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    "Hangtown", California Soda.

    Placerville ~ After the discovery of gold in nearby Coloma, CA by James W. Marshall in 1848 sparked the California Gold Rush, the small town known as Dry Diggin's came to be. In 1849 the town earned its historical name "Hangtown" because of the numerous hangings that had occurred there. By 1850...
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    The Marysville Chamber Pot

    Downtown Marysville several years ago: Huntindog, Bob & I had secured permission to dig on main street. The owner of the business had a severely sunken concrete slab in the rear corner of his brick building. He was retrofitting the structure for a new business and gave us permission to tear up...
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    Victorian lamp

    October 2013 The mornings are starting to chill & that first cup or two of coffee is a grand way of kicking myself out the door. A short drive later and I'm in a sort of Nirvana...that special place in the Northern California Delta and that special place inside of me that thrills at the sight...
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    Native American Mortar

    May 15th 2013 Huntindog & I drove to Maine Prairie yesterday on a spur of the moment decision. The tide would be a minus 05 conveniently at 3:00pm in the afternoon. It had been many years since I had splashed the murky waters & waded along the slough bank looking for bottles. Huntindog was...
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    A conversation between three California Squares

    Three old duffers sat playing dominoes in the city park. Two of the gentlemen were a bit younger ~ the third was an old solider. He had been around the block & seen a great deal of life. His hair had long ago gone yellowish-white. He was rather bent. But here he sat moving the black tiles...
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    Got Milk?

    Got Milk? I am old enough to remember the rattle of milk bottles in the wee hours of the morning. From my bedroom in the front of the house ~ I heard the milkman on his deliveries. The van came to a stop ~ footsteps up the walk onto the porch ~ clinking of quart glass bottles against a...
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    Chinese bowl & J F Cutter

    I have found there's a delicate balance between effort & reward. Growing older, the balance shifts back & forth. On a good day the planets align ~ my old bones operate with less pain ~ my interest peaks ~ reward seems close at hand. Last week I tried out my new knee. I had concerns...
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    San Francisco Flag & Bear

    American / Mineral Water Co / S.F. COLOR. Aqua VARIANT. Found in Hutchinson and Crown Cap type bottles LOCALITY: San Francisco CIRCA: 1899 – 1906 RARITY: Extremely Rare From 1899 through 1915 James J. Rooney and Ernest E. Zimmerman were the proprietors of the American Soda...
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    Love those river dumps.

    Exploring the river towns of the Sacramento Valley you're bound to find items associated with river travel. The quickest way to the Eastern Sierra mines during the gold rush was by water. Down the Eastern seaboard around Cape Horn & North to San Francisco ~ San Francisco up the Sacramento...
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    The other Maine Prairie pickle

    One of the first bottles to come from the town site of Maine Prairie was a cylindrical pickle ~ aqua in color ~ open pontil ~ a real gem. At low tide a black band of anarobic muck was visible. About a foot in width, located midway down the exposed bank between lighter caramel colored clay...
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    Bottle thoughts

    Just the other day, I was sitting in the living room with my sweetie. We were playing cards and having our second cup of java. Sunlight streaming through the Eastern windows. She looked so lovely. I said to her “Clickâ€. She replied “What?†~ “I've taken your picture with the camera...
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    The third London Jockey Gin

    The Third Horse & Rider Horse (Equus ferus caballus) & man (Homo sapiens) the perfect pairing of speed and grace. There can be very few things that equal the spectacle of a horse & rider running full out. There is a fluid motion that finds the best of both species. It is said the...
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    Cundurango Bitters

    Several years ago Cacarpetbagger, another bottle friend (who remains anonymous ) & I met at the town of Clarksburg to pursue old bottles. Clarksburg or “the burg†as known by locals, is an old river town built as early as the 1850's . It received a post office in 1876. The burg is tucked...
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    Conquistador's sword

    In a recent post I shared treasure from the Once in a Blue Moon dump in Old Sacramento. (scribe's case, crucibles, two pistolas) In response to this post Botlguy (Jim Sinsley) mentioned that he once found a pair of brass knuckles in a layer of liquor bottles years ago. Sadly someone stole...
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    Maine Prairie cathedral pickle

    I carved my first cathedral pickle out of the mud at Maine Prairie, California. I've spun numerous tales (all true) about my exploits at this ghost town, but I don't think I have ever told you why I started to dig bottles there. I was a young lad of 15 ~ the pride of my father's eye. His...
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    Gold Rush Artifacts

    Once in a blue moon while looking for bottles we stumble across unique items. A pottery plate, a child's doll ~ possibilities are endless. All are evidence of those hearty souls who came this way before us. Some of these items are badly worn ~ some are held close to the bottle god's heart...
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    Gold Rush artifacts

    Once in a blue moon while looking for bottles we stumble across unique items. A pottery plate, a child's doll ~ possibilities are endless. All are evidence of those hearty souls who came this way before us. Some of these items are badly worn ~ some are held close to the bottle god's heart...
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    Greene & Gladding Old Holland Gin

    April 7 1860 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Pure Old Holland Gin Bottled Expressly for family & medicinal use Manufactured in Schiedam, Holland by one of the oldest Distillers, and by him warranted the best gin sent to this country. Greene &...
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    Reylea, Carter & Co Schnapps

    It's pretty hard not to fall in love with an old gin bottle ~ especially one bottled back East & shipped to the gold fields of California. These bottles are always crude & quite often shot full of bubbles. They seldom vary from a deep green ~ and yet when sprinkled through a collection of...
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    Gun Wa's Chinese Remedy

    A good friend from Colorado dropped by last night...He brought with him good cheer & a full page newspaper advertisement featuring Gun Wa's Chinese Remedy. It had been printed by 'the Denver Republican (newspaper) : Sunday Morning June' 1889'. The newspaper is yellowed with time, missing a...

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