If you are just visiting and found the information you were looking for please contribute to the running costs by making a donation.	Forums : : Register : : Log In : : Log Out : : Help : : Calendar : : Search
	My Setup : : Member List : : Contact Admin : : Today's Posts

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Digging and Finding >> couple of hours,couple of bottles

Page: [1]

Login Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>

couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 8:55:10 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline In one of my local towns, theres the remains of what was once a great industry..limestone burning in great kilns to make the plaster that was sent by schooner all over the east coast in the 1800's.  It began in the early to mid 1800's and was over by the turn of the century.  After the last train carts were done dumping all the impure lime waste in massive piles by the river, the locals started throwing their trash on top of it. That's where I come in.   These lime piles have always turned up something for me when I have an hour or so to spare, and when I was younger, I found the remains of three different historical flasks here. I look around these piles every year. Got a few pics for you. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. Post #: 1

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 8:56:15 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline another shot of the piles and the view Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 2

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 8:57:30 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline starting to collect Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 3

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:00:29 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline This lid says "vantines"   and "new york"  has what appears to be two crossed flags, one looks like the Japanese flag, the other has a dragon on it. Wierd but a good early screw on lid. Anybody want to guess what it went to? I don't know. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 4

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:02:41 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline This turned out to be a Pureoxia, Boston crown top. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 5

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:04:27 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline As common as these are, this is my first whole one.  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 6

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:06:46 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Two marked china toy dishes, a midget cfjco lid, and a wyeth dose cap Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 7

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:08:05 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Can't read it all, but I never find them stamped...today I got two. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 8

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:09:30 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline another shot of the stamp Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 9

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:11:29 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline the second dish base...stamped but illegible Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 10

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:32:52 PM    myersdiggers1998   Posts: 504 Joined: 10/2/2007 From: northern n.y. Status: offline are you finding bottles at the base center or top of these piles? those ash hills could be sitting on top of an old town landfill. _____________________________ ,gordon myers dig and you will find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 11

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 9:52:48 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline At the top.  The topsoil has managed to cling onto the top of the piles, thats where any bottles that are whole sit, in about two to three feet of trash.  The hills are quite steep so anything that is near the bottom is broken.  _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to myersdiggers1998) Post #: 12

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 10:00:53 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline her's atoilet water I'm guessing. Not cleaned up yet Attachment (1) _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 13

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 10:07:25 PM    Digswithstick Posts: 529 Joined: 3/6/2008 From: north west pa Status: offline Hi Beendiggin ,awesome pics ,great finds too ,good luck on next dig,Digsws (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 14

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 10:18:09 PM    GACDIG   Posts: 208 Joined: 9/10/2006 From: Concord NC. Status: online I've dig emulsion before but that one looks old dude. _____________________________ Glenn YOU DIG IT ! http://www.geocities.com/gac3336/bottledigger.html (in reply to Digswithstick) Post #: 15

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/6/2008 11:57:39 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 4721 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline quote: This lid says "vantines" and "new york" has what appears to be two crossed flags, one looks like the Japanese flag, the other has a dragon on it. Wierd but a good early screw on lid. Anybody want to guess what it went to? I don't know. Vantines was a perfumer who was big in the 1920s. Here is another oriental motif product on fleabay ... http://cgi.ebay.com/VANTINES-Perfume-In-Japanese-Red-Laquer-Box-1920s_W0QQitemZ190216621233QQihZ009QQcategoryZ35984QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262 Yours is probably a face cream or some other scent/makeup product. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles 2008 Medicine Bottle Price Guide on CDROM http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/BottleBook2008.htm email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 16

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/7/2008 9:22:09 AM    cobaltbot Posts: 1540 Joined: 4/7/2006 From: Delta, PA Status: offline Looks like you have a great local place with some interesting old industry like my local slate quarries and railroad.  We have what's known as the dust mills, mountains of waste slate dust.  Does that affect the creek?  I'm thinking limestone creek is better than coal creek but hows it fare?  I think the toilet water is an oil bottle. _____________________________ My tombstone will read: He went out for a walk and never came back.... (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 17

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/7/2008 5:39:24 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline The condition of the river is fine because the limestone is all calcified at the base..it looks like the inside of cave walls or something. Kinda creepy formations. I've tried digging into the lime but it's just deeep lime.  There is an occasional pocket of cans and bottles but most of whats left seems to be near the top.  The riverbanks on both sides are littered with old stuff, so I jump around from spot to spot, year after year, hoping for an untapped area. It's fun but not too productive. _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to cobaltbot) Post #: 18

RE: couple of hours,couple of bottles - 5/7/2008 8:26:30 PM    beendiggin Posts: 545 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: offline Thanks for the info GuntherHess, I had no idea about that lid. _____________________________ Paul Let no cobalt skull that can belong to me belong to another. (in reply to GuntherHess) Post #: 19

All Forums >> [Bottle Forums] >> Digging and Finding >> couple of hours,couple of bottles

Page: [1]

New Messages No New Messages Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages

Post New Thread  Reply to Message  Post New Poll  Submit Vote  Delete My Own Post  Delete My Own Thread  Rate Posts