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craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:33:14 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    Well this adventure started out on Saturday but when you dig with a 74 year old and a guy with a bad back you may need two days. I'm not putting down our "Senior Citizens" but I'd much rather dig with the able bodied. Now that I got my whining out of the way, here's the story. I went to Wheeling W.Va.  and we peeled up a little black-top in a parking lot. It was a 4'x8'x12' hole. we dug a common Wheeling hutch  a few John C. Baker Bottles from Philly and a few druggists from Wheeling. There was a lot of broken bottles in the hole from the weight of the 4 feet deep clay cap. there were a couple of cracked and broken squat sodas and a broken Pikes peak flask. We got about half the hole dug and it was getting late. the guys I was digging with wanted to fill it back in but I wasn't having no parts of that idea! They both had plans for the next day so I begged my brother to help me finish it. So 6AM yesterday morning CraigC90 showed up at my house all bright eyed and bushy-tailed. We made the 35 minute drive down river and opened the hole back up. I spent the first two hours filling buckets with clay from the undug side of the hole. when we had enough uncovered I thought it only right to give my brother the use layer. Not much good came from it though as we only dug two more druggist and a broken Henry Daub Squat Soda from Wheeling. A good bottle when found intact. My brother thinks it may have been some type of eatery because of all the broken condiment and castor set bottles we found. I think maybe some type of boarding house. One odd thing he found was a 100 plus year old latex condom. Go figure. Notice the F&J Heinz Bottle that had the lip missing. It would've been a nice find. One great thing about the dig was that I got several more permissions in the area and will be starting a new hole ASAP. Maybe this will be the one that bags me a green or yellow "Old home Bitters" or a nice cobalt blue "Dr. Hennig's". I hope I haven't rambled on too much so I'll just close by saying...Enjoy the photos. < Message edited by zanes_antiques -- 9/1/2008 8:36:07 PM > _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane Post #: 1

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:44:17 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    Oh yeah, by the way. we dug a Philly Druggist I have pictured here and few I didn't have from Wheeling. Also a "Boschee German Syrup" "L.M. Green" "Proprietor". And two nice unembossed amber mineral waters. here's the photos. _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 2

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:45:26 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline one more in a a group _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 3

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:50:28 PM    beendiggin Posts: 789 Joined: 6/30/2005 Status: online Nice finds Zane!  The druggists are cool.  I'm glad you were not giving up on that hole. (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 4

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:54:39 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2805 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: online That is just great.  Well done.  A shot of that  squat in the back would be nice.  Diggin one of em is on my wish list.  Keep it up and great pics. Madpaddla _____________________________ It pays to look down. Ebay stuff http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspliffybigfeetQQhtZ-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ckIv1tiaU&feature=related (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 5

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:55:11 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline Thanks Paul....I just emailed you _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 6

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:56:18 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline here's a shot of the water _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 7

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 8:56:27 PM    Dabeel Posts: 110 Joined: 3/12/2004 From: Baltimore origin, Now Sacramento and L.A Status: offline Yes,  Good finds Zane That hole sure looks like a dirty one with all that rust coloration...unless that's just the way photo makes it appear. Good cache of bottles! Doug (in reply to beendiggin) Post #: 8

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 9:11:58 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1705 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline        That hole looks like a back breaker for sure.Nice finds.I am not familiar with the MANX POWDER but I would bet it is the best find of the hole.It is one of many copycats of the popular LYONS POWDER bottles.The amber bottle is probably an ale rather than a water.Too bad it isn't embossed.Wheeling has several embossed ones.Good luck on the other pits. _____________________________ 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 zanes_antiques) Post #: 9

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 9:59:52 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline I have a few photos to add and it was a back breaker for sure Doug not the best way to spend a day off. Attachment (1) (in reply to appliedlips) Post #: 10

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 10:00:45 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline next Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 11

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 10:01:33 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline next Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 12

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 10:02:52 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline some of my finds Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 13

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 10:03:58 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline any ideas on this one ? Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 14

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/1/2008 10:05:02 PM    craigc90 Posts: 666 Joined: 8/17/2004 From: Bloomingdale Ohio Status: offline or this one? maker? pattern? Attachment (1) (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 15

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/2/2008 12:55:04 AM    Tony14 Posts: 2477 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline nice finds you guys! Hey zane did you get my email? _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to craigc90) Post #: 16

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/2/2008 1:09:38 PM    zanes_antiques Posts: 2027 Joined: 9/3/2006 From: Steubenville, Ohio Status: offline    Yeah Doug that hole was a real "female dog" but having Craig's help made a huge difference in the way I felt at the end of the day. I was wondering about the "Manx Powder" bottle. It also has three initials on the reverse side. I'll have to take a look and get back to you on what they are. Yes Tony I got your mail and just replied. Thanks _____________________________ I buy, sell, barter, and beg....Zane (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 17

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/2/2008 2:17:42 PM    texasdigger Posts: 262 Joined: 1/6/2006 From: Roanoke Texas Status: offline Nice digs Zane!  I dug up a different variant of the Moekemeller druggist all the way down here in Texas.  It is misspelled though I belive.   It reads " C. Menkemeller Pharmacist Wheeling, W. Va.".  The mortar is embossed vertically on the bottle.  Good luck on your next hole! Brad (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 18

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/3/2008 4:35:41 PM    Jim Posts: 2429 Joined: 7/5/2005 From: Lewistown, PA Status: offline Great pit, guys. The Manx Powder is a very scarce and desirable bug poison bottle. They do not come up often, and the last one I saw brought around $300. That would be a definite keeper for me. You'll be very lucky to ever dig another one. I haven't even dug a common aqua Lyons yet, but I have found some other good non-bug poisons and lots of Dead Stuck flasks. ~Jim _____________________________ Preserving our buried history, one pit at a time. http://www.freewebs.com/lewistownbottles/index.htm (in reply to zanes_antiques) Post #: 19

RE: craigc90 and I finished a hole yesterday - 9/3/2008 5:44:05 PM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3668 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline Nice digs! man its nice to look at some dirt fly,and some dirty bottles.Its like bottle porn  because we are in a big slow down, things going on cant dig all that bull crap.Its good to see digs in action.We will be in the dirt soon. again nice pix  & dig. Rick _____________________________ My Web Page.Lots of pix. Dig story's published in Antique Bottle & Glass Collector. New story added 9/08 www.19thcenturybottlediggers.com Digs in action. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pitpirate/ (in reply to Jim) Post #: 20

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