| Author | Message | ||
     bottleviking Citizen Username: Bottleviking Post Number: 10 Registered: 6-2002 |
Do you live in an old house (before 1880)? Would you like to discover what artifacts lay buried in your backyard? I will locate and carefully excavate any old privvies or wells on your property and put the dirt and grass back good as new. | ||
| joso Citizen Username: Joso Post Number: 115 Registered: 5-2001 |
I have an old circa 1870 house with a capped well. Who gets the stuff? | ||
| bottleviking Citizen Username: Bottleviking Post Number: 11 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dear Joso Sounds promising... I would be happy to carefully excavate the well in good weather. It would have been common for artifacts to be thrown or dropped into a well. Since the well is on your property, and I'm doing the digging, I propose that you get first pick of anything that comes out and we alternate picks from there. Does that sound fair to you? | ||
| Brett Citizen Username: Bmalibashksa Post Number: 328 Registered: 7-2003 |
One for you one for me. Two for you one, two for me. Three for you, one, two , three for me.  | ||
| joso Citizen Username: Joso Post Number: 116 Registered: 5-2001 |
Bottleviking, That seems fair, however the well is exposed and sealed with a cemented on bluestone cover. I am not sure you would be able to get it off without ruining the cover. What do you think? If you want to come by and look at it, give me (Joe) a call at 212 419 9355. Coincidentally, I was digging in the backyard last week and found what seemed to be an old bottle for a homepathic medicine. | ||
| kevin Citizen Username: Kevin Post Number: 103 Registered: 2-2002 |
Joe, If you end up doing this, let us know what is found! | ||
| maggie Real Name Username: Maggie Post Number: 108 Registered: 5-2001 |
bottleviking ... just curious, are you an amateur archaeologist or a professional with an off-hours sideline? | ||
| bottleviking Citizen Username: Bottleviking Post Number: 12 Registered: 6-2002 |
I am not your conventional archeologist. I am a seeker of that which is lost. I aim to see what remains unseen. To bring to light that which was hidden in darkeness. To awaken that which has been dormant. To hold in my hands that which has not been touched. | ||
| curb Citizen Username: Curb Post Number: 328 Registered: 1-2001 |
...and who, disguised as a mild mannered reporter... | ||
| curb Citizen Username: Curb Post Number: 330 Registered: 1-2001 |
Should have been.....and who, disguised as Clark Kent, a mild mannered reporter..... | ||
| bottleviking Citizen Username: Bottleviking Post Number: 13 Registered: 6-2002 |
"Should have been...and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter..."(what does this have to do with old bottles...? Nothing.) | ||
| curb Citizen Username: Curb Post Number: 338 Registered: 1-2001 |
You started it, you tell me what Superman has to do with bottles. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5590 Registered: 4-1998  |
LOL! | ||
| joso Citizen Username: Joso Post Number: 137 Registered: 5-2001 |
We looked. It was filled with....... water. | ||
| curb Citizen Username: Curb Post Number: 354 Registered: 1-2001 |
A well, filled with water? Shocking! Yet moist. | ||
| Dave Ross Supporter Username: Dave Post Number: 5764 Registered: 4-1998 |
yes yes.... but what's BENEATH the water? | ||
| joso Citizen Username: Joso Post Number: 139 Registered: 5-2001 |
Mud. | ||
| buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 1130 Registered: 5-2001  |
When ever I plan a tree and dig a hole, I always find old glass (broken) and old (china) also broken. how do you go about finding this stuff? There is. | ||
| maggie Real Name Username: Maggie Post Number: 115 Registered: 5-2001 |
buzzsaw ... i imagine many rear as well as front yards of the older houselots in both maplewood and south orange, have sheet refuse deposits present. this is in addition to any abandoned wells or cisterns on the properties which might contain items discarded by earlier prior residents. a controlled, systematic sampling of the yard to determine areas of concentration, and then perhaps a few units of varying size (2.5x5 and/or 5x5 ft) placed in the areas of artifact density, and dug to sterile subsoil, would probably yield results. of course, most people wouldn't want to dig up their yards in this way unless they were planning a major landscaping effort. if you decide to move forward, happy digging ... maggie | ||
| SoOrLady Citizen Username: Soorlady Post Number: 202 Registered: 9-2003 |
You can also find some cool things when you renovate old homes - we found a Coolidge/Dawes campaing button inside a wall behind a kitchen cabinet. | ||
| Curt Wayne Citizen Username: Cswayne Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2002  |
I found a circa 1950-60 Avon bottle when I was digging up my backyard to put in a patio. I thought I was quite the archieologist (sp?) Lots of cool rocks too. Curt http://www.cswayne.com/patio | ||
| HarDen Citizen Username: Harden Post Number: 10 Registered: 2-2003 |
When we revovated our attic, we found a box concealed in the walls. It contained a former owner's papers, bank statements, personal letters. The family name is Wooley. The most exciting was a bill for dues from the Maplewood CC dated 1924. Any guesses on how much the dues were then? I'd like for the papers to be on display somewehre if there is interest. Who do I contact or maybe they will just email me. | ||
| Tom Reingold Citizen Username: Noglider Post Number: 1719 Registered: 1-2003  |
In a wall of our house, we found two invitations to an army corps reunion dance. The date was 1920. Admission was 50 cents, plus five cents war tax. Very cool. Tom Reingold the prissy-pants There is nothing | ||
| imacgrandma Citizen Username: Imacgrandma Post Number: 216 Registered: 5-2001 |
HarDen - My in-laws name was Woolley. I'm curious about where you live, as they lived on Prospect and on Claremont Dr. before they moved to Sea Girt. |
