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How many of you guys have found one of these?...>

Back from the shadows. Ive never found one of those, but I can almost relate to it with a near fatal story. My mother had an old corked bottle of Hemlock lying about the house. It had the lable and all on it. I took it to school when I was in about the 2nd - 3rd grade and traded it with...
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- Post #11
- May 11, 2006
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Small Clay Pot

The base
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- Post #2
- Mar 12, 2006
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Small Clay Pot

Hope you guys and gals don't mind me posting older finds. I'm returning to digging bottles this years and have no new finds to post. This is one of my first finds from 41 or 42 years ago when I was about six or seven. My mother liked it so much, it automatically became hers. She would like...
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- Thread
- Mar 12, 2006
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Out prospecting

Hi Andy, Definately some real old stuff there. I hope you find some whole goodies... Jim
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- Post #2
- Mar 11, 2006
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Just the glass...No bottles

There was an extension that was attached to the house that stood at this place. No cellar but the foundation can be seen. I know I had scraped around a little bit finding debris, but never made it back for the thourough check. I also remember all around the back side of the foundstion being...
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- Post #12
- Mar 10, 2006
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Just the glass...No bottles

Fina... Some pontiled bases. I know these are pretty old because a few Conn. Coppers were dug there.
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- Post #4
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Just the glass...No bottles

The only thing I was able to piece together was this little clay ink, with an inverted top.
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- Post #3
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Just the glass...No bottles

Some more tops
- jim in wmass
- Post #2
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Just the glass...No bottles

Here a group of glass I found while sifting out the back end of a cellar hole that had fallen in. This was a few years back. Not one whole bottle came out came out of the area exposing the glass. well not one period...
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- Thread
- Mar 9, 2006
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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New To Forum and an Old Find

Hi madpaddla, When I found the Warrented it was in an area where much of a dump had been wash out off a river embankment. Lots of broken bottles like that one. Almost had a couple more whole quarts, but only almost. I climbed up the hill and got up behind some of the big trees growing there...
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- Post #8
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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New To Forum and an Old Find

Thanks to all, I use to frequent the Knotty Pine and the two auction houses nearby. I think the last time I was up to Knotty was when I bought my insulator guide book there, a large book on canning jars and a couple table top display cases from a couple booths. It's too early for me to...
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- Post #6
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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New To Forum and an Old Find

Hello, I'm new to the forum, but have been lurking in the shadows for about a month now. I would have registered earlier but my EN Security wouldn't let me. That's fixed now. A lot of really great post here at these forums, and I think I know more than I ever did by reading here. You...
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- Thread
- Mar 7, 2006
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Digging and Finding