Parlor City Pickers & Diggers

12/25/2024

12/18/2024

Stopping erosion in the 1960s. I remember seeing cars completely buried in dirt at different areas while out looking for digging spots. Usually in a small washout and all you could see of the car is one small piece or wheel. I always thought they were washed there from the big floods our area gets. I learned recently that it was common back then to just dump cars and fill dirt over them then plant trees. I bet they did this a lot in our area and is why it's just about impossible to find older dumps. Photo is of wellsville ny

12/17/2024

Picked up an incredible bottle a few months ago and forgot to post it. A light golden amber yellow c1850's Baltimore monument "Corn For The World" quart sized flask with an iron pontil. GVI-4 (I believe). Nice and crude example!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

11/22/2024

First snow of the year for us in binghamton.

07/16/2024

What do you think we found here, guys? Ryan and I (Shayne) were out searching for an old bottle dump site and stumbled upon this. The only entry is at ground level and a fairly small opening. Goes probably 5-6 feet down into the ground and rests at the top of a steep hill leading down to a creek. Thoughts???

07/15/2024

Went out today to a couple of small towns hoping to get into a privy. Got permission to over 10 different properties, all very good age, and just couldn't find a pit.. we didn't strike out completely, though! One homeowner, who ironically was the town historian, came out with this. It was found in the roof during renovations of the house she owns next door. Rough, but local to us!

07/07/2024

Here's a nice rare c1870's-1880's local druggist bottle fresh from the ground! This is one that none of us experienced collectors had ever seen before. We dug this pit a couple of years back with help from a local organization that granted us the permission to excavate the pits on this lot. All three pits on this lot are now covered by a new parking lot, so all of the artifacts we saved would have essentially been toast. Either broken or lost "forever". There were three of us on this dig and we actually found three of these bottles. Go figure!

06/29/2024

Shayne and Ryan out earlier scoping spots to dig.. Found this in a parking lot 🧐🧐 Privy? Cistern? 😏🤔

06/23/2024

New video up guys! Early pontil pit with bottles and other artifacts dating all the way back to the 1830's-1850's era. Check it out! You can search us on You-Tube or click the link in the comments down below 👇👇

06/03/2024

Throwback to last summer when I got my first V nickel metal detecting right in my grandparents back yard!

06/01/2024

We got a paver on the new UEHS tiger legacy walkway, so I had to go & break it in 🛹 🐅 🐾

05/25/2024

New video up guys! This pit was insane. Such a great variety and some REAL nice finds! We found this privy with the help of an old photograph from the early 1900s that actually shows the outhouse IN the photo! Link in comments below 👇👇

03/30/2024

Cleared a shelf off so my kittens could look out the window 😸 I think they like it

03/26/2024

Cool 1890s photo showing one of our local towns. Notice the advertising for sozodont and castoria patent medicines. The bottles for these products are some of the more common bottles we find.

03/10/2024

Was great seeing everyone at the Baltimore show today! Didn't buy much but had a good time seeing familiar faces and meeting some new ones as well 🤙🍾

02/18/2024

Check out our newest video. We get into an awesome saloon pit and dig some nice blobs.

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01/29/2024

New video up! This time we found something REALLY strange and unexpected! Probably one of our most unusual finds yet! Digging a deep stone liner privy behind an 1820's house in rural PA. Check it out!

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