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    Dr R.H. Bucks pure malt whiskey

    just got back from the dig, bottles are still soaking, I found an interesting bottle, it's clear 11 inches tall and says: Dr. R.H. Bucks pure malt whiskey sole proprietors Theo h mulch & co. Any idea on age or value? thanks, VTdigger
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    shell glass cleanzit

    I was at the old dump today of the side of 1940's-50's bottles and found. a bottle with white and red ACL .it's 5 1/2 inches tall the label says Shell glass Kleanzit with the shell logo below it. on the back are directions; Caution combustible mixture apply with sprayer (or small cloth.)...
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    3 labels on one bottle

    I've had this bottle with paper labels ever since I was young, I have no idea where it came from since I've had it since the 1980's, I don't think it was dug bottle since the 3 labels were together, I think it must have been bought at a tag sale or handed down from my Grandfather. The bottle...
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    phoenix bottling wk dunkirk ny

    while visiting my dad's and his girl-friends apartment I saw a bottle on the top shelf with a flower in it, I took it down to look at it, it was a Hutch bottle, about 7 inches aqua blue, that read Phoenix bottling wk Dunkirk NY. the slug plate embossing was a bit crooked. I saw on hutchbook.com...
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    Stoneware question

    I recently dug a 2 gallon stoneware brown glazed jug stamped with the name J Fisher Lyons NY(1878-1902). It has heavy rust stains through out, what is the best way to remove rust from brown glazed stoneware jugs? I'm extremely cautious with this jug, as I couldn't believe it when I dug it...
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    This little piggy wanted to be found

    I went down to my early 1900's "gold mine dump" not digging but looking for broken bottles and other old glass for a friend of mine who runs a glass studio and wanted to melt down antique glass for marbles and paperweights. as I was collecting broken shards he could use to melt down I found a...
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    pharmacist vs druggist

    Hello all I have a question I hope you can help me with, Are a druggist and pharmacist considered the same thing? or is a pharmacist just someone who dispenses premixed medicines and a druggist a person who makes there own medicine . I just dug another bottle from a Bennington VT pharmacist...
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    it's a small world after all....

    This digging experiance has been on my mind for sometime now and I figured I'd share it. Last year I was digging the old town dump used from the 1920's-60's I was on the older side where I find bottles form the 1920's-30's when this woman and her young son ride through on a wheeler she asks...
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    green meadow dairy Washington d.c.

    today the the Bennington car show Flea market I picked up a half pint embossed milk bottle it says Alderney than a picture of a cow and fence and says Green Meadow on the front. on the back it says Fairfax Farms Dairy 1620 First St. N.W. Washington D.C. just like this bottle...
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    Flea market find Hennessy 20 inch

    found this 20 inch aqua Hennessy cognac bottle, i got it for $25 I had to get it ( I had to put some stuff back once I found this.) it still has the label and read Federal law....... so I know it's after 1932. Front view...
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    need help with old time abbreviation on a fire brick.

    I apologize for no pics, but I don't have a working camera at the moment. but today I was river searching and found an old white fire brick that said Fire brick CoS. Bennington VT. I know fire brick was manufactured in Bennington by the Norton pottery starting in the 1830's I also have one...
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    Shurtleff's blood and dyspepsia bitters.

    I found a nice early 1900's clear 9 1/2 inch tall bottle that's embossed sideways it's, Shurtleff's blood and dyspepsia bitters. just curious how much it's worth.
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    while I was away....

    I've been away from digging for awile as I've gotten into collecting bricks and pottery in the river and than I just got a new metal detector and I've been getting used to using that, so I haven't had much time to get out and dig. today i get out of work early and I go to my favorite spot (late...
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    Brick question...

    today while walking in the river at the former site of the Norton pottery, I found a stack of 3 fire/kiln bricks mortared together i've been debateing rather or not to try and chip one off and see what brand of fire brick it was. whats the best way to get a brick off with out damgeaing the...
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    nice day at the Norton Potteries

    it was nice out so I decided it was time to get in the stream where the Norton pottery used to stand, I have been there a few times, but only as far as I can go by shore with out walking on lawns. today with river shoes walking in the water, along the banks, I found a stack of 3 mortored kiln...
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    brick hunting find

    recently I've started collecting bricks, mostly embossed common brick and fire brick it's kind of fun to recheck picked out spots for a new thing to collect. I went downtown in Bennington there's a small creek that runs out back of a mill built in 1854. there was alot of bricks in this little...
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    loving this weather.....

    it was really warm today and I finally got to get out and do some some digging, I was thrilled to be able to get a shovel into the ground. I went out to my best early 1900's dump and found a nice amber cone ink, a few bluing bottles and a Galders Dentine bottle and a few others. On this dig I...
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    Mount kisco bottling co sletzer bottle

    Today at the Goodwill I found a seltzer bottle it's clear 11 inches (26 fl. OZ.) it says Mount Kisco bottling co. Mount Kisco NY it features an eagle holding a DB logo. any idea of the value and age?
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    Putnam lightning jars

    I'm looking for information about Putnam lighting jars I bought one at a tag sale that said 871 on the base, and more recently I dug one that was almost whole but the top was broken that 868 on the base I've seen so many different numbers on the base in pictures on this site and E-Bay. How many...
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    removing scartches.....

    This is a question about depression glass, but it could include scratched bottles as well, I bought a depression glass plate in the patrician style for $3.50, the plate has some knife scratches from being used, is there anyway to remove the scratches or make them less visable? Would eye glass...

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