Decided to change it up this week.
Last fall while detecting I picked up a ton of signals at the base of a small hill. First thing I dug was a gear plate for some sort of clock, and some broken dinnerware. Dump site. Curiosity was still killing me, especially since I know the family did well, so I packed up and headed back to that spot yesterday.
Spent a few hours at it, going slow. Got into glass right away with a small bottle, then a lot of broken glass, dinnerware, etc. I managed a few keepers though. I only dug an area maybe 4'x4' and 2 1/2ft deep. There's still a whole lotta hill to dig. From the finds, it looks like they did OK for themselves. A lot of what I dug was @ 100 years old. There was also a smattering of poison ivy in the area, so I had to step carefully the whole day.
Neat little pet project I can hit whenever. Hopefully there's something nice buried here.
Thomas Lawler, Hartford CT (complete bottle). Not sure what it was used for. Dates around 1915.
J.F Howard salad dressing bottle. Dates in the 1920's
Ma & Pa Carter's Inx. A pair of ink wells made in Germany and imported to the US. Dates around 1915.
A grouping of the same type of bottle. No idea.
Can you spot the poison ivy?
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