This follows up on the last privy thread:130-Year-Old Outhouses Yield TreasuresThis time it's a privy in Ventura, California. Neat stuff they're finding:

And I found it strange yet interesting when I read in the article that it still stinks down there as they're digging.  I would have thought that the waste would have decomposed and blended in with the surrounding earth and materials to clear out the smell and bacteria.