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    First Hunt of 2024 - Circle Slug Flask, Tooled Crown Beer, etc.

    Man, a total rip-off with that slug plate. Love the amber beer!
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    Digging out an old Cellar Hole Filled with Bottles

    Nice. Happy digging to you.
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    Lake Providence LA Bottling Works

    Nice bottle. Listed as rare in hutch book...
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    Gi-18

    I’m no expert, but it looks authentic to me.
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    New Circa 1905 Dump Digging Video!

    Nice looking stuff! Site looks familiar . . .
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    The Fun of "How'd It Get There?"

    It's the tie to some real person in the distant past that underlies all of my amateur archeological interests, including bottle digging and collecting!
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    Weekend dig.

    Wouldn't you know it - the blobs are busted and the crappy Dr. King's survives! So often the case. But . . . we keep trying and hope springs eternal.
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    A frosty yet rewarding dig in the "Roaring 20s" dump with a rare late-throw!

    Hi Hemi and everyone else. That is most definitely a citrate shape and color. Check out these images from one of the prizes of my collection - came out of a barn in Baltimore County in the 1970s. Was used to store oil which preserved the closure metal perfectly. Label corresponds to the...
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    Digging an 1870 to 1915 bottle plant up date. QUESTIONS

    With luck, the discarded whole bottles will be from companies that went out of business quickly. Or maybe there’s errors on the bottles that made them unusable.
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    Any guess on the age or origin of this one?

    Nice little bottle! Looks on the older end of the date range to me. I’d be hitting up that ravine if I was you.
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    My 1 bottle haul from the Jacksonville show

    Very nice! You ever seen one of this variety before?
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    Digging an 1870 to 1915 bottle plant up date. QUESTIONS

    Nice finds! Good luck finding some more - a lot more.
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    Ginger ale ID

    Hey Ken. I was hoping someone with your expertise would come along, but was beginning to despair! Thanks for the great info. Yes, our 8-sided Fitzsimons bottles are identical except for the 1885 and the P. instead of the J. I'm glad to hear mine might be uncommon, if not rare - or even...

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