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lunch hour finds - 4/21/2004 8:06:54 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline All right, I'm becoming a little obsessed with this whole bottle thing. I can't imagine how bad it will get if I ever find anything that has value! I found these three in my usual spot during my lunch break, today. So, what do I have here? Any ideas? Any information would be appreciated! Thanks, Batfish BTW – Woody, where are you in NH? I’m in Litchfield. Post #: 1

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/21/2004 8:08:26 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline oops... picture was > than 200kb. Hang on... picture forthcoming (in reply to batfish) Post #: 2

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/21/2004 8:10:59 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline ok - here they are... Picture cropped and reduced in size - please see Help - Using the Forum ---> Uploading a Picture - Admin Attachment (1) < Message edited by Admin -- 4/22/2004 1:41:35 AM > (in reply to batfish) Post #: 3

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/21/2004 9:09:05 PM    woody   Posts: 1637 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline I'm in Gilmanton, Batfish. _____________________________ Woody (in reply to batfish) Post #: 4

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/21/2004 10:24:26 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline The bottle on the far right has some graduated markings - like it was some sort of medical bottle. It has a very rusty screw top. Any way to dissolve the rust off? I did a search on the web for my Foss' Liquid Fruit Flavoring bottle and it seems to be worth a couple of bucks! Woo Hoo! Still, I know nothing about the age. Am I still in the 1940's, here? (in reply to batfish) Post #: 5

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/22/2004 12:03:54 AM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Batfish . . . Oxalic acid, available in your local paint store as "wood bleach," will remove the iron oxide adhering to your bottle. The nice part about oxalic acid is that it is not too dangerous and doesn't seem to produce the fumes that other common acids do. The bottle with the graduations and the rust is a pharmacy bottle. ------------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to batfish) Post #: 6

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/22/2004 1:46:45 AM    deepwoods   Posts: 334 Joined: 2/9/2004 Status: offline Bat- The two on the left appear to be teens to turn o the century to me.Cheers. _____________________________ J.D (in reply to batfish) Post #: 7

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/22/2004 1:53:13 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Bat, the Foss's are pretty common around here, right up there with Baker's Extracts. Foss operated out of Portland, ME, and I probably find one of their bottles almost everytime I dig, unless it's a very old dump. I was at a flea mkt. in Westbrook a couple of weeks ago, and he had a case of Foss bottles that had never been filled. But with that all being said, they're not bad looking, and they do date back to early1900s _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to batfish) Post #: 8

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/22/2004 9:26:31 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline Early 1900's? That's great! I actually found the Foss bottle in a different area than the others (which were estimated to be from the 40's or so). I found it right on the surface, at the top of a ravine, next to an ancient, decommissioned trolley track. It was among a litter of rusty cans. It's amazing that it's been sitting there for almost a century! Is there a book that will help me identify and learn something about these low value bottles I have been finding? I saw what looked to be a good book on Amazon, but one of the customer reviews claimed that the book was really geared towards the 'high end'. _____________________________ Batfish (in reply to batfish) Post #: 9

RE: lunch hour finds - 4/22/2004 10:57:00 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1159 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey Bat, "Bottle Pricing Guide" by Hugh Cleveland seems to be geared more to the lower end bottles. Happy Diggin, Kelley (in reply to batfish) Post #: 10

RE: lunch hour finds - ZUMWALT'S BOOK - 4/22/2004 11:18:14 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Batfish . . . Betty Zumwalt's book, KETCHUP PICKLES SAUCES, 19TH CENTURY FOOD IN GLASS, is almost 500 pages of illustrations of bottles you're likely to find (plus some that will evade all but the luckiest among us). No prices, but she does indicate rarity. For those of you who don't have this book, it is still available for $25.00 from MARK WEST PUBLISHERS P.O. BOX 1914 SANDPOINT, IDAHO 83864 This would be a good investment for any bottle-digger. Get it while you can. Many good bottle books are out-of-print. One of this forum's members is going to buy this book shortly; perhaps he will tell us about his experience. ---------------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to batfish) Post #: 11

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/14/2004 12:03:19 PM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1159 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey yall, I am the forum member of which Harry speaks. Just got the book yesterday and have been thumbing through it off and on since I got it. I can tell you this... It is going to be the best $25.00 I have spent in awhile. (This also includes shipping) Excellent, informative reading and I, like Harry, would recommend it if you don't already have it. Online sellers want anywhere from $40.00 to $80.00 for it. I inquired as to other contact information from the publisher and received a handwritten letter stating to just send a check or money order to their address, so you have to do it the old fashioned way. Happy Diggin, Kelley P.S. Thanks for the tip Harry (in reply to batfish) Post #: 12

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/14/2004 1:13:02 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Thanks for following through, Kelley. Belated happy birthday! -------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to batfish) Post #: 13

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/14/2004 1:45:53 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline I paid 49.95 on Amazon That's quite a premium for convenience! _____________________________ Batfish (in reply to batfish) Post #: 14

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/14/2004 2:06:06 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline Maine Digger (or anyone else who knows the answer), I just re-read this thread because it was recently revived by Gunsmoke47 (Happy Birthday, BTW!). In your contribution to the thread, you mention 'Baker's Extracts'. I found a couple of this recently (last couple of days) amid a cache of unbroken bottles. I actually posted a question regarding the age of these bottles, but got know response. Soooo.... My question was what would be the date range for these Baker's extract bottles? I'm trying to zero in on the date of this new cache (it isn't exhausted - but is troublesome to get to and the bugs are murderous in NH right now - so I'll leave it be if it's not close to turn of the century). I found a couple of listerine bottle in the same cache, and they date from 1906-1926. If I can get a range of these Baker's bottles, then I will be able to (hopefully) narrow that down a bit more. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Batfish (in reply to batfish) Post #: 15

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/15/2004 12:29:33 AM    Gunsmoke47 Posts: 1159 Joined: 12/29/2003 From: TEXAS Status: offline Hey Batfish, check out pages 37 and 38 in your Zumwalts book. It gives you some info on the Bakers extracts. Happy Diggin, Kelley (in reply to batfish) Post #: 16

RE: lunch hour finds - 5/15/2004 9:16:17 PM    batfish   Posts: 64 Joined: 4/11/2004 From: Litchfield, NH Status: offline Thanks Kelley, Book hasn't arrived yet - but when it does, I'll take a look! _____________________________ Batfish (in reply to batfish) Post #: 17

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