Wow! What a find!
Kinda surprised they found it in a well, though. The best arky finds by far come from one place - the crapper!
......Kinda surprised they found it in a well, though......
It was a very early excuse...... the well ate my homework.
They've already excavated the crapper at Jamestown. Found a couple of cell phones is all.
Yeah, folks threw all sorts of thing down the hole. I have friends who seek out old crappers and dig them out looking (primarily) for old bottles. Not exactly archeology, but the right bottles are worth a lot of money. It's not easy work, though, and even after 200 years, the crap can still be pretty nasty.
I live in a 200+ year old house. I still haven’t found the original privy (probably under that huge apple tree in the yard!)