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Surprise color in privy dig today - 5/19/2010 10:26:22 PM    crozet86 Posts: 684 Joined: 2/17/2004 From: Charlottesville va. / Buena Vista Va. Status: offline Me and a fellow digger went on a privy hunt in Roanoke today.After a hour or so we got a permission on a property that looked to date back at least to 1860's. We probed and found 2 privy's and decided to hit the bigger privy which was a 5x4.We took turns and got down about 4 feet and started hitting 1880 era bottles but nothing great just commons.Well, after we hit the 6 foot mark i was in the pit and saw a small bottle lodged in the wall and handed it out the hole.Mike said i cant read the embossing but it has great color.It turned out to be a common bottle in a uncommon color.It is embossed EAU DENTIFRICE DU DOCTEUR PIERRE ALONG WITH SOME TYPE ANIMAL ABOVE THE EMBOSSING.I believe this is a french pharmacy or cologne bottle that i have found before in clear.This one was a dark teal color at the bottom half and gradually turns to a emerald green near the top.I have never seen this type color change in a bottle before.Im not big on bottles not from the U.S.A. but this one has found a place in my bottle cabinet. I will post pictures tomorrow because after 10 hours digging i forgot my camera in my friends truck.If anyone else has seen this type color change in a bottle please post a pic if you can. _____________________________ CENTRAL VIRGINIA DIGGER EDDIE ROCKBRIDGE - ALLEGHENY ANTIQUE BOTTLE CLUB Post #: 1

RE: Surprise color in privy dig today - 5/20/2010 2:40:20 AM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9282 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online That bottle sounds cool,....can't wait to see a pic.             Joe _____________________________ 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 crozet86) Post #: 2

RE: Surprise color in privy dig today - 5/20/2010 10:09:02 AM    Poison_Us   Posts: 2801 Joined: 5/27/2009 From: Savannah, Ga. Status: offline Direct translation is:  WATER TOOTHPASTE OF DOCTOR PIERRE Just sounds odd...but there were a lot of odd things in bottles back then. _____________________________ Poison Us Member: APBCA ( www.poisonbottleclub.org ) Visit Us @: www.poisonousaddiction.com Looking for digging partners in/near Savannah. Be a friend. Give the "GIFT" of Poison. (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 3

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