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December 16, 2011

Digging for treasure

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Silas & Levi's friends found an old dump in their backyard and invited us over for an afternoon of archeaology.  A very good time was had by all!

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The kids dug until dark and uncovered an amazing assortment of old bottles, many appeared to be about 100 years old, most still intact.  Besides excavation, they managed to squeeze in quite a bit of tree climbing, fort building and ninja fighting, what more could a child want?

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Look at this loot:

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A lot of the bottles are from the A.S. Hinds of Portland, ME, a company that manufactured skin creams from 1875 to the early 1900's, you can find many bottles just like these for sale on e-bay.  Looks like there will be some historical research in our future!

Posted at 06:18 AM in A Day In The Life, Learning All The Time |

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