Did some July digging over the summer, went on another fantastic Cap-Sealed adventure. This time to Big Sky country.
It was planes, trains, and automobiles, on Friday morning, took the 6:10am train to Chicago's, Ohare airport, on through Dallas and then on to Salt Lake City. where I met up with Ed Scoglietti, from New Mexico, and Bill Lindstrom, from Texas. They had already rented a truck and were ready to roll when I landed. From there we drove on up to Steve Armstrong's place in Idaho Falls. We were joined by Jim "Conehead" Hall who drove up from Utah. So, Friday evening we picked up supplies and packed the trucks. Saturday morning, we were on our way, a week of camping and digging in the historic Rocky Mountains of western Montana. Yeah Baby!! Here's a bunch of pictures of our summer adventure.
- Big Sky Dig
As we headed to our first destination, the old map showed a road on up to where we wanted to go, after several miles on this gravel road we were forced to turn around as this road is now private property and would not allow us to pass. We re-routed and found another road up the mountain after several miles down this road we got a flat tire on the rental truck.
- Flat Tire
Turns out this truck had four different tires on it, and the one with the flat was only like four-Ply. But the spare was good once we figured out how to get it down. We changed the tire but didn't want to get to remote without a spare, So, Ed and Bill Drove back about fifty miles to get a new tire. Steve, Jim and I went on ahead in Steve's truck, those guys would meet up with us later.
- Looks like a good place to stop
Jim digs some Pre-Pro Bottles
- Pre-Pro Blatz Bottle
I find a 30s pit Pabst Exports, pit was full of water must have been a spring, color was good but the seems and lids were gone on most.
- Pabst OIs
- Buck Mule deer
Bill and Ed caught up to us, they only lost about three hours.
- first camp
We found a few common cans in this area, Great Falls, some Highlanders, we decided to move on to a different location.
- Dental Floss Tycoon
- Edible, yellow coral mushroom
Another tire in our rental had a slow leak, we decided to get it plugged.
- Getting a tire plugged
- Back on the road
- Big Sky
Late in the afternoon we make it to our next camp.
- 2nd Camp, I think we got gophers
Right at our site Steve noticed a big depression, and then bleeped four other pits.
- First pit, 30s cans, Drewry's Lager OIs
This 30s pit had Drewry's lager ois, that did not excite me much, I didn't cpme all the way to Montana to dig Drewrys Lagers. But I did keep one are the semi-metalic var. I dug the pit next to this one.... just food cans and bottles.
- Jim picks a pit
- The guy's stat digging the big one
Jim tried to hold out from telling us till he pulled up a better one but he couldn't hold his excitement. He dug a Butte Special low pro! WOW! we were all so excited, especially for him, Conehead Jim digs the rare Montana cone, great moment. though the cone is missing looked good right out of the ground.
- Whoo Hooo!! Jim Digs Butte Low pros
- a quick rinse
- any more?
- Ed pulls one out!
we end up pulling three out of the hole with three or four rough Highlander cones.
