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    Real quick

    Hey sorry to waste a post but look at my new post in the unexpected discoveries section right quick...I should have put it here to get more veiws but too late now.....Thanks my curiousity is killing me.
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    The cement log brick thing?

    This was also pulled from the river where the paver bricks were and i have no idea what it is or if it has any significance....It has a flat front but curvature in the back and also flat sides inticating it was connected to more similar pieces......But what? I can't think what it's application...
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    HTML in forum?

    Does the forum body support html commands like iframes, pictures, etc? It would be a lot easier for me to make descriptive posts if it did but the million dollar question is....does it? I notice its an htm page and this box im typing in has hyperlink commands so im guessing you could....?
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    Beneath the clay...

    Hey I've been reading some posts about digging and noticed something - People talking about clay being the cap to another layer...I was digging a 1940s-1950s dump and it stops at hard clay...no more glass or anything to be seen...Or does it stop? Is there a possiblility that there is a deeper...
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    What? A river bank full of paver bricks!? Damn right!

    Whats up yall just ran a search on some new paver bricks i found and HAHA i found out my old thread had 4 pages of responses. LOL Anyways I was just out at the river less than a 1/4 mile outside the heart of indianapolis and guess what i found? A riverbank lined with hundreds of paver...
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    Drug Addict or Sick?

    I have 6 of these cool little bottles, in 3 sizes. First of all, I know there is a name for them, but I can't recall it. These are bottles that held contents for syreinges, you stick the needle in the cork, and fill up the needle thing and then use it....They all say TCW Co. USA on the bottom...
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    The Headless Tractorman! Oh yeah and what's Anacin?

    See the amber bottle on the left....it has anacin embossed on the sides....never heard of it have you? Also the clear bottle says made in usa carbona on the bottom....As usual, any help is appreciated
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    1st day cleaned up

    well im back from vacation and got the initial cleaning of the bottles from the first day done. Spent about 2 1/2 hours there, and skipped over and/or threw away about 30-40 bottles. These are what I decided to keep...No biggie, but i like em....I'm going back today if i get the energy up
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    Who made it? Find It Here

    Hey all thought Id leave you this link to a site that I use ALL the time to figure out what glass co made whatever I find. It identifies the marks on the bottom....its worth checkin out.....http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks3.html
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    play in the sand

    Hey you guys i am leaving for florida tommorow morning at 6 am for 10 days and i was wondering if there was anything besides luck to finding some treasures on the beach without a metal detector or a probe........any thoughts would help
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    What would happen?

    Hey all what would happen if I mixed CLR, Lime Away, Bar Keepers Freind, and Bleach together? wouldnt that be a great combination or would it just kill me[sm=lol.gif]
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    Did you know your bottle may be worthless?

    This sucks....looks like im tossin a lot of stuff....This link goes to a site that has many bottles listed that are not worth anything....Is your favorite on there? hope not.... http://www.antiquebottles.com/common.html
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    1000s of Buried Bottles

    Well, the first bottles i ever found were at a dump near a river....Before I got through with it, there were refrigerators, all kinds of large appliances, barbed wire, fencing, a car, etc. I pulled all the big stuff out with my truck. (Including an entire 1952 ford customline) Well I had pulled...
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    NEW IDEA FOR FINDING INSTEAD OF PROBES

    Okay maybe its not new I don't know I just havent read about anyone doing it.....I am thinking about getting a metal detector. If you think about it privies or any other kind of dump has metal and DEFINITELY some metal caps for the bottles. I'm wondering if this idea would work effeciently.....I...
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    Well, I finally did

    haha not about anything really, but if you read my "what ive seen along the way" i mentioned going to take pictures because i was told to stay home that day and i said i would probably be fired soon....Well, i was right.....i guess being right isnt always a good thing, huh? off job-hunting...
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    What I've Seen Along The Way

    While I've been exploring I've found all kinds of stuff.....Abandon cars (which i sell the parts on ebay), A graveyard from the early to late 1800s (earliest stone readable was died 1815), abandoned houses, etc. I have been lucky enough to have a camera on me sometimes....check it out
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    Antrol Ant Killer Green Bottle Very Cool

    Hey does this have any value? has cap and all....Embossed on the side it says "ANTROL ANT KILLER THE A.S.BOYLE COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS LOS ANGELES AND JERSEY CITY LAY ON THIS SIDE" It is a very neat little bottle. Made by owens-illinois. It is very tiny only 3" tall. I think it is cool how small...
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    High-Line Insulators? (is that even what theyre called!?)

    Hey everyone. I found these walking along side of the river....later looked up by chance, and thought i saw a wire....looked closer and found a whole line of electric or phone (i dont know) polls, some fallen and others still standing and connected. What exactly are these things called and what...
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    Ever heard of this soda co.?

    It says Kurtz sparkling beverages. On the back it says "Kurtz wholesome beverages" I can't find any info on this soda let alone that the company even existed....Have any info? By the way it was made by owens-illinois. Thanks - Jon
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    are engraved and embossed bricks worth anything?

    Found this in the river...was completly white....put it is some CLR and voila like new minus some erosion wear. Are bricks like this worth anything because they are so old? This one says Bloomfield, IN. but, i have found a few that say boston brick also. Thanks -Jon

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