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My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/1/2008 6:08:57 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Went snorkling in the local river again today with Chuck. We got some nice stuff and had a great time. Chuck is a human wet-vac, and has pulled up the bulk of the stuff so far. I'm learning slowly, but still spend most of my time flopping around in the current, and gagging on my snorkle thingy. I swallowed a gallon or two of questionable river water today. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. Here's what we took home, can't wait to go again Attachment (1) < Message edited by downeastdigger -- 9/2/2008 7:25:30 PM > _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com Post #: 1

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:09:44 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Layin em out in the sun to dry Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 2

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:10:42 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline I got the Kennedy's, Chuck got the Quakers bitters ( his second in 2 days! ) Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 3

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:14:16 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline My best of the day was this Boston squatty, pretty common, but I love diggin any squat soda from Boston ( can I still say 'diggin'? ), it feels weird to say I've been diving for bottles after all these years as a "land lubber" Chuck got the base of a half pint Masonic flask, and the bottom 2/3 of a really really early pontiled SMALL size wine, like 1790s Dutch import type. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 4

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:14:55 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline early wine Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 5

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:16:38 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Crunchy pontil, and held to the light it was whittled amber like New England glass, rather than green, but I dont think Stoddard or anyone made this style Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 6

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:17:37 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline need an ID on this lid, only says Patented, with two wire groove notches Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 7

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:18:33 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline bizarre crackly insulator. I don't think this is a type of glass, it just crackled to hell ! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 8

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 6:20:01 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline 3 meds including a rare one from Salmon Falls NH All for now. I got to go comb the pollywogs out of my hair. Good luck diggin everyone ! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 9

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 7:32:08 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2269 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi brim,  that is just too cool.   great finds.   lots of questions,  do have to be able to swim to do that?,  is the water deep?, does the water have to be clear?,  is the bottom mucky?, does your friend give lessons?, where is the pic of you in the water?.  to find all that in the water without haveing to be a diver is great.  good luck on your future flopping,    rhona   (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 10

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 8:55:34 PM    beendiggin Posts: 739 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Way to go Bram...those are good finds.  I wish I could say I've gone digging lately but I'm not finding any time....thanks for the pics! (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 11

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 8:57:11 PM    Brains   Posts: 487 Joined: 9/2/2006 From: Hilliard/columbus ohio Status: offline The crackel glass insulator probably got in a fire before it  ended up where you found it.  Eather that or it went through some form of extreem temperature change.  Post a picture of the other two insulators you got, they look like older ones. _____________________________ Let me know when the telegraph companies want their hemingray-42's back! bryan (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 12

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 9:05:40 PM    georgeoj   Posts: 102 Joined: 6/30/2007 Status: offline The lid is for a PURITAN fruit jar RB# 2425/26. It is a hard one to find. George (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 13

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 9:07:32 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Hi Rhona- It's a tidal river near an old village. Just about every town around here has some spot in it where old trash is laying around. The bottles here are between 1-15" deep of water. The water is mucky in spots depending on which way the current is going. I need a dry suit because I am just in my clothes diving, and after 2 or 3 hours I had the shakes, even though I didn't feel very cold. I still like land digging a lot better, but it's fun to have this alternative in the hot weather. Maybe if I hit a real jackpot down there I'll become a water guy, and buy a dry suit. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Brains) Post #: 14

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 9:08:15 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Thanks sfor the info on the lid George! I've been looking through my red book all dayand couldn't find it. thanks! _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 15

RE: Floppin in the river - got some goodies - 9/1/2008 9:17:11 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1676 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     Great stuff Bram,that Masonic would have been incredible.That Quaker Bitters is nice also. _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 16

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 7:28:49 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1369 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline My worst nightmare in my whole life is like a phobia - and it is to see or find a dead body under the water - AAAAAUUUUGGGGGGHHHH such a gross thought. So it has impaired my diving/snorkeling career, which I've slowly but surely been conquering - the diving down in to the muck and darkness looking for bottles. So Chuck and I snorkeled this river yesterday, and two days before that. So guess what was found this morning, not but 200 yards upstream from where we were diving? This isn't a joke ! What are the chances? http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/GJNEWS_01/809029959/-1/FosNEWS _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 17

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 7:47:10 PM    madman   Posts: 4823 Joined: 2/5/2005 Status: offline hi bram, great finds, i get creeped out about underwater stuff,  and finding a dead body is right up there, keep it up  i used to be a big swimmer, youll get the hang of it  mike _____________________________ always looking for eastern TENN sodas, milks and pharms, also anything from TOLEDO OHIO and MARION VA. (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 18

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 8:07:07 PM    adshepard   Posts: 200 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Way cool finds! A body underwater would not be my idea of fun.  We were doing a dive in Gloucester, MA a few years back when the Coast Guard came by to tell us that someone had committed suicide just up aways by jumping in the water.  Needless to say we were a bit spooked that we might find the body. Alan (in reply to madman) Post #: 19

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 8:10:57 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2765 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Bram....great finds.  Keep it up.  And keep posting. Madpaddla Love the stuff. (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 20

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