BottleDragon
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Thanks. I mean to try this method next time. Bleach is very effective, but it does smell bad and is hazardous -- and it can wreck your clothes. If...

I know the feeling. Around here it's stinging nettles and blackberry bushes... they often grow in areas of previous habitation, which makes accessing...

Looks like a pretty nice spot -- congrats! I think most of us would be happy with that as our first real dump find.

Yeah, I was pretty happy to find the Shano. It seems practically unknown, or at least no other examples of the actual bottle comes up when I search...

Yeah, I can't really complain given how bad the conditions were. I was really worried about cleaning them in the condition they were in... verging on...

I cleaned up those North Star bottles. The ACLs on these are very fragile. Two of them turned out decent, with only a small amount of paint loss...

Pretty nice find! Feels good to stumble onto something like that doesn't it? :D It sounds like the area has a lot of potential, so it should be...

Here is probably the nicest ACL I've found in this dump... Back... Here's an advertisement from 1945 (this bottle also dates from...

That's quite a conundrum for sure. You could go about it systematically... Determine if you have any doubles (or triples). Pick the best example...

Cool find! For cleaning try a mixture of 1 part bleach to 4 parts water. It's especially effective on "pond scum". Just fill bottle and let sit...

For a single can it probably would be more than it was worth. What I could do is save them up until I have enough to make it worthwhile. I may want...

Yeah, you're right. According to my research, the jar dates between 1915 and 1925 and was made with a semi-automatic machine. It's pretty funny...

Slightly off-topic, but I found two new dumps today. The first one is in a location I've been curious about for a while. It appears to have been a...

Good point. I noticed the bottles don't mention what flavour the contents are, so it makes sense they'd use different colours of glass.

I'm pretty sure it is that bottle, now that I think about it. I have found a couple of those, but I think the ACL was either badly worn or completely...

Not bad. I usually find the milks with the tops in perfect condition but the rest missing or broken. I've yet to find an intact one. Seems like you...

That looks identical to my bottles, except green. It also appears to be of a similar age to mine, while the one on the previous page appears to be...

Oh, I thought you were joking about the shells, because I was finding a lot of actual seashells. I will have to look more closely since I'm not sure...

I will have to find some BC bottle books. I could only find one picture of this bottle online, but no other information. Yeah, seems he was...