Apr. 27—LEWISBURG — You never know what's sitting just below the surface, waiting to be rediscovered. The Union County Historical Society is about to find out what's underneath the brick and dirt in ...

To be a privy digger in Philadelphia is to be part excavator, part flea market authority, and part pirate. First, you must be able to dig — sometimes 30-plus feet in rocky soil — to get to the bottom ...

Apr. 2—LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will be hosting a series of events involving privy digging throughout April. Master ceramicist Robert E. Lee III will discuss the treasures and ...

Grove (Rich) Bradbury inspects an antique bottle worth $1,500 in the basement of Randy Travers’ home in Maplewood, Minn. The two are among a group of Twin Cities collectors who go to great lengths and ...

LEWISBURG — Master ceramicist Robert Lee will be performing another privy dig at the Union County Historical Society Gallery, 15 N. Water St., Lewisburg, today through Sunday. The public is invited to ...

Apr. 26—LEWISBURG — You never know what's sitting just below the surface, waiting to be rediscovered. The Union County Historical Society is about to find out what's underneath the brick and dirt in ...

LEWISBURG — The Union County Historical Society will host a privy dig at the gallery at 15 N. Water St. in Lewisburg in September. Robert Lee, a veteran of more than 400 archaeological “privy digs,” ...

MASSILLON − Al Macdougall rubbed her fingers across the teeth of a cow that were unearthed on Saturday during an archaeological dig at the Spring Hill Historic Home. "Look at these monsters," the ...

To begin a dig, he uses a probing rod similar to the type that utility companies use. He says the soil changes in a privy site -- it's softer, and sometimes the probing rod will touch an artifact ...