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Old 05-27-2012, 05:50 AM
 
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So apparently you never know what might be buried a little ways under your feet around here:

Archaeologists find the past under our streets | TribLIVE

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Susanne Haney didn't expect to find a more than 200-year-old well with a nicely preserved wood pipe inside when digging beneath a Blairsville sidewalk that was being replaced. "This was an unanticipated and exciting find," said Haney, a PennDOT archaeologist. "You run into wells ... but not that large and intact with a wood water pipe." Before workers poured the previous sidewalk, the 30-foot well had been capped with a large steel plate that helped preserve the pipe, believed to be made of oak, Haney said.
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Old 05-27-2012, 06:57 PM
 
Location: About 10 miles north of Pittsburgh International
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So apparently you never know what might be buried a little ways under your feet around here:
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Old 05-27-2012, 08:44 PM
 
Location: Umbrosa Regio
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I thought it silly when I saw men roaming Flagstaff Hill with metal detectors, but I have since read that you can occasionally find some interesting things there. Not valuable, necessarily, but interesting.
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Old 05-28-2012, 04:41 AM
 
Location: Virginia
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I love stories like this. Makes you wonder what everyday things from our own lives will become fascinating finds in the future.
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