Couple of Flounder a Cool Pipe and a HEART BREAKER!

Welcome to our Antique Bottle community

Be a part of something great, join today!

coldwater diver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 10, 2006
Messages
856
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
MAINE
So its summer in Maine and all the yahoos are boating,fishing, most of the freshwater is murky with freakishly large snapper turtles swimming around. Other areas become unsafe due to water temp and bacteria levels in water so I really am limited in summer. Sal****er is great except for the boats and striped bass fishermen but I decided to try an area a sal****er river close to the ocean. This time of year the flounder are in so I was hopeful. 10 minutes into my dive I found my heartbreak bottle. It was showing old green glass like a panel to a case gin, after a little digging I realized it was what I thought was a 3/4 full N Wood Portland Me in a nice Stoddard seedy glass."Why cant it be whole" still I was pumped it will display well. Bam got a nice flounder a couple minutes after that. Tide began to crank as I was already1hr late for high tide. Found this cool pipe with a face in a spot that hasnt given many over the hundreds of dives in this area. Just as I was making my way back downriver I speared one more nice size flounder. Well the big surprize its not an N Wood its a Dr. Swetts Panacea Exeter NH. IMG_9242.jpgIMG_9243.jpgIMG_9245.jpgIMG_9249.jpgIMG_9251.jpgIMG_9250.jpgIMG_9252.jpg
 

coldwater diver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 10, 2006
Messages
856
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
MAINE
Well thats it Im not sure when I will go again but I will be dreaming of finding whole ancient bottles underwater until then. Hope everyone is havin a good summer.
Kevin
 

sandchip

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2008
Messages
5,295
Reaction score
1,161
Points
113
Location
Georgia
Man, that Swett's is fantastic, broke or not. Love the barnacles.
 

coldwater diver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 10, 2006
Messages
856
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
MAINE
Thanks Sandchip, This bottle if in good condition can bring 10-16 thousand. I will most likely clean it at some point to see the rest of the embossing.
 

sunrunner

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 10, 2007
Messages
2,111
Reaction score
8
Points
38
when I lived in FL. the winter season was the same way for diving . it was mostly the boaters . but the springs are crystal clear and bottles show up if not under the sand.
 

RCO

Well-Known Member
Joined
May 17, 2012
Messages
4,905
Reaction score
2,204
Points
113
Location
Ontario , Canada
I've seen some turtles here too , one I didn't see till I was out of the water and on dock I noticed it swimming around , it was a very large snapping turtle , also seem smaller painted turtles under water .
 

coldwater diver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 10, 2006
Messages
856
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
MAINE
20160727_091522[1].jpg20160727_091603[1].jpg20160727_091628[1].jpg20160727_091538[1].jpg20160727_091614[1].jpg

So here is the Dr Swetts in all its glory. For those that dont know even a small shard of this bottle is extremely rare. Im very fortunate and lucky to have found this. Blown approx 1840-1860 at a Stoddard glass factory.
 

sandchip

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2008
Messages
5,295
Reaction score
1,161
Points
113
Location
Georgia
Beautiful, and strongly embossed for that mold. Like missing the PowerBall by one number.
 

coldwater diver

Well-Known Member
Joined
Nov 10, 2006
Messages
856
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Location
MAINE
20160731_140855[1].jpg20160731_140833[1].jpg
I went back to the well today so to speak, nothing great although I speared another good sized flounder. I gave that one to a friend of mine she scales the fish and cooks it by steaming it on the bone w noodles on the side w spicy dipping sauce (YUM). Lots of big striped bass hangin w me in the current. I did not expect I would find much as I have dove this area hundreds of times. This time of year is tough just too many boats and buzy bodies that can take away from the enjoyment of diving. I hope to do a fresh water dive soon in a coupl of lakes I have been scoping out. Kevin
 

Members online

Latest threads

Forum statistics

Threads
83,217
Messages
742,900
Members
24,229
Latest member
TracyPecora
Top