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Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/6/2006 10:09:12 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Heres a topic for all diggers that I havnt seen covered - and Im sure the privy diggers will win this one, but you never know - whats your best (or, worst) heart breaker? Mines a very, cherry-puce, Lancaster Glass Works flask that I dug pieces of last year, followed by a broken, deep blue green, iron pontiled Dr. Townsends. How about you folks? _____________________________ J.D Post #: 1

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/6/2006 10:54:33 PM    Insulators Rule!   Posts: 273 Joined: 8/30/2004 From: Strathroy, Ontario, Canada Status: offline My biggest heartbreaker would be finding 3, count em, 3 broken Hamilton Glass Works wax sealers in 1 hole ( check your Red Book for those ones, i think like 250-300?). The best condition one had the base broken off, but the base was never recovered..... _____________________________ Kyle Collector of Insulators, Ontario marked bottles, railway memorabilia and signs of all sorts (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 2

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/6/2006 11:38:35 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Kyle - Ouch! I hope you got something decent out of that dig anyway. The day I found that Lancaster there was also pieces of a Cornucopia Urn flask, and some broken Saratogas. I think I looked heavanward at some point and said "Why do you mock me?" lol. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 3

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 6:01:58 AM    dirtflicker Posts: 938 Joined: 9/19/2005 Status: offline I have two heartbreakers that I remember well..... The first was digging all the pieces to a pontiled STODDARD Demijon (circa 1850's)....all 10 of them. The second was digging a honey amber Log cabin bitters...otherwise known as a drakes plantation bitters. I am certain there are more but those are two I can remember the best. DF (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 4

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 2:07:40 PM    PhilaBottles Posts: 1003 Joined: 9/25/2005 From: philad.A Status: offline the most vivid one was walking into a house during a house sale, and walking past a guy taking out a pontiled soda collection. Then i asked the lady how much she sold them for, then she told me 5 dollars. then i told her what they were worth. and then i left looking for the guy and he vanished. then i was left thinking. thinking. what if i got up sooner. i remember the blues and greens and oh man. (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 5

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 3:04:04 PM    skezix42   Posts: 1 Joined: 4/7/2006 Status: offline First time poster here. ....I have 2 major heartbreak privy holes. Both these were a few years ago but they're still tough to beat.<br>..#1 yeilded 2 pontiled Twitchells whole. The heartbreaker was a COBALT BLUE COLUMBIA EAGLE FLASK....all there in about 10 pieces. The pieces were my first pick from that dig.<br>..#2 The only whole bottle from this dig was a pontiled Turlington. The broken stuff included at least 3 different hist. flasks, 1 deep green,1 CLEAR, a graphite pontiled AGUA BARREL bitters,Greeleys if I remember correctly, TWO OPEN PONTILED DETAILED CABIN INK BOTTLES in DEEP agua with really long necks. (Never seen another like 'em ANYWHERE, not Covills not Watt White col., never). 2 freeblown AMBER SOUTH JERSEY mugs, pontiled. several pieces of various FREEBLOWN SOUTH JERSEY offhand pieces such as mugs and plates, and one freeblown SAPHIRE BLUE BODIED CREAMER with APPLIED AQUA FOOT AND HANDLE,pontiled. We figured this pit yielded $25,000+ in broken stuff.<br> Honorable mention was a pit where one wooden wall collapsed in and funneled at least 50 pontiled sodas (lip count) onto each other completly smashing all to bits, nothing whole. <p> Just last weekend I went to an estate sale and low and behold what is sitting on the glass table marked 25 cents each but 2 historic flasks. 1 a dirt common union eagle calabash and the other a GI-54 (Dyottville Washington Taylor) in DEEP CLEAR GREEN like a Congress Water bottle color, AKA Lockport green. Common flask but RARE color in SPARKLING condition. (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 6

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 4:35:38 PM    cc6pack   Posts: 483 Joined: 7/12/2003 From: Mableton, Ga. Status: online Don, Welcome, you know you can post the pics here also. Saw them on the ebay board, Nice. (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 7

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 4:47:44 PM    bottleboy311 Posts: 173 Joined: 11/22/2005 From: Central Florida Status: offline Back about 25 years ago in California, we pulled out an 8" Owl Drug Single Winged Square Colbalt Blue Medcine. Nice bottle back than it was worth $150 pluss. It is hard to find especailly in that size. When we took it out of the ground it was in one piece. However, 5 minutes latter, it was just sitting all alone, I looked at it and it was in four pieces. I figured the shock of coming out of the dirt broke it up. maybe the tempeture change had something to do with it. _____________________________ I was feeling sorry for myself because I had no shoes. Than I met a man who had no feet. So I said, .............. "Freind, can I have your shoes?" (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 8

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 5:12:12 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1154 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline My biggest heartbreaker was a quart Cobalt USA Hosp. Dept. bottle. I've seen those go anywhere from $1,800.00 to $3,800.00 in near mint condition. In the same pit was a broken Gem Butter Jar 5 lbs. They are around $600.00-$700.00. Can't remember if me or Pitfinder dug the shards but we were both there and we both cried. It was however, a very good pit to us so I harbor no ill feelings to the Bottle Gods. Kelley (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 9

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 6:50:52 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline bottleboy - Ive had something similar happen a couple of times. Now, whenever I dig a decent bottle, I let it sit in the cool dirt and "acclimate" for about 5 minute or so. It seems to help. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 10

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 7:53:20 PM    JGUIS   Posts: 1694 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline Does that only happen when it's a certain temp. out, or all the time? Is there a certain depth it will/wont happen? Frostline? (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 11

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 8:24:46 PM    woody   Posts: 1602 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: online Mine was an I. Newton's Panacea of the Blood. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 12

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 8:27:04 PM    Caretaker maine   Posts: 518 Joined: 7/9/2005 From: Scarboro Status: offline I found a dump in the middle of the woods with about 30 jugs smashed, if I knew what I knew today I would have pick up all the pieces and took them home and did jig saw puzzles _____________________________ go out and dig something (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 13

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/7/2006 8:38:53 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline JGUIS - Its probobly a host of factors. All I know is, summer or winter, since I started doing that, I havnt had as many cracks "suddenly" appearing ten or fifteen minutes after I dug the bottle. Maybe Im just superstitious. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 14

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/8/2006 12:47:09 AM    JGUIS   Posts: 1694 Joined: 3/18/2006 From: New Lexington, OH Status: offline I just wondered, cause the other day I dug a Hicks Capudine that looked great when I first pulled it out, but after cleaning it off a little while later, it now has cracks running all over. Sucks, cause other than that, it was mint. (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 15

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/8/2006 1:20:17 AM    pa digger   Posts: 92 Joined: 2/8/2005 From: PA Allentown Status: offline A couple of my heartbreakers, We dug a 30 footer in reading pa, it was packed with at least 15 feet of broken red ware plates. Non were whole but if they were i could of paid my home off and went on a big vacation and bought many great sodas. On that dig i did manage to keep a red ware bowl that i foung 3/4 of, with a never seen before patern on it. This privy also produced 3 broken pontil large chathedral pickle jars in dark green and 2 washington taylor flask one aqua and the other in citron. I was on another dig near ashland pa and dug a 4 foot pit that contained a f.j.brennan hutch in bright yellow that was in about 25 pieces. I also have dug my best broken bottles in easton pa, one being a large locomotive ink with one good size hole in the side of it . I have seen them go for as much as $7,000 and the house next door to that we dug a crown shaped teakettle ink in amethyst that had a 2 holes in it, a shame for that one as i could have sold that one for $4,000 with a phone call. Anyway the only thing to do is keeep on digging em, and hope for the best. Later PA Digger (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 16

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/8/2006 3:06:50 AM    baltbottles   Posts: 820 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: online Well I save the shards from any pontiled Baltimore bottle I dig. Mostly just to document any unlisted pieces. Heres the list of stuff from one box. Sodas 1. P.BABB / BALTo teal blue, iron pontil, pony shape, missing top, 2. P.BABB / BALTo, teal blue, iron pontil, soda shape, missing top, 3. P.BABB / BALTo teal blue, iron pontil, pony shape, bottom 3rd, 4. P.BABB / BALTo teal blue, iron pontil, pony shape, half of front and base, 5. P.BABB / BALTo aqua, iron pontil, pony shape, missing top, 6. P.BABB / BALTo, teal blue, iron pontil, soda shape, large hole in back, 7. P.BABB / BALTo in slug plate, apple green, iron pontil, porter shape, missing top, 8. COUGHLAN / BALTIMORE aqua, iron pontiled, porter shape, missing back half, 9. COUGHLAN yellow green, iron pontiled, soda shape, missing top, 10. COUGHLAN yellow green, iron pontiled, soda shape, fragment of front, 11. McKAY / & / CLARK / BALTo apple green, iron pontiled, soda shape, bottom half, 12. JENNINGS / BALTo teal green, smooth base, oversized early lager, bottom half, 13. F. & L. SCHAUM / BALTIMORE / GLASS WORKS apple green, iron pontil, porter shape, neck and shoulder, 14. F. & L. SCHAUM / BALTIMORE / GLASS WORKS olive green, iron pontil, porter shape, fragments, 15. C.A.COLE / COLE & CO. / C.F.BROWN – BALTIMORE / NO. 118 / NORTH HOWARD ST. sapphire blue, smooth base, ten pin, bottom half, 16. C.A.COLE / COLE & CO. / C.F.BROWN – BALTIMORE / NO. 118 / NORTH HOWARD STREET. Apple green, smooth base, ten pin, neck and front, 17. KEACH – BALT. deep emerald green, torpedo, fragments, 18. KEACH – BALT. peach puce, torpedo, fragments, 19. KEACH – BALT. aqua (very rare color), torpedo, fragments, 20. BOYD – BALT. yellow olive, torpedo, large hole in shoulder, 21. BOYD – BALT. yellow olive, ten pin, back half, 22. COUGHLAN – BALTO apple green, torpedo, missing top, 23. CHAPMAN’S / SODA. aqua, open pontil torpedo, fragments, 24. pint unembossed 3 piece mold porter strawberry puce, iron pontil, fragments, 25. pint unembossed 3 piece mold porter deep grape puce, iron pontil, fragments, 26. quart unembossed 3 piece mold porter deep cherry puce, iron pontil, missing top, Medicines 1. GEO. W. ANDREWS / BALTIMORE aqua, open pontil, hole in front shoulder, 2. STABLER & CO. – BALTIMORE cobalt blue, open pontil, fragments, 3. MANNS / EMBROCATION / BALTO olive green, iron pontil, fragments, Other 1. GII-29 double eagle flask deep amythest, open pontil, bottom 2/3rds, 2. Griffith Hyatt & co. Handled whiskey olive green, open pontil, fragments, 3. Baltimore Star umbrella ink peach puce, open pontil, broken in half, 4. 12 sided puce utility, open pontil, fragments, 5. H. WITTICH’S / MUSTARD / BALTIMORE aqua, open pontil mustard barrel form, botton half, Total from this box if all were perfect $70,150 I almost want to cry when i think about it. < Message edited by baltbottles -- 4/26/2006 4:50:52 AM > _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 17

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/8/2006 1:25:17 PM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Chris - Sounds like privy hole rock throwing was a spectator sport down there. Those would make a helluva lampshade - or a stained glass window - someday. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 18

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/8/2006 5:48:10 PM    BRIAN S.   Posts: 1464 Joined: 5/27/2003 From: The Mountains of Tennessee Status: offline Wow .... Chris ! Do you have nightmares at night ? LOL Man I wish we had places to dig around here like you guys do in the north ! _____________________________ Tennessee Hillbilly Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most ! Please visit my website at : www.bandbantiquebottles.com ( closed for a reconstruction ...should be back up soon ) (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 19

RE: Your Best Heartbreaker - 4/9/2006 2:20:42 AM    baltbottles   Posts: 820 Joined: 11/25/2002 From: Baltimore Maryland Status: online Deepwoods, I think they prefered to use brick halves here. I guess rocks were in short supply. We don't get many of them in the pits. Just tons of broken bricks and some whole ones too. Brian, Nope no nightmares, But many a dream were the bottles were whole. lol I can't complain i've had some killer finds. Chris _____________________________ Please visit my website at : www.geocities.com/baltbottles/index.html (in reply to deepwoods) Post #: 20

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