I tried to find that earlier thread...

[Standing Wolf]

...where we were discussing how some folks, particularly in the big cities, make a living by scavenging stuff off the street, etc.; I was going to revive the old thread, a la waltky, but I was unable to locate it. In that thread, I was telling @resister about a book I'd read on the subject that included a chapter on people who dig down into old, filled-in privies and such to find rare, collectible bottles and other things, but I couldn't remember for sure what the title of the book was.

Well, it turns out I did remember the title - I just didn't recognize it, from the Amazon description, as being the book I was thinking about. The book is called "Mongo: Adventures in Trash", and I found my copy while going through some book boxes in the garage today.

https://www.amazon.com/Mongo-Adventu...keywords=mongo

Fascinating reading.

[resister]

I will check it out. Treasure is where you find it!

[donttread]

We used to have private dumps all over with old bottles , pharmacy bottles,many times those blue ones. I wish I'd of saved some

[Kacper]

We used to have private dumps all over with old bottles , pharmacy bottles,many times those blue ones. I wish I'd of saved some

I could be the Bill Gates of old bottles had my my parents never bought me a BB gun/slingshot/pellet rifle/real guns.

[resister]

We used to have private dumps all over with old bottles , pharmacy bottles,many times those blue ones. I wish I'd of saved some

Some of mine from the riverAttachment 21188

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right...

... it's amazin' what ya can find...

... inna garbage."

[Common]

A friend of mine owned and operated a small demolition company, he became a multi millionaire over night it seemed. He tore down a very old textile building and in the process he located two sub basements, the last handdug. The basement the first sub basement were concrete, the third was dirt.

He found memorabilia and antiques that brought him alot of money. He continued finding valuable stuff in smaller quantities and retired a wealthy man.

[resister]

Granny says, "Dat's right...

... it's amazin' what ya can find...

... inna garbage."

In the garbage, on the ground, under the ground. Best score to date? 2,867$ in the garbage, at the car wash.

[donttread]

i could be the bill gates of old bottles had my my parents never bought me a bb gun/slingshot/pellet rifle/real guns.

lmao