VERY UNUSUAL BOTTLE! I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE THAT IT IS A PIECE OF ART. ITS THE FIRST ONE I CAN RECALL SEEING.IM WONDERING IF IT COULD BE MEXICAN MADE????[>:]THEN AGAIN IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD HAVE SOME AGE TO IT..HMMMMMMMMM
HEY CSJ, SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE THE STARTS OF A BOTTLE COLLECTION.YOU HAVE THE PERFECT JOB FOR IT!! MY DREAM JOB! -WARNING- BOTTLE COLLECTING IS CONTAGIOUS AND VERY ADDICTING.[:-][:D] ANOTHER GOOD SITE TO CHECK OUT IS DIGGER ODELLS SITE. ALOT OF INTERESTING ARTICLES AND HE HAS AN ARTICLE ON DATING...
SOME THING TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT ALOT OF HOUSES HAD A GARBAGE PIT IN THE BACK YARD,AND THAT MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY USED THESE MEDICATIONS.USING A MEDICINE IN 1890 THAT CONTAINED OPIATES DID NOT MAKE YOU A "DRUG ADDICT" BY TODAYS STANDERDS.
COULD YOU POST A PICTURE OF THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE? I HAVE SOLD 1 OR 2 OF THESE USUALY GETTING AROUND $5 APIECE FOR THEM. IM PRETTY SURE IT IS LESTOIL.PRETTY BOTTLE THOUGH.
KARL, VERY NICE FLASK.I LOVE DIGGING ANY COBALT BLUE BOTTLES. THAT IS ONE OF THE NICER ONES I HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF THE GROUND.I AM STILL USEING THE SANBORNS YOU SENT .GREAT MAPS! WILL BE SENDING YOU SOME BOTTLES SOON.
COULD YOU POST A PICTURE OF THE BOTTOM OF THIS BOTTLE? I BELIEVE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SAUCE BOTTLE ? IN THIS FIRST PICTURE IT APPEARS TO BE AROUND 1890-1910.
I once treated a langley root bitters by giveing it a good scrubing and spraying it with a thin coat of polyurithain.This did hide the sickness very well.I do agree that tumbling is the best method.
I DUG THIS LITTLE BOTTLE 4 DAYS AGO IN A SPOT THAT WAS USED AS A LOCAL DUMP FROM 1860 TILL 1920.IT IS THE SMALLEST BOTTLE I HAVE DUG IN 20= YEARS OF DIGGING,ITS EMBOSSED"COMPLIMENTARY " IN SCRIPT.THE VERY NEXT DAY I DUG ONE IN COBALT BLUE BEHIND AN OLD ORPHANAGE THAT SHOWS UP ON MY NEW SANBORN...
35 yera old vermonter,been digging 25+years.at age 12 i bought 4-5 gallon buckets of old bottles for $3 per bucket!warners,atwoods bitters,etc................been hooked ever since(i think the guy was trying to sucker me in .lol)
I WENT DIGGING NEXT TO THE WINOOSKI RIVER HERE IN VERMONT.THE AREA IS A PROVEN SITE FOR EARLY INDIAN ARTIFACTS.I MUST HAVE DUG 20-30 TEST HOLES THAT DAY WITH NO LUCK AT ALL.I WAS TELLING A FRIEND LATER THAT NIGHT WHERE I HAD BEEN,WHEN HE SAID"I HAVE SOMETHING I'LL SELL YOU THAT I DUG"IT SEEMS...
HELP!! I NEED HELP DIGGING A SITE HERE IN VERMONT.THE FOUNDATION IS FROM A SITE BUILT FROM 1740-1760?THE ORIGINAL WELL IS STILL THERE FULL OF WATER! I TOP PICKED THERE 15YRS AGO AND FOUND 1 PONTILED BOTTLE.DUG THERE YESTERDAY FOR 8 HOURS AND FOUND PIECES OF EARLY CHINA AND POTTERY.THE HOUSE...
HEY NEW DIGGER,CAN YOU POST SOME PICTURES OF THE BOTTLES YOU HAVE FOUND? I HAVE HEARD OF SOME NICE BOTTLES COMING OUT OF AREAS THAT HAD OLD CAR PARTS IN THEM.I KNOW OF A DRAKES PLANTATION BITTERS BEING FOUND UNDER AN OLD CAR DOOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO(NOW WORTH ABOUT $100 +-).I JUST STARTED DIGGING...