My son's first privy

[DruggistBottles]

Unknown fruit jar 2. It was an amber jar. The embossing I can tell was " THE DA". Maybe it was a "THE DANDY"? I do not collect fruit jars but have come across some Lightning's and Globes before. The base of this jar was embossed "GILBERDS".

 

[DruggistBottles]

The next pictures will be of the opening of the purse...

 

[beendiggin]

Great dig, you are lucky to have a son to dig with. I took my two daughters out once, they didn't seem too impressed but still had some fun anyway. ELECTRIC BREW ALL AROUND!!!!!!!!!

 

[Basil.W.Duke]

another life ruined in the pursuit of glass ....LOLOL....congrats on ur first dig and have many more!!!! You did great!!!

 

[sandchip]

That's so awesome watching your son going after the glass!

 

[DruggistBottles]

In 40 years of digging I only had found one other thing that might have money in it. That was a little cast iron bank that I still have some where. Unfortunately the bank was empty. When we dug this purse I noticed it had a hole in it. I made sure we sifted the dirt all around where it was. No coins were found sifting. Being the purse was so damaged and rusted I did not try to save it. We carefully took the purse apart. The closure came of easily.

 

[DruggistBottles]

We found that the purse was made in France.

 

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The metal beads are heavy and greenish with some silver glint to in newly uncovered area. There was some kind of paper inside. I could not tell if it was just lining or if it could have been paper currency.

 

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My son and I were excited and hopeful as we opened the purse, bit by bit. In the end, after a little clean up, we knew what was in the purse.

 

[DruggistBottles]

Ok...actually nothing was in the purse. This last picture was what we had been hoping for. Still, it was fun to hope. Maybe next time.