Privy digging is the process of locating and investigating the contents of defunct outhouse vaults. The purpose of privy digging is the salvage of antique bottles and everyday household artifacts from the past.

Privy Digging is the excavation of the contents of old, filled in outhouse pits, to reclaim the bottles and historical artifacts that were tossed in during the time period as garbage. Back before curbside garbage pick up, folks just tossed their garbage, through the hole, into the outhouse pit.

2022年11月15日 · Outhouses are rich sources of historical artifacts for a handful of bottle collectors known as privy diggers. Collectors of vintage glass bottles often have particular …

As you begin to dig, always make the opening as small as possible, even if it's a deep privy. A mistake beginners often make the hole large, right off the bat. The general rule is that your success is inversely proportional to the size of the opening.

2013年12月28日 · check out steel probe for privy hunting on youtube or on google. Once you've located the corners or outline of the pit you can narrow your dig site down without disturbing the land or digging all over.

2015年5月19日 · Hendrichsen, 55, is among a handful of bottle collectors known as privy diggers, the polite name for those who dig for antique bottles buried in century-old feces.

2012年6月2日 · Privy digging is the process of locating and investigating the contents of defunct outhouse vaults. The purpose of privy digging is the salvage of antique bottles and everyday household artifacts from the past. Privy digging is a form of historical digging and is often conducted on private residential properties.

2018年7月26日 · With a little pre-planning, proper precautions and permission, bottle collectors can find treasure beneath modern-day feet. It’s called “privy digging” and it involves figuring out the locations of privies of the 18th and 19th century. Why privies? They could be filled with treasure. Before city sewer systems, there city privies.

2021年10月13日 · “Adventures in Privy Digging,” a digital series from WPSU, takes a look at a unique kind of amateur-anthropology that involves digging up artifacts from the sites of former outhouses and privies.

2016年9月16日 · Enter THE PRIVY DIGGERS in 2016. These intrepid amateurs are regularly invited into peoples backyards to probe the soil, locate the underground structure of the privy itself, and begin digging.