hello everyone, today in maine the weather is great, blue sky and small puffy white cloud's, a great day for a dig, i headed out this morning about 10:00, i was combing some wood's that brought me to a field, i found a rock foundation from a old home, i explored the area and found it to be...
hello everyone, today myself and my son of 16 and my daugter of 17 went on a dig together, a great time was had by all, my son unearthed a bottle that has a cork stopper and amber in color and round, with the bottom protruding upward into the bottle, embossed with, the drambuie liqueur co ltd...
hello every one, the weather here in maine has been great for bottle digging these past few day's, aside from the tick's and the inch long gash i recived from a shard of glass, it has been some what fruitful, i just wanted to share my find's with you all.
a nice clear embossed bottle- linden...
here is a site that will help you when buying old bottles, tips on what to look for in repos, tools of the trade, info to make you more comfortable in your ability to buy or sell.
antique bottles
i have only been with the forum a short time now but i can clearly see the regular's here and i know kim is one of them, i know she is away hopefully striking it rich[:)], let's raise our best bottle's in toast to kim and her safe return to our forum.
here is a site with very useful info about Bottle Chronologies and Manufacturers Techniques from 1700-1800 to 1940-Present, after you read the top you will have to scroll down for more good info.
Bottle Terminology
here is a sight that gives you an age and description and year that a bottle was made and more info about pontil marks and how they can tell you some thing about the age of your bottles.
How old is that Bottle
i am glad to see this new forum, i look forward to seeing some of the future pic's and seeing some history pulled from the ground, it allow's you to stop your dig for a moment and wonder about the pepole who lived thier live's there long ago.
hello to you all, here is a web site that is chuck full of info, poison's, soda's,beer,milk,fruit jar's, bottle site's, and much more, worth book marking for future reference.
http://jardoctor.com/links.htm