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Yesterday, 09:32 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Very Nice Recent Find - No Deposit No Return in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

I think that they often just don't survive. It doesn't take a lot to break one of these bottles.

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Yesterday, 09:29 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Very Nice Recent Find - No Deposit No Return in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

Theres's also a Dad's 1/2 gallon bottle out there too.

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Yesterday, 07:37 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Very Nice Recent Find - No Deposit No Return in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

Really nice bottles you found. I love bottles from that era that have the logos embossed. Many of those I don't have yet.

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Yesterday, 03:58 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread KPP in oval Coke bottle in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

Hello, welcome to the site. KPP in an oval is a mark of the Kerr Glass Company. More famously known for making insulators. They used this mark from...

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Yesterday, 12:46 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Photo Albums not viewable unless logged in in Sites News

Here I am again, back to the same problem as before. When I'm logged out, I can't see my albums, which means no one else can either. Not sure why...

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10-19-2018, 09:51 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread A bottle for football season in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

Here's a Royal Crown 1975 ACL bottle specially made to commemorate the Pittsburgh Steelers win at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans in Super Bowl IX,...

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10-18-2018, 10:05 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread 1943 Charleroi, PA Coke Bottle Owens-Illinois in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

A few days ago I found this 1943 Coca-Cola bottle at an unexplored bottle dump. It is the hobble-skirt design with PAT D-105529. One the side...

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10-18-2018, 06:50 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread A gift bottle, and the story that goes with it. in General Chat About Bottles

Very interesting story. If bottles could talk that one would say a lot!

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10-18-2018, 02:51 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread Ecco Eby Harrisburg Cobalt Blue Bottle in Digging and Finding

I found this beautiful embossed cobalt blue bottle at recently discovered dump site that appeared to be untouched/unsearched. I came away with 15...

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10-18-2018, 02:31 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Broken dreams- two bottles that didn't make it in Digging and Finding

Everyone has their thing. For me it's a safety issue having sharp broken glass items around the house. The one glass fragment I ever kept was this...

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10-17-2018, 01:34 AM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Large 1940's Dump Discovered - Advice? in Digging and Finding

Fun place you found there. Like RCO said the sodas are broken a lot and it's a teaser to see what could have been. But anytime you can find cobalts...

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10-14-2018, 04:30 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread 7up 3-1-3 bubble bottle! in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

Very nice bottles. Especially the one on the right. It's very odd that they are only 6 1/2 ounces!

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10-13-2018, 05:38 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Poison Hobnail Bottle? in What is it? AFTER 1900

Thanks for the comments guys. I'll look up "vintage grape juice bottle" on Ebay and see if there's anything similar.

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10-11-2018, 08:53 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread Poison Hobnail Bottle? in What is it? AFTER 1900

On a recent excursion I found this clear hobnail bottle that is different from any other bottles in my collection. Most of the time I only find these...

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10-06-2018, 09:18 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Broken dreams- two bottles that didn't make it in Digging and Finding

Exactly, I'm just not into keeping broken stuff around.

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10-06-2018, 09:16 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Broken dreams- two bottles that didn't make it in Digging and Finding

You're right about that. Still I don't own either one of these ones yet, so I hope I can find them again.

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10-06-2018, 08:00 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread Broken dreams- two bottles that didn't make it in Digging and Finding

While looking in a creek bed yesterday after high waters had receded, I found two bottles that were intact enough to still be readable, but not worth...

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10-06-2018, 07:44 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread New member in Digging and Finding

Welcome to the site. Nice bottles. I like the strap flask and green bottle with the windmill the most.

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10-06-2018, 07:40 PM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Coke in a creek in Digging and Finding

Thank you. I get lucky sometimes. I think maybe the bottle was in the ground and then floodwaters away the dirt and then picked it up.

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10-06-2018, 02:12 AM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread Coke in a creek in Digging and Finding

Thanks for your reply and information. Do you know what the number 1186 stands for?

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10-06-2018, 12:00 AM

WesternPA-collector replied to a thread brown coke in Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.

I just made a posting about this type of bottle, with photos. https://www.antique-bottles.net/showthread.php?689534-Coke-in-a-creek

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10-05-2018, 11:54 PM

WesternPA-collector started a thread Coke in a creek in Digging and Finding

On Friday I went to check out a local spot that was a bottle dump many years ago, and is known for mostly only producing shard fragments of bottles...

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