Leechville Cafe

[Bottlehoe]

We did a little river hunting last week and I got a little bit more than I bargained for. Had a couple leeches on me that Micah swatted off......2 days later my foot looked like this.....And ER visit and a round of anti-biotics for me....needless to say we have invested in some water socks and pants!!!!

 

[Bottlehoe]

On a better note....we went out yesterday and had a good day. Some Cokes, Decos, Grand Rapids Brewery, and a few misc. We will post another pic when they are all clean and pretty. []

 

[madman]

nice finds! watch out for the critters ouch! heres a grand rapids bottle i found years ago any info? wonder if they were connected with the huebner brewery in toledo ohio , i dug this in toledo , it says r.g. co. on the base

 

[madman]

whole bottle

 

[GACDIG]

Melissa, What happen to make the leeches bit do that to your foot? In case I run into the same thing. Look bad, hope all is well.
gac

 

[Bottlehoe]

Evidently, if you try and smack, pull or in anyway "traumatize" the leech when removing it, they will regurgitate back into the wound and that can cause an infection. The best way to remove a leech is to hold the skin tight, and using a credit card or drivers license, scrape along the skin and "break the seal" of the leech. We tried this on Micah last week and the leech came right off.

 

[Bottlehoe]

Micah tired to find some info on this bottle and was unable to find anything either. We will keep searching and let you know if we come up with anything. Cool bottle.

ORIGINAL: madman

nice finds! watch out for the critters ouch! heres a grand rapids bottle i found years ago any info? wonder if they were connected with the huebner brewery in toledo ohio , i dug this in toledo , it says r.g. co. on the base

 

[CALDIGR2]

That looks bad. Man, the leeches out here don't do anything like that. Usually, I wear an old pair of diving booties. They are above ankle height and easy to wash out.

 

[deenodean]

Yuck..those leaches are nasty..I have ever only saw one, it was stuck to my hip wader while fishing...I hear that applying salt to the leach will make it fall off...but on the other hand , what bottle digger carries a box of salt with them while digging?? [8|]

Good idea bottlehoe using the credit card!

 

[Bottlehoe]

A couple decos that cleaned up nicely. Crystal Springs from Detroit. Quality Beverage from Muskegon and a Lakewood from petoskey. The GR Beer were nothing special. 4 Cokes D pat.