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RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 8:56:01 PM    appliedlips Posts: 1705 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: online        That would ruin the best of days quick.Keep at it and keep showing us the goodies. < Message edited by appliedlips -- 9/2/2008 8:58:40 PM > _____________________________ 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 downeastdigger) Post #: 21

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/2/2008 9:03:22 PM    lego110   Posts: 128 Joined: 3/16/2008 From: wilmington nc Status: offline where do you get a red book? (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 22

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/3/2008 7:01:05 AM    FloridaDigger   Posts: 55 Joined: 8/21/2008 Status: offline Very nice stuff; ..excellent dive. I would go every day if I could! I am jealous of you northern diggers, ..so much older than Fla., so much more variety than Fla, ..so much more quanitity available than Fla. Some day I will dig a bottle older than 1890's, ...some day.....way to go Downeast, ..keep up the good work... (in reply to madpaddla) Post #: 23

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/3/2008 3:47:06 PM    Lordbud   Posts: 267 Joined: 6/16/2005 From: San Jose Status: offline So apparently this area isn't where the water flows really fast? I'm surprised there are any unbroken bottles to be found but you really cleaned up. Crazy deal about the dead body found so nearby... (in reply to FloridaDigger) Post #: 24

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/3/2008 4:08:58 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1404 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Lord it's "medium speed" river, widens out in spots and moves slow, then gathers together at spots where it's maybe just 50 feet wide, and speed up a bit, enough so that if you're shoulder deep, it will tip you. It's awfully fun, and not as taxing on the old bones. Bottle wise, it is just hit or miss, you look for "debris fields" down stream from where there was an old village or mill. I'm sure there are rivers and streams with bottles somewhere in just about every old town, and I'm sure there are still dumps, and I'm sure there still are privies ( not many privies up in the North East though). In all cases, you have to put a lot of time in to find the old stuff, you could never make a living at it, I think if you tried to it would take all the fun out of it. Lego the Fruit Jar Red Book costs about $60, I dont have the address here with me, maybe someone else can forward it to you. Its a good investment, very well put together. Good luck ! _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Lordbud) Post #: 25

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/3/2008 4:12:26 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1404 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline hey Florida digger, I can bet if you are a bottle addict, Florida has to be a tough place to dig. You are right about the quality and quantity up here, not that its "easy" to find anthing, but it surely is harder where you are. I've had a couple of great colored druggists from Florida which I had to sell a few years ago. One was peacock blue "the Economical Drug Store Tampa Florida", also a couple of Ybor City Florida in Cobalt, and a teal from Palatka. Hopefully you can dig one of those! Good luck _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 26

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/3/2008 6:19:38 PM    capsoda Posts: 7915 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: online Hey Floridadigger, Find yourself a nice old Spanish area and you can dig some 3 and 4 hunnered year old stuff. after a year or two of onions and utilites you will kill for a nice 1890s dump.LOL!!! _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 27

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/4/2008 10:59:05 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2305 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi bram,  now that you had your underwater nightmare occur,  the odds of it happening again would really high.  so now you can go with out worring about it.   now i have to think twice about trying it.   more apt to happen in this area.  good luck,  rhona (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 28

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/4/2008 11:49:19 PM    77waystodeal3   Posts: 87 Joined: 9/4/2008 Status: offline Finaly someone else who hits the water the way i do sometimes, I've found some great bottles in water down stream from old towns and along the banks of them.... keep on looking...... Right Place. Right Time....or know where to look (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 29

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/5/2008 1:10:16 AM    Penn Digger   Posts: 260 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: N Penn Status: offline Be glad you didn't actually find or see the body.  Seeing or finding one not laid out in a funeral home is odd.  The image sticks in your mind with you forever, been there a few times.  The images come back at the weirdest times to haunt you. The masonic flask shards.....Was it a Keene/Stoddard flask?  I have one (bought it) and have never dug any shards. Rochester, NH??  Did you know or remember the old clam digger with the bottle shop just west of there (route 202)?  He was a gem of a man with one of the best bottle shops I've ever been in.  In the fall of 2005, he was selling his shop and moving.? Nice finds. PD < Message edited by Penn Digger -- 9/5/2008 1:27:28 AM > (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 30

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/5/2008 5:41:13 AM    RICKJJ59W Posts: 3668 Joined: 3/8/2007 From: Lehigh Valley US of A Status: offline That is one crazy assortment of bottles! There are a few good dumps in the rivers around here.I would love to try diving,but I have a fear of deep water,especially in rivers.I got swept down a flooded one when I was a kid. _____________________________ 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 Penn Digger) Post #: 31

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/5/2008 12:13:09 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 1404 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline Hi Rhona - I went snorkling again yesterday, first "post dead body" dive. It's very strange but I am less freaked out than before, kind of like I've faced the worst, and I lived to tell about it, kind of hard to explain. It could also be that I'm getting more comfortable with the breathing and the underwater balance, so I feel more in control. I have more finds and photos, but my camera is on the blink, I think it got wet. Ill post more soon, I got what I think is a rare cd333 insulator, but it is cracked. Penn, I dont remember that guy, but I'd probably recognize him if I saw him. Yes that flask was Stoddard, a half pint Masonic. Cant wait to get out again, but I've got 3 days of work ahead of me. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to RICKJJ59W) Post #: 32

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/6/2008 2:02:15 AM    Penn Digger   Posts: 260 Joined: 5/12/2008 From: N Penn Status: offline He was the only guy on "antique alley (route 202)" with an antique bottle sign out front 3 years ago.  Great guy, nice bottles.  Do not some of you New-Enlandanders remember this guy???  Bought some Stoddard stuff from him cheap??? PD (in reply to downeastdigger) Post #: 33

RE: My underwater nightmare come true !!!!!!!!!!! - 9/6/2008 9:42:08 AM    downeastdigger Posts: 1404 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline I know Pete Austin sold some high end Stoddard stuff at his place out on Antique alley. Thats the only one I can think of.. _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' http://www.GreatBayCatering.com (in reply to Penn Digger) Post #: 34

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