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    Monday at Surface Dump

    Good finds! I live in New Zealand and Ive dug a Horlicks malted milk with "Slough Bucks, Racine Wisconsin" keep diggin!
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    NON PICTORIAL HOLLOWAYS

    Hi there, Just wondering if a non pictorial Holloways pot-lid has any value. Cheers Aerated P.S the address is 244 the Strand. (pre 1870's?)
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    RE: Smiths Lids bring $8,995 US on

    What makes them so valiable?
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    china or japan coin????

    WOW!! 32,000! see that and raise you.......2 Tiger whiskys & a floral printed Ginger jar LOL. Anyway in NZ in the early 1900's we had a piece of Legislation called the "poll tax". It meant basically that any Chinese wishing to Emigrate here had to pay 10 pounds(about $400 NZ dollars, in...
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    "Weedy find" - Rated 18+

    No these people dont screw around! Quite often I have come across good size plots exploring on the "wild West Coast". Ill relate to you a story told to me by a fellow collector- "I was just coming out of a dense patch of Forest only armed with a shovel & prodder. Id seen a MASSIVE plantation...
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    Easter finds

    Nice finds IRISH! What are the 3 Aerated water/blob top looking bottles in the back row? (the aqua ones) Cheers Aerated
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    How did you start collecting and what was your 1st bottle?

    What an Interesting thread!!. I guess I was lucky in having my late Grandfather start collecting bottles in the late 60's. He in turn introduced my father to collecting in the 70's.Coming from a Historically rich part of New Zealand we were spoiled for choice with long forgotten goldmining...
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    Friday's creek paddle

    Sorry Irish! I cant post any pics of NZ 260z Codds because there are so few of them!. However I missed out on purchasing a 32oz repaired NZ Codd recently. The bottle itself is huge!.They are extremley rare here.I think probably because of the climate, and the shipping costs from England &...
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    Can you tell me about my bottle?

    Hi there, This bottle I think would date from about the 1970's-80's.It is in the style of stoneware bottle used by Dutch Distilleries for 200 odd years.Still an attractive stoneware bottle, and an Antique of the future.The current value wouldnt be much i'd have to say. Cheers Aerated
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    china or japan coin????

    Dead right Irish. Having dug a few Chinese miners camps, you can be guarannteed of finding at least one of these coins.They were used in ex-pat Chinese communities for currency.The largest hoard of these Ive heard of was about 400 found in a ginger jar.Apparently they also used them in there...
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    Pratts Motor Spirit

    Hello, I was lucky enough to dig this from a WW1 era tip.Its a double sided sign and is in remarkably good condition.Im led to believe that pratts was an American company. If anyone has any info id appreciate it. Cheers Aerated Picture cropped - please see Help - Using the Forum...
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    Friday's creek paddle

    Awesome Codd! We dont have many NZ 26oz Codds(about 3 I think). The odd Tooheys 26oz has turned up I think. Im going to sell a few NZ codds on our local trading site in the next few weeks.
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    Some finds from last week

    Nice Finds! Ive got an Amethyst John Sutherland pickle bottle. Im trying to find info on another Amethyst pickle ive got. It has "the Johnson Condiment Company" embossed. I have reason to believe it could be Australian. Any onfo would be appreciated
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    rimmels cherry toothpaste

    Hi Moa. See if you can get your hands on a digital camera, take a photo & upload it. Im guessing that its an English potlid, the name Rimmel rings a bell. Another poster on this site by the name of Gidday (I think) knows a lot about lids. If he reads this im sure he'll add some useful...
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    Dug some OLD stuff...Broken old stuff..

    TOO RIGHT!!.[:@] Thats the trouble with collecting Codd bottles, marbles being such a popular game back then.I found that for every 10 broken embossed Codds you'd get one whole plain one. Just as bad is digging a complete one, and finding on closer inspection that it has been "money...
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    Warner's Safe Cure

    Hi all, Interesting post. I too have a Melbourne Warners. I want to know if a Warners safe Remedies Melbourne would be a harder to obtain bottle. Ive dug 2 broken remedies in the past. Also I seem to recall reading somewhere that the safe trademark stems from Warner being a safe salesman...
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    What would be the 'holy grail' of bottle finds?

    For me it would have to be a 10oz Moffet & Co Invercargill (New Zealand) Blue-lipped Acme-Reliance Codd Hamilton Hybrid. Quite a mouthful!.Considered one of the top NZ bottles. They sell for Thousands when they come up for sale (hardly ever). There is quite a good range of desirable NZ...
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    Why, oh, why the fascination?

    A question I have often wondered about myself!!. Ever since I can remember I have collected something or another.I collected Stamps for a bit, but it was no where near the thrill of locating & digging old bottles. And anything else I started to collect gave way to bottles pretty quickly!. When...
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    Australian bottles

    Yes thats right Irish. Good spotting.I only kept it because it is quite ornate. When I first found it I had no idea what it was.I was showing a non collector friend some bottles & he picked up a Hamilton, put it in and hey presto!. Mystery solved.
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    Australian bottles

    Hi all, As asked heres a pic of some Aussie bottles that ive dug/acquired over the years. L to R,NSW ginger beer, Rowlands "Miner & Farmer" Codd, Perth & Freemantle Bottle Co Ring seal beer, Warners safecure Melbourne, Adelaide Aerated water & Brewery co Torpedo,C Sheeky ginger beer. The small...

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