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    Holiday bottles - Santa Cola

    found on the bay, had to have the interesting holiday time soda. Any info on this one ? anyone have other Christmas ( or other holiday ) theme bottles ? ~ AL ( catching up on not posting for two weeks, lol ) .
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    Bethlehem bottle show finds

    Well, finally got to posting a few of these - enjoyed the show, came home and was hospitalized Monday night, 11/ 29 with back pain and shortness of breath . turns out to be gal bladder ( no surgery yet, trying meds first ), however, they found I am anemic and still running tests to get that...
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    Gono.com down ?

    Been trying to log onto Gono all evening and no luck, anyone else having issues ? ~ AL [:(]
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    reproductions ?

    Well, although I am an avid digger, I'm primarily an ACL soda collector . Recently been getting into jars - had a few set back cause my ex g/f liked em, but I bought a boxful at an estate auction ( to get a couple ACLs in the lot ) . scored a nice Patent 1858 quart and half gallon, but only...
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    boat bottles.

    Well, we have had threads with airplane bottles, which surfaces every so often, others with western themes ( way cool, too ) ... here is one I have been collecting as a subset, is ship / boat bottles. here is one pic, so far ( my faves ) . sure there are more, anyone have any to...
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    black list ?

    Not sure this is where I shoudl post this, but was wondering if there was a 'black list' to post issues with online, ebay or whatever sellers. Currently have a E(vil)bay seller who wants to charge me 75.00 on ten ACLs to ship, after listing all for .99 each, and sendign me letters that...
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    J R Watkins crate

    Found this shipping crate at a sale this past weekend. was enroute to a rocket launch ( my other hangup [:D] ) , and a little town had a yard sale weekend, so I stopped at a few, found a few bottles, too which will post soon, once I clean and photo them. Paid 15 bucks for the...
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    not quite thousands but quit a few :)

    Finally got my shipment of bottles , ebay purchase ( see auctions thread for details and selelr link ) . Nice assortment, blew the budget, but what can I say :P nice pick me up , must have been fate, ordering them a while back :) see photo for details. closeups to follow. ~ AL
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    only found one today

    Antique mall find ( no digging in weeks, hope to get out Thursday * fingers crossed * ) . R.V. PIERCE.M.D. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Buffalo , N.Y. BIM, with tooled lip, nice aqua color, not bad for a buck :) any info ? ~ AL
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    Fave Sodas

    RootbeerBob's thread got me thinking about favorite sodas and nostalgia. That's dangerous, nostalgia, it;s one thing got me hooked on ACLs, is remembering childhood brands ( and at 42 I'm not even that old :P ) Anyways... for example, growing up , my brother and I always loved RC...
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    a few finds over the weekend

    Was out of town to a Sci-Fi convention in Toronto over the weekend, so no digging or fleas.. did stop at a couple small town antique shops and scored a few goodies. pics to follow, comments appreciated :) ~ AL first one : McCarthy Bros & Martin Riverside, NY...
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    new ones

    here's a couple more I finally got cleaned up : first off is a nice round bottom soda or water - no markings, very crude, BIM . like this one, good color and crudeness, not sure how it will display, what did these sit in ? ~ AL
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    NDNR Fresca I dug

    Finally cleaned this one up nice, from last weeks Tuesday off from work dig.... this to me was best find, if not the oldest. any idea the rarity ? only one I;ve seen, course I'm a rookie, lol. ~ AL
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    new goodies

    A friend of mine who is a retired flea market dealer / junk man stopped by my shop yesterday whille I was on a dig and dropped these off. not neccesarily rare, but neat to me. still full and ..ewww... not sure I'd drink it, lol.... ~ AL
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    the weeks goodies

    well, been finding a few this week, not dug but aquired, lol. going to post some of the highlights - as always, any info for this always learning newbie is appreciated :) ~ AL ..... first up is my one and only antique mall find, paid a whole dollar for this nice paper...
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    nice score

    did not get out digging today, maybe tommorrow. DID run acrossed a 'bottles of antiquity' listing on craigslist... bought these ( about 45 minute drive to pick up - tghrough beautiful vintage towns ) 215 bottles, lot of slicks, lot of early ABM - 25 bucks :) I'm grinning still...
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    yesterdays family digs

    Well, snuck off from the familt Memorial Day party / birthday for my mom and did some digging. Party was at my uncles place he bought from my grandfather - modern house but on the property is three old foundations. my uncle is an avid metal detector and has found hundreds of...
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    newbie question - 'registered' bottles ?

    showing my newbie-ism but have a question I've not been able to find answer to . on vintage ( pre-ACL embossed or slug plate ) bottles - I see many witht he ' registered' embossing. there's no other noting of what the contents were, as a norm - so how do I know it;s a soda bottle...
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    some finds

    well, no digging all week :( .. but did swing by a local antique mall and picked up a few goodies. couple semi-local ACL bottles. ( no pics, sorry ). did score this 6 pak of Pepsis for 9.60 .. thought that was a fair price for clean bottles. got a small medicine or ? bottle - pics...
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    Progress ?

    did get out to dig a little after dinner tonight. the old farm dump, not too old, but close to home . no pics yet ( left my camera at home :( .... but might be getting close to some finds ( hope so ) . as it;s getting older. found more 70s pepsis, a few glass 64 oz - did...

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