Piqued your interest with the title, didn't I? We live in a house built in 1951 and recently had to replace the retaining wall that was close to falling down in front of our carport. The wall is roughly 4 feet tall, so when they pulled down the concrete blocks we were faced with a wall of dirt...and other things...
Any guesses on what this is? Image Jon Bryant.
Well it turns out that the pocket of dirt held some interesting "treasures" for us - gifts from the past that created more questions than answers. So, what did we find?
Buried "treasures". Image southern giftologist.
The yellow-wheeled thing is what remains of some child's toy - yes, the red horse eyes are more creepy in person. But to me, the most interesting items are the glass bottles we found in that same pocket of dirt about 2 feet below the surface. The tall glass bottle on the left in the above picture is an old Breck shampoo bottle from around the early 60s. We also found a Merle Norman glass jar, an old Vicks Vaporub jar and a few random others.
Oh, did I fail to mention the creepy half Santa head? Anyway, while a couple of the items were on the "so weird" scale, it raised some interesting questions about how this stuff ended up in the dirt. I've heard people had trash piles back in the day and just covered their trash with dirt - I guess for futuristic folks like us to find. On the whole, it was a pretty cool surprise. Now if I can figure out how to get these bottles all cleaned up, they'll make interesting conversational pieces.
Anyone in need of a half Santa head???