Sometimes if there was not any handy spot to throw the garbage, they just dug a hole in the ground and buried it. Most of the places that I dig are out in the country. The privy diggers are being successful right in the cities near old sites. I would love to try it, but have not had the chance to do it yet. I have recently found hundreds of bottles at a couple sites I have been digging.
Bottle collecting is a great hobby.
You never know what you will find. When digging I sometimes pause to think about the people who used the bottles. I have found historical flasks and some really nice bottles in the past. The internet has proven a nice place to meet some fellow bottle collectors. I started this web page to sell or trade a few of the bottles of duplicates in my collection.