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    FROM ONE DIGGER TO ANOTHER.

    GRANDPA TOLD HIS GRAND DAUGHTER TO SELL HIS DIGS WHICH ENDED UP ON CRAIG'S LIST AND THEN ENDED UP COMING HOME WITH ME. 160 MILE ROUND TRIP FROM THE NORTH FORK OF L.I. TO BROOKLYN AND BACK. 334 TOTAL PIECES:
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    MOCK MAGAZINE COVER

    BRAGGING ABOUT A FRIENDS AMAZING FIND....NEAR THE BEACH! :)
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    EAGLE EYE ERIC

    SO, THIS MORNING WHILE OUT WITH FRIENDS YARDSALING IN THE WEST, I GET A PHOTO TEXT FROM ANOTHER FRIEND (ERIC) SHOWING A 1960'S COCA-COLA HARLEQUIN 12oz. STEEL SODA CAN. IT WAS APPARENTLY AT A YARDSALE OUT EAST (WHERE WE DIDN'T GO). ERIC CALLS AND ASKS IF HE WANTS ME TO ASK PRICE. I SAID YES...
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    BACARDI BEAR (?)

    YUP, I FOUND ANOTHER LIQUOR BOTTLE I NEED SOME ANSWERS ON. THIS BOTTLE HAS BEEN IN MY FAMILY LIQUOR CABINET FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER...I JUST CAN'T "BEAR" TO TOSS IT OR SELL IT.[;)] THE BOTTLE IS JUST SHORT OF BEING 12" TALL. IT HAS NO MARKINGS, LABELS OR EMBOSSMENTS ANYWHERE EVEN ON...
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    OLD FORESTER DATE HELP

    I DUG THE BOTTLE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND FINALLY GOT AROUND TO CLEANING IT. I SEE THEM ON EBAY STARTING @ $12 W/O STOPPER LIKE MINE AND HEADING NORTH OF $25 W/STOPPER AND LABEL PRESENT. 66 AND 52 SHOW UP ON THE BASE. WAS WONDERING IF ONE OF THESE WAS THE DATE AND IF SO, WHICH ONE? (I'M...
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    LAUREL LAKE/CAMP MOLLOY

    I'VE BEEN SCOPING THIS PLACE OUT FOR TEN YEARS. IT'S A MILE FROM MY HOUSE AND WAS MY FIRST OFFICIAL HIKE/BOTTLE HUNT FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE YEAR. STILL PLENTY OF P.I. AROUND, SO I ONLY BROUGHT GLOVE AND A SMALL DIGGING TOOL ALONG IN MY BACK PACK. CAMP MOLLOY WAS A BOYS CAMP OPEN I...
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    LATEST FINDS!

    NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY "DIGS!"[;)] FROM LAST WEEKENDS YARD SALES:
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    "THIRSTY? - JUST WHISTLE!"

    COOL LITTLE PROJECT..... A FEW YEARS AGO I PURCHASED A CASE OF OLD EMPTY "WHISTLE BOTTLES." I ALSO LEARNED THAT WHISTLE WAS PRIMARILY AN ORANGE DRINK. SO I INVESTED A FEW BUCKS ON ENOUGH WHISTLE BOTTLE CAPS FROM EBAY. THE BOTTLE CAPPER TOOL WAS HANDED TO ME AT A YARDSALE YEARS AGO AS A FREEBIE...
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    HELP!! - I'M CLUELESS

    ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHILE OUT CYCLING WITH FRIENDS, WE STOPPED AT A LOCAL YARDSALE. I ONLY SAW ONE BOTTLE....IT WAS CHEAP AND I BOUGHT IT. I PAID A $1 BUT HAVE NO CLUE IF IT'S REALLY OLD OR REALLY FAKE (REPRO/REPOP). HERE ARE 5IVE PICS TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME FROM YOU PROS! THANKS!
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    PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME....

    In the current trash mound I am working on, I sometimes dig up some interesting bottle shards...parts...etc and bring them home. Recently, I dug up this hefty mouth and neck in amber and was wondering what it was and how old?
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    NEW HAVEN CT CRAIGS LIST AD

    THEY CLAIM TO HAVE 8-10,000 BOTTLES FOR SALE STARTING @ $2 EACH http://newhaven.craigslist.org/atq/3292585251.html
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    LATEST SHELVES...

    WITH ALMOST 100 "NEW" OLD BOTTLES COMING HOME IN THE LAST MONTH+, I TOOK THE TIME TO MAKE SHELVES IN MY LIBRARY THESE PAST FEW DAYS. WHAT AMAZED ME WAS THE 100" SHELF THAT RUNS ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WINDOW AND DOOR CAN TAKE THE TYPICAL DAIRY QUART BOTTLE WITH 3/8" TO SPARE. I DIDN'T PLAN THAT...
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    DUNE ALPIN DAIRY QUART

    L@@KING FOR A NICE ROUND EMBOSSED DUNE ALPIN DAIRY QUART FROM EASTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, NY. THANK YOU!
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    WEEKEND FINDS & BUYS.

    I WASN'T BUYING ANYTHING UNLESS IT WAS CHEAP AND INTERESTING AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE OF COURSE. YARD SALE #1....
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    LABOR DAY BUY

    A FELLOW URBAN EXPLORER BUDDY OF MINE SAID IT WAS TIME TO GIVE UP HIS BOTTLE COLLECTION AND STICK TO EPHEMERA. I, OF COURSE WAS THE LUCKY RECIPIENT IN THE "HAND-ME-DOWN" DEPT. I LIKED THIS ONE BECAUSE IT'S FROM BERLIN, GERMANY AND HAS A COOL SHAPE....
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    TRIPPY LITTLE CREATION

    IT STARTED WITH A PHOTOGRAPH OF 6 SIMILAR SIZED MEDICINE STYLE CLEAR BOTTLES STACKED CRISS-CROSS, SHOT ON ANGLE AND BLOSSOMED INTO THIS.....
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    END OF AUGUST TAG SALE GLASS

    FOUND THESE AT A LOCAL B&B TAG SALE. THE PINT WASN'T FOR SALE SO I PUT ON MY SAD FACE.... I GOT IT [:D] (HAPPY HAPPY FACE)
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    THE RIGHT ANTIQUE SHOPPE

    LAST TUESDAY, MY BUDDY, HIS SONS AND I WERE OUT HITTIN' SOME ANTIQUE SHOPPES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF L.I. THE FIRST PLACE WAS CLOSED, THE 2ND PLACE HAD BOTTLES....NOTHING TO UNUSUAL BUT RATHER PRICEY. THE THIRD PLACE WAS THE CHARM (3RD TIME LUCKY). I PICKED 2 BOTTLES FROM A SMALL SHELF INSIDE...
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    MY "B.W.S."

    "BOTTLE WASHING STATION!" LOL [:D] WHEN I MOVED OUT TO FARM COUNTRY IN 2008 AWAY FROM THE SUBURBS, I LEFT BEHIND A GREAT UTILITY/LAUNDRY TUB/SINK AT THE OLD HOUSE. SOMEHOW I KNEW I WAS GONNA NEED SOMETHING OUT IN THE NEW YARD FOR THIS PURPOSE.....BUT WHAT? SO ONE MORNING, I'M OUT RIDING...
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    I COULDN'T RESIST

    After not having time to get back to my last digging location along the edge of a nursery about a 1/2 mile from my house, I jumped on my TREK and rode over late yesterday afternoon just after the sun peaked out from some previously rainy conditions. I hadn't been there since the end of June so I...

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