New to the forum thought I would share some pix

[Mr Seitz]

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A summer tree summer tree flask 1850

Very rare puce Dytoville eagle flask 1850-60
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All from one 1850s privy 35 ironpontils &15 green Kohl & beans Mineral Waters.
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[TechBill]

Those are nice finds!

Thanks for sharing
Bill

 

[Mr Seitz]

Thanks Bill ....
I was having a problem with my sign on it was saying that the password was invalid
but I'm sure it was right.I don't know what happened ,any way thanks for the welcome. Rick

 

[DukeOBass]

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[Mr Seitz]

Where ya located Duke?

 

[DukeOBass]

I'm in Central PA.

 

[Mr Seitz]

People don't talk much on this forum do they.
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[DukeOBass]

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[coinnut]

Hi, I'm in western Mass and I don't think I've ever seen that deep of a hole. Wanted to take up privy digging, but I don't know if I would have known to go that deep. Are they always that far down???

 

[Mr Seitz]

No coin. They don't normally go that deep.This one happen to be from a very rich homestead,The owner was the flour King of Allentown and had the money to dig it deep,so they didn't have to clean it,and kept the smell way down.
Average pits around here are 6 to 10 feet sometime 15 is the house is big. We just dug one today, and it was only 5 feet wide & 6 foot deep. here is a pic of the hole and a Drakes plantation Bitters we got from it. I will post some of the better stuff we dug later.Thanks Rick

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[Mr Seitz]

Here is a better shot...Drakes

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[coinnut]

Hi, That quite a dig you had. I take it you're from PA? Wondering what you offer the landowner, if anything? Want to try it with some abandoned colonial sites that went up through the 1850's. I think if they were abandoned before 1830, the pickings would be slim. Would have to entice the property owners with something I would imagine? What do you think? Wondering how the coppers coins fair that deep in the ground. Are they really corroded like the kind we find closer to the surface?

 

[Mr Seitz]

Well it all depends on what type of people they are,Most are just plain old nice people and let us dug,we offer them bottles but most don't even want them,but we say we will fix the hole (better) then it was originally,because most times there is a slight sink in the yard,when we are done we fill it in,and keep coming back until it is done sinking.Sometimes we do odds and ends around there yard,but like i said most times its( go ahead and dig).This last guy was a renter he said go dig don't worry about it,he said give me a pack of smokes and its all good lol sometimes it works that way.But either way,you have to knock on doors and sell your hobby,or you wont dig privy's.Take with the No's with the yeses and keep on knocking.

As to the coins ,the ones we find are always pitted bad.the last one was a 1804 half cent draped bust. pretty well beat up.

Heres a cool little pot from the last pit 1857 (scarce)

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[coinnut]

Alright, you talked me into it with those kind of pictures!! I'm going to give it a try in the summer. I have a probe my buddy built last year, so I'm good to go. HH

 

[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Mr Seitz]

Thanks Brain ......
Here are some pix of the pit we did on Saturday,it was a 1870s wood lined privy
and it was loaded.

Amber Carters Master Ink
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Elep Zone Certain Cure for Fits & Epilepsy New York
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Lots of slicks and embossed .
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Indian Sagwa (Indian face on bottle)
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Short Gin
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[Mr Seitz]

Nice yellow wear bowel...
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A few chips but 98% whole...
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Two Seitz Squats green & teal
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Lidia P. 2 mugbase hutches.amber strapside flask
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Red wear (to bad it broke)
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Yellow starpside..
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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Mr Seitz]

Where abouts in up state NY are you? we are doing a dig in April up state.

 

[Mr Seitz]

Thats how it goes in the game of privy digging,but (Most) of the better bottles in this pit where whole.The elep Zone,the amber Master ink the strap sides.the green sodas ect the pottery was mostly broken, but even with that we had whole dishes.That pit was insane! we will dig some crazy stuff this spring.The bottle gods tell me so.