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    Farway Dairy in Florida

    Today I found a milk bottle in the river that says "Farway Dairy....Pure Milk....Hallandale, FLA". I've never found one of these before, and I can't find any info on Ebay or by Googling. Does anyone know anything about this bottle?
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    Pocket Sundial

    While searching the riverbank a couple evenings ago, I spotted this "pocket" sundial on top of the sand after high tide. I think it is my most favorite find to date. Does anyone have an idea as to how old this may be? It is about 3 inches in diameter. There is no writing on the back to clue...
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    X.Bazin Amandine

    My husband found this potlid tonight while we were looking for bottles along the riverbank. I have searched online to find another one but can't come up with an exact match. Can someone shed some light on the rarity and age of this lid? ~Bree
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    Hand-carved Toy Boat

    January is proving to be a great month for digging! We have already uncovered some nice medicine bottles, round bottoms, and even an 1835 silver half dime, but last night we found the most cool and unusual item yet! My husband and I were digging along the riverbank for bottles, and while I was...
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    Mystery Item

    Found this metal ring while metal detecting. The ring part being about the size of a quarter. Anyone recognize it?
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    My FIRST Bottle Pit

    After probing and digging, probing and digging, probing and digging, I finally found a bottle pit on my parents' property.......and not even by probing! I was metal detecting and came across something, so I started digging. I uncovered a small piece of brass, and TONS of broken glass. Broken...
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    mystery brass

    I found a couple interesting objects in the river mud last night. I know the piece on the right is part of a broken clay pipe, but I have no clue about the brass piece. Seems like a cap that would have been on a bottle or jar. The top piece slides up and down to open or close the hole...
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    Glass Bottle Stopper

    Low tide on the river allowed me to dig at my new spot again today. After collecting an entire 5 gallon bucket full of broken glass, I finally found a small bottle in mostly one piece, just a little chipping on the lip and in the edge of the bottom. I also found a glass Lea & Perrins bottle...
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    Sad Day

    On Friday I was told by a chiropractor that I have osteoporosis and a degenerating spine. I'm only 32. I was instructed to take it easy for a couple weeks while I am getting adjusted due to a dislocated rib that's been causing me a lot of pain, particularly when I'm metal detecting and...
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    Surplus milks, sodas, cokes for sale

    I'm trying to start a "new camera" fund, so I've decided to sell off my surplus bottles. I have a lot of milks, like pint Foremost, pint Gustafson's, 1/2 pint 3 cent Florida, 1/2 pint 5 cent Florida, pint 3 cent NCA's, etc. I have some aqua bottles and some newer insulators. I have some...
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    Brown bottle w/ weird finish/residue

    My mother handed over her bottle collection to me tonight, and this was in the bunch. It has a strange irridescent sheen to it. Is this just a result of being in the elements for so long? And what could it have been used for? There is some writing on the bottom, but I can't make it out.
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    Date my inks?

    Yesterday my husband and I went digging in the river for bottles. The best find of the day was by my husband, the purple ink well in this pic. The aqua ink was found by my mother in the same area many years ago, but does not seem to be as old. Does anyone know an age on these?
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    2 bottles from today

    I found a couple new ones today I have not seen before. Has anyone else seen these? This first one I do not think is very old, but I love the color. There is no writing on it, but there are a few tiny bubbles in the glass. The second one seems to be a medicine bottle. The cork was...
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    shell casings

    Found these today while digging for bottles in the river: Can anyone guess age?
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    Tips on privy finding?

    Last summer, my husband and I hiked to the top of a waterfall on a steep wooded slope in Placer County. In addition to getting poison oak, a metal rod jabbed in my shin, and almost breaking my leg at one point [&:], we discovered the stone foundation of a long gone house. At the time, I had...
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    Sacramento bottle

    I'm new to bottle hunting in Cali (I'm a Florida native), and an acquaintance that has been giving me tips gave me this bottle he found in Placer County. Since I've only found shards so far out here, this is my favorite CA bottle, because it's my only bottle. [:D] He said the engraved...
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    Could it be a privy?

    My parents live in northeast Florida on a very historic piece of land. I've discovered lots of old bottles along the riverbank in front of their house. But now I'm wondering about spots to dig on land. There is a depression in their dirt driveway that has remained after years and years of...
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    Need help identifying...

    I've found a couple items here in northern California that I can't identify. Does anyone know what these are? This thing's about 8 inches long. This thing is heavy, and the very tip seems to be brass. It's about 4 inches long.
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    My Florida Collection

    I'm new to the forum, and thought I'd show my best stuff. I have lots more I fished out of the river in northeast Florida, but these are my favorites: Milk bottles are my favorite..... This one is from "White Horse Distilleries" This one is my favorite. It's from a coke...
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    Group of Insulators

    I'm new to insulator hunting, and as this is all I have found thus far....... .....I went out and bought some! Got 13 insulators at an antique store. Here's what I got: Several Hemingrays and Whitall Tatums. A few I couldn't really find much info on.... I really...

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