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10/2/04

 

   

Dave couldn't join me for a dig today,because he had to go to stupid work. I drove around looking to see if anything had changed in my fair city,like some new board ups or abandonment's. Finding nothing and being somewhat early to knock I decided to head for our sister city to the south.
        I drove past a couple houses that I been unsuccessfully knocking on.No car in the drive on the first one. The second one has a car! Sweet! I grabbed my book and marched up to the door with a positive attitude. Knock knock knock. No answer,I knocked again.No answer. Dang. I then drove to an empty lot where Dave and I have dug before,and scored big time! I probed up a spot that felt undug,but I would actually be digging without permission.I decided to wait until Dave was with so I had someone to blame!LOL
        Well,I had plenty of things to do at home so I decided to forget digging and head back north. I drove past the house with the car in the drive,but this time there were two cars! Back up to the door I go! This time a very nice gentleman answered. I gave him the schpiel and he said, Go ahead!
        His back lot line is located on an alley. I had been digging in this neighborhood before,across the alley and next door. The last time I was here I did a little pre-permission probing on his lot so I knew where at least one pit was. I marked it out and proceeded to remove the sod. A couple feet down I started to hit some shards and some bones. Nothing real promising as far as age,but I was still shallow. The first bottle was a small unembossed 70's cylinder. Then I uncovered a set of twin Dr Boschee's German syrup. A Gillett's Chinese Bluing,a Dr Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge and a pontiled puff. Nothing spectacular and no real keepers.
         I filled this one in and probed for another. After about ten minutes of probing I had something going. It was full of gravel and concrete at the top so I couldn't find the edges. I just took an educated guess. I came down on one edge,and started hitting amber shards with no embossing. Then I pulled out a W.F. Martin hutch. This pit was full of junk. I pulled out some local blob beers and a few local meds. A cast iron clowns head which I think was a bank. Also got a sulphide marble with what looks like a lion in it.
        All in all a fun dig with some interesting items.
        Until next time!
  

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10-02-04head.jpg (156109 bytes) Steve cleaned up the head the next day and sent this pic.  Sure enough it is a bank, a Humpty Dumpty coin bank! Way to go Steve.

10-2-04steiny.jpg (151350 bytes) Also, he sent a cleaned up close up of an import blob beer he found. John and Pete Steinback brewed in Kenosha, maybe this was some kin to them.