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    Need help and info on these two

    I'd definitely go with 1977 based on the single number. Most 60s O-I bottles I've found were still using the 2-digit code, and I believe they started dropping the two-digit again by the 70s. Based purely on the shape I'm thinking some kind of household cleaner - bleach, detergent, etc. Here's...
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    Beginner Question - Price Guide?

    CanadianBottles, as always, hit the nail right on the head here. I'm not familiar with the insulator world, but I sell and list plenty of the bottles that I find - which are mostly from the 30s through the 60s, and have almost no established value. Some of the more popular bottles - sodas from...
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    identify these 2 bottles

    I'd have to agree with CanadianBottles here - I feel like that cobalt blue bottle is actually pretty new. It even has knurling/stippling (I believe that's the right term) on the base, and that would put the bottle post-1940, when the Owens Co. invented the process. These are the little...
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    New from NH

    Welcome! I'm from over in neighboring Maine! Many of the issues you may be running in to with finding out what a bottle was used for may be age - bottle collectors in the past haven't really cared about anything newer than the 1930s, so often little research has been done on bottles from the 40...
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Ah! It seems they made a ton of different styles of this, with various minor applications. I'm sure I could find a replacement spring - the piece is otherwise in great conditions aside from a little rust staining in a few spots. Thanks for finding this!
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Got out for a very wet, muddy session this past week - needed to get out after weeks of very poor weather. Some nice finds this time too - here are some of the best! Two Father John's Medicines (two sizes), A "Linit", "Perma Starch", and LESTOIL at the back. The one on the right is a Pierre...
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    I can't find this clear green bottle information.

    Basing it purely on the color and shape I'm thinking some kind of mineral or soda water, but others may have another opinion. Can you post a picture of the seam as it reaches the neck - this will help date the bottle. As Leon said above, being a slick and without a makers mark identifying the...
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    Purex and eagle

    Agree with Hezezilla above, right around 1960. Purex is a laundry detergent (still sold today), the Eagle bottle is hard to tell - maybe like a juice?
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    I'm new and I have a new (to me) bottle

    I agree with Leon, this is a pretty great find Mekiper. All the makings of a beautiful display bottle in someone's New Orleans collection - great color, iron pontiled bottom and that beautiful top. I did a little deeper digging and found a few sources that talk about this bottle and F.A...
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Even though the bottles in the 60s-70s dumps aren't worth really digging, I enjoy the hunt enough to make it worth it. I've had the chance to clean up several of the ACLs - most are strong enough to handle a quick bath in muriatic acid to remove much of the rust. A lot of the time it's the...
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    A lot of the small iron items (especially cans) in this dump took a beating from the wetness of the area (and Maine as a whole), and very few cans I pull out of this dump are salvageable. The most I find are some tin (I think) automotive oil cans, can't remember the brand off the top of my head.
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Yep - Customs House and Post Office, Bathurst, NB. I'm about 250-300 miles to the southwest of Bathurst (though its over a 6 hour drive), and I assume it was a souvenir from someone who had visited. In this same spot I found a broken candy dish from Brunswick, ME - I ended up repairing it and...
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    And here's some specifically from the 40s-60s dump, though a few older items snuck in:
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Here's some specifically from the older (20s-30s) dump:
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    Dump Discoveries - Two separate dumps, one location - one 1920s/30s, one 40s-60s

    Hello everyone! Many of these bottles have found their way onto other threads and posts here, but I figured it would be easiest to make one big thread and continually update it as I plan on visiting this site A LOT throughout the course of this year! This particular site holds two dumps - one...
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    Found a new dump in the woods

    This stuff is exactly in line with the stuff that I dig, mostly 50s-early 60s. Plenty of the big brand name bottles, but I've found some of the embossed non-liquor bottles of this age still piques people's interest as well.
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    It's Quilted!

    I'd also lean on the perfume side, seems like the right size. Probably had one of those metal and cork stoppers with the name embossed on it.
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    Hi all new here. I dug up a beautiful Mifflin Bottle today can anyone give a general idea when it was made.

    I don't know the specifics of Mifflin as a corporation, but based on the way the bottle is embossed and the screw top I'd guess sometime from the mid-1920s through the mid- 1940s.
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    Don't ignore 1970's dumps! You never know what's hiding in there!

    I'm of the minority that actually loves digging in mid-century dumps - some of the non-bottle items I find are awesome (scored a great milk glass sconce plate last week), and I love a good ACL soda or chemical. The 50s-60s dump I've been digging actually lead to an older 20s-30s dump nearby just...
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    Any idea?

    I doubt this 14 is a date code, probably a mold or plant number. The embossing is definitely weaker and a bit crude, so I don't think 1910s-1920s is out of the realm of possibility

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