My staycation free dive finds

[MaineMtnDigger]

It's been forever since I have last posted anything, that's what having kids will do to you. A few weeks ago I took a little over a week off to free dive a bunch of spots that have been building up in my head as potentially good spots to check out. While I didn't find any pontils I was hoping for, I was blessed with a lot of TOC dumps. The best part was the amount of stoneware I was able to pull up that was next to perfect with no cracks and very minor chips if any. In all, I hit twelve different places and managed to pull things from seven. I even managed to pull up a few applied tops from the late sixties to the early eighties. I snagged two crocks with no cracks and a three-quart bean pot that was perfect as well. The yellow ware bowl has two tight hairlines but otherwise still good. The early ABM coke from Auburn Maine was a real bummer for it had a bruise to the base however I still took it home because I had never seen one like that from Maine before.

 

[sandchip]

Helluva haul!

 

[Robby Raccoon]

I'd love to find a pottery-filled area like that.

 

[hemihampton]

Some nice finds, Congrats. Let me know if you ever find any rusty dented old Beer Cans. I collect those. LEON.

 

[CanadianBottles]

Wow that's a fantastic haul! Surprised there are no pontils because a couple of them sure look like they're close to the era. Also, could you post a cleaned up picture of that Coke bottle? I've never seen anything like that before, it looks too recent to be a true straight side but I've never seen or heard of a flavour bottle with the script logo on it before. Maybe something the bottlers did without authorization from the head office?

 

[martyfoley]

Very nice haul!

 

[MaineMtnDigger]

I'd love to find a pottery-filled area like that.

Don't get me wrong, I rarely come by whole intact stoneware. In the NE with the winters and the fact back then they probably were discarding them because they were broken anyhow makes them hard to come by. I found these stoneware in separate locations.

 

[hemihampton]

Wow that's a fantastic haul! Surprised there are no pontils because a couple of them sure look like they're close to the era. Also, could you post a cleaned up picture of that Coke bottle? I've never seen anything like that before, it looks too recent to be a true straight side but I've never seen or heard of a flavour bottle with the script logo on it before. Maybe something the bottlers did without authorization from the head office?

I was thinking the same thing. Interesting bottle. LEON.

 

[Timelypicken]

Great finds

 

[MaineMtnDigger]

Here are some pics of that Coke. It reads Coca Cola bottling works Aubrun Maine, The Vincent Co. towards the base it reads, this bottle is registered contents 6 1/2 oz