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Rest in Peace, Ron (bearswede)

RE: Rest in Peace, Ron Coming your way old salt water dog! haha
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- Post #42
- Aug 10, 2012
- Forum: General Chat
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Rest in Peace, Ron (bearswede)

RE: Rest in Peace, Ron Hey ty Kelley....... I am alive and well and still digg'n! Jim
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- Post #40
- Aug 9, 2012
- Forum: General Chat
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Rest in Peace, Ron (bearswede)

RE: Rest in Peace, Ron Well said Wayne. I just read about Lobes and the Bear passing..... Shocked really. They will be missed for sure. Jim
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- Post #37
- Dec 20, 2011
- Forum: General Chat
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tool scratch mark

Joe, try wet sanding with a #400-600 then 800 silicon carbide paper (available at auto parts store),then polish in machine , works good on small lip chips also...... Taz
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- Post #4
- Sep 28, 2009
- Forum: Cleaning and Repairing
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Happy Birthday Lobeycat

Happy B-Day Lobey! Go out and get a bottle![8D] Taz
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- Post #8
- Sep 11, 2009
- Forum: General Chat
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Happy Birthday, Taz.........

Thanks all! Been out of town..... I had a great birthday and holiday weekend. I dug a sweet 61 ct topaz in New Hampshire and have been polishing the bottle probe here in the Maine dirt..... nothing good to brag about yet though! Taz
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- Post #4
- Sep 8, 2009
- Forum: General Chat
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ever get stung by a cat piller well i did

Last fall I pushed my probe through a rotten log looking for bottles beneath, out came the yellow jackets... ahhhhh run for your life! [sm=lol.gif]
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- Post #10
- Sep 8, 2009
- Forum: General Chat
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Rare wall find??

I thought the squared push up base unusual,most I have seen have been a round ,dome like push-up...
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- Post #12
- Aug 24, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Rare wall find??

Looks like it needed a pontil!
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- Post #11
- Aug 24, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Rare wall find??

Crude lip finish......
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- Post #10
- Aug 24, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Rare wall find??

Nice bottle! You probally wont believe this, but I dug this one over at the "Maplewood" 1800's resort dump in Bethlaham, NH several weeks ago (The Mt Washington hotel is right up the road) bet they are the same type bottle,I suspected it was french... mine is quite crude with a shear top string...
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- Post #9
- Aug 24, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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What causes this?

Damn it Jim and beam me up Scotty!....[sm=lol.gif]
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- Post #12
- Aug 17, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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What causes this?

Nice bottle! How is this for a theory..... This is the basis of the optical band gap in a photonic crystal, of which opal is the best known natural example. In addition, microfractures may be filled with secondary silica and form thin lamellae inside the opal during solidification. The term...
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- Post #5
- Aug 17, 2009
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Ink bottle price needed

Hi Rick, GP and all...... Hmmmm a today's fair market price ? 25-35 clams. Nice ink but fairly common. Ink's volume #4 by J. Odell has a similar labeled example for 100 dollars but it is the 1865 patent example that French, bought up from Pierce before improving the bottle with a flat base. Taz
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- Post #4
- Aug 13, 2009
- Forum: General Chat About Bottles
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1st one of these Ive ever seen

The base measures 6' X 8' It was a pretty good sized bell!
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- Post #12
- Apr 23, 2009
- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries