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    $4 History Lesson

    Hi all, Too many inches (or feet) of snow piled up around here so I went to an antique mall today. I typically do not buy a whole lot at them, but it is fun to look around. I have always been drawn to skeleton keys, I am not sure why. I saw a heavy one in a display with a blank fob for $4, so...
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    Druggist Bottle Search

    Hi all, I know that this is a needle in a haystack kind of question, but I have to ask. Many of you attend bottle shows in the south central part of Pennsylvania and may have done some digging in the area. I am looking for a bottle from the Conner Drug Store in Burnside, Pennslylvania...
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    Metal Larking USA :)

    Incredible stuff Rick! I don't do that well with my detector...
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    I Am Not Telling You Anything

    Hi all, I know that I am not telling anyone here anything that they don't already know, but I just wanted to mention that Rick (Digswithstick) is one class act. His generosity and graciousness make him a standout on a site where much generosity is shown by the membership. The world needs more...
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    Free online bottle guide needs your help

    Hi Matt, A few just sent. hj
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    Display (At our booth)...

    I know exactly where you are Joe. Sometime after Christmas I promised to take my mother to the Casino, and being that I have no enthusiasm for gambling I'll spend the day there. They get pretty decent traffic there, hope it does well. Maybe you will be missing a few when I head back to the...
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    Show Us Your Bitters Bottles...

    My one and only. Its is interesting simply because it was the third bottle pulled out of my very first real dump . I dug this before I ever dug a Bromo, a castoria or a Sloan's. My first three non ABM finds were an Allen's Lung Balsam, Healy and Bigelow's Indian Sagwa and this Doyles. Not...
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    Glass Color Change

    Hi all. Did some more digging in the 30s dump in town. I don't find anything particularly old there but I always find something interesting. A few weeks ago I dug up an old depression glass spice shaker. It was manufactured by the Jeannette Glass Co. in Jeanette, Pa. The glass is commonly...
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    Selling glass to support crack habit

    Edit that to say it is 60 miles south of Erie...I will check out their display next time I am up in Salamanca. I have been there often enough to recognize a new vendor. I hope they do well with it! hj
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    Selling glass to support crack habit

    No, this mall is about 60 miles of Erie. Interestingly enough, Salamanca is one of my very favorite destinations to buy glass. I am sure that I have probably bought something from Joe and Tom in the past. Where is their display located from the main door? Maybe I have bought a few...[:D]...
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    Selling glass to support crack habit

    Hi all, Stopped at a local antique mall today. I had been wanting to stop because the last time I was there a man was setting up a very impressive bottle display in one of the spaces. He had some nice Warner's, a few poisons, some shear top sauces and inks. I made a b-line to the display as...
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    any clues?

    Perhaps a part of a machine very much like the one pictured here: Whittemore Bros. in Boston manufactured one similar...
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    Amber P'burgh blob

    Hi all, I was digging around in the shed yesterday and came across som old blob tops that I had pretty much forgotten about. I am considering throwing a few on craigslist and was wondering what would be a fair price to ask if I decide to sell. This example is an amber blob from JM Shaffer...
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    Leaded tin (early fruit jar?)

    I just read a book about the lost arctic journey commanded by Sir John Franklin in 1845. The author of the book contends that the crew eventually succumbed to botulism cause by improperly prepared meat, packed in state of the art cans just like the one you have there. Bacteria and lead...not...
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    Dug an older Ball today

    Thanks Jack. You are right, quite a few canning jars in the dump but the vast majority are broken. I do have an unlimited supply zinc lids and liners though...[:D] hj
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