Peaches ~ And ~ Dreams
Love reading about Rob's finds up in Toronto ~ posts are intellectually written and the history is great! Keep digging! :)
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Dumpdiggers
http://dumpdiggers.blogspot.com
A low tech treasure hunter digs valuable antiques and collectibles in colonial age dumps.
- Author: robert hugh campbell
- Listed in: Antiques History
- Tags: civil war archeology treasure hunt antique map upper canada antique bottle
Recent Posts
Elfshot: Sticks and Stones, an Archeology Blog on Canada Blog Friends
Tim Rast writes Elfshot: Sticks and Stones, which is an archeology blog centered on his life and work in St Johns, Newfoundland. Tim is a modern day flintknapper and his domain is profiled this week on Canada Blog Friends.A flintknapper is someone wh...
Passion for the Past Antiques in Toronto
The writing is on the chalkboard out front of Passion for the Past antiques store at 1646 Queen St West (Queen and Roncesvalles) in downtown Toronto, Ontario. For ten years now the shop at the top of the hill has been selling fine china, dishware, gl...
The Canadiana Guidebook by William Philip Wilson
Among the many research tools that I treasure as much as my treasures, is a small paperback book published in 1974 by Greey de Pencier Publications in Toronto called The Canadiana Guidebook and subtitled Antique Collecting in Ontario. The author, Wil...
Glover Boys visit Meyersburg Flea Market
An article on Dumpdiggers.com details an Adventure in the Meyersburg Flea Market. The story explains how the youngsters sought information and transported a fresh dug amber cork top food flavouring bottle to that location for appraisal. Exploring the...
Manhattan Well Diggers Excavate Old America
Dumpdigging in Old American CitiesThat would be a good name for a book. Someone should focus on that subject and research and write that best seller; I'd only have to start an online discussion by which everyone involved can contribute their digs and...
A Dumpdiggers Perusal
This dumpdigger made a house call today, Sat Jun 10th 2009 the author spent a lovely Saturday afternoon with Dale Thurman, deep in the concrete jungle, east of Yonge St just below Bloor, and right in the heart of Toronto's downtown core. The wise man...
That Bone China post is wonderful! Those pictures are stunning! I inherited quite a bit of china from my grandmother and she would never have thought to throw it out - thank goodness! I was able to find some of the missing pieces (a gravy boat) on eBay - Excellent post yet again Rob! Always well researched and SO informative.
Posted: February 25th, 2008 | More Reviews From TreasureHunting | Report This Comment