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Worst accident you had while digging?

I was digging out an early war Yankee trash pit with my son. He spots a bottle and points to an area below the brick. I move the shovel to get a better view of the bottle, slip and put my entrenching shovel through the neck of a Masonic Seeing Eye flask that was above the brick. Only bottle I...
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- Post #17
- Feb 27, 2013
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Digging Civil War "hut" sites....

Just kidding with you John! Not many of us relic hunters show up on this forum except those of us who love glass! I do love that NY soda! Ron
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- Post #11
- Dec 23, 2012
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Digging Civil War "hut" sites....

You are turning to the dark side John!
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- Post #9
- Dec 23, 2012
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Yankee Soda/Mineral Water Mystery Bottle

I am having difficulty identifying this soda or mineral water bottle. It was dug in a Yankee camp. The bottle is 6 3/4" high with no pontil. It is a blob top and teal in color. The bottle is embossed W.P. & Co. Thanks!
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- Thread
- Mar 9, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Mystery Bottle from Yankee Trash Pit

I recently found a very broken but neat bottle in an early war Yankee winter camp in Southern Maryland. Have checked several reference bitters and whiskey books to include Mike Russell's Civil War Period Bottles & Jars and still no refernce of this bottle. After several pain-staking hours, I was...
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- Jan 17, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900