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surprise in bottle - 2/8/2005 12:19:12 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi everyone, this bottle is 2 1/4" tall, 5/8" across bottom and 1/2" across top. because it was so small i put some water in it and set it to the side while i cleaned larger ones. i dump out the dirty water and put in clean water a couple of times. i look into the bottle and saw something shiney. i cleaned it gently a couple of times, and finally figured out there where a pair of post ear rings inside on a piece of paper. i have not tried to take them out. the paper is very frigile. does any one know if earrings where ever sold this way? any ideals on how to preserve it? thanks rhona Post #: 1

RE: surprise in bottle - 2/8/2005 12:21:05 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline try for pic. again Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 2

RE: surprise in bottle - 2/8/2005 12:22:42 AM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline another pic. Attachment (1) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 3

RE: surprise in bottle - 2/9/2005 12:38:15 AM    drjhostetters   Posts: 162 Joined: 3/2/2004 Status: offline Hey Trying.... It is surprising what you'll find in bottles sometimes...I was in a "Mom and Pop" corner grocery store one time a long time ago and I got to talking to the owner (the Mom) about old bottles and she brought out this strawberry soda bottle from the factory with a couple of cigarette butts and a mashed up cigarette package inside, sealed and ready to sell...I tried to talk her out of it but she wouldn't sell! Keep on findin' things inside... The Doc... _____________________________ The Doctor...Dr. J (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 4

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/15/2005 5:01:03 AM    58froggy   Posts: 55 Joined: 9/19/2005 From: New Concord, OH Status: offline It doesn't look to me like you can cave the paper. I would like to know what the bottle is. I have a few of these. Thanks, Doug (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 5

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/15/2005 10:16:45 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi doug, this bottle has no markings on it. i found a couble of others in the same place put no ear rings. maybe they sold them in this little bottles to keep them from getting lost. sorry i don't have any maker information on the bottle. rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 6

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/15/2005 11:59:06 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2020 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline RHONA...unusual find...bottle looks like those used for Carter's Little Liver Pills... I found this folded up inside a Ball Perfect Mason a few years ago...the jar had the zinc lid and rubber on it, so item was very well preserved... yep...Gene Autry on a Sunbeam bread end label... Attachment (1) < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 10/16/2005 12:00:41 AM > _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 7

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/16/2005 9:08:18 AM    sheila Posts: 43 Joined: 9/18/2005 From: Mt. Pleasant PA Status: offline At least your surprises were good! Last week while going through some more bottles and jars at my mom's I found a mason jar with a "powdered" mouse in the bottom! It took a while to figure out what it was, looked like dirt with feet and a tail! It must have fallen in the jar and couldn't get out, darn I wish I would have taken a pic but it really grossed me out! We tossed jar and all! (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 8

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/16/2005 9:25:26 AM    58froggy   Posts: 55 Joined: 9/19/2005 From: New Concord, OH Status: offline That was a kool find. The mouse? Probly not. I have finally moved all my bottles from mom's attic. We dug them some 35 years ago. My best friend and I would hit all the best dumping places along the roads - it's pretty rural in Coshocton, Ohio where I grew up. So all my best bottle finds are again a suprise. I moved 19 boxes the size of fruit crates to my home. Have had time to go through about half of them. Running out of space to display them. I'll have to get some picks put up. You people are a real inspiration and make me want to go back at it. I have taken my daughter on some walks along a good spot. Didn't take too long for her to get the fever. She found some nice bottles. Doug (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 9

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/16/2005 11:03:00 AM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline Hi, rhona - I've never heard of earrings being sold that way. If it were me, I'd love to get hold of some old (antique?) post earrings. Since the bottle itself doesn't look to be especially rare or valuable, what I'd probably do is wrap the bottle in thick layers of newspaper, hit it with a hammer, and get the earrings out. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 10

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/16/2005 12:27:51 PM    Miles   Posts: 248 Joined: 9/6/2005 From: New York Status: offline I'd try to use tweezers to get it out. (Then I'd turn it amethyst, but that's just me.) (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 11

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/17/2005 10:46:25 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline I have to agree with bluebelle. The ear rings could be worth a bit depending on the stones, age and maker. I'd say that they were kept in the bottle so the owner could keep track of them. Looks like it didn't work too well. They could have been tossed during a move or a cleanout job. At least you know that the owner wasn't wearing them at burial. I always look closely at the bones I find if I find any loose jewelery underground. Since people were buried with their posessions and graves were often unmarked. The small vile has no monitary value. I'd break the top and pour them out. Very nice find. < Message edited by diginit -- 10/17/2005 7:47:05 PM > _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 12

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/17/2005 11:18:16 PM    Trying not to break it Posts: 2306 Joined: 12/18/2004 From: balt. md. Status: offline hi doug, i think it's great that you and your daughter can enjoy doing this together. i hope she stays with it. hi shiela, what i hate is when i go to clean dirt at of a bottle and creepy crawley bugs come out. ugh whiskeyman, i think that is super neat. i grew up watching gene autry and roy rodgers. oops i'm telling my age. hi bluebelle and miles, i can get them out with out breaking the bottle. i thought it was neat to find them in there. i think i'll take them to my next bottle club meeting and see if i can get any info. there thanks for sharing, good digging to all, rhona (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 13

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/18/2005 10:23:29 AM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline Hi, diginit! Sounds spooky, finding bones and jewelry together - woo woo! Do you have any stories about them for the Ghosts and Paranormal thread? (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 14

RE: surprise in bottle - 10/20/2005 7:28:18 PM    diginit   Posts: 662 Joined: 4/7/2004 From: California Status: offline Hi Ronda, If you want another bottle to replace the one you may or may not break, I'll send you one. Just e-mail me. Hi Bluebelle, Luckily I've just found bones from deer and other tasty critters. A Mastadon was just uncovered in a park I sometimes visit to go bottling. In downtown San Jose,Ca. Now that was a find! Now I guess I'll have to ask If anyone has ever found any fossils while digging on a new post. _____________________________ Life is a Ditch. (in reply to Trying not to break it) Post #: 15

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