I got out for a while yesterday to an old dump near Louisville yesterday and dug these nice bottils. The big one is a medicine(?) bottle marked "H. Epping" over "Louisville, KY" and small green one is marked "Kutnow's Powder". I also found 2 inkwells and 6 glass stoppers. I will be going back...
Hi all, I found this really neat glass vase at an old house foundation that was built in 1826. I went out there to metal detect because they had just bulldozed up a lot of the dirt. I had been walking around the place for about an hour and then I saw the bottom of it sticking out of the dirt...
Hi all, I found this really neat Chinese Cash coin at a colonial house foundation. I was surprised to find it because it is about 5000 miles out of place. This coin dates in the early 1800s. I have been wearing it on a chain around my neck every time I go metal detecting. Maybe it will bring...
I think I finally located the privy of the house mentioned in my last post entitled "Where to dig". My partner and I started to dig today, but we didnt find anything big yet. We only dug down about 2 feet and found a few pieces of borken glass, coal, and some kale leaves. How deep were these...
Hi everybody, I found this PAT. D Coca Cola bottle in a dump about a year ago. It is perfectly flawless. There are no chips, pits, or scratches on it at all. It has "Louisville, KY" on the bottom of it. Does anyone know how much this bottle might be worth ? Any info would be greatly...
Hi everyone, I am new to bottle digging and collecting. I found these 4 bottles in some fill dirt that we were using for our driveway. I think all of them would date to before 1900. The 3 glass bottles have pontil marks, three mold seams, and "applied tops"; the clay one has a flat base and a...
Hi everybody, I am new to bottle digging and collecting. I have located an old house foundation near my home that looks like it could have some very old bottles in it, but I dont have a clue as to where to start digging. There is a creek about 50 feet away from the house that has given up a...