Saturday, May 29, 2010

Local digger finds "Wolly"



This nice Wolters Bros fifth came from a TINY 2' deep privy on a LONG time vacant lot in an early residential area of Sacramento. This lot has been pounded by "Pro-Fessional" diggers, but the little pit was somehow missed. This bottle was popped out yesterday afternoon by my diggin' partner while I was busy door knockin' to seek permissions for today. I missed out on the fun, but did get a permish on a virgin yard in Alkali. The little seed filled hole held only 2 undamaged bottles, a Jos Hahn pharmacy and this bottle. Everything else was wasted. Go figure, it's usually the other way around. Nice job, Chuck, you 'da MAN!
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5 comments:

  1. Congrats, gotta give credit to anyone that scores on vacant lots these days.
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  2. Congrats Chuck and Mike! I know you guys both dig and dig and dig tirelessly regardless of the short-term results. It's cool to see hard work, local knowledge, and a little bit of luck pay off every once in awhile, eh? And it's especially cool to see something come out from an unsuspecting area/hole that a lot of people had probably figured was all played out...No lot is ever 100% finished until it has been aggressively probed, pounder-probed, and then the outhouse(s), well(s), cistern(s), test-well(s), little "Johnnie pit(s)," trenches, trash-pit(s), worker's pit(s), have all been dug. Then It can often make the difference if a lot is re-probed during a wetter time of year, re-probed, re-dug, and then re-ABD-ed by other diggers until every square inch of ground has been moved around....and even then it is still worth baby-sitting in the event something was still missed, like an under the sidwalk trash pit, drop-in pit, super-deep capped-off hole, floater pit, floater bottle, or low-point area.

    Great find! It is never easy to find a good whiskey!
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  3. I assume this 5th will be split between the two of you since you were out gaing permission for the BOTH of you at the time ?
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  4. Not really. I was not present when the bottle was dug, but was some distance away. Not to worry, I don't need a cut on that one.

    I did score a nice Cutter(T-44C)yesterday. It has a much older looking, very drippy, top. Too bad it's such a common one, but it fits in my grouping, so I'll keep it.
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  5. Good thing it was just a common and not a heavy ! A desperado that plays on stale vacant lots deserves to keep'em....
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