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On the subject of bones - 10/20/2005 7:32:08 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline A Mastadon was just uncovered in a park I sometimes visit to go bottling. In downtown San Jose,Ca. Now that was a find! Now I just have to ask If anyone has ever unearthed any fossils while digging. _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. Post #: 1

RE: On the subject of bones - 10/22/2005 1:28:25 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2019 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline DIGINIT...I have dug a couple of fossils/artifacts... Posted about them on this thread.... http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Last_Thing_I_Expected/m_27712/tm.htm I have a couple of boars's tusks I also dug and what looks like a petrified turtle's claw/toe... I need ta take some pics of them, I reckon. Seems I dig a lot of cow bones around here,too. But, I didn't keep any of them...LOL _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to diginit) Post #: 2

RE: On the subject of bones - 10/23/2005 3:22:25 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2019 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline Here's the tusks and "turtle claw." Attachment (1) _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to diginit) Post #: 3

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/4/2005 9:47:47 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Great thread Whiskey! was that a Schofield model 3? great find. This is the only fossil I've dug. 30 miles inland. Hey-It's California. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 4

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/4/2005 9:49:22 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline And my Irock. Just for grins and giggles. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 5

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/5/2005 12:03:09 PM    BottleArchaeologist   Posts: 296 Joined: 6/30/2005 From: San Marcos, Ca Status: offline Diginit, The shell fossil you have is a scallop in the spiecies Argo Pecten. It is a long extinct form of scallop common to California. :o) BA (in reply to diginit) Post #: 6

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/6/2005 12:19:41 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 730 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline Great fossils, and great eye rock. A guy from Columbus Ohio, who's a member or the Yahoo group "Privydiggerpit" dug a 4-inch fossil tooth not too long ago. He still doesn't know what it is. It came out of a privy. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 7

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/6/2005 9:45:34 PM    BottleArchaeologist   Posts: 296 Joined: 6/30/2005 From: San Marcos, Ca Status: offline A 4 inch fossil tooth in a privy to me suggests Wild Boar. Unless of course that it was in someones collection. Im going with Boar.......having not seen it. BA (in reply to diginit) Post #: 8

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/12/2005 9:52:04 PM    tristian bottle   Posts: 142 Joined: 5/31/2005 Status: offline hey BottleArchaeologist i know this is not on subject but where will i find the chart that lists some of the worthles bottles thanks kristian dawe (in reply to diginit) Post #: 9

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/12/2005 11:59:05 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Here ya go Tristian. Aspirin Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, though labeled examples and sample sizes have some value. Avon Bromo-Seltzer Dr. W.B. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin California Fig Syrup Capudine Carbona Celery-Caffein Certo Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy Clorox Citrate of Magnesia Dalby's Carminative Duffy Whiskey Edison Battery Oil Father John's Medicine, Lowell, Mass Frostilla Grolsch Beer I.W. Harper (whiskey) Heinz Hick's Capudine (a Raleigh NC product) Hoyt's Cologne Javex Jim Beam (click link for more info) Dr. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy Dr King's New Discovery for Colds Lea & Perrins Listerine Lydia Pinkham's Medicine Lysol Murray & Lanman Florida Water (unless labeled or pontilled) Mellin's Food Milk of Magnesia (any brand, including Phillip's) Minard's Liniment Pinex Dr. Pitcher's Castoria Pond's Extract Purex Sauer's Extract Scott's Emulsion (some bottles embossed with fish) Three-In-One Oil Vaseline Vick's Watkin's (usually furniture polish or some other household product) Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup (but the pontilled examples are valuable). General tips on identifying other common/worthless bottles: Any bottle with "WHEATON" on the base is a reproduction. Medicine or whiskey bottles with no embossing and no label are typically worthless unless they come in an unusual color like citron or puce. Most screw cap bottles are worthless. Noteable exceptions are White House and Speas Vinegar. _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 10

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/13/2005 6:11:13 PM    O.T. digger   Posts: 125 Joined: 3/23/2004 From: KINGFISHER OKLAHOMA Status: offline I live in central Oklahoma, and My friend once found the lower jaw of a mammoth, and then another bottle digger that lives down in southern Oklahoma who I Know found a four five foot long one foot wide dinosaur bone, this are the rarest finds I know of we usually just fing buffalow skulls and stuff like that along with plenty of cow bones. (in reply to diginit) Post #: 11

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/15/2005 4:20:34 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Wa. State clam, ate too much sand. Attachment (1) (in reply to diginit) Post #: 12

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/15/2005 4:21:28 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Wa. State clam, ate too much sand. Attachment (1) (in reply to diginit) Post #: 13

RE: On the subject of bones - 11/15/2005 4:22:55 AM    David E Posts: 995 Joined: 5/24/2004 Status: offline Now it is a rock Attachment (1) (in reply to diginit) Post #: 14

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