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New member finding lots of neat older bottles

Congrats on joining our group of bottle hounds! Finding them is half the fun! You can dig for bottles but I would suggest you use a metal rake and smaller shovel for your digging. To big of a shovel and you can break the glass. Until you start digging deeper holes ,say in an outhouse or deeper...
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- Post #12
- Dec 31, 2022
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles AFTER 1900
She' u bute!! YELLOW!!!

This is really a great find, especially still in one piece. They weren't too careful back then, everything went in the dump or outhouse. Someone may have been reusing it as glass was hard to come by during and after the war. Let me know if you want to "rid" yourself of this bottle of bubbles!
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- Post #15
- Dec 8, 2022
- Forum: New to the Collection
Insulator Display

Great display! I have many different sizes, colors and shapes of insulators. I was thinking of a way to run a small led light inside to use as patio lights. Nice looking piece you have, will fit in anywhere!
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- Post #11
- May 6, 2020
- Forum: Insulators
Bottle collector for over 50 years. Collect poisons, bitters, quack medicines, beers and sodas.

Bottle collector for over 50 years. Collect poisons, bitters, quack medicines, beers and sodas.
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- Profile post
- May 6, 2020
Found the devil in an abandoned church

Actually, I am more interested in the church! That building looks awesome! But yes, that is weird to find the devil in the attic!!
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- Post #18
- May 6, 2020
- Forum: Sodas - Embossed, Paper Label and ACLs.
Pontil bottle

I have a bottle that is very similar to yours. It has very thin glass, very light, lots of bubbles and very little wear on the bottom. It is a medicine and/or poison bottle. If it was a poison and sitting on a shelf, not being used all the time, it will not have much wear. On the other hand, it...
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- Post #16
- Mar 4, 2020
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
What Happens to You’re Collection When You Die?

My wife joked "recycling"! She will contact the bottle club I am in to see if someone would be interested in buying the whole collection. She was also going to give the local bottles to our town historical society.
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- Post #24
- Jan 29, 2020
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles