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Wide Open Downtown Lot...
RE: Wide Open Downtown Sacramento Lot... Since I am a SF bay area digger (south bay) I would especially like to hear the Genuine story ... [;)] Don- crunchtime
- Post #26
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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On the way down-Western diggers beware!
Here is a better picture of diginit's rattlesnake ...- crunchtime
- Post #3
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Southern pacific rattlesnake
Was out looking for bottles this past Saturday with diginit when he spotted this rattlesnake. Spring has arrived in California and the critters are coming out ...[:-]- crunchtime
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- Forum: Unexpected Discoveries
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Heres one for you advanced collectors....
The first photo seems to indicate that it is a BIM (blown in mold) bottle with a tooled finished lip - not applied as the seam appears to fade out before it reaches the lip. For American manufactured bottles this would date the bottle to the 1890's typically. Give us the dimensions of your...- crunchtime
- Post #5
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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Hostetters bottle
The picture of your hostetter's in the window indicates it is a common amber color. It appears darker than normal because it is so extremely sand-blasted it doesn't pass light very well. Poor bottle must have been rolling around in the surf for years ... [&:]- crunchtime
- Post #8
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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bimal vs. bim w/tooled finish
Rich, Completely correct ... extra glass was applied to the bottle after mold separation and a tool was used to form this glass into a lip (bimal). This should not be confused with very early bottles where the extra glass was laid on in a simple ring without the use of any forming tool...- crunchtime
- Post #4
- Forum: General Chat
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bimal vs. bim w/tooled finish
Twenty years ago when I was most actively digging bottles we used the term applied top when the bottle had a lip that was made by applying additional glass to the top of the bottle and forming it into the lip with some kind of tool. Newer bottles (1890's - 1905) would have a tooled top finish...- crunchtime
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More Digininit
I was a witness to the seemingly devine intervention that guided diginit to stop digging where he was and walk 20' down the hill and locate the best bottle of the day using his patented screwdriver probing technique in less than 30 seconds! If any of you eastern diggers are having trouble...- crunchtime
- Post #5
- Forum: Digging and Finding
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Mystery amber bottle, pontiled?
These type of bottles are generally referred to as ale bottles. Age range is late 1870's - mid 1880's. Worth only a few bucks if being sold, but probably has much more 'personal value' to who ever actually dug it up!- crunchtime
- Post #4
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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What would be the 'holy grail' of bottle finds?
In terms of $$$ the cone shaped Bryant's stomach bitters is the 'holy grail' of bottle finds - check out the following link: http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/bitt1198.htm- crunchtime
- Post #44
- Forum: What is it? Antique Bottles BEFORE 1900
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