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Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:17:01 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Hi all. first time on the forum. I'm working a turn of the century - 1950's dump and getting some valuable milk bottles. Just scratched up this interesting amber that I'm not too sure about. It has a measuring line embedded in a concave rectangle. Above and below the line are arrows pointing at the line and "1/2" written at both ends. The only info I can find is that these are used for mixing oil or dressings for cooking? Is this the right track? Thanks for your help Yooper Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:20:27 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline this is a CERTO bottle...had something to do with home preserving...canning,etc...Also occurs in 7up green.... (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 2

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:26:51 PM    chrisboyles   Posts: 58 Joined: 3/16/2005 Status: offline I also have one of these except mine says certo and has a line that says fill to here for half of cup. Are they common>? (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 3

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:29:28 PM    preditor   Posts: 173 Joined: 1/19/2004 From: Ellenboro NC Status: offline I have one also , it says certo but i didn't have a clue what it was Preditor (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 4

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:30:30 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline The amber is common...I have seen only a few of the green. Both are valued under $5.00 (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 5

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:33:09 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Fantastic, everyone! Very quick and courteous replies. I'm sold on this site!! (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 6

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:35:51 PM    DiggerBryan   Posts: 803 Joined: 12/3/2004 From: Ohio Status: offline So, that is what those bottles were. I'm not kidding you I have dug up 35-40 of these bottles in just ONE of the dumps I am digging. I haven't kept any of them, just put them back into the ground. I actually started throwing them over a hill at one point. (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 7

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:37:22 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Here's an ad I just found for Certo. Interesting...you can see the bottle at the bottom...must've had a label on the smooth edge? Attachment (1) (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 8

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/25/2005 10:45:14 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2012 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline YOOPER...WTG on finding the ad so quickly !! I keep a few Certos...like the green...and also have a couple in yellow amber...They'll maybe become like other bottles thrown back in the early days of the Hobby: Collectible , and then we'll be re-digging our old dumpsites to recover them...LOL. (of course I'll probably be permanently in the ground by then). (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 9

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/26/2005 5:38:34 AM    woody   Posts: 1615 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Certo is a fruit pectin. It helps to make jelly/jam solidify when you make it. Otherwise, it would run like water. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 10

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/26/2005 4:49:01 PM    glopf43   Posts: 190 Joined: 12/17/2004 From: NORTH CAROLINA Status: offline Hey Yooper14, That Ad is SOOOO COOOOL !! It makes me laugh every time I read it. What a HOOT ! Boy were things different! "PC" would never let you get away with that now days... _____________________________ Keep Those Fingernails dirty, *GARY* ~Diggermeister~ (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 11

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/26/2005 5:57:38 PM    reb2gen   Posts: 1 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Staunton, Va Status: offline Hi there. I'm new to the site and boy am I happy to have found people that love to dig as much as I do. I also have this bottle and didn't know what it was.....Thanks!! (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 12

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/26/2005 7:28:32 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline glopf43... Yeah, I thought the same thing! Sure was a different world! You'd have a lawsuit, divorce, and domestic disturbance on hand today with that behavior! Huh. Yooper (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 13

RE: Amber with measuring line? - 4/26/2005 11:41:17 PM    BRichardson5   Posts: 376 Joined: 8/29/2003 From: Pacific Northwest Status: offline These bottles are most common on old farms- I have dug at least one at EVERY single dig site over the last two years. They really add up- most get chucked but i've kept a few in light honey amber- hopefully they will one day be sought after. (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 14

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