jgas
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- Apr 23, 2008
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Hello treasure hunters,
Off we go on another adventure as Bilbo would have said. Back among the trees and roots. If I wasn’t mistaken I would have guessed Treebeard sent us here to this very spot. Marked this particular pit last time out after finishing the one right next to it. Close to the trees so we knew the roots would be all over the place. Down less than a foot and we uncover the X that marks the spot where to dig. Riiiiight!
So we start our way down and begin to see some glass at around 3 feet or so. First up was a cool little bottle from Atlanta The Women’s Friend. Wonder just how good of a friend?? Lol. Then Don pulls out what I thought would be a Godfreys Cordial but it has embossing of Jennings Condensed Pearl Bluing. Cool little cone bottle we have never dug before. An amber Liquid Ozone came to light and a few other slicks. Some little weird bobber looking glass thing popped up too. Not sure what this would have been for.
So we finished up this one and wonder what the heck. This house was built in 1882 and there were no bottles from that time found yet. And we could not locate another pit in line with these. Plus on the maps there was a huge stables building covering most of the ground. So I figured the older pit has to be under the stables. So I blindly tossed my probe into a spot pretty close to the X pit. Boooom another pit with very little ash layers. It’s gotta be the earliest one we though. It would have been just inside the corner of the stables.
So down we go and pretty burned out from the last pit. The skies were darkening too and the chance for rain picked up. Well soon enough it was pouring. We were directly under some huge oak and maple trees but still had to toss up the tent rather quickly.
Down around 5 feet we hit the top of the Use Layer. I snagged a great looking Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. Hinge mold and now Gandalph was with us! Ha ha. Then as I was scraping the top of the use layer out pops a beautiful Cathedral Pepper sauce. I know we are in the original pit now! Yeah.
Then Don got in and took some insitu pictures of a huge quart casket flask. Cool pics I think. Although it was unembossed and has a hole in the bottom. No great loss but still it has the age and we got a chance for some really great stuff. He dug for awhile and was pulling out pieces of stoneware and plates and shattered slicks. He said I’m outta here before I ruin this pit. Superstitious I guess. So down I go to try my luck.
So I’m at around 6 feet plus and I’m scraping away right under my feet. My new little shovel I constructed the day before rubbed over the top of some glass and I thought to myself that feels familiar, like the logs on a cabin bitters. So I bent over and swiped away the dirt to see a Tree!!!! It was a flask. A summer winter flask I thought. OMG could this be. Could it be whole. I was shaking as I took some insitu pictures. Don was up top anxiously awaiting. So here goes. I pull the flask out and the part showing was perfect. I flipped it over and then that’s when I fell out of the tree to see a crack running up the side. Ugh. But it was intact still and would become an addition to the cabinet. Wow. Full blown Pontil 1850. Then I uncovered another one that was broke into pieces that was the quart size. Holy cow.
Don said finish the hole up cause you are on a hot streak. I was plugging away to find a lid the Haines Fruit jar and then in the very back corner I find a stoneware fruit jar in perfect condition. Although no makers mark. At the very back edge I saw a promising looking bottle. Carefully pulling it out I see it’s a blob beer. With water/ beer still in it. A good sign as it was not broke. Out pops a MC Reilly Elkhart Indiana beer. From what I hear it’s a really rare one from there. Yahoooo what a way to finish a great day of digging. From beers to hinge mold to Pontil. I think we hit the oldest pit here. But I will go back and search for another. Hope you enjoy the pics. Goodluck out there everyone and be safe as always. Jgas.
Off we go on another adventure as Bilbo would have said. Back among the trees and roots. If I wasn’t mistaken I would have guessed Treebeard sent us here to this very spot. Marked this particular pit last time out after finishing the one right next to it. Close to the trees so we knew the roots would be all over the place. Down less than a foot and we uncover the X that marks the spot where to dig. Riiiiight!
So we start our way down and begin to see some glass at around 3 feet or so. First up was a cool little bottle from Atlanta The Women’s Friend. Wonder just how good of a friend?? Lol. Then Don pulls out what I thought would be a Godfreys Cordial but it has embossing of Jennings Condensed Pearl Bluing. Cool little cone bottle we have never dug before. An amber Liquid Ozone came to light and a few other slicks. Some little weird bobber looking glass thing popped up too. Not sure what this would have been for.
So we finished up this one and wonder what the heck. This house was built in 1882 and there were no bottles from that time found yet. And we could not locate another pit in line with these. Plus on the maps there was a huge stables building covering most of the ground. So I figured the older pit has to be under the stables. So I blindly tossed my probe into a spot pretty close to the X pit. Boooom another pit with very little ash layers. It’s gotta be the earliest one we though. It would have been just inside the corner of the stables.
So down we go and pretty burned out from the last pit. The skies were darkening too and the chance for rain picked up. Well soon enough it was pouring. We were directly under some huge oak and maple trees but still had to toss up the tent rather quickly.
Down around 5 feet we hit the top of the Use Layer. I snagged a great looking Hamlin’s Wizard Oil. Hinge mold and now Gandalph was with us! Ha ha. Then as I was scraping the top of the use layer out pops a beautiful Cathedral Pepper sauce. I know we are in the original pit now! Yeah.
Then Don got in and took some insitu pictures of a huge quart casket flask. Cool pics I think. Although it was unembossed and has a hole in the bottom. No great loss but still it has the age and we got a chance for some really great stuff. He dug for awhile and was pulling out pieces of stoneware and plates and shattered slicks. He said I’m outta here before I ruin this pit. Superstitious I guess. So down I go to try my luck.
So I’m at around 6 feet plus and I’m scraping away right under my feet. My new little shovel I constructed the day before rubbed over the top of some glass and I thought to myself that feels familiar, like the logs on a cabin bitters. So I bent over and swiped away the dirt to see a Tree!!!! It was a flask. A summer winter flask I thought. OMG could this be. Could it be whole. I was shaking as I took some insitu pictures. Don was up top anxiously awaiting. So here goes. I pull the flask out and the part showing was perfect. I flipped it over and then that’s when I fell out of the tree to see a crack running up the side. Ugh. But it was intact still and would become an addition to the cabinet. Wow. Full blown Pontil 1850. Then I uncovered another one that was broke into pieces that was the quart size. Holy cow.
Don said finish the hole up cause you are on a hot streak. I was plugging away to find a lid the Haines Fruit jar and then in the very back corner I find a stoneware fruit jar in perfect condition. Although no makers mark. At the very back edge I saw a promising looking bottle. Carefully pulling it out I see it’s a blob beer. With water/ beer still in it. A good sign as it was not broke. Out pops a MC Reilly Elkhart Indiana beer. From what I hear it’s a really rare one from there. Yahoooo what a way to finish a great day of digging. From beers to hinge mold to Pontil. I think we hit the oldest pit here. But I will go back and search for another. Hope you enjoy the pics. Goodluck out there everyone and be safe as always. Jgas.
