The Great 23rd Street Bottle Dig
This site was discovered by a club member after a wire manufacturing plant was demolished. Permission to dig on the site was obtained from the properties owners. The dig last for more than 9 months, in that time thousands of bottles were removed. Take a look at the 'what was found' pages, it was a really fun dig site.
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Following the seam .
Superstars of bottle digging.
Ken on his way to China!
Ken finds another beauty!
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Serious digging requires serious tools!.
Club members having fun!
Looking for the prime spot.
Well deserved break .
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How many bottles can you find in a day?.
Every hole produced bottles.
Digging is hard work.....
But worth every shovel full.
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Fantastic finds were common.
Ancient bottle miners dugout.
Dirt and happiness go hand in hand.
Working the pay streak!
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Jealous digger can only watch.
Vacation land USA .
Another nice find.
Sidewalk overburden.
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Begining of the end.
Fencing goes up, but we still get access.
The digging continues.
Dar uncovers a refrigerator.
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The pay streak (trash layer) .
Bottle nugget .
Cooler weather is most welcome!
Robert shows off his finds.
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Robert finds a very rare bottle .
"Cover me, I'm going in".
Screening pays off!
Deep into the trash layer.
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Making your oiwn shade..
Another days top finds..
Everywhere we dug, bottles!
Robert at the site!

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