MAR 26th Results



Lot

This dig is on the same property as the previous dig. A rental house parking lot will be the set again. This makes the third pit located in this parking lot. It was at one time the back yards of several houses in the 1800's. This one was very difficult to locate, requiring the use of three probes used sequentially to find. It took all of an hour to really pin point the next privy, and I hit it dead in the center.
Digging was also difficult again, the 15 inches of packed gravel being the culpret. This pit would definetly have been over looked by some of the less skilled diggers we have roaming these parts, however the extra input involved is paramount when trying to locate such an early pit as this one, dating back to the 1840's! pit
BTLS







I spent the afternoon digging in shear delight after the first bottle I found was a crude pontiled embossed medicine. (Sorry I can't remember the names of the meds, they are soaking right now.)
One of the coolest pieces I've ever dug was from this hole. A Father Of His Country/Never Surrenders flask, greenish blue, with the biggest open potil you could ever imagine. It was broken of course, being on the very bottom of the pit. The glass was paper thin on the front and back sides. Never would survive a pit toss. pontiled













A total of 7 pontiled bottles came out of their (almost) eternal resting place. Two nice pontiled inks are my favorite finds, one being a super crude mini 12 sided open pontil umbrella. One other significant find is a corn-flower blue mustard barrel, hinge molded probably the day the glass blower received his new equipment! BTLS


Just to be in a pit with such age looking at broken pieces is a thrill, finding bottles in it ensures a long lasting tolken of the admiration I feel for this hobby.
Scottp's