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    I always wanted to hunt Jamaica Bay one day, alot of history there, alot of mud and alot of...

    I always wanted to hunt Jamaica Bay one day, alot of history there, alot of mud and alot of bottles in that mud.
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    Delta Mfg Co, Greenville, Miss.

    Well I can tell you the basics. What you have is a Hutchinson Bottle, that's the name of both the style of the bottle and method of its closure - the Hutchinson stopper, which is that piece of spring steal with the rubber attached to it. This type of bottle and stopper were produced from...
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    R. E. L. Gunter flask Enfield NC

    Nice flask! All I can tell you is it's likely from the 1900's-1910's...mmm then again it may be slightly earlier since it doesn't have the typical "Warranted Flask" embossing on it. Idk, were clear circle slug flasks made in the 1890's? Maybe someone here knows.
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    Hi from Fairmont/Morgantown WV

    Welcome! I've been searching for bottles since 2020, I have found one 1915 patent coke and one 1923 patent coke in that entire time, but the most fun is simply finding the mid-20th century bottles with the most obscure manufacturer marks embossed on the bottoms. Apparently Coca-Cola wanted...
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    Info on 1920s Flapper 9 oz amber bottle

    It's beautiful! To think that scantily clad woman was the daughter of a Victorian age mother who was likely shy to even show an ankle, let alone a thigh.
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    Apothecary bottles

    I know this one, Bell-Ans was a patent medicine formerly called Papayans, they were small candy-like tablets made by Bell and Co. Inc. It claimed to be a cure-all made from the papaya fruit but in 1909 the Journal of the American Medical Association did an analysis of the medicine's contents...
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    Any info on this WILLIAM UNDERWOOD & CO. BOSTON - 32 OZ Pickle Bottle?

    Looks nice, not sure on the year or value, someone here probably knows though.
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    Estate Sale What is This

    I think that's the stick used for a butter turn.
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    First find in a few years...

    Nice! I started finding bottles for the first time at the start of the plandemic too, wanted to stop, but kept being dragged back in by some invisible force, I see it's got you too!
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    Post-prohibition era white milk glass beer(?) bottle - help ID.

    Never saw a crown top bottle made of milk glass, that's so cool!
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    East Texas Creek Hunting

    Nice in situ pic!
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    What is this

    I believe it! Sometimes the best stuff is laying in plain sight.
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    What is this

    Wow! Always wanted to find an intact blacking bottle! So far I've only found fragments of them. Great score!

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