bottles or something. I'm really hoping that it's not over for this trench, it was a whole lot of fun.
Anyway, I'm starting to get the hang of trickle-down dumps. I think they're becoming my specialty. There's something I like, anyway, about how they are constantly changing. Things are always moving around and you never know what's gonna be exposed by the rain and rushing water.
Thanks for looking and have a great evening,
NJ
Today I wanted to make things interesting and got this fun idea of visiting three different trickle-down dumps that I've had both minor and major successes at. I honestly expected to come home empty handed but didn't even end up making it to the third dump because I had so much success with the first two. Neither of these two were the dump that I've lately been digging.
The first dump is right beside an old road. It starts right at the roadside and runs down about 30 yards to the creek. There are a few deposits of stuff on either side, mostly from the 40s and 50s, but for the most part the older stuff is buried under a lot of clay muck and debris. Other than the occasional beer or soda can thrown in from a passing car, it doesn't see a lot of action, so at least what's there doesn't continue to get covered up. This trench is always super wet and mucky, and it is crisscrossed with all sorts of vines, roots, and branches of all sizes. It's a nightmare. I can easily say that this dump is the messiest digging that I personally know of. But I wasn't there to dig! My main objective was to walk the length of these trenches and try to spot any bottles that the rain and runoff had exposed. Only three minutes after arriving I spotted a blown amber chem or med sitting under a metal drum of some sort. I wiggled it out, and it is embossed "PD & Co" on the base. It's got some lip chips but I still kept it for its size and colour. Only a couple feet to the right I noticed what I thought was a mineral water top sticking out of the debris. I almost didn't even give it a chance, but decided to snap a pic and then try it, just in case, because I thought it'd make a good story. Wow, it was whole! A nice pint-sized three-piece mould English beer maybe from the 1890s, or so I thought - I found the makers mark online, CW & Co, I'm pretty sure that this is a match, and the bottle could very well be American and much earlier. So I was off to a great start! Two bottles within five minutes of showing up. As you can probably imagine, I got my shovel out and started messing around in the muck for a while - but all in vain, there was nothing else to be had without investing too much time and effort. I scraped the muck off my shovel, packed up, and got out of there while I was ahead.
I went to trench number two with two bottles in my bag and almost all of my energy unspent. This spot is kind of like a jungle, I'm surprised that I didn't get a single tick (although I did get some mosquito bites). This trench is very narrow, only a couple feet across in most places, and very gradual, opening up into a flat sort of marshy area beside the creek. I had only ever found two bottles there before, that I eyeballed while out walking last year. I couldn't quite figure out where they or all of the other shards came from, but I think that today I found a good place to start. Near the top there is a slope that isn't as steep as the walls going down most of the length of the trench. I decided to take a stab at it with my shovel, and hit some glass on the first poke. I'll let the pictures do the rest. All but three were blown. Lots of extracts. The highlights are the shoo-fly flask, the beautiful vial, and the ornate pie knife. Haha, this spot ended up getting quite muddy. There is still some rust visible in the bottom of the hole, and so next time I'm gonna continue on into the bank and see if I hit another pocket of bottles or something. I'm really hoping that it's not over for this trench, it was a whole lot of fun.
Anyway, I'm starting to get the hang of trickle-down dumps. I think they're becoming my specialty. There's something I like, anyway, about how they are constantly changing. Things are always moving around and you never know what's gonna be exposed by the rain and rushing water.
Thanks for looking and have a great evening,
NJ
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