My upcoming search

Mottz

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• Jun 15, 2015

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I got sent to a jobsite today to start digging out under a house to put in a new basement. I was cleaning round the house for our beams to sit and knocked off a concrete lid. An old, buried cistern. Looks like it may have some goodies in it. Now to get to it to start collecting. Again, sorry for the big pics but they help show what's down there.

 

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hawgdawg

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• Jun 15, 2015

• #2

Good luck , you never know what you'll find in there .

 

SueK

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• Jun 15, 2015

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Great old milk can to start with! Can't wait to see what goodies you pull out of there!

 

TexasLurker

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• Jun 16, 2015

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Be careful when you dig - you might find some good bottles in there.

 

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sunrunner

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• Jun 18, 2015

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hell man what are you waiting for , I would be down there in two seconds .

 

SueK

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• Jun 18, 2015

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Any finds yet?

 

Mottz

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• Jun 18, 2015

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sunrunner said:

hell man what are you waiting for , I would be down there in two seconds .

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I can't get down in there with the homeowner lurking around. He's paying me to work LOL but by early next week, we should be getting to that side of the basement. Which means bust that bad boy open and see what I can find

 

Mottz

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• Jun 18, 2015

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SueK said:

Any finds yet?

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Haven't got to it yet but believe me Sue, I'm wanting to get in there. Sooner than later.

 

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• Jun 23, 2015

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Well, my hopes for cool finds was shattered today. We busted through the side of it and I started sifting through. My 1st grab was the milk can. But only half was left. Grabbed other cigar tins and such and they were all rusted. All that stuff that you see in the pics was sitting on top of muck and water that was still in the cistern. It was a mess that I was not expecting. 1 bottle that looked like a keeper broke as I pulled it out. So the remnants of the cistern are now in a farmers pit. But, I am lucky for 1 reason. I almost jumped down in there last week to get a look. Glad I waited otherwise I think I would of sank.