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New Poison For Halloween - 10/31/2006 10:37:12 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Here is a new poison that I picked up today. My good buddy Gene dug this last weekend. I was there to see it come out of the ground, which was cool. I traded him two milk bottles today, and this cobalt beauty now lives happily in my poison collection. KR-38, Reese Chemical Co. Prescription 1000 For External Use Only. This is one of the most heavily embossed bottles out there. Deep cobalt blue, thin sides are ribbed. Not rare, but scarce and getting harder to find. A very cool bottle that I did not have before.  ~Jim Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. Post #: 1

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 10/31/2006 10:38:32 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline I hope there are a few more of these buried around here  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to Jim) Post #: 2

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 10/31/2006 10:39:48 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Last pic. These heavy horizontal warning ribs cover both narrow sides. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to Jim) Post #: 3

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/1/2006 12:42:16 AM    capsoda Posts: 7510 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Jim, Very nice poison. The wife says if you get tired of that plain old blue bottle she will take it.LoL _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to Jim) Post #: 4

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/1/2006 1:28:19 AM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Yeah, it is kind of boring...lol. The ladies really seem to like the cobalts (I know mine does ). There is also an emerald green version of this bottle that was for internal use and does not have the poison ribs. Now I gotta find one of those . ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 5

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/1/2006 2:13:54 AM    bottlediger Posts: 1307 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline never seen that one before! LOVE IT poisons are my fav. still looking for the figural (in reply to Jim) Post #: 6

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/1/2006 4:42:09 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Don't feel bad, Ryan...I have yet to dig a figural poison myself! The small cobalt coffins are dug occasionally and were made for a good many years, so I keep hoping for one. Amber would be even sweeter, but not as sweet as emerald green. I know I'm dreaming, but if I would dig an emerald green coffin, you would know right away because you would be able to hear me in York from 90 miles away . They actually do exist, but are almost never seen and list at $2500 in my book, which is probably a lowball figure. The Reese was on my "wanted" list, but I had never gotten around to getting one. They usually sell for $50-60 when you can find them. Not bad for a 20s-30s ABM poison. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to bottlediger) Post #: 7

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/1/2006 4:54:11 PM    bottlediger Posts: 1307 Joined: 2/19/2006 From: York Pa Status: offline hahaha I would be the same way if you dug a skull figural :) (in reply to Jim) Post #: 8

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/2/2006 12:20:01 PM    bigdinthedump   Posts: 16 Joined: 9/24/2006 Status: offline nice lookin poison Jim! It's been a while since ive dug one..im due for a skull figural hehehe (in reply to Jim) Post #: 9

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/3/2006 3:37:55 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks, Dave. A skull would be sweet. Sadly, they usually have chips or a hole in the nose when they are dug. Even so, they are still well worth keeping. I saw one with a huge spider crack that still sold for $400. The Reese is one of the nicest poisons from the 30s era. We dig tons of ribbed McKesson & Robbins bottles and occasionally a KV-1 or a Triloids at this 30s dump, but not many really interesting poisons. I'm still waiting for our 1890s dump to cough up a poison. That could potentially be a really good one! ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to bigdinthedump) Post #: 10

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/3/2006 9:58:44 PM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline That is so beautiful!!  I love the blue, in poison bottles. Where did the people usually throw away the poison empties? In the privey? (in reply to Jim) Post #: 11

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/3/2006 10:44:04 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Thanks, Sherry. Poisons are my favorites. Empty poison bottles were discarded anywhere they threw old trash. I have seen some nice poisons that were dug from dumps, privies and even found in old basements and attics. Poisons in general are a scarce thing to find, but they are out there . ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to Whisperingwinds) Post #: 12

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/4/2006 1:09:01 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline i got a quesion about the poisons i dont know much about them i like sodas mostly but anyway is yellow a good color for the coffin shaped poisons? _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to Jim) Post #: 13

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/4/2006 12:46:05 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline The coffin poisons came in cobalt, amber and emerald green. There is a series of modern coffin-shaped bottles that were produced by Wheaton. These come in blue, green, red, purple and yellow. They are considered reproductions, although they were not based on any real poison bottle. They were made in the 1960s and 70s. I do not collect them, but some people like them and they do have some value to the right buyers. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 14

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/4/2006 12:52:42 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline ok thanks now i am glad i didnt buy it i dont know what they wanted for it but im sure they wanted a pretty penny all the other bottles they had were priced about 10 times what they should have been _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to Jim) Post #: 15

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/4/2006 11:50:30 PM    Jim Posts: 2268 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Glad I could help. There are some unscrupulous antique dealers out there who try to pass off the Wheaton fakes as real poisons. Any coffin that is embossed with a wreath, or with R.I.P. is a Wheaton or other modern "fantasy bottle". If it's cheap and you like it, cool, but for any serious amount of cash I'd tell them to keep it. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 16

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/5/2006 12:32:28 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline you sure know your stuff on poison bottles thanks for the info ill be sure to let you know if i find anything i think you might want i dont collect poisons so you can have them _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to Jim) Post #: 17

RE: New Poison For Halloween - 11/6/2006 4:07:32 AM    Whisperingwinds   Posts: 211 Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline I want a bottle like that! Attachment (1) (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 18

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