I hear that! I would have likely brought all of those home too. Kind of surprised I see only one zinc jar lid. I usually pry out the glass insert and toss it in the bag. Lots of those.
Donating them is good. I hope the church makes some money and lots of people get to see them and maybe take some home.
Believe me, there were a bunch of lids but I generally throw 'em back unless I need one at the time or see a really nice conditioned one. The glass bail lids I keep.
I'd love to do more bottle digging but I never seem to find any spots for it, the little I've done was very fun.
We've posted tips on here in past posts on how to find bottles. Finding the old stuff isn't getting any easier, with all the building going on nowdays. Research and lots of searching helps.
One of these days I gotta post some of my stuff ( better stuff) I’ve dug through the years . I don’t dig anymore because I am old enough to have dug when you could dig pontil
age stuff in small one house dumps etc. Those days are long gone ; at least in my neck of the woods. The best way to dig good old stuff now is by privy digging ; but that is way to much work for me . Once deer hunting is over and winter doldrums set in I will post some pictures.
Lol! Yeah I loved digging the "yard dumps" because those are so easy and not deep usually. That is how I started when I was 14. Privies, on the other hand, are much harder and often backbreaking work, requiring helpers. I envy those diggers out east that do that. I generally just look along creeks, in woods looking for the shallow dumps anymore. It's the age thing.
Yes, DO post some of your finds, we'd love to see 'em!