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Where did my post go?
What about it, texkev . . . can you recover the lost thread?- Harry Pristis
- Post #10
- Forum: General Chat
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Undiveable river: let's hear your ideas!
One reason that bottles can be found closer to the center of the river is that rivers meander . . . that is, the riverbank can retreat (and advance, of course). This jar was recovered closer to the center of the river than to the riverbank. It was just lying there, with an early champagne...- Harry Pristis
- Post #26
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Who Collects Black Glass?
Yes, I would, Roy. I would readily add your ink to my collection of black glass. This is one I found at an old steamboat landing. I think of it as olive-amber, but by my own definition (above), I can call this "black glass."- Harry Pristis
- Post #62
- Forum: Pontils Only
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Undiveable river: let's hear your ideas!
This is a good observation for a number of reasons. First, the current is faster in the center of the river, slower along the shoreline. Bottles and other things that may float even briefly will tend towards the slower water along the shore. Second, boats travel along the center of the river...- Harry Pristis
- Post #24
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Who Collects Black Glass?
I am fond of these flared wide-mouth jars from the early 1800s. The center jar is German, I believe. The left and right jars are French. The center jar is too light yellowish-green to be considered "black glass" IMO. The other two are definitely black glass.- Harry Pristis
- Post #60
- Forum: Pontils Only
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Where did my post go?
Good to know. The searchable archived threads are the big difference between a forum like this one and platforms like FB, as I understand it. Can you restore the lost threads?- Harry Pristis
- Post #8
- Forum: General Chat
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I inherited my dad's collection
We'll look for your images. GROUP IMAGES of more than two or three bottles are not effective. The more individual bottles in an image, the greater the amount of shelf is in the image. Viewers cannot see the details of a bottle that might take up less than five percent of the total image...- Harry Pristis
- Post #3
- Forum: Introductions
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Who Collects Black Glass?
The link to my web-site appears in the signature area of each of my posts.- Harry Pristis
- Post #56
- Forum: Pontils Only
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Who Collects Black Glass?
Some glass IS opaque black or nearly so. By convention, the term has been expanded to include (usually) olive-green and olive-amber glass which is less opaque. Black glass, in collector parlance, usually refers to 18th and 19th Century glass with an olive-green or olive-amber cast. Even...- Harry Pristis
- Post #54
- Forum: Pontils Only
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Who Collects Black Glass?
Thank you, timeinabottle, for reminding me of this thread. Perhaps there are new black glass finds to be shared. Here's an interesting master ink bottle. It appears that this bottle was blown in a 3-piece mold which was an ale bottle mold doing double-duty. That's what I surmise, anyway...- Harry Pristis
- Post #51
- Forum: Pontils Only
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Undiveable river: let's hear your ideas!
Trotlines! I got hooked on a trotline in a crystal-clear, spring-fed stream -- the Santa Fe River in North Florida. It snagged my wetsuit only. I surfaced to find the owner watching me cut up his illegal trotline. Being spring-fed, the Santa Fe water has a low oxygen content -- it doesn't...- Harry Pristis
- Post #16
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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I got a rock
I have a similar granitic cobble in my rock garden. It was in a small pile of such rounded stones on the bottom of a Florida coastal river (it had barnacles). I think it was ballast dumped to accommodate a cargo. Florida doesn't have native granite.- Harry Pristis
- Post #38
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Undiveable river: let's hear your ideas!
Safest options: - Get more diver training and experience. - Find a different river. There are riskier options: - Hunt by feel as you hang onto your boat anchor line. - Hunt by feel as you hang onto a safety line attached to your boat. Hunting a river in zero visibility is a nervy thing...- Harry Pristis
- Post #14
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Quart, Open Pontil Pharmaceutical Bottle
This one was blown in a hinge-mold, evident from the seam across the base. You can see a ring in the glass high on the shoulder which represents the top edge of the mold. It has a label window at mid-body. This is a well-made bottle, made to endure use. I estimate 1840-50s; likely a...- Harry Pristis
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- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Bayer Aspirin bottle or something else?
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