A local dig during March proved to be in many ways the most unusual digging experience of a 40 year career mining for old glass. The site was right in town along Main Street, easily accessible. Construction of a retaining wall opened up an area long the old mill pond usually flooded. The dirt...
Though my preference is usually pre 1860s sodas recently bought this paper label 1971 bottle for my Trenton, NJ collection. As a person preoccupied with completeness I had to have this interesting EL Kerns bottle Trenton, NJ. Kerns was by far the most successful Trenton bottler, in business...
A local person I met a couple of years ago, saw my bottle collection and was inspired to go out looking for old bottles near his home. Of course he hit on an 1850s dump with pontil bottles right away. Most collectors around here could look for years and years and never find an untouched 1850s...