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Lifelong VT digger - 4/1/2011 9:48:22 PM    VTdigger   Posts: 329 Joined: 4/1/2011 Status: offline When I was young my father used to take to me a spot within walking distance of where we lived to dig bottles as his father took him when he was young. We found some pretty good bottles in this spot, a "Great Radium springs" bottle form Pittsfield mass being my favorite. I've been digging on and off until recent years when ever I could find a place ( I've picked several small dumps clean and lost a few to the building of houses private property etc.) Now it's become my passion as I search every river bed and wooded areas as I can as well as frequant 2nd hand stores tag sales and flea markets looking for old bottles. I have a few spots i dig and river beds  that have great bottles.  I found this site while looking for information on a Dr. William Kellogg bottle embossed on the bottom, barely readable, to tell the truth I didn't consider that bottle all that special at that time only that it was "Generic: but different and only because that day I didn't find much else but than I learned the history of Kellogg, and that's what I love about collecting old bottles, the history behind some of them from the Mrs. Winslow's morphine containing baby syrup to the intracate design of a free blown bottle. I just love digging and collecting bottles it'll be hobby til I'm to old to move. Post #: 1

RE: Lifelong VT digger - 4/1/2011 9:51:26 PM    blobbottlebob Posts: 3661 Joined: 12/20/2005 From: Wisconsin Status: offline Welcome aboard VT. Glad to have you. (in reply to VTdigger) Post #: 2

RE: Lifelong VT digger - 4/2/2011 9:13:02 PM    JustGlass   Posts: 1205 Joined: 7/22/2005 From: Green Mountains, Vermont Status: offline Welcome Vtdigger. This is a great place to show off your finds and get info on them.. Im also a life long Vermonter but havn't had the best of luck digging. I know Vt. has a lot of good bottles under ground but the bottles I seem to find are always unembossed and common. I have had good luck finding indian artifacts along streams, lakes and cornfields. Looking for arrowheads has helped me stumble on some old farm dumps. My best finds recently have been in local antique shops and flea markets. (in reply to VTdigger) Post #: 3

RE: Lifelong VT digger - 4/2/2011 9:29:45 PM    cowseatmaize Posts: 6467 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Eastern Northwest West Central area of Mass Status: offline Hi Jim and welcome, feel free to show what you got or put forth some well wanted wisdom. I've only recreated, crossed through or been lost in VT but it was all GREAT. _____________________________ Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati Eric (in reply to JustGlass) Post #: 4

RE: Lifelong VT digger - 4/2/2011 10:01:46 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: offline Jim,...Me and a lot of others here can relate to your love of bottle digging....Welcome, and I think you'll like it here! _____________________________ 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 cowseatmaize) Post #: 5

RE: Lifelong VT digger - 4/2/2011 10:16:19 PM    beendiggin Posts: 3005 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline There's a lot of impressive bottles from Vermont.  Welcome and good luck digging.  Post some pics of your finds if you can.   _____________________________ Paul (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 6

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