Finaly got some time fer some o' our diggins pics.

[Jim West Pa]

This is the sight we're currently diggin. Or,should i say was diggin. It hasn't gotten over 35 degrees since then. :veryangry:
It don't look like much but DANG, is there ever a lot o' glass in that dirt.
We've hauled off to the trash 2 FILLED 5 gal. buckets o' broken glass so far
and we've only dug down about 4 inches so far.
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Here is the lot o' unknowns, odds and ends and heart breakers.
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And here are the keepers so far. I have no clue what we have here as far as collectables or vaulables goes.
We're sure havin a ball doin this diggin and honestly, we could care less if any of it's 'valuable'.
In the words of Uncle Prenn......." Never measure wealth in dollars".
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There is however, somethin real valuable we're gittin from this dig.
( besides the wonderfully fun time with my best friend playin' in the dirt )
I've taken four wheel barrows full o' this 'black gold' down to our garden so far.
It is the composted forest floor that has gone thru the sifter.
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I thot this was a most unusual piece. It's not a 'bottle' but it appears to be some sort o' toy
because it had an axle with wheels on it. A fella from another forum says it is/was a candy dish.
I'm bummed that it's broken. Maybe we'll come across the rest of it at least and i can glue it back up.
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I have so many pics to share from this dig but this site won't let but 6 posted, bummer.

Soo..it's only appropriate that i close with a pic o' our other helper.
( Deacon gits photo credit for his ear in the first pic "lol" )
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[Magyar]

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[Jim West Pa]

There is so much glass that we spend more time cleanin up the broken pieces than we do diggin any whole ones.
Here is a pic o' the surface before we did any diggin. As oyu can see, a lot of trash there.
Also a lot o' broken pottery and OLD bottles.
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BTW, that's Liebchen, the Rotty, in those pics.
This is Deacon, He's a Belgian Shepard.
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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Magyar]

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[MK_(MO)]

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[General Ray]

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[Jim West Pa]

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[Jim West Pa]

Is that it ALL came from our house.
Each item was first here as a neccessity mostly. And now after 150-170+ years,
we're bringin it right back in as decorative and collectable items.
Whoda thunk,back when they called it junk

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[MeMatt]

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[Jim West Pa]

Wonderin 'bout it's history and the stories o' the folks that used it.
Pretty cool that this stuff gits another life right back where it all came from.

I'm workin on a bit of a small museum/collection of this houses' history.
My plan is to leave it all with this house and pass it on to future owners/dwellers.

 

[Jim West Pa]

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