Don Heard and J.J. arrive to excavate for the addition.

A. Manning & Sons – Blyth supplied the plywood.

First treasure unearthed near the well pump.

Stripping topsoil.

Remnants of the original house foundation.

“ Go get me some gravel “

Old clay drain tile for the foundation

Another one behind the shovel

Great digging, more foundation stones

Guess who got stuck behind the barn dumping material

Cleaned out along the previous addition foundation

Another treasure

Fill the truck, dump behind the barn for future use

Original house burned in a fire

Parts from the old coal furnace

Starting to strip the former addition

Stones and ashes from the old fire

Pots and pans unearthed

All done for now, we’re going home

Fencing to keep out the curious

Marked and ready for footings

We have to make access at the basement window

Things we’ve unearthed – blue bottles are Milk of Magnesia

Face cream jar I believe

Old bottles and a license plate

Sharpening stone unearthed

More bottles to be cleaned for inspection