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    Curious find

    The glass is "light bulb" thin and I've sorta always doubted if they could be extracted without destroying at least some of them. I'm surprised that me as a kid didn't break them just because I could. My Dad and I also wonder why they got put there? Just a 175 year old mystery I guess.
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    Curious find

    Story: In the late 1970's my Dad and I would go on metal detecting day trips around central Alabama where we lived, he would detect and me being a kid would dig targets, play or explore. This particular day we were at a road intersection in Pickens county at a dilapidated two story wood building...
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    Small bottle identification, value?

    Bostaurus, I currently live in Birmingham suburb of Pinson. Some posts refer to "puffs" or "pontil puffs"? I did learn what a pontil was today by searching around before I posted here, but what is a puff? I told my father about me posting the story and picture here and he said "you know, we...
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    Small bottle identification, value?

    I don't see any writing whatsoever, on what little is exposed. Also, the glass is very thin.
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    Small bottle identification, value?

    More pictures
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    Small bottle identification, value?

    I have kept this oddity in original condition for 33 years and I'm curious as to any info anyone may know, here is the story in a nutshell: My father enjoys the hobby of metal detecting, One day during the summer of 1976 when I was 8 years old, I tagged along with him during an outing in west...
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