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    Help with an age and rarity of Blu Ribon ACL

    So this beauty was a gift from my wife's grandmother, who knows how long she's had this thing, but was trying to get a date and not sure how to read the 2 numbers on the bottom?? Also what is the name for this type of closure? It's hard to get a good pic of the base, but the one starting with...
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    The big bottle that led me to the pretty sweet dump

    So I'd already posted the pics of this big guy, at the end of that last post, but thought, maybe it wasn't getting enough views?! I'm trying to find some info on duraglass, or at least something that mentions, gal jugs?? Are these common? I did see where one article mentioned that twin finger...
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    So is this a pretty early insulator?

    Found this insulator in a box, in the grandfather in laws workshop! Been sitting on it for over a year, but just getting around to posting/asking questions! Looks very crude, with almost like a surface coating?? There is a yellowish tint, but I'm thinking it may just be dirty! So is there...
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    Pretty sweet dump found on the river bank

    So most of the waterways down here are still pretty low, which had me walking the river bank after finishing up at a customers house! Found so many bottles, cone tops, flat tops, however most of the bottles were just slick, cork top, fifth and pint bottles with the "federal law prohibit..."...
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    Some of my latest acquisitions, along with my first bottle purchase(s), need some help identifying the method of production and approx date range

    So while wasting some time during work one day, few weeks back, I decided to run by an antique store, to look at her $1 bin. Came away with these 4 (along with a few others), but was looking for some help with dates and how they were made. Also found the last one I will post pics of, under a...
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    My customers strike again!!

    So I've been eyeballing this lil planter behind my customers house that was full of bottles, many of which I could see were corked top, others were just neat, but never dug through em. He had em in a greenhouse/storage area that one of the hurricanes probably wiped out, but everything was...
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    Another trip to my marble honey hole

    So not sure if yall remember, but last year we went to some land we own that we lease to a farmer, as most of the 56 acres is used to grow soybeans or corn. Anyhow, we love to go out right after they plow, best after a Lil rain shower, however, this yr they swapped from beans to corn, so they...
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    Found a large royal crown cola bottle around the spillway of the lake close to ny house, having trouble finding another similar

    So this big guy was just laying on top of the giant Sylvania grass that washed up onto the bank after the water receded! I'd never seen one like this and can't really find one during a brief search?? I found another RC 1 liter under a house a few months back, or at least that's what the lid...
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    Another gift, this time from the mother in law

    So I believe she said that this bottle, along with a couple more, were given to her by a neighbor, but the only thing that she can remember about em is that they were said to be old?? This one looks to be in a little too good of shape to be terribly old, at least through my eyeballs, but what...
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    Just found this on my back porch, me nor the wife can remember who or where it came from, but i almost tripped over this guy!!

    Yea so like the title says, couldn't tell you where it came from, I don't remember digging or finding it, so must've been given by her grandmother or something?? Anyway, I noticed there's no "federal law prohibits.....", so does that mean it's pre prohibition? Forgive my ignorance! Also is it...
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    Another gift from my neighbor, think he might've done some good, since J-J-J-Jugs seem to be the theme of the day

    Yea so I'm reading all these posts about jugs, then outta the blue, neighbor calls to tell me to stop by on way in he's got something for me! Reluctantly, I stopped, but to my surprise, he comes with this old thing!! Said he went into an old abandoned house today, I didn't ask who's or where...
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    Is 3 rivers glass' as rare as what these ebay seller's say??

    So I found this jar, alongside a Chrysler hubcap, at the bottom of a washout, leading into a pretty good size creek! I thought it was only half a jar, til I jumped down to see the other half was just buried in clay! Hubcap was about half buried as well, with roots growing through the holes...
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    So is this a pontil bottle?

    So just trying to kinda learn what all I have here in my inventory, I've been given a lot. But took a lot of photos after receiving my replacement phone yest! This one was gifted from a customer, or was found by my late grandfather in law, yes the one that lived across the rd from where I'm...
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    Had a cpl min to go back to where i found the flat tops

    So went back to the grandmother in law 's house for about an hr & a half before dark and managed to dig up (well most, some just on top) this Lil stash Had no idea Ball made beer bottles??? Thought it was just jars?? Didn't have time to clean anything yet but hopefully some of the flat tops...
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    Did my cust give me any decent bottles, or did she just have me take away trash

    It still amazes me, the things ppl will just give somebody, after just mentioning certain , newfound, hobbies!! This lady, one of my better customers, after casually mentioning that I started collecting bottles, said "hey, I used to collect bottles several years ago, and I have several cool...
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    No markings, but a machine made this clear triangle bottle right

    So this was a gift from the neighbor who says he dug this at or near an old bottling plant that was in this lil town, not sure of any dates on that place, just looking for some input on a date and how the bottle was made! Not a screw top but does have 2 seams that dissipate after the neck, but...
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    Threads on top of cork??

    So I kinda found this lil dump across the st from the grandmother in laws house, which just had to be replaced after hurricane Laura put a tree through the house she's lived in for 50+ yrs. The hurricane laid over hundreds of huge trees all along the lake bank! This particular bottle is what...
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    So here's the 2nd bottle, my cust sent me home with, ghat her X left behind

    From what i can tell, this one isn't nearly as old as momma's certo, sadly there was no msg in the bottle, with descriptions, still i thought it was pretty cool, plus the first one these eyes laid eyes upon! ive done a lil research, and from what i read, maybe from '70?? Any body know its...
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    Momma's Certo Bottle??

    i had one of my customers give me a cpl bottles that her x husband didnt take along, after vacating the premises, and she was all too happy to let em out of her sight!! one of em has a handwritten note inside reading "momma's certo bottle" myself, ive never heard of certo, dont know the...
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    how long has "3 in 1 Oil" been around??

    So my paw in law works for an engineering firm that build bridges, roads and various other small projects, hes retired from the DOTD (after 30 something yrs) and has various certifications, that are needed in some private sector jobs. so cpl days ago they were running a shallow water line, that...

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