Hi all & Happy Mother's Day. So recently I got myself and my 8 yr old son waders and we tried a couple of ok spots but nothing to write home about. So I did some research on a couple of 1890s maps which brought us to another creek and BOOM, started hitting 100+ yr old bottles! There are bottles literally everywhere and we are having a blast! I plan on posting more of our finds on here but for now I wanted to get this one out here.
It's a whiskey flask with "GUARANTEED FULL PINT" on the face and just "A&W" on the base. I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with the root beer. I did some research and I'm really hoping this is an 1868-1872 Agnews & Wilcox bottle, but hoping some of the experts here can confirm. The bottles we are finding are pretty mucky from being in the creek for over a century. Most of them have this layer of leaf-matter film that partially flakes off in the sun, but I really need a decent way of cleaning this stuff off so let me know if anyone knows the best way to get this film off the bottles. Trying to be very careful on the special finds. This one does appear to be clear but man that film is tough.
If better pictures are needed just let me know.
Thanks!
It's a whiskey flask with "GUARANTEED FULL PINT" on the face and just "A&W" on the base. I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with the root beer. I did some research and I'm really hoping this is an 1868-1872 Agnews & Wilcox bottle, but hoping some of the experts here can confirm. The bottles we are finding are pretty mucky from being in the creek for over a century. Most of them have this layer of leaf-matter film that partially flakes off in the sun, but I really need a decent way of cleaning this stuff off so let me know if anyone knows the best way to get this film off the bottles. Trying to be very careful on the special finds. This one does appear to be clear but man that film is tough.
If better pictures are needed just let me know.
Thanks!