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    Lens specifications recommendations?

    Hi everyone. I'm working on my next cataloging book(s) about West Virginia bottles, as well as an eventual website with all of the images and details, but I wanted to upgrade my photography setup prior to taking dedicated trips to large collections. Right now, I am planning on investing in a...
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    New bottle book out on embossed West Virginia crown top sodas

    Hi everyone, I recently published a rarity guide on all known West Virginia embossed and paper label crown top sodas. That includes local bottlers, Kola Wars sodas, straight-sided Coca-Colas, and pre-standard Pepsis. It has images for the bottles where possible. At 288 pages, that means nearly...
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    Undiveable river: let's hear your ideas!

    I posted once about a river near my home that is entirely undiveable--or only safe for trained search and recovery divers. There's a ton of boat traffic, a decent current, and very little visibility. Some people suggested getting a long clam rake and going out on a boat to scrape the bottom. I...
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    West Virginia Colas: Copy cats, Cokes, and Pepsis! & Southern West Virginia sodas

    Hey everybody, I'm still looking for West Virginia bottles but I figured I'd make another listing. I'm looking for all West Virginia colas. This includes "copy cats" like Celery=Cola, Rye-Ola, Chero-Cola, Limeola, everything, straight sided Cokes and pre-standardization Pepsis. In addition, just...
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    Mason's Patent Nov. 30th 1858 reproduction or not? C

    So, I've had this jar for probably ten-something years. I've never been big on jars so I've been trying to get rid of it, but I have no idea if it's real or not (I don't want to rip somebody off), as I read that a lot of reproductions were made in China in the 2010s. I can't find this exact...
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    Best way to find bottles that were dumped in a deep, muddy river?

    So, in my large city there's no way to legally or practically dive into the river which runs through town. On the vast majority of records, all trash was dumped into it prior to city-wide sanitation services which began in 1914. The river itself is 50 feet deep with a swift current, boat...
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    Basic, practical questions for those with more experience

    Hey everyone, so I'm pretty new to digging. I used to when I was a kid, but it was only this friend of my dad's whose property I would dig at and he invited me to do so--I never asked. This leads me into my question: how and when do you go about asking for permission to dig? I can't think of a...
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    Were bottlers contracted by beverage companies or did they bottle their own product?

    Throughout my years of collecting, I never thought about this. For example, when I dig out a hutch and it's embossed "Charleston Bottling Co." does that indicate that the Charleston Bottling Company bottled their own beverages? Or did these bottles usually contain some other company's beverages...
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    Charleston, WV bottles

    Hi, looking for bottles from Charleston. I'm also interested in general WV straight sided cokes. Thanks!
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    Tricks to digging below the water level?

    So, I found a turn of the century dump and I pulled out a straight sided coke where the wall of the dump drops a little below the level of the creek bed. In other words, I pulled it essentially out of the dirt underneath the water. The dump is right on the water and is even below the creek. Any...
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    Any West Virginia diggers? Preferably southern WV

    Hey everyone, just wanted to see if there are any diggers around Charleston, WV to a reasonable distance. My number one goal is to find larger sites in Kanawha County. A secondary dream of mine is to dig in the ghost towns around the New River and in the towns with scarcer bottles, such as...
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    A born-again collector here from Charleston, West Virginia!

    Hi everybody, as I said in the title I'm getting started collecting again after 10ish (?) years. In starting over, I've centered my focus to Charleston, WV bottles (and other items, like national banknotes and exonumia) as my old collection was a bit all over the place and not everything was...

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