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Found a digging site at work !

I finally got on a job that has a spot where I might find some half decent bottles . I found some trash dumps from the 1950's (?) that were full of "federal law forbids..." liquor bottles and old pre-poptop beer cans . I rumaged through these dumps and found two liquor bottles I liked , one is a...
- snake oil
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- Mar 17, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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I just got back from the Baltimore show...

...and I had a great time . I was looking for a colored pontiled medicine for $100 or less (yes I know , keep dreaming) . I found a dark green one , but most of the neck was gone and the embossing was very weak . The seller was asking $60 , I would have paid $20 but because 80% of the neck was...
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- Mar 6, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: General Chat
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Bottle found while squirrel hunting

Last Saturday afternoon I was walking through the woods squirrel hunting and saw the neck of a bottle sticking out of the ground . The shape of the neck and lip told me it was old , I couldn't believe my luck ! I was near a marsh and the ground was soft , so I gently coaxed it out of the ground...
- snake oil
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- Feb 17, 2005
- Replies: 24
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Here's a digging story for you all

First let me say , I'm employled in the field of residential concrete construction , and sometimes we find old bottles , most are broken , and most are TCJ (twentieth century "junk") . Anyway's , a few years ago we came to this site to prep the basement for the concrete floor . The first thing I...
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- Nov 14, 2004
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Digging and Finding