This is one of the best bottles I have dug out of a big dump. I have been told by other diggers it's value is around $300 but I have yet to find any solid information on it. It is not listed in any of my books and I cannot find any data on it on the web either. Has anyone seen this bottle...
This place just keeps on giving...so I just keep on taking [;)] Dug some nice old bottles today. Dug two Swift's Crocks (gave one to my partner), a Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a Duffy Malt Whiskey, and others...some were pontiled [:D] Well....heres the pics.
Matty
Lacated and dug an old dump behind some old colonial homes over the weekend...found some nice stuff in there...a few local blob tops (one in amber), a couple dome inks, a few old medicines and chemical bottles, a nice SJP Master ink in emerald green, and some other unembossed linaments. Get out...
DUg an old dump on private property....Gave almost all of it to the owners because they have takin a real interest in the bottles. Happy diggin guys and gals!
Matty
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Hope ya all are diggin......it's almost fall now! These babies cleaned up great...I found some others, but they were either cracked, broken or screw tops....so they didn't make the pics[X(]
Matty
Went scratching down the colonial road again today and found some keepers [8D] The weathers starting to get bearable again...I hope everyones doing some digging!
Matty
My digging partner came up from Mass and we did some digging...found some real sweeties this time! Our favorite finds of the weekend were a Farr's Grey Hair Restorer bottle and a Beautiful Blob top soda bottle [:D]
Matty
I have decided to start digging Urban privies in Southern NH. The rural privies have nothing in them around here...I have dug almost a dozen rural privies with no success. I am studying at the Southern NH University for a Masters in History so my college ID card gets me permission almost all the...
heres a quick pic of some bottles my patner and I dug this weekend. We finished digging and sifting an old cellar hole that was used as a dump...many bottles and artifacts were recovered...heres a pic of a few.
Matty
If any of you guys are looking for a good strong probe to locate privies or dump sites you have to check this website out....the gentleman will make the probe to your specifications and ship it to ya....I just purchased a 4' probe from him. Just thought I would mention it because I have seen a...
OK......I am starting to get frustrated in my search for privies. I made a great probe to help me find em but where ever I go I can't seem to locate them? The only ones I can find are the ones that are sunken in. I was wondering if any of you guys would be willing to share some of your...
I recently dug a cellarhole turned bottle dump with my friend Rich in Western MA...We found a lot of cool artifacts and some sweeeet old bottles. One of my bottles has me stumped....I was hoping some of you experienced guys would help me out...Here are just some of the pics. Hope ya all are...
I found a nice medicine bottle that has embossing on it, it says: Geo. C. Frye Portland ME. Can't find to much information on this one so any help you guys can offer me would be greatly appreciated. This place just keeps given em....so I keep taken em home. I also found a neat brass bell, some...
I recently located an old mill road with many small dumps along both sides of the road.....well today I found the main dumping area and boy is it a biggin...got these in less than 45 minutes! I saw many embossed shards and pontil bottoms....HOW SWEEEEEEEET IT IS![:)]
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