DS McGee of The Manhattan Well Diggers recently sent Rob Campbell the author of Dumpdiggers Blog a detailed account of a clandestine excavation they had just conducted in an abandon lot in New York City where there once was a Civil War era bakery, among other things.
Here's a shot of one of the guys filling in the hole at the end of one Sunday's dig. They visited the site at least three times, three Sundays in June 2011, and they found good stuff each day; the best specimens came from the oldest privy that they discovered on their last visit to the property.
The article, Manhatten Well Diggers, June 2011 Bakery Dig on Dumpdiggers blog chronicles how the crew recovered and is now researching over thirty historic glass vessels.
Their race against time is complete; they have finished exploring all sections of the property and have now completed all digs - the backhoe rolled in Monday!
Here's a shot of the stash,
My first pick would probably be the umbrella ink on the far right.
Here's a shot of one of the guys filling in the hole at the end of one Sunday's dig. They visited the site at least three times, three Sundays in June 2011, and they found good stuff each day; the best specimens came from the oldest privy that they discovered on their last visit to the property.
The article, Manhatten Well Diggers, June 2011 Bakery Dig on Dumpdiggers blog chronicles how the crew recovered and is now researching over thirty historic glass vessels.
Their race against time is complete; they have finished exploring all sections of the property and have now completed all digs - the backhoe rolled in Monday!
Here's a shot of the stash,
My first pick would probably be the umbrella ink on the far right.
im looking at a site for this winter and was thinking will any of theses bottles be near the top of the ground how do you find them ? the reason im asking is up this 
CREEK around two miles is a old civil war era trail in short theres got too be some camp sites up this creek also there was some ppl killed there or near by..the indains got them they placed a pay roll or something too this effect in the area IN SHORT IT WAS NEVER FOUND... 