19th Century bottle Digging. Digging up the past to preserve it for the future.

The Mine Shaft Privy (Revised)

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We did a tunnel job from a privy in one yard, to a privy in the yard next door.Supports were built as we dug on a angle to hold up the fill and ground above us.The pit we dug in the first yard was in 2007,the one your viewing now was dug in 2009.The owner recently put a stone parking lot in, and would have gave us permission to dig the property the normal way,but since his new parking spot was over the privy, that was out of the question.He told us,if you can get to it another way,go for it.That is what we did.I don't recall ever seeing this done in the privy digging world.So it may be a first. Now I know how the coal miners felt,on a smaller scale of course

Posted by Rick on February 12, 2009 at 3:07 PM 1286 Views

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Reply RICK
05:31 PM on February 16, 2009 
Ann we have full claim.if you get permission to dig,then its yours.We give a lot of the bottles we find to home owners,if they want any.So no one digs privy's in England? if that is the caseI will be on the next plane to clean up the old parts of town hahaha
Reply anne
12:29 PM on February 14, 2009 
Rick the video I watched was just great.I have never heard of this hobby carried out here in England. Maybe I could begin one too. smiles. Great work and dammed hard too. Do you have full claim to all my friend or has something got to be passed before you own anything you find like coins especially. Take good care and good luck. HugsxxxxxxxxxAnne