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    Demijohns?

    Thought these might be associated with a suspected Civil War blockade runner, but we found other artifacts on this spot that dated to 1914 at the earliest.
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    Demijohns?

    Almost 300’
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    Demijohns?

    Any idea on the origin, use, and value of these bottles? Found on a deep shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico. Other artifacts date to early 1900s. Thanks in advance.
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    SANSO bottle

    Any ideas or information on this bottle recovered from a shipwreck... Diamond framed SANSO (or SANS’O) MARCA REGISTRADA
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    Large bottle - identification help needed

    Here are some additional pics
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    Large bottle - identification help needed

    Any ideas to the type and approximate date of the bottle below? Found on an old shipwreck. Cheers, Mike
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Got back out to the wreck to do some more work...clearing a top layer of bottles in one area to inspect cargo below. Bottles recovered included many more mini style Bordeaux bottles, large Champagne bottles, and more of the odd preserve bottles. One of the corks of the mini Bordeaux bottles...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Hi guys-It's been a while since I last posted. We are planning to get back out to the wreck once the weather improves. In the meantime, please check out a Kickstarter campaign we just launched to fund dedicated filming trips to document some insane wrecks (including the suspected BLACK JOKER)...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    That's what we hope to do, and why we are leery of using chemicals that could contaminate the contents. I tried applying heat to the next with a hair dryer (thinking it might melt the wax seal, if there was one), but that was not successful.
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    We are not diving the site specifically for the bottles. The wreck is drenched (pardon the pun) in history and we are working to document it. The bottles are merely a part of what we expect to be a large and varied cargo from what could be an intact Civil War blockade runner.
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Thanks. The wreck is largely intact, but obviously all exposed wood (majority of upper decks and hull) is gone. What is left is the outline of the wreck, machinery, and cargo. It is in deep water (i.e., well beyond recreational diving depths). We suspect the cargo area has a lot to reveal...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Maybe it's not threaded...I thought I read about antique threaded preserve bottles somewhere but could be wrong. It is definitely sealed solid though. No budging it...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Getting back to the bottles, are the 9.5" wine bottles pretty common and of little value? Also, any ideas on that threaded lid preserve jar? Here are some more pics of the top of the preserve jar...the stopper stem is chipped on this one. The stopper is frozen in place...wondering if the...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Yes, you are mixing up two different ships. Our ship is the C. VANDERBILT, built in 1837-1838 in NYC and operated by the Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road Company as a packet steamer between Wilmington and Charleston. In 1861 she was either seized, sold, or somehow acquired by the Confederacy...
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Here is a short teaser video of the wreck site...the stuff y'all are interested in is right at the end. The bottom was littered with bottles...I can't wait to get back out there! https://youtu.be/qXNWYdsB1u8 Cheers,Mike <Edit: Video embedded>
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Here are some additional pics of the jar I just took...I think that's a pontil scar, yes? [attachment=photo 1(2).JPG] [attachment=photo 2(2).JPG] [attachment=photo 3(2).JPG]
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Yes, the big jar has one, as does the fruit preserve bottle. The wine bottles have deep punts so not sure if that would have a pontil scar or not. The wine bottles are similar to those recovered off an 1865 shipwreck, though the lip is apparently different indicating they could be older.
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    shipwreck bottle finds

    Hi y'all - new to the group. We recently discovered a sidewheel steamer in deep water off Florida. There is a significant quantity of bottles spread across the bottom, which we believe to be the scattered top layer of cargo, with the remainder buried in the sediment. We recovered a few of the...

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