Finding Treasures: ‘Privy Digging’ is not-so-secret Trick of the Trade

With a little pre-planning, proper precautions and permission, bottle collectors can find treasure beneath modern-day feet. It’s called “privy digging” and it involves figuring out the locations of privies of the 18th and 19th century. Why privies? They could be filled with treasure. Before city sewer systems, there city privies. Nearly all were pits lined […]