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Contents still inside - 11/13/2011 8:39:09 PM    Zeppelyn   Posts: 31 Joined: 5/10/2011 Status: offline Do you have any interesting old bottles dug with contents still inside? I'm talking early 1900s at the latest. Compared to many here, I've only dug a few small spots, so some of you probably have a lot like this,  but I found these two bottles in different areas, one with the cork and some dried substance still inside. This is the original: http://www.hairraisingstories.com/Products/CAPILLARIS.html Unfortunately no label in mine, but there is a scrap of foil. I'm not willing to test it on my hair.. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: Contents still inside - 11/13/2011 8:43:48 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9804 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Not so sure what's in this one...Dug it this way. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to Zeppelyn) Post #: 2

RE: Contents still inside - 11/13/2011 8:58:56 PM    MichaelFla   Posts: 171 Joined: 7/5/2011 From: Florida Status: online Used to dig LOTS of bottles with contents still in them. Many with urine. Since I dug in a swamp, none of the labels ever survived, and I learned early to empty the contents while still in the swamp. I swear I think there were body parts in some of them! (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 3

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 5:56:15 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 11893 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline I have a few whiskey flasks full and some meds half full,I cant post pix now my pc is down (again) I am on my dads pc. when i get it back ill post some up.  hey your first name isn't Led is it? _____________________________ My web site. Lots of privy and dump dig pictures. Also dig story's I had published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector magazine and Western & Eastern Treasure's www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com (in reply to Zeppelyn) Post #: 4

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 6:00:40 PM    Wheelah23 Posts: 4293 Joined: 8/9/2010 From: Glen Ridge, New Jersey Status: offline Didn't dig this obviously, but here's a later Capillaris with label and contents... From my hometown! _____________________________ Looking for bottles from Glen Ridge, Montclair, Bloomfield, Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, and if I like 'em, any other bottles from Essex County NJ! Also Manahawkin NJ! Message me if you want to find them a new home. (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 5

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 6:32:27 PM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 983 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline I dug this unopened prohibition whisky flask this October. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm (in reply to Wheelah23) Post #: 6

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 6:34:38 PM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 983 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline Didn't dig these, but I found the flask in an old barn, and the soldering salts in a house. I love contents. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 7

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 10:00:42 PM    Blackglass   Posts: 538 Joined: 10/26/2009 From: Grafton Co. New Hampshire Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: Bottles r LEET I dug this unopened prohibition whisky flask this October. Does the cap on that say "National Distillers"? It looks very similar to one. I dug a whole bunch of those in the trash dump behind my house some years back. _____________________________ Looking for non-screw or crown top sodas,beers, & ect, BIM medicines, bitters, druggists, and anything hand blown and black glass. (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 8

RE: Contents still inside - 12/2/2011 10:09:08 PM    VTdigger   Posts: 329 Joined: 4/1/2011 Status: offline I dug a Paris Pefume Co from New Jersey,  dug from an early 1900's dump with half the contents and a cork,recently I noticed if I turn in upside down the contents seep out, I dug it this June or July and nothing leaked as I was cleaning it,I'm afraid the cork shrank or something and eventully the air will dry the contents out whats the best way to seal it back up with out messing the bottle up?  I think it's just another embossed bottle with out the contents that make it look different. ( and by the way the liquid still smells a bit "perfumey." after 100+ years.) < Message edited by VTdigger -- 12/2/2011 10:10:45 PM > _____________________________ If there is a bottle... I will find it. Looking for Local embossed bottles from Bennington VT and Bennington county (in reply to Blackglass) Post #: 9

RE: Contents still inside - 12/3/2011 8:06:18 AM    bottlediger Posts: 2367 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline if you do not keep a bottle on its side the cork will dry out, best way to preserve contents is to melt wax and dip the top a couple of times. Yeah baby Ryan _____________________________ Professional Tumbling Services Digger Ry Style My Tumbling Page (in reply to VTdigger) Post #: 10

RE: Contents still inside - 12/3/2011 9:28:55 AM    Bottles r LEET   Posts: 983 Joined: 2/12/2011 From: Plainfield, New Hampshire Status: offline VTdigger, Cover the cork in hot wax. When it dries, it will have an airtight seal. Blackglass, The cap says old quaker on it. < Message edited by Bottles r LEET -- 12/3/2011 9:29:15 AM > _____________________________ Ryan MacLeay Looking for 'Vehicles in the Bush' pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Old-Truck/m-476657/tm.htm Also looking for Abandoned House pictures. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Abandoned-House/m-495368/tm.htm (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 11

RE: Contents still inside - 12/6/2011 1:18:58 PM    Dabeel Posts: 849 Joined: 3/12/2004 From: Baltimore origin, Now the Bay Area,CA Status: offline When I lived n Sacramento, I was able to dig a section of the old Philadelphia House. The remnants of the boarding house kitchen had piles of plates, some peppersauces and several cruet(fancy sauce bottles). This one was probably thrown out because the glass stopper was broken off inside the neck........thereby sealing in the contents of what I guess to be steak sauce because of the brown murky spice filled liquid inside. I never want this to be opened as the smell might knock me out after 140+years of sitting...haha. Doug Attachment (1) (in reply to Bottles r LEET) Post #: 12

RE: Contents still inside - 12/6/2011 9:20:06 PM    epackage Posts: 9805 Joined: 5/3/2009 From: Jersey Status: online Interesting that people want to keep contents which or may not be unknown in the bottles they find, considering some of the "stuff" that may actually be in the bottle I would rather dump it or leave it personally. There are alot of things out there that can be harmful to us all...Jim _____________________________ I WANT PATERSON NJ BOTTLES !! Being NICE for the SAKE of OTHERS !!! (in reply to Dabeel) Post #: 13

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 10:13:53 AM    Mike O Posts: 758 Joined: 12/26/2005 Status: offline Here is a couple that I have, 1st one is an ABM clear labeled bottle Bees Laxative cough syrup!   I guess they didnt know weather they wanted to market it as a laxative or for coughs  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Some days i'm a digging fool, Some days i'm just a fool digging! What willl I be today? (in reply to epackage) Post #: 14

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 10:20:11 AM    Mike O Posts: 758 Joined: 12/26/2005 Status: offline Here is another, It is an early open pontiled med with full contents cork and wax cover over the cork.  This one is a Thomson's compound syrup for consumption Philad. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Some days i'm a digging fool, Some days i'm just a fool digging! What willl I be today? (in reply to Mike O) Post #: 15

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 12:10:05 PM    KBbottles Posts: 1445 Joined: 2/24/2010 From: South Brunswick, NJ Status: offline Some of that gunk is the worst stuff ever to clean out!  ive ruined many brushes and have had to scrub drains and sinks.  When the tar-like substances are in there, I often rinse and repeat with warm water and dish detergent multiple times and try to use all sorts of different cleaners.  Such a pain! (in reply to Mike O) Post #: 16

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 12:11:06 PM    Dabeel Posts: 849 Joined: 3/12/2004 From: Baltimore origin, Now the Bay Area,CA Status: offline That's a nice one Mike....did you find it in a barn or attic? or buy it at a show? Doug (in reply to Mike O) Post #: 17

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 1:16:46 PM    Mike O Posts: 758 Joined: 12/26/2005 Status: offline That came from a Heckler auction, Seems to me he had like 1/2 a dozen or so that came from an attic someplace in Ohio along with many many other NOS bottles   Mike _____________________________ Some days i'm a digging fool, Some days i'm just a fool digging! What willl I be today? (in reply to Dabeel) Post #: 18

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 1:35:14 PM    d12016466   Posts: 111 Joined: 1/4/2011 Status: offline I found this bottle diving off of newport ri. still had the cork and it's contents. I still have the gin in my freezer and it didn't freeze so I guess it's 50% or better. Attachment (1) (in reply to Zeppelyn) Post #: 19

RE: Contents still inside - 12/7/2011 2:38:11 PM    bottlediger Posts: 2367 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline You should try the Gin! Ryan _____________________________ Professional Tumbling Services Digger Ry Style My Tumbling Page (in reply to d12016466) Post #: 20

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