While some might deride it as dumpster diving, Greg Van Antwerp sees historical “gold in them thar” junk piles.

Greg Van Antwerp: urban archaeologist. Contributed photo
And on Sunday, Van Antwerp, a self-proclaimed urban archaeologist, will share some of his most interesting discoveries at the Westport Historical Society (WHS) from 3 to 4 p.m.
According to Antwerp, objects found in bottle dumps, at garage and estate sales, can be like messages in a bottle in that they have fascinating stories to tell.
Among the find he blogs about under the banner of Confessions of an Urban Archeologist: news clippings of a Connecticut soldier lost in World War II; the childhood home movies of a Broadway playwright; and memories of Westport.