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Husband and wife amateur archaeologists unearth treasures hidden in 300-year-old Philly outhouses

A small group of amateur archaeologists in Philadelphia are digging into the city’s past — by excavating ancient outhouses. Armed with shovels, roughly 15 “privy diggers” are exposing and exploring ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Father and son find 'treasure' under outhouses

PRINCETON, Ill. -- A Mason jar dated Nov. 30, 1858. -- Two 1860s bottles from the William Lynch bottling firm in Princeton. -- Four green Rumford bottles from the 1870s. -- Amber bottles from a ...