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Quick report from Downeast Maine dives - 7/14/2008 12:03:43 PM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Been diving for bottles the last three weeks in the Eastport area. The finds have been awesome!  No photos yet as I only have computer access at the local library. Best find so far is an old ceramic pitcher with the emblem of the "Portland Steamship Co." on it.  Dates from about 1880 or so I believe.  It has one chip on it but look really clean otherwise.  Found a number of inks including an aqua eight-sided umbrella. Another nice find is a "W.W. Whipple & Co. - Portland, Maine" medicine that is really clean.  Only hit on Google for it indicates it is rare. Once I can upload the photos I'll post them. I have a few more days of diving to do before heading home. Alan Post #: 1

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine dives - 7/14/2008 5:24:20 PM    portland med. man   Posts: 303 Joined: 2/25/2005 Status: offline nice job sounds better then digging in the heat, the whipple is rare in the pontiled variant and can fetch about 500 to 650 , my friend just sold one for 550 i think...... cant wait for the pics. (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 2

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #1 - 7/16/2008 8:06:36 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Here is the first photo.  This is a pitcher from the Portland Steamship Company.  I've been looking for a decent item with any of the steamship company logos for quite some time.  I've hit a really nice spot on the dive site with a good number of circa 1880 to 1900 bottles and other stuff. Alan < Message edited by adshepard -- 7/16/2008 8:19:51 AM > (in reply to portland med. man) Post #: 3

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #2 - 7/16/2008 9:15:06 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Here is one with a nice green color.  Diving in Eastport is dark with rather poor visibility.  I saw this bottle buried in the mud and also filled with mud.  I could not tell the color underwater and thought it was just a typical clear slick.  The top was a little rough looking so I grabbed it just to make sure.  Once I got out of the water I was pleasantly pleased with the nice color.  There is a raised rectangular area for a paper label. Any ideas on what it might have contained? Alan (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 4

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 9:30:59 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Alas not the valuable pontiled version but here is a nice "W.W. Whipple & Co - Portland, ME" medicine bottle I found precariously located underneath a 4' x 4' x 4' concrete mooring block.  I use the mooring block as a navigation aid and will sometimes stash bottles beside it for pick up at the end of the dive.  On one dive the sand and mud underneath the block had washed partially away and sitting right under the block was the Whipple bottle. Alan (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 5

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 1:15:28 PM    capsoda Posts: 8088 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Great looking stuff Alan. Must be a really good spot your diving. The pitcher is an excellent piece of history. _____________________________ 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 adshepard) Post #: 6

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 2:13:46 PM    kastoo   Posts: 1329 Joined: 9/7/2004 From: Lagrange, GA Status: online You diver find the best stuff! Congrats! (in reply to capsoda) Post #: 7

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 4:38:24 PM    GACDIG   Posts: 231 Joined: 9/10/2006 From: Concord NC. Status: offline Good diving goods. I like the pitcher the best. Got more pics? _____________________________ Glenn YOU DIG IT ! http://www.geocities.com/gac3336/bottledigger.html (in reply to kastoo) Post #: 8

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 7:08:15 PM    arthur   Posts: 495 Joined: 5/15/2008 From: new river valley VA/WVA border Status: offline great finds  always be careful The underwater world has yet to be explored. Attachment (1) (in reply to GACDIG) Post #: 9

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 8:42:27 PM    CALDIGR2   Posts: 569 Joined: 6/20/2005 Status: offline Hit 'er hard. I love bottle and artifact diving, but the conditions aren't clear around here. We have braille diving in the local river. _____________________________ Mike Dig no privy before it's time. (in reply to arthur) Post #: 10

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #3 - 7/16/2008 10:44:45 PM    bathysiderodrome   Posts: 28 Joined: 8/28/2006 From: Texarkana Status: offline Funny, that embossment on the Whipple bottle looked like a weblink to me for a second. It looked like "WWW. WHIPPLE" something or other in the pic. That would have been quite anachronistic. (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 11

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #4 - 7/17/2008 8:02:11 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Found a number of inks this last trip.  Here are my two favorites.  I've been looking for an eight-sided ink for some time.  I found this one (left) on the first dive of the trip.  My wife keeps claiming it but she's not gettin' it! Biggest bummer find of the trip was a turtle ink with the top gone. Alan (in reply to bathysiderodrome) Post #: 12

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #4 - 7/17/2008 8:09:18 AM    glass man Posts: 2018 Joined: 1/30/2008 From: GEORGIA Status: offline HEY LIKE THE UMBRELLA ,BUT REALLY LOVE THE CLEAR INK!!! _____________________________ PEOPLE can you feel it? LOVE is everywhere PEOPLE can you hear it THE song is in the air WE'RE in a REVOLUTION DON'T you know we're RIGHT EVERYONE is singing ,YEAH THERE'LL be NO ONE to fight PEOPLE CAN YOU FEEL IT LOVE IS EVERYWHERE! "REVIVAL" (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 13

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #5 - 7/17/2008 8:12:48 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Here is another find.  I have friends that are about to have a baby so I'm giving this one to them. Mellin's Infant's Food - Alan < Message edited by adshepard -- 7/17/2008 8:22:23 AM > (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 14

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #4 - 7/17/2008 8:18:34 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline quote: ORIGINAL: glass man HEY LIKE THE UMBRELLA ,BUT REALLY LOVE THE CLEAR INK!!! Funny thing about the clear one is I had found it on previous dives but never taken it.  I thought the darn thing was just a salt shaker! Alan (in reply to glass man) Post #: 15

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #6 - 7/17/2008 8:25:28 AM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline One more for today.  Pretty common from what I can find but still a neat find. Genuine Sanford's Ginger - Alan (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 16

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #7 - 7/17/2008 4:57:40 PM    adshepard   Posts: 215 Joined: 8/11/2004 Status: offline Since I have time here is another for today. It's just a plain generic ginger beer but I love it nevertheless. Alan (in reply to adshepard) Post #: 17

RE: Quick report from Downeast Maine photo #7 - 7/17/2008 9:11:58 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1871 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline     Alan,    Nice finds!I really like the Whipple bottle,looks like an early one.I remember having another Portland druggist embossed Whipple Block,I cannot remember the name,though.That must be such a rush finding that stuff lying untouched for all those years.Keep us posted on your future finds _____________________________ 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 adshepard) Post #: 18

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