I haven't posted here for a while...Here are a few of the digs we did this year.

[Mr Seitz]

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We did this dig in Feb 09 We didn't get a whole lot
but we did get a few good items.

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This was the best bottle from the pit.A Hoffman green 8
sided soda Allentown Pa.

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The take.

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This was no ordinary privy.We had to build a mini mine
shaft to get to the bottom of this one.Go to my web site
and see the full story "Mine shaft privy"

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Scrolled leaves & flowers colonge open pontil dug last week

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Cobalt 8 sided Seitz & bros Mineral water Iron pontil 1850s

 

[Mr Seitz]

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We thought this pit would be a 90s but it threw us for a loop.

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Another op perfume not as fancy as the scroll

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Dr Montgomery's Hair restorer.

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Seitz & Bro cobalt porter beer

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Dr Moore's Venereal Antiseptic cure (rare)

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The colors of the soda rainbow.All from one pit.

 

[Mr Seitz]

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All of the sodas cleaned up.

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JJ Hottenstine teal squat Allentown

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Dark olive green Seitz & bro a hard to come by color.

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This has to be the weirdest item I ever dug in a privy.
It is a hernia truss from the 1870s.Check out my web site
for more info on this.I made a small movie clip .

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The great Indian cure


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Huge jar pat date 1878 on bottom

 

[Mr Seitz]

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Here is the Scrolled leaves cologne clean.Side 1

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Other side.

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bottom

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To bad this little guy was broken.A basket weave pontil.

 

[coinnut]

Some great digs as usual!!! Nice to see you guys are still digging. That cologne is unbelievable. I would have thought it was fancy whiskey flask. Do you guys keep your intact cracked bottles???

 

[Mr Seitz]

Yeah we keep the good ones a try and bring them back to life.


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Maybe you saw this pic before

 

[utahshovelhead]

Nice pics and story there bud. Good luck and hope to see more this year. BTW how long does it take to dig a hole like that?

 

[sealteem5]

that is awsome dam nice pics love them keep them coming please i did enjoy your hard work pics thank you.. MORRRRREEEEE

 

[redleg]

Mr Seitz,
not much I can say.

Outstanding.

 

[Mr Seitz]

That pit took just one day.Most cases it takes a weekend but since this pit was producing good finds we worked on it late and filled it in.

 

[Mr Seitz]

Thanks Red