In October 2002 I learned of the location of an old dump located behind an old farm house. I stopped at the farm house and spoke to the owner. He was a
very nice person and granted permission to dig in the old dump. He warned me that somebody already dug thru it and probably nothing left in it, but I was optimistic that the dump was not totally played out. It did not take long to grab my digging tools and head out to the dump and this time I brought the family with me.
The dump was located off a dirt road, and it was very enjoyable walk, probably a little less than a mile from where we parked the car. I have included a picture of the dirt road we walked on.
We started digging and we instantly hit bottles but unfortunately the bottles were screw tops and probably from the 1940's. Because the dump was located among a grove of pine trees which included an extensive root system the digging was pretty difficult. Persistence pays off and few good bottles popped out of the ground. We found some bottles from around 1880's / 1890's. It appeared that this dump was used from from the 1880's to the 1940's. Compared to other dumps I had been in this was a safe place to bring kids because there was no dangerous "cliff walls" to dig in or deep pits. The dump was located on level ground and the holes were we digging did not go that deep. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER DIGGING IN THE DUMP
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