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  1. J

    pontiled stopper bottle update

    Great story! Funny after it happenes Im sure.
  2. J

    question about nremoving stopper on this pontil bottle

    I have used the wooden vice technique many times with success. Using the vice frees up both of your hands so you have lots of control.
  3. J

    question about nremoving stopper on this pontil bottle

    Put a few drops of penetrating oil or lube around stopper then clamp stopper in wood jaw vise and grab bottle firmly and try wiggling it out by twisting/pulling bottle.
  4. J

    big pic with my bottle digging buddies...its like christmas

    Do tell us more, and unwrap those beauties.
  5. J

    10ft Dig and All By Yourself/What to do?

    That sure is alot of bottles. Based on the pics they look to be from the 1920s thru 1940s. I would say you have a mega dump site on your hands.
  6. J

    10ft Dig and All By Yourself/What to do?

    Sounds like you have some good spots to dig. I suggest when you start getting deeper than 4 feet have somebody with you for safety and use a 5 gal bucket and rope to haul dirt out of hole. Post some pics too, we love seeing action shots.
  7. J

    After tumbling cleaning

    Thanks for the reply. Yes, yes I recently heard about using a waterpik from another.
  8. J

    Schoolyard site updates

    Nope, no pontil on that one, but a nice example just the same.
  9. J

    Schoolyard site updates

    Nice find! I love it when construction workers do all the digging and expose stuff.
  10. J

    Un-doing old repair

    You might try soaking it in acetone to see if that will help dissolve or break down the resin.
  11. J

    Privy Advice for 1870s grocer's house

    Hence the term..."Going in style"
  12. J

    After tumbling cleaning

    Hey gang I was wondering if anybody's come up with some good cleaning techniques after a bottle is tumbled. Specifically for what I called" blackheads" I suspect it's the polishing compound that gets stuck in the tiny little nooks and crannies that appears dark grey or black. I currently use...
  13. J

    Privy Advice for 1870s grocer's house

    From my experience the only way to know what's in a privy is to dig it,sometimes it's a joyous thing other times and major disappointment. As far as regionally do New England privies have bottles? it really depends on the family that live there and what their habits were like. For me finding...
  14. J

    Does anyone post tumble?

    Oh those pesky black heads left behind from tumbling. Yup muriatic acid does the trick.
  15. J

    Heavy Blow Molded Ring Neck Bottle Sand Pontil?, Applied Top

    Very interesting. Did you dig it? If not its hard to say what age it is. It has the crude look if an old bottle, yet there are some things that look to new. There are so many decorative bottles made today that look old.provenonce is key in helping authenticate a piece.
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