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    Dug a little undug turn of the century dump.

    Was out ginseng hunting and found a little bit of wire sticking outta the ground. Well , it is just impossible to pass up a chance to scratch around in a dump. So the mission aborted and bottle digging began. Not a ton of age , alot of full seamers ant tooled top but no screw top stuff. I dug...
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    Any diggers from Oahu Hawaii??

    I will be in Hawaii next week and was wondering if there are any bottle diggers or digging potential on Oahu? Sure would love to take a day and do a little digging. While on vacation I may as well have some fun doin what I enjoy!! Twig
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    The Mushroom Dump .. dig #2

    Hey all, Got out for another quick dig before getting rained out. Only got about a half hour or a little more in before the t-boomers set in. I felt bad because I talked my Dad into going and he didnt find anything. Everywhere I dug another bottle popped out. One of the bottles is a squat...
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    Found a dump while mushroom hunting.

    Hey Folks!! Was out mushroom hunting Friday eve and finding a few when I ran across a spot that had potential.The only thing in the truck that would work for digging was a screwdriver. It did a pretty good job. The dump is in a ravine and is at the bottom all the way up the steep slope to the...
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    Found a farm dump with pontils!! All broke:(

    Hey Folks ! Got out to a field for some arrowhead hunting and ended up walking into the woods and found a dump that had some nice age to it. Took my Dad back and took our diggers . Found alot of old stuff but it was all broken. Looks like someone had dug it years ago possibly. Was...
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    Blue , but not cobalt!!

    Wanted to show these pictures of one of my black glass bottles. I have a lot of them tha show blue in the pontil but nothing like this one. There is blue everywhere. Just thought it was really cool and thought you might enjoy. Twig.
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    H. Lake's Indian Specific.

    Found this really cool bottle. Wish I could tell you that I dug this bottle , but I bought it . I dont think that there are too many of them out there and I just picked it up to try and make a few bucks. These bottles are truely awesome to hold and look at. It measures around 8 1/4" to 8 1/2"...
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    The Steamboat Arabia

    Has anyone here ever been to this museum? What a great story. A look right into the lives of folks that lived in 1856. The link is a photo album of the museum and a brief story of the boat. The ammount of things salvaged from the wreck are amazing. The thing that caught my eye the most was the...
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    Why were many black glass ale bottles refired??

    Hi folks!1 I am sure this has been discussed before but I dont seem to remember what the conclusion was. A lot of the black glass ale bottles have the nice pontiled base , but are often referred to as refired pontil. What purpose would this have served? So many other styles of bottles have...
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    Carpenters Sarsaparilla

    Hey Folks!! Just wanted to post a few pictures of some odd little bottles my Dad picked up a while back. I am rushing around getting ready for work but wanted to put these on before I head out the door. Have not been out in the dirt since the new job and have not participated much on the...
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    Need your help on this stuck stopper!!

    I was just out looking for a job this morning and ran across a little antique store. Cant seem to find a job , but I always seem to find a way to spend more money!!!![:)] Found this cool little Larkin Soap Co bottle in the store for $12 bucks and thought it was a good buy. The stopper is stuck...
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    Cobalt Skull Poison.

    For all you poison collectors. I see on American Bottle Auctions that they have the cobalt skull poison for auction this month. A really cool bottle. Hope I dig one up someday.Does anyone know what type of poison these would have had in them? Twig.
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    Vaughn's Vegetable Lithontriptic Mixture. Trade for early black glass.

    Hi folks, Just seeing if there is any intrest in possible trades on this bottle. I am into the old black glass , so I would much rather have some nice old black glass than this bottle. I dug this bottle about a month ago from a surface dump that I found during deer season. It is...
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    Dad's End of the Year Clean Out!!!

    Was out at my Dad's house the other day and he decided to clean out some bottles that he had no room for. Most of these are bottles we have dug in the last year ,and a few are ones he picked up here and there. When we dig ,I bring home alot of bottles and he is usually quite reserved in what he...
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    A dump found while deer hunting.

    Got out for gun season last week and ran across a dump . It had refrigerators,tires fence posts ,car parts and all sorts of crap piled up high. As I walked past it to get to my hunting spot I noticed a bottle sticking out of the leaves. It was an amber tooled top sticking out. It turned out to...
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    Back in the Poo!!

    Hey Folks! Things have been crazy around here , but finally got a chance to get into some pits yesterday. Found four pits so far but have not found the oldest pits yet. The property dates to 1860's and possibly 1840's. The pits that have been dug are 1880's to turn of the century...
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    Alot of goodies for sale!!

    Well,,, Life just threw one of those BIG curve balls at me today, and it unfortunately is time to unload alot of my bottles and flasks. I have just recently started collecting, but will have to start over some other time. Actually I can always go out and dig some after the snow is off the...
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    What else do you collect?

    I dont know if this question has been asked before . Most of us who have the urge to collect things such as bottles, have a pack rat type mentality, thus leading us to other things to collect also. I have many hobbies and in turn they lead to collecting. I have only been into bottles for a short...
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    Took some pics of my new flask.

    Hi folks, I have been collecting only for about 3 or four months, but the things that really draw me to this hobbie are the flasks. I just got this Louisville Eagle flask and was going to get some photo's of it, but had to feed the Iguana first. I set the flask down to get him ready...
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    Caradium , cobalt blue?

    Anyone seen one of these? What was caradium? Twig.

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