OCT. 10th Digging Results
Hello again friends. This yard will turn out at least 3 privies for sure! It is an 1850's house that is owned by a friend of mine I met recently. He owns many historical houses and I am very happy to have made his aquaintance. His firm prides itself in sparing no details in restoring these fine old civil war homes. They are beautiful.
The first time I walked around this yard I was amazed at the number of pits in this yard. It was CRUNCH city all over. The first pit I excavated, I didn't have time to take pictures. This time I made sure to take pictures for you. 
I have to tell you, this was a really cool pit to see. After probing around and finding this one, I probed the outline of the privy and began digging. I noticed a pattern of brick material around the outline a few inches down on my probe. When I looked very closely at the ground, I noticed that there were still bricks outlining the grass in a rectangle. This was the foundation the outhouse sat on and still was partially visible! That was exciting to see.
Here are some little jewels showing their faces. The wood liner in this privy was still intact. It was really cool.
As I was digging in my little privy world, a gentleman showed up in a squeaky clean pressed uniform with a gun and a badge. It was a member of Ypsilanti's fine police department. His name was Uriah and he was doing some investigative work in the neighborhood. Uriah stopped by when he saw me in the back yard next to a pile of dirt and was curious what I was looking for. I explained my unique hobby to him and gave him a local bottle. He was genuinely impressed with the hobby and I'm glad he stopped by.
Ypsilanti police officer Uriah Hamilton.
Uriah is holding a 10" Thompson's Wild Cherry Phosphate bottle with the big cross on the front.
Take a look at the rest of the artifacts. Several local druggists surfaced and a neat SAMPLE CURE from Chicago. Also a nice yellow and green assortment of common bottles came out.
BOTTLE LOAD
Here are some more pics for ya. There were a few nice shelve bottles. Thanks for looking, your bottle hound.
