What many see as trash, Ned Clarke sees as treasure. Traversing the western states, the Marin native searches through piles of excavated mud and dirt for remnants of the buried and unforgotten past, ...

W earing chest waders and armed with a flashlight, gloves and pitchfork, Nick Fredsall of Stockbridge is ready to start hunting. His prey — century-old bottles. ¶ The ideal day for a dig is the sunny ...