bottle dumps

 

 Now ya just might have a very good dump site.  Won't take to much digging to find out, broken glass, look for air bubbles, even grains of sand in the glass also, helps to indentify older dumps. I have dug several old sites from virginia, kansas, florida, now washington. Can tell ya that dump digging is fun and just full of good keeping artifacts. I like to use a welding rod type probe when I start hitting bottles, small hand digging tools are prefered. Don't go into it to much with shovels and not at all picks. Any old spray paint cans you might find have one marble in them, usually old perries, but some great colors.  Have fun with this one.

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Golddiger,
 A plastic shovel, good idea. I use a big plastic coal shovel for snow.  Your idea is worth trying out. when I dig into a dump site, I am never in a hurry, nice and slow.  At times i even use a stick or tree branch to dig into the side banks.

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Interesting way of detecting bottles check this out:

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	Snipper/sniper, whatever! That could be him... when did you last see him? And did he give a name.... I can give you a set of 4 initials, which are unusual as most people only have 3 or even 2 sometimes. I have not been in that area since about 1998, when I had a shared B-day party with a friend in Keremeos. If you see him now and  then and the initials match, I can give you a snailmail address as well as email, on the email connection here. If he has not become totally antisocial, he might send me a letter.... if it is he-who-I-seek.  Did he use Mike as a nick name?? If it aint him.... well, good try!  I wonder how Bromley Rock got its name.... I have Bromley's in the family tree. goldigger

Chances are I'll not run into anyone from the Princeton or Keremeos area, we sold our BC property and moved to Manitoba 3 years ago. Most of the folks I know are from the Reserve  and they are not the least bit interested in prospecting or treasure hunting.

My daughter lives in Princeton, actually up the Osprey Lake Rd, 30 km from town. She like gold and other things that shine, but not old enough to be out prospecting.

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Yes the Princeton and Tullameen areas are interesting, Some of the guys I know from Hedley dig around the roots of trees along the river and are finding some good sized gold flake.

The only thing I ever found in Keromeos was a rattle snake and it scared the hell out of me, I was hauling scrap cars and there was a pile of old rims I was throwing inside the car for weight, under a nice warm rim was this big snake.

When ever I come across large snakes in the Okanagan I don't care if it's a rattler or a harmless bull snake I keep my distance.

Sorry I could not help you make contact with your friend. You might make a telephone call to Rod Montcreft AKA Patch he's a long time resident of Hedley. He owns the large building with all the old junk laying about and he has a pottery shop inside where he make clay pipes for the addicted.

Have you ever been up the Hedely creek to visit the Monk who was living in one of the old mine tunnels.

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